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DeepState, ISW and the russian DIVGEN on one map: where they disagree and which russian claims don’t hold up.

DeepState: russian-controlled88,184km², without Crimea
ISW: russian-controlled84,669km², without Crimea
DIVGEN (russian): russian-controlled92,592km², without Crimea
DIVGEN (russian) only / DeepState only4,741 / 333km²; of “DIVGEN only”, grey zone in DeepState: 1,240

Front-line changes per DeepState — and when russia claimed them · 7 d

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DIVGEN claims · 30 d

  • 05.10 · The “East” grouping liberated Samoilivka in Zaporizhzhia region — DeepState: not occupied, over 10 km from the line
  • 03.10 · Units of the “North” grouping drove Ukrainian fighters out of the village of Nova Kozacha — DeepState: not occupied, 2–10 km from the line
  • 02.10 · Assault troops advancing in Kupiansk-Vuzlovyi — DeepState: not occupied, 2–10 km from the line
  • 02.10 · The “North” troops liberated Mala Rybytsia in Sumy region — DeepState: not occupied, 2–10 km from the line
  • 02.10 · The “North” troops liberated Hrachivka and Serdobyne — DeepState: not occupied, 2–10 km from the line
  • 01.10 · Units of the “North” grouping liberated Vysoka Yaruha in Kharkiv region — DeepState: not occupied, 2–10 km from the line
  • 01.10 · Fighters of the “North” grouping liberated Nesterne in Kharkiv region — DeepState: not occupied, 2–10 km from the line
  • 01.10 · The “North” troops are completing the clearing of the eastern part of the Vovchansk “pocket”. The village of Rublene has been liberated — DeepState: not occupied, 2–10 km from the line
  • 30.09 · Correction of the line of contact near Rublene — DeepState: not occupied, 2–10 km from the line
  • 30.09 · Fighters of the 38th Brigade completed clearing Yehorivka — DeepState: not occupied, over 10 km from the line
  • 30.09 · The “North” troops liberated the village of Shabelne in Kharkiv region — DeepState: outside the border (simplified)
  • 30.09 · Units of the “North” grouping liberated Tovstodubove in Sumy region — DeepState: not occupied, 2–10 km from the line
  • 30.09 · The “North” grouping advancing near Tur’ia — DeepState: occupied
  • 29.09 · The AFU established control over Novomykhailivka — DeepState: on the line (±2 km)
  • 29.09 · Units of the “Centre” grouping liberated Vesele Pole in the “DPR” — DeepState: not occupied, over 10 km from the line
  • 29.09 · The “North” grouping liberated Kreidianka in Kharkiv region — DeepState: outside the border (simplified)
  • 28.09 · The “Centre” grouping liberated Novovodiane — DeepState: not occupied, over 10 km from the line
  • 28.09 · The “North” troops liberated the village of Ulanove in Sumy region — DeepState: not occupied, 2–10 km from the line
  • 27.09 · The “North” grouping is advancing near the border — DeepState: not occupied, 2–10 km from the line
  • 27.09 · Assault groups of the “North” grouping drove the enemy out of the village of Khrypuny — DeepState: not occupied, 2–10 km from the line
  • 26.09 · russian forces are advancing south of Hoptivka — DeepState: not occupied, 2–10 km from the line
  • 26.09 · The “North” troops liberated Lozova in Kharkiv region — DeepState: not occupied, over 10 km from the line
  • 26.09 · The “North” grouping liberated Petropavlivka in Kharkiv region — DeepState: not occupied, over 10 km from the line
  • 26.09 · Marine in Sumy region came under russian control — DeepState: not occupied, 2–10 km from the line
  • 26.09 · The pocket near Olkhovatka in Kharkiv region was cleared — DeepState: not occupied, 2–10 km from the line
  • 26.09 · The “Centre” grouping regained control of Muravka and Novomykolaivka — DeepState: on the line (±2 km)
  • 25.09 · The AFU advanced near Lyman and in the Sloviansk direction — DeepState: not occupied, 2–10 km from the line
  • 25.09 · The “North” troops took control of the territory of the abandoned village of Buzove Druhe — DeepState: not occupied, over 10 km from the line
