RU POV: Russian advances from Day 1235 to 1237 of the War - Suriyakmaps

We’re kicking off today’s post in Kursk, where Russia has pushed back in Tetkino and recaptured the southwestern part of the town over the past week. As discussed 2 weeks ago, with Ukraine forced to move their units back to the other part of the Sumy front to deal with the Russian push there they no longer had the forces required to assault Tetkino, so Russia has managed to regroup and push Ukraine out.

Whilst one or two Russian groups may cross over the border into Ryzhivka to probe defences and force a Ukrainian response, I do not expect there to be a large Russian push into Sumy in this area. They will most likely reestablish the border defences, refill on supplies and prepare for another possible Ukrainian attack.

Heading east to the other part of the Sumy front, following on from their push into northern Myropillya mentioned last post, another Russian assault group has crossed the open ground near the border and established a foothold on the west side of the town. This does cut off Ukrainian troops or reinforcements coming over the bridge from Zapsillya, forcing them to take the long route around. Clashes are ongoing as Ukraine counterattacks to try drive Russia out, whilst the Russians are attempting to bring in additional assault groups to help them take Myropillya.

Heading over to the northern and Kupyansk fronts, on the north side, Russian continues to make small movements in its newly created foothold in Kharkiv, with an infantry group captured a few more treelines west of Milove. As mentioned before, not that many Russian units have been deployed to this area, as the goal is likely just to force Ukraine to redeploy units to respond and to try pressure some of the border settlements.

To the southeast, Russian troops crossed the road west of Kamyanka and started clearing one of the small forest areas. Same as above, few troops assigned here with the focus being on the fighting around Kupyansk, so any progress/pushes will be slow.

North of Chasiv Yar, over the past week Russian forces have captured a few trenches on the western side of the canal near Markove. Whilst they might be considering an attack on the village, it likely won’t occur until the fighting within Chasiv Yar is wrapped up and more troops can be sent to take part in any assault.

On the east side of the Pokrovsk front, despite the difficulty in reaching and resupplying this area, Russian forces in Razine have managed to hold the village and have begun expanding outwards, capturing the surrounding fields, and some trenches. I had initially commented when Russia first took Razine that it would be quite difficult to hold and defend against Ukrainian counterattacks, however they have proven me wrong and are starting to take over the surrounding area.

Ukraine did not actually launch any counterattacks (to my knowledge), and instead just held their existing positions, which was certainly a mistake given the threat this push poses.

Heading back up to Sumy, this time to the main part of the front. After weeks of clashes Russian forces in Yunakivka have made some progress in capturing the town, gradually driving the Ukrainian troops back and taking over the remainder of the centre and a large portion of the southern streets. Advances on this front by either side are still extremely difficult due to the density of drones, so it will likely still take Russia some time to clear out the remainder of Yunakivka.

On the Oskil River front, over the past week Russian forces captured several treelines and fields south of Hrekivka near the Luhansk-Donetsk border. This is part of their slow push to retake the remaining parts of Luhansk Oblast in this area, which has been ongoing for several months now.

Following on from picture 5, in Russian assaults groups in Novotoretske captured more houses on the south side of the village. One group also took the opportunity to cross the Kazenyi Torets River into Boikivka and establish a foothold in the village. It does not look like Boikivka was actually being defended by Ukraine, hence the ease with which Russia was able to cross the river and establish themselves.

The advance shown on the map south of that is a duplicate of picture 5, so isn’t being counted.

On the Velyka Novosilka front, on the north side, Russian forces expanded their control of the area around Tolstoi, capturing several more fields and treelines up to the Mokri Yaly River. Russian forces in Novokhatske are still clearing the village, but given they were able to take the western side first and cut any garrison off from supply or reinforcements, they will likely capture the village in the coming days.

To the south, Russian assault groups finished clearing the last buildings in Myrne, confirming full control of the village. With the settlement falling they were quickly able to capture most of the surrounding fields and treelines, linking up with the units south of them and straightening the frontline out towards the west. Ukraine is still struggling to stabilise this part of the front and has been forced back to its defence around Oleksandrohrad and Voskresenka, where they are currently trying to hold out.

A little southwest, another Russian group from Shevchenko continued to push north, capturing several trenches. They are heading towards Voskresenka, to assist in the eventual assault on the village, but may try enter Maliivka first. As for why they have not already entered Maliivka, there are 2 layers of anti-vehicle ditches just east of the village, wrapping around its south and east side, as well as some minefields, making any assault difficult.

Heading over to the south side of the Toretsk front, due to Russian pressure on the supply lines south of Ivanopillya over the past month, Ukraine has been forced to gradually withdraw from the pocket near Toretsk. Naturally Russia took advantage of this and has moved into Novospaske over the past few days, clearing out the buildings and driving the last remnants of the Ukrainian garrison out, establishing full control of the town (video 1, video 2).

The battle for Novospaske was an odd one for Russia, with several failed attempts to gain a foothold, followed by long periods of no activity as Russia chose to try ignore it and Shcherbynivka and focus on Toretsk. This left openings on the south and western side of Toretsk that Ukraine used to infiltrate the town several times, although each of those failed. Now that Ukraine is finally unable to hold onto this area, Russia will soon be able to secure those sides of Toretsk (north was secured with the capture of the Dyliivkas) and focus on advancing towards Kostyantynivka.

Speaking of the Dyliivkas, to the northeast Russian troops cleared out another treeline and field between the two villages, as they continue to move on Bila Hora.

Over to the west, Russian assault groups in Yablunivka have started to break the Ukrainian resistance in the town, capturing most of the central buildings and beginning to move towards the eastern side.

Following on from picture 5, Russian assault groups have continued to advance out from Razine, exploiting the weak/thin Ukrainian lines in this area. On top of entering northern Novoekonomichne a few Russian groups managed to push much further west between the reservoirs east of Chervonyi Lyman. Ukrainian sources also reported that at least 1 Russian DRG managed to get close to Rodynske and that Russia were attacking their positions in and around the mine east of the town. This is a serious issue for Ukraine, as the majority of supplies for Pokrovsk-Myrnohrad and all Ukrainian positions in the surrounding area travel through that town, so it’s loss would severely restrict supplies. As usual, the issue for Ukraine is a lack of infantry, meaning settlements are poorly defended and they do not have the forces available to go on counterattacks. For the moment they are repelling Russia and stopping them from entering the mine or Chervonyi Lyman, but if this continues they will eventually break through and reach Rodynske.

To the north, another Russian group also reach the village of Fedorivka and are currently trying to clear it.

Following on from picture 9, Russian troops cleared out one of the fields south of Novohatske. They are also clearing the village; there is just a lack of information about their progress.

Onto the Zaporizhia front, Russian troops have cleared the remaining fields and treelines south of Malynivka, increasing the buffer around the small town.