Very Heavy Fighting Across The Front As Summer Operation Begin For Both Sides

Added: 2026-05-22

[00:00:00]Hello and welcome back to another update. It is your host Web Union and in this one there are numerous advances across the front line with Russians continuing offensive operations along northern part of the Kharkif region along the Wufuja river and near Vchansk while the Ukrainians continue their counterattacks to the west of that. At the same time, the Russians are attempting to infiltrate a deeper within the Ukrainian positions within the town of Kharifka with additional Ukrainian advances to the north of Pokrosk and the Russians defense operations northwest of Jul with additional Ukrainian counteratt attacks to the souththeast of Orif. A lot of back and forth between the Russians and the Ukrainians over the past few days since the end of the ceasefire. There's been a lot of operations on both sides expanding across the front as we enter into the summer period which allows for more maneuverable offensive operations on both sides. Starting out in the south, the Ukrainians may regain control over the prison area within Mallet Mashka.

[00:01:03]This also allowed them to regain control over some of the fortifications to the south of the town. As the Russians lost some of their here within the north that was positioned within the prison area, the Ukrainians improved their positions, allowed them to move through the forest lines and down towards the fortifications, flanking them from their rear and strengthening their own positions along the highways and through the town of Manatuk Mashka. The Russians still hold a small position within the town. However, with the loss of the prison, which acted as the main garrison of Russian forces within the town and their foothold within it, the Ukrainians will be able to start pushing the Russians entirely out of the town. And this is another area of the front that has barely moved since the Russians first reached it in 2022. The Ukrainians have had a lot of success in the defense of the vicinity of Udhiff because it is a large logistical hub for their forces, strengthening their positions in the surrounding areas. And with the fortifications and drone support, it is very difficult for the Russians to push through the highways and up towards these settlements to gain a foothold and gain control of it. This is why the Russians moved to outflank the fortifications and defensive line all the way from the western parts of the Daesk region and all throughout the highways all down to Wood which will allow them to bypass these fortifications and cut off the logistics of the Ukrainians slowly weakening the Ukrainian positions. The more highways they gain control of the better the balance of power becomes in favor of the Russians. Now if we see with the character for the Russians have strengthened the logistics if they're able to gain control over as well the northern parts of the separia region will be well connected in favor of the Russians with several roads and highways passing through these defensive lines which will allow them to significantly strengthen defense operations into the eastern parts of the separatia region.

[00:03:02]In line with this, the Russians continue offense operations towards Via Tersa, allowing them to turn the remaining parts into a gray zone as they infiltrated all the way to the western outskirts of the town, putting pressure on the surrounding cross lines with longrange strikes such as drones and artillery, creating a large gray zone surrounding the town as well as the push in the Wy Shiftka direction. The Russians will be able to establish a bridge head across the second line of defense and connect it between the two towns which will strengthen defense operations whether it goes in the western or northern directions along the rear of the second line of defense and solidify their hold over their foothold across. also allow a buffer zone along the railway that leads up towards the Novat which will allow them to strengthen offense operations towards Riena and the security of the highway that loads up to the frontline possessions from Julia and up towards Radisna. So offensive operations are nearing the peak of the battles as Russians have control over the majority of two towns now with the Ukrainians holding full control over this Yanka. It can only be described as the Russians having now a strong bridge head across the second defense near Jul.

[00:04:16]And if they're able to secure these three towns, the Ukrainians will be hardpressed to reverse these Russian gains. And the Russians will fight tooth and nail to keep these three towns under their control as it'll allow them to fight all the way to the rear of Udiff and cut off the next supply line of the Ukrainians which is one of the two remaining highways that connects to Udiff from the north allowing the Ukrainians to hold their defenses of the city. The Russians have struggled for three years now almost four years to gain control over Udhiff and they are not getting any closer without cutting off these northern highways. Therefore, the advances near Hiple is very important for the Russians and very important for the Ukrainians to prevent them. This is why they launched the initial counter attack to cut off the connection across and limit the supplies going to the front. But as long as Russians hold on to Pier, they still have strong logistics as Poly can be used with rail connections from there.

[00:05:16]Trucks drive up towards July and they'll be able to supply the frontline positions from there. Moving further northeast in direction of a Pocross to the north of the city. The Ukrainians managed to regain control over the forest lines here to the south of the city, allowing them to secure the highway just south of the city. But the Russians have control over the forest lines to the south and to the east of it while they're also attempting to penetrate the northern road and cut off the highway from the north. But there's positional battles around Bilitzk where the Russians are aiming at cutting off the supply lines while the Ukrainians are looking to regain control of them to strengthen their positions along the industrial zone to the south and the city itself.

[00:06:00]We're northeast of this Russian defensive operations along the Kubian section of the front where they are attempting to establish a strong supply line into Karifka and push through from the northern road, gain control over the fortifications and aligning the front line with operations coming from the eastern and northern directions to gain control over the area in between the micro district of apartment complex areas west of Kusharifka and the northern outskirts of the town where the Russians are attempting to push into it.

[00:06:30]While the Ukrainians are present with infantry holding the current frontline positions, Russians are striking those positions with drones, artillery, and FAB bombs to clear the way for Russian infantry to pass through and consolidate their positions. To the north of this in the Wolfch section of the front, there are three advantage in favor of the Russians and a single one in favor of the Ukrainians. The Russians gag to gain control over the town of Rebeljina here along the border between the Russian and Ukrainian side as they consider its operations into the hard region. They're looking to connect their forces between the northeast and the west along northern bank of the Wujab River and the surrounding areas around Wchansk before gaining control over the road to the south of the river connecting from the international border in the east all the way to Vchansk in the west along the river which will also create a buffer zone between the current positions and the next settlements here within the Hark region allowing for a buffer zone across the border while at the same time allowing for more concentrated operations in the south. The same time the Russians stormed the town of Wrifka where they managed to gain a foothold within the town and gain control of the northern parts here across the Vchure River crossing over the river with several rows connecting from the northwest and some crossings from Pushkov in the north allowing them to gain control over some of the forest patches here in the northern parts of the town and their first streets pushing up towards Karishna as they look to gain control over the area between the east all the way to Pelana in the west ing their positions here east of Avansk and strengthening the offense operations to connect with the international border in the east. Same time they also pushed to the south of Villia following the Ukrainian recapture of the town. The Russians have been launching their own operations to the south gain control of additional force patches looking to cut off the logistics for the Ukrainian operations from the southern flank.

[00:08:26]They'll be able to push into the forest patches and reach to the rear. If they push through from the railway line in the east as well, they'll be able to cut off the Ukrainians here within Villia and Sinova as well as Leman. Meanwhile, the Ukrainians continue their own operations to the west where they continue through Stritzia and rushing towards Bhurovatka, aiming at gain control over both towns here along the southwestern parts of the Russian Harkf incursion. If they're able to gain control over both towns, they'll be able to push through the river, creating a crossing and storming the positions near Pipka with the aim of connecting their forces between the east and the west. So strong Ukrainian counteratt attacks in the sector of the front while the Russians continue their own offensive operations. The forest fighting makes it very complicated in the sector of the front because it provides a lot more cover than the fuels with tall grass, which means that the Russians and the Ukrainians can infiltrated deep behind the front line positions. But for a stable supply line, that is more questionable. While the use of drones can supply frontline positions, it cannot support soldiers in large numbers and with heavy equipment. So, we likely see an increase in the use of armored vehicles near the front to attempt to improve the situation for both sides.

[00:09:43]We'll have to see how the situation develops when more footage surfaces from the fighting here in the area and as the front line situation develops further.

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