Russian Forces Focus Their Assaults On Avdiivka and Kupiansk Fronts; 52 Combat Clashes Reported as RU’s Assaults Foiled in 4 Directions; UKR AF Strikes 11 RU Clusters, UKR’s Black Sea Success Could Bring Wider Benefits This Winter, LIVE UPDATES and MORE
Russian forces focus their assaults on Avdiivka and Kupiansk fronts – General Staff report:
Ukrainian forces repelled 30 Russian assaults on the Avdiivka front and 12 on the Kupiansk front over the course of the past 24 hours.
Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of 06:00 on 23 November
Details: Over the course of the past day, Ukraine’s defence forces clashed with Russian forces 74 times. Russian forces carried out 3 missile strikes and 43 airstrikes and deployed multiple-launch rocket systems (MLRS) more than 64 times to attack the positions of Ukrainian troops and civilian settlements.
Russian forces also deployed 14 Shahed-136/131 drones to attack Ukraine on the night of 21–22 November. Ukraine’s air defence intercepted all 14 Shaheds. Russian attacks killed and injured civilians and damaged private residential houses and other civilian infrastructure facilities.
Russian aircraft struck areas in Kharkiv, Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts.
Russian forces shelled more than 100 civilian settlements in Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk and Kherson oblasts.
On the Kupiansk front, in the area of responsibility of the Khortytsia Operational Strategic Group, Russian forces conducted offensive operations near Synkivka and to the northeast of Petropavlivka and Ivanivka (Kharkiv Oblast), with Ukrainian forces repelling 12 Russian assaults.
Russian forces did not undertake any offensive operations on the Lyman front.
Russian forces also did not undertake any offensive operations on the Bakhmut front. Ukrainian forces are continuing assault operations to the south of the city of Bakhmut in Donetsk Oblast. They are inflicting personnel and equipment losses on Russian forces and consolidating their positions. —>READ MORE HERE
War update: 52 combat clashes reported as enemy’s assaults foiled in four directions:
On Thursday, 52 combat engagements took place between Ukraine’s Defense Forces and Russian invasion troops.
That’s according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Ukrinform reports.
“The Ukrainian Defense Forces continue their offensive operation in the Melitopol direction, offensive (assault) efforts in the Bakhmut direction, inflicting losses in terms of manpower and equipment on the occupying troops, exhausting the enemy along the entire front line,” the statement reads.
The General Staff notes that Ukrainian soldiers will continue to hold their positions on the left bank of the Dnipro in Kherson region, inflicting fire damage on the enemy.
The Air Force launched 11 strikes on Russian manpower and equipment clusters.
Missile units hit three enemy clusters, a control post, an air defense system, and four artillery systems.
In turn, the invaders launched 38 airstrikes and fired 32 rockets salvos at the positions of Ukrainian troops and populated areas. “Unfortunately, as a result of Russian terrorist attacks, there are killed and wounded among the civilian population. Private residential buildings and other civilian infrastructure objects were destroyed and damaged,” the report said.
According to the General Staff, the operational situation in the east and south of Ukraine remains difficult. During the day, 52 combat clashes took place across the frontlines.
On the Volyn and Polissia axes, the operational situation has not changed significantly. There were no signs of enemy offensive groupings being formed. Certain units of the Belarus armed forces continue to perform routine tasks in the areas bordering Ukraine.
In the Sivershchyna and Slobozhanshchyna directions, the enemy maintains its military presence in the border areas, going for sabotage and reconnaissance missions, shelling populated areas from the territory of the Russian Federation, and increasing the density of mine fields along the state border of Ukraine. The invaders launched airstrikes in the areas of Kostobobriv in Chernihiv region and Oleksandria in Sumy region. About 20 settlements were hit by artillery and mortars, among them Khrinivka, Chernihiv region; Basivka, Stepok, Mezenivka, and Turya of Sumy region; Hraniv, Bochkove, and Vovchansk, Kharkiv region.
In the Kupiansk direction, the aggressor, with the support of aviation, attacked in the Synkivka district of Kharkiv region, where the Defense Forces repelled two assaults. Russian airstrikes targeted the areas near Petropavlivka, Kupiansk, Kurylivka, and Ivanivka, Kharkiv region, and Stelmakhivka, Luhansk region. Dvorichna, Synkivka, Petropavlivka, Ivanivka, and Berestovka of Kharkiv region came under artillery and mortar fire. —>READ MORE HERE
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