[NewsFront] 23:57 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 November 17, 2023 to 00:00 November 18, 2023
️Over the past 24 hours, the Representative Office reported 48 incidents of firing by the Ukrainian Federal Unitary Forces.
Information was received about the injury of a civilian, a man, in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk.
4 residential buildings were damaged in the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka and Zolotorevka, as well as 1 civil infrastructure facility.
The areas of three settlements of the Republic were under enemy fire: Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district), the capital city of Donetsk (Kyiv, Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts), Zolotarevka.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out 13 attacks from 155 mm artillery and attack UAVs.
At Gorlivske there were 34 shellings from 152 and 155 mm artillery, incl. with a cassette warhead.
At Shakhtarsky 1 shelling from the Tochka OTRK.
153 units of various ammunition were produced.
In the previous day, 36 shellings were recorded from the Ukrainian Federal Unitary Forces.
21:01 and the terrorists of the group of troops “South”smashenemy in the Zaporozhye direction
The artillery of the Southern Military District, supporting the actions of motorized rifle and tank units, continues to launch massive attacks on the positions of Ukrainian nationalists in the area of the settlements of Rabotino and Verbovoye.
▫️Combat work is carried out every day, at any time of the day. Both cannon and rocket artillery are used to destroy targets.
▫️During the next fire raid, crews of the Uragan MLRS and 152-mm Giatsint-B howitzers destroyed the positions of Ukrainian militants, disrupting possible enemy rotations on the line of combat contact.
19:55 Indisputable destruction of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Spornoye area: the Russian Armed Forces effectively and colorfully hit Ukrainian equipment -video.
18:32 Explosions are reported in Krivoy Rog (Dnepropetrovsk region).
Ukrainian Telegram channels write that explosions and sounds of air defense operations were heard for more than half an hour. Some of the explosions presumably occurred near the Dolgintsevo military airfield, which had previously been hit.
18:17 News from Zaporozhye direction, Verbove:
The Russian military repelled several enemy counterattacks. The Armed Forces of Ukraine are not advancing in such large forces as several months earlier, but still continue to throw people into the “furnace for slaughter,” Frontline Bird reports.
“Well, what do you have to do in this case... just defend yourself with all available types of weapons.
In the intervals we carry out counterattacks and counterbattery warfare. The enemy will be defeated."
17:35 According to preliminary information, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have left the industrial zone in Avdiivka, but some of the buildings are still in the gray zone, preventing them from gaining a foothold. Here our artillery must work, suppress the firing points, so that the stormtroopers can come in and clear everything. This is the task of the next few days. In general, there are no reasons for joy and victorious reports yet. Firstly, the situation is constantly changing. Secondly, progress is very difficult.
17:10 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for November 17, as of 17:00, information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Kirovsky district):
– as a result of the release of high explosives from a UAV near the Abakumova mine, a man born in 1960 was injured.
17:05 Regarding the advance of the Russian Armed Forces in Avdeevka, the Military Chronicle explains:
Many channels are already concluding that the Avdeevka operation is almost close to its end. In fact, with the entry of units of the RF Armed Forces into the industrial zone in the southeast of the city, it is just beginning, since both the city itself and the territory of the Avdeevka coke plant have not yet been cleared of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The area of the industrial zone next to SNT “Vinogradniki” is 260 thousand square meters. meters. (less than a square kilometer). This is not much, but the industrial zone is located on a small hill, which makes it difficult to storm and clear it when moving from the Yasinovatskaya junction, but easier to hold and further advance.
The area of Avdeevka itself, including coke and not counting the waste heap, is 16 square meters. kilometers. This area is approximately 10-12 times larger than what has been cleared in the industrial zone at the moment. Despite the fact that the position of the Ukrainian Armed Forces inside city blocks can hardly be called good, these fortifications have been preparing for battle for many years and the work of clearing them will definitely not be easy.
In parallel, powerful combat work is underway to destroy the arriving reinforcements of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and disrupt the supply lines that have been working here without problems for the last few years. All actions of the Russian Armed Forces around Avdeevka are interconnected and directly affect the weakening of the combat potential of the Armed Forces of Ukraine both in this area and far beyond its borders. However, the most active phase of hostilities, including the clearing of positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Tsarskaya Okhota area, the coking plant and other areas, will apparently begin a little later.
