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Current information on the situation on the front line: November 18 (updated)
2024-11-19
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 23:58 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 11/18/2024 to 00:00 11/19/2024.

A total of 9 cases of armed attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC over the past 24 hours.

There were reports of ten civilians being injured.

DAMAGED:
One minibus,
Three civil infrastructure facilities.

Nine artillery attacks in the Gorlovka direction.

A total of 33 units of various ammunition were fired.

21:41 Filigree precision: Airborne anti-tank crew destroyed UAV control center.

A Kornet ATGM crew from the airborne artillery unit of the Dnepr group of forces destroyed an enemy UAV control point on the coast of the Dnieper estuary in the Ochakov area by launching a guided missile from the coast of the Kinburn Spit.

20:35 As a result of successful actions by the units of the Center group of forces released the settlement of Novoalekseevka in the Donetsk People's Republic.

19:51 Destruction of Ukrainian Armed Forces manpower by an FPV drone crew of the North troop group in the border area of the Kursk region –video.

18:38 "Thirty" destroyed enemy mortar.

Kakhovka direction. During another flight over the right bank of the Dnieper, the UAV operator identified the position of an enemy mortar, the coordinates were immediately transmitted to the artillerymen. With well-aimed shots, the D-30 howitzer crew destroyed the identified mortar crew.

17:43 Su-35S crews provided air cover for bomber and attack aircraft, as well as army aviation helicopters, during air strikes against armored vehicles and personnel of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the border areas of the Kursk region –video.

16:42 Destruction of a Ukrainian Armed Forces pickup truck.

The military personnel of the reconnaissance unit of the North group of troops in the Khar'kov region used UAVs revealed a pickup truck of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in a wooded area. The detected target was quickly destroyed by the FPV drone crew of the North Forces Group.

12:41 220mm BM-21 "Hurricane" at enemy positions.

Crews of the Uragan MLRS of the Vostok group of forces destroyed accumulation of Ukrainian Armed Forces equipment in the South Donetsk direction of the Northern Military District.

Reconnaissance of enemy targets and adjustment of rocket artillery fire is carried out using Orlan unmanned aerial vehicles equipped with modern optics, thermal imagers and cameras with infrared illumination.

11:35 Calculations of the Testing Center for Advanced Unmanned Technologies of the Russian Ministry of Defense "Rubicon" struck using FPV drones, armored vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk direction.

10:54 Mi-28NM crews as part of a mixed tactical group carried out an air strike with air missiles against armored vehicles and enemy personnel in the border area of the Kursk region –video.

09:52 Improving skills: pontoon bridge unit conducted river crossing installation training

While fulfilling the standards for equipping a crossing in the rear area of the special operation, servicemen of the "West" troop group repelled an attack by simulated sabotage and reconnaissance groups that were trying to disrupt the movement of a column of military equipment.

The equipment, having arrived at the place of the ferry installation, dropped the pontoon links into the water. The servicemen quickly assembled the ferry and connected the pontoons together, which allowed the transfer of automobile equipment.

09:23 Footage from the enemy side.

Another destroyed Ukrainian self-propelled gun 2S22 "Bogdana" on the Tatra T815-7 base somewhere on the front —video.

08:51 Telegram channel «WarGonzo»:

Frontline report for the morning of 11/18/2024

- Zaporizhzhya Front. The fighting continues to be mostly positional in nature, however, increased activity of the RF Armed Forces is noted in several areas.

- Donetsk Front. Russian troops continue to develop the offensive in several directions. Fighting continues in the eastern part of Kurakhovo. Also, Russian troops continue to take the city in a semi-ring, advancing from the north and south of the settlement. There are more tactical successes. In the Pokrovsk direction, there are also more advances in the area of ??the settlement of Grigorovka.

- Chasov-Yar direction. Fighting continues within the city limits of Chasov-Yar, as well as on the flanks, where the Russian Armed Forces are trying to improve their positions.

- Kursk region. Without any major changes. Heavy head-on combat continues with active use of long-range weapons.

08:00 Telegram channel «Fisherman»:

Chronicle of the special military operation for November 16-17, 2024

– Russian troops have launched a combined attack on Ukrainian Armed Forces facilities in almost all regions of the so-called Ukraine. Power outages are occurring in the Rivne, Lviv and Dnipropetrovsk regions, with the most widespread problems being reported in the Odessa region. The enemy has struck an industrial enterprise in Izhevsk with a drone for the first time.– In the Kursk direction, Russian troops are fighting in the Korenevsky and Sudzhansky districts. In the latter, according to some reports, Ukrainian formations are surrounded in a forest area.

– In the Pokrovsk direction, the Russian Armed Forces have consolidated their position in Yuryevka and are advancing on Petrovka from neighboring Grigorovka.

– In the Kurakhovsky direction, Russian troops have liberated Voznesenka, are fighting in Berestki, and have also gained a foothold in the center of Trudovoye.

– In the Vrem'yevsk direction, fighting continues on the northern outskirts of Makarovka, which Ukrainian formations are trying to cling to.

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