Things didn't go well. Russian forces made more small-scale advances on the northern front around Ivanisk.
The area around Bilohorivka continues to see small gains from the Russians, but although they are small, they happen almost every day. Their progress is extremely slow and expensive for them, but it is still an improvement.
The Russians are already trying to advance. Ukraine did not make it easy for them. However, the terrain here is very rugged and rocky. It's much easier to defend and much harder to attack. Artillery will not make much difference. If they decide to do so, it will be a slow and expensive process.
** Mut in northern Ukraine pushed back Russian troops for about a kilometer. This seemed to come as a surprise to the Russians, who did not expect a counterattack, and most of them fled under pressure.
Ukraine repelled at least 17 attacks in the Kreshiyevka and Bokhadanivka regions, the Russians were heavy and lost a lot of equipment in the attacks.
Avdiivka: Things are bad. From any sober point of view, the Russians have already completed 80% of the way of the urban advance between the coke site and the lake, and are only 1-1 years away from cutting off the road as the main supply line5 km.
If this happens, I don't think there is any alternative to a fighting retreat from the south-eastern and eastern sectors of the salient. Either that's it or you're stuck.
The Russians are using the same ruthless methods as **Mutter, but have learned their lessons. Their ** rate is high, but much lower, and it is clear that an experienced tactical approach is employed. It can be said that Ukraine's strategy is not to fight for untenable positions if the costs of attack or defense are too great, and this policy is being used against them. The Russians know that if they pay too much, Ukraine will retreat. Russia doesn't care about the cost, so in the end they get what they want.
Around the previous southern flanking attack, the Russians are attacking westward and have made significant progress over the past week.
Further south, in Nivomikhaylivka, the Russians are pushing westward, into the east-west town, and also close to its southern regions. This situation is getting worse day by day. The loss of the town will have a significant impact on positions in the south and surrounding areas of Vuhledar.
The southern and Kherson fronts have been calm. Now everything depends on the East and how long one side is able to advance with resistance from the other.
Losing the support of the United States is crucial. Donald Trump and his treacherous cowardly Republican Party are responsible for this, and they must be stopped. When Congress began to face an election boom, his actions and stupid speeches made the whole thing worse.
Frankly, I think he will lose, the tide of history is not in his favor, but it is the battle to overthrow him that has caused so many problems - and directly affects the war in Ukraine. The two are inextricably linked.
Europe has to do it faster, it knows that and is doing its best, but it is taking too long.