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Current information on the situation on the front line: November 5 (updated)
2023-11-06
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 23:57 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 05.11.2023 to 00:00 06.11.2023

?Over the past 24 hours, the Representative Office reported 38 incidents of firing by the Ukrainian Federal Unitary Forces.

Information has been received about the death of two civilians in Dokuchaevsk.

Two civilians were injured of varying degrees of severity, incl. child born 2010 #ChildrenNotTarget, in Dokuchaevsk and Petrovsky district of Donetsk.

A total of 27 residential buildings were damaged in Dokuchaevsk and Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka, as well as two civil infrastructure facilities.

The areas of three settlements of the Republic were under enemy fire: Gorlovka (Tsentralno-Gorodskoy, Nikitovsky districts), the capital city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts), Dokuchaevsk.

In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out 14 attacks from 155mm artillery and attack UAVs.

At Gorlivske there were 24 artillery attacks from 155mm and 152mm artillery.

At Dokuchaevsky one artillery attack from MLRS.

A total of 128 units of various ammunition were produced.

In the previous 24 hours, eight artillery attacks were recorded from the AFU.

21:04 Artillerymen of the Southern Group of Forces destroyed positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Spornoye area

21:03 Explosions occurred in Kyiv-controlled Kherson

An air raid warning was not announced in areas of the Kherson region controlled by the Ukrainian authorities.

19:46 During the raid, our scouts identified and destroyed an enemy observation post on the right bank of the Kherson region -Kherson Bulletin.

19:22 Russian operators of anti-tank guided missile systems with a precise strike destroyed an Ukrainian Armed Forces tank that was trying to attack positions in the Andreevka area -video.

19:10 From the area of Verbovoy and Rabotino in the Zaporozhye direction, the Front Bird transmits:

“All day long artillery is working on both sides. There was especially increased activity of enemy guns in the morning.

Now we are carrying out tasks to detect and destroy enemy positions. Let’s fight.”

19:02 The Russian Armed Forces attacked the port infrastructure in the Odessa region. Local authorities confirmed the “arrivals”.

18:45 Two people have already been killed in Dokuchaevsk - enemy shell flew into an apartment where pensioners with limited mobility lived.
Dokuchaevsk is a new target of the Ukrainians. It has been the scene of clashes between Russian backed separatists and Ukrainian militants dating back to 2015.
In a residential building where Ukrainian Armed Forces rounds actually demolished the floor, they continue to clear the rubble and retrieve the bodies of the dead residents. An elderly couple had previously died - the grandparents had limited mobility and could not quickly hide from the bombing; their arrival found them in the kitchen.

The child, who was previously declared dead, survived - but her parents remain under the rubble. Residents of the house said that there had been people flying into their house before, and people couldn’t hold back their emotions after what happened. The search for the dead and survivors continues.

18:15 In Dokuchaevsk as a result of artillery attack a child was killed by the Ukrainian Armed Forces - the militants targeted residential buildings.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked Dokuchaevsk DPR with MLRS. JCCC reports that five rounds rushed into the city, which were aimed at residential buildings. According to preliminary data, an 8-year-old child died, and four people were hospitalized with injuries of varying severity.

Multi-storey and private houses were destroyed by enemy attacks. Emergency services are working on the spot, and the exact number of victims is being established.

17:15 Explosions were heard in the Kirovograd and Dnepropetrovsk regions of Ukraine

Russian missiles successfully reached targets in several regions of Ukraine - Kirovograd and Dnepropetrovsk. Local media reported a series of attacks on strategic targets.

16:40 Explosions occurred in Odessa and the region - Russian missiles hit enemy infrastructure in Il'yichevsk

Local media reported that a series of explosions occurred in Il'yichevsk, Odessa region. Also, our missiles did not bypass the capital of the region.

There have been no official comments from the enemy yet, but in Ilyichevsk it is already known that the Russian army “worked” on the enemy’s port infrastructure.

16:28 Sightseeing summary as of November 5, 2023:

In the Avdeevsky direction, the Russian Armed Forces continue the offensive operation launched on October 10. The most difficult bloody battles are taking place, the enemy is currently standing there due to the transfer of reserves and deep concrete shelters. The Ukrainian Armed Forces have only one serious road left to supply the group, and that one is under fire from our artillery.

By the way, in the Avdeevsky sector of the Russian Army, the concentration of artillery pieces was exceeded. However, at the moment there is no decisive collapse of the enemy’s defense.

Kherson direction: the enemy, at the cost of heavy losses, is trying to expand the bridgehead on our coast in well-known areas, but is not achieving success. The battle continues, the enemy is drawing new forces to our shores, kamikaze drones are being used more and more often by both sides.