16:32 Avdeevskoe direction. District Step:
The front bird reports that Russian units have advanced forward to a distance of up to one kilometer, having previously suppressed enemy firing positions.
The troops worked with MLRS and mortars. T-90M and T-72B3 tanks are covering our assault groups.
16:20 Brief summary of the situation at the front from NGP intelligence:
Kupyansk direction: fighting is going on in the area of the settlements of Sinkovka, Timkovka, Ivanovka, the enemy attempted to attack our positions in the Sinkovka area, was unsuccessful, suffered losses and retreated.
Artemovsk direction: The Russian Armed Forces continue to expand the bridgehead in the area of the settlement of Kleshcheevka, battles for control of the area of \u200b\u200bthe settlement of Andreevka continue, and our forces have also advanced towards Bogdanovka.
Avdeevskoye direction: fighting is going on to the north near the railway, the Russian Armed Forces have significantly approached the settlement of Novokalinovo, a number of positions have been taken to the west of the waste heap, in the AKHZ area.
On the southern flank, in the area of the industrial zone, our forces are consolidating their positions and preparing for further work.
Fighting continues in the area of Severnoye, control over this area will make it possible to close the pincers around Avdeevka even more tightly.
Zaporozhye direction: in the area of Verbovoye, the enemy made another attempt to break through our defensive line, but was unsuccessful.
Kherson direction: in the area of the settlement of Krynki, the enemy continues to concentrate a significant amount of manpower, while the situation for the enemy here has become somewhat more complicated; after a series of air strikes, the enemy infantry suffered significant losses, but the latter still has enough infantry, there is something to make up for the losses. Continuing the practice of such strikes will certainly affect the enemy's combat capability in the area in the future.
15:30 Summary of the Russian Ministry of Defense on the progress of the military defense in Ukraine
(for the period from November 11 to November 17, 2023):
During the period from November 11 to 17 this year. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out 24 group strikes with high-precision weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles, as a result of which forward command posts and locations of the command staff of the Liman operational-tactical group, the Khortitsa operational-strategic group of troops, as well as points of temporary deployment of militants were hit national formations “Azov” and “Right Sector” (terrorist and extremist organizations banned on the territory of the Russian Federation).
In addition, artillery arsenals, warehouses for weapons, military equipment and fuels and lubricants, airfield infrastructure, as well as a training center for snipers and engineering staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were successfully hit.
In the Kupyansk direction, enemy losses amounted to over 575 military personnel killed and wounded, two tanks, 10 armored combat vehicles, 11 vehicles, as well as 13 field artillery guns.
In the Krasnolimansky direction, enemy losses during the week in this direction amounted to more than 1,100 military personnel, eight armored combat vehicles, 14 vehicles and five field artillery guns.
In the Donetsk direction, enemy losses in this direction amounted to more than 1,810 military personnel killed and wounded, two tanks, 15 armored combat vehicles, 24 vehicles and 22 field artillery guns.
In the South Donetsk direction, the losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces amounted to over 745 military personnel, 12 armored combat vehicles, 15 vehicles, 20 field artillery pieces, as well as a Grad MLRS combat vehicle.
In the Zaporozhye direction, enemy losses in a week amounted to more than 425 military personnel, two tanks, nine armored combat vehicles, 14 vehicles and seven field artillery guns.
In the Kherson direction, the enemy on the right bank of the Dnieper and during attempts to land on the islands lost more than 460 military personnel killed and wounded, two tanks, and 17 vehicles. In addition, during the counter-battery fight, 16 field artillery guns and a Grad MLRS combat vehicle were hit.
Over the past week, operational-tactical aviation and missile forces of groups of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation destroyed: a radar station of the S-300 anti-aircraft missile system, as well as three counter-battery radar stations, including: one supplied to Ukraine by the Federal Republic of Germany - “Cobra” and two US-made AN/TPQ-50.
During air and anti-aircraft battles, three Mig-29 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force were shot down. In addition, air defense systems destroyed 22 HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems, two JDAM guided aerial bombs and 198 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles.
