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[LB] Chernihiv, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Mykolaiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhya, Mykolaiv, Sumy and Donetsk were shelled.
The Russians fired five times (48 explosions) in the Chernihiv region. The enemy shelled the Novgorod-Siversky district with mortars and artillery. The use of a kamikaze attack drone of an unknown type was also recorded. No information was received about losses among the local population or damage to civil infrastructure. The data is being verified, says the summary from OVA as of this morning.
On Sumy yesterday, during the day, the Russians carried out 20 shellings of border territories and communities. 130 explosions were recorded. Yunakivsk, Bilopolsk, Krasnopilsk, Seredino-Budsk, Shalyginsk, Esmansk, and Znob-Novgorodsk communities came under fire. A local resident died as a result of the shelling. A private building caught fire.
In Dnipropetrovsk, the Nikopol district was under fire from the invaders several times yesterday. Heavy artillery hit Marganetska and Chervonogrihorivska communities and Nikopol. Three private houses and an outbuilding were damaged. Fortunately, people were not affected.
In the Kherson region, the enemy fired 51 rounds (323 shells) during the day, including five rounds (30 shells) at Kherson. Rashists targeted the districts of 23 settlements of the region. Yesterday, the occupiers attacked the residential sector of Kherson. Five people were injured, including a 3-year-old girl. The injured women are 47, 55 and 68 years old. They were hospitalized in a moderate condition. A 59-year-old man received shrapnel wounds. Doctors helped him. The girl was taken to the intensive care unit. Now the child is under the constant supervision of doctors. A 57-year-old man was injured as a result of enemy artillery shelling of Bilozerka. In total, six people were injured in the region during the day, one of them was a child.
In Luhansk, the enemy fired near the de-occupied villages of the Krasnorichen community, including Nevsky. Belogorivka was also at the epicenter of shelling. Our defenders hold the line of defense in Serebryansky Forest. The enemy struck there from aircraft. During the day, the enemy fired 123 shots (509 shells).
In Kharkivska this morning, the enemy shelled Kindrashivka. A private house, outbuildings, and a private car were damaged. There was no information about the victims. The data is being verified. Kozach Lopan, Vovchansk, Bochkove, and Budarky were hit by enemy artillery and mortar fire in the Slobozhansk direction. In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy carried out assaults in the areas of Synkivka, east of Petropavlivka and Ivanovka, where the defense forces repelled seven attacks. More than 10 settlements came under artillery and mortar fire, in particular, Dvorichna, Synkivka, Petropavlivka, Ivanivka, Berestovka.
During the shelling of the village of Yurchenkove from the Uragan salvo missile system, agricultural machinery and farm buildings were damaged. As a result of the shelling, civilian men aged 53 and 74 were injured and hospitalized in Vilchi from the RSZV. A private residential building and a fence were damaged. In Podoliy, a gas pipe, a private house, a garage, a summer kitchen, and two cars were damaged as a result of an attack by two guided aerial bombs.
In Zaporizhzhia, 16 settlements of the region were affected - 61 enemy strikes were recorded. The Russians launched six attacks from Zaliznychny, Novodanilivka, Gulyaipilsky, Malaya Tokmachka, and Kamiansky rocket systems. 55 artillery strikes hit the territory of Novoandriivka, Novodarivka, Biloghirya, Levadny, Poltavka, Robotyny, Charivny, Primorsky, Plavny, Maly Shcherbaki and other frontline towns and villages. Four reports were received about the destruction of residential buildings and infrastructure facilities. Civilians were not injured.
In Donetskia, nine settlements were under fire from the shelling of the previous era: Novogrodivka, Krasnohorivka, Avdiivka, Chasiv Yar, New York, Berdychi, Svyatohorivka, Maksimilianivka, Netaylove. 15 residential buildings, a school, two shops, the building of the State Emergency Service, the building of the National Emergency Management Agency, the district of the municipal water supply company, the power line, the building of the "Zdorovya" JV, and the veterinary clinic were damaged. In one day in Donetsk region: one person was injured.
In Mykolayivska, the water area of Ochakivska community was under artillery fire yesterday. There are no casualties. Also, yesterday morning, enemy shelling was recorded outside Solonchaki of the Kutsurub community. There were no casualties.
It will be recalled that 46 combat clashes took place during the past day . The enemy launched one missile and 17 air strikes, launched 94 attacks from rocket salvo systems on the positions of our troops and populated areas. As a result of Russian terrorist attacks, unfortunately, there are dead and wounded among the civilian population. Private residential buildings and other civilian infrastructure were destroyed and damaged.
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[Korrespondent] 20:35 The Pentagon announced a new package of military assistance to Ukraine worth $100 million. From the reserves of the US Department of Defense, Ukraine will be given, in particular, one M142 HIMARS rocket artillery system and ammunition for it, 155 and 105 mm artillery ammunition, Javelin and TOW anti-tank systems, Stinger MANPADS, ammunition, spare parts and equipment.
20:06 US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said that Washington will provide Ukraine with additional military assistance worth $100 million. The package will include ammunition for artillery and air defense systems.
19:21 Zelensky announced a new defense package from the United States after a meeting with Austin. According to him, it will have more artillery and shells.
