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Current information on the situation on the front line: November 15 (updated)
2023-11-16
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 23:56 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 November 15, 2023 to 00:00 November 16, 2023

Over the past 24 hours Representative office reported about 60 facts of firing from the AFU.

Information was received about the death of a civilian, a man, in the Central City district of Gorlovka.

Four civilians were injured of varying degrees of severity in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, Nikitovsky and Tsentralno-Gorodsky districts of Gorlovka.

Four residential buildings in the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka, as well as two civil infrastructure facilities, were damaged.

Areas of five settlements of the Republic were under enemy fire: Gorlovka (Nikitovsky, Central City districts), Golmovsky, Yasinovatsky district, the capital city of Donetsk (Kievsky, Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Chervonogvardeysky district).

In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out 26 attacks from MLRS and 155mm artillery, incl. with a cassette warhead.

At Gorlivske there were 33 artillery attacks from 152mm and 155mm artillery, incl. with a cassette warhead.

On Yasinovatsky there was one artillery attack from 155mm artillery.

A total of 192 units of various ammunition were fired.

A previous 11 artillery attacks were recorded from the VFU during the day.

20:54 The Ukrainian Armed Forces have withdrawn from the settlement. Stepovoye in the Avdeevsky direction Now part of the settlement is in the gray zone.

19:55 NGP exploration reports on the situation in Gorlovka.

This evening the enemy attempted to storm our positions in the waste heap area southwest of the Major concrete plant.

It was not successful, the offensive stalled, and the enemy was forced to retreat. Taking advantage of the Ukrainian's confusion, our forces launched a counterattack and knocked the enemy out of the positions at the waste heap that he had occupied earlier.

At the moment, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are hysterically throwing “cassettes” at our positions.

This is not the last attempt, we are sure that in the very near future the enemy will make new attacks.


18:45 NGP exploration reports on the situation in the Avdeevsky direction.

The tense situation remains on the northern flank; north of Krasnogorovka, in the area of the railway, the enemy has transferred reserves and is desperately clinging to positions; a new one is taking the place of the knocked out platoon.

The enemy is using artillery with cluster ammunition and FPV drones, Bradleys are working, trying to suppress our infantry with heavy fire.

The RF Armed Forces are consolidating positions to the north along the railway, but in order to avoid unjustified losses, they are in no hurry to occupy some well-under fire areas; we consider this the most correct approach, the enemy’s positions will not escape anywhere, and personnel are the most valuable resource in the country.

Our artillery and FPV drones are also actively working; after destroying a large number of enemy personnel, it will be much easier to take positions.

In the Stepovoy area, the situation is the same - the settlement is in the gray zone, the enemy has retreated to the forest belts behind Stepovoy, and our weapons are working on them.

The brothers work regardless of the time of day, weather, and other variables.


17:55 RF Ministry of Defense: Maneuver, attack, onslaught

The crew of the combat vehicle, which included guard private Ruslan Verbilo, was tasked with quickly taking a position in one of the most likely directions of attack by the Ukrainian nationalists.

During the march to the designated guard area, Private Verbilo discovered the movement of two enemy armored personnel carriers, which were transferring nationalist assault units to the front line.

Having assessed the enemy's strength, Ruslan, despite the numerical superiority of the militants, forced battle on the enemy.

Skillfully maneuvering the combat vehicle, moving from cover to cover, Ruslan Verbilo provided the crew with the opportunity to conduct targeted fire at the nationalists.

During the battle, with an accurate launch of an anti-tank missile, one of the enemy armored personnel carriers was hit, and the second quickly left the battlefield.

The personal courage and professionalism of Guard Private Ruslan Verbilo made it possible to maintain the combat effectiveness of the combat vehicle and arrive in the destination area without losses.

17:10 Front birdie reports: Artemovsk (Bakhmut direction) district of the settlement. Kleshcheevka 15.11

Soldiers from the field report carrying out several successful counterattacks on enemy fortified areas.

An enemy stronghold had previously been captured.

Airborne units continue to systematically knock out the enemy.

16:30 Telegram channel “Fisherman“ Kupyansky section: advance of Russian troops and heavy losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine situation as of November 15, 2023

Near Kupyansk, Russian troops fought their way to the outskirts of Sin'kovka.

The command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine plans to withdraw the 32nd Mechanized Brigade to the rear due to critical losses; forces from 115 Mechanized Brigades are expected to be transferred to its place.

