RU POV: Russian advances from Day 1009 to 1011 of the War - Suriyakmaps

We begin once again in Kursk, where position fighting continues. On the west side, Russia troops have advanced out of Nizhnii Klin and captured the adjacent fields and treelines, as they position themselves for an inevitable assault on Sverdlikovo (under the S). As with the other advances in this area, this was done by a few infantry and a couple of vehicles, just quickly dropping off troops to clear out some Ukrainian trenches/dugouts.

On the east side, similar to the above, some Russian infantry groups have cleared the treelines around the stream through Kruglik, as well as along the R200 road, undoing Ukrainian progress there from last week, as they position themselves for an assault on Martynovka (above the p).

Both settlements mentioned above are important for Ukraine, as they are the last villages before Russia has a straight shot at Sudzha. Obviously Russia wouldn’t just drive from them to Sudzha, but capturing these would force Ukraine to keep a larger garrison on the northwestern and eastern sides of Sudhza in case Russia did try a quick assault, meaning they can’t be used to defend other parts of the front.

In Toretsk, Russian assault groups made slightly more progress in the southern side of the town, recapturing more of the apartment buildings near the southern entrance. There are still some small groups of Ukrainians in this area, but they are slowly being captured, killed or driven out as Russia clears building by building.

On the Selydove front, in the north Russia has made a little more progress around Lysivka, capturing the large field south of the village. Heavy clashes have been occurring in and around Lysivka for several months now, with neither side able to come out on top (so far). There are just too many videos/pictures from Lysivka for me to link, so you’ll have to search for them yourselves.

To the west, Russian assault groups continued pressing in on Zhovte, quickly taking over most of the village once assaults began (as I mentioned would happen last post). There are still a couple of houses for Russia to clear here before they fully capture the village, but this will occur in the coming hours.

Further south, a separate Russian assault group snuck west through a treeline and entered the village of Pushkine. Like Zhovte, this is also a small village with no prebuilt defences and only a few Ukrainian soldiers in the area, and so will likely not hold long.

On the Velyka Novosilka front, Russia continues to press the attack in the fields to the north, capturing a number of them as they move towards the Sukhi Yaly River. For the most part Ukrainian troops are primarily holding from the villages along the river, with only a few in the fields themselves. Whilst this isn’t inherently a bad idea, the problem for Ukraine is that if they do not defend the fields Russia may just skip attacking most of these villages and cut them off by attacking a spot further northwest like Zelenivka (just off map north).

Following on from Picture 3, Russian troops were confirmed to have captured the last section of Zhovte, now controlling the whole village.

On the Kurakhove front, Russian troops have continued their progress on the north side of the reservoir following the capture of Berestky (last update), and have advanced along the road towards Stari Terny. Ukrainian troops who managed to pull out of Berestky are currently setting themselves up for the defence of Stari Terny, however it will be very difficult to hold the village due to the terrain and awkward supply route.

Following on from Picture 4, Russia made several advances around Velyka Novosilka as the battle for the town continues. To the north, Russian troops captured the last part of Rozdolne, confirming full control over the town.

To the south, Russia began to advance through the fields in the southern salient, as Ukraine has had to pull some of its forces back to the town to help defend against the ongoing assaults. This has left this area with fewer defenders, meaning Russia has been able to start advancing here much easier than before. There was also an advance to the west of Makarivka, with Russia capturing a Ukrainian trenchline there. They will likely make an attempt to re-enter Makarivka once again in the near future.

Separate to all of the above, on the northeastern side Russia also made some progress around Trudove, capturing several fields and closing in on Uspenivka.

On the Kupyansk front, a small number of Russian soldiers began to cross the Oskil River and established some small foldholds on the other side, one to the northeast of Dvorichna and one to the south. This was actually first reported by Ukrainian sources almost a week ago, however a lack of evidence has meant the map was not updated until now (they’ve made similar claims before that turned out to be false).

This is likely more of a distraction than a real attempt to start capturing the west side of the Oskil River, although that could always change depending on how much success Russia has. For now these Russian troops have taken up positions inside the forest areas, forcing Ukraine to pull some troops from the other parts of the Kupyansk front to respond. Dvorichna is a town that is too large for Russia to capture with the few troops it has ferried across the river, so they will have to reinforce this group if they wish to make an attempt on the town.

Following on from Picture 5, Russian assault groups have wasted no time in moving on from Zhovte, and have begun pushing west towards Novopustynka, capturing a section of fields and treelines. Novopustynka and Novotroitske differ from the other small villages Russia has taken on this front in the last month in that there actually are prebuilt defences here, with a trench network between the 2 settlements (other side of the Solona River though) and some basic trenches on the treelines south of Novopustynka.

Russia is getting close to the point on this front where they can begin heading north in an attempt to cut off Pokrovsk from the west side. This ‘point’ is still past Novotroitske, but its something to look out for as we head into December.

Following on from Picture 6, Russian and Ukrainian troops have begun clashing on the eastern side of Stari Terny, as Russia begins assaults on the village. They’ve also capturing some of the small fields north of Berestky, following Ukraine pulling out of the area.

Around Kurakhove, Russian troops have cleared the ditches, trenches and bunkers of part of the Ukrainian defence lines south of the town. These had mostly been abandoned by this point, but still needed to be cleared. Heavy clashes continue within Kurakhove, but there have been no confirmable advances.

Following on from picture 7, Russian forces continued to clear the fields and trenches south of Velyka Novosilka, after Ukraine pulled some of its troops in that area back to the town to defend. These advances are reaching the point where the entire southern settlement chain is under threat, with there also being the possibility of Russia beginning assaults on Velyka Novosilka from the southern side in the near future (on top of the eastern and northeastern sides already ongoing).

There are also reports of another major advance north of Velyka Novosilka, but I’ll comment on that once/if it actually gets confirmed. Would be very bad news for Ukraine if true.