Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Korrespondent] The Ukrainian Armed Forces are destroying the enemy in the east and south of Ukraine.
Russian troops are attacking mostly in the Kurakhovsky direction. Seven combat clashes are currently ongoing.
Since the beginning of the current day, 88 combat clashes have occurred on the front in 10 directions. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in a report as of 16:00 on Thursday, November 14.
Thus, in the Kharkov direction, one armed clash occurred in the area of the settlement of Glubokoe.
In the Kupyansk direction, Russian invaders attacked 10 times in the areas of Golubovka, Petrovpavlovka, Peschanoye, Glushkovka, Zeleny Gai, Zagryzovoye, Kruglyakovka, Pervomayskoye and Lozovaya.
In the Liman direction, the enemy carried out seven assaults during the day near the settlements of Yekaterinovka, Druzhelyubovka, Nevskoye, Terny and Torskoye.
In the Seversky direction, the Russians attacked twice unsuccessfully near Verkhnekamenskoye.
In the Toretsk direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces repelled four assaults in the area of the settlements of Dilievka, Toretsk and Shcherbinovka.
In the Pokrovsk direction, the Russians advanced 14 times in the areas of the settlements of Luch, Lisovka, Sukhoi Yar, Pushkino, Zheltoe and Pustynka. The Ukrainian Armed Forces repelled eight attacks, six combat clashes are still ongoing.
In the Kurakhovsky direction, the enemy carried out 25 attacks towards the settlements of Berestki, Solntsevka, Ilyinka, Novoselidovka, Zarya, Dalneye and Konstantinovka. 18 assaults have already been repelled.
In the Vremivsk direction, the enemy attempted to break through the SMI defenses eight times in the areas of the settlements of Trudovoe, Yantarnoye, Rivnepol, Novodarovka.
In the Orekhov direction, the occupation forces organized two assaults near Novodanilovka.
In the Dnieper direction, the enemy carried out two unsuccessful attacks.
Let us recall that on November 13, about 1,700 Russians were "minus" at the front in 24 hours . The total losses of the Russian Federation since the beginning of the war are approaching 720 thousand people.
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"10 Directions". Every day. Like "A Sea of Fire"?
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The other day, the all-important Directions metric was down to 9 from a previous high of 11. Now it has increased to 10. This reversal represents an important but ill-defined change that we can report on, so we will continue to follow the issue closely and somehow associate it with up-coming Trump presidency.
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[Korrespondent] Russians tried to break into Kupyansk.
On the afternoon of November 13, a column of Russian armored vehicles managed to break through to the city of Kupyansk in the Kharkiv region; Ukrainian military officials say that the force was later destroyed.
On November 13, Russian troops, using several armored vehicles, attempted to enter Kupyansk, but the Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled the enemy. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine stated that the Ukrainian troops stopped the occupiers' advance on the city, destroyed all armored vehicles and eliminated a significant part of the manpower. "Kupyansk is completely under the control of the Ukrainian Defense Forces," the statement said.
THE IMPORTANCE OF KUPYANSK
Kupyansk is an important railway and transport hub in the Kharkiv region. It was occupied at the beginning of the full-scale war, but the Armed Forces of Ukraine liberated it in the fall of 2022.
The city, located on both banks of the Oskol River, became a fortified area of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and potentially left the opportunity to prepare offensive operations deep into the Russian-occupied territory of the Luhansk region, primarily in the direction of the cities of Svatovo and Kremennaya.
Therefore, it was especially important for the Russian army to drive the Ukrainians out of Kupyansk and the eastern bank of the Oskol in general in order to secure their captured territories. The Russians began implementing this plan in the fall of 2023.
Since then, Russian offensive operations have continued both near Kupyansk itself and south of the city, where the Russian army managed to reach the Oskol River in October of this year and cut through the Ukrainian bridgehead.
As for the city itself, for a long time the fighting was conducted at a distance of 7-9 km from its eastern outskirts. Russian aviation also destroyed it with daily air strikes.
ATTEMPT TO BREAK THROUGH
On November 13, it became known about the first attempt by the Russian Federation to invade directly into the borders of Kupyansk.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that from 14:30 on Wednesday, Russian troops began trying to break through the Ukrainian defense in the Kupyansk direction. “The enemy’s assault groups attacked the positions of the Ukrainian defenders in four waves. In total, the enemy used about 15 units of equipment. In particular, tanks, combat armored vehicles and the UR-77 mine clearing unit,” the General Staff said in a statement.
