Kyiv's mayor Vitali Klitschko stated that Kyiv is in the verge of a total blackout due to repeated Russian strikes on energy infrastructure, and that the continued existence of they city's energy facilities is "under great question".

Klitschko emphasised that no protection can save these energy facilities when they are hit so frequently.

IRGC ground forces commander Mohammad Karami visited IRGC personnel stationed on islands in the Strait of Hormuz recently.

Trolleybuses in the city of Horlivka, Russian-controlled Donetsk Oblast, are now being equipped with anti-drone cages and electronic warfare systems to protect against Ukrainian FPV drone attacks.

Ansarallah FPV drone operators are getting very experienced. Probably better on average than Hezbollah now.

Still a long way to go before they reach Russia and Ukraine status though.

Ukraine has received a further €4.36 billion from the EU through the Ukraine Support Loan: €3.7 billion in macro-financial assistance and €660 million for defense. Kyiv says the money will fund priority budget expenses and urgent needs of its Defense Forces.

Extremely slow news day

Russian KAB-500 glide-bomb strike on an electrical substation somewhere in Sumy Oblast.

Kyiv City and Kyiv Oblast have come under heavy attacks since yesterday evening, with Russian Geran-4/5 jet-drones striking targets in several different locations, including at least 13 targets in Kyiv Oblast and 6 within Kyiv itself.

The primary targets were energy infrastructure facilities. As a result, new power outages are reported across the region, including at metro stations in Kyiv.

The Russian Ministry of Defence claims that an energy storage battery park in the city of Bila Tserkva was hit, which they allege supplied electricity to enterprises of Ukraine's military-industrial complex.

Aftermath of a Russian Geran-4 jet-drone strike on a sports complex in the city of Kamianske, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

Dnipropetrovsk Oblast came under heavy Russian Geran-2/4 drone attacks last night, with targets being hit in several locations of Dnipro, as well as at least 9 other areas of the region. Energy infrastructure, including the Prydniprovsky Thermal Power Plant and various electrical substations, were among the locations hit.

The current condition of the main highway bridge in the centre of Kramatorsk, which has been repeatedly hit by Russian KAB glide-bombs.

Russia continued their large-scale attacks on Ukraine using Geran-2 drones, Geran-4/5 jet-drones, and S8000 Banderol cruise missiles over the last 24 hours, striking targets across the country.

At least 350 drones were used in total. Compared to the previous 24 hours, the strikes were more spread out. There was a continued focus on attacking the Dnipropetrovsk-Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Vinnytsia Oblast, Odesa Oblast, and Kyiv Oblast areas. Attacks on Kharkiv Oblast decreased, while Sumy and Chernihiv Oblast saw an increase. There were also some individual strikes on targets in Khmelnytskyi, Zhytomyr, and Rivne Oblasts.

During the last 24 hours, explosions were heard in/near the following locations:

