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[LB] Sumy, Chernihiv, Donetsk, Mykolaiv, Khmelnytsky, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhya, Dnipropetrovsk were also attacked.
Air defense forces were operating in the Khmelnytskyi region during the morning enemy attack. As a result of the downing of an air strike object, debris fell on the roof of a private house in the territory of Khmelnytskyi district. There is no fire. There are no injured. All relevant services are working at the scene, according to a summary from OVA as of this morning.
The enemy fired once (four explosions) in the Chernihiv region during the day. The Semenivska community was shelled with artillery. No information was received about losses among the local population or damage to civil infrastructure. The data is being verified.
In Sumy, at night and in the morning, the enemy carried out two shellings of the border territories and populated areas of the region. 12 explosions from multiple rocket systems and a mortar were recorded. The Yunakiv and Krasnopil communities came under fire. In advance - without consequences. Yesterday, during the day, the Russians carried out six mortar attacks on the border territories and settlements of the Sumy region. 45 explosions were recorded. The communities of Krasnopilsk (five explosions), Khotinsk (22 explosions), Novoslobidsk (two explosions), Velikopysarivsk (16 explosions) were shelled. No consequences.
In the Kherson region, the enemy fired 48 rounds (206 shells) during the day, including five artillery shells (15 shells) at Kherson. The rioters targeted the districts of 15 settlements of the region, the territory of the plant and an educational institution in Kherson. That night the enemy shelled Kherson. As a result of the explosion, a 71-year-old man received a landmine injury - he is in the surgical department of the hospital.
In Luhansk, positional battles in the Serebryan Forestry do not stop. The occupiers are attacking near Stelmakhivka. During the day, the enemy fired 127 rounds (536 shells).
In Kharkivska, the enemy attacked Kivsharivka during the night. Hits between residential buildings were recorded. The exterior structures of the houses, windows and the surrounding area were damaged. There are no casualties. In the direction of Slobozhansk, Staritsa and Tyche, Stroivka were subjected to artillery and mortar attacks. In the Kupian direction, the enemy conducted unsuccessful assaults in the Sinkivka and Petropavlivka areas, where the Defense Forces repelled three attacks. About 10 settlements came under artillery and mortar fire, in particular, Synkivka, Ivanivka, Kislivka, Kotlyarivka, Tabaivka, Krokhmalne.
In Zaporizhzhia, rioters struck 64 times in 15 towns and villages of the region. Civilians were not injured. The enemy attacked Zaliznychne and Mali Shcherbaki with drones, and also shelled Orihiv and Mala Tokmachka with anti-aircraft missiles. On the territory of Gulyaipol, Novodanilivka, Levadny, Poltavka, Robotyny, Charivny, Novoandriivka, Novodarivka, Kamianskyi and other front-line settlements, 60 artillerymen were deployed. Six reports were received about the destruction of residential buildings and infrastructure facilities.
In Dnipropetrovsk at night, the aggressor hit the city of Kryvyi Rih with a rocket. All the details are now being installed. The Russian army shelled the Marganets community of the Nikopol district with heavy artillery. There were no deaths or injuries. Information about the consequences is being clarified. Yesterday, the enemy spent the whole day in the Nikopol district. In total, the area was shelled with heavy artillery six times. I visited Nikopol itself and the Marganets community. A 51-year-old woman was injured in the city. She will be treated on an outpatient basis. The administration building, lyceum, temple, sports club, seven apartment buildings and 14 private buildings were damaged. One farm building was destroyed and 12 mutilated, gutted cars, power lines, and gas lines.
In Donetskia, five settlements were under fire from the fire brigades of the last day: Kurakhove (territory of TPP), Siversk (residential sector), Avdiyivka (residential sector), Toretsk (police station), Ocheretyne (residential sector). Six residential buildings (two of them multi-apartment buildings), power lines, two armored vehicles, and an administration building were damaged.
In Mykolayivska, enemy shelling was recorded at night on Dmitrivka of the Kutsurub community. There are no casualties. Yesterday, the enemy fired artillery at the water area of the Ochakiv community. Also yesterday and this morning, as a result of enemy shelling on Ochakiv and the coastline of the Ochakiv community, residential buildings were partially damaged. There were no casualties. Detailed information on the consequences is being clarified.
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[VESTI] On November 26, Russian troops confirmed their advance to the northwest and southeast of Avdeevka.
Details: Geolocation footage released on November 26 shows that Russian troops have made minor advances northwest of Krasnogorovka (7 km northwest of Avdeevka) and in the eastern part of the industrial zone on the southeastern outskirts of Avdeevka.
Details: The advance of the Russian army along the Avdeevka industrial zone, Yasinovatsky Lane, means that it managed to break through the main defensive fortifications of the Ukrainian army in this direction - what was usually called the “fortified area”.
Russian armored vehicles attacked Ukrainian positions in the northern part of the industrial zone on the southeastern outskirts of Avdiivka. Russian military bloggers mainly reported that the occupation contingent captured the entire industrial zone on November 26. The talk was about a location near the Yasinovataya-2 railway station, but ISW has not yet found visual confirmation of these statements.
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 21:39 Kuleba held his first meeting with the new head of the Slovak Foreign Ministry, Yuri Blanar. The Ukrainian minister called the meeting “constructive” and thanked his colleague for his unequivocal support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine within internationally recognized borders. “It is also important that Slovakia will continue to participate in joint work on the Peace Formula and is ready to support the EU’s decision to begin negotiations on Ukraine’s accession to the EU in December,” Kuleba added.