Moreover, according to the Ukrainian Armed Forces, some Russian soldiers were dressed in uniforms of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Such actions violate the laws and rules of warfare and are a war crime, the General Staff notes. Russian official sources have not commented on these statements by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
According to DeepState, the Russians attacked in two columns that advanced from the Liman Pervy area. That is, the Russian armored groups covered about 9 km to Kupyansk.
The first column consisted of two armored trucks (MT-LB), an infantry fighting vehicle, and a tank. The composition of the second column is unknown, as it attacked Ukrainian positions after dark.
As DeepState writes, one MT-LB was shot down in the forest on the way to Kupyansk, another managed to break through to its eastern outskirts and was destroyed in the Zaoskolye area on Nekrasov Street. About 15 Russian military personnel landed from it, ran away and hid in neighboring houses.
A Russian tank was destroyed on the same street. According to DeepState, some of the Russian military were also found and eliminated. The reinforcements sent by the Russian command were also destroyed, the Ukrainian project claims.
DEFENSE ISSUES
The question arises: how did the Russian column almost unhindered overcome the defensive line and break into the city, which should have been reliably protected from all sides?
DeepState analysts point to the “strange” placement of the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ combat formations in the forest area north of Kupyansk.
"In recent months, the contact line has become a mystery for all units. The combat formations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the enemy were simply scattered throughout the forest, rotations were carried out on both sides, and the war in the forest looked "strange," the Ukrainian project's review says.
DeepState is asking law enforcement agencies to respond to the actions of the brigade command responsible for this section of the front.
Ukrainian military blogger Oleksandr Karpyuk (Serg Marco) believes that the reason for the breakthrough in the Kupyansk direction was the shortage of mining units in the Ukrainian Armed Forces. They should have mined the enemy assault groups' approach routes in advance. He also points to the shortage of FPV drone crews that could attack the enemy during the assault.
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[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
In Kharkov direction, units of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted losses on formations of the 71st Jaeger Brigade, 113th and 120th Territorial Ddefence brigades near Volchansk and Liptsy (Kharkov region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 80 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, and seven motor vehicles.
Units of the Zapad Group of Forces improved the tactical situation and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the 14th, 60th, 116th Mechanised brigades, 25th Airborne Brigade of the AFU, 119th, 241st Territorial Defence brigades, and 1st National Guard Brigade near Terny (Donetsk People's Republic), Zagryzovo, Lozovaya, Boguslavka, Kovsharovka, Petropavlovka (Kharkov region), as well as Serebryansky forestry.
Two counter-attacks launched by formations of the AFU 14th and 28th mechanised brigades were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 570 troops, one infantry fighting vehicle, one U.S.-made M-113 armoured personnel carrier, seven motor vehicles, two 122mm D-30 howitzers, four Anklav-N and Kvertus electronic warfare stations, and one Plastun electronic reconnaissance system. Three field ammunition depots were destroyed.
Units of the Yug Group of Forces improved the tactical situation along the front line and inflicted losses on formations of the 30th, 33rd, 56th, 81st Mechanised brigades, 56th Motorised Infantry Brigade, 46th Airborne Brigade, 79th Air Assault Brigade of the AFU, and 116th Territorial Defence Brigade near Zaliznyanskoye, Druzhkovka, Dyleyevka, Orekhovo-Vasilyevka, Reznikovka, Kurakhovo, Annovka, and Seversk (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 655 troops, three tanks, one infantry fighting vehicle, one armoured personnel carrier, 13 motor vehicles, one UK-made 155mm Braveheart self-propelled artillery system, one Polish-made 155mm Krab self-propelled artillery system, one U.S.-made 155mm M-777 howitzer, one U.S.-made 105mm M-119 gun, two 122mm D-30 howitzers, and one Croatian-made 122mm RAK-SA-12 MLRS launcher.
Two Anklav-N electronic warfare stations, one Plastun electronic reconnaissance station, and two ammunition depots.
Units of the Tsentr Group of Forces continued advancing to the depth of the enemy's defences and liberated Voznesenka (Donetsk People's Republic).
