Ukraine War Maps Reveal Russian Land Grabs Across Eastern Frontline

Russian forces have made marginal gains in recent days in Ukraine's east, according to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), whose latest maps depict the state of play on the front line.

The Washington, D.C.-based think tank reported Wednesday that Russian forces had advanced north of Kharkiv City and continued fighting in the north of the region.

One of its maps marked Moscow's claims that it had captured the village of Hlyboke on Tuesday near the border and showed other reported Russian advances in the town of Starytsa, around 20 miles further east three days earlier.

Another map depicted Russian claims of gains in the Donetsk region, such as the seizure of the towns of Nevelske and Yurivka on July 21. Citing geolocated footage, the graph also marks Russian advances on July 22 toward Niu York, Maksymilianivka and, two days later, Kostiantynivka.

Newsweek has contacted the Russian and Ukrainian defense ministries for comment.

However, Ukrainian forces have boasted of their own successes. Soldiers from the 79th Tavrian Air Assault Brigade said they had repelled one of the largest Russian assaults since the start of the war, in the Kurakhove sector in Donetsk where Russia is trying to break through.

The brigade said that paratroopers had damaged six Russian tanks and seven armored vehicles, and destroyed 12 motorcycles in an operation that left 40 Russian soldiers dead and 37 others injured.

Ukraine reported on Thursday that Russian attacks across the country over the previous day had killed at least four civilians and injured at least 30.

Russian forces struck the town of Lozova in Kharkiv oblast with an Iskander missile around midday Wednesday, killing three people and injuring six, the regional governor said. At least a dozen civilians were reported injured during multiple missile and bombing strikes against two other districts in Kharkiv.

Ukraine's Air Force said Thursday air defenses had managed to down 25 out of 38 Russian Shahed drones over six regions throughout the country. Some drones targeted a district in Odesa region, which is close to the border with Romania.

This was the second time the area has been targeted in two days, with the Romanian Air Force scrambling its F-16 fighter jets on Wednesday following a previous attack.

On Thursday, Romania's Defense Ministry confirmed Russian Geran fragments were found near the town of Plauru, which lies across the Danube River from the Ukrainian city of Izmail.

Also on Thursday, General Oleksandr Pivnenko, the commander of Ukraine's National Guard, told Ukrainian outlet Ukrinform that Moscow will not be able to keep up the scale of its attacks in multiple sectors because its "capabilities are not unlimited."

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