The Russian-Ukrainian War of 2022 (News and battle updates only)

[TruckDriver9]

Toretsk - 03.07.2024

"The situation in the Oleksandro-Kalynove direction as of 14:00 /Moscow time/ July 3, 2024

Russian troops continue to develop an offensive in several sectors of the Oleksandro-Kalynove direction at once, squeezing the enemy from positions in the Druzhba and Pivdenne sectors.
In Druzhba, assault detachments of the Russian Armed Forces successfully advanced along Kuibyshev and Zheleznodorozhnaya streets, after which they expanded the zone of control to the north along Sadovaya Street. At the same time, in the gully to the east there may still be a presence of Ukrainian troops, which, in the event of further advance of the Russian Forces to the north, will find themselves semi-encircled.

In the Pivdenne area, after taking the Severnaya mine dump, which was fought for last week, the Russian Armed Forces continued the offensive and expanded the zone of control along Kaluzhskaya, Moskovskaya and Chernyshevsky streets. Despite the fact that this position was sufficiently fortified, the Armed Forces of Ukraine were forced to retreat deeper into the settlement under the pressure of Russian troops. At the moment the enemy has established positions, in the north, in the area of multi-story buildings, on which the Armed Forces of Ukraine will rely in attempts to stabilize the front in this area.
To the south, according reports, Russian troops have successfully gained a foothold on the southern outskirts of Yurivka, significantly deepening into the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the approaches to New York. The lack of objective footage does not allow us to clarify the scale of progress at the site. However, if this information is confirmed, we can talk about the control of the RF Armed Forces not only over the forest belt to the south of the settlement, but also over heights 180 and 182 located to the west."

 

[Cooper]

More Iskander strikes on ukrainian airfields.

Ukraine recently bought a large batch of fighter jets from Kazakhstan. Those planes were in poor condition, mostly inoperable, but might have supplied Ukraine with parts they needed. I would guess a lot of the planes destroyed yesterday were made operable from that recent purchase. They might have also put up some of the duds as decoys.

 

[TruckDriver9]

Chasiv Yar - 03.07.2024

"Offensive on Chasiv Yar. Situation as of 20:00 /Moscow time/ July 3, 2024

Today the Russian Ministry of Defense announced the liberation by Russian troops of the Kanal Microdistrict in the east of Chasiv Yar. The battles for this area have continued since the beginning of spring of this year, but now the enemy has been finally driven to the western bank of the Seversky Donets-Donbass canal.
Enemy resources confirm the withdrawal of their units from the eastern bank. The last positions controlled by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in multi-storey buildings in the southwest of the microdistrict were subjected to massive attacks by artillery, aviation and heavy flamethrower systems for several days, so the retreat of the Ukrainian formations was only a matter of time.

Now, the Russian Command is faced with the task of overcoming the Seversky Donets-Donbass canal and consolidating on its western bank. To do this, the Russian Armed Forces will have to finally clear the eastern bank, knocking out the enemy from the Orlova Tract, between the Kanal and the village of Kalynivka/Kalinina. In this sector, the Seversky Donets-Donbass canal runs underground, which simplifies its crossing and the development of an offensive to the west, to the northern outskirts of Chasiv Yar.
At the same time, to the south, the Russian Armed Forces have the opportunity to develop an offensive along the N-32 highway to the southern outskirts of Chasiv Yar and Stupochky. Previously, Russian troops have already made attempts to advance in this area, but the situation here is hidden by the “fog of war.” Now, after the liberation of the Kanal Microdistrict, the command of the RF Armed Forces has the opportunity to transfer part of its forces for an offensive in this area."

 

[TruckDriver9]

Toretsk - 05.07.2024

"The situation in the Oleksandro-Kalynove direction as of 11:00 /Moscow time/ July 5, 2024

