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2023-11-20 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Current information on the situation on the front line: November 19 (updated)
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 23:55 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 November 19, 2023 to 00:00 November 20, 2023

Over the past 24 hours Representative officereportedabout 7 facts of firing by the VFU.

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. INprevious11 shellings were recorded from the VFU during the day.

21:45 Telegram channel “Fisherman“: the battle for Avdievka: advance in the industrial zone in the south and battles near AKHZ,
the situation at the end of November 19, 2023

Russian military personnel are building on their success on the Avdeevsky sector of the front.

On the southern flank, Russian Army soldiers managed to break through enemy defenses in an industrial zone near the Yasinovataya-2 station.

As colleagues from the NGP Razvedka channel report, this was achieved thanks to the competent coordination of assault groups, the work of the Russian Aerospace Forces and artillery.

The fortifications in this area have been controlled by Ukrainian formations since the beginning of the so-called “ATO” in 2014.

The enemy, who did not expect a sharp breakthrough in the defense, retreated, and now the cleanup and expansion of the zone of control to the west continues. However, it is too early to indulge in reports of victory: the Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to draw up reserves to the site and are preparing for a counterattack.

Information from the network about the complete liberation of the Tsarskaya Okhota camp site is premature; fierce fighting continues near the site.

There have been no significant changes on the northern flank of Avdievka in recent days: Russian troops managed to expand the zone of control around the wastewater treatment plant near the coke plant and occupy several enemy positions on the approaches to the plant.

Nevertheless, there is no talk of a momentary assault on a well-fortified target: artillery and the Russian Aerospace Forces are almost continuously working on it, suppressing enemy activity.

In addition, fighting continues towards Novokalinovo and Stepovoy (Petrovsky).

The Ukrainian Armed Forces, in turn, again tried to attack in the area of ​​the waste heap near Gorlovka, but came under artillery fire and retreated, losing a couple of dozen people. At the moment, the top of the waste heap is not controlled by either side.

21:30 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for November 19, as of 21:30, information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:

n.p. Kumachovo (Starobeshevsky district): - on the street. Lenin, a woman born in 1972 died.

Information was received about damage as a result of shelling by the Air Forces of the cities of the Republic: Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): - st. Avtostradnaya, 28 “v”, 30, 30 “a”, 45 – private residential buildings, gas pipeline and power lines were also damaged.

n.p. Dokuchaevsk: – infrastructure of the Prometey CP, utility equipment was also damaged; – st. Lenina, 86 – apartment building; – st. Vatutina, 5 “a” - multi-apartment residential building.

n.p. Kumachovo (Starobeshevsky district): – damage to three civil infrastructure facilities was recorded on the street. Lenin. Information about the consequences of the shelling continues to arrive.

21:05 In the Avdeevsky direction, fighting at AKHZ is intensifying, the Russian Armed Forces are conducting reconnaissance in force, so far without attempts to gain a foothold

Oleg Tsarev reports on the situation near the walls of Avdeevka.

From Krasnogorovka, our mortars and armored vehicles are hitting the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the territory of the plant. On the southern flank, west of the Yasinovatskaya junction, our fighters are gaining a foothold in the industrial zone, they managed to advance to the north-western part,” he adds

It is reported from the ground that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are fiercely defending themselves and are bringing in more and more reserves. To the west, fighting continues in the direction of Severny and Tonenkoye,” the politician sums up.

20:50 Howtamedrone: training of UAV operators continues at the field training center of the Central Military District

At the center, military personnel are trained to engage the enemy with fire using kamikaze drones, conduct reconnaissance of the area and cover the most inaccessible Ukrainian positions with propaganda materials calling for voluntary surrender. The training cycle also includes engineering, electronic warfare and military topography.

Together with military instructors, technical specialists from the regions of Siberia are training military personnel. They voluntarily arrived in the SVO zone to assist in training UAV operators and repairing drones.

At the field center, the production of components for drones using a 3D printer has been established. Military personnel independently manufacture gimbals, propellers and bodies for drones, and also reflash captured enemy quadcopters for their further use.

20:10 Artemovsk (Bakhmutskoe direction) area of ​​the settlement. Kleshcheevka.Reportedabout the active work of our tactical aviation. Combat aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces worked as UFABs against fortified enemy areas and rear positions. Several sources reported the use of RBK-500 cluster bombs by our frontline aviation.

19:32 A school building, a club and a store were damaged as a result of a missile strike by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the rear settlement of Kumachevo in the Starobeshevsky district of the DPR, the head of the district said.

There is no information about casualties yet.

18:45 Avdeevskoe direction. District Steppe.Reportedabout the breakthrough of several defensive lines by our armored
units.

Preliminarily, the assault groups worked on the enemy's 82 mm oporniks. mortars.

During the day, Su-25 Grach attack aircraft attacked enemy positions with the help of NURs.

16:45 They arrivemessagesthat our troops managed to take positions near the “Tsar’s Hunt” south of Avdeevka and continue the offensive south of the waste heap (to the northeast of the city).

The industrial zone is now more than half controlled by the Russian Armed Forces.

16:44 RussianoperatorThe FPV drone dropped ammunition ahead of the curve and hit the Ukrainian militant directly

14:51 News from the Vremeevsky ledge area

Reportedabout a powerful attack by our army on enemy positions at Staromairosky and Urozhayny.

It was in this area that our army first began to use RBK-500 aerial cluster bombs.