18:52 The United States will be able to continue military supplies to Ukraine “at least for some time,” writes The Washington Post, citing members of the delegation led by Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin, who arrived in Kiev today. In particular, according to them, supplies of long-range weapons and artillery ammunition will continue.
At the same time, Pentagon representatives admitted that they are now “dosing” assistance to Ukraine, as the supply of available funds is depleting. At the same time, they assure that Israel is almost not delaying assistance for Ukraine, since “these two armies are faced with two different types of struggle.”
18:13 Zelensky said that he had a meeting with US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin: “And what is especially important - in front of Ramstein. We discussed the situation on the battlefield: our defense, prospects and, accordingly, support.” The American delegation also included the Commander of the US European Command and Supreme Allied Commander Europe, Christopher Cavoli.
16:59 Western air defense has turned Kiev into an “island of security” in a war-torn country, writes Politico. Thus, before the large-scale invasion of the Russian Federation, Kiev had Soviet-made anti-missile systems - S-300 and Buk-M1. And this was a problem, since ammunition for them is mainly produced by Russia itself. Now the defense of Kyiv is strengthened by German Gepard and American Avenger systems, which shoot down drones and cruise missiles. The MIM-23 Hawk, NASAMS and IRIS-T are used at medium range, while Patriot and SAMP/T provide long-range defense.
16:22 Support for Ukraine is crucial for Biden and US national security, said the country's Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen: “We cannot allow Kiev to lose the battle, they are completely dependent on our help... Israel also urgently needs help. Help is important to the national security of the United States. We need to pursue a fiscally responsible and sustainable path in terms of spending and taxation."
16:10 The Russians fired artillery at Nikopol, Dnepropetrovsk region, one person was killed, one was wounded, said the head of the OVA Sergei Lysak. Three private houses, two outbuildings, a car, a power line and a gas pipeline were damaged.
15:38 The State Agency for Infrastructure Restoration and Development of Ukraine reported that the energy structure will be protected from enemy air attacks at three levels:
the first level - for protection against blast waves or indirect attacks by drones (gabions - sandbags fastened with metal cages);
second level - structures to protect against direct hits from drones;
the third level - large-scale structures for combined protection against missiles and drones.
To supply transformers at substations, walls made of concrete blocks were built. Cylindrical cages filled with sand and stones are also used. Such blocks and cages protect in 80-90% of cases, especially from drones and their debris.
14:55 During his visit to Kiev, Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin will discuss ensuring the Ukrainian army for the winter and for the future from Russian threats, the US Department of Defense reported.
14:19 “There are no and cannot be any Russian national minorities in Ukraine,” said Verkhovna Rada Speaker Ruslan Stefanchuk: “I am very grateful to both the Venice Commission and the European Commission for listening to the arguments and approaching with understanding that there must be a principle of mutual respect. If these people do not demonstrate respect, but, on the contrary, carry out aggression against Ukraine, then their rights should be infringed in this regard. We have found complete mutual understanding here. Therefore, there are no Russian national minorities in Ukraine at the moment and May be".
13:20 Ukraine returned the bodies (remains) of 94 servicemen to the territory under its control, the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War reported. In accordance with the norms of international humanitarian law, the bodies (remains) of combatants killed in the war were also transferred to the opposing side. The repatriated bodies and remains will be handed over to law enforcement officials and forensic experts to determine the identity of the deceased.
12:43 Japan plans to allocate 160 million euros to support projects for the economic recovery of Ukraine, Shmygal said following a meeting with Japanese ministers and representatives of Japanese business. The Prime Minister announced the priorities for rapid recovery: energy, housing, critical infrastructure, humanitarian demining and business support. In addition, Ukraine is interested in creating joint ventures, especially in the processing industry, as well as in the fields of agriculture, metalworking, mechanical engineering, critical raw materials and IT.
12:11 Zelensky said at a meeting with journalists and Fox News management that the war in Ukraine will not end quickly: “For some reason people treat this like a movie, and expect that there will be no long pauses in the events, that the picture is before their eyes will always change, every day there will be some surprises. But for us, for our warriors, this is not a movie. These are our lives. This is daily hard work. And everything will not end as quickly as we would like, but we have no right to omit hands and we won’t do it.”
12:07 The total number of women in the Armed Forces of Ukraine as of October 2023 was 62,062 people, compared to 49,926 people in 2014. Of these, there are now 43,479 military personnel, while in 2014 there were only 16,557, the Ministry of Defense reported. The department emphasized that today in the Ukrainian army any restrictions on the appointment and service of female military personnel in all positions, including combat, in all groups of military specialties have been lifted.
11:58 The number of wounded as a result of the morning shelling of Kherson has increased to two, two people were killed, the OVA reported.
11:19 Lithuania will send fines for violating international and national sanctions to the Cooperation Fund, from which the funds will be used to restore Ukraine. The Seimas voted unanimously for such changes to the legislation. The amendment will be in force until January 2034.
10:43 In the morning, the Russian army fired at the parking lot of a private transport enterprise in Kherson. As a result of the impact, two drivers were killed and another person was injured, said the head of the OVA, Alexander Prokudin. Over the past 24 hours, as a result of Russian shelling in the region, six people were injured, including one child.
10:20 Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin arrived in Kyiv. "I just arrived in Kiev to meet with Ukrainian leaders. I am here today to convey an important message: the United States will continue to support Ukraine in its fight for freedom against Russian aggression, both now and in the future," the defense secretary wrote. USA.
