Ukraine War Update: Full Frontline Update
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"This is as good a textbook example of a Pyrrhic victory you will get, where your troops are expended and then vulnerable to a counterattack, and you won't be able to take any more after Bakhmut."
Northeast sector - Kupyansk to Svatove to Kreminna axis
- Not much to report between Kupyansk and Svatove
- Most activity is around Kreminna area
- Russians used thermobaric artillery (TOS-1) near Kreminna
- Ukrainians destroyed significant Russian equipment in the area including tanks, armoured vehicles and an Su-25 aircraft
- Russians using more cautious conventional warfare tactics here compared to Bakhmut
📍 FRONT-LINE UPDATE -🗺️ MAP LEGEND
Bakhmut
- Wagner Group has given up flanks to Russian airborne units
- Fierce battles in Bakhmut suburbs of Orekhovo-Vasylivka and Bohdanivka
- Disagreement between pro-Russian and pro-Ukrainian mappers on control north of Bakhmut
- Russians advancing in northwest Bakhmut; Ukrainians retreating to railway station area
- Intense fighting for control of grain elevator in northern Bakhmut
- Russians made gains in southeast, getting closer to the railway line
- Conventional Russian forces operating more in Bakhmut alongside Wagner
- Wagner still using penal recruits as human waves
- Russian blogger tried to justify slow capture of Bakhmut as deliberate attrition of Ukrainian forces
South of Bakhmut - Mayorsk, Ozaryanivka
- Geolocated footage shows Ukrainians still have presence between Mayorsk and Ozaryanivka
- Ukrainians conducted localized counterattack and liberated some positions west of Ozaryanivka
- Russian command post between Mayorsk and Ozaryanivka was shelled by pro-Ukrainian Russian unit
Avdiivka area
- Usual reports of repelled attacks around Avdiivka, no territorial changes
- Russian claims of advances near Stepove and Krasnohorivka but unclear
- Intense fighting continues in Marinka but no confirmation of territory changing hands
Southern Ukraine
- Russians intensified artillery strikes in western Kherson oblast
- Using guided aerial bombs (FAB-500) to strike civilian infrastructure
- Resumed using S-300 missiles to hit targets in Ukrainian rear areas
- 25 S-300 strikes reported on Zaporizhzhia and Mykolaiv oblasts in one day
- S-300s are inaccurate but hard for Ukraine to intercept
Jonathan's analysis on Bakhmut
- Believes Bakhmut has served its purpose for Ukraine by severely attriting Russian forces
- Ratio of losses favours Ukraine based on various evidence
- If Bakhmut falls it will be a big PR win for Russia but not change the strategic picture
- Russians expended huge effort to take Bakhmut and will be vulnerable to counterattack
- Calls it a potential "Pyrrhic victory" for Russia
Wrap up
Jonathan asks viewers to like, subscribe and share the video. Mentions he will post an additional video later with more analysis. Apologies as his multiple sclerosis is flaring up affecting his presentation. Signs off with his usual "toodlepips, speak later".
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🤖❓ AI Debrief (post task) - anything the AI didn't understand
The transcript contained some inaudible or garbled words that made a few sentences unclear, but overall the key points were still understandable. Some of the Ukrainian place names may not be spelled 100% correctly.
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