Ukraine Conflict: Full Frontline Update
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"The Russian army can do really good manoeuvres but it's left to the the decent troops to do that and it's so inconsistent but but the decent troops do end up having a much greater effect than those that are just sent in to meet grinders with no support from artillery or smoke"
Hello Team
🎦 00:00-00:20⏩
Jonathan welcomes viewers to another frontline update, thanking JR for providing today's maps. He reminds viewers that they can pause the video to familiarise themselves with the map key.
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📍 FRONT-LINE UPDATE -🗺️ MAP LEGEND
Kupyansk-Svatove-Kreminna Frontline
🎦 00:20-00:32⏩
No changes on this frontline.
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Sversk Frontline
🎦 00:32-00:40⏩
No changes to report.
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Chasiv Yar Frontline
🎦 00:40-02:33⏩
Jonathan notes that although there are no changes to report on the map, this area is seeing heavy fighting.
- Claims that Chasiv Yar has been stormed by 20-25,000 Russian soldiers, with a spokesman for the Kharkiv OSUV stating that 32 mortar and artillery attacks took place over the previous day.
- Heavy activity in the three vectors of Boda Nivka, the canal micro district, and the forest north of Ivanovske.
- Jonathan doesn't believe the area has stabilised, expecting fierce fighting to continue.
Avdiivka Salient: Ocheretyne
🎦 02:33-04:46⏩
- Significant Russian momentum in the Ocheretyne area, with reports that they have broken through Ukrainian defences in the south of the town.
- Surat Maps claim that everything south of the railway station is under Russian control.
- Jonathan attributes this to Ukrainian errors, with Militaryland.net reporting that the Russian advance is the result of Ukrainian units abandoning their positions without orders.
- It is alleged that the 47th Mechanized Brigade was withdrawing from the area for rotation before being ordered back to plug the gap.
- Jonathan believes the Russians capitalised on this error, pushing into the town, which is likely to pose a significant problem for the Ukrainians moving forwards.
Avdiivka Salient: Pervomaiske
🎦 04:46-05:12⏩
- The Ukrainians appear to have ceded a small amount of territory to the Russians south of Pervomaiske.
- Some discrepancies between the maps produced by Surat Maps and Deep State Map, but these are minor.
Avdiivka Salient: Krasnohorivka
🎦 05:12-05:28⏩
- Russian gains inside Krasnohorivka.
- Jonathan notes that the situation in Krasnohorivka has been volatile, but that the Russians appear to be faring better at the moment.
Avdiivka Salient: Novomykhailivka
🎦 05:28-11:55⏩
- Jonathan observes that there has been a lot of activity on the frontline from Avdiivka to Vuhledar, with fighting taking place across the entire area.
- Deep State Map and Surat Maps both indicate Russian gains, with Andrew Perpetua's map yet to be updated.
- Both Deep State Map and Surat Maps claim that the Russians have taken all of Novomykhailivka.
- These claims appear to be based on footage of Russians flying a flag on the Western edge of the settlement.
- Surat Maps report that the Russians have also made advances southwest of the settlement towards Kostyantynivka and the Kostyantynivka-Vuhledar road.
- Jonathan highlights the importance of this road, as it could provide the Russians with a key advantage if they can capture it.
- He acknowledges that the Russians are making consistent gains in the area but questions how easy it will be for them to take Kostyantynivka, given the difficulties they have faced in taking Novomykhailivka.
- Jonathan notes that the Russians have been observed employing more sensible tactics recently, using combined arms and smoke to mask their movements, a tactic frequently discussed by Andrew Perpetua in his livestreams.
- Jonathan shows footage of Russian smoke deployment, highlighting the volume of smoke being used.
- The Kyiv Independent reports that Ukraine's 79th Separate Airborne Assault Brigade deny that the Russians have captured Novomykhailivka, although images of the Russians with flags on the Western edge suggest they have likely taken the settlement.
- The Kyiv Independent also states that the 79th Separate Airborne Assault Brigade claim Russia has lost 300 pieces of equipment over six months of fighting around Novomykhailivka. Jonathan recalls the geolocated footage he has previously shown, illustrating the volume of equipment lost by the Russians.
- The Kyiv Independent article notes that the battle for the village has been ongoing since autumn and that it has become the site of one of the largest graveyards of enemy equipment.
- The 79th Separate Airborne Assault Brigade believe that the Russians have concentrated 30,000 fighters in this small area in their efforts to capture the village.
Southern Frontline
🎦 11:55-12:07⏩
No changes to report on the Southern frontline (Velyka Novosilka and Robotyne) or around the Dnipro River.
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Wrap Up
🎦 12:07-12:46⏩
- Jonathan reiterates that the Russians appear to be focusing on making gains from Avdiivka to Vuhledar ahead of the symbolically important date of 9th May (Victory Day).
- He explains that he will not be dipping into the Institute for the Study of War report in today's video and says that he will resume doing so tomorrow.
🤖❓ AI Debrief (post task) - anything the AI didn't understand
Could you please clarify what Jonathan means by the 155th Naval Interim Infantry Brigade? Was this a newly formed unit, or is there another reason for the use of the word 'interim'?
🤖💭 AI Plan (pre task) - the AI's step by step thought process
This is a frontline update, so I will split the transcript into topics based on the location being discussed. I will make sure the topic titles are detailed and summarise the key events. Jonathan mentions a few names, so I will make a note of those too.
I also need to remember to use the Ukrainian spellings of locations.