With heavy fighting, Russian troops continue to consistently break into the defenses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Toretsk agglomeration.
In the Druzhba sector, after initial successes, Russian troops did not go deeper into the urban area, but moved north from Magdalinovka Station along the Sadovaya Street, where they occupied part of the buildings on the street.
To the east, between the outskirts of Druzhba and the pumping station, there is a small gully, most of which was also occupied by Russian troops. The positions on the western bank of the Seversky Donets-Donbass canal are still under the control of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, but given the tactical situation, they are already semi-encircled.
On the eastern outskirts of Pivnichne/Kirove there have been no assault actions taken by the Russian Armed Forces yet. This part of the village is a low-rise residential sector, where Russian artillery and aviation are now actively working on. To the east there are quite extensive minefields, making progress through them difficult.
In the south of Pivnichne/Kirove and in Zalizne there are battles. Previously, Russian troops occupied dachas and a block east of Zheleznodorozhnaya Street and Kharkovskaya Street in Zalizne, and new footage confirms the start of fighting in high-rise buildings on Yuzhnaya and Novaya streets in Pivnichne/Kirove. This quarter has already been attacked several times, but is still suitable for defense.
The largest advance of the Russian Armed Forces at the moment is recorded in the New York sector, which became the fruit of a week of active assault operations. Assault detachments of the Russian Armed Forces occupied the territory of the Zheleznaya station, and also marched along the street of the same name east to the cemetery. The neighboring school No.18 remains under enemy control for now.
To the west of the Krivoy Torets River, the tactically important height 182, as well as the village of Yurivka, came under the control of the Russian Armed Forces, which in the future could significantly worsen the position of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in this area.
At the same time, the situation in this sector remains difficult: the advance zone is located in the lowlands relative to the fields located on both sides, and this area itself has been heavily mined since 2014-2015. However, the latter also complicates a potential retaliatory flank strike from the enemy, although its possibility cannot be completely discounted."

 

[TruckDriver9]

Donetsk-Avdiivka - 05.07.2024

"The situation in the Avdiivka direction as of 13:00 /Moscow time/ July 5, 2024

In the Avdiivka direction, Russian troops, as a result of several successful attacks, significantly expanded the zone of control in almost all sectors of this direction.
In the Novooleksandrivka area, assault detachments of the Russian Armed Forces break through the enemy’s defenses in the direction of Vozdvyzhenka along the S050906 and toward Lozuvatske through the fields and forest belts. Although it is too early to talk about the assault on these settlements, certain successes have already been achieved on the approaches to them.
Between Novooleksandrivka and Sokil, Russian troops are advancing along the railway, occupying forest belts to the north and south. The status of stopping point No.8 is still unclear: according to some sources, the Russian Armed Forces have already moved further west toward Prohres, and according to others, battles are still taking place for it.
On the northern outskirts of Sokil, Russian troops had previously taken a large stronghold and continued moving north, knocking out the enemy from the western part of the Samoilovka Gully. According to reports, the forest belt to the west is also already under the control of the RF Armed Forces, but this information has not yet been confirmed.
Sokil itself is under the stable control of the Russian Armed Forces, and clashes are taking place in the eastern part of Yevhenivka. According to reports, fighting also broke out on the eastern outskirts of Voskhod. In this area, the enemy is very active and often counterattacks, actively using FPV drones.
In the fields between Sokil and Novopokrovske, the advance of the Russian Armed Forces to the west toward the Sokil-Novoselivka Persha road was also recorded. The assault detachments of the Russian Armed Forces had already reached the forest plantations near the road, but it is not yet clear whether they managed to gain a foothold there.
South of Novopokrovske, Russian troops are fighting their way to the eastern outskirts of Novoselivka Persha, both along the O0542 road and across the fields toward the C0518107 road from Umanske. North of Umanske, the Russian Armed Forces also managed to advance a little as a result of a successful attack."

 

[Ember]

However, as the fighters note, the main problem for motorcycles is still enemy FPV drones flying at speeds of over 100 kilometers per hour.

Motorbikes being chased by drones makes think of this video, about 2:15 in:

 

[TruckDriver9]

