Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 22:07 Zelensky, in an evening video message, reported on “very intense Russian assaults,” especially in the Donetsk region: “Russia is already losing soldiers and equipment near Avdiivka faster and on a larger scale than, in particular, near Bakhmut. It is extremely difficult to withstand this onslaught.” difficult... The more Russian forces are destroyed now near Avdievka, the worse the general situation, the general course of this war will be for the enemy.”
21:55 Slovakia will finance the production of two Bozena-4 mine clearance vehicles for Ukraine - they should arrive in the Kherson region at the beginning of 2024. Slovakia will also donate humanitarian aid for the winter period and share its experience in mine clearance, said the country's Foreign Minister Juraj Blanar.
21:46 In early November, in a front-line village in the Zaporozhye region, the enemy launched a missile attack on Ukrainian military personnel who had been gathered to present awards. Everything that is known about this is in the material Death of soldiers of the 128th brigade: new details .
21:08 Zaluzhny reported that, together with Chief of the General Staff Sergei Shaptala, Air Force Commander Nikolai Oleshchuk and Naval Forces Commander Alexei Neizhpapa, he had a telephone conversation with the Chief of the Joint Staff of the French Armed Forces, Thierry Burcart. We discussed the progress of military operations and possible plans of the Russian Federation, the importance of finding technological solutions to gain an advantage in the air, remote demining and fire destruction of enemy targets. Separately, we focused on the issues of strengthening air defense systems, training Ukrainian military personnel and restoring the combat effectiveness of units.
21:01 Defense forces shot down a Russian Su-25 near Avdeevka, said Alexander Shtupun, spokesman for the Tauride Defense Forces.
19:15 The Save Ukraine organization reported that it was able to return four more children along with their families from the temporarily occupied territories.
18:49 The Russian Army is advancing simultaneously in several eastern directions, said the commander of the Ground Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Alexander Syrsky. In particular, despite heavy losses, the Russians attack in the Kupyansk area. In addition, the enemy has increased the use of kamikaze drones.
To the north and south of Bakhmut, Russian troops are trying to seize the initiative by launching counterattacks, but the Defense Forces are successfully resisting them. According to Syrsky, the enemy is losing its offensive capabilities every day. Thus, in two weeks in the area of responsibility of the Khortytsia group, Russian troops lost more than 4,000 people, more than 500 units of military equipment of the invaders were destroyed and damaged.
17:53 There are about 800 employees left at the Zaporozhye NPP who have not signed contracts with Rosatom, said Energoatom President Petr Kotin. According to him, this is the most qualified personnel, whose services the occupiers cannot refuse. “It is on them that nuclear and radiation safety at Zaporizhzhya NPP now rests,” Kotin emphasized.
At the same time, he noted that the number of Ukrainian personnel at ZNPP who signed contracts remains at 3,000 people. Kotin emphasized that there are not enough workers at the plant, Ukrainian personnel are under pressure from the occupiers, and “Russian personnel are not too willing to listen to Rosatom to go to Zaporizhia NPP.”
17:40 Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport has installed a defense system against drones, Russian propaganda media report. The ENOT-SD radar-optical complex was installed “in order to ensure a high level of flight safety,” according to airport documents.
17:07 Ukraine is already developing new models of surface drones with “surprises” for the Russians, said the head of the Ministry of Digital Development, Mikhail Fedorov: “The production of surface drones is actively scaling, we have already switched to mass production. Quite a lot of them are being produced now. New models with certain “surprises” are being developed "So I think that Russian ships will feel quite restless in the Black Sea."
16:20 Defense Minister Rustem Umerov said that the investigation established minute by minute the events that resulted in the death of soldiers of the 128th brigade in the Zaporozhye region on November 3. According to him, the fighters were indeed gathered in the courtyard of the house for the award ceremony, but they ignored all the rules of camouflage. They were spotted by a Russian reconnaissance drone, and when the “missile danger” signal went out across the region, they did not respond to it. The investigation is ongoing. The Minister instructed the General Staff to check the implementation of security protocols in all units.
15:38 Stoltenberg said that the West does not see Putin’s desire to negotiate a solution acceptable to Kiev, “so the only way is to strengthen Ukraine’s military capabilities in order to convince Putin that he will not win on the battlefield.”
