⚡🇺🇸🇪🇸🇮🇷 The US Air Force F-35As and US Navy EA-18G continue their trip to the Middle-East.

Several USAF KC-46 tankers departed this morning from the Moron AFB in Spain.
Three of them (GOLD31, GOLD32, GOLD42) are now over the Mediterranean sea, likely dragging with them the EA-18G EW jets. They will either reinforce the squadron onboard the USS Lincoln carrier or join a US base in the Middle-East.

GOLD74 went to the Azores to pick-up the F-35A that recently landed here. Depending on the number of F-35A, additional tankers will take off from Europe to support their transit to the Middle-East.

@wfwitness

Reports of airstrikes on Iran are false. One explosion occurred in Bandar Abbas likely due to a gas leak, and a brushfire is burning south of Parand.

Right now, any normal fire or explosion is being labelled as an attack by engagement-farming misinformation-spreaders.

In the Komyshuvakha and Orikhiv directions, both Russian and Ukrainian forces have advanced.

In the west, Ukrainian forces continued counterattacking south of the Konka River and managed to consolidate in the northern part of Lukyanivske. Both sides are now carrying out attacks in the village, with neither being able to establish full control over it.

To the east, Russian forces managed to clear out the Ukrainian strongpoints northeast of Stepove and improved their positions on the tactical heights southwest of Pavlivka. Unsuccessful attacks continue to be carried out in Pavlivka, and infiltrations were made into the northern and central parts of Novoyakovlivka.

Further east, the Ukrainians carried out a counterattack from their positions south of Mala Tokmachka and recaptured the ruins of the prison. Shortly afterwards, the Russians re-entered the prison from the east, pushing the Ukrainians back out.

+ ~9.39 km² in favour of Russia.
+ ~1.57 km² in favour of Ukraine.

Interactive map link: https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/1/edit?hl=en&mid=1thW9kqnDOaS2lAepLhLdzSX8Ur9Sc4k&ll

In the Omelnyk direction, Russian forces continued to advance and have once again entered Zaliznyanske.

Shortly after the fall of Hulyaipole, in early January, Russian forces infiltrated the town of Zaliznychne, but were unable to maintain their presence and were driven out by the Ukrainians. Now, more recently, a new series of new infiltrations were made into the railway line southeast of the town.

This was able to occur due to consolidation in a number of new treelines southwest of Hulyaipole, which provided Russia with a staging ground for small groups to advance up the railway line. From there, they were able to enter the eastern and southern parts of the town, where fighting is now ongoing.

In addition to this, the Russians are carrying out intensified assault operations in the fields southeast of Zaliznyanske, and continued infiltrating Sviatopetrivka which remains in the grey-zone.

+ ~1.43 km² in favour of Russia.

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In the Omelnyk and Pokrovs'ke directions, both Russian and Ukrainian forces have advanced, with Russian forces making significant progress in multiple different areas.

In the north, at some point recently, Ukrainian forces were able to re-enter the village of Hai and dislodge the Russians from their poorly-consolidated positions in the area. Since then, they have resumed construction of defences around the village in order to delay any Russian re-entry.

To the southwest, over the last two weeks Russian forces have been carrying out intensified assault operations on a weakened section of Ukrainian defences. They were able to establish full control over the village of Kosivtseve, which didn't have a strong Ukrainian presence, and began accumulating infantry there, while DRGs infiltrated the town of Ternuvate.

Then, using their newly accumulated soldiers west of the Haichur River, they broke into the southern part of Ternuvate and began attacking Ukrainian positions in the western part of the town, capturing a number of positions there. Infiltrations were then carried out into the northern streets where a large grey-zone has formed. Ukrainian forces retain control over the town centre and eastern streets, as well as the corridor to their positions east of the Haichur River. Russian forces were also able to capture the forest plantations south of the reservoirs southeast of Ternuvate, thereby expanding the right flank of their forces in the town itself.

Additionally, the Russians continued clearing Ukrainian positions east of the Haichur River, and captured most the rest of the previous grey-zone which saw Russian and Ukrainian positions overlapped in a highly dynamic and fluid situation. As a result, they were able to advance on a wide front, shrinking the Ukrainian zone of control there. Attacks are also being carried out on the central and northern parts of Nove Zaporizhzhya, in an attempt to "roll up" the right flank of the Ukrainian formations east of the Haichur River.

To the south, the Russians finally cleared the last Ukrainian positions east of the Haichur River in the area of Dobropillya and Varvarivka, bringing both villages under their solid control. Additionally, due to this new progress east of the river, the Russians managed to consolidate in the southern part of Pryluky, while fighting continues for the nearby areas.

Ukrainian forces counterattacked southwest of Pryluky, regaining control over a number of treeline positions and reaching the eastern outskirts of Olenokostiantynivka.

+ ~23.08 km² in favour of Russia.
+ ~5.64 km² in favour of Ukraine.

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Close-up view of the approximate situation in Ternuvate.

Claims of Russian control over the town are false.

But don't worry guys, according to the most trustworthy Russian MOD, Novoplatonivka is under Russian control. No need to question it, no need to form your own opinions.

In the Novopavlivka direction, Russian forces continued their assault operations and have made additional progress east of the Solena River.

Russian forces continued to slowly advance through Novopavlivka itself, capturing additional residential streets and reaching the town centre. Additionally, building on their earlier success, they were able to further improve their positions in two parallel treelines to the east, and reached the northeastern outskirts of Novopavlivka. Attacks are also being carried out on Ukrainian fortifications further east.

+ ~1.03 km² in favour of Russia.

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Also, yesterday there was very thick fog and rain in the Kostyantynivka direction, and Ukrainian air reconnaissance missions were basically all cancelled, which means that many Russians likely slipped past Ukrainian defenses in the meantime.
Bad news to expect today and tomorrow.

I've made a thread on Twitter exposing the horrible tactics employed by Denys Davydov. I think this is important to talk about due to how many people he is lying to.

https://x.com/AMK_Mapping_/status/2017922792927449339

For those who don't have twitter: https://twitter-thread.com/t/2017922792927449339

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Two salvos of rockets to Belgorod City. Russian S-300/400 launches.

Russian air defence activity over Belgorod. No impacts are reported yet.