U POV: Russian advances from Day 1149 to 1151 of the War - Suriyakmaps

We’re kicking this update off on the east side of the Pokrovsk front, where Russian forces launched a mechanised attack towards Myrolyubivka. Assault groups were dropped off on the edge of the town, where fighting is taking place as they try push deeper into the settlement.

On the Zaporizhia front, Russian troops launched a large mechanised attack with IFVS, APCs and motorcycles towards Mala Tokmachka from the west. Despite losses, a number of the vehicles reached the edge of the town where they dropped off troops. Those Russian soldiers have established a foothold on the far eastern side of Mala Tokmachka, but its difficult to tell whether they will be able to push further into the town.

On the Oskil River front, fighting continues over the small town of Nove, with Russian assault groups managing to secure the school and most of the northern street. There are also reports that they have begun to attack from the southern farm which they captured the day before.

Heading to the west side of the Kurakhove front, Russia made some minor gains around Rozylv, clearing out a couple of defensive positions southwest of the settlement. Russia continues to heavily bomb/drone Bahatyr in preparation for an eventual attack on the town, as has become standard for the majority of settlement battles.

Moving up to Kursk, after securing their positions in the monastery following its capture a few days ago, Russian troops have begun moving downhill towards Gornal, reaching the outskirts of the village. Gornal is one of the only two settlements Ukraine still controls in Kursk, and its loss would make holding the remaining border area (on this side) impossible.

On the northern side of the Kupyansk front, Russian troops have now cleared out the forest and hill area between their positions in Kamyanka and the rest of the bridgehead, linking them up. Fighting is ongoing within Kamyanka, with the greyzone in the centre of the small town expanded slightly as Russian troops have moved deeper into the settlement.

Further south on the same front, Russia launched a small mechanised attack towards the village of Mala Shapkivka, dropping off troops in some of the buildings on the east side. This settlement is very disjointed, with there being large open area between the different buildings in the village, so it will be quite difficult for these Russian troops to move much further into the Mala Shapkivka on foot.

Following on from picture 3, Russian troops made further progress north of Nove, clearing out the remainder of the farm on the outskirts of the town. Additionally, a separate Russian group has taken the opportunity and pushed west through the treelines to reach the edge of Rodkodub. Its unclear what the state of the Ukrainian garrison in this village is, as most of Ukraine’s focus was on Nove, so Russian command may view this as an opportunity to take the settlement whilst they are also assaulting Nove.

To the northeast, another few Russian groups have made more progress around Novomykhailivka, taking over another portion of the forest area next to the village and also clearing out some of the treelines in the surrounding area. In all likelihood Novomykhailivka is probably under Russian control, as the village only has about 6 houses/farms and there are virtually no defensible positions within it for Ukraine to try hold. If Novomykhailivka ever had a garrison, they have likely pulled back to the trench network 2km northwest of the settlement.

Moving over to the southern side of the Toretsk front, over the past 2 days Russian assault groups have moved into Sukha Balka, taking over most of the village. Aside from the large farm on the east side, there are only the residential buildings over the road left for Russia to capture, which they are currently advancing towards now. There has been almost no information about what has happened to the Ukrainian garrison, as they were cut off a few days ago and stand almost no chance of holding out.

Another Russian group also made a small advance northwest of Sukha Balka, capturing several trenches north of the road.

Following on from picture 4, Russian troops have continued clearing out the fields and treelines west of Rozlyv, capturing several of them. There are still a number of positions they will have to clear before they have a secure path to Bahatyr, but it will not be long before the battle for that town begins.

Heading back to Kursk, this time to the south of the border checkpoint. Over the past week Russian assault groups have been attacking Oleshnya and the surrounding Ukrainian defences, and have now been confirmed to have captured the village. There is not much information about the assault, as Russia has simply spent weeks bombing and droning the area before sending in small infantry groups to clear out the surviving garrison. Due to the terrain and difficulty in resupplying them its questionable if there were many Ukrainian troops left by the time Russia launched the assault, but they have been successful in stalling Russia’s recapture of Kursk for a while.

This just leaves Gornal as the only settlement that Ukraine still controls in Kursk, and whilst it was being assaulted the easter ceasefire has temporarily paused that attack.

Around Toretsk, Russian infantry groups have made small pushes in several areas, moving along the railway west of the town as they try clear the small forest area, as well as moving along the treelines northwest of the settlement as they try reach Dachne. None of these involved many troops, just infantry probing and scouting out Ukrainian positions, however Dachne will likely be assaulted in the near future.

Following on from picture 1, the Russian assault groups that were dropped off next to Myrolyubkivka have been confirmed to have established a foothold in the town. Ukraine is trying to bomb them out now to prevent them from being reinforced or expanding their area of control.

Following on from picture 2, Russia made some minor gains south of Mala Tokmachka, with these being done by some of the troops involved in the mechanised assault 2 days prior. There is no update regarding the troops within the town itself, and the Easter ceasefire means it will be a little while before we hear of any movement from that area.