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.

Ukrainian forces have recaptured the village of Maliivka, Pokrovsk'ke direction, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast (Synelnykove District).

Pre-war population: ~163.
Total land area: ~1.27km².

The second battle for Maliivka lasted approximately 1 month, 20 days.

Russian forces have captured the village of Chervone, Kostyantynivka direction, Donetsk Oblast (Kramatorsk District).

Pre-war population: ~269.
Total land area: ~1.35 km².

The battle for Chervone lasted approximately 3 months, 20 days.

Ukrainian forces have recaptured the village of Zapadne, Kupyansk direction, Kharkiv Oblast (Kupyansk District).

Pre-war population: ~350.
Total land area: ~1.17 km².

The second battle for Zapadne lasted less than one month.