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Current information on the situation on the front line: November 22 (updated)
2023-11-23
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 23:59 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 November 22, 2023 to 00:00 November 23, 2023

Over the past 24 hours, the Representative Office reported 72 incidents of firing by the Ukrainian Federal Unitary Forces.

Information was received about the injury of 7 civilians, incl. three children #ChildrenNotTarget, in the Petrovsky and Kirovsky districts of Donetsk, the Central City district of Gorlovka.

Nine residential buildings were damaged in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, the Sovetsky district of Makeyevka, the Nikitovsky and Tsentralno-Gorodsky districts of Gorlovka, as well as 5 civil infrastructure facilities.

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

In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out 31 attacks from MLRS, 155 mm artillery, and attack UAVs.

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

At Yasinovatsky there were 8 shellings from 155 mm artillery.

215 units of various ammunition were produced.

In the previous day, 45 shellings were recorded from the Ukrainian Federal Unitary Forces.

21:10HitThe Armed Forces of Ukraine at the cultural center in the DPR, which resulted in the death of actress Polina Menshikh, hit the roof above the stage. RIA Novosti reports this. The auditorium is practically undamaged, but the roof above the stage is destroyed, the walls are cut by a large number of fragments.

19:49 Kupyansk direction:

Ukrainian Telegram channels report that our army is launching a massive assault on Sinkovka and Petropavlovka. The enemy reports that the PF Armed Forces are using the entire range of weapons.

The videoconferencing system operates and sends FABA-500 every hour, including those with cassette filling. MLRS and heavy artillery are working.

There is progress in promotion. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are retreating, ours advanced 600-700 meters, about 5 oporniks were taken. The offensive and fire raid on enemy positions continues.

18:47 In Donetsk, during the repeated shelling of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, four firefighters of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation were injured, the department reported.

Employees were working at the scene of a fire in the Kirovsky district after a previous strike. At this time, a Ukrainian drone dropped ammunition. The rescuers were hospitalized in moderate condition.

Earlier, the Ukrainian Armed Forces also attacked the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk - two women were injured.

18:27 Zaporozhye direction, Verbovoe:

The Armed Forces of Ukraine tried to carry out several attacks on our positions using up to 5 units of armored vehicles and up to two platoons of personnel, writes Front Bird.

The ATGM hit the side of an enemy tank. There is a hit.

17:42 In the Zaporozhye region, militants of the Ukrainian Armed Forces launched a UAV strike on a group of Russian journalists, there were wounded.

Journalists were preparing material about shelling in the Zaporozhye region.

According to preliminary data, Rossiya 24 correspondent Boris Maksudov received shrapnel wounds, he was evacuated, there is no threat to life.

17:30 As a result of enemy shelling today, three children were wounded in Donetsk. This was announced by the head of the DPR Denis Pushilin.

Boy born 2010 received shrapnel wounds to the shoulder. The shelling found him at home in the Petrovsky district of the capital. In the Kirovsky district of Donetsk, two girls born in 2009 were injured as a result of an explosive object being dropped from a UAV near a store. The children were taken to medical institutions and received all the necessary assistance.

In addition, a man born in 1989 was wounded in the Petrovsky district. and a woman born in 1974. In Gorlovka, a woman born in 1964 was injured as a result of shelling.

Four residential buildings were damaged in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk and the Central City district of Gorlovka, as well as four civil infrastructure facilities: a school and three power facilities in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka and in Mineralny.

The enemy fired at the territory of the Republic 35 times, 99 rounds of ammunition were fired, rocket artillery with a caliber of 122 mm, cannon artillery with a caliber of 152 and 155 mm, including a cluster type, and an attack UAV were used.

16:30 Battle for Avdiivka on November 22, 2023:

The Russian Armed Forces continue to build on their success in the Avdeevsky sector of the front.

Today, on the southern flank, Russian assault units managed to take the enemy by surprise and storm to occupy five buildings in the industrial zone. The particular value of the advance in this area is due to the fact that the Ukrainian Armed Forces have been building fortifications here since 2014.

There was no counterattack in response to the surprise attack, since the Ukrainian forces did not have time to request reinforcements, which allowed the Russian attack aircraft to successfully gain a foothold in new positions.

However, it can be expected that in the near future the enemy will concentrate part of its reserves in this direction in order to slow down the advance of the Russian Armed Forces further to the west.

Also on the southern flank, in the area of ​​the Khimik microdistrict, massive air strikes are reported on Ukrainian Armed Forces targets with RBK-500 cluster weapons, the use of which was previously tested in the Staromayorsky area.