Losses were inflicted on manpower and hardware of the 33rd, 53rd, 100th, 109th Mechanised brigades, 95th Air Assault Brigade, 5th Mountain Assault Brigade, 142nd Infantry Brigade of the AFU, and 101st Territorial Defence Brigade near Zelenoye Pole, Leonidovka, Druzhba, Dzerzhinsk, Sukhaya Balka, and Dimitrov (Donetsk People's Republic).
Eleven counterattacks launched by formations of the 53rd, 117th Mechanised brigades, 152nd Jaeger Brigade, 49th and 425th Assault Battalions of the AFU, 35th and 38th Naval Infantry brigades were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to more than 485 troops, one German-made Marder infantry fighting vehicle, five Kozak armoured fighting vehicles, one Turkish-made Kirpi armoured fighting vehicle, five motor vehicles, one U.S.-made 155mm M-777 howitzer, one 152mm D-20 gun, two 152mm Msta-B howitzers, one 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, and two 122mm D-30 howitzers.
Units of the Vostok Group of Forces improved the tactical situation along the front line and inflicted losses on formations of the 128th Mountain Assault Brigade of the AFU, 127th and 128th Territorial Defence brigades near Velikaya Novosyolka, Oktyabr (Donetsk People's Republic), and Temirovka (Zaporozhye region).
Two counterattacks launched by assault detachments of the 123rd Territorial Defence Brigade were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 145 troops, one tank, three armoured fighting vehicles, and six motor vehicles.
Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the 141st Infantry Brigade of the AFU, 107th, 124th, and 126th Territorial Defence brigades near Orekhov, Shcherbaki (Zaporozhye region), Sadovoye, and Ponyatovka (Kherson region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 90 troops, seven motor vehicles, and one 152mm D-20 gun.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack unmanned aerial vehicles, and Missile Troops delivered strikes at infrastructure of military airfields, power industry facilities ensuring operation of Ukrainian defence industry enterprises, as well as engaged manpower clusters and military hardware of the enemy in 142 areas.
Air defence units shot down six U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles and 78 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 648 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 35,785 unmanned aerial vehicles, 585 anti-aircraft missile systems, 19,208 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,488 MLRS combat vehicles, 17,845 field artillery guns and mortars, and 28,261 units of support military vehicles have been neutralised.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the operation to neutralise an enemy group, which broke into the territory of Kursk region.
Units of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted losses on formations of the 21st, 22nd, 41st, 47th, 61st, 115th Mechanised brigades, 17th Tank Brigade, 80th, 82nd, 95th Air Assault brigades, 36th Naval Infantry Brigade, 103rd, 112th and 129th Territorial Defence brigades of the AFU close to Daryino, Leonidovo, Malaya Loknya, Nikolayevo-Daryino, and Novoivanovka.
Army Aviation and artillery inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the enemy near Aleksandriya, Bogdanovka, Viktorovka, Guyevo, Zamostye, Zeleny Shyakh, Kruglenkoye, Lebedevka, Loknya, Martynovka, Makhnovka, Mirny, Nizhny Klin, Nikolsky, Novaya Sorochina, Novoivanovka, Plyokhovo, Staraya Sorochina, Sudzha, Cherkasskoye Porechnoye, and Yuzhny.
Operational-Tactical Aviation and Missile Troops delivered strikes at AFU reserves on the territory of Sumy region near Basovka, Belovody, Zhuravka, Pisarevka, Khoten, and Yunakovka.
Over the past 24 hours, the AFU losses amounted to up to 430 troops, ten tanks, two infantry fighting vehicles, 19 armoured fighting vehicles, 33 motor vehicles, one Anklav-N electronic warfare station, seven field artillery guns, including two 155mm Bogdana self-propelled artillery system, two 122mm D-30 howitzers, and one 105mm M101 gun.
Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk region, the AFU losses have amounted to more than 32,580 troops, 212 tanks, 136 infantry fighting vehicles, 112 armoured personnel carriers, 1,165 armoured fighting vehicles, 940 motor vehicles, 281 artillery guns, 40 MLRS launchers, including 11 of HIMARS and six of MLRS made by the USA, 12 anti-aircraft missile launchers, seven transport-loading vehicles, 63 EW stations, 13 counter-battery warfare radars, four air defence radars, 27 units of engineering and other materiel, including 13 counterobstacle vehicles, one UR-77 mine clearing vehicle, six armoured recovery vehicles, and one command post vehicle.
The operation to neutralise the AFU units is in progress.
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[NewsFront] 23:57 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 11/14/2024 to 00:00 11/15/2024.