09:47 The first 3,000 FPV drones from Operation Ednist were sent to the front, for which they managed to raise 235 million hryvnia in three days, said the head of the Ministry of Digital Development, Mikhail Fedorov. In total, the Defense Forces will receive 10 thousand kamikaze drones. Each drone is equipped with Ukrainian-made ammunition. The first batch was transferred to 19 military units.
09:04 Over the past 24 hours, the enemy has shelled at least 18 settlements in the Kharkov, Chuguev and Kupyansky districts of the Kharkov region. In the village Two people were wounded in Vilcha, Chuguevsky district, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA.
08:37 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) claims that Ukrainian troops counterattacked near Avdiivka and advanced forward on November 19. In particular, geolocated footage indicates the advance of Ukrainian forces near the railway southeast of Stepnoye - 3 km northwest of Avdiivka.
08:25 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of November 20:
personnel - about 319,210 (+640) people,
tanks - 5439 (+4),
armored combat vehicles - 10,168 (+2),
artillery systems - 7748 (+4),
MLRS - 899 (+1),
air defense systems - 588 (+0),
aircraft - 323 (+0),
helicopters - 324 (+0),
UAV of operational-tactical level - 5764 (+9),
cruise missiles - 1563 (+0),
ships/boats - 22 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 10,127 (+7),
special equipment - 1097 (+1).
07:29 Over the past 24 hours, 46 military clashes took place at the front, the General Staff reported in its morning report . In particular, the Defense Forces repelled 12 enemy attacks in the Avdeevsky direction (east of Novokalinovo, Novobakhmutovka, Severny and Avdeevka, Donetsk region) and 16 attacks in Maryinsky (in the Krasnohorivka, Maryinka and Pobeda areas of the Donetsk region). Another 11 attacks were repulsed in the Bakhmut direction - in the Kleshcheevka and Andreevka areas of the Donetsk region.
In the Kupyansky direction, the enemy carried out assault operations in the Sinkovka areas, east of Petropavlovka and Ivanovka, Kharkov region, where the Defense Forces repulsed seven attacks. In the Shakhtarsky direction, the Russians carried out assault operations near Staromayorsky, Donetsk region, but were unsuccessful. The enemy did not conduct offensive actions in the Liman and Zaporozhye directions.
In the Kherson direction, the Defense Forces hold their positions on the left bank of the Dnieper, in Melitopol they continue the offensive, in Bakhmut they are conducting assault operations south of Bakhmut, Donetsk region.
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[RedStar] The Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya Museum hosted the closing of the 2023 Memory Watch.
A lovely project that gives an unlooked for, bittersweet happiness to the families of those they’ve identified.
The event was attended by over 500 activists from search teams and patriotic associations in the region.
Among the guests of honor were the head of the military memorial department of the Department of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation for perpetuating the memory of those killed in defense of the Fatherland Igor Mironov, Deputy Minister of Information and Social Communications of the Moscow Region Olga Grebenshchikova, and the head of the All-Russian Public Search Movement of Russia in the Moscow Region Anton Kuznetsov.
As part of the solemn ceremony, the leaders of the search teams summed up the results of the search season and handed over to the relatives the found belongings of the fallen soldiers, the data of which was restored, for safekeeping.
The location of the ceremony was not chosen by chance. This year, on September 13, Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya, who was destined to become a scout, a partisan, the first woman Hero of the Soviet Union during the Great Patriotic War, who gave her life in the fight against fascism, turns 100 years old.
In the Moscow region there are 12 search associations, which include 113 search teams - that’s more than three thousand searchers involved in perpetuating the memory of those who died defending the Fatherland in the region and other regions of the Russian Federation.
Last season, search engines in the Moscow region conducted more than 300 expeditions to the battlefields of the Great Patriotic War, more than 100 of them took place in the Moscow region.
As part of the “Battle for Moscow” project, 10 expeditions were carried out and 50 lessons of courage were organized in cultural and educational institutions of the region, and events were also held on the basis of museum exhibitions created by search engines.
In the Moscow region, the remains of 192 people were found and buried with full honors, and the names of three defenders of the Motherland were established.
Thanks to the work of the Smolensk detachments, two soldiers returned from the fields of the Smolensk region and were buried in their native land near Moscow.
In total, search engines in the Moscow region buried more than eight hundred soldiers on the territory of our country, and established the names of forty-three people.
Thus, search engines from Tatarstan found the remains of 12 soldiers in the territories of the Volgograd, Leningrad, Novgorod, and Tver regions. Only one mortal insert was read. It belonged to a native of the Leningrad region, Nikolai Fedorov, born in 1908 - a Red Army soldier of the 41st separate construction railway battalion. Since July 14, 1941, Nikolai Fedorovich was considered missing.
In the Moscow region, the remains of 192 people were found and buried with full honors, the names of three defenders of the Motherland were established
One of the hero’s grandchildren, Stepan Nikolaev, came to the closing ceremony of the Memory Watch. In a solemn ceremony, he was presented with the personal belongings of his heroically deceased ancestor: household items, the medallion itself and an insert on which the soldier’s handwritten data was preserved.
Stepan Vladimirovich was also awarded the “Stepping into Immortality” medal, which the Red Army soldier was awarded posthumously.
