RU POV: Russian and Ukrainian advances from Day 1492 to 1500 of the War - Suriyakmaps

Starting yet another post in the Sumy border area, Russia further expanded their presence here by moving over the international border and capturing the crossing northwest of Sopych. Yes this is another empty border area so few troops were required, but they continue to expand their presence in this part of Sumy oblast.

Over to the Sumy front, starting on the west side Russia managed to move into and capture the village of Mala Korchakivka after extended shelling since mid-March. The village is unremarkable but it opens the way for Russian assault groups to start heading into the forest area and the belt of settlements along the Oleshnya River, first of which will likely be Korchakivka (southeast of the advance).

Out east, Russia continues to slowly build their pressure on Myropillya, capturing more of the fields and treelines around the town, with at least one DRG reportedly infiltrating the settlement itself.

Heading to the northern front, on the northeast side Russia troops crossed over in a new spot, moving into the forest next to Bochkove and Okhrimivka. The former will likely be their first target, but given the small size of this grouping it’ll take them time to capture the forest and build up the assault.

To the southwest, Russia recaptured the treelines outside Vilcha, whilst other units moved into Verkhnya Pysarivka to begin the assault. Some Russian sources claim they control the village already, but that has not been confirmed yet.

Onto the Kharkiv border area, throughout March Russia made a couple of smaller gains in several areas. Starting in the north, Russian troops took control of the last houses in Chuhunivka, establishing control over the village. Other troops crossed the border to the north and captured the minor village of Shevyakivka and some adjacent treelines.

To the south, other soldiers took over another minor forest area south of Ambarne.

Moving southeast, Russia managed to capture several treelines and fields outside Kolodyazne, now within a few hundred metres of the small town. Whilst they would certainly like to capture it, I do not believe they have the forces required here and will likely spend the next month trying to improve their positions and weaken the defences.

Down to the Kupyansk front, we get to the first of the callbacks to things I’ve said in previous posts. Starting within Kupyansk itself, in the last post I mentioned how Russians were still being spotted within the west side of the town, as Suriyak had jumped the gun with marking it Ukrainian controlled. That has now been confirmed, with a chunk of the area moved back into the greyzone as the Russians maintain a presence there despite months of Ukrainian efforts. They aren’t able to project much control over western Kupyansk, but they are preventing any sort of Ukrainian consolidation.

To the southwest, the fields east of Pishchane near the railways have come under Russian controlled, following the destabilisation of Ukrainian supply lines to this area (also mentioned last post). Ukraine can always give it yet another attempt to try make it back to Stepova Novoselivka, but any future ones will be much more difficult unless they deal with the Russians occupying the fortifications south of the railway.

Heading to the Siversk front, over the past week Ukraine has launched counterattacks in the southern half of Ozerne, recapturing it (was greyzone) and beginning clashes with the Russians in the other half of the locality.

To the south, Russian forces that entered Kalenyky the previous week have cleared and captured the village. Efforts are ongoing to consolidate here so their forces can push through towards Rai-Oleksandrivka and Kryva Luka.

Further south on the same front, Russian forces managed to clear out the greyzone between their earlier pushes into Pryvillya and Nykyforivka, whilst also moving a bit further into Holubivka.

At the same time Ukraine is still attacking Minkivka, although they haven’t managed to secure any of the village yet.

Onto the Chasiv Yar and Kostyantynivka fronts, on the northeast side Russia is clashing with the Ukrainian DRGs that are trying to push further into the town.

In Kostyantynivka, Russian DRGs have once again been spotted deep inside the city, but have not been able to secure any of these areas yet.

Over on the Pokrovsk front, on the northeast side pressure is building on Bilytske, with Russian troops capturing some nearby treelines and launching attacks into the outer streets.

To the southwest, Russia secured more of the treelines northeast of Hryshyne, but is having difficulty pushing north towards Novooleksandrivka (below the y).

At the same time as this Ukraine launched a large mechanised attack along the E50 highway towards Pokrovsk, trying to reach the northwestern industrial area. Like the previous one Ukraine launched three months ago towards this exact same spot, this attack failed due to Russian drones with all vehicles destroyed and many soldiers killed (video 1, video 2, video 3, video 4). I have to wonder why they didn’t direct this attack towards Hryshyne, as they could have dislodged the Russians from it and bought significantly more time, rather than throwing themselves at Pokrovsk again.

Heading to the Pokrovske front, Suriyak has marked some larger advances across the area, from Boikove in the west to Ternove in the east. However, most of this is Suriyak undoing greyzone markings from last week, as I mentioned that he had jumped the gun on marking so much Ukrainian progress.

Starting on the east side, the smaller advance south of Ternove is new, with Russia moving up the treelines and attempting to dig Ukraine out of the village since they were unable to consolidate.

To the southwest, much of the greyzone from the earlier Ukrainian infiltrations and aggressive infantry attacks have been undone, as Russia maintained control over most of this and Novomykolaivka.

A similar story occurred to the west, with the Ukrainian forces that attempted to take Novohryhorivka and Krasnohirske being wiped out, however the other half of this advance is newer as Russia reportedly launched some counterattacks to retake Zlahoda and try punch up to Pryvillya. I have seen it mentioned that some of this was done by mechanised attacks, although that hasn’t been backed up with evidence yet. Regardless, it is incredibly important for Russia to try hit back against Ukraine and prevent them from properly securing the large area they managed to recapture over the past two months.

Moving west one last time, a few Russian assault groups have been working on capturing Ternuvate, with part of the town coming under their control, whilst another group headed to Boikove to the northwest. They did not capture it as they claimed, but this group is still present in the area.

Back to the Sumy border area, this time the opposite side, Russian troops made a small advance towards Ryasne, capturing some treelines adjacent to the locality.

Back to the Kostyantynivka front, west of the city Ukraine launched a series of counterattacks into Illinivka, managing to retake the greyzone on the northern half and start clashing with the Russians in the centre of the village.

At the same time Russian forces have become more active in the fields out west, looking at capturing more treelines and fields.

Following on from picture 9, Ukraine launched several attacks throughout March east of Dobropillya, managing to drive out the Russian DRGs from around Novyi Donbas and Vilne (all greyzone). They have continued pushing east and south trying to get further into Russian lines, but are meeting much more resistance.

Following on from picture 10, on the west side Russia reportedly made some more gains in Ternuvate and next to Prydorozhnje, although this frontline is quite fluid so its hard to tell if they can actually secure this area. Simultaneously Ukraine has been launching attacks towards Kosivtseve, trying to retake the village and cut off the Russians who are further north.

To the southeast, Russia cleared out the few Ukrainian troops that managed to push deep into the area between the Yanchur and Haichur rivers (was all greyzone), starting to solidify the frontline in this area.

Over on the Hulyaipole front, Russia has significantly ramped up operations over the past two weeks. On the north side, Russian assault groups captured a large chunk of the railway west of Olenokostiantynivka, before moving onto to take the farms and treelines south of Vozdvyzhivka. The small town is under immense pressure, with heavy shelling ongoing and reports of some Russian soldiers entering the outer buildings.

To the south, Russian forces expanded their control around Hirke (below the a), as they build up for an assault on Verkhnya Tersa (underneath the a).

Adjacent to this, the large greyzone created by earlier Russian DRGs is gradually being secured by their forces, with Ukrainian forces primarily holding the area from the nearby villages. This has led to Russia captured a sizeable area of fields, treelines and some fortifications, but they will need to seize the nearby localities before they can properly secure it.

Out on the Zaporizhia front, whilst Russia continues to push in Prymorske, Ukraine recaptured some of the treelines along the road down to Stepnohirsk.