Invasion Day 420 – Summary
The summary of the situation of Russian re-invasion to Ukraine covering the last 48 hours, as of 19th April 2023 – 22:00 (Kyiv time).
Sloboda Front
includes the area of between Oskil and Aydar river
Ukrainian General Staff reports repelled attacks in the vicinity of:
- No activity reported.
Siverskyi Donets
overview map of Slovyansk, Kramatorsk, Bakhmut and Lysychansk vicinity
- Ukrainian troops targeted a Russian mortar east of Torske. (source)
Ukrainian General Staff reports repelled attacks in the vicinity of:
- Dibrova, Kreminna
Bakhmut Front
includes the vicinity of Bakhmut
Ukrainian General Staff reports repelled attacks in the vicinity of:
- Bakhmut, Ivanivske, Stupochky, Predtechyne
Bakhmut City
the city of Bakhmut
- The enemy reached the area of People’s House in the north-western part of the city. (source)
- Ukrainian artillery hit a building occupied by Wagner mercenaries south of the main train station, indicating the enemy advanced north along the railway. (source)
Avdiivka Front
includes the vicinity of Avdiivka
Ukrainian General Staff reports repelled attacks in the vicinity of:
- Novokalynove, Stepove, Berdychi, Avdiivka, Sieverne, Pervomaiske, Nevelske
Donetsk Front
includes the center and southern part of Donetsk Oblast
Ukrainian General Staff reports repelled attacks in the vicinity of:
- Marinka
Zaporizhzhia Front
includes the Zaporizhzhia Oblast
Ukrainian General Staff reports repelled attacks in the vicinity of:
- No activity reported.
Kalanchak Front
includes the left bank of Dnipro river south of Kherson and Kakhovka
- No change on the ground during the past 48 hours.
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This summary and detailed maps are based on the following sources:
General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, official media channels of Ukrainian regional administrations, Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs, Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and geolocated footage.
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Dreadful strike
https://t.me/RVvoenkor/43155
Goddamn… why were they standing this close to each other…
guy asking bt the map today, sorry for my stupid question about you having a blog *g. Gonna have this as a regular source now, thx.
Looks like the territory east of the railway is now fully under Russian control. Fierce fighting under way near the Chasiv Yar- Khromove road. Russians advancing in the north but stuck in the south.
While reading through this post, a thought occurred to me that I figured I’d share:
Day 420 was April 19 (4/19). If the invasion had started one day later (i.e. 2/25/2022 instead of 2/24/2022), Day 420 would be April 20 (4/20).
Make of that what you will…
No day ZERO
Yeah Russia is out of missiles, the fact they used Shahed drones is a sign of weakness in my eyes (also almost all of them have been intercepted). Again, this is the opportunity for NATO to massively supply Ukraine now and beat the poccky imperialists
Oddly, Ukrainian officials say Russia is just stockpiling missiles for a future Ukrainian counter-offensive 🙂
It’s a bit of both, missile stocks are obviously somewhat depleted from the energy infrastructure bombardment phase. But it is logical to assume RU is stockpiling many of those that remain to actually target UA’s military (for once) during the counteroffensive. We’ll see. The drones are cheap and useful for probing attacks. They tell RU where UA has anti air and where it is lacking.
If in the end the biggest rocket remains, it is still enough to stick it in Putin’s ass. The main thing is that it will fly far with a bright streak on the horizon 😉
Hey Jerome, I really enjoy your summaries and they have improved greatly over the past few months. Still, I have a suggestion to improve the maps:
Indicate the newly gained Russian or Ukrainian territory with a lighter/darker shade of red/blue.
This would allow for a better overview of what has actually changed over the past 2 days. Thanks!
I agree, that would be nice
This would be a really nice addition
No Activity on the southern fronts? https://youtu.be/vcIhH1Vmz8I
Yes, what he says doesn’t correspond with reality. The title and thumbnail of the video already hints that the author is just trying to attract viewers and get likes.
I see your reasoning. Let’s wait then how it turns out
IMO, “Reporting from Ukraine” is an unofficial channel of the Ukrainian General staff: they may lie (or focus on minor events) if it is part of the ukrainian strategy.
But they also have a lot of information and give good tactical explanations. Just don’t always trust what they say.
They probably lies sometime.
But i follow them since 3 months and i never identify a lie.
Often, they announce évent before they happens. For example attacks on Vulhedar.
For example, when they annonced an offensive on Kinburn peninsula (just after the liberation of Kherson), that was a lie, or an exageration of a small commando raid.
Perhaps the untruths and exaggerations only serve to confuse the Russians. After all, they watch this channel just like we do. Even if youtube is blocked in Russia.
Unlike the Russian milbloggers, who like to betray the position of their forces because of their craving for recognition.
I still dont know if somethning happens there.
In their defense: It actually looked like Ukraine would try to keep the momentum with all the video’s of soldiers on speed-boats and nightly raids on the east-bank. And I still believe that they actually tried but pretty soon realized that it would turn out horribly
All these channels rely on Open Source information and just try to connect the dots
After all those months of training in NATO countries and the accumulated experience of the last year, do you think that the Ukrainians are really that stupid and didn’t know what would happen if this attack was launched?
I think we will see a highly orchestrated phase of attacks over the next few weeks and months, deeply designed to confuse Russian forces.
I actually do think that Russians are not the only ones to do stupid things in this war, yes. E.g. holding on to Bakmut appears to be seen as stupid by some foreign instances. I try to not have any opinion on this whatsoever.
My original point was that there appears to be activity reported on a part of the frontline where Jerome says that no activity was reported. That’s all
What you think you are seeing is not going to happen the way you think it will.
That’s pretty philosophical and I have no idea what you actually mean
There are some very bad clickbait videos on YouTube.
“The Russian Dude” is the worst for it.
Video of Wagner advancing on the textile factory in Bakhmuth…. It is already fierce how they fight
https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1648599643440177152/pu/vid/640×360/NI4GuSE9u_urpAJZ.mp4?tag=12
Heroic defense of a position near Bakhmut. Warning: violence. A lot of violence.
That is some impressive footage.
geoconfirmed: https://twitter.com/GeoConfirmed/status/1648967141415174145
Well shit Russian troops have some serious balls to launch suicide attacks like this, very dumb but very impressive as well.
it wasn’t a suicide attack. They came close to the Ukrainian position, they even captured a trench (before getting killed) and they were supported by artillery. If the Ukrainianian guy wasn’t that good, Russians may have won.
Jerome, there was information about the surrender of the Spornoe (Bakhumut front).
I know, but there was no footage of Russian presence inside the village (if I didn’t miss it) and I doubt Ukrainians were stationed there. Spirne is a small village, razed to the ground, both sides are very likely just on the high grounds nearby.
Yes ukr position is in the high. With tunnel and strong defence fortification.What happens in the village IS not important.