This is not the only story that melted the hearts of everyone present on a frosty day. Relatives of Vladimir Smirnov, a Red Army soldier who was considered missing since 1945, thanks to search teams, received his medal, and with it information about where and how their heroic ancestor died. Until that moment, there was nothing except a photograph and a funeral.
“The search engines returned my grandfather, who had gone missing. I cried for days when I found out they found him. Many thanks to them, low bow. These caring people are doing a very big and important job,” shared Vladimir’s granddaughter Svetlana Belyakova.
There is active interaction with countries that were once part of the USSR. A search party found the remains of a Kazakh soldier from the 144th Infantry Division of the Red Army, Seylan Mametov, in the Ruza area. Thanks to the Echo of War detachment, he was returned to his homeland.
The difficult and important work of the search engines was noted by the head of the military memorial department of the Department of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation for perpetuating the memory of those who died defending the Fatherland, Igor Mironov. He emphasized that the authorities are closely cooperating with search teams in the region, especially in the Moscow region.
“The Moscow region is one of the regions that actively participated in the Great Patriotic War; there are many dead here, whose remains have yet to be raised, reburied with honors and immortalized in memorials, documents and information systems,” noted Igor Mironov.
After a minute of silence, participants in the closing of the Memory Watch laid flowers and wreaths at the place where partisan Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya died heroically.
The search season has ended, but this is not a reason to sit idly by. The work of detachment museums, lessons of courage and history in educational institutions, preserving the memory of the feat of our grandfathers and great-grandfathers - all this is in the plans of those who preserve our history and memory with their own hands, of people with big hearts - search engines.
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[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
In Kupyansk direction, units of the Zapad Group of Forces supported by aviation, artillery, and heavy flamethrower systems repelled three attacks launched by assault groups of the AFU 30th Mechanised Brigade close to Zagoruykovka (Kharkov region).
Clusters of manpower and hardware of the 14th, 41st mechanised and 57th motorised infantry brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Kurilovka, Podoly, Timkovka, and Sinkovka (Kharkov region) were hit by fire. APU losses amounted to 30 servicemen, three motor vehicles, as well as one 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system.
In Krasny Liman direction, the Tsentr Group of Forces in cooperation with helicopters and artillery repelled one attack launched by an assault group of the 50th National Guard Regiment near Grigorovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
In addition, the manpower and hardware of the 67th Mechanised Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 125th Territorial Defence Brigade close to Yampolovka and Serebryanka (Donetsk People's Republic) were neutralised. The enemy's losses amounted to 50 troops and two motor vehicles.
In Donetsk direction, the Yug Group of Forces supported by artillery and heavy flamethrowers repelled one attack launched by an assault group of the 67th Mechanised Brigade close to Kleshcheyevka (Donetsk People's Republic). Also, manpower and military hardware of the 28th and 30th mechanised brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were eliminated near Vasyukovka and Kurdyumovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy has lost up to 130 Ukrainian personnel killed and wounded, as well as two armoured fighting vehicles, and three motor vehicles in this direction. During counter-battery warfare, two Msta-B howitzers, one Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, and one D-30 gun were hit.
In South Donetsk direction, the Vostok Group of Forces exploited results of artillery fire to defeat manpower and hardware of the 79th Air Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Novomikhailovka (Donetsk People's Republic). Up to 70 Ukrainian troops, two infantry fighting vehicles, and two motor vehicles were neutralised.
In Zaporozhye direction, the Russian Group of Forces, air strikes and artillery fire defeated clusters of manpower and hardware of the 82nd Air Assault and 71st Jaeger brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Verbovoye (Zaporozhye region). Up to 20 troops and two motor vehicles were neutralised.
In Kherson direction, as a result of complex fire damage, up to 40 servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were eliminated, as well as three motor vehicles.
Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, and Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have engaged AFU manpower and hardware in 123 areas during the day.
Air defence systems shot down five unmanned aerial vehicles near Verkhnekamenka (Lugansk People's Republic), Peski (Donetsk People's Republic), and neutralised three HIMARS MLRS projectiles.
In total, 536 airplanes and 254 helicopters, 9,045 unmanned aerial vehicles, 441 air defence missile systems, 13,489 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,185 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 7,138 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 15,422 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.
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[NewsFront] 23:55 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 November 20, 2023 to 00:00 November 21, 2023
Over the past 24 hours Representative office reported about 32 facts of firing by the Ukrainian Federal Unitary Forces.
Information was received about the injury of two civilians in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk and the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka.
3 residential buildings in the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka, as well as 2 civil infrastructure facilities, were damaged.
The areas of two settlements of the Republic were under enemy fire: Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district), the capital city of Donetsk (Kyiv, Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky districts).
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out 3 attacks from 155 mm artillery and attack UAVs. At Gorlivske there were 29 shellings from 152, 122 and 155 mm artillery, incl. with a cassette warhead. 114 units of various ammunition were produced.
Previously 7 shellings were recorded on the part of the VFU during the day.
21:45 Eyes and ears of aviation:
The work of aircraft gunners is especially dangerous, and therefore is rarely captured by cameras, but the accuracy of air strikes and the safety of crews depend on these unnoticed fighters.
Today, specialists from the Center group provided guidance for attack and army aviation to launch a missile strike on enemy positions in the Krasnolimansk direction.
