General reminder: Your geopolitical stance on a war does NOT equal your stance on the potential outcomes of a war. Too many people associate the belief that Russia will win with being Pro-Russian.

Regarding the situation in Udachne.

No advances have been recorded in the village over the past 48 hours, however heavy fighting continues. Ukraine is putting up extremely fierce resistance, suggesting new forces being brought into the battle.

From what I've heard, Ukraine has withdrawn slightly to create some form of kill-zone. Russian infantry is attacking in the southern part of the village, but Ukrainian FPV drones and artillery are preventing them from gaining a foothold in the grey zone. It's possible that Ukraine is preparing for another series of counterattacks to hold the line for longer and buy time for formations in Dnipropetrosk Oblast and to the north in the Pivdennodonbaska mines and in the village of Serhiivka.

Nevertheless, it appears that Russia is suffering heavy casualties in taking this village, which shows that Ukrainian forces know the tactical implications that they would suffer once this it falls.

It also goes to show that if enough effort is put in, a strong stand can be made for long enough to delay advances in key places and buy time for units in the rear to build more defences. However, depending on where new units are pulled from, defending harder and longer in one area could result in another area suffering more. But of course, this depends on the area, how critical its situation is defensive-wise, how strong Russia's presence is there, and the local geography of the area.

In the north of Udachne, the situation remains relatively calm, with no reported attacks ongoing. There is a large grey zone however, due to the presence of Russian forces in the houses by the railway line, and the wide-open fields to the north. This doesn't mean that Ukraine doesn't maintain a presence here, but it shows that it is relatively undefended by men.

Russian forces are reportedly slowly advancing in the northern part of the southern Oskil bridgehead.

In the west, they reportedly took a couple of positions south of the village of Zahryhove.

Further east, they reportedly advanced down a forest plantation, reaching a perpendicular treeline.

In the east, Russian forces apparently captured a position in a grove and advanced south down a treeline.

Russian forces have reportedly consolidated and fortified their positions in the northeastern houses of Andriivka and are now attacking southwest towards the town centre. Fighting is ongoing there, but it is unclear if Russia has gained a foothold.

An entire telegram channel has been created by Ukrainians dedicated to warning people about Ukrainian TCC connoscription officers in Kharkiv. The wording is reminiscent of monitoring channels reporting on the movements of Russian drones and missiles.

There is also a separate channel for Odesa.

I have censored revealing information from the channel for safety reasons as some of my posts get quite a bit of reach these days.

Unconfirmed reports of the completion of the capture of Toretsk.

Explosions in Zaporizhzhia city. A KAB glide bomb struck its target

Chasiv Yar.

Fighting continues for the high-rise blocks in the city centre. Assault companies with the 331st regiment are attacking from positions in the refractory plant, towards the private residential area.

However, the main Ukrainian force withdrew from the city centre a couple of days ago, leaving only cover groups who are holding the defence in three directions. They grey zone is expanding, however.

The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) have begun attacking west from their positions near the Khartoum Industrial City, taking up new positions.

The SAF advanced west, crossing the highway, and reached one of the ministry of education sub-complexes. They also captured a medical complex and a series of residential blocks.

+ ~0.50km² in favour of the SAF

The city of Goma appears to have fallen to the M23 rebels. Cleaning operations will still be ongoing, however.

I'm pleased to announce that I now have my first local source from Ukraine! This person (who will remain anonymous for obvious reasons) lives in Kostyantynivka. Because of this, I will now be able to get more reliable reports and potentially photos from the city.

Note: They have given me permission to say what I'm saying in this post.

I'm looking forward to expanding my coverage in the future, and if anyone else is local from Ukraine or Russia and wants to help with my reporting journey, DM me here on Telegram (@AMK_Mapping1), but DO NOT leave a comment under this post saying that you're interested. We can discuss anonymity terms in DMs.

1 Russian Tu-95 aircraft departed from Olenya air base in Murmansk Oblast. It is flying south to Engels-2 air base in Saratov Oblast for the purpose of being equipped with Kh-101 cruise missiles. From there, as usual, it will return to Olenya.

Israel has deployed large forces to the west bank city of Tulkarm in an apparent raid. Gunfire was reported inside the Tulkarm Refugee Camp.

Map of approximate locations of explosions reported in Ukraine on January 27-28, 2025.

Notable events:
- Increased Geran-2 attacks on Kyiv Oblast
- Decrease in MLRS shelling across the frontline
- A lot of glide bomb strikes on Sumy Oblast
- More Geran-2 drone attacks on Kharkiv Oblast than
usual

This map does not include artillery shelling and FPV drone related explosions.

Fighting continues in central Goma in eastern DRC between remnants of the government forces still trapped there and the advancing M23 rebels.

The last Ukrainian stronghold before Dnipropetrovsk Oblast has been breached. Russian forces will now just have to clear the rest of Udachne, and clear the railway line to Molodetske.

Recent reports from multiple reliable sources indicate that Russian forces made a small advance in the Dachne area.

Russian forces advanced from positions southwest of Dachne, advancing along a treeline, taking up positions near the end of it. Ukrainian forces are holding a defence near the intersection with another treeline.

It appears that due to difficulties in advancing in southwestern Dachne, Russian forces are trying to bypass the village from the south.

+ ~0.15km² in favour of Russia.

Recent map updates by the Ukrainian source "Deepstate" indicate that Russian forces advanced on a wide front in the Andriivka direction.

Moving from north to south, Russian forces advanced from positions southeast of Yasenove, down a treeline, reaching the low-lying ground. They also advanced west from positions at the northern end of a treeline, through the low-lying ground along the forest plantations.

Further south near Andriivka, the small salient was eliminated, with Russian forces levelling out the frontline. The main push came from positions in and around southern Petropavlivka, where Russian forces moved west along a treeline, reaching the main Ukrainian positions in the forests and orchards. It's possible that there was a supporting attack that came from the north along the other treeline that links up at the forests.

Russian forces were able to swiftly capture the forests, and then moved west along a treeline, approaching what used to be an agricultural building on the northern outskirts of Andriivka.

+ ~9.76km² in favour of Russia.

A recent report from a reliable Ukrainian source indicates that Russian forces advanced in Udachne, gaining a foothold at the railway station.

Russian forces advanced west from positions in the southern part of the village, capturing new positions in residential buildings. However, the most important advance occurred slightly north towards the centre of the village, where Russian forces were able to capture the first buildings of the railway station, which is the last Ukrainian stronghold before Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

+ ~0.08km² in favour of russia.