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Russian Perspective: Operation to Denazify Ukraine: Operational Brief November 17th (updated)
2022-11-18
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.

[NewsFrontInfo] 23:12 In the first half of the day, information appeared about new attacks on targets in Ukraine: the Ukrainian prime minister announced attacks on gas production facilities, explosions were reported in Odessa and Dnepropetrovsk.

22:31 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that the workshops of two Ukrainian defense plants were destroyed by a missile attack in Zaporozhye and Pavlograd.

21:55 Another one destroyed Ukrainian122mm MLRS BM-21 "Grad" in the Svatovsky direction.

15:22 There may be no electricity in Kyiv for a week, said DTEK CEO Dmitry Grigoriev

According to him, houses and streets that do not have critical facilities on the power grid will not receive electricity until the situation stabilizes, which could take a week.

Sakharuk: “Now we are not talking about planned outages, but about planned inclusions. And, unfortunately, the number of hours in which these inclusions will be is 2-3 hours a day maximum.

13:07 AFU fired at Shebekino in the Belgorod region - a local resident was injured, her condition is assessed as serious

The head of the Belgorod region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine shelled the city of Shebekino in the Belgorod region with 122mm BM-21 rocket artillery Grads. According to preliminary information, a local resident was injured, she is in serious condition.

“The ambulances are taking her to the hospital now. All operational services went to the place," Gladkov said.

12:48 In Feodosia, a Ukrainian drone was shot down, which was trying to attack the junction substation

In Feodosia, a UAV drone was shot down today, which was trying to strike at the Kafa power substation. According to the adviser to the head of the Crimea Oleg Kryuchkov, debris fell on the territory of the facility.

According to him, no damage was recorded, and electricity continues to be supplied to local homes.

12:45 In Odessa, a military unit was struck, eyewitnesses report.

12:43 Special services detained an engineer of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant, who corrected the strikes of Ukrainian artillery on the station - RIA Novosti source.

11:11 Russia is attacking the Southern Machine-Building Plant in Dnipro and gas production facilities, Prime Minister Denys Shmygal said at the Kiev International Economic Forum.

10:54 After the missile strikes, DTEK introduced emergency blackouts throughout the Dnepropetrovsk region, media reports.

10:33 Over Kyiv noticed flying rocket

According to local media, the rocket flew over the Shevchenkovsky district of the city. And although local media write that air defense is allegedly working there, there are no traces of it on any video.

10:21 A missile attack was carried out on an infrastructure facility in the Odessa region - Governor Maxim Marchenko.

10:20 Russian missiles strike at energy facilities - head of Zelensky's office Andriy Yermak.

10:18 An air alert was also announced in western Ukraine

Sirens work in Lviv, Lutsk, Ternopil, Rivne, Volyn and many other Western cities. In Dnepropetrovsk, we recall, explosions are now sounding. It is not yet known which object was hit.

09:33 Ukrainian nationalists throw forces to the Zaporozhye region from the Kherson direction.

Nuts are the priority, two brigades are being transferred. The militants were counting on an offensive in late November or December. At the moment, two brigades are being transferred, with Orekhov being the priority. It is there that the M777 and the mass of other artillery, and armored vehicles, and the manpower of the enemy are now coming.

Ukrainian nationalists trained more than 40 people who are members of sabotage groups. But we are waiting for them... Although the guys were tired, to be honest, they asked me to tell them that they would kill everyone, that the line of contact was clear. It will not be easy, but there are all prerequisites that in the event of an enemy offensive, it will turn into a counteroffensive.

09:13 Changes are not without change on the Bakhmut front.

Zahisniks from the 93rd Motorized Brigade as a result of clashes with "musicians" Lost the brigade commander and battalion commander.

At the same time, the fighters of this brigade regularly go missing. It has already become the norm for brothers to leave their two hundredths during retreats. According to one version, in this way the command hides real losses.

08:49 A missile attack is inflicted on Ukraine: explosions in Odessa, the east and south are covered by an air raid
Sirens are roaring in Kharkiv, Sumy, Odessa, Nikolaev, Dnepropetrovsk and Poltava regions.

08:38 PMCs burn out the places where Ukrainian troops are stationed in Artemovsk and its suburbs with "Solntsepyok"
On the footage, the work of heavy flamethrower systems -video.

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