15:27 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation (as of November 22, 2023)

In the Kupyansk direction, the active actions of units of the “Western” group of forces, with the support of army aviation and artillery fire, repelled an attack by the assault group of the 14th mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of ​​the village of Sinkovka, Kharkov region.

In addition, the manpower and equipment of the 25th Airborne, 57th Motorized Infantry, 30th and 32nd Mechanized Brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Novoselovskoye, Lugansk People's Republic, Sinkovka and Timkovka, Kharkov Region. Enemy losses amounted to up to 50 military personnel and three pickup trucks.

In the Krasnolimansk direction, the coordinated actions of units of the Center group of troops in cooperation with operational-tactical, army aviation and artillery repelled an attack by the assault group of the 67th mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of ​​​​the village of Chervonaya Dibrova, Lugansk People's Republic. In the area of ​​Serebryansky forestry, the personnel of the 12th Special Forces Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were hit by fire. The enemy's daily losses amounted to up to 65 military personnel and two pickup trucks.

In the Donetsk direction, units of the “Southern” group of troops, with the support of aviation and artillery, repelled an attack by the assault group of the 24th mechanized brigade in the area of ​​the village of Leninskoye, Donetsk People’s Republic.

In addition, the manpower and equipment of the 22nd, 24th mechanized, 5th assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the 107th territorial defense brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Razdolovka, Kleshcheevka, Artemovskoye, Bogdanovka, Kurdyumovka of the Donetsk People's Republic. The total losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in this direction amounted to up to 115 military personnel killed and wounded, two armored personnel carriers, two vehicles and an MSTA-B howitzer.

In the South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok group of forces, using the results of air strikes and artillery fire, repelled an attack by the assault group of the 127th territorial defense brigade in the area of ​​​​the settlement of Priyutnoye, Zaporozhye region, and also defeated the manpower and equipment of the 72nd mechanized brigade Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of ​​the settlement of Novomikhailovka, Donetsk People's Republic. Enemy losses amounted to up to 60 military personnel, two armored combat vehicles and two cars.

In the Zaporozhye direction, units of the Russian group of troops, supported by artillery fire, repelled three attacks by assault groups of the 33rd mechanized and 71st ranger brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces north of the settlement of Novoprokopovka and west of Verbovoye, Zaporozhye region. In addition, in the area of ​​​​the settlement of Rabotino, Zaporozhye region, the manpower of the 65th mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was defeated. Up to 60 military personnel, two armored fighting vehicles and two pickup trucks were destroyed.

In the Kherson direction, units of the Russian group of troops, air strikes and artillery fire defeated concentrations of manpower and equipment of the 36th Marine Brigade in the areas of the settlements of Ivanovka and Zmievka, Kherson region. As a result of complex fire damage, the enemy's daily losses amounted to up to 70 military personnel killed and wounded, as well as five vehicles.

Operational-tactical and army aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces and artillery of groups of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation destroyed a warehouse of aviation weapons of the Ukrainian air force, the S-300 anti-aircraft missile system, and also damaged manpower and military equipment in 127 regions.

Air defense systems in the area of ​​the village of Vozdvizhenka, Donetsk People's Republic, shot down a MiG-29 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force.

In addition, 45 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed in the areas of the settlements of Marinka of the Donetsk People's Republic, Verkhnekamenka, Melovatka of the Lugansk People's Republic, Pshenichne, Mirne of the Zaporozhye region, Olshana, Dvurechnoye of the Kharkov region, Sagi and Zmievka of the Kherson region.

In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 537 aircraft, 254 helicopters, 9095 unmanned aerial vehicles, 442 anti-aircraft missile systems, 13539 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1185 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 7145 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 15,507 units of special military vehicles.

15:10 Consequences of shelling of the Petrovsky district of Donetsk by Ukrainian militants -photo.

14:31 News from the Ugledar direction and the Vremyevsky ledge from the 105th regiment of the NM DPR:

Due to the fact that the low ambient temperature stabilized the upper layers of the soil, fighting intensified along the entire line of contact.

Since early morning, in the Ugledar and Vremyevsky directions, all types of weapons of our Army have been in operation: MLRS, including 220 mm caliber, heavy artillery, and aviation have been used.

14:00 N.P. Rabotino of the Armed Forces of Ukraine believed in themselves and decided to “navigate”. Russian soldiers set fire to an enemy tank and “filled the infantry with full trousers,” after which the Ukrainian militants retreated.

13:22 Operational situation in the area of ​​the air defense:

In the Kupyansko-Kremenny direction, it was possible to expand the zone of control in the Serebryansky forest area. A regrouping of enemy forces in the Krasny Liman area is recorded.