In the area of the Kupyansko-Masyutovsky forest, the enemy is also forced, due to heavy losses, to switch to the practice of creating combined groups from different brigades. This is what they did, for example, in the 54th and 30th Separate Infantry Brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

In the Timkovka area, Russian units are advancing from two sides, trying to encircle a powerful fortified area of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. In an attempt to slow down the offensive, the enemy is actively using cluster munitions, which, however, does not help him much: the 2nd and 3rd battalions of the 32nd Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces have virtually ceased to exist.

In the Ivanovka area, Russian units took another stronghold on the approaches to the populated area. After artillery preparation, the assault units of the Russian Armed Forces cleared the trenches, taking the surviving members of the Armed Forces of Ukraine prisoner.

Due to the shortage of modern artillery, the enemy is using any howitzers, including the M114 from the Second World War, which were supplied to them from the United States.


16:00 Telegram channel “Two majors” noted the Zaporozhye Front

86% - this is the probability of a Ukrainian fighting for Biden being on the list of dead

In the units of the 118th Separate Mechanized Brigade located in the area of ??the settlement. Shevchenkovo, Zaporozhye region, high losses among personnel are recorded.

Of the 44 newly assigned military personnel, six are currently alive.

To make up for losses, an emergency pipeline has been launched to transfer Ukrainian Armed Forces reserves mainly from the eastern regions of Ukraine, which, according to the ruling Ukrainian elite, are considered second-class citizens due to their cultural and other ties with Russia.

According to the few who are captured, crossbows in the leg or broken limbs no longer save you from a one-way road (transfer to the 118th).

14:55 Front bird reports: Sumy region. Loud. 15.11 Two explosions were reported in the eastern part of the region.

Our rocket scientists did some pre-work.

14:20 Crews of the ZPU-4 anti-aircraft gun and the S-60 airborne anti-aircraft gun destroy the Ukrainian Armed Forces' support forces in the Artemovsk direction

Russian units continue to modernize and improve weapons and military equipment taking into account the requirements of modern combat. For maneuverability and quick movement on the battlefield, anti-aircraft installations were installed on the base of Ural vehicles. At the front line, installation crews are fully involved in combat work.

The personnel of the 14.5mm ZPU-4 anti-aircraft gun and the 57mm S-60 anti-aircraft gun destroyed dozens of enemy strongholds. With these installations, paratroopers work exclusively against ground targets -video report.

13:40 According to operational lines The JCCC of the DPR on November 15, as of 13:00, received information about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:

n.p. Gorlovka (Central City district):

- on the territory of the park named after. Gorky, a man born in 1975 was killed, a woman born in 1967 was wounded;

- at the intersection of the street. International and st. Pavel Tychyna, a man born in 1982 was wounded.

Information has been received about damage as a result of artillery attack by the AFU in the cities of the Republic:

n.p. Gorlovka: the Central City and Nikitovsky districts, the “Kvartal 245” microdistrict are partially de-energized, rwo filtering stations, Reserve and Prikanalnaya pumping stations are without power supply.

12:45 NGP exploration reports: a brief summary of the situation at the front.

Kupyansk direction.

Our units are fighting in the area of ??the village. Masyutovka and settlement Ivanovka.

Svatovo-Kremennaya.

The enemy is transferring additional reserves of armored vehicles and personnel from the settlement area. Torskoye in the direction of the village Kremennaya.

Artemovsk direction.

Soldiers of the Russian Army keep all approaches in the direction of Kleshcheevka under fire control. And they are making attempts to take nearby heights. There are battles going on.

Avdeevskoe direction.

The enemy personnel were forced to leave the village. Stepoye, which is now a gray area.

Soldiers of the Russian army are advancing southeast of the AKHZ ash dump.

In the south, there are fierce battles in the industrial zone; ~50% of the positions have come under our control.

Our units also expanded control to the north of the village. Pervomayskoe.

Zaporozhye direction.

Soldiers of the Russian army attacked and occupied a number of positions in the village. Pyatikhatki.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine with forces of 10 AK carried out counterattacks in the directions of the village. Kopani and n.p. Rabotino had no success and rolled back to his original positions, suffering losses.

Kherson direction.

There are heavy battles in the Krynki region. Under the pressure of our units, the enemy was forced to roll back from the forest plantations to the south of this settlement.

Enemy units made a number of attempts to land troops in the area of the Antonovsky Bridge and the Small Railway Bridge. Thanks to the timely reaction of units of the Russian Armed Forces, the landing attempts were stopped; the enemy was unsuccessful.


