RU POV: Russian and Ukrainian advances from Day 1060 to 1062 of the War - Suriyakmaps

Russian Forces Advance: 1.94 km²

Middle Right Advance = 0.47km2, Bottom Advance = 1.47km2

Kicking off in Kursk, we head to the northern side of the front, where most of the activity has been occurring. Slightly west of Viktorovka, Ukraine recaptured a small treeline that had fallen into the greezone a few weeks prior when Russia launched an assault attempt on the village. Not to be beat, to the southwest Russia captured….. 2 treelines and the adjacent field to the south of Zelenyi Shlyakh.

All jokes aside, updates in this area have been few and far between not because nothing is happening, but because there is an enormous amount of back and forth between Russia and Ukraine. Russia has made several assault attempts on Viktorovka and Nikolskii (both below m) over the past 2 weeks, frequently dropping troops off, but Ukraine has also launched many counterattacks of its own using IFVs and Tanks. Both sides continue to trade blows with many vehicles being destroyed or disabled (video 1, video 2, video 3, video 4, video 5), but confirming who actually controls each building in these villages, and the order of events is difficult. It’ll eventually clear up, but for now just note that both Russia and Ukraine are or have been present in Nikolskii, Viktorovka, Orlovka and Pogrebki).

Russian Forces Advance: 0.87 km²

Advance = 0.87km2

On the Oskil River front, Russia continued to expand its bridgehead on the western side of the Zherebets River, taking control of another few fields and a treeline to the west of Ivanivka. Ukraine has tried to counterattack and break the bridgehead several times, but so far has failed to push Russia back (video 1, video 2).

Russian Forces Advance: 0.20 km²

Advance = 0.20km2

Context

In Chasiv Yar, following their capture of the refractory plant earlier in the week, Russia continued to exert pressure on the central area of the town, using vehicles to drop an assault squad off on the southernmost block of apartment buildings. The situation is beginning to deteriorate for the Ukrainian defenders in the central area, as this advance puts Russia closer to encircling them against the nearby lake. For now they have some dirt paths out of this area, but if Russia advances much further on the north and south sides of the apartment area, then they will be trapped (unless theres tunnels out of there).

Additionally, the Russian group operating in the forest that I’ve mentioned previously has continued to clear dugouts and trenches in that area, with another group joining them and pressing in from the south. Its unclear how many Ukrainian troops are still in that area, particularly the bunker complex at the centre of the forest.

Edit: as of 1 hour minutes prior to writing this edit, Russian sources released a video of them assaulting the bunker complex

Russian Forces Advance: 0.72 km²

Far Left Advance = 0.55km2, Left Advance = 0.17km2

Context

On the Pokrovsk front, following on from the previous day, Russian assault troops cleared the remainder of the mine complex on the east side of Kotlyne, leaving just the northern streets before they gain full control over the village (fighting already underway). They’ll likely also push north towards the small farm and west towards the small industrial yard (possibly a lumbermill).

To the west, the Russian assault group that captured the industrial area in Udachne has continued their advance, moving into the first residential buildings on both the south and north side of the railway. Clashes continue as Russia moves west towards the railway station.

Russian Forces Advance: 1.12 km²

Advance = 1.12km2

On the Kurakhove front, Russia continue to clear the north side of the Sukhi Yaly River, capturing many treelines and clearing out a chunk of the Ukrainian dugouts/trenches in this area. They primarily used their favourite strategy of using large mines to essentially destroy the dugouts or at least blow up anyone inside. The fields further north of here lack these defences, so once Russia has cleared this whole area it will be much easier for them to keep advancing north.

Russian Forces Advance: 3.04 km²

Top Advance = 2.76km2, Middle Left Advance = 0.08km2, Left Advance = 0.20km2

Context

In Velyka Novosilka, Russian assault groups continued to close in on multiple sides of the town, reaching and capturing the outermost buildings on the north side, as well as clearing the last couple of houses and the graveyard in Vremivka. At this stage, Ukraine has mostly retreated from the southern side of the town, and on the northern side they hold the rows of buildings along the edge of the river.

Outside of this, determining what has been going on in Velyka Novosilka is difficult. Various sources have made all sorts of claims, such as Ukraine abandoning the town, them setting up makeshift rafts or rope bridges to escape, that there were mass surrenders, or that fighting is still ongoing. These sources then get called out by others who deny that information, and we go in circles. For my view, I believe that Ukraine still occupies the town, and that they haven’t completely abandoned it (as theres videos of Russia shelling several areas and of gunfire), but also that Ukraine is trying to get at least some troops out (BMP destroyed north of the town). As with previous similar situations, it’ll eventually get clarified, so we just need to be patient.