14:27 Kupyansky sectionsituationas of 14.00 November 17, 2023:
Positional battles are still going on near Kupyansk. Russian troops, after advancing to the Timkovka tract, consolidated not far from its surroundings. The combined assault groups of the 41st and 54th infantry brigades hold their lines, despite the losses.
There were no active clashes in the Sinkovka-Liman direction - only isolated shooting battles. Thanks to the disabling of most of the crossings through Oskol, the group’s supplies go all the way through Borovaya, which increases the logistics leverage.
At the same time, the enemy reserves at Kupyansk are present in sufficient quantities to continue the defense of the fortified area. But even this plays into the hands of our troops, since the Ukrainian command is forced to keep forces in the area instead of strengthening other directions.
At the same time, at the Kupyansk-Dvurechnaya line, an armored unit from an unidentified brigade was transferred. If tanks have been deployed to Oskol, then most likely they will be used from closed firing positions to attack the line of contact.
And to the west of Dvurechnaya there is a HIMARS MLRS position area. Given the appearance of long-range MLRS in the area, intense attacks on Russian troops and logistics routes deep in the front should be expected in the coming days.
13:25 The Russian Armed Forces destroyed the Ukrainian landing force in the Kherson direction. According to “Come and See”, the Ukrainian Armed Forces again tried to gain a foothold in the bridgehead in the Antonovsky Bridge area.
“The Ukrainian landing force in the Antonovsky Bridge area was destroyed,” the source said.
At the same time, according to him, the fighting in Krynki continues. Part of the settlement remains under the control of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
13:05 Situation in the Kupyansky direction as of 11/17/2023 – analysis from @Multi_XAM and @z_arhiv:
The Kupyansk direction is again in the spotlight. The bridge crossings across Oskol are out of action, the enemy is experiencing difficulties in terms of withdrawing equipment for restoration, transferring reserves, evacuating 200/300s, and supplying ammunition. The supply shoulder is increasing due to the need to make a detour through the Borovaya area, 32 km south of the Kupyanskaya agglomeration. Therefore, the enemy brought up to 3 units of the M142 HIMARS MLRS to the right bank of Kupyansk to launch strikes from remote firing positions. The answer to the question of why the Russian Armed Forces delayed striking the crossings is becoming more and more obvious. And most military experts agree that the calculation was that in August-September the enemy would pull equipment and personnel onto the left bank (in the area of the industrial zone and Kupyansk-Uzlovoy), and then conditions would naturally be created for isolating them by cutting off supply channels troops. The enemy's main reserves are now concentrated in the area of Nechvolodovka and Blagodatovka, west and southwest of Kupyansk, respectively. Areas of concentration of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are periodically attacked with the use of long-range guns, MLRS and aviation of the RF Armed Forces. And if the enemy manages to accumulate forces in the Borovaya area, then individually the Kupyansk group is currently at an extremely disadvantageous position.
In fact, the main operational task in this direction has been solved - significant enemy forces have been pinned down, which a little earlier the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine tried to transfer to Zaporozhye. In the Sinkovka - Petropavlovka - Stepovaya Novoselovka - Kislovka zone, units of the 14, 41, 44, 67, 88, 115 separate mechanized and 57 motorized infantry brigades, 9, 20 and 70 separate rifle battalions, 101 and 103 separate defense brigades, and the national battalion "Freikorps" are concentrated , “ARTAN” battalion, “KRAKEN” sabotage and reconnaissance battalion (organizations recognized as extremist and banned in Russia), Special Forces (operational subordination to the GUR MOU), 4 separate tank and 95 separate air assault brigades.
Enemy activity is recorded, especially in the area of responsibility of the KRAKEN battalion, which is carrying out daring actions in the direction of the settlement. Ivanovka - Yagodnoe. The Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to snarl at attempts to advance our forces in the Sinkovki sector, holding the line. The enemy’s forces are not running out, but there is no need to talk about carrying out any large-scale operations here. The main threat is created to the southwest from Borovaya in the direction of Kuzemovka - at the junction of the 6th combined arms and 1st tank armies of the Russian Armed Forces.
