War & Conflict

Update from the Bakhmut Front: Ukrainian Defense Ministry in their latest report mentioned that they had repulsed an attack in the town of Pidhorodne. Unbeknownst to casual readers / non-mappers of the report, one may not realised that this town an important location in the north-east outskirt of Bakhmut City. NE of Bakhmut had been…

Update from the Donetsk Front: Russian Ministry of Defense announces the capture of Optyne, North of Donetsk City – corroborating reports of the capture by Pro-Russian sources as well as the concession by Pro-Ukrainian source DeepStateUA of the loss. The loss of Optyne opens up the western flank of Avdiivka to potential Russian attacks or…

Update from the Kherson Front: Ukrainian forces launched a special operation in the early morning of 13 November 2022 : to amphibiously land special forces via speedboat from Ochakiv to Kinburn Spit Unfortunately, the speedboats were detected by Russian surveillance technology. The Russian defenders sent a BTR and a BMP to the estimated landing location…

Update from the Bakhmut Front: Wagner PMC forces after not much action was reported for the past 2-3 days at the Bakhmut Front sprang back to life as they restart their offensive across the entire front. Ukrainian forces counterattack in the area of Opytne and Kurdyumivka in response. Fighting is ongoing. Full Report:

Update from Donetsk Front: Russian forces continues their major offensive SW of Donetsk City with heavy fighting reported at Preschystivka, Pavlivka, Vuhledar, Vodyane, Novomykhailivka and Marinka regions. The most important contact point is likely to be the position at Vodyane. Should the Ukrainian lose their position at Vodyane, it will open up multitude of options…

Update from the Kherson Front: Ukrainian forces continues to push at the Kherson Front attacking in what resembles a pincer movement, to break through down the road towards Beryslav. However, they had not managed to break the Russian defenses for weeks and the situation is starting to look precarious. Full Report:

Update from the Vuhledar region in Donetsk: Russian forces launched an early morning attack on the 29th Oct 2022, against Vuhledar and Pavlivka. Heavy artillery hits the Ukrainian lines while suicide drones took out Ukrainian SAM systems located west of Vuhledar. With the SAMs taken out, Russian air force operated freely to disrupt any reinforcements…

Quick Update from the Svatove Front: Ukrainian forces continues their push towards Svatove as fighting is reported across the entire front – at Kyslivka, Tabaivka, Berestove, Kuzemivka and from the direction of Lozova. The heaviest fighting of them is the fighting at Kuzemivka, where the Russian Ministry of Defense reported up to 500 Ukrainian troops…

Quick Update from the Lyman-Kreminna Front: Russian forces launched a major counter attack against the Ukrainian forces in the Lyman-Kreminna region, and managed to recapture Makiivka and Novosadova. Heavy fighting is now reported at Terny, Yampolivka and Torske, all the settlements along the Zherebets River. Pro-Russia source, Boris Rozhin reported that the Ukrainian launched a…