On the Zaporozhye Front, we will say with caution that information is coming from front-line soldiers about a decrease in the intensity of artillery shelling. But the enemy does not abandon attempts to push through the front using small groups of motorized infantry.

Over the last month, south of Kleshcheevka, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have nevertheless crossed the railway through Andreevka. They are pressing on the highway to Artemovsk (Bakhmut). Near Kleshcheevka itself there are defensive battles, with almost no change in the front line.

Periodically, it is reported that enemy strongholds have been captured in the Kupyansk direction, but there is no breakthrough of the front, although the initiative is with the Russian Armed Forces.


15:25 Russian army came into the village of Spornoe in the Seversky direction, reports the First Cossack

The assault on the village began a week ago and took place in difficult conditions. The village was heavily fortified by the Ukronazis, who fired massive fire from it at the advancing Russian units.

Despite this, Russian soldiers and officers showed courage and heroism, and were eventually able to take control of the village. This was an important success for the Russian army, since Spornoye is an important stronghold in the Seversky direction.

15:05 Summary of the Ministry of Defense on the progress of the SVO as of November 5, 2023. Main:

In the Kupyansk direction, two attacks by Ukrainian Armed Forces assault groups were repelled in the Sinkovka area of ??the Kharkov region. Also, fire damage was caused to enemy personnel in the areas of Ivanovka, Zagoruykovka, Kislovka and Dvurechnaya Kharkov region. Over 30 military personnel, two armored fighting vehicles, two cars, self-propelled guns “Krab” and “Gvozdika” were destroyed.

In the Krasnolimansky direction, an enemy attack was repelled in the Grigorovka region of the DPR. In addition, the manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were defeated in the areas of Chervonaya Dibrova LPR, Yampolovka DPR and Serebryansky forestry. The enemy's losses amounted to over 60 military personnel, an armored combat vehicle and two vehicles.

In the Donetsk direction, they repelled an attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of ??Bogdanovka of the DPR, and also defeated the manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of Krasnoye, Vasyukovka, Razdolovka and Klescheevka of the DPR. The total losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in this direction amounted to up to 235 military personnel, two armored combat vehicles and six vehicles.

In the South Donetsk direction, they repelled two attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of Novomikhailovka and Nikolsky DPR, and also inflicted fire on the personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of Sladkoe and Staromayorsky DPR. Enemy losses amounted to up to 135 military personnel, an infantry fighting vehicle and two vehicles.

In the Zaporozhye direction, three attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces were repelled in the Verbovoy and Rabotino areas of the Zaporozhye region. Up to 45 military personnel, two tanks, seven armored combat vehicles and two pickup trucks were destroyed.

In the Kherson direction, the personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were defeated in the areas of Krynok, Vesele of the Kherson region and Alekseevsky Island. The daily losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces amounted to more than 60 military personnel, two vehicles, three Gvozdika self-propelled guns, and the Nona self-propelled gun.

At the Dnepr airfield in the Dnepropetrovsk region, a warehouse of aviation weapons of the Ukrainian Air Force was destroyed. At the Mirgorod airfield in the Poltava region, aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force were destroyed in parking lots.


14:24 The Paratrooper’s Diary reports from the Zaporozhye direction:

The front line and the overall situation remain the same. The enemy is actively using various types of artillery, actively placing cassettes, using remote mining and UAVs.

At night, large homemade enemy drones (Baba Yaga or Cow) fly into front-line rear areas, descend to the minimum possible height and drop anti-tank mines onto field roads, thereby trying to destroy our equipment.

Small enemy groups also come to our positions, where we destroy them.

Positional battles are underway near Verbovoy. The enemy is trying to break through the western part of Verbovoy in order to enter the populated area.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine are firing an incredible amount of artillery at this particular part of Verbovoy in order to prevent the Russian Armed Forces from carrying out counterattacks and preparing this part of the village for defense.

Due to worsening weather conditions, the pace of artillery work decreases, since there is no way to make adjustments from UAVs.


13:40 Footage of the combat work of military personnel of the reconnaissance units of the Western Military District in the Kupyansk direction -video.

13:27 Assault units of the Russian Armed Forces have secured a foothold near the village. Network on the northern face of the enemy's Avdeevsky fortified area, cutting the railway track.

Taking into account the advance of assault troops to the north and north-west on the southern front of the Avdeevka Bulge, the width of the corridor under enemy control in the west of the city is about 7-8 km and includes several field roads.

13:00 Avdeevskoe direction:

At these moments, our army continues to launch intense artillery strikes from heavy artillery and MLRS. There is movement forward in the Stepovoy (Petrovsky) area. The advance was 500 meters. The movement continues.

12:37 Orekhovsky section situation as of 11.00 November 5, 2023:

While the 128th Separate Mountain Assault Brigade was preparing to return to the front line, individual units of other formations were already redeploying forces to the line of contact.

