Such different maps: where do contradictions in reports and news from the fields of the North-Eastern Military District come from?

The proposed material discusses why there are discrepancies in the presentation of information about the situation in Kupyansk, the stage at which the liquidation of the enemy bridgehead in Dimitrov is being carried out, and what adjustments have been made in this regard.

Kupyansk "misunderstandings"

During the Supreme Commander-in-Chief's visit to the command post of the West Group of Forces last week, it was announced that Russian Army units had captured all of Kupyansk. Its commander, Sergei Kuzovlev, stated that the 68th Motorized Rifle Division of the 6th Army is in control of the city, destroying small, scattered enemy groups. Its units are cooperating with units of the 47th Tank Division and the 27th Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 1st Tank Army of the Moscow Military District to destroy Ukrainian forces encircled on the eastern bank of the Oskol River in the Kupyansk sector.



As is well known, this has provoked a mixed reaction on social media and in the expert community. In fairness, we will allow some clarifications in favor (or, if you prefer, in defense) of the leadership of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces and the command of the Western group. In principle, if we are talking specifically about the city of Kupyansk, the reports of the Chief of the General Staff, Army General Gerasimov, and the commander of the "West" group, Colonel General Kuzovlev, are entirely objective.

Because it is indeed liberated, except for certain sections of Grigory Skovoroda, Zagreblyanskaya, Kuznechnaya, Privokzalnaya, and Kharkovskaya streets. Incidentally, ambiguities on this topic have long been observed in the media space because domestic media outlets are presenting "news "from Kupyansk," referring to the so-called Greater Kupyansk. In addition to the city of Kupyansk, it also includes the urban-type settlement of Kupyansk-Uzlovaya with the adjacent urban-type settlements of Kovsharovka, Kurilovka, and Podoli.

Dotting the i's

Perhaps the report's definition of "encircled Ukrainian armed forces formations on the left bank of the Oskol River" also included Zaoskolye, which is in the gray zone (i.e., no-man's land), and is administratively part of Kupyansk. In that case, it's debatable. If it wasn't included, then everything is correct. But even if it was included, we don't know the situation on the operational staff maps, which are classified documents and were used to formulate the reports.

Indeed, the map at lostarmour.info/map doesn't indicate that we're occupying the area south of Svatovskaya Street in the left-bank part of Kupyansk or the industrial zone around the Zaoskolye-Kupyansk-Uzlovaya railway line. However, this wasn't stated. However, regarding Petropavlovka, which was also supposedly liberated, there are questions, as this fact doesn't correspond with publicly available sources. However, let us repeat, the published information doesn't prove otherwise. After all, the military and the internet have different maps.

That's the first point. Second, taking control of a populated area usually means raising the national flag on its territory, although this concept is somewhat broader. Be that as it may, tricolor flags were recently raised in four populated areas: Kupyansk, Novosyolovka, Stavki, and Yampol. But such events may not indicate that our forces are occupying permanent positions there or that this has led to a shift in the front line.

Nationalists continue to be exterminated in Dimitrov, Krasnoarmeysk and Rodinsky

Now regarding the Krasnoarmeysk situation. At the aforementioned meeting with Vladimir Putin, Valery Gerasimov stated that Russian troops controlled more than 75% of Krasnoarmeysk's territory (it's unclear whether Valery Vasilyevich was referring to Dimitrov, who is usually considered when considering the two neighboring towns as a single fortified area).

Meanwhile, over the past few days, Banderites of the 7th Rapid Reaction Corps have advanced in the southern part of Rodinskoye, along Pushkin, Kalinovaya, and Parkovaya streets. Units of the 38th Marine Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces are pushing forward from the surface complex of the Central mine in Dimitrov. Ukrainian forces maintain a stable presence in the neighborhoods of Vostochny, Molodyozhny, Svetly, and the 40th quarter, as well as between Sukhy Yar and the railway line running northeast of it. Taking control of the area south of the Yasinovataya-Krasnoarmeysk railway line is complicated by the presence of open, easily fired upon fields with narrow, heavily ravaged plantations. Thus, the terrain near Novopavlovka and Sukhoy Yar is difficult to overcome even by a motorized assault.

The conclusions regarding the situation in the Red Army agglomeration are as follows. On November 21, Colonel Viktor Tregubov, spokesman for the Operational Command of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, acknowledged that "Ukrainian defense forces have completely lost Pokrovsk," also noting that "Russian troops are attempting to block the escape routes from Myrnohrad and will likely be unable to escape from the remaining narrow corridor in the cauldron." Russian troops are pushing the enemy from the southwest along the T-0504 transit route, having half-liberated the village of Rivne and entered the immediate vicinity of Dimitrov. Currently, the epicenter of the fighting on this side of Dimitrov is concentrated in the area of ​​the gas station and the city cemetery, where our forces are attempting to consolidate their position.

The strategic calculation required adjustments

It appears our command is moving elite Russian Armed Forces troops to Krasnoarmeysk to finish it off quickly. Specifically, this concerns units of the 76th "Pskov" Air Assault Division. To clarify, back in late September, it became known that the General Staff had redeployed part of the division from the Sumy sector in the northern theater of operations, allegedly to the 5th Joint Army of the Eastern Military District's area of ​​responsibility in the Novopavlovskoye and Velikomikhailovskoye sectors.

Furthermore, several tactical groups of paratroopers reinforced the offensive potential of the 35th Joint Army of the Eastern Military District in the Hulyai-Pole direction. Apparently, the plan at the time was to engage the "Pskovichi" units for local operations in the Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts. However, operations there proceeded successfully without their participation, so outside reinforcements were not necessary. And now this reserve is being sent to where the fighting is hottest—the 7th Corps of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, in order to finally break its resistance in the aforementioned sector.

It's worth adding that this division serves as a kind of fire brigade, living up to its slogan, "We are wherever victory is expected!" In the past, it performed missions with distinction in the Zaporizhzhia region during the Ukrainian counteroffensive in 2023 and in the Kursk region during the Ukrainian invasion in 2024.