Russia seizes 16 sq km of gray zone, three villages in western Donetsk region – DeepState
Russia occupied three villages in the Volnovakha district of the Donetsk region near the administrative borders with the Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhia regions, thereby increasing the area of control in the Novopavlivka direction by 16.14 sq km.
"The enemy occupied Perestroika, Komar and Myrne, and also advanced near Ivanivka and Voskresenka (neighboring villages in the same direction - IF-U)," the DeepState OSINT project said on Telegram on Wednesday night.
At the same time, as follows from the DeepState map, the increase in the area of control of the occupiers since Monday's vedor was accompanied by a decrease in the "gray zone" of uncertain control in the same Novopavlivka direction by almost the same area - by 14.45 sq km. Thus, we can conclude that the increase in the occupied area occurred almost exclusively due to the enemy's consolidation in the "gray zone".
Instead, the "gray zone" near Milove, Kharkiv region, along the state border with the Russian Federation, has grown significantly - by 10.1 sq km - near Milove, Kharkiv region, along the state border with the Russian Federation, where no increase in the area of occupation is observed. Previously, the "gray zone" there grew significantly last weekend after remaining unchanged for several months.
In all other directions, the front line, according to DeepState, is unchanged.
The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) shows on its maps for the compilation of October 14 not only Perestroika, Komar and Myrne, but also Voskresenka as occupied by the Russians, and Ivanivka, Dnipropetrovsk region, which lies on the border with Donetsk, in the "gray zone," while DeepState marks it under Ukrainian control.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in its operational information on the Russian invasion as of 8:00 on October 15 also indicates Perestroika, Komar, Myrne and Voskresenka in the occupied zone, and additionally with an arrow – the attack of the occupiers on Ivanivka. As reported, on average last week the occupiers increased the area of control by 8.65 sq km per day, and the "gray zone" increased on average by 2.92 sq km per day.