Having received coordinates from the aircraft controller, the crews of the Ka-52 Alligator attack helicopters held strike on a long-term stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces with 80-mm unguided aircraft missiles.
The use of aviation weapons was carried out with a pitching technique - a flight technique characteristic of helicopters and attack aircraft, in which the nose of the combat vehicle is raised above the horizon, which allows increasing the missile's flight range without entering the range of enemy air defense systems.
21:20 Front bird broadcasts: Avdeevskoe direction. 20.11
The Russian Aerospace Forces are actively working, throwing UFAB-500 and other gifts behind the enemy’s collar.
The Russian Armed Forces report from the spot that our front-line birds launched an evening attack on the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
In addition, our assault infantry units continue to clear the area of militants.
20:40 Frontline reports: Avdeevka.
The Russian Armed Forces are confidently advancing through the Vinogradniki dacha village.
20:00 FPV drone arrives directly to the Ukrainian Armed Forces militants in the Kupyansk direction -video.
19:30 Front bird reports: Nikolaevkskaya area. Air defense. 20.11
Reported to the work of enemy air defense.
The rumble was heard in the southern part of the region.
Arrival information is being updated.
19:05 A brief retelling of a rapid military career. The obscene language was not cut out - this emphasizes the degree of surprise of this guy -video.
By the way, more and more often we come across young guys from 19 to 23 years old, to whom, as in spirit, the command during mobilization promises an elite branch of the military, bright victories and other noodles to their ears.
They have run out of “seasoned” fighters, they are throwing away the immature fund. Sad. But it’s okay, they will live with us, at least they will remain intact.
18:35 “Europe has gotten rid of scrap metal”: captured Ukrainian Armed Forces serviceman told about the quality of equipment supplied by the West
A serviceman of the 501st Marine Battalion of the Ukrainian Armed Forces with the call sign “Journalist” was captured while trying to cross to the left bank of the Dnieper.
The captured serviceman said that they crossed without officers. All platoon commanders are either wounded or killed, and everyone “higher” controls the actions remotely.
The “journalist” says that the NATO equipment transferred to the Armed Forces of Ukraine is old and has exhausted its service life, and the pickup trucks they use are sent by volunteers.
A captured Ukrainian Armed Forces serviceman calls on his colleagues to drop their weapons and go home. “Journalist” draws attention to the decent attitude of Russian military personnel.
18:00 “Under gunfire, I crept up to the tank and fired a shot.”
The Russian fighter committed a heroic act during the battle in the Krasnolimansk direction.
A UAV operator of the Amur group of the Akhmat special forces with the call sign Canada told about it to RT military correspondent Vlad Andritsa @vandrytsa.
The battle, he said, was fought with two enemy tanks that approached Russian positions. They were first targeted by artillery fire, and then a fighter from a neighboring unit finished off the enemy equipment with an RPG.
“A very brave move. I got to about 25 meters, considering that there was still enemy infantry there.”
Both tanks were destroyed.
Canada added that on the first line there is the Ukrainian missile defense, which plays the role of a consumable, and behind it are the Azov* and “Kraken” units. They, according to him, do not sit on the front line under fire, but “come to certain actions.”
The Azov Battalion* is a terrorist organization that is banned in the Russian Federation.
17:25 Fighting on the flank of Artyomovsk: the 123rd brigade hits the Ukrainian Armed Forces infantry near Berestovoe
Soldiers of the Southern Group of Forces, using FPV drones, carried out powerful attacks on enemy strongholds -video.
16:50 Recording the consequences 11/19/2023
Specialists of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCCconfirmedfact of shelling of the village Kumachova, and also clarified the direction of fire and the type of weapons used.
The enemy fired from their positions located in the area of the settlement. Elizavetovka, from the M142 HIMARS MLRS, M-30A1 (shrapnel) and M-31 (fragmentation) missiles.
Area of responsibility of the 27th separate rocket artillery brigade (commander - Colonel Dmitry Aleksandrovich Khrapach).
As of 16:30, there is confirmed information about the death of a woman born in 1972.
Damage was recorded to two apartment buildings on the street. Lenin, as well as four civil infrastructure facilities on the street. Lenin and st. Chapaeva.
16:35 Kherson direction:
Arrival of a FAB-1500 planning aerial bomb on a concentration of fascists in the Krynok area -video.
16:00 Front bird broadcasts: Sumy region 20.11
Local public accounts report a rumble followed by an explosion in the Sumy region.
Probably the Ukrainian Armed Forces are again unsuccessfully mining the territory.
15:30 Frontline reports: Kleshcheevka.
There is progress in forest belts. The Russian Armed Forces are pushing back the Ukrainian Armed Forces militants on the heights.
15:00 Front bird reports: DPR (Konstantinovka). 20.11
Recently, this area has been characterized by the active use of MLRS, on both sides.
The enemy's use of the Highmars system was reported. Our air defense has worked.
In addition, in response, our artillerymen fired from the Tornado MLRS.
14:35 Summary Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation (as of November 20, 2023)
– In the Kupyansk direction, the active actions of units of the “Western” group of troops, with the support of aviation, artillery fire and heavy flamethrower systems, repelled three attacks by assault groups of the 30th mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of the village of Zagoruykovka, Kharkov region.