Over the past few days, formations of the 82nd Airborne Brigade, 71st ebr, as well as the 118th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been converging on Rabotino and the wedging area in the direction of Novoprokopovka.

In addition, in the landings west of Verbovoy, paratroopers of the 78th Separate Assault Regiment and 3 battalions of the 80th Airborne Assault Brigade, members of the Topaz tactical group, took positions.

Judging by the renewed activity of the Ukrainian combined units, attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Orekhovsky sector will continue in the near future. At the same time, the main task of the enemy is not to break through the defense, but to pin down the Russian Armed Forces in the direction.

To create an advantage and give time to the Marine Corps in the Kherson direction, it is necessary to keep Russian troops in the Zaporozhye region while naval infantry near the Dnieper try to expand the bridgehead.

And in this case, early detection of clusters of Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area and their defeat, as was the case in Dimitrovo, are necessary to level the enemy’s combat potential.


12:30 Ukrainian Telegram channels report explosions in the Kharkov region.

12:20 Statement Head of the press center of the Center group:

In the Krasnolimansky direction, units of the Center group of troops inflicted fire on about 120 enemy targets, including more than 20 artillery positions and two strongholds of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Assault and army aviation, as well as during a shooting battle, struck the assault groups of the 15th Regiment of the National Guard of Ukraine in the Serebryansky forest area.

Air defense systems shot down two unmanned aerial vehicles in the areas of the settlements of Novodruzhevsk and Kremennaya, Lugansk People's Republic.


11:40 The Front Bird reports about the explosion in the Dnepropetrovsk region

It is reported that our Iskander missile launchers used ballistics against a given enemy target. There was no air raid warning in the area. Local publics report an explosion/arrival.

11:37 Military personnel of the Dnepr group of forces continue to destroy military installations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the right bank of the Kherson region. On frames defeat of the temporary deployment point of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in the area of the village of Otradokamenk.

11:35 Vrem'evsky ledge. The army of the Russian Federation is completelybroke itthe situation in its favor and gradually regains its position on the bridgehead.

The enemy, at the cost of huge losses during the “counter-offensive,” penetrated about 10-12 kilometers into our defenses, forming a “protrusion” that our army is now successfully cutting off.

Yesterday, northeast of Priyutnoye, ours managed to advance towards Staromairoskoye by 500-600 meters.

We expect that within a month our army will completely restore the front line and regain lost positions.

11:05 Frontline summary for the morning of 11/05/2023:

In the Zaporozhye direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces tried to advance at Novoprokopovka. No success. Long-range weapons of the Russian Armed Forces operated in the settlements of Kamenskoye, Rabotino, Gulyaypole and Poltavka. Ukrainian artillery hit Nesteryanka, Kopany, Rivne, Sladkaya Balka, Il'chenkov and Verbovoy.

In the Ugledarsky sector, the Russian Armed Forces, with artillery support, advanced near Priyutnoye. Under fire from the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Staromayorsky, Blagodatny, Zolotaya Niva, Prechistovka, Ugledar and Vodyanoy (not to be confused with the settlement of the same name north-west of Donetsk).

On the Donetsk front, Russian troops continued their assault operations near Avdievka. From the south, east and northeast. Long-range weapons were deployed everywhere. Under fire from the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Novomikhailovka, Pobeda, Mar'inka, the city of Krasnogorovka, Pervomaisky and Stepnoy (not to be confused with the settlements of the same name in the Zaporozhye and Ugledarsky directions). Reverse strikes on Staromikhailovka, Donetsk, Vodyanoye, Opytny and the village of Krasnogorovka.

In the Lugansk direction, the Russian Armed Forces, after shelling, carried out offensive operations from Dibrova in the Serebryansky forest, near Makeevka, Stepnaya Novoselka and Sin'kovka.


10:57 Ukrainian Armed Forces last nightfired at Skadovsk One American missile hit a furniture store, significantly destroying it. Fortunately, there were no casualties. This was announced by the head of the region, Vladimir Saldo.

10:31 Over the past 24 hours, eight incidents of firing from the AFU have been recorded.

Three residential buildings were damaged in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk, as well as 1 civil infrastructure facility.

The areas of two settlements of the Republic were under enemy fire: Gorlovka (Tsentralno-Gorodskoy, Nikitovsky districts), the capital city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts). There were no reports of civilian casualties.

In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out four attacks from 155mm artillery.

On Gorlovsky there were four artillery attacks from 152mm artillery. A total of 28 units of various ammunition were produced.

10:25 Statement Head of the press center of the “West” group:

During the fighting in the Kupyansk direction, units of the West group of forces, using the results of air and artillery strikes, repelled four attacks by assault groups of the 54th Mechanized Brigade.

