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🇷🇺⚔️🇺🇦 Situation on the Omelnik direction, Zaporozhskaya Oblast:

Over the last few weeks, Russian forces have intensified their assault operations in the Omelnik direction, making important advances across multiple different areas.

In the northeast, Russian forces pushed the Ukrainians further away from Priluki, recapturing a series of treeline positions just east of the railway line. From here, they are carrying out deep infiltrations through the treelines north of Vozdvizhevka where they are attempting to consolidate, and are launching assaults on Ukrainian positions to the north near Kosovtsevo and Rizdvyanka. Russian DRGs and individual infiltration groups were also detected operating in and around the village of Lyubitskoe.

To the south, the Russians regained control over the railway line east of Verkhnya Tersa and cleared the village of Tsvetkovoe from earlier Ukrainian infiltrations. From here, they were able to establish control over a number of treeline positions southeast of Vozdvizhevka, and are now attempting to infiltrate the southeastern part of the village and the eastern approaches to Lesnoe. Other Russian assault groups are infiltrating through the large grey-zone north of Verkhnya Tersa, reaching the eastern approaches to Dolinka.

To the southwest, Russian forces continued their gradual advance west of Zaliznichnoe, and managed to capture a forested gulley south of Gorkoe. From here, they are launching assaults on Gorkoe from the south, where clearing operations against Ukrainian positions are underway. Infiltrations west and southwest of Gorkoe are also being carried out, supported by an ongoing expansion of the control zone along the highway north of Gulyaipolskoe (Komosomolskoe).

Further southwest, following the complete capture of Gulyaipolskoe (Komsomolskoe), the Russians were able to establish control over the fields south of Novosyolovka and the southern part of the village. From here, they are infiltrating further west down both banks of the Zherebets River, entering the northern part of Novosyolovka and the fields south of Yegorovka. Some small groups of Russian infiltrators have also been able to cross the Zherebets River and enter Yegorovka from the south, from which they are infiltrating north towards Shirokoe and west into the eastern outskirts of Omelnik. Fighting also continues for Chervonaya Krinitsa and the surrounding areas, where a large grey-zone remains.

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🇺🇦⚔️🇷🇺 Situation on the Orekhov direction, Zaporozhskaya Oblast:

Over the last two weeks, Ukrainian forces have been carrying out a series of counterattacks and clearing operations in the Orekhov direction, amid continued Russian assault operations on the western flank of the city.

Following the arrival of new reinforcements, including from the 7th Corps, Ukrainian forces began conducting a series of clearing operations and counterattacks in Orekhov and Malaya Tokmachka, as well as in the surrounding areas, aimed at blocking Russian forces within the city and pushing their main forces away from the city limits.

In the east, Ukrainian forces managed to eliminate the Russian infiltration zone north of Malaya Tokmachka, and cleared the northern part of the town from earlier Russian infiltrations. They also managed to regain control over some positions in the town centre, where heavy fighting is now ongoing with Russian forces.

To the west, the Ukrainians cleared the western part of Malaya Tokmachka from earlier Russian infiltrations and re-established control over positions along the railway line and highway. They also managed to clear the village of Preobrazhenka from earlier Russian infiltrations, thereby completely re-establishing control over the northern bank of the Konka River in this sector, and most of its southern bank. Other Ukrainian assault groups are carrying out clearing operations in Orekhov, where they were able to push the Russians away from the city centre, back to the southeastern-most streets, where fighting is now underway. They also managed to clear the northwestern outskirts of Novodanilovka and are attempting to reinforce their position in the northern part of the village in order to block the remaining Russian soldiers within Orekhov.

Further west, Russian forces continued their assault operations towards Orekhov from the west, and managed to expand their zone of control along the highway and the treelines to the south. This has allowed infiltrators to begin entering the northern streets of Novoandreevka, with some even managing to penetrate as far as the highway intersection northeast of the village. Additional infiltrations into the western part of Novoandreevka are also being carried out.

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🇺🇦⚔️🇷🇺 Situation on the Stepnogorsk direction, Zaporozhskaya Oblast:

Over the last few weeks, Ukrainian forces have been carrying out a series of counterattacks aimed at reversing the Russian progress made in the last two months.

In the east, Ukrainian forces cleared the large grey-zone in the fields north of Shcherbaky and Malye Shcherbaky and managed to infiltrate a series of positions directly north of these villages. Russian forces are conducting their own assault operations, attempting to regain control over these lost positions, and have managed to subsequently push Ukrainian infiltrators away from the northern outskirts of both settlements.

To the west, the Ukrainians cleared the large grey-zone south of Novoyakovlevka and recaptured the village of Pavlovka. From here, they managed to regain control over a series of strongpoints along the northern edge of a gulley further south, where they are now engaged in fierce fighting with Russian soldiers who are attempting to counterattack. Ukrainian forces also cleared Lukyanovskoe from earlier Russian infiltrations.

Further west, both sides are carrying out assault operations and deep infiltrations, resulting in a significant expansion of the grey-zone in both directions. Ukrainian forces are infiltrating from the area of the solar farm towards the northern outskirts of Kamenskoe and the southern micro-district of Stepnogorsk where they are attempting to take up new positions. Russian forces are continuing their infiltrations into the northern part of Stepnogorsk, the fields southwest of Magdalinovka, and the area of the solar farm; and are engaged in fierce fighting for the remaining Ukrainian positions south of the Sukhoi River in the Plavni area.

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