RU POV: Russian and Ukrainian advances from Day 1111 and 1112 of the War - Suriyakmaps

Russian Forces Advance: 73.97 km²

Top Advance = 49.01km2, Bottom Advance = 24.96km2

We’re starting in Kursk again, hot on the heels of the previous update as the front continues to collapse. As mentioned last time, Russian forces from multiple different units have converged around Sudzha and its suburbs, and are rapidly closing in on the centre of the town.

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On the north side, following the pipe operation and clean up around Malaya Loknya and Cherkasskoe Porechnoe, Russian assault groups have cleared out the large areas of fields northeast and north of Sudzha, as well as capturing Ivashkovksii (including taking a number of POWs), Yuzhnyi, Zazulevka and Bogdanovka. As of Monday afternoon these same troops were also in the process of clearing Kazachya Loknya, it just hadn’t been confirmed Russian controlled as of this map.

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At the same time to the south, several other Russian units also continued to clear the area east of Sudzha, capturing a large area of fields as well as the villages of Mirnyi, Bondarevka, Agronom and Kolmakov. Aside from one or two small groups of Ukrainians who didn’t retreat in time, these settlements were empty when the Russians advanced into them, allowing for easy capture. These same Russian units also began to move into the remainder of southern and eastern Sudzha, quickly clearing the buildings as they head for the centre of the town.

Whilst all this has been going on, Russian media has begun rolling into the areas captured over the past few days, showing more footage of the aftermath of the last stages of the Kursk front (video 1, video 2, video 3, video 4, video 5).

Russian Forces Advance: 1.38 km²

Advance = 1.38km2

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Over to Siversk, where on the eastern side of the front Russia continues its slow push that began several weeks ago. Having secured the ruins of Bilohorivka and the chalk quarry last update, Russia is now working its way through the fields and hills to the west of the settlement, capturing a few over the past 48 hours. As mentioned last time, this whole area is utterly littered with hundreds of small trenches, dugouts, tunnels and firing positions, amongst all the artillery craters, so it will take Russia a lot of time to clear them one by one.

Ukrainian Forces Advance: 2.10 km²

Middle Left Advance = 0.97km2, Bottom Left Advance = 1.13km2

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On the Velyka Novosilka front, continuing their attacks from 2 days prior, Ukraine has made further gains in the fields on the west and northwestern sides, recapturing a couple of them north of Pryvilne, as well as re-entering th western side of Novosilka. Their goal is to drive Russia back before it can properly secure and setup in this larger area that they captured in the second half of February and to buy time for further defences construction to the north.

Russian Forces Advance: 0.89 km²

Advance = 0.89km2

Heading to the western side of the Zaporizhia front, a small Russian infantry group advanced through the fields east of Kamyanske, retaking some treelines and positions they had lost in late December during a Ukrainian attack. Russia may be trying to push further north to see if they can re-establish the defence line next to the stream, although its not required as their existing defences have held up well.

Russian Forces Advance: 38.01 km²

Left Advance = 9.63km2, Right Advance = 28.38km2

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Following on from picture 1, starting with the northwest side, a Russian group from Lebedevka moved out into the fields south of the village, clearing the now abandoned treelines next to the stream. There were only a few positions here occupied by a handful of Ukrainians back when fighting was ongoing in Sverdlikovo, however they were abandoned days ago as those troops fled to Sumy. This Russian group will likely continue clearing the treelines as they move south, although will need to be careful to avoid any traps, mines or drone strikes from Ukrainian units over the border.

To the east, Russian troops finished clearing Kazachya Loknya overnight, confirming control of the village by the morning. They then moved through Knyazhii and reached Zaoleshensky by the afternoon. At the same time a separate Russian group cleared the remaining forest areas and defensive positions east of these settlements, which had also been abandoned.

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Continuing to move south, multiple Russian units cleared eastern and southern Sudzha, confirming full control over both areas. That same morning larger groups of Ukrainian troops were spotted leaving central Sudzha, as they abandon the town to retreat back to Sumy. Russia did not simply let them leave, and continues to strike Ukrainian vehicles and infantry as they head for the border (video 1, video 2, video 3, video 4, video 5, video 6).

By the afternoon the first Russian troops crossed the river and entered central Sudzha, moving through the first streets. Funnily enough a few Russian sources reported there were some minor arguments between units over which one would move into central Sudzha first. It ended up being the 11th Air Assault Brigade, who have been on the southern side of the Kursk front since the Ukrainian offensive began in August last year, however it does not really matter as it’s a joint effort and several Russian units entered wider Sudzha (so including the suburbs) at about the same time anyway.

You’ve almost certainly seen the photos in central Sudzha, but those took place on Wednesday, so will be in the next post.

Russian Forces Advance: 7.09 km²

Advance = 7.09km2

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On the northern side of Oskil River front, after a little under a week of fighting Russian assaults group have drive Ukraine out of Zahryzove, pushing out from the forest area on the west side, as well as advancing down the railway into the first houses of Bohuslavka. This is the fourth time Ukraine has been driven out of the village, and Russia will be looking to make sure it is the last so they do not have to fight there again.

Pushing down the railway as far as they have is actually incredibly important here, as its puts Russia right on the Lozova River, which runs from north of Lozova, through the village of the same name, through Nova Kyuhlyakivka, then through Bohuslavka before joining with the Oskil River. If Russia can set up positions along the Lozova river it will be able to funnel any attempted Ukrainian counterattack (typically involving vehicles) into several chokepoints, and hopefully (for Russia) stop them breaking back into Zahryzove.

Russian Forces Advance: 6.98 km²

Lower Left Advance = 4.53km2, Bottom Left Advance = 2.45km2

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Further south on the same front, Russian forces have made additionall progress west of the Zherebets River, capturing a number of fields and treelines west of Novolyubivka and northeast of Ivanivka. Despite their initial push after crossing the river being to the south to capture Kolodyazi (off map south), Russia has had far more success here moving west, and may just decide to put any southern advance on hold while they continue to move towards Nove.

Russian Forces Advance: 0.67 km²

Advance = 0.67km2

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Following on from picture 2, Russia made another small advance west of the chalk quarry, clearing more positions north of their advance the previous day.

Russian Forces Advance: 3.30 km²

Left Advance = 1.39km2, Right Advance = 1.91km2

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Back to the Velyka Novosilka front, north of the town Russia made a few smaller advances through the fields next to Skudne, as well as pushing up along the Mokri Yaly River over the past few days and capturing Dniproenerhiya. Russian troops are clearly positioning themselves for an attack on Vesele, although its unclear whether they will begin this by advancing along the road from Skudne, or moving up on the opposite side of the river from Dniproenerhiya.