First point is absolutely false, second point about Ukraine’s battlefield position is true.

Here's a map showing who has the advantage along what part of the frontline, based on my own observations.

You might have to zoom in a bit to get a clearer view.

Russian mapper Radov seems to agree with me about Ukraine's battlefield position being better than its been for 9-10 months.

Some people are still banned after the bot purge a couple of weeks ago. If you are, please let me know in the channel DMs.

This is only for people who were mistaken for being a bot. If you were banned for another issue you will be ignored for the time being as we try to fix this issue.

Some Ukrainian soldiers were also able to re-enter parts of Hulyaipole 👀

More info on that later

Russian Tornado-S rocket launches to Pechenihy, Kharkiv Oblast.

I'm planning on doing a livestream on YouTube this weekened, covering the general situation on the frontline in Ukraine.

I did a predictions livestream last year and a lot of you guys liked it, so I thought it would be cool to bring that back in the form of situational map updates. If it goes well, I could make this a weekly thing. I know a lot of people prefer visual, video-format updates over walls of text.

For those interested, my YouTube channel is: https://www.youtube.com/@AMK_Mapping

For the next 12 hours, there is an increased threat of a large-scale, combined Russian missile and drone attack on Ukraine.

The threat specifically involves Iskander-M ballistic missiles, Kinzhal hypersonic aeroballistic missiles, and Geran-2/Gerbera drones.

During the combined missile attack on April 25, only ~13 Iskander-M ballistic missiles were used. Upwards of 24 were delivered to OTRK installations surrounding Ukraine prior to that attack. Taking into account additional deliveries over the last five days, there more than 20 missiles concentrated near the launch sites, a portion of which could be used today.

Additionally, 6 MiG-31K fighters are stationed at Savasleika Airbase, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, under their concrete bunkers. 3 of them carried out a training mission yesterday afternoon, while a fourth conducted a training mission yesterday evening. It is possible that they will be used to launch Kinzhals today.

Furthermore, according to unconfirmed information, upwards of 80 Geran-2/Gerbera drones have been launched from various launch positions surrounding Ukraine. Some of these launches have been confirmed, with around 25 new drones currently detected in Ukrainian airspace.

The usage of other missile types (such as Iskander-K and Kh-59/69 cruise missiles) is not ruled out, however there is currently no threat of Tu-95MS/160 strategic bombers being used.

As of now, it is not confirmed that an attack will take place, so I will continue to monitor and provide further updates as more information comes in.

Right now, the number of reported Geran-2/Gerbera drone launches (from Kursk, Smolensk, Bryansk, Rostov, and Oryol Oblasts) is ~170. Not all of these are confirmed, only around 30 new drones are detected.

Yesterday, Ukrainian sea-drones struck two Russian patrol ships operating in the Kerch Strait.

A Russian firefighter films the scale of damage at the Tuapse Oil Refinery in Krasnodar Krai following repeated Ukrainian drone strikes.