RU POV: Russian and Ukrainian advances from Day 1585 to 1591 of the War - Suriyakmaps

Russian Forces Advance: 3.98 km²

Advance = 3.98km2

Starting on the Sumy border area as usual, over the week Russian troops managed to make a minor advance in the treelines east of Bachivsk as well as reportedly entering the village itself. The slow push is ongoing with heavy shelling of the border settlements still continuing.

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Onto the northern front, Russian DRGs and assault groups have intensified their pushes out from Vovchansk and the forest, reaching Zemlyanyi Yar and Shesterivka. The Russians have claimed much greater progress than shown here, some of which is definitely due to a misunderstanding of where these localities are, whilst others are unconfirmed as of now.

I have seen some rather interesting footage and reports regarding sudden pushes and infiltrations here but they’ll have to wait until the next post once more information comes out.

Russian Forces Advance: 9.15 km²

Top Left Advance = 0.17km2, Upper Middle Advance = 8.98km2

Moving to the Kupyansk front, south and next to the town Russian assault groups have cleared out the remainder of the forest here and have moved deep into Kupyansk-Vuzlovyi (video 1, video 2), taking over all of the northern half and many of the central buildings.

Ukraine is in serious trouble within the Kupyansk pocket as Russia is now incredibly close to the last 3 remaining makeshift bridges over the Oskil River, which are key to the supply and evacuation of troops remaining here. Whilst drones can be used to carry some supplies to these troops they cannot fulfill the demand of a force this size and it still leaves the issue of evacuating from the area. Those who remain are being picked off across the region (video 1, video 2, video 3) and attempts to bring supplies or reinforcements across the river have so far failed.

Further south other Russian groups have been closing in on the other localities within the pocket, aiming to split it up into smaller pieces and clear out the Ukrainian troops in these areas.

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Russian Forces Advance: 13.48 km²

Upper Left Advance = 3.43km2, Upper Middle Advance = 2.35km2, Lower Left Advance = 0.55km2, Bottom Left Advance = 7.15km2

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Down to the Lyman front, Ukraine continues to send DRGs out into the fields around Stavky, attempting to cut off Russian troops and prevent supplies and reinforcements from travelling to the village. At the same time Russia has been working on countering the previous Ukrainian DRGs and has recaptured parts of the treelines east of Stavky and in eastern Drobysheve.

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At this same time as all this the Russian assaults into Lyman are ongoing, with some consolidation claimed in the eastern most streets and in the southeast suburbs. Ukraine has been trying to counterattack and clear out the Russians but intense bombardment of their positions west of Lyman and Russian DRGs being all over the town are making it extremely difficult for them. The 3rd battle for this town is still undecided and could swing either way in July as both sides attempt to clear the other out.

Russian Forces Advance: 24.13 km²

Top Advance = 5.97km2, Top Right Advance = 8.48km2, Middle Advance = 1.02km2, Lower Advance = 4.21km2, Upper Bottom Advance = 0.85km2, Lower Bottom Advance = 3.60km2

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Heading to the Slovyansk front, on the north side Russian assault groups pushed out from Kryva Luka along the Siverskyi Donets River and have managed to capture Pyskunivka as well as parts of the surrounding forest area. Already DRGs have been heading out from here towards Starodubivka and even as far as Mykolaivka, looking to open up the next Russian push.

To the east Suriyak has remarked most of the pocket near Kalenyky as being back under Russian control after they reportedly cleared out the few troops hiding in the fortifications here. This undoes most of the last of the ‘corrections’ he made from a few weeks ago, although that does no mean Ukraine won’t try slip troops back into these fortifications in the future.

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To the southwest Russia further expanded its control of Rai-Oleksandrivka, with the first assault groups seen pushing west and beginning to clear out the fortifications near Orikhuvatka.

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Moving south the earlier Russian pushes across the canal have borne some fruit, with their forces taking over most of Malynivka, as well as several treelines and fields to the south. Russia is also in Tykhonivka and claims to have captured it although Suriyak is leaving it in the greyzone for now.

