Russia's advance and possible breakthrough continues to expand in the direction of Ocheretyne, and they have now captured the village of Novobakhmutivka directly to the south.

According to Deep State UA, Ukraine has transfered the 100th Mechanized Brigade from the Kreminna-Bilohorivka AO in Luhansk Oblast to the village of Ocheretyne in Donetsk Oblast to reinforce the 47th Mechanized Brigade that had its rotation cancelled.

The area surrounding the village is at risk of a Russian breakthrough due to alleged desertions of the 115th Mechanized Brigade.

It's unclear who will be taking the 100th Brigade's place in its former position.

Over the last several days, Russians have managed to exploit a gap in Ukrainian defenses west of Avdiivka in the village of Ocheretyne and have gradually expanded their control over the village.

After the 47th Mechanized Brigade recently had its rotation cancelled due to desertions - supposedly by the 115th - they were sent to plug the gaps in the defenses in the area, however this unit is battle fatigued after almost a year of intense frontline combat without rest. Ukraine will likely need to transfer additional units into the area lest they suffer a collapse of the line and have to fall back once more.

The "previous" fallback line is the current line of defense for the Ukrainians in the area, and if the Russians are able to fully exploit the breakthrough they're in the process of achieving in Ocheretyne, the Ukrainians will need to fall back again to behind the Vovcha River and associated resevoirs.

A company commander of the 47th said the following:

Video of the 47th OMBr engaging RU positions in the village with an M2A2 Bradley

According to a company commander of the 47th OMBr, the brigade has had its rotation cancelled due to positions being deserted in the area around Ocheretyne in Donetsk Oblast, and they are being sent to bolster the gaps. The brigade is coming up on a year without rotation after having been deployed in the Ukrainian counter offensive in the summer of 2023, then months later redeoployed to defend Avdiivka before its capture.

The 47th has been consistenly active on the hottest areas of the frontline in Ukraine for almost a year, and this cancellation is likely to bring its own set of problems to the unit.