Regarding the situation in and around Vuhledar:

Russian forces continue to build on their success near the O0532 road which leads to Vuhledar and have begun storming new Ukrainian positions.

Geolocated footage shows Russian infantry attacking a Ukrainian stronghold in the Pivdennodonbaska coal mine. A Russian source reported that they took up positions in the eastern buildings, but that fighting is still ongoing for the whole complex, including the adjacent terykon (industrial waste heap), although this is currently unconfirmed.

Once the Terykon falls, the Russians will have full fire control over the northeastern approaches to Vuhledar and surveillance over the whole town, allowing them to strike Ukrainian troop concentrations even easier than previously.

Additionally, there are reports that Russian forces are also storming Vuhledar head on and are attempting to capture the treelines in front of the town. This remains unconfirmed as of the time of writing, but there was footage today that shows intense artillery bombardment of Ukrainian positions in the high-rise residential buildings. There are also reports of increased Russian airstrikes on the town.

As for the situation in Vodyane, it has remained unchanged for the past 48 hours. Russian forces continue to attempt to gain a foothold in the easternmost houses but based on the lack of reports of Russian advancements, the newly arrived 110th brigade appears to be holding the line for now. I do expect that they will enter the village this week though.

Colours for the map:
Red = confirmed Russian control
Yellow = confirmed Russian advances
Purple = likely Russian control.

Geolocated footage shows that Russian forces continue to advance in the Ukrainsk direction, and have captured the village of Dolynivka.

Russian forces advanced from positions near Halytsynivka and captured a forested area in the lowlands. Clashes were then reported in Dolynivka for about 24 hours, before Russian sources claimed full control over the village. A few days later, a video surfaced showing a Russian flag over the settlement confirming their control over it.

Colours for the map:
Red = confirmed Russian control
Yellow = confirmed Russian advances
Purple = likely Russian control.

Russian forces have likely captured the Selydove city hospital and have probably now cleared all the houses east of the city centre.

Ukrainian forces are reportedly holding their main line of defence in the high-rise buildings, which the Russians may already be storming. It does appear that the rate of advance has slowed a bit in Selydove, which is likely due to the new Ukrainian reinforcements in the form of the 72nd mechanised brigade and the 15th operational recognition brigade of the national guard beginning to arrive in the city.

Some more information has surfaced about the situation in and around the town of Ukrainsk.

A Russian source claimed that Russian forces have made progress in Lisivka, and as a result, the remaining Ukrainian groupings in the village are withdrawing across the fields to the residential blocks in eastern Ukrainsk. The situation in the south of Lisivka is unknown, but it's likely that Ukraine still holds positions there.

As for the situation in Ukrainsk itself, Russian forces reportedly began storming the town once again, with differing reports coming from the battlefield.

One the one hand, a source claimed that Russian forces were fighting to gain a foothold in the first few houses on Hoholya street, and on the other hand, another source claimed that Russian forces had captured both Hoholya and Pyrohova streets and were sitting in positions right outside the three-story residential buildings.

Following reports of Geran/Shahed drones attacking Sumy Oblast, A Kh-59 cruise missile was launched at Konotop, Sumy Oblast. An explosion was reported.

Russian Shahed/geran drones are increasingly flying into Belorussian airspace, likely to avoid Ukrainian air defence in and around Kyiv. I’ve noticed it happening during most of the attack nights.

For example, one just crossed into the Gomel district of Belarus in the direction of Bragin a few minutes ago after flying through Chernihiv Oblast. It might fly to Kyiv from the north in the near future.

Around ten Shahed/Geran drones are flying from the Black Sea to Odesa on a northwesterly course. It’s possible that this will be followed by ballistic missile launches from Crimea as we haven’t seen this many drones target Odesa in around 2 weeks.

I’m not at home right now so I can’t make a map. If I have time I’ll make one later.

Around 20 minutes ago, an Iskander ballistic missile was launched at Mykolaiv. An explosion was reported in the city. Shahed/Geran drones also attacked at around the same time to use up Ukraine's limited air defence there.

Meanwhile, as Russia launches its Shahed/Geran drones at Ukraine, Ukraine has launched a number of UAVs at Russian territory once again. After a lull in the attacks yesterday, with only 2 Ukrainian launches reported, UAVs are now attacking Oryol, Tula, Bryansk, Tver, Kursk, Belgorod and Voronezh Oblasts.


