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What does Russia have left?
Shelling locations reported by UA general staff today.
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Svateove
If the AFU can hold on to Novoselivs’ke they will be in a good positions to envelop Kuzemivka and Kryvoshyivka. As can be seen on Pic 1, Novoselivs’ke is high ground and they will have a good view of Kuzemivka from there.
I think the next step will be to take control of the high ground towards Sosnovyi, this village has overview of Svatove and they will be able to direct fire on to all of the access roads going in to Svatove. One problem might be the RU held fortified position just to the south.
This is what it looks like from the high ground west of Svatove looking down at the town. As you can see, it’s a pretty good position to have, and it will be quite hard to attack up the hills for RuAF.
Controlling Novoselivs’ke ,Kuzemivka and Kryvoshyivka could also greatly improve the AFU logistics in the area since they might be able to get a buffer along the P-07 road. The AFU more or less need to push RuAF down the hill and grab control of as much of P-07 as they can.
They also need to expand the Kupyansk bridge head, at the moment it’s in RU artillery range.
Kreminna-Siversk
RuAF seems to be focusing on disrupting the UA Kreminna effort by attacking the flank. Battle Group K2 (which we saw steal a RU radio with a drone) together with 54th Brigade has been kicking Russian ass in this area for months.
Bakhmut
I consider Soledar captured by RuAF. The AFU repulsed attacks in the area of Krasnopolivka, Sil, Soledar and Bilohorivka. I have not seen any sings of RuAF crossing the Bakhmutovka river north of Bakhmut.
Bakhmut south
The AFU repulsed attacks around Bakhmut, Klishchiivka and Pivnichne. Some RU sources claimed Klishchiivka had been captured by RuAF, but this is disputed by other RU channels. Intense fighting is going on around this key area.
Donetsk
Increased activity in this area. The AFU repulsed attacks in the area of Krasnohorivka, Vodyane, Nevel’s’ke, Maryinka and Pobjeda.
UA Air Force
Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopter supporting ground forces
Captured
Ukrainian marines pull out a Russian captured (what looks to be) T-72B3
Destroyed
Ukrainian drone takes Russian radio communication system from the battlefield, which allows Ukrainian unit to listen to Russian communications for 9 days
The drone operator of one of the units of the Ukrainian Defense Forces destroyed a Russian tank with precision work.
Belarusian soldiers from the Volat battalion captured Russian positions. The footage shows the killed Ukrainian and Russian soldiers. Some killed Russian soldiers are wearing Ukrainian camouflage
Ukrainian kamikaze drones strike Russian positions in the Bakhmut direction. Judging by the interface, this is Switchblade 300.
A great shoot from the SPG-9.
Soldiers from the Sonechko DRB unit making munitions for bomb drones.
The Donetsk separate brigade of the Territorial Defense Forces reports
Looks like they were fire extinguishers.
The 8th mountain assault battalion is hunting for Russian troops
Maybe another BMP-1
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Bakhmut
Kurdyumivka, not far from Bakhmut
Video of loitering munition strikes by Ukrainian SBU Alpha on Russian fighters in a trench near Bakhmut.
Ukrainian border guards continue to repel Russian attacks near Bakhmut
Donetsk
At least seven (not five) Russian BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicles were destroyed by Ukrainian artillery fire near Vodyane, Donetsk Oblast.