The crews of operational-tactical aviation aircraft attacked temporary deployment points and platoon strong points of the 14th, 32nd and 43rd Mechanized Brigades in the areas of Peschany, Zagoruykovka, Petropavlovka and Stepova Novoselovka.

In addition, crews of heavy flamethrower systems struck platoon strong points and concentrations of manpower in the shelters of the 32nd Mechanized Brigade in the Ivanovka area.

During the counterbattery fight, the group’s artillery destroyed a 155mm M777 artillery gun, two 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mounts, two mortar crews, a UAV control center and an ammunition supply point in the areas of Ivanovka, Peschany, Vishnevoy, Sin'kovka and the Shevtsov Yar ravine.

The total enemy losses amounted to up to a company of manpower, a T-64 tank and a Valkyrie UAV.

10:07 Ukrainian Armed Forces once again fired at peaceful areas of the Zaporozhye region.

According to operational services, on November 4 at 12:35, Ukrainian nationalists fired at the village of Velyka Znamenka, Kamensko-Dneprovsky district. Three residential buildings were damaged. There are no civilian casualties.

10:00 Latest information from the Zaporozhye direction from the Front Bird:

“We respond with dignity, counterattacking the enemy with all our guns. Very tight work.

Artillery ping-pong in all its glory, and we are the table in it.”

09:59 The criminal Kiev regime continues to shell the civilian infrastructure of settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired cannon artillery:

-- n.p. Great Lepetikha eight rounds;

-- n.p. Krynki 11 rounds;

-- n.p. Kazachi Lagery seven rounds;

-- n.p. Korsunka 10 rounds;

-- n.p. Dnepryan six rounds;

-- n.p. Alyosha 13 rounds;

-- n.p. Radensk 10 rounds.

During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the village. Novaya Kakhovka, n.p. Kakhovka, n.p. Peschanivka, n.p. Sagi, n.p. Krynkt, n.p. Dnepryany, Golaya Pristan, firing a total of 26 rounds from cannon artillery. Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being determined.

09:10 Active hostilities are taking place in the Kherson direction:

Fierce fighting is taking place. The enemy, not sparing his personnel, throws his soldiers to slaughter in order to advance along one of the backwaters.

The enemy does not give up attempts to gain a foothold on the left bank and is trying to break through our defensive lines. Our soldiers fight bravely.

08:56 The situation in the Zaporozhye direction is reported by the Front Bird:

“The enemy is launching a massive attack with artillery and aviation.

The raid is currently ongoing. We’re standing!”

08:20 A Russian special forces unit destroyed a Ukrainian tank using a mine ambush -video.

08:19 Cleanup near Rabotino: personnel combat work of Novorossiysk paratroopers in the Zaporozhye direction

The paratroopers destroyed Ukrainian militants who, after an unsuccessful attempt to attack the positions of Russian troops, tried to hold on to the stronghold.

First, barrel artillery fired at the enemy - and after that, reconnaissance units of the Airborne Forces secretly approached the stronghold, where the nationalists had taken refuge, and attacked the enemy from several directions. The enemy's manpower was destroyed, and captured Western-made weapons and ammunition remained in place.

08:11 Scouts of the 1st Guards Tank Army of the Western Military Districtdestroyeda large ammunition depot of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Kupyansk, said a soldier performing tasks in this area.

08:00 Summary on the morning of November 5, 2023:

In the Kherson direction, enemy activity continues on our bank of the Dnieper without significant changes in the LBS. Positional battles are taking place in Krynki. In the Peschanivka and Poyma areas there were clashes between small groups of infantry. Our artillery is working, the enemy reports the use of up to 40 FAB with UMPC by our aviation over the past 24 hours. A new element is the regular use of night FPV drones by the APU (probably equipped with a thermal imaging camera or NVD).

On the Zaporozhye Front in the Verbovoy area, the Russian Armed Forces attacked enemy positions with cannon and rocket artillery, as well as armored vehicles. The enemy attacked the front line of our defense and launched Storm Shadow missiles into the deep rear of the Zaporozhye region (Berdyansk). Front-line soldiers note a decrease in the intensity of Ukrainian Armed Forces artillery fire and the number of enemy meat assaults.In the Avdeevsky direction, north of the front bulge, the Russian Armed Forces launched a massive attack from the MLRS on the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the village. Novokalinovo, in the direction of which attacking actions are being carried out. However, the enemy counterattacked near the village. Krasnogorovka, despite the losses. Our troops continue to advance from the southeast.

Missile attacks in Crimea continue: the media, citing the Russian Ministry of Defense, report that on November 4, the Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked a shipyard in Kerch with 15 cruise missiles (Storm Shadow), most of which were shot down. As a result of being hit by an enemy cruise missile, a ship located at the plant was damaged. Enemy channels report damage to the latest small missile ship "Askold" of project 22800 "Karakurt".

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