Geolocated footage indicates that Russian forces advanced in the Vuhledar direction, and captured the Pivdennodonbaska 3 coal mine.

Russian forces advanced from their new positions in Vodyane, though the small treeline and infiltrated the mine in small groups. They found that one of the shafts had been heavily mined by Ukrainian forces, so therefore conducted a controlled detonation of it which was caught on camera by a drone.

They were then able to advance further into the complex and capture the Ukrainian positions there. It is also possible that they expanded their area of control along the nearby treeline to the east of the mine to protect their northern flank.

The mine was the last section of the local ridgeline to be captured and will allow the Russians to gain fire control over the nearby gulley. This advance also puts them closer to the last Ukrainian dirt supply road into Vuhledar itself.

Geolocated footage inidctaes that Russian forces made a sudden advance southwest of Ivanivske and crossed the Siversky Donets canal.

Following a reported Ukrainian counterattack, Russian infantry advanced from positions south of Ivanivske and from the highway in a pincer movement, nearly encircling 3 Ukrainian-held strongholds in the forests.

They were then able to cross the canal and establish positions in the forests on the western bank near the village of Stupochy.

The forests that the Russians are advancing in are burning, complicating Russian logistics and rotations.

Ukraine has also reportedly received a new batch of FPV drones which are operating at new low frequencies, and quadcopters equipped with several VOG grenades each.

Russian forces have reportedly recaptured the village of Upsenovka in Kursk Oblast following a series of offensive operations from positions to the west.

This advance puts the Ukrainian logisitcs route that runs through Bilovody and Zhuravka at risk. While the closest possible Russian positions would still be over 3km away from the road, there are no trees in the way of it, meaning that the Russians can force the AFU to use other routes, complicating logistics into Kursk and the evacuation of wounded personnel.

Considering the fact that the AFU obviously can't have large warehouses in Kursk Oblast, the roads connecting them with Sumy Oblast are naturally the "roads of life" and are critical to both defensive and offensive operations there.

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Reports from reliable sources suggest that Russian forces continue to advance in the direction of the Oskil river near Kolysynkivka.

Russian forces likely advanced and entered a trench fortification (the one which is orange and blue), and contested it at some point. It is unknown whether or not they are still there and captured it, or if they were repelled by Ukrainian forces.

Meanwhile, other reports suggest that the area in the yellow was taken, which includes one field trench fortification in the north, and a series of treeline positions.

If these reports are true, then it would put the Russians just 2.3km from eastern Kolysynkivka and 3.26km from the Oskil river. To put that in perspective, before the original offensive on the village of Krokhmalne, the Russians were over 17.4km from the Oskil river.

If they reach the river, then the road resupplying the Ukrainian salient to the north will be cut, significantly complicating Ukrainian logistics as the only way to resupply the Northern bridgehead would be to use pontoon bridges across the Oskil river, which will be targeted by Russian airstrikes and artillery.

Around 4 ballistic missiles were launched at Sumy one after another. Powerful explosions were reported.

They reportedly targeted energy infrastructure.

~10 Russian Geran drones were launched from Cape Chauda in Crimea and from Kursk.

As of the time of writing, there are still ~8 drones in the airspace of Ukraine. 1 returned to Kursk Oblast and another disappeared from the radar.

4 Gerans are flying northwest through Mykolaiv Oblast in the direction of Snigurivka, while the other 4 are flying to Myrhorod, Poltava Oblast and Chernihiv Oblast on a western course.

Explosions in Sumy. Geran attacks. This might be the drone which returned to Kursk.

I hate Ukrainian monitor channels. So many scams and fake links.

Everyone knows I’m the map guy (when I rarely have time lol)

Yeah it was. 9 Gerans were recorded over the airspace at once, up from 8.

4 new Gerans were launched from Cape Chauda, Crimea. They are flying through Bashtanka district of Mykolaiv Oblast.

There are now ~11 drones in the airspace of Ukraine.

Ukrainian UAVs are attacking Smolensk Oblast.

5 Gerans are all heading for Kyiv Oblast. 4 are flying from Cherkasy oblast to Bila Tserkva district, and one is flying ftom Pryluky district, Chernihiv oblast to Obukhiv.

Meanwhile one new Geran was launched from Kursk Oblast and is flying over Sumy Oblast.

The other drones either hit their targets in Kirovohrad and Vinnytsia Oblasts, were shot down by Ukrainian air defence or were downed by Electronic warfare.

Updated death toll for the Pager explosions in Lebanon:

11 Dead
4,000+ Wounded
400 Critical Condition
500 Eye injuries/Blinded

Hezbollah has accused Israel of being behind the attacks and released a statement saying “This treacherous and criminal enemy will undoubtedly face its just retribution for this vile aggression, in ways it expects and in ways it does not.”

I’m so stupid lol

One of the Gerans is heading back to Cherkasy oblast. It will probably circle beteeen a Cherkasy and Kyiv until the morning, so unless anything new happens (such as successful hits or new launches) I’ll stop reporting on the drones for the day.

The probability of a large-scale missile attack involving Tu-95s also seems very low.

2 new Gerans from Kursk are flying over Sumy Oblast. Ukrainian air defence is active in the area