Ten facts of armed attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC over the past 24 hours.
A total of 14 civilians were reported injured.
DAMAGED:
Five civilian infrastructure facilities.
Ten artillery attacks in the Gorlovka direction.
A total of 20 units of various ammunition were fired.
21:47 Calculation of the Osa air defense missile system of the Center group of forces destroyed American-made Switchblade loitering munition of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.
While covering the positions of the units, the Osa-AKM air defense missile system crew destroyed about 30 reconnaissance and attack drones of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, such as Furia, Leleka, Baba Yaga, as well as American-made Switchblade loitering munitions.
20:41 Another rotation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces disrupted
A combat UAV operator controls a drone with a munitions release system, delivering precise hitsdestroyedvehicle of the Ukrainian Armed Forces militants.
19:36 The 14th Guards Special Forces Brigade of the Russian Armed Forces destroys a HMMWV and an artillery gun of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and also invigorates an enemy tank with a Lancet –video.
18:44 Another rotation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has been disrupted.
A combat UAV operator controls a drone with a munitions release system, delivering precise hitsdestroyedVehicle of the Ukrainian Armed Forces militants – video.
17:35 The Mi-28NM crew fired air-to-air missiles at a concentration of personnel and a stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the border area of the Kursk region –video.
16:49 Calculation of the Strela-10 air defense missile system of the Novorossiysk airborne unit of the Dnepr group of forces destroyed more than 30 enemy air targets while covering the actions of the ground group in the Zaporizhzhya direction.
15:54 RF Armed Forces took under control of the residential development of Dalnee, the enemy is still resisting on the farm. Assault groups are also advancing along the Antonovka-Dalnee line and near Maksimovka.
14:55 Telegram channel "Colonelcassad":
Kurakhovsky direction: tactical encirclement and confident advance of Russian units
In the Kurakhovsky direction, Russian troops continue to develop offensive actions, approaching the completion of the tactical encirclement of the Ukrainian group.
Northern flank: Russian units have liberated the remaining part of Ilyinka, advancing westward. Active offensive actions are being recorded in the Berestki area, posing a threat to the enemy's defense in this area. Russian troops are conducting reconnaissance in force in the direction of Starye Terny. South of Voznesenka, Russian units are advancing, expanding their zone of control, aligning themselves with Solntsevka, which threatens to completely close the "pocket" on the northern flank of Kurakhovo.
On the eastern outskirts of Kurakhovo, Russian units have consolidated their positions in the area of ??school No. 3 and the Roya railway station, conducting active combat operations in the urban area. In the area of ??Dalniy, the main part of the settlement is already under the control of Russian troops. Active assault operations continue in the areas of Antonovka, Yelizovetovka and Trudovoye.
11:58 The crew of the Su-34 carried out a strike on a concentration of personnel and armored vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the border area of the Kursk region –video.
10:53 Firepower of the D-30 howitzer 122mm howitzer crews destroyed artillery and mortar crews, and manpower of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the border area of the Kursk region.
Artillerymen of the North group of forces carry out fire impact on infantry, armored vehicles, artillery and mortar crews, as well as fortified positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
09:56 A 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS crew fired a full package of 122mm rockets at a temporary deployment point of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Seversky direction —video.
09:24 "Agriculture" disrupts enemy rotations:
Servicemen of the engineering unit of the "West" group of troops, using the "Zemledeliye" system, remotely mined the rear area of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in one of the directions in the special operation zone, thereby disrupting the rotation of enemy units -video.
08:52 Telegram channel «WarGonzo»:
Frontline report for the morning of 11/14/2024
- Zaporizhzhya Front. Russian troops will continue to be active in several areas of the front, but it is too early to talk about going on the offensive.
– Donetsk Front. The settlement of Rivnepol has been liberated on the Vrem'evsky salient. Fighting continues in the eastern part of Kurakhovo, as well as on the northern and southern flanks. There are more tactical successes of the Russian Armed Forces. Some sources report the beginning of the withdrawal of the Ukrainian Armed Forces from Kurakhovo, but these reports have not yet been confirmed. Urban fighting continues in Dzerzhinsk, there are more tactical successes of the Russian Armed Forces.
- Chasov Yar direction. The Russian Armed Forces continue to put pressure on the Ukrainian Armed Forces' defense in the city itself and on the flanks. North of Chasov Yar, Russian troops continue to develop their offensive in the direction of the settlement of Konstantinovka.