20:52 Zelensky said in an evening video message that he held a meeting of the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief. The first issue is fortification, which will be significantly strengthened. The President assured that “all the finances are there, all the solutions are there - there must be full appropriate work in the communities.”
In addition, the meeting participants analyzed recent attacks against Ukraine, air defense defense tactics: “There is a clear need - the development and strengthening of our mobile fire groups, as well as all the most effective air defense systems. We separately analyzed the work of the “patriots” and “nasams” - everything is very effective.” .
As for the situation at the front, the most intense military clashes are taking place in the Donetsk axes: Avdeevka, Maryinka, and the Bakhmut area.
The president held a separate meeting with the minister for strategic industries: “You can call him optimistic. We are preparing, in particular, good long-range things so that the occupiers can feel Ukrainian strength.”
20:35 The United States wants to buy 75 thousand shells from Greece for Ukraine, writes the Greek publication Ekathimerini. According to him, we are talking about 50 thousand artillery shells of 105 mm caliber, 20 thousand shells of 155 mm caliber and 5000 shells of 203 mm caliber. The price will be 47 million dollars.
20:24 On Tuesday, November 28, it became known that the wife of the head of Ukrainian intelligence Kirill Budanov, Marianna, was poisoned. Later it became known that several high-ranking military intelligence officials could also be poisoned. More details can be found in the article Poisoning in the power steering department .
20:18 Kuleba said that he “does not feel any pressure” from Western partners on the issue of starting negotiations with Russia.
18:43 China approved the provision of lethal aid to Russia earlier this year and planned to disguise military equipment as civilian property, The Washington Post reports, citing classified Russian intelligence documents intercepted by the United States. The White House said it had "seen no evidence that China provided weapons or lethal assistance to Russia" but was continuing to monitor developments.
17:45 The Russian information operation “Maidan-3”, which Zelensky spoke about, is aimed at inciting hostility, exacerbating contradictions in Ukraine, as well as spreading fear and panic, GUR representative Andrey Chernyak told Babel. According to him, this is the most expensive campaign of the Russian Federation since 2014 and the Revolution of Dignity: its total budget reached 1.5 billion dollars, and 250 million were allocated for the operation in Telegram. Moscow’s goal is to shift the emphasis of Ukrainians from an external threat to internal contradictions.
17:39 The United States and Germany are still reluctant to support Ukraine's early entry into NATO, Euractiv writes, citing several Western diplomats. On Wednesday, November 29, NATO and Ukraine are expected to sign a list of reforms that Kyiv must implement for future accession to the Alliance. According to the publication, the move should give Kyiv an impetus to reform its military and other security areas, as well as provide a checklist that NATO members can monitor. The document will not be public.
17:28 Next week, an EU mission will visit Kiev to discuss with the Ukrainian side proposals on security obligations for Ukraine, Borrell said.
17:02 Borrell denied allegations of Ukraine fatigue in the EU: “Of course, the aspect of the war in Ukraine is one of the most serious of those that we are dealing with. But I will be honest: there are no signs indicating what you call fatigue, "I don't see it from the EU member states. Everyone recognizes the successes of the Ukrainians. Some people don't talk about because you concentrate on military achievements. But what is it worth just for success in exporting grain from Ukraine, which works." The chief European diplomat also expressed confidence that member countries will continue to help Ukraine, because “this is an existential issue for us too.”
16:55 The EU Council decided to allocate additional funds for the training of the Ukrainian military as part of the EU training mission: funding will increase by 194 million euros to a total amount of 255 million euros. Funds are allocated through the European Peace Fund.
16:19 The Russians fired from MLRS at the civilian infrastructure of the city of Seredina-Buda, Sumy region. As a result of the attack, at least five private houses were destroyed - two people died under the rubble, two more were injured. In addition, a man and his seven-year-old stepdaughter were injured in their own car; the girl later died in hospital, the prosecutor's office said.
15:31 The Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked a building in the center of occupied Tokmak, Zaporozhye region, which the Russians used for their own purposes. The exact number of killed and wounded is being clarified, said Melitopol Mayor Ivan Fedorov.
15:27 Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba said that he will not go to North Macedonia for the meeting of OSCE Foreign Ministers, which will be held from November 30 to December 1, since Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will take part in it. After this, Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia also refused to participate in the meeting due to Lavrov's presence.
14:46 The battalion of Russian mercenaries Hispaniola, part of the Redoubt PMC, began hiring women for the war in assault troops, writes the Russian opposition publication Important Stories. Women are offered to “realize themselves” in sniper business, medicine, communications, in attack aircraft formations, electronic warfare, electronic warfare and UAV units.
14:39 The Russians launched an airstrike on the territory of an enterprise in Toretsk, Donetsk region, wounding four female workers who were in one of the workshops. The explosion damaged industrial buildings, the prosecutor's office said.
14:34 GUR representative Andrey Yusov, in a comment to Radio Liberty, confirmed media information about the poisoning of Budanov’s wife Marianna. According to him, she was indeed poisoned by heavy metals and is now undergoing treatment, which is already being completed. More information will be released later. UP writes, citing its sources, that not only Marianna Budanova was poisoned, but also several other representatives of the Main Intelligence Directorate.
