Plumes of smoke can be seen rising over Kyiv following the impact of around two-dozen ballistic missiles and Zircons.

Footage showing the impact of Russian Iskander-M/S-400 ballistic missiles in Kyiv.

Footage showing 2 Kn-23 ballistic missile impacts in Zaporizhzhia City.

Situation on the Lyman direction, Donetsk Oblast:

Over the last two weeks, Ukrainian forces continued their counteroffensive north of Lyman, and have made additional tactically important advances, crossing into Luhansk Oblast and coming close to eliminating the Russian Zherebets River bridgehead.

In the north, after recapturing the village of Hrekivka, Ukrainian forces continued to advance deeper into Luhansk Oblast, pushing southeast down a tributary of the Zherebets River and each into the forests west of Makiivka, working to push the remaining Russian forces out of their strongpoints between Hrekivka and Makiivka. Simultaneously, other assault groups were able to break through Russian lines east of Novomykhailivka, entering a number of forested areas along the Donetsk-Luhansk regional border, prompting Russia to retreat from the newly formed salient southwest of Hrekivka. The loss of these forward positions has allowed Ukraine to begin supporting their push east of Hrekivka by attacking in an easterly direction from the Novomykhailivka area, entering advancing towards the village of Balka Zhuravka (formerly called Nevske).

The advance on Balka Zhuravka is taking place from both the northwest and west. From the west, Ukrainian assault groups consolidated in the forests east of Katerynivka and broke through to the larger forests northwest of Novolyubivka, which they are now storming from multiple directions. This has allowed some Ukrainian DRG groups to cross the Zherebets River via Novolyubivka and begin operating in the area of Balka Zhuravka and Terny, east of the river.

To the south, Ukrainian forces continued advancing down the gulley stretching southeast from Katerynivka to Novosadove, reaching the Zherebets River at a new point, and beginning fighting for the forested areas north of Ivanivka. Other assault groups managed to capture a series of strongpoints in the forests west of Ivanivka and are now working to isolate the remaining Russian formations entrenched along the western bank of the Zherebets River.

Further south, the Ukrainians entrenched in the western part of Kolodyazi and have almost cleared the rest of the village. Other assault groups broke through Russian defences east of Stavky, penetrating northeast for over 5 kilometres, recapturing the village of Myrne. Clearing operations against the remaining scattered Russian positions outside Kolodyazi are ongoing in order to begin the final assault south of Ivanivka. Additionally, following weeks of attacks, Ukrainian forces managed to establish a foothold in northwestern Zarichne, which they are now using to try infiltrate across the Zherebets River into the Torske Fish Farm, and south towards the centre of Zarichne, where they are facing fierce resistance from Russian defenders.

To the southwest, Ukrainian forces launched a new series of counterattacks closer to Lyman itself, where they managed to clear the fields south of Stavky and gain a foothold in the western part of the large Pynkov Gulley. From here, they are infiltrating east along the forests in the gulley, attempting to reach the western part of Zarichne. This is being supported by additional attacks into the forests north of the gulley. Additionally, the Russian infiltrators in the northern part of Lyman were finally cleared, allowing Ukraine to re-establish control over the remaining fields north of the city as well, further pushing the Russians away from the city limits.

Further south, Ukrainian assault groups cleared the earlier Russian infiltrations into the area of the highway south of Lyman and initiated new counterattacks towards the Lyman-Siversk Highway, which they were able to reach from the direction of Brusivka and Dibrova. Heavy fighting continues for the Ozerne area and the strongpoints along the highway southwest of Yampil, without any major changes in the frontline.

+ ~83.16 km² in favour of Ukraine.

Interactive map: amkmapping.com

Updated list of cursed settlements (for Russia) in Ukraine:

- Lyman
- Bilohorivka (Siversk area)
- Siversk
- Stepove (Avdiivka area)
- Berdychi (Avdiivka area)
- Stepova Novosilka (Kupyansk area)
- Synkivka (Kupyansk area)
- Terny (Lyman area)
- Robotyne (Orikhiv area)
- Mala Tokmachka
- Orikhiv
- Kamyanske (Stepnohirsk area)
- Udachne
- Kotlyne
- Vuhledar
- Marinka
- Pervomaiske (Avdiivka area)
- Novomykhailivka (Avdiivka area)
- Klishchiivka (Bakhmut area)
- Andriivka (Bakhmut area)
- Khromove (Bakhmut area)
- Chasiv Yar
- Spirne (Siversk area)

I made some mistakes when counting the missiles earlier, so I will correct them here:

The Zircons I reported were actually three Kn-23 ballistic missiles, launched from near Fatezh, Kursk Oblast.