Ukrainian Forces Advance: 4.55 km²

Advance = 4.55km2

Back over to Kursk, this time on the south side. Over the past week and a bit Ukraine has launched multiple mechanised counterattacks into Makhnovka, driving the Russian infantry out and retaking the village/suburb. This undoes all of Russia’s progress here since the beginning of the year, but Russia will almost certainly regroup and try to attack once again. Ukraine likely won’t try push further out than they have here, as the dense forest immediately south would be very difficult to clear, and would just lead to unnecessary losses.

Russian Forces Advance: 0.97 km²

Advance = 0.97km2

Heading to the Kupyansk front, In Dvorichna, over the past week Russia made some more progress on both the southern and northern sides of the town, capturing a chunk of the central area on both sides, as well as moving into the northernmost suburbs. As with all the fighting in this area, neither side has many troops available, and these advances are mostly being done by very small Russian groups meeting little resistance aside from the occasional Ukrainian drone.

Russian Forces Advance: 0.51 km²

Advance = 0.51km2

Following on from picture 3, in Chasiv Yar, Russian troops have cleared most of the remainder of the western suburbs, other than the graveyard and houses next to the lake. This puts Russian control of the town at 40%, with the majority of the remainder being the dispersed suburbs spread out over the hills moving south (some east of Mykolaivka, others off map south).

Russian Forces Advance: 0.16 km²

Advance = 0.16km2

Context

In Toretsk, Russia began the assault on the Krymske mine, taking over more of the adjacent houses, as well as several of the buildings on the south side of the mine. Clashes are ongoing, but Ukraine is highly likely to be pushed out, as reinforcement and resupply to this area is difficult due to Russian control of most of Toretsk.

Russian Forces Advance: 0.25 km²

Advance = 0.25km2

Context

Following on from picture 4, Russian assault group captured the last streets of Kotlyne, confirming full control of the village.

Ukrainian Forces Advance: 3.81 km²

Top Left Advance = 0.41km2, Bottom Left Advance = 3.40km2

On the Kurakhove front, starting with the north side, Russia made a small advance west of Slovyanka, moving along the treeline next to a small stream.

To the south, Ukraine counterattacked south of Ulakly and Kostyantynopil, recapturing some fields and a few treelines. There has been some back and forth in this area, as the layout of the fields and lack of defences make it easier for both sides to use vehicles. Russia will likely attack again to try undo this Ukrainian progress, as they’ll need to reach Rozlyv or Kostyantynopil to cut off the last bit of the Kurakhove pocket.

Russian Forces Advance: 1.97 km²

Advance = 1.97km2

Following on from picture 8, on the southern side of Dvorichna, Russian assault groups made good progress in clearing the remainder of that portion of the town, pushing out from the central area and taking over the rest of the buildings. As mentioned above, the lack of Ukrainian infantry made this quite easy for Russia, with their main bottleneck being their own relatively small amount of troops available to clear this area. If Russia can capture the remainder of northern Dvorichna, and create a buffer around the town, they’ll have a solid bridgehead and forward base to set up in and the begin bringing vehicles and equipment over the river for further advances (via pontoons). Ukraine is obviously aware of this, but so far has yet to reinforce this area with enough troops to counterattack successfully.

Russian Forces Advance: 2.45 km²

Middle Advance = 0.85km2, Bottom Advance = 1.60km2

Back to the Oskil River front, this time the central section. Russian troops secured the remainder of Nadiya (above the a), following on from their advance into this area 2 weeks ago. A little further south, a separate Russian group entered the small village (maybe a dozen houses) of Novoiehorivka, taking over the first buildings on the eastern side. Given how small the settlement is, this Russian group will likely capture the rest of Novoiehorivka within the next day or 2, before moving onto adjacent Tverdokhilibove (blue dot, equally as small).

Russian Forces Advance: 2.16 km²

Top Left Advance = 0.95km2, Bottom Left Advance = 1.21km2

Following on from picture 12, Russia captured the field and treeline immediately south of the advance mentioned in that picture.

To the south, Russia launched an attack towards Kostyantynopil, retaking the treeline and part of the fields lost to Ukraine the day before. These positions are very tenuous, so Ukraine could take them back if they counterattack once again.