13:48 An office of the European Parliament will be opened in Kiev, said EP President Roberta Metsola during the visit of the head of the Verkhovna Rada Ruslan Stefanchuk to Brussels. According to her, the parties signed an updated memorandum of parliamentary support for democracy between the parliaments of Ukraine and the EU. Metsola also reported that the Conference of Presidents of the European Parliament has publicly advocated for the European Council to confirm the start of negotiations on Ukraine's accession to the EU. The Conference of Presidents is a body that unites the leadership of the EP and all political groups.
13:10 The Russian army continues to attack populated areas of the Kherson region, reports OVA. Two people were wounded - in Dudchany and Berislav.
12:59 Historical names in the Crimean Tatar language will be returned to geographical names in Crimea, reports the Ministry of Reintegration. The decision is being prepared in pursuance of the law on the condemnation and prohibition of propaganda of Russian imperial policies in Ukraine and the decolonization of toponymy. Mechanisms are currently being agreed upon to allow place names to be written using the Latin script in media and scientific works, as well as on road signs and in the production of maps.
12:42 Iran will receive Russian Su-35 fighters, Mi-28 attack helicopters and Yak-130 combat training aircraft, said the country's Deputy Defense Minister Mahdi Farahi.
12:10 Ukraine and Italy have begun the first round of consultations on concluding a bilateral agreement on security guarantees, the Presidential Office reported.
11:38 The Russian army shelled the village of Lvovo, Tyagin community, Kherson region, one person was wounded, the OVA reported. In addition, at night the Russians shelled the Dnieper district of Kherson - one person was wounded and died in the hospital in the morning.
11:29 The heads of the Russian occupation administrations in the occupied Ukrainian territories were given the task of bringing the level of forced passportization to at least 85%. According to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, such an order was announced at a closed meeting in the Kremlin by the deputy head of Putin’s administration, Sergei Kiriyenko. He announced directives as part of strengthening preparations for the presidential elections in the Russian Federation.
In addition, the Gauleiters are instructed to allocate social assistance to voters from local budgets and to intensify propaganda about the supposed “improvement” of the Russian economy and people’s living standards.
10:52 At night, the air defense destroyed one Shahed-type attack UAV, and in the morning, in the south, an Orlan-10 operational-tactical level reconnaissance UAV, the Air Force command reported. Also at night in the eastern direction, the enemy used an aircraft missile, and in the morning attacked Zaporozhye with a ballistic missile (probably Iskander-M).
10:47 Czech President Petr Pavel criticized the West for unfulfilled promises to supply weapons to Ukraine: “Unfortunately, our supplies of military equipment are not enough for Ukraine to continue a high-intensity operation. We did not keep our promises to supply Ukrainians with artillery ammunition, training for The F-16s didn't start as quickly as they should have."
He said winter would give Russia time to recover: “If we miss the opportunity to maintain our support for Ukraine, next year could be even more favorable for Moscow. This year is key to laying the foundations for success, next year will be more difficult.”
10:21 In the morning, the Russian Army fired artillery at Nikopol, Dnepropetrovsk region. A shell hit a five-story building, killing one person and injuring two. There may be people under the rubble, said the head of the OVA, Sergei Lysak.
10:18 In the morning, the Russians launched a missile strike on the territory of an enterprise in one of the districts of Zaporozhye. According to preliminary information, it was one of the modifications of the Iskander ballistic missile. One casualty is known; a store was damaged by the blast wave, said the head of the OVA, Yuri Malashko.
09:59 The wife of the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, Kirill Budanov, was poisoned , Babel reports, citing intelligence sources. Marianna Budanova was diagnosed with heavy metal poisoning - these substances are in no way used in everyday life or in military affairs. After a prolonged deterioration in her health, Marianna Budanova was hospitalized. She is already completing her course of treatment and will be under observation. An attempted murder is being investigated.
09:01 Late in the evening of November 27, the Russian army attacked the village of Kovsharovka, Kupyansky district, with a pre-controlled aerial bomb. The bomb fell between residential buildings, no people were injured, said the head of the Kharkov OVA Oleg Sinegubov.
08:35 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of November 28:
personnel - about 326,440 (+860) people,
tanks - 5523 (+3),
armored combat vehicles - 10,285 (+3),
artillery systems - 7876 (+1),
MLRS - 907 (+0),
air defense systems - 597 (+0),
aircraft - 323 (+0),
helicopters - 324 (+0),
UAV of operational-tactical level - 5905 (+0),
cruise missiles - 1565 (+0),
ships/boats - 22 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 10,302 (+3),
special equipment - 1113 (+0).
08:12 In the Khmelnytsky region, air defense worked during the morning attack - debris fell on the roof of a private house in the Khmelnytsky district, no people were injured, the OVA reported.
07:58 Over the past 24 hours, 84 military clashes took place at the front, the General Staff reported in its morning report . In particular, the Defense Forces repulsed 28 enemy attacks in the Bakhmut direction (near Bogdanovka, Ivanovsky, Kleshcheevka and Andreevka in the Donetsk region) and 23 attacks in Avdeevsky (east of Novobakhmutovka, northeast of Berdychi, Avdeevka, Opytny, Severny and south of Tonenky in the Donetsk region) .