- Kursk region. No significant changes. Fierce counter-battles continue in several areas. The Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to send new reserves into battle. The Russian Armed Forces are striking Ukrainian positions with long-range weapons and carrying out airstrikes, including in Sumy region.
08:00 Telegram channel «Fisherman»:
Chronicle of the special military operation for November 13, 2024
- Russian troops launched a combined attack on Ukrainian Armed Forces facilities in Kyiv and the Kyiv region. Ukrainian formations carried out a terrorist attack in Sevastopo– In the Kursk direction, Russian troops are advancing in the Sudzhansky region to the southeast of Kremyanoye and are fighting near Novoivanovka.
– In the Kurakhovo direction, the Russian Armed Forces liberated Ilyinka, fighting continues in Dalnee, two Leopard 2A4 tanks were disabled south of Kurakhovo.
– In the Vrem'yevsk direction, assault troops are advancing from Shakhtarskoye and Zolotaya Niva towards Bolshaya Novosyolka, and are also advancing on Novodarovka and fighting in Rivnepol.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin is in italics.
[ColonelCassad] The Gulag History Museum has suspended operations
The museum will temporarily close for an indefinite period due to fire safety violations.
The GULAG History Museum in Moscow will temporarily close on November 14, the institution’s website reports.
“As a result of an inspection of the museum by specialists from the Center for Expertise, Research, and Testing in Construction, fire safety violations were identified. According to the conclusion, they pose a threat to the safety and comfortable stay of museum visitors and must be eliminated,” the museum explained the reason for the closure.
Visitors who have purchased tickets can return them at any time. The period of suspension of work is not specified.
The GULAG History Museum is a state institution located in the center of Moscow, on 1st Samotechny Lane. It was founded in 2001, and the exhibition opened three years later.
The museum was founded by Anton Antonov-Ovseenko, a historian, publicist, and public figure, the son of revolutionary Vladimir Antonov-Ovseenko. Antonov-Ovseenko’s mother was arrested in 1929 and committed suicide in 1936; father was shot in 1938. The founder of the museum himself was arrested in 1940 (he was 20 years old then). In prisons and camps, he spent a total of about 13 years. In 1956-1957, father and son Antonov-Ovseenko were rehabilitated. Anton Antonov-Ovseenko was first the director of the museum, then its honorary president. He died in 2013.
The museum contains documents, letters, personal belongings, memoirs of former GULAG prisoners, items from the locations of the camps. The exhibition covers the period of the formation of the camp system in the USSR from 1918 to the end of the terror in 1956, with an emphasis on the influence of the GULAG on the fates of people.
The time will come and this garbage dump will be closed permanently. Together with the Yeltsin Center.
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"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." - George Santayana
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Memoir from Concrete Coffin
It could've been cold and the damps,
Or some crud we picked up from our gramps,
Or perhaps we were cursed
By our Mummy -- the worst! --
When we dug up her moldy old camps?
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin;
[ColonelCassad] In December 2024, Russia will hold exercises to disconnect the Russian segment of the Internet from the global network. The reasons are obvious - in the event of a full-fledged war with NATO, they will try to bring down the entire network infrastructure of Russia connected to the western part of the global network in the shortest possible time.
Therefore, in the conditions of a hot war with the West, we will have to exist within the framework of our segment. Testing such scenarios is an urgent need, even without references to the need to test the resilience of our segment of the Internet in the face of ongoing cyberattacks on our network infrastructure.
It remains only to wish that the exercises are successful and do not collapse the services people need in the process, including those used in the interests of the actions of our troops in Ukraine.
It is also worth noting that the DPRK lives in a mode of complete disconnection of the overwhelming majority of the population from the global network.
We (if we do not consider scenarios of direct war with the USA and NATO) are not going to disconnect from the global network and are rather guided by the Chinese experience, which has extensive experience in regulating access to the network for its citizens and cutting off unwanted services, organizations and individuals from access to the Chinese segment.
P.S. By the way. Regarding restricting access to YouTube. As expected, it works - VK Video and Rutube are gaining new authors and audience, but YouTube in the Russian Federation after the start of "degradation". The number of content authors since the start of "degradation" has decreased by 34%, and the total volume of content by 22%. Actually, everyone understands that you can turn on a VPN, but many are just too lazy.
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