14:36 Ermak said that the Defense Forces have already recaptured about 50% of the previously occupied territories, but today the number of the Russian group in Ukraine is three times larger than at the beginning of the aggression, so the country needs to maintain international support.
14:29 The European Commission announced that it is allocating an additional 110 million euros for humanitarian support to Ukrainians affected by a full-scale war.
14:03 The Ukrainian government has signed a contract with the Rheinmetall concern for the supply of Leopard 1 tanks, the German company reported. We are talking about 32 armored vehicles, including 25 Leopard 1A5 main battle tanks, five Bergepanzer 2 recovery vehicles and two driver training tanks. The order, funded by the German government, also includes training, logistics, spare parts, maintenance and other support services.
Delivery should take place in 2024. Currently, Leopard 1 is undergoing a major overhaul at Rheinmetall factories. The company added that they are ready to supply 20 more Marder infantry fighting vehicles as soon as they receive the corresponding order. Previously, an agreement had already been reached on the supply of 80 such infantry fighting vehicles, most of them already in Ukraine.
13:52 Slovakia will no longer send weapons to Ukraine, but is ready to provide humanitarian and civilian assistance, the country’s Ministry of Defense said.
13:04 The Russian Army has increased the number of assaults near Avdeevka, Kupyansk and in the Donetsk direction , Zelensky said following a daily conference call. At the same time, he emphasized that the Defense Forces “hold their positions and do not stop offensive operations.”
The president also said that the decision of the last Supreme Commander-in-Chief Headquarters “substantially strengthened” the defense capabilities of the Kherson region in reconnaissance, counter-battery, electronic warfare and air defense.
In addition, the military is constantly analyzing changes in enemy tactics for using UAVs and making adjustments to the air defense system. As for the work of the grain corridor, according to Zelensky, “we are currently overcoming the mark of 4 million tons of cargo and maintaining positive dynamics.”
12:11 Air defense forces shot down an X-59 guided missile over Kropyvnytskyi, said the head of the Kirovograd Air Defense Forces Andrey Raikovich. There were no injuries, windows and balconies were damaged in several houses, and several garages and cars were also damaged by debris.
11:56 The head of the Presidential Office, Andrei Yermak, said during a visit to Washington that the next year will be decisive in the course of the war. “The turning point in the war is approaching,” he noted. According to Ermak, the counter-offensive of the Ukrainian Armed Forces is advancing, and in the south, Ukrainian troops have already gained a foothold on the left bank of the Dnieper, which until recently was completely controlled by Russian forces.
11:52 The Russian army fired artillery at a private residential sector in the town of Kazachya Lopan, Kharkov region, wounding three people, the prosecutor’s office reported.
11:49 Germany has transferred another package of military assistance to Ukraine, the country’s government reported. It included, in particular, ten Leopard 1A5 tanks, a Winsent 1 engineering vehicle, tracked all-terrain vehicles, ten VECTOR reconnaissance unmanned systems, more than a thousand 155-mm shells, 1.4 million rounds of small arms ammunition, etc.
11:45 The Russians hit Nikopol with three kamikaze drones - one person was killed, one was wounded, said the head of the Dnepropetrovsk OVA Sergei Lysak.
11:31 The war in Ukraine may drag on, said NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg: “We must be prepared for a long journey. Wars are unpredictable by nature. What we know for sure is that what happens at the negotiating table is inextricably linked with the situation on the field battle."
Stoltenberg will discuss the situation in Ukraine today with the defense ministers of the EU countries. "I expect that during the meeting we will review the situation in Ukraine, where intense fighting continues. The situation on the battlefield is dire, and that is why it is so important that we continue and increase our support for Ukraine. We cannot allow Putin to win. Ukraine must remain as a sovereign independent state in Europe, and it is in our interests to support Ukraine,” the Secretary General said.
11:18 German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius admitted that the EU will not be able to transfer the promised million ammunition to Ukraine by March 2024. “It is safe to assume that the million rounds target will not be achieved,” he said. At the same time, the minister added that EU countries will continue to increase production.
