UKRainian Forces Repel Largest Number of Assaults on Avdiivka and Marinka Fronts; UKR Consolidating Positions on Left Bank of Dnipro and South of Bakhmut; RUs TRIED to Carry Out Assaults in 7 Sectors; UKR’s Attacks Hitting Deeper Inside RU, LIVE UPDATES and MORE

Ukrainian defence forces repel largest number of assaults on Avdiivka and Marinka fronts – General Staff report:

A total of 64 clashes between Ukrainian and Russian forces occurred on Saturday, 18 November, with Ukrainian forces repelling 23 Russian assaults on the Marinka front, 6 on the Kupiansk front, 7 on the Bakhmut front, and 3 on the Shakhtarsk front.

Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of 18:00 on 18 November

Details: Over the course of the day, Ukraine’s defence forces clashed with Russian forces 64 times. Russian forces carried out 5 missile strikes and 58 airstrikes and deployed multiple-launch rocket systems (MLRS) 33 times to attack the positions of Ukrainian troops and civilian settlements. Russian forces also deployed Shahed-136/131 drones to attack critical infrastructure facilities in Ukraine on the night of 17–18 November. Ukraine’s air defence intercepted 29 out of 38 Russian attack drones.

Russian attacks killed and injured civilians and damaged private residential houses and other civilian infrastructure targets.

There were no significant changes on the Volyn and Polissia fronts.

Russia continues to maintain its forces near the Ukrainian border on the Sivershchyna and Slobozhanshchyna fronts and is conducting sabotage and reconnaissance operations, shelling Ukrainian settlements from Russian territory, and amassing mines and other defensive constructions along the Ukrainian border. Russian aircraft struck an area near Stepok (Sumy Oblast). Around 20 Ukrainian civilian settlements came under Russian artillery and mortar fire, including Kliusy, Yanzhulivka and Mykhalchyna Sloboda (Chernihiv Oblast); Znob-Novhorodske, Rozhkovychi and Chuikivka (Sumy Oblast); and Ohirtseve, Hatyshche and Pletenivka (Kharkiv Oblast).

On the Kupiansk front, Russian forces conducted unsuccessful offensive operations near Synkivka and to the east of Petropavlivka (Kharkiv Oblast), with Ukrainian forces repelling 6 Russian assaults. Russian aircraft struck areas in the vicinity of Holubivka, Petropavlivka, Kucherivka and Ivanivka (Kharkiv Oblast). Russian forces also deployed mortars and artillery to attack more than 10 settlements, including Synkivka, Petropavlivka, Ivanivka, Kyslivka, Kotliarivka and Tabaivka (Kharkiv Oblast).

Russian forces carried out offensive operations near Torske (Donetsk Oblast) on the Lyman front and airstrikes near Bilohorivka (Luhansk Oblast) and Verkhnokamianske, Terny and Spirne (Donetsk Oblast). Around 15 Ukrainian settlements, including Makiivka and Nevske (Luhansk Oblast) and Yampolivka, Torske, Dibrova and Spirne (Donetsk Oblast), came under Russian mortar and artillery fire. —>READ MORE HERE

Defenders consolidating positions on left bank of Dnipro and south of Bakhmut – General Staff report:

The Defence Forces repelled 12 Russian attacks on the left bank of the Dnipro River over the past 24 hours and are consolidating their positions and inflicting fire on the Russians. In addition, Ukrainian troops are storming south of Bakhmut in Donetsk Oblast, inflicting losses in manpower and equipment on the Russians and consolidating their positions.

Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of 06:00 on 18 November

Details: A total of 67 combat clashes took place during the past 24 hours. Russian forces launched a missile strike and 37 airstrikes and carried out 41 attacks from multiple-launch rocket systems on the positions of Ukrainian troops and populated areas. Unfortunately, Russian terrorist attacks have resulted in civilian casualties. Residential buildings and other civilian infrastructure have been destroyed and damaged.

The Russians conducted an airstrike on Ukraine using Shahed-136/131 attack UAVs. Ukraine’s air defence assets and personnel destroyed nine attack UAVs. In addition, the Russians conducted another airstrike on Ukraine on the night of 17-18 November. Information on the effects of this terrorist attack is currently being established.

Kharkiv, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson oblasts have been subjected to Russian airstrikes over the past 24 hours.

A total of 100 cities, towns and villages of Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson and Mykolaiv oblasts came under Russian artillery fire.

In the area of responsibility of the Khortytsia Operational Strategic Group on the Kupiansk front, Russian forces conducted assault operations near the settlements of Synkivka, Petropavlivka and Ivanivka in Kharkiv Oblast, where Ukrainian soldiers repelled four attacks.

On the Lyman front, Russian forces conducted unsuccessful assault operations north of Serebrianka in Donetsk Oblast. —>READ MORE HERE

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