In the Kupyansky direction, enemy attacks were repelled in the Sinkovka and Petropavlovka areas of the Kharkov region; on Limansky - in the areas of Stelmakhovka, Serebryansky forestry of the Luhansk region and Ternov, Yampolevka, Torsky of the Donetsk region; on Maryinsky - in the Marinka and Novomikhailovka districts of the Donetsk region; in Zaporozhye - near Rabotino and Novoprokopovka, Zaporozhye region. The enemy did not conduct offensive actions in the Shakhtarsky direction.
At the same time, the Defense Forces continue the offensive operation in the Melitopol direction and south of Bakhmut, Donetsk region, and in the Kherson direction they hold their positions on the left bank of the Dnieper.
07:37 At night, the Russian Federation launched a missile strike on Krivoy Rog, all the details are now being established, said the head of the Dnepropetrovsk OVA, Sergei Lysak.
00:49 US House Speaker Mike Johnson said that aid to Ukraine is a priority and Putin should not be allowed to “march through Europe.” He also expressed the opinion that Congress would approve the provision of additional aid to Ukraine by Christmas.
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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 and artillery repelled four attacks launched by assault detachments of the AFU 57th Mechanised Brigade near Sinkovka (Kharkov region). The enemy losses amounted to up to 30 Ukrainian troops and one 152mm D-20 howitzer.
In Krasny Liman direction, helicopters and artillery of the Tsentr Group of Forces delivered strikes at AFU manpower and hardware near Torskoye and Grigorovka (Donetsk People's Republic). The AFU losses amounted to up to 40 Ukrainian troops and two pickup trucks.
In Donetsk direction, units of the Yug Group of Forces supported by aviation and artillery took more advantageous lines and positions near Artyomovsk (Donetsk People's Republic). In addition, three AFU attacks were repelled and enemy manpower and hardware suffered losses near Chasov Yar, Kleshcheyevka, and Georgiyevka (Donetsk People's Republic). Up to 135 Ukrainian troops and three pickup trucks were neutralised in this direction during the day.
In South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok Group of Forces supported by helicopters and artillery inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 58th Motorised Infantry Brigade, 72nd Mechanised Brigade, and 128th Territorial Defence Brigade near Novomikhailovka, Ugledar, and Urozhaynoye (Donetsk People's Republic). The enemy lost up to 75 Ukrainian troops and two motor vehicles.
In Zaporozhye direction, units of the Russian Group of Forces repelled one attack launched by an AFU assault group close to Novopokrovka (Zaporozhye region). In addition, air strikes and artillery fire struck the personnel and hardware of the 65th and 118th Mechanised Brigades close to Rabotino and Malaya Tokmachka (Zaporozhye region). The enemy losses were up to 65 Ukrainian servicemen, two U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carriers.
In Kherson direction, as a result of artillery fire and air strikes, the AFU suffered losses of 40 troops killed and wounded, five motor vehicles, and one 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system.
Operational-Tactical and Army Aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Groups of Forces of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation hit the following facilities: AFU UAV Training and Application Centre, an aviation fuel depot, three detection radars (two P-18 and one ST-68), as well as manpower and military hardware in 103 areas.
Russian air defence forces intercepted two HIMARS MLRS projectiles. Furthermore, during the day, six Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were intercepted over Fedoseyevka, Shipilovka (Lugansk People's Republic), Vladimirovka (Donetsk People's Republic), Komsomolskoye (Zaporozhye region), and Golaya Pristan (Kherson region).
In total, 542 airplanes and 255 helicopters, 9,263 unmanned aerial vehicles, 442 air defence missile systems, 13,659 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,185 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 7,194 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 15,698 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.
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[NewsFront] 23:59 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 November 28, 2023 to 00:00 November 29, 2023
Over the past 24 hours, the Representative Office reported 38 incidents of firing by the Ukrainian forces.
Information was received about the injury of nine civilians in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka and Mariupol.
A total of 27 residential buildings were damaged in the Kuibyshevsky and Kievsky districts of Donetsk, the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka and Yasinovataya, as well as five civil infrastructure facilities.
Areas of five settlements of the Republic were under enemy fire: Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district), Ozeryanovka, Yasinovataya, Yasinovatsky district, the capital city of Donetsk (Kievsky, Kuibyshevsky, Petrovsky districts).
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out 20 attacks from MLRS and 155mm artillery.
At Gorlivske there were 16 artillery attacks from 152mm and 155mm artillery, incl. with a cluster warhead, an attack UAV.
On Yasinovatsky there were two artillery attacks from 155mm artillery and an attack UAV.
A total of 140 units of various ammunition were fired.
In the previous day, 15 artillery attacks were recorded from the Ukrainian forces.
23:01 NGP RaZVedka reports: according to the situation in the Avdeevsky direction.
On the southern flank, the Russian Armed Forces continue to strengthen previously occupied positions in the area of the industrial zone, prepare firing points and build new positions, since the existing ones belonged to the enemy and are well known to him.
Large-scale measures are being carried out to clear mines from the surrounding area, since the enemy, when retreating, randomly laid mines wherever he had the opportunity.
The enemy’s KIAs are being evacuated from industrial areas, which were abandoned in large numbers by the enemy, for sanitary purposes, as well as for future exchange for the bodies of our fallen heroes.
22:26 Front bird reports: It is reported that a group of geraniums has been launched in the southern regions of Ukraine.
Enemy military targets are target number one.