Kharkov - 07.07.2024

"The situation in the Kharkov direction. June 29 - July 7, 2024

The Armed Forces of Ukraine do not give up their attempts to regain control of positions in the northern direction, lost during the offensive of Russian troops in May of this year.
In Hlyboke, the enemy managed to recapture the territory of an agricultural enterprise on the northern outskirts of the settlement, bringing a number of reserve units to the front line. Every day, with the onset of darkness, Ukrainian formations, with the support of armored vehicles, are trying to counterattack the positions of Russian troops in the area of the football field, but so far without success. According to reports, the Russian Armed Forces already managed to regain control over several houses on Studencheskaya and Polevaya streets.
The artillery of the 155th Naval Infantry Brigade of the RF Armed Forces is actively working on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Hlyboke, and in Lyptsi, Slobozhanskoye and Vesele. And near Neskuchne and Zelene the Russian Aerospace Forces are delivering strikes, including the latest FAB 3000 with UMPC.
Fierce fighting is also taking place in Vovchansk; the enemy has almost doubled the number of reserves deployed to the right bank of the Volchya River to strengthen the defense. At the same time, Ukrainian troops are unable to advance further than Shevchenko and Zhovtneva (Oktyabrskaya) streets in the area of the medical college. Clashes on the territory of the Aggregate Plant do not stop. And at the corner of Lenin and Korolenko streets, assault detachments of the Russian Armed Forces regained previously lost positions, gaining a foothold in the multi-story buildings despite shelling and FPV drone strikes of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
It is worth noting that despite the complexity of the urban battles, it is beneficial for the Russian Armed Forces to engage enemy forces in battles, since the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine continues to transfer reserves from other directions, weakening their defense there, which allows the Russian Armed Forces to effectively advance in Chasiv Yar, in the Toretsk direction, or in the Ocheretyne area."

 

[TruckDriver9]

Toretsk - 07.07.2024

"The situation in the Oleksandro-Kalynove direction. July 6-7, 2024

The Russian Armed Forces continue the assault operations in the Toretsk agglomeration, simultaneously advancing in several sectors at once.
In the Druzhba sector, Russian troops expanded the zone of control several hundred meters north along Sadovaya Street, gaining a foothold on the approaches to the intersection with Stepovaya Street. In this area, the enemy uses Baba Yaga-type drones for remote mining and dropping anti-tank mines on positions of the Russian Armed Forces.
In Pivnichne/Kirove, Russian troops cleared houses in the residential sector along Moskovskaya and Kharkovskaya streets. During fierce fighting, assault detachments of the Russian Armed Forces advanced another half a kilometer to the north and entrenched themselves in multi-storey buildings on the Yunost Street, where the enemy tank fired at positions of the Russian Armed Forces at the intersection of Yunost and Novaya streets.
At the moment, there are battles in the Sotshorodok garden community, located to the east, as well as in the area of Druzhby and Central streets to the west. The fighting is gradually shifting to the inactive Severnaya mine, to which there are a little less than seven hundred meters left to go. According to reports, the territory adjacent to the mine may already be under the control of the Russian Armed Forces
At the Zalizne-Pivdenne-Shyroka Balka line, there is no information about changes in the configuration of the front.
In the New York area, after the capture of Yurivka, assault detachments of the Russian Armed Forces advanced 800 meters towards the center of the town, taking up positions in the residential sector on the Petrovsky Street near the Krivoy Torets River. The Armed Forces of Ukraine carried out a counterattack three hundred meters north in the area of the Petrivska Hora village, using an M2A2 Bradley ODS-SA infantry fighting vehicle and landed troops to clear the area. At the moment, the outcome of the battle is unknown.
Considering the dynamically changing situation and rapid pace of close range battles in high-rise buildings, the real advance of the Russian Armed Forces may be much greater. Both parties cover the events at this direction rather sparingly, and therefore the time lag from the first mentions to the appearance of footage from the field can be up to a week."

 

[TruckDriver9]

Russian air strikes - 08.07.2024

"Combined strike against targets on the territory of Ukraine. July 8, 2024

After a break, the Russian Armed Forces once again launched a massive attack on targets on the territory controlled by the Kiev regime. It took place in waves: first there were several night launches, and new waves of missiles followed in the morning and again in the afternoon.
For the first time this summer, a series of attacks took place in Kiev. Explosions occurred in several areas of the city at once, where various military-industrial enterprises such as the Antonov and Artem plants are located, which had previously been repeatedly targeted. Local authorities also reported damage and destruction of three transformer substations. ️

However, one of the strikes hit a building near the main building of the Okhmatdet children's hospital - it was from there that there were numerous videos of the debris being cleared. According to preliminary information, elements from anti-aircraft missiles were found at the arrival site.

In the Dnepropetrovsk region, the target was the administrative building of one of the Krivoy Rog enterprises - in past days, the targets of the strikes were the Arcelor Metal plants and the local mining and processing plant. Also, arrivals were recorded in Dnepropetrovsk itself.

