RU POV: Russian advances on Day 814 of the war - Suriyakmaps

Clashes continue in and around Vovchansk, with the Russian army managing to advance upriver, taking control over Tykhe and forcing Ukraine to retreat from Zybyne. The situation continues to worsen for Ukrainian forces, as whilst they are still holding the riverline within Vovchansk itself, Russia is expanding its control further east and west, looking for places to cross the river.

Whilst the bridges in Vovchansk have been destroyed/knocked out, the ones further east in Tykhe and Zybyne are still standing (as far as we are aware), meaning Russia may attempt to cross there in the coming days.

Further west, following some small clashes in western Starytsia yesterday, the village has once again fully come under Russian control. No change in territory here as Ukraine did not retake this section, only turned it into grey zone.

Following on from yesterday, after capturing one of the treelines north of Berestove, Russian forces continued advancing, capturing the remaining northern fields and entering the northern part of the village. This area had been stagnant for months, until Ukraine pulled one of the Brigades based in this area away to the North, enabling Russia to push back the remaining Ukrainian defenders. Russia will likely try capture the rest of the village in the next few days.

Over the past few days Russian forces managed to capture the (ruins of the) eastern side of Bilohorivka. This has been one of the largest advances in this area in over a year, as both sides have been stuck in slow trench fighting. Ukraine still controls strong defensive positions on the Chalk Quarry and western hills, so Russia will still have trouble advancing further.

Following a short rest period for the past couple of weeks, Russian forces restarted operations north of Ocheretyne, taking over another 2 fields. They have still yet to get a foothold in Novookeksandrivka (despite Russian claims from a month ago), however may try circumvent the eastern Ukrainian defences and attack the town from the north as well.

Further south, will the fall of Umanske and Netailovo, Ukraine is now down to one crossing into the fields east of the river/reservoirs, and is beginning to withdraw. Russian forces will likely continue advancing west until the reach the bottleneck between the two reservoirs (pic below).

Russian forces made an opportunistic advance north of Marfopil, taking over the remainder of the northern outskirts of the village. This area of the front has been extremely stagnant for over 2 years at this point, and even during the counteroffensive saw little to no fighting. Russia may be reactivating operations here with the transfer of Ukrainian units to the north, however further confirmation is needed.