21:47 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for November 28, as of 21:30, additional information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district):
– a woman born in 1963 was wounded.
n.p. Mariupol:
– as a result of an explosion at a GP, men born in 1983 and 1988 were injured.
Additional information has been received about damage as a result of artillery attack by the Air Force in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Petrovsky district):
– Outpatient clinic No. 2, Central Primary Care Center No. 10 on the street. Renaissance.
n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district):
– st. Sovetskoy Armii, 16, 19 “a”, 22, 24 – apartment buildings, gas pipeline and power lines were also damaged;
– st. Dmitry Zhloba, 19 – direct hit on a private residential building.
Information about the consequences of the artillery attack continues to arrive.
20:41 Front bird broadcasts: Nikolaevkskaya area. Sound of explosion 28.11 20:30
Local groups on social media reported the sound of an explosion.
There was no information about the work of enemy air defense.
19:45 Telegram channel “Fisherman“: Kherson direction: positional battles in the forest situation as of November 28, 2023
On the night of November 28, the command of the Katran group once again deployed assault groups to consolidate in the forest adjacent to Krynki.
Two detachments took up positions in a small forest south of the village and began to set up strongholds, where they came under massive fire. And then a reconnaissance group of the Russian Armed Forces attacked Ukrainian marines, as a result of which three people were killed and three more were injured.
In the morning, the wounded were evacuated to a makeshift hospital, equipped in a warehouse on the northern outskirts of Krynoki, and then transferred to the right bank through Frolov Island.
However, new assault groups arrived to replace them and, under the cover of artillery and drones, again moved towards the forest, trying to gain a foothold in the depths of the forest belts.
Despite the losses and the fact that the Ukrainian formations were unable to advance deeper, the enemy was firmly entrenched on the left bank of the Dnieper. This was facilitated by the active support of artillery and drones, which continues unabated even now, as well as the tactics of keeping silent about the problems that prevailed in the Dnepr group.
18:40 According to operational lines of The JCCC of the DPR on November 28, as of 16:00, received additional information about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district):
- on the street Dobronravova, 48 "a" a guy born in 2005 was wounded.
Additional information has been received about damage as a result of artillery attack by the Air Force in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk:
Kyiv district:
– st. Orbits, 159, 169, 187 – private residential buildings.
Kuibyshevsky district:
– st. Somova, 26 – apartment building;
– st. Dobronravova, 56 – apartment building;
– st. Dobronravova, 48 “a” – private residential building.
n.p. Yasinovataya:
– st. Shkolnaya, 36 – multi-apartment residential building.
18:00 Front bird broadcasts: Krasnolimansk direction. 28.11
Today, the Russian Aerospace Forces and the artillery of the “Center” group of troops defeated the manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near the settlement. Torskoye and Grigorovka in the DPR.
The enemy has up to a platoon of KIAs and one damaged BMD.
17:30 Ukrainian formations continue to conduct intensive artillery attack of the left bank of the Kherson region.
Today, Golaya Pristan, Kazachi Lagery, Kardashinka, Kakhovka and Korsunka were hit by fire. Arrivals in Novaya Kakhovka were also recorded: one civilian was killed, civilian infrastructure was damaged.
In addition, during the day the enemy shelled the Gornostaevsky district, as a result of which some settlements were temporarily left without power supply.
Damage was also recorded at the Kakhovskaya 330 kV substation, which plays a key role in the region’s power supply. The Ukrainian Armed Forces have been striking the facility over the past two days.
17:05 Front bird broadcasts: Artemovsk (Bakhmut direction) 28.11
The guys from the spot report some progress of our troops and the occupation of important positions for the development of further offensive actions.
In particular, the Southern Group of Forces recaptured 2 fortified points of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. one enemy armored car was hit.
16:30 Avdeevskoe direction at these moments:
Since early morning there has been an intense assault along the entire line of contact. Aerospace forces operate, including aerial bombs with cluster munitions, MLRS (various modifications), and heavy artillery.
The assault groups began to move from 7 am. There is significant progress and consolidation of success. Details in the evening.
15:30 Front bird broadcasts: Mariupol area 11/28
It is reported that our air defense shot down two enemy missiles from the S-200 complex converted into an attack version.
No damage was recorded on the ground.
14:30 According to operational lines of The JCCC of the DPR on November 28, as of 14:00, received information about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district):
– in the Azotny microdistrict, men born in 1970, 1953, 1999, 2000 were wounded. and a woman born in 1956.
Information has been received about damage as a result of artillery attack by the AFU in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk:
Kyiv district:
– st. Orbits, 157, 189 – private residential buildings.
Kuibyshevsky district:
Damage was recorded at 13 addresses:
artillery attack at 10:35:
– st. Avtostradnaya, 6 – private residential building.
artillery attack at 10:53:
– MBOU “School No. 46 in Donetsk” on the street. Valeria Arsenova;
– State Budgetary Institution “City Clinical Hospital No. 23 of Donetsk” on the street. Tselinogradskaya;
– “Skazka” store on the street. 60th anniversary of the USSR;
- Petrovich store on the street. 60th anniversary of the USSR;
– st. Buturlinovskaya, 48 – direct hit on a private residential building;
– st. Valeria Arsenova, 17 – direct hit in an apartment building;
– st. Valeria Arsenova, 15 – multi-apartment residential building;
– st. Ostrovsky, 39, 41 – multi-apartment residential buildings;
– st. Semenov-Tyan-Shansky, 3, 7 – multi-apartment residential buildings;
– st. Ostrovsky, 34 – private residential building.