In the Artemovsk direction, Russian troops managed to expand the zone of control and successfully consolidated their position on the northern outskirts of Kleshcheevka.

In the Avdeevsky sector, active development of the flanks of the fortified area continues. As a result of offensive actions, our attack aircraft managed to gain a foothold in the west of the Vinogradniki gardening society and develop further advances.

In the Orekhovsky sector, the enemy continues to use “containment” tactics - local attacks are carried out in the Rabotino-Verbovoe sector. There is an increase in the concentration of enemy forces and assets in the rear areas of the Zaporozhye region.

In the Kherson direction, Ukrainian formations manage to hold positions in the central part of Krynoki. Thanks to well-established logistics from the right bank, the enemy continues to form a “shock fist” on the existing bridgehead.

In other directions, no significant changes in the operational-combat situation were observed.

13:16 Kharkov direction (area of ​​Kupyansk settlement)

The frontline bird reports that our units have again deployed new attack drones and carried out targeted strikes on enemy positions. The radar and engineering vehicle of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were disabled.

13:05 Airborne anti-aircraft gunnerscoverpositions of Russian troops in the Artemovsk area

The crews of the Strela-10 air defense system of the Ivanovo Guards Airborne Forces provide our units with reliable protection from enemy air attacks: airplanes, helicopters, and attack drones.

Anti-aircraft gunners are on combat duty around the clock, constantly monitoring the airspace. The next target of the crew was the enemy’s unmanned aerial vehicle Leleka-100. It was destroyed by an anti-aircraft guided missile shot at a distance of about two kilometers.

12:29StatementHead of the press center of the Center group

In the Krasnolimansky direction in the Serebryansky forestry area, the actions of units of the "Center" group of troops, with artillery fire, defeated the assault groups of the 12th Special Purpose Brigade "Azov" (a terrorist organization banned in Russia)

In addition, artillery units hit three strongholds, three areas where equipment was concentrated, and about 30 artillery positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Enemy losses amounted to about 200 troops and two vehicles. An FPV drone destroyed a 120mm mortar.

12:08 The Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant and the city of Energodar are hit weekly by 70 to 150 drone strikes from Ukraine. This was announced by the Ambassador at Large of the Russian Foreign Ministry on the crimes of the Kyiv regime, Rodion Miroshnik.

Miroshnik clarified that the Ukrainian Armed Forces and special services made repeated attempts to strike three nuclear facilities under the jurisdiction of the Russian Federation. Most often, the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant and the city of Energodar were attacked by strike drones.

11:19 News from the Zaporozhye Front, Rabotino district:

“Again the Ukrainian Armed Forces rolled in: 1 tank and 3 armored fighting vehicles. Tank is on fire". Almost every day, if the weather permits, the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine drives personnel and equipment into fire from our troops in this sector of the front.

11:00StatementHead of the press center of the “West” group:

During the fighting in the Kupyansk direction, the active actions of units of the West group of forces, supported by artillery fire, aviation and heavy flamethrower systems, defeated accumulations of manpower and equipment of the 41st mechanized and 57th motorized infantry brigades in the Sinkovka area.

The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces amounted to two vehicles, up to 25 military personnel.

10:27 The criminal Kiev 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:

according to n.p. Cossack Camps 10 shells;

according to n.p. Krynki 15 shells;

according to n.p. New Mayachka 5 shells;

according to n.p. Peschanivka 10 shells;

according to n.p. Podstepnoe 8 shells;

according to n.p. Radensk 8 shells;

according to n.p. Alyosha 12 shells.

As a result of the shelling of the settlement. Novaya Mayachka, one civilian was moderately injured.

During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the village. Novaya Kakhovka, n.p. Kakhovka, n.p. Krynki, n.p. Kachachi Camps, settlement Sagi, n.p. Aleshki, n.p. Naked Pristan, firing a total of 28 shells from cannon artillery.

Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being determined.

09:24 Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk

Direct hit on a residential building. Among the civilian population, 2 people were injured. The enemy struck peaceful streets with 155 mm artillery -video.

08:55 As a result of joint activities of the Russian FSB Directorate for the Donetsk People's Republic, military counterintelligence agencies and the National Guard in the suburbs of Donetskdiscovereda cache prepared for an enemy sabotage and reconnaissance group. This was announced by the head of the DPR Denis Pushilin.

Found and seized:

– Swedish-made AT-4 anti-tank grenade launcher;

– Czech-made RPG-75-M anti-tank grenade launcher.

The seized weapons were transferred for research in the interests of enterprises of the military-industrial complex of the Russian Federation.

08:44 Zaporozhye direction Verbovoye. 11/17 08:10, Front Bird reports:

“At night, the enemy tried to dislodge our positions using cluster munitions.