The enemy is forced to hold impressive forces on the left bank of Oskol, unable to leave this area due to the threat of losing Kupyansk. The very fact of the presence of a large group of Ukrainian Armed Forces in this area in conditions of disrupted supply creates the preconditions for conducting maneuvers with a wide coverage. Delivery to enemy units from Kupyansk is carried out by passenger cars and trucks; even the movement of large-capacity trucks is limited here. The main fortifications and supports of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the left bank are located in plantings (minus the wetlands), which are now almost completely exposed. The decision to partially evacuate military command and control bodies from Kupyansk in enemy units was perceived as preparation for the surrender of the city, despite the fact that the General Staff did not give the command to withdraw from forward positions. By analogy with Avdeevka. Against this background, the personnel are demoralized. So far, only such units as “Freikorps” and “KRAKEN” have shown resistance, and only because they are subordinate to the command of the Special Forces and in the event of a threat of a breakthrough by the Russian Armed Forces, they will be immediately withdrawn from the affected area.
12:25StatementHead of the press center of the “West” group:
During the fighting in the Kupyansk direction, units of the West group of troops, using the results of air and artillery strikes, repelled three attacks by assault groups of the 30th and 67th mechanized brigades in the Sinkovka and Zagoruykovka areas.
The crews of operational-tactical aviation aircraft carried out missile and bomb attacks on temporary deployment points and platoon strongholds of the 43rd mechanized and 25th airborne brigades in the areas of Stepova Novoselovka and Berestovoy.
In addition, crews of heavy flamethrower systems struck concentrations of manpower in the shelters of the 54th mechanized and 68th Jaeger brigades in the Zagoruykovka and Sergeevka areas.
During the counter-battery fight, the group’s artillery destroyed three mortar crews and an ammunition supply point in the Nevsky area.
The enemy's total losses amounted to up to a company of manpower, a T-64 tank, two BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicles, and two unmanned aerial vehicles.
11:35 Update on Avdiivka:
South-west of Avdeevka: no changes, fighting continues north of Vodyanoye and Opytny, ours took a landing 1.5 km from high-rise buildings in Avdeevka. Perhaps things have changed recently, but there are no messages yet.
South-east of Avdeevka:
– In the area of the Tsarskaya Okhota, ours retreated to the line of the DKAD
– There has been an increase in activity in the area of Promka and Vineyards (dachas). The exact configuration of the front here is unknown, but there is a visual reference indicating that Promka is bypassing from the north. Most likely, the Ukrainian Armed Forces will soon leave this line of defense, which drank a lot of the blood of the DPR NM in 2016-2017.
Northern flank:
– Advancement continues towards the Zarya dachas at the railway junction in front of Ocheretino. According to Ukrainian sources, they are 1.5 km away. Also, advancement in this area means actions against Novokalinovo - the heights to the south of it are being occupied.
– At the same time, the Avdeevka-Ocheretino railway line is expanding both to the north, towards Ocheretino, and to the south, to the Khimik railway station.
– Petrovskoe (Stepnoe) – gray zone. The struggle for the nearest landings and the northern flank continues.
– Water treatment plants - so far there are no visual references to their taking.
– AKHZ - thanks to the increased railway line to the south, ours are getting closer and closer to the plant’s refractory warehouse.
10:30 The Ukrainian Armed Forces launched a missile attack on Tokmak in the Zaporozhye region at night.
At 00:10 Moscow time, Ukrainian Armed Forces militants launched a rocket attack with cluster munitions on the private sector of the city of Tokmak. There is no information about casualties or damage at the moment. The information is being clarified.
09:57 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:
according to n.p. Krynki 22 shells;
according to n.p. Cossack Camps 10 shells;
according to n.p. Peschanivka 7 shells;
according to n.p. Alyosha 11 shells;
according to n.p. Korsunka 9 shells;
in Novaya Mayachka settlement 9 shells;
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the village. Novaya Kakhovka, n.p. Kakhovka, n.p. Kardashinka, n.p. Podstepnoye, n.p. Aleshki, n.p. Krynki, firing a total of 28 shells from cannon artillery.
Civilian casualties and infrastructure damage are being determined
09:18 Zaporozhye front, area west of Rabotino, news from the front:
“In the morning - another daily attack: 4 units of enemy equipment. Two are already on fire. The enemy infantry rushes about and dies.”
