The latest from Ukraine: 15 km to Tokmak!

[Tomconroy]

Ukraine occupied most of the village of Robotyne last week. The Russians conducted a fierce counterattack this weekend penetrating to the center of the village. Ukraine defeated completely the counterattack.
Today the Ukraine MOD announced it's forces are 6km south of Robotyne, 1/3 of the way to the strategic city of Tokmak!

Il'chenkove is the small village depicted where the blue arrow is to the south of Robotyne on the map. If the Russians are shelling it, this means Ukraine forces have taken up positions there. Ukraine is starting to roll.

Link to tweet

[captain queeg]

1. I'm guessing the green areas on the map are forested?

That might mean slower going as it appears that’s what they are moving into.

[Tomconroy]

3. I think that's right. Both sides seem to use the forest areas

as shelter from the ever present drones. Where Ukraine is fighting in the south is primarily open farmland.

[gab13by13]

2. Thank you for your posts

You are my go to source about Ukraine.

[GregariousGroundhog]

4. That should put Tokmak in artillery range

Artillery systems are nice squishy targets for the enemy, so they are normally kept some distance behind the front line. NATO's 155mm normal projectiles have a range of about 30 km, though that increases up to 50km with rocket assisted projectiles.

It wouldn't surprise me if Ukraine starts flying reconaissance drones over Tokmak in the near future and we start seeing some big booms there as they target logistics nodes.

[Tomconroy]

6. The battle of Tokmak has begun.

Link to tweet

[niyad]

5. Slava Ukraini! Thank you for the update.