RU POV: Russian and Ukrainian advances from Day 865 to 867 of the War - Suriyakmaps

Russian forces made a small advance north of Verbove, capturing some trenches and returning to their pre-2023 counteroffensive positions (at least in this one spot).

Fighting in Krasnogorivka continues. Russian forces captured the sports centre and fields in the centre of the town, and are slowly advancing north through the park. Clashes continue to the east of here in the hospital area and apartment blocks.

Following on from some of the small advances over the last 2 weeks, Russian forces captured a few more fields northeast of Kupyansk. Russia has been small-scale attacks across a 12km area of the front, pushing slightly forward in a different spot each time. The fields between these 2 advances will likely fall to Russia sometime in the next week, as Ukraine pulls back to trenches near the stream.

Russian advances around Ocheretyne continue. In the north, Russia increased the buffer around Novooleksandrivka, whilst simultaneously pushing along the end of the Kazenyi Torets river, southwest of the town.

To the south, Russian forces advanced slightly to the north of Yevhenivka, threatening to cut off the only supply road leading into the village. East of Novoselivka Persha (bottom blue dot), Russian forces advanced along the river and took over several fields, approaching the edge of the town. Ukrainian forces in the trench network to the north of the Novoselivka Persha are in trouble, as Russia has them surrounded on 3 sides, and they are at risk of being cut off (picture below).

Following on from Ukraine's recent flanking attack near Hlyboke, Ukrainian forces expanded their control over the warehouses north of the village. Despite heavy bombardment, Ukrainian forces have managed to hold their positions here.

Continuing from pic 4, Russia captured most of the remainder of Yevhenivka. Despite some Russian claims, Russia does not fully control the village, as there are a number of buildings to the west which are part of the village, despite being separated from it (pic below).

To the south of here, Russian and Ukrainian forces are clashes in Novoselivka Persha, with the first Russian assaults underway. Some Russian sources have claimed they have already established a small foothold on the eastern side, however I cannot verify this.

The Russian army entered Stelmakhivka, capturing the eastern side of the village. Ukrainian forces have pulled back to the western side of the village, on the other side of the Zherebets river, and are using it as a defensive line to try hold the settlement. With the loss of the eastern side however, Ukrainian positions further north have become unstable and are at risk of being encircled.

Similar to picture 3, Russian forces have made a few small advances northeast of Kypyansk, capturing part of the forest, and another treeline in the fields. Russian forces look to be attempting to bypass the village of Synkivka, and the Ukrainian defences built in and around it.

As if the fighting in Vovchansk could not get any more confusing/complicated, Russian forces have crossed to the other side of the Vovcha river, and established a foothold of their own. This was likely an opportunistic advance, with the goal of forcing Ukraine to pull some of its assault units back from the north side of the river to deal with this Russian force, and thus enable Russia to capture back some of the northern sections of the town.

In Krasnogorivka, Russian forces finally cracked the Ukrainian defence in the eastern apartments and hospital area, capturing most of the eastern side of the town. Ukraine no longer controls any large concrete/reinforced structure in the town, only bring limited to small houses, and thus has lost their best defensive positions. Russian progress should speed up from here, however Russia will struggle to cross the Lozova River and capture the far northern section of Krasnogorivka.

Over the past few days, Russian forces have made further advances in Niu-York. Whilst Russian forces did get pushed out of the centre of the town in a Ukrainian counterattack a few days ago (pic 8 here), their next assault was far more successful. Currently they control a large chunk of the western suburbs, including many of the apartment buildings, and are making their way towards the centre of the town.

On the south side, Russian forces expanded their control of the southern suburbs and main road, as Ukrainian forces pulled back to the centre of the town. These advances also complicate the positions of Ukrainian soldiers in the trenchlines to the southwest, as they are at risk of being encircled if Russia attacks from the opposite side (pic below).

Whilst Ukraine is struggling here due to a lack of forces and a coherent defence strategy, its 'saving grace' is that Russian forces here are not that numerous as well, and thus cannot fully exploit the gaps in Ukraine's lines.

Whilst Russian sources claim that this Niu-York advance was due to a man-made tunnel, I cannot verify this claim. Russian sources also made a similar claim regarding a tunnel in Toretsk (northeast of Niu-York), however we have yet to receive any concrete evidence of its existence too. Similar to the Avdiivka tunnel operation, if these tunnels do exist, then information regarding their location and usage will only be released after the battle for Niu-York and Toretsk ends, in order to protect Russian operations.