Russian forces advance near Hryshyne, in Huliaipole – DeepState
Russian troops have advanced in Hryshyne (Pokrovsk district, Donetsk region) and in Huliaipole (Polohy district, Zaporizhia region), the OSINT project DeepState said.
"The map has been updated. The enemy has advanced in Hryshyne and Huliaipole," DeepState said on its Telegram channel on Thursday.
On Wednesday, March 4, the seventh Rapid Reaction Corps of the Air Assault Forces said the enemy was preparing to intensify hostilities in the Pokrovsk agglomeration in spring. The most likely area is near the village of Hryshyne, where fighting is taking place in the eastern part of the settlement, while the enemy is attempting to advance toward the central part, simultaneously attacking it from the north and the south. It was noted that the enemy had concentrated the greatest efforts in this sector.
As previously reported citing DeepState, in Huliaipole axis the enemy currently has the initiative, conducting constant infantry assaults and occasionally using armored vehicles. "Recently, the enemy delivered about 20 infantrymen in two vehicles into a forest on the northern outskirts of Sviatopetrivka," project analysts said on Thursday.
According to their data, the total area of Russian occupation in Ukraine last week, from February 23 to March 2, decreased for the first time since 2022: despite advances of more than 14 square kilometers in several directions in Donetsk region, in Oleksandrivske axis the area of enemy occupation decreased by 30.89 square kilometers over the week.
At the end of January 2026, the pace of enemy advances began to slow. The week before last, Ukraine's Defense Forces began gradually pushing the enemy back in Oleksandrivske axis.