A series of explosions occurred in the area of airfields - Ozerne in the Zhytomyr region, and Starokonstyantyniv in the Khmelnytsky region and Voznesensk in the Nikolaev region. The last two objects quite often become targets of Russian strikes.
In Pokrovsk, on the occupied territory of the DPR, strikes hit an object in the cemetery area in the northwestern part of the city, resulting in a large fire. It is characteristic that previously HIMARS MLRS regularly operated from this area, the launches of which were often observed by local residents.
Ukrainian air defenses did not succeed in repelling the air raid - this is best demonstrated by hits in Kiev, which is the enemy’s most protected area in terms of the density of air defense systems and other assets. This is partly caused by growing losses in anti-aircraft missile systems, caused by the strikes of the Russian Armed Forces, which, among other things, makes it difficult to defeat Russian cruise missiles on the distant approaches to the capital."

 

[TruckDriver9]

Vremivka - 12.07.2024

"The situation in the Vremivka sector as of 14:00 /Moscow time/ July 12, 2024

In the Vremivka sector, Russian troops are fighting their way to the center of Urozhaine. Footage of the actions of assault teams within the boundaries of the settlement:

as well as the hoisting of a flag in houses near the intersection of Central (T-05-18) and Pochtovaya streets:

appeared on the Internet.
Part of the village, south of the cemetery, already came under the control of Russian personnel. Moreover, taking into account a certain delay in publications, in reality the enemy could have been knocked out much further.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine, despite the loss of several strongholds, do not stop counterattacks, including with the use of armored vehicles, but they're usually unsuccessful. In particular, closer to the northern outskirts of the settlement, another tank was destroyed.

At the same time, to the north of the neighboring Staromaiorske, the Russian Armed Forces are advancing in the direction of Makarivka. Assault detachments of the Russian Armed Forces take up forest belts between the settlements, smoking out the enemy with the support of UAVs and artillery."

 

[TruckDriver9]

Vremivka - 13.07.2024

"The situation in the Vremivka sector as of 15:00 /Moscow time/ July 13, 2024

After several months of fighting, Russian troops liberated most of Urozhaine in the Vremivka sector.
Today, footage of the Russian flag above the administration of the village appeared on the Internet:

and a little later - a video with the flag of the Marine Corps half a kilometer from the northern outskirts of the village:

The rest of the settlement is being cleaned up.
Taking into account the earlier advance in Staromaiorske and to the north of it, the situation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Urozhaine was rapidly deteriorating from the moment the Russian Armed Forces captured the ruins of farms a little over a kilometer from the only road to Urozhaine.
The enemy tried to hold the settlement by transferring personnel and equipment to the northern outskirts, but was unable to stop the advance of the assault detachments of the Russian Armed Forces.
Now Russian troops have an open road to Makarivka and further to Velyka Novosilka along the Mokrye Yaly River. But to do this, it will be necessary to at least partially pull up the flanks in the fields in the Pryyutne-Staromaiorske sector in the west, and the Urozhaine-Novodonetske sector in the east.
However, it is difficult to say whether this local offensive will develop into a larger operation. The battles for Staromaiorske and Urozhaine lasted for about two and a half months from the moment Russian Armed Forces entered the administrative boundaries of these settlements, and they cannot be called simple."

 

[TruckDriver9]

Donetsk-Avdiivka - 13.07.2024

"The situation in the Avdiivka direction. July 11-13, 2024

In the Avdiivka direction, fighting continues in the vicinity of Novooleksandrivka, from where Russian troops are advancing on Lozuvatske and Vozdvyzhenka. To the south there are battles for the forest belts along the Ocheretyne-Prohres railway.
In addition, after the capture of Voskhod

Russian troops finally broke through the enemy’s defenses in Yevhenivka, and advanced several forest belts to the west in the direction of Vovche and the Vovcha River. According to the most optimistic reports, forward detachments managed to reach the shore directly, but this information has not yet been confirmed.
Fighting continues on the outskirts of Novoselivka Persha. This is the last large settlement east of Vovcha River in this sector, and the enemy will try to hold it to the last, even taking into account that by now, Russian troops have reached at least the outskirts of the village.
Meanwhile, in the Yasnobrodivka area, the Russian Armed Forces are advancing in several forest belts both north and south of the settlement. The village itself, despite claims, remains rather in a gray zone. The enemy presence remains in the forest belts to the west, despite fighting in the area of dachas near the Karlivka Reservoir a little to the south."