14:05 Front bird broadcasts:
Kherson direction. Right bank. 28.11
It is reported that our front-line bombers have just worked on the right bank using UVAB-250 and UVAB-500.
A loud crash was heard.
13:35 Ukrainian formations continue to conduct artillery attack of the border areas of the Belgorod region.
In the Grayvoronsky urban district, the village of Poroz came under fire: one residential building received minor damage, but there were no casualties.
Over the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian Armed Forces launched strikes on the village of Naumovka, where there was no destruction. An enemy drone was also intercepted over the village of Tulyanka.
13:00 RF Ministry of Defense: another prisoner of war of the Ukrainian Armed Forces spoke about “street mobilization”, foreign mercenaries and the circumstances of his captivity
Victor Antero is a mobilized soldier. I ended up in the Ukrainian army on my way to work. “I went to work, introduced myself, handed me a summons, I signed. (...) At the military registration and enlistment office they wrote a referral for a medical examination, and went to undergo it. In 15 minutes they wrote: healthy,” said the prisoner of war.
Victor then underwent military training. “They trained us to crawl, run, walk in twos, threes, run from trench to trench, and, naturally, dismantling, assembling weapons, firing, all this took place within 40 days,” says the serviceman.
Later, Ukrainian military personnel were sent to storm Russian positions. All attacks were unsuccessful. “Then we had assaults, the 7th, then the 8th Brigade stormed, I don’t remember in what directions. Whatever it is, they got a rebuff and they retreated,” said the prisoner of war.
Mercenaries from European countries are fighting on the side of the Ukrainian army. They, unlike Ukrainian military personnel, are well armed and equipped. “Then I saw that the legion was coming in with Lithuanians, Poles, British, and Germans. Their weapons are not the same as ours - a Kalashnikov assault rifle. With sights, beautiful toys, all dressed up, packaged to the fullest,” says Antero.
The Ukrainian serviceman described the circumstances of his captivity as follows: “The heater sat down, the radio, as always, was muted. We stood and talked, and my friend said to me: tank. At first I didn’t understand, it was dark, my comrade said: let’s retreat. I started to report on the radio that there was a tank, but it didn’t work. The tank was about 30 or 50 meters away. It drove up so quickly... I wanted to go for the machine gun, and then there was machine gun fire from the tank. It suppressed me so much that I couldn’t raise my head and there was nothing I could do. The tank arrived, the attack aircraft unloaded, and I couldn’t do anything.”
Antero noted the humane attitude towards himself and his colleagues in Russian captivity: “When I was captured, I did not expect such an attitude, they accepted me, fed me, treated me to cigarettes, gave me water, and gave me tea.”
12:35 Front bird broadcasts: Odessa region. Rockets. 28.11
It is reported that several of our missiles are currently on the way to hitting military targets of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Enemy publics are hysterical.
12:00 Telegram channel “Fisherman“: chronicle of a special military operation for November 27, 2023
Due to bad weather, the intensity of fighting along the entire front sector decreased significantly. Nevertheless, in the Donetsk direction, the Russian Army continues the operation to encircle the Avdeevsky fortified area. The treatment facilities east of the AKHZ came under the control of the RF Armed Forces. At the same time, Russian units withdrew from the outskirts of Petrovskoye in order to preserve personnel.
In the Vrem'yevsky sector, units of the 127th Motorized Rifle Division stormed the landing at the Priyutnoye - Staromayorskoye line and improved their tactical position by occupying advantageous heights. In the Kherson direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces tried to take new positions in forest plantations near the village of Krynki, but retreated under artillery fire from the Russian Armed Forces. However, thanks to the established supply of rounds and rotation, the enemy still holds the bridgehead.
In Ukraine, dozens of roads in the Odessa, Kyiv, Kherson and Nikolaev regions were blocked due to a large amount of snow, which will affect the logistics capabilities of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
However, the consequences of the natural disaster will also affect Russian defense: the enemy will try to attack Crimea with surface drones, since the booms could have been damaged by a strong storm
11:30 Front bird broadcasts: Kupyansk direction. 28.11
It is reported that the Russian Armed Forces repelled a counterattack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
The West group of troops confidently suppresses enemy positions.
Motorized rifle units of the 6th Combined Arms Army, supported by artillery fire, repelled several assault attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
In addition, thanks to the counter-battery fight, the Russian Armed Forces managed to destroy the enemy 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled guns and mortar crews.
10:55 What is a heroic act? We asked a special forces soldier of the Airborne Forces, who has been in the special operation since the first day and has gone through more than one assault. And this plot turned out to be philosophical: about life, about goals, about what is important for a real man. Sometimes it is very important to just sit and talk. Listen to what those who are now on the front line say -video.
10:25 Criminal Kyiv regimecontinuesto 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:
-- n.p. Krynki 26 rounds;
-- n.p. Kardashinka five rounds;
-- n.p. Alyosha three rounds;
-- n.p. Podstepnoye four rounds;
-- n.p. Staraya Zburevka two rounds;
-- n.p. Sagi six rounds;
-- n.p. Golaya Pristan five rounds.
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the village. Novaya Kakhovka, n.p. Kakhovka, n.p. Kazachi Lagery, n.p. Golaya Pristan, n.p. Kardashinka, n.p. Korsunka, firing a total of 27 rounds from cannon artillery.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being determined.
