Russian forces advance 5 sq km in Kramatorsk sector – DeepState

Russian forces have extended their control over a 5 square kilometer area near the village of Markove in the Donetsk region, according to the OSINT project DeepState. On Tuesday, DeepState reported via its Telegram channel that the enemy had advanced into Markove, seizing an additional 2.4 square kilometers of territory west of the village.

However, the extent of their penetration remained relatively stable, decreasing by only 0.11 square kilometers. Meanwhile, the gray zone east of the Zaporizhia region's Shcherbaky and Mali Shcherbaky villages saw an expansion of 10.02 kilometers over the past 24 hours, as did the area around Dovha Balka in Donetsk, which increased by 9.08 square kilometers due to previously liberated land.

Despite these gains in other sectors, the overall area under Russian occupation remained unchanged in these regions. In the previous week, the area occupied by Russian forces had grown by an average of about 6.1 square kilometers per day, while the incursion area expanded by 0.9 square kilometers daily.