08:50 NATO M777 howitzer destroyed by Russian FPV drone operators –video.
08:15 Frontlinesummaryon the morning of November 17, 2023:
In the Kherson-Crimean direction there are oncoming battles near Poima, Peschanivka and Krynok. Neither side has an advantage. Concentration of Ukrainian troops in the Gola Prystan area. Long-range weapons of the Russian Armed Forces worked on Ukrainian units in Veletinsky, Belozerka, Kamyshany, Kherson, Antonovka, Sadovoy, Tyaginka and Lvov. The opposite story is in Golaya Pristan, Kardashinka, Alyoshki, Poima, Peschanovka, Podstepnoye and Korsunka.
In the Zaporozhye direction, the Russian Armed Forces counterattacked from the west towards Rabotino and from Verbovoy. No success. Under attack are the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Kamensky, Stepnoy (not to be confused with the settlements of the same name in the Ugledarsky and Donetsk directions), Pavlovka, Malye Shcherbaki, Novodanilovka, Charovny and Gulyaypole. At the last of the listed settlements, intensification of ground offensive actions by the Russian Armed Forces is possible. Ukrainian artillery worked on Russian positions in Zherebyanki, Nesteryanka, Kopany, Rivne, Ilchenkovo, Novoprokopovka, Verbovoy and Novofedorivka.
On the Donetsk Front, the Russian Armed Forces, with the support of long-range weapons, carried out offensive operations at Novomikhailovka, in Marinka, at Pervomaisky, from the Yasinovatskaya fork to Avdeevka and at Stepnoy (not to be confused with the settlements of the same name in the Zaporozhye and Ugledarsky directions). In the last two of the listed areas they were successful. Under attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Ekaterinivka, Pobeda, Georgievka, the city of Krasnogorovka, Nevelskoye, Netaylov, Tonenkoye, Lastochkino, Berdychi, Keramika and Sukhaya Balka. In reality, Russian troops are striking very powerfully throughout the entire LBS. The Ukrainians responded to the Russian Armed Forces in Staromikhailovka, Vodyanoye, Opytnoye and the village of Krasnogorovka.
08:05 Russian military personnel of the Vostok groupdestroyedfive Ukrainian mortar crews in the South Donetsk direction, including a roaming mortar based on HUMVEE. This was reported by the head of the group’s press center, Oleg Chekhov.
08:01 During the day, 5 civilians were injured from shelling in Donetsk. One woman from 1963 died.
Civilians suffered from shelling of residential areas of Donetsk from the cannon artillery of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Over the past 24 hours, more than 130 rounds of ammunition were fired at civilian targets of the DPR. The greatest activity of the Nazis was noted in the Gorlovka direction.
08:00Summaryon the morning of November 17, 2023:
At night, strikes by the Geranium UAV continued against targets behind enemy lines. Explosions occurred at the Ukrainian Armed Forces airfield in Starokonstantinov, Khmelnitsky region, and in the Khmelnitsky and Dnepropetrovsk regions. In the morning, our drones were spotted by the enemy as they approached the Kyiv region.
In the Kherson direction, in the evening, massive attacks on the Ukrainian Armed Forces began, the main efforts were concentrated on the enemy shore. Enemy forces are covered by artillery fire near the railway station in Kherson. An enemy column concentrated at one of the city gas stations was also destroyed. During the day, several enemy boats carrying landing forces were destroyed. Front-line soldiers on the ground deny yesterday's reports about “enemy pontoons”.
On the Zaporozhye Front yesterday in the first half of the day, attacks by small enemy groups continued at Rabotino. At Verbovoy, two armored vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, which supported the enemy infantry in the next attack, were destroyed. The attack was repulsed and four enemy servicemen were captured. As a result of counter-battery fighting, the enemy gun "Hyacinth" was destroyed. The command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine does not abandon plans to break through the defenses of our troops in this sector of the front.
In the Avdeevsky direction, heavy fighting continues in the industrial zone in the southern sector, as well as near the village. Stepovoye and near the coke plant.
In the Kursk region yesterday morning, the Sudzhansky district was shelled with rockets. Yesterday morning, two UAVs of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were also destroyed on approach to Bryansk.