I note that cassettes are no longer used as often as a month ago.

The morning cannonade continues.

After aerial reconnaissance, artillery fires from both sides.

For now, the weather allows us to identify enemy targets, which is what we are doing.”

08:16 Frontlinesummaryon the morning of November 22, 2023:

In the Kherson-Crimean direction, Ukrainian troops are still active near Poima, Peschanivka and in Krynki. Their artillery works powerfully. The Russian Armed Forces attacked positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Kherson, Antonovka, Tokarevka, Tyaginka, Novotyaginka, Lvov, Kazatsky and Berislav. They themselves were under fire in Gola Pristan, Alyoshki, Cossack Camps, Dnepryany, Novaya Kakhovka and Kakhovka.

In the Zaporozhye direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces, with the support of artillery, tried to advance at Novoprokopovka and Verbovoy. No success. Russian troops attacked Ukrainian positions in the settlements of Novoandreevka, Rabotino, Novodanilovka and Malaya Tokmachka. The artillery of the Ukrainian Armed Forces worked against the Russian Armed Forces in Nesteryanka, Kopany, Rovny, Ilchenkovo, Novopokrovka and Novofedorovka.

On the Donetsk Front, the Russian Armed Forces, after artillery strikes, managed to advance at Novomikhailovka and Marinka. Similar actions near Pervomaisky, Severny (a settlement west of Avdeevka) and on the eastern and north-eastern outskirts of Avdeevka were not successful. Near Stepnoye (not to be confused with the settlements of the same name in the Zaporozhye and Ugledar directions), Russian troops managed to force the Ukrainian Armed Forces to leave the village. It's in the gray area. To the north-west of Gorlovka there are oncoming battles for waste heaps in the Yuzhny area.

In the Bakhmut direction, the Russian Armed Forces from the north, with the support of long-range weapons, attack Ukrainian positions in Kleshcheevka. There are battles for the dominant heights. At the moment they are for the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The situation is similar in the Khromovoe and Bogdanovka areas. LBS has not changed.

08:15 In the Novomikhaivka area, the Russian Armed Forces advanced to a depth of 1.5 km in an area of ​​4 km. The enemy's defensive positions at the water pumping station were occupied.

08:09 Over the past 24 hours, the armed formations of Ukraine have carried outshellingGorlovka, Yasinovatsky district, Makeevka, as well as Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky and Kievsky districts of Donetsk.

As a result of massive artillery shelling of the Central City district of Gorlovka, one civilian was injured.

In the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, 2 civilians were injured as a result of artillery shelling by Ukrainian nationalists.

In addition, 7 residential buildings and 2 civil infrastructure facilities were damaged - RF IC

08:05 Combat work of T-80BVM tank crews of the “Southern” group of troops in the Artemovsk direction -video.

08:00Summaryon the morning of November 22, 2023

“Geraniums” were launched at night at facilities in Starokonstantinov, Khmelnitsky region, Kyiv, as well as in the Zhytomyr region. In the evening, the port infrastructure in Odessa was struck.

In the Avdeevsky direction, the Russian Armed Forces carried out air and artillery strikes on a coke plant. The enemy positions in Novokalinovo were hit by cannon and rocket artillery. Massive airstrikes were carried out on the southern flank near the Khimik microdistrict with cluster RBK-500s with UMPC.

On the Zaporozhye Front, the Ukrainian Armed Forces unsuccessfully tried to break through at Rabotino with two groups of infantry on armored fighting vehicles. Near Verbovoy, a FAB-500 struck the enemy, after which our fighters captured enemy positions in a forest plantation.

In the Kherson direction, the destruction of enemy personnel on our bank of the Dnieper continues. The Ukrainian Armed Forces still hold the area in Krynki, although they cannot advance further. The enemy is also present at the Antonovsky and railway bridges.

In the Vremyevsky direction, our troops are fighting local battles west of Staromayorsky and near Urozhayny, trying to improve their tactical position.

South of Artemovsk (Bakhmut), although the Russian Armed Forces retain the initiative at Kleshcheevka, the advance of our troops is not noted.

At night, 4 MBEC kamikazes heading towards Crimea were destroyed in the Black Sea. In the Kursk region, border guards shot down an enemy FPV drone yesterday. Shelling of the Belgorod region continued. In the Bryansk region, an aircraft-type UAV was disabled over the Bryansk region by means of electronic warfare. Air defense also destroyed an enemy UAV over the Kamensky district of the Rostov region. In the DPR in Donetsk and Gorlovka, three civilians were wounded as a result of Nazi shelling.

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