Russian Forces Advance: 6.40 km²

Top Right Advance = 1.77km2, Left Middle Advance = 1.57km2, Right Middle Advance = 3.06km2

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Immediately south of the previous map, we’re now on the Kostyantynivka front. On the far northern side Russia has captured the trenches on the ridge just above Markove, allowing them to capture the last houses of the village. They’ll be looking to push north and west to capture more of the surrounding treelines and make a move on Fedorivka.

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To the southwest within the city, Russian troops have pushed further northwest in Kostyantynivka, capturing most of the remaining streets (at about 95%). It was around this point (3rd of 4th of July) that they officially announced that they captured Kostyantynivka. Whilst this isn’t strictly true due to some scattered Ukrainian soldiers remaining in some areas of the city and the northwestern most streets not being under there control, it is true that Russia has a large force within Kostyantynivka and holds positions across the majority of the locality.

Russia will spend the rest of July clearing out the stragglers, capturing the remaining couple of streets in northern Kostyantynivka and bringing their forces and supplies up into the city to turn it into a forward base. They won’t just be passive whilst this is going on with intense droning and shelling of Osykove and Oleksijevo-Druzhkivka, as well as pushes to try capture the settlements northeast of the city up towards Chasiv Yar.

Russian Forces Advance: 21.10 km²

Top Right Advance = 4.98km2, Middle Advance = 4.36km2, Lower Left Advance = 1.65km2, Lower Right Advance = 7.36km2, Bottom Left Advance = 2.75km2

Over on the Dobropillya and Pokrovske front, on the northern side Russia has increased its attacks against Ukrainian positions east of Dobropillya city, recapturing the village of Novyi Donbas and sending DRGs out into the areas near the locality. Their increased focus here may explain the uptick in Russian drone strikes and some bridges being targeted around the city, but it is incredibly unlikely that they could assault Dobropillya from this side (minimal cover).

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To the south Russia has been stepping up its DRG movements in the fields north of Pokrovsk yet again, trying to get into Shevchenko and some of the other villages in this area (such as the village of Dobropillya).

To the southwest other Russian forces have launched new attacks on either side of the E50 highway after months of skermishes, pushing towards and north of Serhiivka.

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Moving to the Pokrovske front, the mixed control zone has further been expanded to the area between the Vovcha and Mokri Yaly rivers. Russia and Ukraine are continuing to send DRGs out into each other’s territory, whilst trying to hunt down the other’s teams. This big greyzone that has formed here will likely remain for many months to come, similar to the one of the main section of the Pokrovske front, as neither side is able to truly clear the other’s infantry groups out.

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Onto the other part of the same front, the Russian infiltration and flag waving operations have peaked yet again, with their troops managing to get into Oleksandrivka and claim control. They absolutely do not hold this town, but after numerous claims of these groups being wiped out by Ukraine in previous weeks after the last few flag waving operation it is clear that Ukraine does not have solid control of much of the territory they recaptured during their February counteroffensive. This has led to numerous holes and gaps in the frontline that Russia has been able to exploit to slip infantry through deep into their lines, leading to the videos they keep filming.

To the south, northern Radisne has moved into the greyzone due to renewed clashes and unclear control.

Russian Forces Advance: 10.48 km²

Upper Right Advance = 3.06km2, Middle Right Advance = 4.76km2, Bottom Advance = 2.66km2

Down to the Hulyaipole front, on the north side Ukraine has captured a few treelines northeast of Vozdvyzhivka, trying to pressure the Russians along the railway.

Immediately southwest of this Suriyak has done a 180 on last week’s Ukrainian counterattack and has stated that Vozdvyzhivka is actually contested instead of being mostly retaken, as well as Russia still remaining in the fields west of the locality where they were before. A similar thing has occurred south of here in and around Verkhnya Tersa and Hirke, with areas being given back to Russia and others taken off Ukraine and moved into the greyzone. This is rather tough for me to talk about as I saw minimal evidence of the Ukrainian attacks that apparently occurred and the Russians have still been pushing west towards the nearby villages, so I personally cannot say what really happened here. In any case just consider the clashes here to be ongoing with the usual attacks, DRG infiltrations and mixed control.

To the southwest Russia has also been expanding its control in the fields around Charivne whilst north of the locality Ukraine has been trying to push back and retake some of the positions they lost in June.

Ukrainian Forces Advance: 2.08 km²

Top Right Advance = 2.08km2