13:48They report, that in the southern Donetsk direction, Vostok fighters thwarted an attempt at an enemy counterattack in the Staromayorsky area

Three attempts to carry out a rotation in the Urozhainy and Staromayorsky districts ended in nothing for the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The vehicles and personnel of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were destroyed.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces also lost ten mortar crews and an AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery counter-battery station.

12:35 The Russian Army continues to actively advance and regain positions in the Rabotino area and north-west of Verbovoy in the Zaporozhye direction

Yesterday, several forest plantations in the Verbovoy trap were taken by our fighters. In the Rabotino area, three enemy strongholds came under our control.

11:20StatementHead of the press center of the Center group:

In the Krasnolimansky direction in the Torsky sector, the actions of units of the Center group of forces and artillery fire defeated the assault groups of the 24th, 47th and 63rd mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

The group's bomber aircraft carried out strikes on two command and observation posts of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Serebryansky forestry.

During the counter-battery fight, more than 20 nationalist artillery crews were exposed and suppressed.

Enemy losses amounted to up to 200 Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel, two armored combat vehicles and three pickup trucks.

10:36 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. Cossack Camps 8 shells;

according to n.p. Dnepryan 9 shells;

according to n.p. Peschanivka 10 shells;

according to n.p. Alyosha 12 shells;

according to n.p. Saga 7 shells;

according to n.p. Krynki 15 shells;

according to n.p. New Mayachka 6 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. Kardashinka, n.p. Krynki, n.p. Radensk, Golaya Pristan, firing a total of 34 shells from cannon artillery.

Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being determined.

10:20 The North Military District talks about the situation in the Donetsk direction:

The enemy reports that our army is currently conducting artillery preparation in the Krasnogorovka area (Maryinsky district). Our heavy artillery and MLRS are working. Enemy positions and fortifications are being destroyed.

10:07 From the Zaporozhye direction the Front Bird reports:

The weather turned bad again. The artillery work died down a little on both sides. Aerial reconnaissance is also waiting for its moment. Both sides are waiting for opportune moments to intensify work.

10:00 Militants of the 1004th separate security battalion (Kiev) and mobilized from the Chernihiv region (143rd brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces) were transferred to the Sinkovka area. The reserves were transferred to the command of the 57th brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, which suffered heavy losses.

09:17 Front-line report as of the morning of November 19 from military correspondent Yevgeny Lisitsyn:

In the Kherson direction, the main hostilities took place in the center of Krynoki. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are trying with all their might to hold this bridgehead, and in response, Russian artillery and aviation are working against them. The enemy cannot advance further, but our fighters have not yet been able to clear this area of ​​the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

In the Zaporozhye direction, the intensity of hostilities decreased. The reason for this is weather conditions. But despite this, the Russian army managed to regain control of several oporniks on the Rabotino-Kopani line.

In the Avdeevsky direction on the southern flank, our fighters continue to advance into the industrial zone, taking control of most of it. The Ukrainian Armed Forces have withdrawn from the holiday village of Vinogradniki, the territory is partially occupied by ours, partially in the gray zone. The Russian army also has a small advance in the area of ​​the railway track near Krasnogorovka.

In the Artyomovsk direction, the Russian army continues to regain control of previously lost positions near Kleshcheevka. Also, according to yet unconfirmed data, our soldiers managed to enter the destroyed Andreevka. In addition, the Russian Armed Forces are pushing back the enemy in the Bogdanovka area.

In the Kupyansky direction, the Russian army is in active defense: counterattacks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces at Sinkovka and Zagoruykovka are again repelled, and consolidation continues in new positions near Timkovka. Our soldiers also train with the arriving reserves of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kharkov region.

08:50 Over the past 24 hours, as a result of the criminal actions of Ukrainian nationalists, 3 people were injured as a result of an explosive object being dropped from an unmanned aerial vehicle in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk near the Galaktika shopping center.

While treating a wounded man, an explosive device was repeatedly released, resulting in injuries to two emergency medical personnel.

2 residential buildings in the Central City district of Gorlovka were also damaged.

Shelling of civilian infrastructure in populated areas of the Donetsk People's Republic was carried out using artillery and multiple launch rocket systems - RF Investigative Committee

08:09 Summary for November 19, 2023

In the Kherson direction, the Russian Armed Forces are holding defense on the conditional line Poima-Podstepnoye-Peschanoe-Krynki. The enemy is still in Krynki; in a week, ours destroyed about 500 enemy personnel. Captured enemy soldiers speak of deception by the command regarding the real state of affairs of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on our bank of the Dnieper when issuing a combat order. The most serious problem is becoming (on the entire front) FPV drones and drone bombers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, which destroy military and civilian equipment on front-line roads and near LBS.

On the Zaporozhye front in the Rabotino-Novoprokopovka-Verbovoye pocket, almost every day the Armed Forces of Ukraine try to push through the defenses, several attacking enemy armored vehicles are destroyed. The Russian Armed Forces conduct a maneuverable defense, periodically counterattacking the enemy. The Kamensky section of the front has come to life: ours are attacking at Pykhatki and hitting the near rear of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

The Avdeevka direction is characterized by the most difficult and bloody battles. The Russian army is attacking powerful fortified areas from several sides. There is progress on the northern ledge of the front, some positions have been occupied near the coke plant, and fighting is taking place in the industrial zone in the southern sector.

To the south of Artemovsk, near Kleshcheevka, clashes continue, but without any significant changes in the LSB. North of Artemovsk there are battles at the Berkhovskoe reservoir, the initiative is in the hands of the Russian Armed Forces.

Other sections of the front are without significant changes, shelling of the front-line regions of Russia continues, the enemy continues to attack Crimea from water and air.

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