Concentrations of manpower and equipment of the 14th, 41st mechanized and 57th motorized infantry brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Kurilovka, Podol, Timkovka and Sinkovka in the Kharkov region were defeated. The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces amounted to up to 30 military personnel, three vehicles, as well as a 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount.
– In the Krasno-Limansky direction, coordinated actions of units of the “Center” group of troops in cooperation with army aviation and artillery repelled an attack by the assault group of the 50th regiment of the National Guard of Ukraine in the area of the village of Grigorovka, Donetsk People’s Republic.
In addition, the manpower and equipment of the 67th mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the 125th territorial defense brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Yampolovka and Serebryanka of the Donetsk People's Republic. Enemy losses amounted to up to 50 military personnel and two vehicles.
▫️In the Donetsk direction, units of the “Southern” group of troops, with the support of artillery and heavy flamethrower systems, repelled an attack by the assault group of the 67th mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of the settlement of Kleshcheevka, Donetsk People’s Republic. Also, the manpower and equipment of the 28th and 30th mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Vasyukovka and Kurdyumovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The total losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in this direction amounted to more than 130 military personnel killed and wounded, two infantry fighting vehicles and three vehicles. During the counter-battery fight, two MSTA-B howitzers, a Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount, and a D-30 gun were hit.
– In the South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok group of forces, using the results of artillery fire, defeated the manpower and equipment of the 79th Airborne Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of the Novomikhailovka settlement of the Donetsk People's Republic. Enemy losses amounted to up to 70 military personnel, an infantry fighting vehicle and two vehicles.
– In the Zaporozhye direction, units of the Russian group of troops, air strikes and artillery fire defeated concentrations of manpower and equipment of the 82nd air assault and 71st Jaeger brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of the village of Verbovoye, Zaporozhye region. Up to 20 military personnel and two vehicles were destroyed.
– In the Kherson direction, as a result of a complex fire attack, up to 40 Ukrainian Armed Forces military personnel, as well as three vehicles, were destroyed.
Operational-tactical and army aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces and artillery of groupings of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation defeated the personnel and military equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in 123 regions.
Air defense systems shot down five Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in the areas of the settlements of Verkhnekamenka of the Lugansk People's Republic, Donetsk, Peski of the Donetsk People's Republic, and also intercepted three rockets of the HIMARS multiple launch rocket system.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 536 aircraft, 254 helicopters, 9045 unmanned aerial vehicles, 441 anti-aircraft missile systems, 13489 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1185 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 7138 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 15,422 units of special military vehicles.
14:00 According to operational lines The JCCC of the DPR on November 20, as of 13:00, received information about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Kirovsky district):
– a man born in 1986 was injured as a result of a drop of explosives from a UAV at a bus stop in the village of Abakumova.
Information about the consequences of the shelling continues to arrive.
13:35 Telegram channel “Fisherman“: Kherson direction: attempts to advance the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Krynok forest situation as of November 20, 2023
Over the past few days, the situation in the Kherson direction has remained the same. Marines from the Katran strike force still hold the central part of Krynoki.
Despite the regular fire impact of Russian troops, Ukrainian formations established supplies through Frolov Island, equipping two small crossings across the Konka River.
Thanks to this, as well as the constant fire cover of artillery from the right bank and mortar crews from the island zone, the Ukrainian command regularly rotates and replenishes supplies.
At night, fresh assault groups were transferred to Krynki and rushed to positions in the forest across the road. Now the detachments are on the same lines, awaiting the arrival of reinforcements. At the same time, there is another assault unit in reserve.
To the west on Aleshkinsky Island there are no significant changes. Marines of the Ukrainian Navy a few weeks ago secured a foothold in the area of the large and small railway bridges and are holding positions there.
At night, taking advantage of bad weather conditions, several assault groups on two boats were sent from the island to Sadovoye, Ponyatovka and Ingulets for rest. They were replaced by detachments of the 35th Infantry Brigade.
Enemy artillery is still active along the right bank of the Dnieper, and several MANPADS crews are stationed in the Krynok sector to cover the Marines from air strikes.
The activity of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the direction of Golaya Pristan has also increased. In populated areas a short distance from the LBS, units of the separate MTR center “South” have appeared, which may indirectly indicate a possible activation in this area.
13:00 Footage of the attack repelled at Rabotino.
Special forces soldiers of the Russian Armed Forces thwarted another attack by Ukrainian Armed Forces militants on the road towards Novoprokopovka in the Zaporozhye direction, covering the enemy with AGS -video.
12:30 Heroic calculation: combat work MLRS "Grad" to destroy Ukrainian Armed Forces infantry north of Artemovsk
During aerial reconnaissance, objective control means identified areas with large concentrations of Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel. This information was transmitted to the command post of the Ivanovo Airborne Forces. The crew of the Grad MLRS moved into the firing area, from where they struck enemy personnel with high-explosive fragmentation unguided rockets.
After completing the combat mission, the paratroopers promptly departed to a safe area to reload. There, right near the line of combat contact, their battery commander, Hero of Russia with the call sign “Tourist,” presented the heroic crew with military awards: medals “For Courage” and Suvorov.
12:00 Front bird broadcasts: Avdeevskoe direction. District Steppe. 20.11
The enemy made another attempt to counterattack in the area of the industrial zone.
