Ну що ж, ситуація під Покровськом знову плавно переходить в стан критичної.

Ворог повторно окупував Котлине та Удачне (вже в який раз) та рухається в бік шахтоуправління "Покровське" (та сама шахта з коксуючим вуглем).

На територію шахти вони забігають малими групами, закріплюватися не встигають, бо трошки подихають. Але дзвіночки тривожні.

На півдні міста окупанти малими групами постійно заходять в південні квартали, займаючи багатоповерхівки.

Наші воїни постійно їх звідти викурюють, але ситуація погіршилася та є дуже важкою.

Єдине що тримається - фланг біля Родинського. Великою ціною, але тримається.

Якщо ворог захопить шахту північніше Удачного - вийде на Гришине та переріже павлоградську трасу.

І де-факто це вже буде оперативне оточення, бо організовувати логістику через Родинське також не є можливим.

Якось так.

Сподіваємося на краще, але готуємося до найгіршого.

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Pokrovsk city and surroundings situation update.
Distance between Russians and Ukrainians, even if it's urban warfare, is about 1km. It is difficult to get closer because of dense drone coverage from both sides.
Infantry is mostly characterized by DRGs or generally small groups that advance under cover.
The most problematic part is the logistics, it’s basically impossible to use any vehicles except tanks or heavily armored vehicles that can withstand FPV hits (even then, it's hard), so most of the logistics are made by foot or drone drops.
Even with these difficulties, the Russian side is suffering a meatgrinder in the city, throwing group after group hoping to consolidate in the high-rise buildings of the city.

Kupyansk city. I was finally able to gather some information from the ground.
Russian soldiers use civilian clothes to approach the city, and hide along the way in basements or empty houses.
They go there unarmed, only with radios, but there are so many Russian and Ukrainian bodies with gear that it's simply possible to loot their rifles.
After gearing up, they hide again in basements.
While hunting for Ukrainian infantry, the Russians always look for basements with a lot of noise. Generators, especially the larger 3 kW or 5kW ones make a lot of noise, and this often reveals Ukrainian positions.
Then, the Ukrainian position is ambushed, the bodies are looted for even more supplies and the general running around continues.
I would like to continue stressing that running around does not mean consolidation, which is very likely why DeepState draws a gray zone in the city even with Russian presence in most of it.
It's a mess. Complete chaos. Russians go around, Ukrainians ambush them and are ambushed. Positions are established and destroyed. There is nothing to map for us OSINTers.

Near Oleksandro-Kalynove, instead, the Russian command was described to me as "retarded".
They keep sending small groups under Ukrainian drones continuously... with expectable results. One specific plotoon lost 80% of their combat capability, going from 50 people to 10.
No noticeable movements detected in that area lately.

More about Oleksandro-Kalynove. At the moment, it's the Russians that are having an infantry shortage. My information indicates 8-10 Russian soldiers per 100-200 meters of contact line. Because of their high casualty rates, though, they are immobile. For example 5-6 of those 8-10 are usually wounded,
These groups usually sit in cover for even 2 weeks and do not get reinforced or rotated back.
In short, the Ukrainians could've easily attempted a series of tactical counterattacks if their situation wasn't as critical because of their cut-off position south of the reservoir.

More infiltrations here yesterday.

About Mali Shcherbaky. The operation was probably conducted by the Ukrainians as part of the usual flagging and propaganda operations that the Russians also often do.
It was a normal clearing of the gray zone in the settlement ("Siryak" = military slang for "gray"), but this time they decided to bring flags and declare the village as captured.
Obviously, on my map no changes will be reflected.
It is expected that Russian flaggers will come in the village soon to continue the clownade.