RU POV: Russian and Ukrainian advances from Day 1380 to 1382 of the War - Suriyakmaps

Starting today’s post on the Oskil River front, Russia restarted operations around Zahryzove, pushing south and east of the village to capture several nearby treelines and the first buildings on the northern edge of Bohuslavka (orange dot above y).

Speaking of, the small Russian push into the southern side of that village a couple of weeks ago failed, with the Russians being forced back to their starting positions. If they can coordinate an attack on Bohuslavka from the north and south at the same time Russia may be successful, otherwise they will have to slowly advance from the (relatively safer) northern route to try take the settlement.

Down on the Lyman front, after another week of positional battles Russian forces have reached the eastern side of Drobysheve, taking over the adjacent gulleys and treelines. There has been a lot of back and forth in this area as neither Russia nor Ukraine is able to get the upper hand in the fighting for the town, so the same outer positions keep trading hands.

Moving to the Pokrovsk front, on the north side, Russia made further progress in their assault on Sofiivka, capturing several more streets. Ukraine is still present in the settlement however, so the battle is not yet over.

To the southwest, during their counterattacks north of Rodynske Russia managed to retake some more of the treelines near Nykanorivka, gradually pushing the frontline back towards the railway.

Heading to the Novopavlivka front, Suriyak made a correction regarding the battle for Ivanivka. In a post last week Suriyak claimed Ukraine had taken the entire town, whilst I mentioned the Russians reportedly still being present in the south and eastern parts. This has now been reflected in the map, as more information has been released showing Ukraine didn’t capture the settlement and Russia managed to hold on in some smaller sections. Fighting is ongoing here, so it will take a while longer before we know which side manages to come out on top.

Back to Pokrovsk, north of the city, Russia has continued to expand its presence in the fields and farms to the north, sending smaller groups of infantry out to secure the area. Whilst they do not have troops on every single m2 of treeline, the outside of the pocket has been widened so the chance of a Ukrainian breakout from Myrnohrad is minimal at this point.

Over on the Orikhiv front, over the past 2 weeks Ukraine has been counterattacking in Mala Tokmachka, successfully driving back the Russian assault groups to their earlier positions on the east side of the town. This brings the frontline back to about where it was in mid-November and makes it rather awkward for Russia as they claim to have captured the entire town weeks ago (which never happened).

Swinging up to Kupyansk, Ukraine continues its aggressive counterattacks into the town, managing to break into the western suburbs and take up positions in the houses. The fighting here is a chaotic mess as there are not enough troops present to maintain a solid frontline, so there are pockets of Russian and Ukrainian soldiers all over the western half of Kupyansk fighting for control.

Moving down to Siversk, over the past week the town has been engulfed in heavy clashes, with Russian troops managing to capture more of the apartment blocks on the east side. There are many reports of Russians soldiers pushing much deeper into Siversk than shown here, but evidence of these pushes is lacking and there is still a lot of confusion over who controls what.

Following on from picture 5, adjacent to Myrnohrad, Russian took control of the small slag heap next to the thinner part of the city, as Ukraine was unable to contest it anymore. Russian troops won’t hold positions there, but it does mean that Ukrainian troops are now confined to only the northern side of the city.

Back to the Novopavlivka front, within the town, Ukraine launched a series of counterattacks over the past 2 weeks, managing to retake the northern streets and most of the eastern houses. From what I can tell the Russian assault groups that entered a while back did make early progress but had severe difficulty in getting reinforcements and supplies in to continue the assault, allowing Ukraine to hit back and overwhelm them.

Unless more Russian troops manage to push into Novopavlivka soon they will likely be forced out of the town, back to their positions to the south.

Heading to the Hulyaipole front, the battle for the town is ongoing, with their forces confirmed to have taken over more houses on the east and northern sides of the town. Same as with Siversk, there are many claims and reports that the Russians are deeper into Hulyaipole than shown here, but concrete evidence of such advances is lacking.

Russia is also once again repeating it’s successful isolation strategy that it has used on other towns and cities, striking all vehicles trying to get in or out of Hulyaipole (video 1, video 2). As seen in those other battles, over time the garrison will be worn down and severely weakened due to a lack of supply and the impossibility of evacuating casualties, which will eventually lead to Russia taking over the settlement.

Swinging up to the northern front, over the past couple of days Russia has made minor progress in the village of Lyman, taking over a few more houses.

Following on from picture 8, Russia has made further progress in its assault on Siversk, capturing more buildings on the northeastern section of the town as well as another chunk of the hills overlooking the settlement. Clashes are now moving west towards the railway line and the Bakhmutovka River, so it looks like the battle is accelerating.

To the northwest, Russian troops from Platonivka made a minor advance south of the village, capturing some adjacent treelines. If they continue pushing south (unlikely) they will further pressure the last Ukrainian supply/evacuation routes, although the only ones left are already being hit by Russians drones and have been mostly unusable for a while now.

Onto the Pokrovske and Hulyaipole fronts, in the north, with Russia unable to cross the Vovcha River and assault Kolomiitsi, Ukraine counterattacked and recaptured the village of Tykhe. The Russians are still present in the treelines and gulley south of this area, so we will have to see if they regroup and attack Tykhe again or if Ukraine tries to push further south to undo more Russian progress.

To the southwest, there has been a lot of confusion over the village of Dobropillya. Last post I mentioned that Ukraine claimed they still held the village and released a video of their troops standing next to one of the warehouses where the Russians had also filmed themselves. Based off this Suriyak has marked most of Dobropillya as being under Ukrainian control, however to spoil the next post he has already undone this as Russia released another video yet again showing their troops in Dobropillya and refuting the Ukrainian video. They claim that the Ukrainians sent a couple of soldiers in to film the flag waving video before running away and were able to prove that Russia is still in the village, so it is a complete mess here.

Even though Suriyak will undo this advance in the next post, it is still an advance he has shown so it still gets calculated.