The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation advanced in Lugansk and Donetsk regions: what is happening at the front - isw (maps)
According to ISW, occupation troops are moving in the direction of Kreminna, located in the Luhansk region, as well as to the northwest and southwest of Bakhmut and Donetsk, which in Donetsk region. In the Luhansk region, the Russian forces slightly advanced in the direction of Kreminna, located southwest of Bigorivka. Positive battles continue from Kupyansk to Svatov and Kreminna.
In the Donetsk region, geolocative data dated April 8 testify to the promotion of Russian troops southwest of Bogdanivka, located northwest of Bakhmut. Some Russian military bloggers argued that the occupation forces are also moving to the western outskirts of Grigorivka, east and southeast of the time ravine, as well as west of Ivanovo. However, ISW has not found confirmation of this information.
The fighting is ongoing in the following areas: recently the Russian Armed Forces seized limited positions north of Avdiivka, but Ukrainian troops carried out a counterattack and returned some of the lost positions. Geolocative data of April 8 show that Russian troops initially moved to the forest strip in the east of Novokalin (north of Avdiivka) and to a small building on the southeastern outskirts of the settlement.
It was also reported that the Russian forces captured a small farm in the southeast of Novokalin. Additional data have shown that Ukrainian troops made a counterattack in this forest area in the east of Novokalin. One of the Russian military bloggers stated that Russian troops are within 800 meters from Novokalin. The geolocation shows that the windproof strip is located approximately 650 meters from the settlement.
Images of the attack of Ukrainian troops and the blogger's statement indicate that the Ukrainian forces probably returned control over the windproof lane, pushing Russian troops to the east and further from the administrative border of Novokalinov. The Russian armed forces also advanced southwest of Donetsk. Geolocative data of April 7 show that they moved into the field north of Novomikhailivka, located in the southwest of Donetsk.
Information from Ukrainian and Russian sources also reported the fights west of Donetsk, in the districts of Krasnogorivka and St. George, as well as in the southwest of Donetsk in the regions of Novomikhailivka and Victory. Limited hostilities are underway at the border of Donetsk and Zaporizhzhya regions near Staromayorsky. Position fighting is ongoing in the Zaporizhzhya region, but no changes on the front line have not yet been recorded.
The fighting continues near the robot and in the northwest of the willow. Positive battles are also underway on the eastern bank of the Kherson region, including the Krynok district, but no changes on the front line have been reported. We will remind, on April 8, the analyst of the German media Bild Julian Ryopke reported that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation had advanced almost 3 km west of the village of Tonenke towards Umansky.