09:55 Front bird broadcasts: Sumy region 28.11 09:40
And again our aviation is actively working.
Aerial reconnaissance identifies targets.
There are flights to enemy military targets.
An explosion is reported.
09:25 Front bird broadcasts: Zaporozhye direction. Verbovoe-Rabotino. 28.11 08:30
The second attack in a day from Ukrainian Armed Forces militants was repulsed.
The weather is not in favor of offensive actions.
We continue to beat the enemy.
08:45 Frontline summary for the morning of November 28, 2023
There was relative calm in the Kherson-Crimean direction. There were oncoming battles in Krynki. However, the situation may change in the coming days. The Russian Armed Forces have concentrated significant forces on the Poima-Krynki line. Despite the heterogeneity of their composition, we should expect an attempt to eliminate the Ukrainian bridgehead on the left bank of the Dnieper.
On the Donetsk Front, the Russian Armed Forces, with the support of long-range weapons, attacked in Marinka, near Pervomaisky, in the direction of Severny (a settlement west of Avdeevka) and in the industrial zone southeast of Avdievka. There is progress in the last section. Largely thanks to the transfer of armored vehicles from the 239th Tank Regiment to the LBS. After the artillery shelling, the Ukrainian Armed Forces counterattacked near Stepnoye (not to be confused with the settlements of the same name in the Zaporozhye and Ugledar directions). No success.
In the Bakhmut direction, Russian troops, with the support of artillery, tried to oust the enemy from the dominant heights northwest of Kleshcheevka. The Ukrainian Armed Forces held their positions. Similar actions by the Russian Armed Forces near Khromov and in the Bogdanovka area ended with the same result.
In the Lugansk direction there are local counter battles in the Serebryansky forest in the Dibrova area. Without success for both opposing sides. The Russian Armed Forces, with artillery support, continued offensive operations from Orlyanka and near Sinkovka. LBS has not changed significantly.
08:10 Official summary of Representative offices of the DPR in the JCCC from 00:00 November 27, 2023 to 00:00 November 28, 2023
Over the past 24 hours, the Representative Office reported 15 incidents of firing by the Ukrainian forces.
There were no reports of civilian casualties.
Four residential buildings were damaged in the Central City and Nikitovsky districts of Gorlovka, as well as two civil infrastructure facilities.
The areas of three settlements of the Republic were under enemy fire: Gorlovka (Tsentralno-Gorodskoy, Nikitovsky districts), the capital city of Donetsk (Leninsky, Kuibyshevsky, Petrovsky districts), Aleksandrovka.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out nine attacks from MLRS and 155mm artillery.
At Gorlivske there were six artillery attacks from MLRS, 155mm and 152mm artillery.
A total of 48 units of various ammunition were fired.
In the previous day, 45 artillery attacks were recorded from the Ukrainian forces.
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[REGNUM] Russian troops continue their assault on the massive fortified area of the Ukrainian Armed Forces north of Donetsk. Heavy fighting is taking place in the area of the city of Avdievka, which is being assaulted from several sides at once.
Ukrainian sources admit that on November 20, the “third stage” of the assault on the city began, which was actively supported by the fire of our heavy artillery and the actions of tactical aviation.
In recent days, the hottest spot in the Avdeevsky direction has become the industrial zone, an industrial zone located on the southeastern outskirts of the city.
The Avdeevskaya and nearby Yasinovatskaya industrial zones are an area of factory and utility buildings with extensive basements and bunkers.
The industrial zone is located on a hill, dominating both the low-lying neighborhoods of Avdievka and the suburbs of Donetsk.
From 2014 until the very last moment, the “promka” was used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces as a springboard from which it was convenient to conduct shelling of the DPR capital.
The territory of the “Avdievka industrial zone” itself, over the eight years that passed from the beginning of the conflict in Donbass to the beginning of the Northern Military District, was turned into a well-prepared line of defense - with concrete fortifications buried in the ground and an extensive network of underground communications for the transfer of reinforcements and the supply of ammunition.
IN DACHA RUINS
There are conflicting reports from the field. A number of sources report complete control of Russian troops over the industrial zone area, others specify that the Russian Armed Forces have only gained a foothold on the outskirts of the industrial zone and are advancing 100–200 meters.
The enemy, as usual, completely denies the fact that the fighting in this area led to significant changes in the front-line situation.
An indirect confirmation of the success of the Russian troops can be considered a video published on social networks by a number of Telegram channels. A video shot by a reconnaissance drone shows the retreat of a group of Ukrainian soldiers from the Avdievka industrial zone. The linking of personnel showed that the Security Service troops retreated directly to the territory of Avdievka and took up defense in the area of Krasnaya Street. It was established that up to a hundred soldiers of the 110th Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, which was previously considered quite motivated and combat-ready, left their positions.
The retreating troops are settling in the ruins of the private sector, using the basements of residential buildings as shelters.
In this case, we can say that the entire area along Yasinovatsky Lane and the Yasinovataya-2 railway station came under the control of Russian troops. The next target of the Russian offensive should be the area of the sand quarry on the outskirts of the industrial zone, the area of the Tsarskaya Okhota restaurant and the Vinogradniki holiday village.