 

[TCOCBR18]

Russian army completely recaptured and raised the flag in Urozhaine, one of the only towns Ukraine had retaken during their 2023 summer offensive.

 

[Cooper]

^And this is how they did it!

 

[Labienus]

Sons of Anarchy/Madmax style assaults by the Russians have proven quite effective. It's much easier for Ukrainians to hit an APC carrying 10 soldiers with an FPV drone than it is to hit 10 motorcycle stormtroopers because they don't have 10 drone operators in that area. You need 1 drone operator per target.

Yes, sometimes some motorcycle stormstroppers get hit, but it works.

 

[Cooper]

Apparently dirt bikes zipping over flat terrain tread lightly and don't trigger land mines.

 

[TruckDriver9]

Lyman - 16.07.2024

"The situation in the Lyman direction. June 28 - July 16, 2024

Combat operations in the Lyman direction have been at the positional stage for more than a year, although the situation remains consistently tense. Both sides are launching local attacks to improve their position in certain areas, with no talk of major offensive operations.
Recently, in the Makiivka area, Russian troops were able to advance to the west, coming close to the Zherebets River. At the moment, the village is in a “gray zone”, stable control of the Russian Armed Forces is established only over its eastern outskirts, and fighting is taking place in the center of the village.
The liberation of Makiivka will allow Russian troops to create the first bridgehead in a long time on the western bank of the Zherebets River, capable of threatening the entire defensive system of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Terny-Yampolivka sector. Nevertheless, the assault detachments of the Russian Armed Forces have yet to dislodge the enemy from positions on the western bank, located more than thirty meters above the eastern one.
In the Serebryanka Forestry, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are attempting to push Russian troops out of their positions south of Kreminna. The backbone of the advancing group consists of units of the 12th “Azov” Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine, which are seeking to create a springboard for a future offensive on the Dibrova-Kuzmyne-Kreminna line.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine are also attacking locally in the Kremen Forests, trying to push the Russian Armed Forces out of their positions. The enemy was able to advance several hundred meters to the north in a forest reserve, but came under mortar and artillery fire, which made it possible to contain the further advance of the enemy forces.
Russian Aerospace Forces regularly strike enemy infrastructure facilities in Lyman, which is one of the enemy’s key transport hubs in this region: over the last week alone, more than fifteen airstrikes with various types of ammunition were recorded on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the city and its environs."

 

[TruckDriver9]

Crimea - 18.07.2024

"Combined attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Crimea. July 18, 2024

At night, after a long break, the Armed Forces of Ukraine carried out a massive combined attack on the peninsula, using unmanned aerial vehicles and unmanned boats.
The first waves of UAVs were recorded in the Yevpatoriya region of Crimea, together with unmanned boats, after midnight. Russian air defense units, the Black Sea Fleet, special forces and paratroopers repelled the attack almost all night.
At least 24 UAVs were shot down by the 31st Air Defense Division of the Russian Armed Forces, and suppressed by electronic warfare crews in the west of the peninsula. Several buildings near Yevpatoriya were hit by debris, but the damage was not significant.
At the same time, a group of unmanned boats attempted to attack the Black Sea Fleet facilities on Lake Donuzlav, as well as in the northwest of Sevastopol. Boats and Naval Aviation helicopters were involved in their interception.
Despite the fact that Ukrainian resources presented a whole list of damaged coastal objects as a successful result of the attack, this is not the truth. The footage of the explosions is the result of the work of Russian military personnel, who destroyed ten unmanned boats that night.

Footage of the destruction of one of the Ukrainian unmanned boats heading to Sevastopol. In total, a massive attack of 10 unmanned boats was repelled.

Военный Осведомитель

Кадры уничтожения одного из украинских БЭК, направлявшихся в Севастополь. Всего была отражена массированная атака 10 безэкипажных катеров. Военный Осведомитель

t.me

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Today's footage of work from a helicopter against enemy unmanned boats in the Sevastopol area.

Военный Осведомитель

Сегодняшние кадры работы с вертолета по вражеским БЭКам в районе Севастополя. Военный Осведомитель

t.me

In addition, nine more UAVs were shot down by crews of the 31st Air Defense Division of the Russian Armed Forcesn in Sevastopol. The sounds of explosions woke up many residents around 4 am, but this time the Armed Forces of Ukraine did not achieve their goals.
However, one should not relax. It has been a long time since there have been missile attacks on the peninsula, and today’s attack could be a harbinger of them, given that massive drone strikes are aimed at depleting air defense resources.
In addition, over the course of past weeks, the Armed Forces of Ukraine continued to stockpile Storm Shadow/SCALP cruise missiles and ATACMS tactical ballistic missiles. According to our data, the Armed Forces of Ukraine currently have about 20 ATACMS with a range of up to 300 km and over 50 cruise missiles in their warehouses."

