UA POV: Ukrainian and Russian advances on Day 795 of the war - Suriyakmaps

Ukraine 'captured' the Nestryga island in the Dnieper River delta near Kherson. I try to be as neutral and analytical as possible with these posts, but to put it bluntly, this 'advance' is purely PR based and serves no other purpose. Its just stupid.

The island is a thick marsh with no permanent structures on it, and provides no benefit to Ukrainian forces. Ukraine almost certainly does not plan to actually station any soldiers on this island, similar to the others, as they would be extremely exposed to artillery and FPV drones. Additionally, a lot of the island floods when there is heavy rainfall (even far upstream on the Dnieper), meaning there is little point to try built any fortifications there.

Ukraine could have taken the island back in late 2022 when they captured the Kherson region, but didn't as it serves no purpose. Ukraine has almost certainly 'captured' the island now for a PR win, amidst larger territorial losses and faltering units on other fronts. Pic below of what these islands look like (not specifically this one as there just aren't any photos taken on the ground there).

Following on from yesterday, Russia restarted activity in another area of the front after months of static warfare. Russia forces pushed southwest from Tabaivka along the river, towards Pishchane. To be quite clear, this is not the start of some larger offensive as some sources have suggested, but positional battles starting up in an area of the front that has been mostly silent for some time. Russia's goal here is likely to make opportunistic advances in areas of the front where Ukraine's lines are thin, and force them to keep rotating units in and out to try stabilise different areas.

The Russian army continued its advance in Kyslivka, taking over more of the village. Ukrainian forces still have a foothold on the western edge, but will likely be forced to retreat back to trenchlines outside the town due to Russian pressure.

Following on from their advance a few weeks ago, Ukraine has pushed Russia back a little bit in the forests east of Yampolivka. These infrequent advances have been opportunistic, as Russian advances towards Terny stalled more than a month ago. Ukraine will likely try increase the buffer around these villages, but will not be able to push the Russian forces all the way back to the Luhansk border.

Advances around Ocheretyne continue, with Russia taking some more of the railway line to the west, and capturing another field east of the town. Clearing operations continue in Novokalynove and Keramik, so their capture by Russia has no been 100% confirmed just yet.

Similar to the other advances we've seen, Russia restarted attacks around Netailove, pushing deep into the eastern part of the town. Before today Russia had only controlled a handful of buildings on the far eastern edge, but now has a more solid foothold within the town itself. Ukraine will try dislodge the Russians in the coming days, lest they be forced out of the town piece by piece as we have seen elsewhere.