Over the last few days, Russia has significantly intensified their artillery and MLRS shelling of frontline areas in western Zaporizhzhia Oblast.

This is being done in coordination with intensified assault operations, which have resulted in the town of Stepnohirsk being captured, and the large village of Prymorske being almost fully captured.

Additionally, Russian reconnaissance drones have been very active both in frontline settlements and in Zaporizhzhia City itself, scouting out targets and adjusting strikes.

The Ukrainian Special Operations Forces published new footage showing a number of FP-1 drone strikes carried out on Russian oil drilling platforms in the Caspian Sea.

The following was hit:

LSP-1 platform by 2 drones. LSP-1 is situated on the Filanovsky oil field. As a result of the strikes, the exhaust and ventilation for gas turbine units was damaged.

LSP-R platform by 3 drones. LSP-R is situated on the Graifer Oil Field. As a result of the strikes, the power module was damaged, which reportedly forced the platform to temporarily shut down.

LSP platform by 1 drone. LSP is situated o the Kochagin Oil Field. As a result of the strikes, the exhaust and ventilation for gas turbine units was damaged.

LSP-1 coordinates: 45.002180,48.479140
LSP-R coordinates: 45.0628000,48.6108000
LSP coordinates: 44.914090,48.958680

The distance from the nearest Ukrainian-controlled territory is approximately 940 km.

Overnight, Russia carried out another Geran-2 drone attack on Kharkiv Oblast with at least 12 drones.

- At least 6 Geran-2 drones attacked unknown targets near the town of Pechenihy and the city of Chuhuiv.

- Multiple Gerans attacked an agricultural complex in the town of Zolochiv.

- Multiple Gerans attacked the railway station in the village of Mayak (50.16481, 35.95208).

- At least 2 Gerans attacked the town of Velykyi Burluk. A fire broke out and secondary detonations could be heard (as seen in the attached video).

The Ukrainian GUR reports that Russia has added a new anti-air modification to their Geran-2 drones.

These Geran-2 drones can be equipped with a "Verba" anti-aircraft missile. All drones equipped with Verba missiles are directly controlled by drone operators in real time, using an optical camera in the nose of the drone.

This allows the drone operator to remotely launch the "Verba" missile in the event of a Ukrainian aircraft being detected.

Geran-2 drones recently gained the ability to be equipped with R-60 anti-aircraft missiles, however the main difference with this new drone is that they still have their usual 90 kg warhead. This means that even after firing its missile, the drone can still carry out its primary task of striking a target. This action can also be controlled by the drone operator.

This morning, a large scale attack was carried out by tribal fighters on the SMC (Druze) controlled town of Al-Majdal in southern Syria.

The attacks were launched from STG (government) controlled territory in the town of Al-Mazraa and supported by STG drone and artillery fire. After more than 9 hours of intense fighting, the attacks were ultimately repelled by the SMC, and the frontline remains unchanged.

The target of the Geran-2 drone strikes on Kyiv today was the "Veda" enterprise.

Coordinates: 50.450036, 30.445657

Credit to @geran_gerbera for the geolocation.

After the fall of Redkodub to Russia, Lyman direction seems to be an area of significant Ukrainian manpower shortage currently. Recently, Russian forces have taken Novoselovka, Dibrova, Redkodub, and advanced around Korovyy Yar, Syatogorsk, and Lyman city. Again, it seems the Russian goal is to anchor the front along the Severskyy Donets river before crossing it, coordinated with a frontal assault from Seversk to Slavyansk.

Apologies for not covering the large missile attack on Ukraine today. I've been busy with unrelated stuff, but I'll start working on a map summary and will post the consequences of the attack later as usual.

Make sure to subscribe to @VodkaEcho for coverage when I'm not active, as they do a great job too.

The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense has officially stated that the Oreshnik targeted the territory of the Lviv State Aviation Repair Plant.

Who could've guessed 😁

OSINT wins again

Last night, another large-scale, combined Russian missile and drone attack was carried out on Ukraine.

Missiles launched:

~8 Iskander-M ballistic missiles launched from OTRK installations northeast of Simferopol, Crimea.

~6 Iskander-M ballistic missiles launched from OTRK installations near Yeysk, Krasnodar Krai.

~4 Iskander-M ballistic missiles launched from OTRK installations northwest of Klintsy, Bryansk Oblast.

~3 Iskander-M ballistic missiles launched from OTRK installations in the vicinity of Belgorod City, Belgorod Oblast.

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Total missiles launched:

~21 Iskander-M ballistic missiles.

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Ukrainian air defence work:

As of the time of writing, Ukrainian air defence is confirmed to have intercepted at least 2 Iskander-Ms over Kyiv.

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The main targets for this strike was Ukrainian energy infrastructure. The following was targeted:

Trypillya Thermal Power Plant, Kyiv Oblast (50.13416, 30.74705) by ~1 Iskander-M.

Kryvyi Rih Thermal Power Plant, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast (47.5436, 33.66164) by ~8 Iskander-Ms.

"Zaporizka" 750 kV electrical substation, Zaporizhzhia Oblast (47.99956, 35.50957) by ~6 Iskander-Ms.

Kharkiv TEC-5 Combined Heat and Power Plant, Kharkiv Oblast (49.9707, 36.11154) by ~3 Iskander-Ms.

Unknown target in southern Kyiv City by ~1 Iskander-M.

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Keep in mind, the numbers of missiles launched may be slightly higher than what I've listed, as the number of missiles detected is often lower than actual launches.

It's also possible that additional missiles will be used tonight. If so, I will provide an updated map + summary.

There is an increased threat of Iskander-K cruise missile launches for the next 4 hours.

I'm never beating the Kremlin agent allegations 🤣