In the Andriivka direction, Russian forces advanced in the forest plantations west of the village of Slovyanka.

Advances were made in two direction here. In the north, Russian forces advanced from positions at the southern end of a treeline, moving through the low-lying ground reaching the highway.

In the south, Russian forces advanced from positions slightly further west compared to the other advance, and this time from the northern end of a treeline, also reaching the highway.

These advances further degrade Ukraine's defences north of Andriivka.

+ ~1.23km² in favour of Russia.

In western Donetsk Oblast, Russian forces made further progress near the village of Sribne.

Russian forces advanced from positions southeast of Sribne, capturing a series of groves and forest plantations, bypassing Ukrainian positions in the treeline west of Novoandriivka.

Russian forces also captured 5 agricultural-related buildings on the village's outskirts.

These advances will allow Russia to begin assault operations on the residential area of Sribne, although it's possible that they will advance to the treeline on its southwestern approaches beforehand, in order to exert further pressure on the Ukrainian garrison.

In western Donetsk Oblast, Russian forces advanced southeast of the village of Nadiivka, capturing a large section of the forests and orchards.

Russian forces initially captured a section of the orchards here but were able to quickly expand their zone of control to a large area south and southeast of it. This also coincided with another attack further east, where Russian forces advanced south from a treeline.

As a result of these attacks, Russia was able to reach the treeline at the southern end of the orchards, taking up positions along its entirety.

It appears that Russia is attempting a maneuver to reach the village of Sribne from the north and possibly even bypass it in the direction of the villages of Zaporizhzhya and Preobrazhenka to the rear.

+ ~1.01km² in favour of Russia.

Russian forces advanced in western Donetsk Oblast, capturing half of the village of Novooleksandriivka.

Russian forces advanced from positions in the southeastern houses of the village, taking up positions in the central houses. They also captured some agricultural buildings on the northeastern outskirts.

This advance pushed the treeline west of Uspenivka into the grey zone. It also put the rest of Novooleksandrivka in the grey zone, with neither side holding a permanent presence there.

+ ~0.63km² in favour of Russia.

Russian forces marginally advanced in the Pokrovsk direction.

They advanced from positions in the Pishchane mines, across 300 metres of open fields, reaching the southern end of one of the two windbreaks for the railway line. They were able to take up new positions there.

This degrades Ukraine's buffer zone south of Zvirorve, which - once collapsed - will make assault operations in that village much easier, as Russia is really struggling with advances there right now.

+ ~0.06km² in favour of Russia.

Map of approximate locations of explosions reported in Ukraine on January 28-29, 2025.

Notable events:
- Iskander-M missile strike on Mykolaiv city
- Decrease in Geran-2 drone attacks
- Geran-2 drone attacks near the Romanian border
- Increased MLRS strikes in the south.

This map does not include artillery shelling and FPV drone related explosions.

🇧🇾🇦🇲⚡- "The issue of breaking off all diplomatic relations with Belarus is being discussed in Armenia," - Hraparak, Armenian outlet.

Extreme racism and Russophobia is becoming more and more normalised.

Russian forces advanced south of Chasiv Yar, capturing new trench positions.

They advanced from positions near the chalk quarry administrative building, capturing part of the northern chalk quarry. They also reached the fields east of the northern part of the village of Stupochky, forcing a Ukrainian retreat back into the village.

This will allow Russia to exert pressure on the southern neighborhoods of Chasiv Yar.

+ ~0.82km² in favour of Russia.

Russian forces advanced on the eastern flank of Pokrovsk and are approaching the village of Vodyane Druhe.

They advanced from positions southwest of Baranivka, capturing a forest plantation in the low-lying ground. They then advanced uphill, capturing a treeline, taking up positions at the northern end of it, near the intersection with another, much longer treeline. The grey zone now extends to the outskirts of Vodyane Druhe.

+ ~0.95km² in favour of Russia.

Ukraine has successfully delayed Russia's entry into Dnipropetrovsk Oblast by multiple months. If I were Ukraine, I'd be mass-constructing fortifications around Mezhova and Novopavlivka.

The Kursk salient is now approximately a third of the size of what it was compared to its maximum extent. ~410km² vs a little over 1200km².

Possible launches of Storm shadow cruise missiles in the southern direction. 6 Ukrainian Su-24s are currently airborne.

Rostov Oblast. Air defence is active over the city of Azov

Explosions in Slovyansk. Russian KAB glide bomb strikes.

Storm shadow launches were reported from aircraft over Donetsk Oblast.

Reports of 2 interceptions

It's kinda funny how Russians always give away the air defence positions every time there's a Ukrainian attack.

Anyone can geolocate that. It shows the difference in military-related censorship compared to Ukraine

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