- Smotrych, Khmelnytskyi Oblast
- Dunaivtsi, Khmelnytskyi Oblast
- Sarny, Rivne Oblast
- Korosten, Zhytomyr Oblast
- Kozyatyn, Vinnytsia Oblast
- Stepanivka, Vinnytsia Oblast
- Voronovytsya, Vinnytsia Oblast
- Trostyanets, Vinnytsia Oblast
- Nemyriv, Vinnytsia Oblast
- Sharhorod, Vinnytsia Oblast
- Bratslav, Vinnytsia Oblast
- Haisyn, Vinnytsia Oblast
- Tul'chyn, Vinnytsia Oblast
- Ladyzhyn, Vinnytsia Oblast
- Teplyk, Vinnytsia Oblast
- Kryzhopil, Vinnytsia Oblast
- Chechelnyk, Vinnytsia Oblast
- Approximately 2 different locations in Vinnytsia City
- Serbka, Odesa Oblast
- Dobroslav, Odesa Oblast
- Vyzyrka, Odesa Oblast
- Odesa City
- Chornomorsk, Odesa Oblast
- Karolino-Buhaz, Odesa Oblast
- Marazliivka, Odesa Oblast
- Starokozache, Odesa Oblast
- Trykhatky, Odesa Oblast
- Vylkove, Odesa Oblast
- Bashtanka, Mykolaiv Oblast
- Zlynka, Kirovohrad Oblast
- Dmytrivka, Kirovohrad Oblast
- Vasylivka, Kirovohrad Oblast
- Pavlysh, Kirovohrad Oblast
- Korsun'-Shevchenkivs'kyi, Cherkasy Oblast
- Chornobai, Cherkasy Oblast
- Kaniv, Cherkasy Oblast
- Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
- Zlatoustivka, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
- P'yatykhatky, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
- Saksahan, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
- Kamianske, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
- Tytorove, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
- Slavhorod, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
- Rozdory, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
- Approximately 2 different locations in Synelnykove, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
- Mykolaivka, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
- Approximately 2 different locations in Pavlohrad, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
- Novooleksandrivska, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
- Aviators'ke, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
- Approximately 7 different locations in Dnipro, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
- Kushuhum, Zaporizhzhia Oblast
- Approximately 4 different locations in Zaporizhzhia City
- Slovyansk, Donetsk Oblast
- Novodonetske, Donetsk Oblast
- Lozova, Kharkiv Oblast
- Ukrainske, Kharkiv Oblast
- Ivanivka, Kharkiv Oblast
- Eskhar, Kharkiv Oblast
- Kharkiv City
- Tokari, Sumy Oblast
- Romny, Sumy Oblast
- Shostka, Sumy Oblast
- Approximately two locations in Hlukhiv, Sumy Oblast
- Sumy City
- Varva, Chernihiv Oblast
- Mala Divytsya, Chernihiv Oblast
- Pryluky, Chernihiv Oblast
- Nizhyn, Chernihiv Oblast
- Honcharivske, Chernihiv Oblast
- Snovsk, Chernihiv Oblast
- Horodnya, Chernihiv Oblast
- Yahotyn, Kyiv Oblast
- Bohuslav, Kyiv Oblast
- Bila Tserkva, Kyiv Oblast
- Uzyn, Kyiv Oblast
- Obukhiv, Kyiv Oblast
- Vasylkiv, Kyiv Oblast
- Boryspil, Kyiv Oblast
- Brovary, Kyiv Oblast
- Hlevakha, Kyiv Oblast
- Vishen'ki, Kyiv Oblast
- Khotiv, Kyiv Oblast
- Rozhny, Kyiv Oblast
- Vyshhorod, Kyiv Oblast
- Krasyatychi, Kyiv Oblast
- Makariv, Kyiv Oblast
- Approximately 7 different locations in Kyiv City

The primary targets were again energy and railway infrastructure, with electrical substations and thermal power plants across Ukraine being hit even more than in yesterday's attacks.

The Russian Tu-95MS strategic bombers that took part in the large-scale, combined missile and drone attack on Ukraine a few days ago are now being redeployed back to Ukrainka Airbase in the Far East, where they will undergo re-equipment of Kh-101 cruise missiles.

Borova 👀

While for now Ukraine might be doing alright on the frontlines, in Kyiv its another story.

Ukrainian forces have recaptured the village of Zelenyi Hai, Borova direction, Kharkiv Oblast.

Pre-war population: ~130.
Total land area: ~0.69 km².

The second battle for Zelenyi Hai lasted at least one week.

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❗️Over the last few weeks, Ukrainian forces have expanded their Lyman counteroffensive to the neighbouring Borova direction, where they have been conducting a new series of coordinated counterattacks, resulting in significant advances being made:

According to my information, Ukrainian forces have been making progress in two different areas here, slowly pushing the Russians back away from the Oskil River and alleviating pressure on the town of Borova from the north. This could also open up opportunities to unblock the northern Oskil bridgehead from the south in the future, where-in they could potentially Kupyansk-Vuzlovyi from the south.

In the west, Ukrainian forces were able to clear out the approaches to Bohuslavka and Novoplatonivka from earlier Russian infiltrations, and initiated counterattacks eastwards towards the village of Borivska Andriivka. They also advanced south from the Nova Kruhlyakivka area towards Borivska Andriivka, recapturing a series of trench fortifications, and officially eliminating the Russian salient between the Lozova and Oskil Rivers.

In the east, Ukrainian assault groups recaptured the village of Zelenyi Hai after a little over a week of fighting, and began pushing further north. They also secured the forested gullies east of the settlement and began infiltrating Vyshneve, which, according to Russian channel Rybar, is currently in the grey-zone, along with the fields north of the village.

Important disclaimer: this is only the information I have been explicitly told by my sources that I am allowed to make public. There have been a number of additional advances made in this sector that I have to wait before publishing in order to comply with Ukraine's OPSEC measures, or until open source information about them surfaces. The frontline shown on this map is very approximate and delayed, in order to prevent giving away targeting data about Ukrainian positions to the Russians.

Contrary to the main Lyman counteroffensive, there is almost no open source information to map these counterattacks with, which means I have to comply with Ukraine's OSPEC and informational campaigns as I am using exclusive information from sources on the ground to map this. The only open source information I used for this update was the recent geolocations showing Ukrainian soldiers being hit east of Zelenyi Hai, and Rybar's recent map update portraying Vyshneve as in the grey-zone.

+ ~39.19 km² in favour of Ukraine.

Interactive map: amkmapping.com

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