 

[TruckDriver9]

Toretsk - 19.07.2024

"The situation in the Oleksandro-Kalynove direction. July 8-19, 2024

The Russian Armed Forces continue the assault on the Toretsk agglomeration, expanding the zone of control simultaneously in several sectors of the front.
In the Druzhba area, Russian troops took up new positions in the area of Peter the Great and Kutuzov streets on the approaches to the Magdalynivka railway station.
In Pivnichne/Kirove, the assault detachments of the Russian Armed Forces took control of several houses in the area of Tsvetochnaya and Pavlova streets in the Sotshorodok garden community, and also occupied the waste heap of the Yuzhnaya mine in Pivdenne.
In Zalizne, Russian troops advance along Kaspiyskaya, Chapaeva and Mayskaya streets, covering about a kilometer in 10 days. In the area of the latter, according to some reports, forward detachments of the Russian Army yesterday reached the territory of a local school, but there is no objective footage of this yet. At the moment, fighting is taking place on the Lomonosov Street.
To the north of Shcherbynivka, a road bridge was destroyed as a result of a direct hit from an X-38 missile, which will complicate enemy logistics across the Krivoy Torets River in this area for some time.

In the New York sector, assault detachments of the Russian Armed Forces expanded the zone of control in the residential sector in the west, gaining a foothold in the area of Pochtovaya Street and occupying part of Yesenin, Ostrovsky, Zavodskaya and Dekabristov streets. At the moment there are battles for control over multi-storey buildings (locals call this area Petrovskaya Gora).
At the same time, Russian Aerospace Forces drop FAB-500 with the UMPC, on enemy positions in the industrial zone in the area of the phenol and machine-building plants.

In the eastern part of New York, the assault detachments of the Russian Armed Forces advanced along Zheleznaya and Sovetskaya streets, reaching the territory of school No.18. The enemy carried out remote mining of this area, as a result of which one of the armored vehicles was damaged and subsequently destroyed. The assault has likely moved further north, but the extent of the advance is not yet known. According to some reports, the Russian Armed Forces were able to reach the Sotshorodok quarter in the area of Ozersky Street northwest of the Fenolna railway station and are fighting near the Avangard stadium - taking into account the current configuration of the front and the rapidly changing situation, such a rapid push towards the center of the settlement is quite possible, however, due to the lack of accurate footage from the field, it is not yet possible to confirm this information."

 

[TruckDriver9]

Siversk - 19.07.2024

"The situation in the Siversk direction as of 18:00 /Moscow time/ July 19, 2024

In the Siversk direction, which for a long time have been characterized by low intensity of military clashes, the news of the capture of Ivano-Darivka came like thunder from a clear sky.
Soldiers from the 123rd Motor Rifle Brigade of the Russian Armed Forces, after clearing the territory, planted a flag in the center of the village. The nearest previously known positions of the RF Armed Forces, either from Spirne or from the railway to Vyimka, are at least three kilometers away.
Now the prospect of attacking Vyimka is open not only from the south, but also from the east. Positions of Armed Forces of Ukraine can probably be located on a hill near Ivano-Darivka in the Ivano-Darivka Nature Reserve and the pine forests, where the enemy prepared a network of trenches and strongholds several years ago. The difference in elevation compared to the village itself is more than 70 meters, and the area near the local ravine and the Sukha Plotva River is swampy, so Russian troops can bypass the enemy’s fortified area from the flanks without advancing through open terrain, after which it will be possible to proceed with the assault on Vyimka.
After the capture of Ivano-Darivka, the “pocket” at the Vesele-Berestove line ceased to exist, and the Ukrainian formations, based on the fact of Russian control over Ivano-Darivka, retreated from the western outskirts of Spirne.
The outskirts of Siversk, which is an important stronghold of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, are less than seven kilometers away.
Media coverage of the Siversk direction, from both sides, is very restrained, which sometimes leads to a lack of accurate information about the exact configuration of the front."