It is noteworthy that the enemy went on the attack without much cover from his armored vehicles and aircraft.
Our tanks and heavy machine guns immediately discovered and suppressed the advancing enemy infantry units.
11:25 Front-line soldier reports: Marinka.
RF Armed Forces advanced along the streets and entrenched
10:50 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:
according to n.p. Krynki 18 shells;
according to n.p. Cossack Camps 11 shells;
according to n.p. Scrap of 8 shells;
according to n.p. Alyosha 7 shells;
according to n.p. Kardashinka 8 shells;
according to n.p. Staraya Zburevka 7 shells.
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the village. Novaya Kakhovka, n.p. Kakhovka, n.p. Aleshki, n.p. Krynki, n.p. Dnepryany, n.p. Korsunka, n.p. Podstepnoe, firing a total of 28 shells from cannon artillery‼️
Civilian casualties and infrastructure damage are being determined
10:25 Fire from everyone’s guns: Vivid footage of the combat work of artillery units in the Kupyansk direction
Crews of the Msta-S and Giatsint-S self-propelled artillery mounts and the Giatsint-B towed guns of the West group of troops continue to carry out fire missions in the special operation zone.
Russian artillerymen at the forefront carry out missions to destroy artillery batteries of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, destroy defensive structures, suppress command posts, and destroy enemy fire weapons, weapons and military equipment.
“There are different targets: Polish “Crabs”, American M777, D-30. There are many of them. Infantry, tanks, fortifications,” said the gunner of the Giatsint-B gun with the call sign “Lom.”
09:50 Front bird reports: DPR (Konstantinovka). 20.11
Last night our artillerymen worked on enemy positions with the Grad MLRS.
They covered a fortified area with an adjacent warehouse.
09:25 Frontline summary for the morning of November 20, 2023
In the Kherson-Crimean direction there were oncoming battles near Poima, Peschanivka and in Krynki. Without success on both sides. The Russian Armed Forces shelled the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Veletinsky, Kherson, Antonovka, Novotoyaginka, Tyaginka and Berislav. Ukrainian artillery attacked Russian positions in Staraya Zbruevka, Gola Pristana, Kardashinka, Alyoshki, Poima, Peschanovka, Podstepnoye, Cossack Camps, Korsunka and Dnepryanakh.
In the Zaporozhye direction, the Russian Armed Forces, with artillery support, counterattacked to the west of the village of Rabotino and from the direction of Novoprokopovka. They also tried to advance from Verbovoy. Ukrainian positions in Kamensky, Orekhov and Novodanilovka are under attack. Russians in Nesteryanka, Sladkaya Balka, Ilchenkovo, Novoprokopovka, Pshennichny, Verbovoy, Novopokrovka and Novofedorovka.
On the Donetsk Front - with the support of long-range attack weapons of the Russian Armed Forces at Novomikhailovka, in Marinka, at Nevelskoye, Pervomaisky, Severny (a settlement west of Avdeevka), on the south-eastern, eastern and north-eastern approaches to Avdeevka, at Stepnoy ( not to be confused with the settlements of the same name in the Zaporozhye and Ugledar directions), Ocheretina and Keramika. Two of the last listed settlements have progress.
08:40 Frontline reports: Avdeevka.
South-west of the village of Vesyoloye, the guys entrenched themselves along two forest belts in the direction of the gardening partnership “Ivushka”
08:10 Official summary Representative offices of the DPR in the JCCC from 00:00 November 19, 2023 to 00:00 November 20, 2023
Over the past 24 hours, the Representative Office reported 7 incidents of firing by the Ukrainian Federal Unitary Forces.
Information has been received about the death of a civilian, a woman, in Kumachovo.
6 residential buildings were damaged in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk and Dokuchaevsk, as well as 4 civil infrastructure facilities.
Areas of four settlements of the Republic were under enemy fire: Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district), the capital city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky districts), Dokuchaevsk, Kumachovo.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out 2 attacks from 155 mm artillery.
At Gorlivske there were 3 shellings from 155 mm artillery.
At Dokuchaevsky 1 shelling from MLRS.
On Starobeshevo 1 shelling from MLRS.
21 units of various ammunition were produced.
In the previous day, 11 attacks were recorded from the Ukrainian Federal Unitary Forces.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Petr Akopov
[RIA] On the eve of his 81st birthday tomorrow, Joe Biden published an article in The Washington Post, “The United States will not yield to the challenge of Putin and Hamas,” a text that is simultaneously addressed to both Americans, a growing number of whom are demanding an end to the bloodshed in Gaza, and to the rest of the world, which is calling for American authorities influence their enraged client, that is, Israel.
This is not the first time that the US President has lumped together the Russian-Ukrainian and Palestinian-Israeli conflicts - he needs this to claim that “Putin and Hamas are fighting to wipe out a neighboring democracy <...> they hope to destroy more broad regional stability and integration." Well, everything is clear: the Kremlin and Gaza could not calmly look at free people living nearby, governed by democratic governments, and decided to simply destroy their states. And at the same time, prevent integration in these regions - Ukraine’s entry into the EU and the reconciliation of Israel with Arab countries (including through the construction of the India-Emirates-Saudi Arabia-Jordan-Israel economic corridor). After all, this is the cause of conflicts, isn’t it?
