RU POV: Russian and Ukrainian advances from Day 1359 to 1360 of the War - Suriyakmaps

Starting off today’s post on the northern front, Russian troops pushed south into the trenches next to Synelnykove, allowing them to capture the remainder of the village. They are now probing Tsehelne, which is not a village but a collection of industrial warehouses.

Moving onto the Kharkiv border area, Russian assault groups captured several fields and small forest areas east of Dvorichanske, gradually closing in on the village.

Down on the Lyman front, to the north, Russian assault groups from Serednje restarting operations to the northwest, capturing some treelines as they move towards Korovii Yar (top blue dot). The focus is still on surrounding and assaulting Lyman but some troops are being dedicated to improving their positions in other areas. Korovii Yar will likely not be assaulted unless Russia can spare more groups of infantry, as most are engaged further south.

Speaking on, Russian and Ukrainian forces continue to clash in and around Novoselivka and Drobysheve, with the Russians making some slight progress in the later. Russian troops have been unable to consolidate in these areas so far so there is a lot of back and forth as Ukraine constantly counterattacks.

Heading to the Siversk front, over the past 4 days Russian assault groups have further squeezed the frontline around the town itself, advancing to the north, east and south of it. This includes the capture of the hills that overlook Siversk (about 30 to 50m higher than the town) as well as the first of the trenches that sit directly outside the settlement (and are its last defence).

Over on the Kostyantynivka front, the Russian troops within the city had further success on the outskirts, capturing more of the railway and pressuring the rear of Ivanopillya.

To the northeast, Russia continues to clear the last remnants of the small pocket that formed around Predtechyne, taking over a couple more fields and treelines.

Moving onto the Pokrovsk front, following their advances earlier in the week Russian assault groups were able to recapture the village of Volodymyrivka and enter central Shakhove, where clashes are taking place. Allegedly the Ukrainians remaining in the town began to withdraw to avoid encirclement but clashes are still taking place here.

Whilst it looks like Russia may finally be closing in on capturing Shakhove it has come far too late to save the salient, which has all but been reduced to its initial area. Russia really needed to capture Shakhove back in September or early October, but stiff Ukrainian resistance and an incredible density of drone teams prevented them from doing so.

Swinging over to Pokrovsk, west of the city, Russian forces have managed to push deeper into the coking coal mine, establishing control over most of the building after weeks of intensive bombardment. If they can capture the mine it will open up a lot of space for Russia to push through, including enabling an assault on Serhiivka (town to the northwest).

To the northeast, Russian assault groups from the city have been pushing along the northwestern outskirts, taking up positions right outside Hryshyne. No assault on the town has begun yet but the Russians are certainly preparing for one.

To the east, other Russian groups made further advances within Pokrovsk, capturing more of the last houses of the city. Ukraine is still launching counterattacks and trying to break back into the city, but have been unable to make any progress due to Russian drones, long range support and the high number of troops in Pokrovsk.

Moving east again, Russian forces made some more smaller advances in Myrnohrad, reaching the apartment blocks on the south side. The encircled Ukrainian troops are slowly running out of room and are being picked off by Russian drones or FABs that relentlessly hit their positions.

South of that, Russian forces cleared the village of Sukhyi Yar and some of the nearby fortifications. There are still several trench networks around Myrnohrad left to check, but almost all the Ukrainian forces in the encirclement are now within Myrnohrad.

Heading over to the Pokrovske front, after a few weeks of clashes Russian assault groups captured the village of Danylivka and many of the fields south of it. Whilst the Hulyaipole supply road was cut a few weeks back due to the Russians blowing the bridge in Danylivka, they now physically occupy it so even infantry movements are no longer possible. This restricts all supplies to Hulyaipole via some secondary roads to the west, which are in worse condition and run closer to Russian troops to the south.

From here these assault groups have a few options depending on command priorities, as they can either stick to this side of the Yanchur River and attack Nechaivka and Radisne, or cross over it to head for Vidradne and Ostapivske (with the goal of reaching Pokrovske).

Following on from picture 2, the same Russian groups made further advances around Dvorichanske, captured more fields and treelines.

Down to the Kupyansk front, heavy clashes are occurring across the entire town and surroundings, as Ukraine is pushing hard to try recapture the town before Russia can properly secure it. A lot of equipment and troops have been brought up for this but over the past 2 months they have had little success getting into the town due to Russian drones (video 1, video 2, video 3). There was also a video of at least 4 BMPs (+2 unknown vehicles) being destroyed in Kupyansk-Vuzlovyi (below the S) a few days ago, meaning Ukraine may have been preparing for a mechanised attack from within the pocket.

Out east, Suriyak has remarked two areas as Ukrainian control following several weeks of no information. These were the areas where Russian DRGs were filmed on the eastern side of Kurylivka (below the i) and Petropavlivka (below the y) around Day 1340, but it’s clear they never consolidated and those areas are still held by Ukraine.

Following on from picture 5, Ukraine took advantage of the recent bad weather to try push back up the hill into Stupochky once again with several vehicles (such as these tanks). Whilst they weren’t able to consolidate in the village, some troops did at least manage to retake part of the main road leading into the city.

On the west side of the Kostyantynivka front, after weeks of positional battles Russian troops once again pushed north of Rusyn Yar and recaptured the treelines around the quarries.

To the southwest, heavy clashes continue in Rodynske with neither side coming out on top so far. As I said last post, more of the town should be marked as greyzone due to mixed presence of infantry from both sides and a lack of control, rather than making these little updates every other day.

Moving onto the Novopavlivka front, during the current bad weather that has covered much of Ukraine, Russian forces launched a mechanised attack, managing to land a large amount of troops in the town. The fog delayed Ukraine detecting the vehicles and made hitting them with drones difficult, meaning the majority made it to town, dropped off their troops and withdrew intact. Because of this most of the eastern half of Pavlivka has fallen under Russian control, with their forces trying to attack and clear the remaining areas now.

Back to the Pokrovske front, over the past couple of days Russian assault groups continued to advance in Orestopil, clearing and capturing the village. With Orestopil under their control Russia was also able to capture most of the surrounding fields, as well as recapturing the remainder of Sosnivka, as Ukrainian troops were forced to retreat back into Velykomykhailivka.

To the east Russian groups from Novoselivka also pushed out to recapture some of the surrounding fields as well as crossing the Vovcha River and attacking the forest once again.

Russia is now putting immense pressure on Velykomykhailivka, droning and bombarding it as they prepare for an assault over the river. Ukraine has to hold the riverline if they want to keep the town because if Russia can establish a foothold in the forest east or west of Velykomykhailivka they can easily launch assaults.

Down to the Hulyaipole front, Russian troops made a small advance outside Vesele and Zelenyi Hai. It is unclear if any Ukrainians remain in these small villages but if so they will not last long once the assaults begin.

From Picture 10