Currently, a group of UAVs are flying from Belgorod Oblast towards Ostrogozhsk, Voronezh Oblast. However, it appears that all the other UAVs were shot down as the UAV threats were lifted in most regions, and no explosions were reported.

Ballistic threat from Crimea. We might see some launches.

And as expected, the Shahed/Geran drone re-entered Ukrainian airspace via Chernobyl in Kyiv Oblast. It is now circling south of the abandoned city.

An air raid alert was declared in Kyiv city and the Oblast.

Russian MLRS launches were reported from east bank Kherson Oblast in the direction of Kherson city.

Explosions were reported in Kherson.

— 🇷🇺/🇺🇦 In August, Russia expanded its control over 477 square kilometers of Ukrainian territory, the largest monthly increase since October 2022, based on data from the Institute for the Study of War and analyzed by AFP.

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Geolocated footage and reliable reports indicate that Russian forces continue to advance around the village of Pishchane in eastern Kharkiv Oblast.

Russian forces continued to advance north of Pischane, taking control over a series of trench fortifications on the high-ground, and may attack Ukrainian positions on the tactical heights west of Tabaivka from behind in the near future. The Ukrainian 205th battalion of 241st territorial defence brigade responded by shelling these new Russian positions.

Additional geolocated footage shows that Russian forces marginally advanced west of Pishchane, taking up positions in a treeline. Ukrainian border guard units also responded by shelling these new Russian positions.

Russian forces have also likely advanced down two treelines, leading to two small, forested areas in the lowlands. Positions were likely taken up here as well.

Approximate paths of Ukrainian UAVs over the past 24 hours:

A minimum of 18 UAVs were launched, likely from Kharkiv, Sumy and Chernihiv Oblasts. UAV flights were recorded over Belgorod, Voronezh, Kursk, Tula, Oryol, Kaluga, Smolensk, Bryansk and Tver Oblasts.

Based on the lack of explosion reports and the fact that no videos surfaced of drone strikes, it is highly likely that all UAVs were shot down by Russian air defence.

Around 30 mins ago, a Russian ballistic missile was launched at Myrhorod, Poltava Oblast, likely from Kursk Oblast. An explosion was reported in the city. It reportedly targeted a Ukrainian troop concentration.

Smoke rising over Myrhorod.

Approximate paths of Russian Shahed/Geran drones over the past 24 hours:

Russian forces launched a minimum of 32 drones from Crimea and Kursk. Explosions were reported in Kyiv, Sumy, Kharkiv and Chernihiv.

Shahed/Geran drones were recorded over the Black Sea, Sea of Azov and Crimea, as well as in Mykolaiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Sumy, Chernihiv, Kharkiv, Poltava, Cherkasy, Kirovohrad and Kyiv Oblasts + Kyiv city. There was also a flight recorded in Gomel Oblast of Belarus.

At least 8 Shaheds reached their targets.

Report from a local Donetsk Oblast Telegram channel on the situation in different towns and cities in the region.

"Selydove Donetsk region: Information about the situation in the city from local chats: the most dangerous: the beginning of the streets Beregovaya, Tsentralnaya, Verkhnyaya and adjacent to them; Mira, Lisichanskaya, 8 Sentyabrya, the beginning of Mikhailovskaya there is a lot of destruction, there were fires.

More or less tolerable in the areas: multi-story buildings (Yuzhny. Solnechny, 11, center, boulevard), as well as Odarka and Voroshilovka, private sector in the western part no information about the northern part of the city, the park area, the area of the Kirov collective farm All information was received from those who are in the city.

Ukrainsk: the city is very noisy, you can hear fighting, as if it were already right next to the city, if not already in the city.

Information about other settlements of Pokrovsky district from locals:
Hirnyk: the situation in the city changes every hour, there is no connection and most likely there will be no connection, as well as electricity. There will also be no delivery of drinking water, technical water is still being delivered. Yesterday there was a hit in a five-story building, Prokofieva 34. There was a woman under the rubble, she was pulled out and taken to the hospital.

Izmailivka village: last night the entire Repina street was robbed by looters, they walked along the entire street, opened all the houses where no one lived.

Kurakhove: complete crap is happening; they have taken over the city. FABs fly daily to the TPP area and not only. There are fewer and fewer people, they leave or sit in basements and don't even go out. The city is dead."