UA POV: Russian and Ukrainian advances from Day 1449 to 1454 of the War - Suriyakmaps

Starting today on the Sumy front, over the past week Russia has continued to pressure several areas simultaneously. On the northwest side, a couple of squads re-entered Kindrativka and captured the northeastern corner of the village. The fighting is relatively low intensity with fewer troops, so this battle will likely progress quite slowly.

To the east, Russia once again pushed south of Varachyne, capturing several treelines as they try to reach the forest area north of Nova Sich.

To the southeast, Russian troops captured some more treelines outside of Myropillya, gradually building their positions for a likely assault.

Moving to the northern front, following their capture of Zelene a few days ago Russian assault groups have expanded their presence in the area, capturing some of the treelines east of the village and moving into the first houses of Neskuchne (above the S). Same as with the previous picture, quite a small Russian force involved in this border advance so slow progress and not much fighting.

Out east, Ukraine has been launching counterattacks towards Vilcha, moving back into the village whilst Russian forces are occupied with fighting in the adjacent forest.

Heading to the Kupyansk front, no major changes have occurred in the past few days, with the battle still primarily being a mess of DRGs pushing deep into Ukrainian lines trying to consolidate positions.

Down to the Lyman front, clashes continued across the area over the past week, with Ukraine trying to reestablish control over the forest in west, as well as Yarova (under the S) and Drobysheve (under the y).

Over on the Kostyantynivka front, the ongoing heavy clashes have stretched into the middle of February, with no clear indication of how the battle is going.

On the east side, Russia eliminated the Ukrainian push into Predtechyne from a couple of weeks ago and has moved back into the forest east of the city. At the same time as this, Ukraine counterattacked and recaptured some of the streets in eastern Kostyantynivka, forcing the Russian DRGs back.

To the southwest, Russia has intensified efforts to build their southern push on the city, taking over more of Berestok and the surrounding treelines, whilst other groups started to infiltrate this side of the city. I have seen claims that Russia has a much larger DRG presence in Kostyantynivka than indicated, including right into the central section, but as with all these we can’t confirm this as the Russians aren’t going to give away their locations.

Onto the Pokrovsk front, Russia intensified their shelling of the areas north of the city and has been pushing more infantry groups out to try secure the nearby treelines. As part of this they managed to resecure the livestock farms (yet again) immediately north of Pokrovsk.

Heading to the Pokrovske front, towards the end of the first week and through the beginning of the second of their ‘counteroffensive’/counterattacks, Ukraine made significant progress. The large area of greyzone created after their initial pushes has been captured due to the flood of infantry and vehicles they sent into the area. This also led to the capture of Sosnivka and Novooleksandrivka, both of which had minimal Russian presence.

The Ukrainian assault groups then continued south towards the settlements of Vyshneve, Verbove, Stepove, Beresove and Ternove, where they encountered significantly more resistance. Unlike the initial settlements lost which had minimal Russian presence, these ones have solid Russian positions, resulting in heavy clashes breaking out as the Russians try to stabilise and Ukraine tries to break through. These are also much closer to the Russian drone teams operating around the Yanchur River, leading to significantly more hits (video 1, video 2, video 3, video 4, video 5, video 6, video 7, video 8, video 9, video 10, video 11, video 12). Russia has been releasing increasing amounts of footage of the ‘counteroffensive’ after the initial low information period, but Ukrainian sources have only recently started acknowledging its existence after initially downplaying/denying it.

Following on from the previous picture, on the Hulyaipole front side of the ‘counteroffensive’ Ukraine made similar, albeit smaller gains. The initial greyzone created by the first waves was captured, along with the villages of Pryluky and Kosivtseve (minimal Russian presence). They’ve then pushed out towards and over the Haichur River, trying to engage the Russian forces holding the villages on the opposite side.

On top of this, Ukraine has been reinforcing the DRGs that have been operating between the Haichur and Yanchur Rivers since December, trying to build up a force behind Russian lines.

Swinging up to the Sumy border area, Russian assault groups cleared the remainder of Pokrovka over the past days and captured the village, with other groups taking over the small forest areas southwest to southeast of the settlement.

Whilst this is certainly not good for Ukraine, it is not a particularly important problem as the Russian force here is too small to properly exploit any opening and to expand out from their current foothold in this section of Sumy. We will likely see them try capture some of the treelines north of Pokrovka, but their main focus will be on the forests to the south to link up with the other Russian border crossings.

Following on from picture 3, Russian forces captured some of the fortifications east of Petropavlivka, as they continue their push to secure the settlement.

Following on from picture 4, Russian assault groups moved back into Drobysheve, this time taking over the eastern edge of the small town. Heavy clashes are ongoing and I do not expect there to be much movement here for some time.

Down south to the Siversk front, Russia has intensified their efforts to breach the Ukrainian defence line west of Siversk, capturing more of the hills southwest of Zakitne and the treelines south of the village. Other DRGs reportedly have made it to Kryva Luka (above the S) and the eastern section of Kalenyky, but no consolidation has occurred yet.

Following on from picture 5, on the northeast side, Ukraine has launched new attacks back into Chasiv Yar, gaining control over the waste treatment plant and some of the fields on the edge of the town.

To the southwest, Russian troops continue to move into Kostyantynivka from the south, via some of the treelines and greenhouses on the southwest side next to Illinivka.

Moving to the Novopavlivka front, Russian troops made a minor advance west of Ivanivka, recapturing some of the small forest area.

Following on from picture 7, Ukraine recaptured Vidradne as part of their recent counterattacks, with heavy clashes continuing along the remainder of this front.

Following on from picture 8, whilst the Ukrainian ‘counteroffensive’ did slow down Russian operations it has not fully halted them on the Hulyaipole front. Russian forces have continued to press the railway line west of the town, as well as capturing the village of Tsvitkove to the northwest.

Heading to the Zaporizhia front, Ukraine is continuing their counterattacks here as well. After securing more of the greyzone north of Stepnohirsk they launched a mechanised towards the town which was knocked out on it approach. At least some troops did manage to reach the outer buildings of the settlement, where Russia is currently trying to dig them out.

There were also a couple of Ukrainian soldiers from a DRG that managed to sneak all the way into Plavni, where they have hidden in some of the basements in the central part of the village. Its highly unlikely they will last long, but it is an annoyance that Russia will have to divert resources to deal with.