Ukraine’s Kherson Win Shifts Dynamics Across Whole Front With Russia; The Armed Forces of Ukraine Repelled Russian Attacks in Luhansk and Donetsk Regions; UKR Says Around 60 RUs Killed in Long-Range Shelling Attack; UKR repels RU Attacks Near 7 Settlements in East, LIVE UPDATES and MORE

WSJ: Ukraine’s Kherson Win Shifts Dynamics Across Whole Front With Russia:

Recapturing southern city puts Kyiv’s forces in range to endanger Crimea’s supplies

Ukraine’s retaking of Kherson is rippling across battle fronts far afield, as Moscow redeploys troops to regain the initiative and Kyiv seeks to expand its recent advantage over invading Russian forces.

Russia’s retreat from Kherson, the only regional capital it gained in almost nine months of fighting, was an embarrassing setback, but Moscow appears to have safely withdrawn many of its best troops, enabling them to shift elsewhere, say military analysts.

Ukrainian troops, energized by recapturing the southern city with less bloodshed than many had predicted, have remained on the move by shelling Russian forces who left the city, while fending off a Russian offensive to the far northeast around the city of Bakhmut.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday that he had discussed fighting in that region with his top officials. “We are doing everything to help our heroes withstand Russian attacks,” he said on Telegram.

Even if Kyiv’s forces don’t quickly gain more ground near Kherson, their recent advance there enables them to target Russian supply lines running to the Crimean Peninsula, which Moscow seized from Ukraine in 2014. Russian military bases and civilians in Crimea rely on supplies and fresh water from the Ukrainian mainland running through territory now controlled by either Moscow or Kyiv.

Ukraine last month degraded Moscow’s ability to supply the peninsula when its forces damaged the Kerch Bridge with a fiery explosion. Moscow built the bridge in 2016 to connect Crimea directly to Russia. Now, most supplies must be delivered slowly by ship or via a single rail line snaking through southeast Ukraine, in Russian-controlled territory that could be in range of Kyiv’s artillery and drones.

The developments offer Ukraine a variety of options, allow it to press on several fronts and give it chances to capitalize on opportunities, say military strategists. Russian troops, in contrast, show signs of being disorganized and demoralized, based on social-media postings and other open-source intelligence. ––>READ MORE HERE

The Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled Russian attacks in Luhansk and Donetsk regions – General Staff report

On Sunday, the Defence Forces of Ukraine repelled Russian attacks near seven settlements.

Source: report of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as of 18:00

Quote: “Today the units of the Defence Forces of Ukraine repelled the occupiers’ attacks near the settlements of Bilohorivka in Luhansk Oblast and Spirne, Yakovlivka, Bakhmutske, Bakhmut, Opytne and Klishchiivka in Donetsk Oblast.” 

Details: On 20 November Russians launched two missile attacks on the civil infrastructure on the city of Kupiansk and launched nearly ten series of attacks on Ukrainian positions along the frontline using multiple launch rocket systems.

On the Slobozhanshchyna front Russians launched attacks on the districts of the settlements of Dvorichna, Ohirtseve, Strilecha, Starytsia and Chaikivka in Kharkiv Oblast.

On the Kupiansk and Lyman fronts the occupiers are holding defence on the captured frontiers and launching attacks using mortars, tubed and rocket artillery specifically near the settlements of Krokhmalne and Tabaiivka in Kharkiv Oblast as well as Novoselivske, Makiivka, Ploshchanka and Nevske in Luhansk Oblast and Berestove in Donetsk Oblast. —>READ MORE HERE

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