Editor’s note: The following is a daily summary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as of 1o p.m. local time in Kyiv from Military Land, an open-source intelligence website:
“Day summary:
Ukrainian forces have successfully pushed the Russian troops away from Chuhuiv and Kharkiv to Stary Saltiv. The defenders are successfully holding out in all other parts of Ukraine.
Russian forces hit a number of cities across Ukraine in the evening, including Lviv, Dnipro, Odesa and Vinnytsia. The enemy reportedly targeted Ukrainian railway infrastructure.
Note: There won’t be a summary tomorrow, I decided to take a small break.
Kharkiv Frontline
Includes the area of Kharkiv and Chuhuiv
Shelling: Zolochiv, Derhachi, outskirts of Kharkiv, Vesele, Chuhuiv, Barvinkove
Ukrainian troops continue to push the enemy away from Kharkiv, and they have liberated Molodava near Stary Saltiv today. Ukrainian artillery destroyed a Russian supply convoy near the village of Vesele.
Siverskyi Donets
Includes the area of Slovyansk, Kramatorsk and Bakhmut
Shelling: Krymky, Lyman, Siversk, Rubizhne, Lysychansk, Popasna
Russian troops attempted to advance near Dovhenke towards Slovyansk, but the attack wasn’t successful. All available information indicates that Ukrainian forces have withdrawn from Yampil towards Ozerne and behind the Siverskyi Donets river. The fighting continues in Rubizne, Popasna and in the vicinity of Lyman.
South-Eastern Front
Includes Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia Oblast
Donetsk Oblast
Shelling: Velyka Novosilka, Vuhledar, Marinka, Avdiivka
There was no change on the ground in Donetsk Oblast.
Zaporizhzhia Oblast
Shelling: Orikhiv
There was no change on the ground in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
Azovstal
Includes the Azovstal Plant in Mariupol
Russian troops have launched an assault on Azovstal in the afternoon. We are waiting for the details.
Mykolaiv Oblast
There was no change on the ground in Mykolaiv Oblast.
Kherson Oblast
Shelling: Nova Zoria
There was no change on the ground in Kherson Oblast.
Maps and article are based on the following sources:
General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, official channels of Ukrainian regional administrations, Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), press released of Russian Army, DPR and LPR (taken with a grain of salt)”