  • 24.09 · Units of the Volunteer Corps liberated Fedorivka — DeepState: grey zone
  • 24.09 · The AFU restored control over the southern part of Lyman — DeepState: not occupied, 2–10 km from the line
  • 24.09 · The “Centre” grouping completed clearing the village of Dobropillia — DeepState: not occupied, 2–10 km from the line
  • 24.09 · The “East” grouping liberated Svitla Dolyna in Zaporizhzhia region — DeepState: not occupied, over 10 km from the line
  • 24.09 · russian forces took Buzove and Khyzhniakove in Kharkiv region — DeepState: not occupied, over 10 km from the line
  • 23.09 · The russian army is advancing towards Novovodiane — DeepState: not occupied, 2–10 km from the line
  • 23.09 · The “East” grouping entered Yehorivka — DeepState: not occupied, over 10 km from the line
  • 23.09 · The “North” troops liberated Krasnyi Yar and Potykhonove in Kharkiv region — DeepState: not occupied, 2–10 km from the line
  • 23.09 · The salient near Sadky in Sumy region was eliminated — DeepState: not occupied, 2–10 km from the line
  • 23.09 · A small pocket near Rybalkyne in Kharkiv region was closed — DeepState: not occupied, 2–10 km from the line
  • 22.09 · russian forces are encircling Dobropillia — DeepState: not occupied, over 10 km from the line
  • 21.09 · The “Centre” grouping is advancing in Dobropillia and its environs — DeepState: not occupied, 2–10 km from the line
  • 21.09 · The “North” troops liberated Novooleksandrivka in Kharkiv region — DeepState: not occupied, over 10 km from the line
  • 21.09 · The “North” grouping liberated Polova in Kharkiv region — DeepState: not occupied, over 10 km from the line
  • 20.09 · russian forces restored a number of positions near Andriivka — DeepState: not occupied, 2–10 km from the line
  • 19.09 · russian forces liberated Huliaieve in the “DPR” — DeepState: not occupied, 2–10 km from the line
  • 19.09 · Assault groups entered Doroshivka north of Kupiansk — DeepState: not occupied, 2–10 km from the line
  • 19.09 · The “North” troops liberated Loshakivka and Komisarove — DeepState: not occupied, 2–10 km from the line
  • 18.09 · russian forces liberated Veroliubivka in the Druzhkivka direction — DeepState: on the line (±2 km)
  • 18.09 · The “Centre” grouping completed the liberation of Zolotyi Kolodiaz — DeepState: not occupied, 2–10 km from the line
  • 17.09 · russian forces are restoring lost positions in Stepnohirsk — DeepState: grey zone
  • 17.09 · russian troops entered Tyshchenkivka in the Kupiansk direction — DeepState: not occupied, 2–10 km from the line
  • 17.09 · The “North” grouping liberated Mala Vovcha in Kharkiv region — DeepState: not occupied, 2–10 km from the line
  • 16.09 · Zelena Dolyna, Shandryholove, Derylove, Nove and Katerynivka are held by the AFU — DeepState: on the line (±2 km)
  • 16.09 · russian forces cleared the village of Popasne — DeepState: not occupied, 2–10 km from the line
  • 16.09 · The AFU took Redkodub — DeepState: on the line (±2 km)
  • 16.09 · russian forces advancing near Novoselivka — DeepState: not occupied, 2–10 km from the line
  • 15.09 · The AFU restored control over Shandryholove and Novoselivka — DeepState: not occupied, 2–10 km from the line
  • 15.09 · The “North” troops liberated Olkhovatka — DeepState: not occupied, 2–10 km from the line
  • 14.09 · The AFU regained control of Serednie — DeepState: on the line (±2 km)
  • 14.09 · The russian army entered Prykolotne and Hohyne in the Velykyi Burluk direction — DeepState: not occupied, over 10 km from the line
  • 14.09 · Units of the “East” grouping took the orchards west of Chervona Krynytsia — DeepState: not occupied, over 10 km from the line

Direction

North Slobozhanskyi direction · South Slobozhanskyi direction · Kupiansk direction · Lyman direction · Sloviansk direction · Kramatorsk direction · Kostiantynivka direction · Pokrovsk direction · Oleksandrivka direction · Huliaipole direction · Orikhiv direction · Prydniprovskyi direction

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