12:10 Criminal Kyiv regime continues to fire at the civilian infrastructure of settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired from cannon artillery:

-- n.p. Krynki 19 rounds;
-- n.p. Alyosha 10 rounds;
-- n.p. Sagi 10 rounds;
-- n.p. New Mayachka six rounds;
-- n.p. Kardashinka seven rounds;
-- n.p. Malye Kopani five rounds;
-- n.p. Kazachi Lagery nine rounds;
-- n.p. Obryvka five 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. Gornostaevka, n.p. Krynki, n.p. Aleshki, n.p. Dnepryan, firing a total of 27 rounds from cannon artillery.

As a result of the artillery attack of the settlement. New Kakhovka, one civilian died

As a result of the artillery attack of the settlement. Gornostaevka, one civilian was moderately injured

11:20 NGP exploration reports: news from the southern flank of the Avdeevsky direction

Over the past 24 hours, the enemy has made countless attempts to counterattack the positions of the Russian army in the industrial zone. But our fighters heroically fought off every attack, the enemy was forced to roll back to the starting point, suffering losses.

After a series of counterattacks from the enemy, our fighters, not allowing him to rest, took the initiative into their own hands and attacked in response, taking another building in the industrial zone. It was cleared and came under the full control of the Russian Army.

At these moments, when you are reading this report, there is a fierce battle going on! Our army continues to move forward! Godspeed, guys!


10:45 Front birdreports: Avdeevskoe direction. District Stepovoe 15.11 The enemy gradually rolls back deeper into their positions, abandoning destroyed and damaged equipment, as well as personnel.

It should be noted that our offensive is becoming more balanced with every kilometer. Starting at night, the enemy began to more actively use artillery and MLRS.

The offensive continues.

10:00 Front bird reports: Zaporozhye direction. Verbovoe. 15.11

At night, in the drizzling rain, enemy artillery made itself felt several times.

Representatives of the Ukrainian Armed Forces love to use cluster munitions.

In response, they fired from our artillery, including using the high-precision Krasnopol.

09:30 RF Ministry of Defense: November 15 this year At about 07.30 Moscow time, an attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack by an aircraft-type UAV on objects on the territory of the Russian Federation was stopped.

On duty air defense systems destroyed a Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle over the territory of the Smolensk region

08:45 Frontline summary for the morning of November 15, 2023

In the Kherson-Crimean direction, the Russian Armed Forces are seeking to stop the threat of expanding the Ukrainian bridgehead on the left bank of the Dnieper. At Poyma and Peschanovka, the Ukrainian Armed Forces, with the support of artillery, are still trying to gain a foothold. No advance.

But Russian troops are trying to eliminate the main bridgehead of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Krynki with the support of all possible long-range weapons. At the moment, also without success.

In the Zaporozhye direction, the fighting west of the village of Rabotino took on a counter character. And on the eastern flank of the Ukrainian bridgehead, the Ukrainian Armed Forces continued to put pressure on the positions of the Russian Armed Forces northwest of Verbovoy and towards Novofedorovka. The warring parties are currently unable to reverse the situation. The weather and the mutual transfer of forces and assets from this area to other directions have an effect.

On the Donetsk front - assault actions of the Russian Armed Forces in Marinka, near Pervomaisky, Severny (a settlement west of Avdeevka), on the southern, eastern and northern approaches to the Ukrainian fortified area, as well as pressure on Stepnoye (not to be confused with the points of the same name in Zaporozhye and Ugledarsky directions).

Everywhere in Ukrainian positions, long-range weapons of the Russian Armed Forces are working closely. LBS has not changed significantly. The Ukrainian Armed Forces respond with fire at Russian troops in Aleksandrovka, Staromikhailovka, Vodyanoye, Opytnoye and the village of Krasnogorovka.

In the Bakhmut direction, the Russian Armed Forces counterattacked at Kleshcheevka and in the direction of Bogdanovka. In the last of the listed settlements, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are seriously affected. This trend has been continuing for several weeks.


08:10 Official summary Representative offices of the DPR in the JCCC from 00:00 November 14, 2023 to 00:00 November 15, 2023

Over the past 24 hours Representative office reported about 11 facts of firing by the Ukrainian Federal Unitary Forces.

Information was received about the injury of three civilians, incl. four month old baby (born 2023) #ChildrenNotTarget, in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk and the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka.

Two residential buildings were damaged in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk and the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka. No damage to civilian infrastructure was recorded.

Districts of four settlements of the Republic were under enemy fire: Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district), Golmovsky, Zaitsevo, the capital city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts).

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

At Gorlivske there were seven artillery attacks from MLRS, 152 and 155mm artillery, incl. with a cassette warhead.

A total of 52 units of various ammunition were fired.

A previous 36 artillery attacks were recorded from the Ukrainian forces per day.

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