Invasion Day 448 – Summary
The summary of the situation of Russian re-invasion to Ukraine covering the last 48 hours, as of 17th May 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:
- Masyutivka, Novoselivske
Siverskyi Donets
overview map of Slovyansk, Kramatorsk, Bakhmut and Lysychansk vicinity
- Russian forces advanced in Serebryansky forest in the direction of Hryhorivka. (source)
- FIRMS indicates heavy fire/shelling activity in Serebryansky forest and west of Dibrova settlement.
Ukrainian General Staff reports repelled attacks in the vicinity of:
- Nevske, Bilohorivka
Bakhmut Front
includes the vicinity of Bakhmut
- Soldiers of Ukrainian 225th Territorial Defense Battalion assaulted and captured Russian positions east of Orikhovo-Vasylivka. (source)
- Russian troops withdrew from the forest south-west of Ivanivske. (source)
Ukrainian General Staff reports repelled attacks in the vicinity of:
- Bakhmut, Ivanivske
Bakhmut City
the city of Bakhmut
- Russian drone attacked Ukrainian positions north-east of Khromove, indicating Ukrainian troops managed to push the enemy further away from the settlement. (source)
- Wagner mercenaries advanced in the area south of the base of 54th Mechanized Brigade and captured a residential block. (source)
Avdiivka Front
includes the vicinity of Avdiivka
Ukrainian General Staff reports repelled attacks in the vicinity of:
- No activity reported.
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 activity reported.
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The full overview map of current situation.
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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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If the Ukrainians manage to take the heights west of Klishiivka, the Russians will be in deep s… This is way more important than the capture of Bakhmut.
its depend to the ukr plan.
if they want to push now in dombass, bakmut is important.
if they just want to obtain good defensive positions, taking the heights along the river (south an north of bakmut) is a good things to do.
If they want Ru moving troops in the area of bakmut, they have to push on Bakmut.
I can’t get into the specifics of what exactly is going on. Unless – I see the situation as a gross managerial sabotage of successful military operations. If we roll back to the waste heaps in the next week, don’t be surprised.
— quote from one of the Russian bloggers
Ukrainian forces inflicted heavy losses on the Russians
How to translate more precisely
If the Russians retreat to the 1st line of defense, which existed until February 24, it will already be a sign that their losses are quite significant, and they will not be able to hold their position. In the last few days, there has been information that the Ukrainians are not saving ammunition in some directions. So we can come to the conclusion that things are getting better with ammunition
from month, ukrain firing less munition than they recept.
its normal in a war.
Does ‘dill’ refer to the Ukrainians?
Yes, dill is укроп(“ukrop”) in Russian
Initially, “Укроп – dill” was contemptuously called the supporters of Ukraine in the armed conflict in the Donbass, but Ukrainians they began to wear this nickname “with pride”.
I guess it is from Girkin’s channel do rather rashist side.
Hi Jerome, I really like that you add NASA’s FIRMS fire (artillery) hits. Very useful.
Oh, on your map you don’t seem to have the icon showing for the 225th Territorial Defense Bgde (mentioned in your report).
225th Battalion is part of 127th TRO Brigade, which is placed to Bakhmut. I can place the battalion there as well, just didn’t want to clutter it more.
could u circle the place where the fighting happened on the map？
I don’t understand why Russians are still attacking. They know there will be a counter offensive. But they are still wasting men and amunitions for senseless attacks.
I know they cannot give up on attacking bakhmut because of obvious political reasons, But what is the point of attacking the forest around Kremina, or in Marinka.
the contact line is never ‘quiet’.
Besides,there is also factor of operational inertia (Vuhledar is kind of good example) and attempt to archive an opportunistic success (e.g. during rotation, troop tiredness, shortcomes in supply which at some point always happens).
Maybe, but attacks on Marinka and around Kremina are not opportunistic. They go on and on, for months, and achieved nothing. And Russians continue to attack there. It’s just stupid.
for marinka yes.
For kremina/novozelike: they prevent a dangerous breakthrough.
This is certainly also due to the fact that the Russian officers at the front are reporting false facts to the commanders in Moscow. For fear of demotion or even worse. The Russian bloggers often write only what is postitive or not true at the back and front. Just to keep the propaganda high.
Thus I believe that the Ru commanders have no real insight into what is really going on at the front.
Ukraines offensive has already started some weeks ago if you haven’t noticed.
What’s the difference between Russia attacking in bakhmut and Ukraine attacking around bakhmut? Both waste men and ammunition doing so for seemingly „senseless“ attacks.
The Ukrainian offensive (for now) has not achieved anything remarkable or unexpected. They will have just as hard of a time as russia had.
That’s not the counter offensive. Just the preparation. And the preparation is looking very good, way better than expected.
Correct, what is more at stake in maintainng Russian forces in and around Bakhmut, aside from stopping Kremlin advances and tapping their resources, is protecting eastern Ukrainian industries, argiculture and strategic materials. They have huge natural gas fields north east of Bakhmut and up into the northern Ukrainian border.
Kyiv has trillions of dollars’ worth of wealth that Russia craves.
Nope. this is the offensive.
If it’s going well, will be determined after it ends. For now they haven’t achieved any unexpected results. The threshold is high and if they fail to meet it, it would certainly not be that great for them. The propaganda game has started tho and several unimportant things will become very important even if they weren’t so during Russias offensive.
Ukraine is doing everything to exhaust the Russian troops under Bakhmut, they are trying to make an “emphasis” on Bakhmut in order to bleed the parts that are there and for Russia to throw more reserves and forces there. There are 3 separate assault brigades of Azov. These guys know what they are doing.
Bakmut is probably like karkiv. not the principal offensive.
The moment we see Bradleys, Leopards/etc. then it’s the true counteroffensive, confirmed.
“Captured a residential block”. Lol, turned to rubble would be a more accurate description…