RU POV: Russian and Ukrainian advances from Day 903 and 904 of the War - Suriyakmaps

Diving head first into the Kursk front, Ukrainian forces made more progress in Sudzha, clearing the southeastern section, and finally capturing the town. At the same time, motorised assault group advanced east towards the village of Mikhailovka (blue dot below Martynovka), capturing it. This was not without losses, as Russia forces struck this group with drones, destroying a few vehicles, as can be seen in this video.
ust south of this, less than 500m from the southern side of Sudzha, Ukrainian troops also advanced into the village of Bondarevka. Similarly, this group too was struck by Russian drones, but have still confirmed control of the settlement.

Even further south, Ukrainian troops advanced through the forest area and captured the village of Cherkasskaya Konopelka.

On the southern side of the Psel River, Russian units recaptured Kamyshnoe and Krupets (red dots), forcing Ukrainian troops back to Spalnoe (rightmost blue dot), undoing Ukrainian progress from the previous day. You can see part of the clearing of Kamyshnoe in this video, as Ukrainian infantry get hit by drones and flee back through the village. Russia is already striking Ukrainian positions in Spalnoe, so an assault on the village to push Ukraine even further back is expected in the coming days.

Onto the Pokrovsk front, where the situation continues to deteriorate for Ukraine. Following on from my previous update, Russian forces captured the farm ‘Novotoretske’ (north side) and the adjacent fields, as Ukraine pulls back into Hrodivka.

In Hrodivka itself, Russian troops captured the lakes area on the south side of the town, as Ukrainian troops counterattacked unsuccessfully to try force them out.

Further south, Russian troops, who quickly gained a foothold in Mykolaivka in the previous update, rapidly overwhelmed Ukrainian troops in the settlement, capturing it. Part of that assault can be seen in the video here, as a Russian BTR breaches deep into the town, drops off troops, and gets disabled on its way back to Russian lines. There were also 2 FPV drone hits on a Ukrainian Abrams tank in the village around the same time, however its fate is unknown. The capture of this village cuts off the Ukrainian supply road to the eastern villages, as I mentioned previously, which is likely to result it those areas being abandoned by Ukraine over the next few days/week. This also provides Russia with a staging point for an attack on Marynivka, and following that, Novohrodivka.

Moving right into the next day on the same front, Russian assault groups made more progress in Hrodivka, capturing more of the fields east and south of the town, as well as advancing further on the eastern residential area. Its possible Russian forces may start launching assaults into Hrodivka from different sides, such as into the south residential area, or northeastern houses.

To the south, Russian troops, following their capture of Zhelanne a few days ago, begun advancing out into the fields around the town, increasing the buffer area and approaching Novozhelanne. At the same time, Russian troops further east captured the fields and trench network next to the bridge over the Vovcha river, providing another route for Russian supplies and reinforcements to come through. Additionally, there are also reports that Ukrainian troops in this area have begun to retreat from Novozhelanne and the surrounding villages, as they simply do not have the forces to hold this area anymore. I cannot confirm this just yet, but the situation should become clearer in the coming days.

Ukraine has also publicly announced evacuations for Pokrovsk, as it has become clear that Ukraine will not be able to hold their defences around Hrodivka and Novohrodivka, and a battle for Pokrovsk/Myrnohrad is inevitable. This will be one of the largest evacuations since 2022, with over 100,000 people living in the conglomerate.

Back to Kursk, and clashes are occurring in a number of different areas. On the western side, Russian troops counterattacked the Ukrainian force attempting to capture Krasnooktyabrskoe (red dot), resulting in the capture of at least 24 soldiers from the Ukrainian 22nd Mech Brigade, and an unknown number of casualties. Russia has yet to push out from their forest positions yet, so Ukraine still maintains control of the fields north of Snagost.

On the northern side, a large area of fields and a few villages fell into the greyzone, after a Ukrainian DRG advanced deep into the area, only to be ambushed and wiped out by Russian forces the same day in the village of Safonovka. This resulted in a large numbers of vehicles destroyed, and many Ukrainian soldiers killed. Ukrainian troops rushing deep into Russian territory reportedly have very little recon and support, which has led to many successful ambushes, often with fewer Russian soldiers than the attacking Ukrainian force. This area is being marked as greyzone as its not the first time Ukrainian forces have pushed deep here, with the most notable incident being the Challenger a few days ago.

On the east side, Russian forces recaptured the village of Cherkasskoe Porechnoe, which Ukraine took a few days ago. At the same time, Ukrainian and Russian forces were clashing around Martynovka, as Ukraine seeks expand its control east of Sudzha.

To the south, Russian forces began assaulting Spalnoe, as I mentioned in Pic 1, in an attempt to drive Ukraine back towards the border.

In the Toretsk area, Russian assault troops finally drove Ukraine out of the industrial area and slag heap in Pivnichne, as they prepare for an assault on Toretsk itself. Ukraine still has access to the northern suburbs of Pivnichne, but will likely withdraw from that area to defend the eastern side of Toretsk.

To the south, Russian troops advanced along the main road, capturing the residential area next to the sub-station. From here, these troops will likely continue west down the main road to attack Nelipivka. There are some reports that Ukraine has begun withdrawing from Niu-York back to Nelipivka, however I cannot verify this information yet.