RU POV: Russian and Ukrainian advances from Day 1324 to 1327 of the War - Suriyakmaps

Kicking off today we’re on the Sumy front, where Ukraine has continued working its way towards Oleksiivka, moving into the farm warehouses on the western side of the village as Russia shells them.

Down on the Lyman front, Russia made slightly more progress in the battle of Yampil, capturing a few more streets on the northern side. There are claims that the Russians are much deeper into the town than this, but that is unconfirmed at this time.

Moving onto Pokrovsk, south of the city Russia made a small advance from Chunyshyne, advancing slightly up the railway and making another attempt to enter Novopavlivka.

Over on the Pokrovske front, fighting continues in and around Sichneve and Novoselivka, with it still being unclear who controls what areas.

Southwest of this, the Russian push towards Oleksiivka mentioned last post was successful, with assault groups taking up positions in the southern warehouses.

Following on from picture 1, yet again Russian troops ‘captured’ Varachyne. As mentioned all the previous times, the village has incredibly few buildings and minimal cover, so there is no viable place to actually hold from there, hence why it keeps changing hands. If my counting is correct this would be the 7th time the settlement has swapped control since early June and in all likelihood it will swap once again when Ukraine inevitably decides to try push into it again.

Heading to Volchansk, over the past 4 days Russian assault groups made large gains on the western side of the town. From their positions in the forest, several groups moved into the residential area, clearing several streets of houses, which Ukraine was not able to properly contest.

East of that, other Russian assault groups moved from the oil extraction plant into the neighbouring streets, clearing them out. Almost all of western Vovchansk is now under Russian control, with the frontline settling along a sort of ‘gap’ between it and the southern side of the town. The Russians will have to move further away from the relative safety of the forests if they want to take southern Vovchansk, which will still take a long time given the low number of forces involved in the current fighting.

Onto the Oskil River front, after an extended period of minimal activity the Russians have once again started to become active at the very northern end of this front, retaking most of Zahryzove. It’ll still be quite difficult for them to move much further south (as happened last time), but perhaps they may have better success as their control of the areas further southeast has expanded over the past few months.

Over on the Kostyantynivka front, Russian forces recaptured some of the fields and fortifications on and west of the railway line.

Moving back to the Pokrovsk front, this time around the salient where we have continued to see larger Russian gains. On the east side, over the past 2 days Russian forces expanded their control east of Volodymyrivka following its capture a few days prior, moving up the treelines and fields to close in on Shakhove.

Over to the west, Suriyak has finally marked the large area of greyzone and some Ukrainian control south of Nykanorivka as under Russian control, although I believe this happened many weeks back as the Ukrainian attack that first occurred here was defeated a while ago (so the salient was not actually as thin as shown). In addition to this the Russian troops in Nykanorivka have once again secured the surrounding treelines and forced Ukraine back to the railway.

Suriyak has also claimed that the Russians are once again active north of Kucheriv Yar, but like most reports about the top of the salient I have minimal information about it and cannot really comment.

Further south on the same front, Russian forces have continued to increase their activity east of Myrnohrad, capturing several trench networks as well as a number of treelines as Ukraine is forced to withdraw back into the city.

Following on from picture 4, Russian assault groups expanded their control of Oleksiivka, taking over about half of the village.

Down on the Hulyaipole front, Russian forces reportedly crossed the Yanchur River into western Poltavka, where clashes are ongoing. A little further north, they also captured the farm next to one of the bridges over the same river, which they may use to try hit northern Poltavka whilst the Ukrainian garrison is occupied in the centre of the village.

Heading up to Kupyansk, over the past week Ukrainian forces have reportedly withdrawn from most of the pocket that formed in the centre of the town, pulling out further side to try and regroup. It is unclear how far they pulled back and if there are still some soldiers in the pocket, but Russia will certainly be looking to clear and close it in the coming days/week.

Following on from picture 10, Russian forces made further advances east of Myrnohrad, some that occurred earlier and are only being reported on now. Novoekonomichne (above the m) was recaptured by the Russians some time ago after the Ukrainian counterattacks stalled out and they withdrew back into the city.

Adjacent to this, the Russians once again captured some of the trenches outside Novoekonomichne and re-entered Kapitalna Mine (above the k), whilst a little to the south Russian infantry groups moved back into the treelines around the small reservoir and entered the village of Balahan (under the a).

South of that, they also moved up the treelines from Hrodivka and made their way to the outskirts of Kozatske (under the k), which they are currently trying to capture now. At least one Russian group is claimed to have entered Myrnohrad itself at this time, but its unclear if they managed to establish a foothold. As should be obvious from this map, Ukraine is in a lot of trouble east of the city, with Russia now dangerously close to breaking in in multiple locations. I had read rumours that Ukraine was pulling back from the outermost parts of the pocket due to supply and manpower issues, but I do not know if this is true and/or related to the recent Russian advances.

On the west side of Pokrovsk, Russian assault groups cleared Ukraine out from the Durniak, capturing some more streets and also managing to push up the railway right near the industrial area. As mentioned in previous posts, this industrial area sits at the crossroads of both the E50 highway and the O0525 road to Hryshyne, both key logistics routes for the Ukrainians.

Following on from picture 13, whilst Ukraine continues to withdraw from the pocket in the town, north of Kupyansk other forces were able to recapture some of the treelines south of Tyshchenkivka over the past week. These counterattacks have been ongoing for some time now, with the goal of relieving Kupyansk by punching into the Russia’s west flank and restricting their supplies.

Back down to the Lyman front, this time on the north side where Russian troops have expanded their control of the fields and treelines northeast of Drobysheve and northwest of Stavky. This advance puts them right on the thin outer defence line that runs around Stavky and below Drobysheve. Russia may be considering using these treelines to assault the latter, but could also be positioning themselves to bypass the former if they continue heading southwest.

Following on from picture 9, on the northeast side, Ukraine continued its counterattacks around the reservoir, managing to drive Russia back and alleviating some of the pressure on Sofiivka.

Out west, Ukraine reportedly recaptured Vilne and expanded their control of the treelines around it and Nove Shakhove. Like with the alleged Russian movements on the north side of the salient in picture 9, I have minimal information about anything going on in this area and can’t really comment, aside from the fact that this area seems to keep changing hands every other week.

Further south, after consolidating in Chervonyi Lyman Russian assault groups entered southern Rodynske, trying to establish a foothold in the town. For an incredibly brief summary, Rodynske is critical as the loss of the town would doom Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad, which is why Ukraine has fought hard to defend it. This attempt may well fail like the previous ones, but we will need to wait and see.

From Picture 17