What does it mean that Ukraine and Israel are not democracies? How is it that Israel has been pursuing an apartheid policy towards the Palestinians for three quarters of a century, taking away more and more land from them, while the Kyiv authorities want to transform Russians into anti-Russian Ukrainians? Biden says that Putin and Hamas want to destroy neighboring democracies - and this is precisely the challenge for America . Which she accepts because “the world is looking to us to solve the problems of our time, this is the duty of leadership, and America will fulfill it.” It doesn’t matter that the world considers both of these conflicts to be a consequence of American hegemony and claims to world dominance ( NATO expansion to the east and an attempt to tear Ukraine away from Russia - in the first case, and indulging in the apartheid and expansionist policies of Israel - in the second), Biden promises to “solve Problems". I wonder how exactly he plans to do this?
Biden no longer talks about Russia's defeat - he writes that "we are providing brave Ukrainians with weapons and economic assistance to stop Putin's quest for conquest before the conflict spreads further." Where to go? To Europe ? That is, Biden continues to promote the absolutely false thesis that Russia threatens Europe as a justification for aid to Ukraine. Of course, it was not the West that tried to tear Ukraine out of the Russian world, to Atlanticize it - it was Russia that was going to attack NATO countries: the Baltic states , Poland , Romania ... And this would already be a threat to American security - Biden even remembered history: " "We know from the experience of two world wars of the last century that when aggression in Europe goes unanswered, the crisis does not resolve itself. It directly involves America."
That is, the First World War began not because England was afraid of the strengthening of Germany and actually provoked a European war, but because of some mythical unrequited aggression of the Germans? And the United States entered the war not because it wanted to become the first violin in the Anglo-Saxon duet that laid claim to world hegemony? And what led to their direct participation in World War II was not so much a reluctance to give Europe under German rule, but rather a fear of seeing it under the control of Moscow ? America emerged from both European wars noticeably stronger, but now, on the contrary, its power is declining. And she wants to stop him by passing off her own push to the east as a Russian threat?
It is clear that in the case of Russia, Biden is turning everything on its head. But what does he propose on the Palestinian issue? Here we see an attempt to pass off patronage of state terrorism as a desire for peace.
After condemning Hamas for the October 7 attack, Biden suddenly declares that “the Palestinian people deserve their own state,” and even claims that he, too, is heartbroken by the footage from Gaza, where thousands of civilians, including children, are dying.”
The US President speaks out for a solution to the issue of two states, two peoples living side by side in conditions of equal freedom and dignity, calling it the only way to ensure long-term security.
Moreover: he even writes that “there should be no forced displacement of Palestinians from Gaza, no re-occupation, no siege or blockade, no reduction of territory,” and that Palestinian aspirations should be at the center of post-crisis reconstruction in Gaza.
Biden even finds a few words to demand an end to “extremist violence against Palestinians in the West Bank,” and there, during the operation in Gaza, the Israelis have already killed hundreds of Palestinians and arrested thousands.
What happened to the Biden administration - has it really taken on Israel and wants not only to stop the bloodshed, but also to force the leadership of the Jewish state to peace, that is, to take real steps towards creating an independent Palestine?
Of course not. We are dealing with the usual propaganda demagoguery aimed at trying to at least a little reassure both the domestic American public and the Islamic world as a whole. But no one believes America, because it has already promised many times to achieve the creation of an independent Palestine, but each time Israel only occupied more and more Palestinian lands, arrested and killed more and more Palestinians.
And you can understand that Biden is talking about two states only for rhetoric, from his own text. When he writes that the Palestinian people deserve their own state, he adds: “and a future free from Hamas.” And about "a future in which Hamas violence and hatred have no place" and Gaza "must never again be used as a platform for terrorism." However, the text does not say a word about what caused hatred, violence and terrorism on the part of Hamas: state terror, murders, Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip over the past 55 years.
That is, you need to eliminate Hamas - and everything will be fine.
Thus, Biden is practically repeating what Netanyahu and other Israeli leaders are saying, who have declared their intention to destroy Hamas. But Hamas is a form of organization of the Palestinian people, their resistance and struggle for their rights and lands. Calls for the destruction of Hamas are no different from calls to wipe Gaza off the face of the earth, which is what we have seen in Israel’s actions over the past month and a half.
But maybe Biden wants to at least stop the bloodshed? No, because he writes that “as long as Hamas adheres to its ideology of destruction, there will be no ceasefire.” What is it about? That “if Hamas cared about the lives of Palestinians, it would have released all the hostages, surrendered their weapons, and handed over the leaders and those responsible for October 7.” That is, it self-destructed and allowed the eviction of Palestinians from Gaza (and this is precisely the maximum task for Israel). Is Biden writing about this in all seriousness? No, he needs to approve the continuation of the Israeli operation in Gaza, and all other words are just a cover for this.
This is exactly how Netanyahu, by the way, perceived it: commenting on Biden’s article, he essentially said that he was not going to transfer control over Gaza even to Abbas’s Palestinian administration (it would not have agreed to this, but Biden proposed it), and the Israeli army would retain complete freedom of action in the sector after the end of the war. That is, the occupation will continue - and that's all there is to know about Biden's peace initiatives, which have shocked the world with their attempt to hide approval of state terrorism under the veil of false promises of a Palestinian state.
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