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Ukraine War Update: Full Frontline Update (Bakhmut Focus)

Front Line Wednesday, 18th January 2023, 13:05
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"It seems that Ukraine are finding it really hard to break the defensive positions of the Russians, at least without some concerted counter offensive."

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📍 FRONT-LINE UPDATE -🗺️ MAP LEGEND

Northeast frontline - Kupiansk to Svatove to Kreminna axis

  • Russian forces continue transferring reinforcements to the Kreminna area, possibly for a counter-attack
  • Russians reportedly using sabotage groups disguised in Ukrainian uniforms to try to break through Ukrainian defences in Luhansk Oblast
  • Russians gradually advancing along Mokivka-Zaravka-Balka river line. Geolocated footage shows them holding positions west of the Brova river.
  • The village of Novoselivka, west of Kuzmivka, is important for attacking Svatove. Ukraine needs to gain sustained control of it to envelop Kuzmivka and Krivoshivka.
  • Ukraine making slow progress. Next step would be to take high ground towards Soznovyi which overlooks Svatove.
  • No signs yet of Russians crossing the Bakhmutovka River just north of Kreminna.


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Bakhmut area

  • Heavy fighting continues in urban areas of Bakhmut on Patrice Lumumba and Labor Reserve streets. Russians have not advanced further.
  • Russians finding it difficult to fight through Klishchivka to the southwest. Ukrainian reinforcements present.
  • South of Bakhmut, repelled Russian attacks around Krasnohorivka and Kamyanka.
  • Russians destroyed 7 Ukrainian infantry fighting vehicles near Vodyane.
  • Pressure on Pervomais'ke if Russians take Vodyane.


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Donetsk Oblast - Avdiivka and Marinka

  • Fierce fighting has resumed in the Avdiivka area after a quiet period
  • Conflicting claims about Marinka:
    • Some Russian sources claim they have cleared all high-rise buildings in the center and only 300m of the western outskirts remain to take full control
    • Others say calling the liberation of Marinka "imminent" is premature as Ukrainians still hold western positions
    • Ukraine reinforcing Marinka with Humvees for 35th Marine Brigade
  • Repelled fighting around Pobjeda, Novomykhailivka, Vuhledar, Velyka Novosilka and towards Prechistivka


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South - Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, Crimea

  • Nikopol and Marhanets, north of the Kakhovka Reservoir near Zaporizhzhia, hit again by Russian shelling. Shelling is relentless.
  • Kherson City hit with incendiary munitions again, against international conventions. Continued Russian strikes on west bank of Kherson Oblast.
  • Ukrainian counter-battery fire working in Kherson Oblast.
  • Reports of Ukrainian drone swarms sent over Crimea to find weaknesses in air defences to exploit later.


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Wrap up

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