11:13 Active construction of a plant for the production of Shahed attack drones is underway in Russia, Reuters reports citing satellite images. The construction of other structures and new security perimeters with checkpoints is already visible in the area. The Institute of Science and International Security emphasizes that the West has not yet imposed sanctions against the owner of the plant in Tatarstan - JSC Alabuga - or companies associated with it.
10:54 In the morning, the Russians fired at residential buildings in the Korabelny district of Kherson, one person was wounded. Two more people were injured as a result of enemy shelling of Osokorovka, Novovorontsovsk community, the OVA reported.
10:08 The United States is tightening control over the price ceiling for Russian oil. The country's Ministry of Finance has requested information about 100 ships suspected of violating Western oil sanctions, writes Reuters. Messages were sent to ship management companies in 30 countries. This is the biggest step by the United States since Washington and its allies introduced a price ceiling to limit Russia's oil revenues.
09:20 On the evening of November 13, the enemy launched a strike with six Shahed kamikaze drones in the Izyum district of the Kharkov region. As a result of the hit, a civilian enterprise was damaged, a fire occurred, no people were injured, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA.
09:03 Kuleba said that the “deplorable state of the defense industry and warehouses, bureaucracy and a large number of unsynchronized things” are preventing the European Union from fulfilling its promise to supply Ukraine with shells.
08:52 A drone stuffed with explosives was allegedly discovered in the Bryansk region of the Russian Federation on the night of November 14, Russian public pages report. According to them, in the village of Seltso, on the territory of the Bryansk Chemical Plant, an aircraft-type UAV filled with explosives was found. The roof of the workshop was broken in three places, but there were no injuries. In addition, in Kolomna near Moscow in the morning, explosions were reported in the area of the Mashinostroenie Design Bureau.
The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that four “Ukrainian UAVs” were allegedly destroyed over the territories of the Moscow, Tambov, Bryansk and Oryol regions.
08:25 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of November 14:
- personnel - about 313,470 (+920) people,
- tanks - 5362 (+8),
- armored combat vehicles - 10,086 (+7),
- artillery systems - 7589 (+20),
- MLRS - 882 (+1),
- air defense systems - 580 (+0),
- aircraft - 322 (+0),
- helicopters - 324 (+0),
- UAV of operational-tactical level - 5649 (+15),
- cruise missiles - 1561 (+0),
- ships/boats - 22 (+0),
- submarines - 1 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tank trucks - 9973 (+24),
- special equipment - 1081 (+2).
07:44 Over the past 24 hours, 80 military clashes took place at the front, the General Staff reported in its morning report . In the Kupyansky direction, the Defense Forces repelled enemy attacks in the areas of Sinkovka, Petropavlovka, Ivanovka, Kharkov region; on Limansky - in the area of Nadezhda, Novoyehorivka, Lugansk region and Torskoye, Donetsk region; on Bakhmutsky - near Ivanovsky, Kleshcheevka and Andreevka, Donetsk region; on Avdeevsky - south of Novokalinovo, Avdeevka, Severny and east of Pervomaisky, Donetsk region; on Maryinsky - in the Marinka and Novomikhailovka districts of the Donetsk region; on Shakhtarsky - south of Zolotaya Niva, Donetsk region; in Zaporozhye - in the Rabotino district of the Zaporozhye region.
At the same time, the Defense Forces continue their offensive in the Melitopol direction and assault operations south of Bakhmut, Donetsk region.
07:32 On the afternoon of November 13, the Russians launched a missile attack on the village of Rybakovka, Koblevo community, Nikolaevsky district - about ten residential buildings were damaged, no people were injured, said the head of the OVA Vitaly Kim.
07:18 At night, the Russian Federation attacked Ukraine with attack drones, ballistic and guided missiles, the Air Force command reported. Launches of nine Shahed-136/131 attack UAVs were recorded from the Primorsko-Akhtarsk area (Krasnodar Territory of the Russian Federation). An Iskander-M ballistic missile was launched from the Dzhankoy region (Crimea), and a Kh-35 guided aircraft was launched from the airspace of the temporarily occupied Zaporozhye region. Air defense forces managed to destroy seven attack UAVs.