Additionally, the number of ballistic missiles from Bryansk I reported was way too high. As of now, I can only confirm around 9 missiles, most/all of which were RM-48U S-400 missiles. A lot of the earlier ones I accidentally double-counted, so I apologise for that.

Furthermore, the 2 Iskander-Ms I reported from Taganrog was mixed up with MLRS along the frontline area. The ballistic threat from there was triggered due to a Ukrainian drone attack on Rostov, where Russian S-300 air defence was operating.

So, the updated count is:
~9 Iskander-M/S-400 ballistic missiles
~5 Kn-23 ballistic missiles
~4 Kalibr cruise missiles

~18 missiles in total.

I apologise for the confusion caused.

In the official confirmation video posted by the Ukrainian 3rd Army Corps "Azov", a very interesting map was given at the beginning which showed their view of the frontline before the operation began in May 2026.

At this time, most Ukrainian mappers, including Deepstate, were portraying the frontline in this sector as only having a small Russian bridgehead west of the Nitrius River, which I and others had repeatedly disputed.

The map posted by the 3rd Army Corps has exposed Deepstate's attempts to lie about the frontline configuration here, as the official 3rd Army map showed the villages of Novoselivka, Oleksandrivka, and around half of Yarova as under Russian control. In fact, in the Oleksandrivka area, they have the frontline 7.5 km (!) west of Deepstate's.

I have overlayed the 3rd Army Corps frontline (red) and my frontline in May (yellow) with Deepstate's map from the time. With this, we can see that the general size of the bridgehead shown on my map is almost identical to the size of the bridgehead shown by the 3rd Army Corps. In fact, the 3rd Army Corps map even has some areas marked as Russian control that I didn't have, although I had these marked as Russian-controlled at the beginning of 2026, until they were later cleared in April. It's likely that the 3rd Army Corps map represents the maximum extent of the Russian advance at each point, and includes the smaller Ukrainian clearing operations before the counteroffensive as part of the overall operation.

In any sense, this should serve as (yet another) reminder not to trust Deepstate for Russian advances! They are tied in with the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence and purposefully don't update sections of their map for propaganda purposes. This has been the case for a few years now.

NASA FIRMS data indicates that a large fire broke out at the "Iskra" Plant in Zaporizhzhia City following 4 Kalibr cruise missile and 2 Kn-23 ballistic missile strikes.

The Iskra Plant specialises in the production of various radar systems, including PRV-11, PRV-13, PRV-17, ST-68U, 35D6 and 36D6 radars.

Coordinates: 47.83837, 35.22793

NASA FIRMS data indicates that a large fire is burning at a food products factory in the town of Tarasivka, Kyiv Oblast, following a Russian Kn-23 ballistic missile strike.

Coordinates: 50.62595, 31.02258

Ansarallah fighters pose in front of the shot down Saudi F-15 fighter jet in Yemen.

As the frontline approaches and the evacuation zone expands, the gas branches in the cities of Slovyansk and Kramatorsk have announced that they will not be relocating, and pledged to remain in the cities for as long as possible

This comes as the approaching winter is expected to be much harsher on these frontline cities, which are slowly being destroyed by Russian strikes as the frontline approaches. The remaining ~50,000 civilians are at risk of freezing to death if the heat is not kept on.

A Ukrainian fibre-optic FPV drone flies uncontested over the Russian regional capital city of Belgorod.

Another Russian mapper (Divgen) has admitted to the loss of the Russian salient north of Lyman.

The Ukrainian command has sent reinforcements to Orikhiv to try stabilise the rapidly deteriorating situation.

It's unclear which sector of the frontline they were pulled from. Perhaps the Komar direction.

A Su-35 is trying to shoot down a Ukrainian tactical aircraft in eastern Dnipropetrovsk Oblast with an R-37/77 air-to-air missile.

The Ukrainian aircraft was launching glide-bombs at Kostyantynivka.