However, local sources report that some of the Ukrainian military still remain on the outskirts of the industrial zone and in its southern part. Both the remaining formations of the 110th Brigade and the fighters trying to break through from the outside are operating in the area of the “wetted area”. Russian troops are repelling all attempts by the Ukrainian Armed Forces to regain lost positions.
The intensity of the Russian offensive and the tactics chosen by the command do not leave the Ukrainian Armed Forces a chance to hold the area, DPR militia veteran Alexei Mareychenko, known under the call sign Leshy, told news agency Regnum.
“My comrades who are currently operating there say: in the Avdievka area, the movement is slow, but effective and without unnecessary losses,” said Leshy. Aviation and heavy artillery are actively working, one after another opening up the enemy’s fortified positions, where attack aircraft then enter. “And the pace of the offensive cannot but rejoice,” the interlocutor added.
This tactic was not chosen by chance and took into account the experience of fighting for the areas north-west and north of Donetsk, the militia veteran notes. Why did the danger of “wetting” increase with the beginning of the SVO?
As mentioned above, at the beginning of the conflict in Donbass, the Ukrainian Armed Forces created a massive defensive unit that hung over the capital of the DPR.
This zone, which has been a constant threat to Donetsk since the 2014-2015 campaign, included four elements located in an arc from northwest to north. These are the Donetsk airport, positions near the village of Spartak (now completely destroyed) and the industrial zones of the satellite cities of Donetsk - Avdievka and Yasinovataya.
And it was precisely this area that has always been the most difficult section of the front, first for the DPR militia, and then for units of the Russian army.
“I was at the Yasinovat industrial plant. This is a place where fighting never stopped. Neither in the Minsk agreements, nor during any truces. Unfortunately, we had to bury our comrades and suffer losses, so now, perhaps, they are acting more slowly, but minimizing losses,” added Alexey Mareychenko.
Donetsk airport, we recall, was liberated after four months of heavy fighting in January 2015; the other fortified areas of the Ukrainian Armed Forces mentioned above continued to remain a threat to Donetsk.
This was the case in 2014–2015; shelling did not stop during the Minsk agreements, and with the beginning of the Northern Military District, their intensity increased significantly, notes IA Regnum’s interlocutor . Moreover, the Ukrainian Armed Forces began shelling those areas of the city that for many years remained beyond the reach of Ukrainian artillery.
It is from the Avdeevka area that Donetsk is being shelled from NATO-style artillery and MLRS (multiple launch rocket systems) using cluster munitions. And in this sense, the liberation of the industrial zone area, which is closely adjacent to the neighborhoods of Donetsk, becomes an extremely important task, primarily for the protection of civilians.
“It was from this area that we always worked not on military installations, but on residential areas,” notes Leshy. Therefore, he again emphasizes, the need to liberate this area is long overdue and “the news about the advance of our troops is frankly encouraging.”
AHEAD - KOKSOKHIM
According to information from the ground, the advance in the area of the Avdievka industrial zone became possible due to the weakening of the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the city. Let us explain, the line of combat contact (LCC), running from the northwest to the southeast, bends in an arc in the Avdeevka area. The Ukrainian group in the city is wedging into the territory controlled by our troops.
Realizing the threat of encircling the city, the command of the Ukrainian Armed Forces tried to withdraw some of the troops from the city, planning a counterattack on Russian troops to the west and east of the city.
Previously, Russian troops were able to cross the railway line that connects Avdeevka and the village of Ocheretino. Fighting continues in the area of the villages of Stepovoye and Berdychi. Ukrainian sources indicate that the highway passing through Berdychi is under constant fire, which creates a threat of encirclement of Avdievka. Information is also being received about the advance of forces west of Avdeevka from the settlements of Vodyanoye and Severnoe.
It was the withdrawal of part of the forces from the city that made it possible to push the Ukrainian Armed Forces into the area of the industrial zone. However, it remains unclear whether the withdrawal of part of the forces from the forward lines in the development of Avdievka is a situational decision or whether the command of the Ukrainian troops is preparing for a complete withdrawal of troops from the city.
Sources agree that as of the evening of November 28, most of the Avdievka industrial zone area is under the control of Russian troops. The Ukrainian Armed Forces units operating on the outskirts of the region are few in number.
“The liberation of the industrial zone first of all deprives them of the opportunity to shell Donetsk. Then the opportunity arises to attack the southern outskirts of Avdeevka and enter the urban area. But they will wait for the approach of other forces from the eastern and western outskirts of the city,” notes an IA Regnum interlocutor familiar with the situation.
The liberation of Avdievka also completely deprives the Ukrainian Armed Forces of the opportunity to launch their own attack on Donetsk, added Alexey Mareychenko. After the consistent “knocking out” of the Ukrainian Armed Forces from the above-mentioned chain of fortified areas - first from the Donetsk airport, then from the village of Spartak, and then from the Avdievka area - Ukrainian troops will be thrown back to a distance of 10-20 km from the city outskirts.
The key stage of the assault on the city should be the liberation of the area of the Avdievka Coke Plant (AKHZ) in the north-west of the city, which has been turned into the main hub of Ukrainian defense, which is compared to the Mariupol Azovstal. Before the assault on Koksokhim begins, it will be necessary to suppress enemy artillery operating in firing positions within the city.
However, the Ukrainian Armed Forces will continue to hold the defensive lines that have been created over the past nine years until the last, IA Regnum’s interlocutors note.
Downright romantic, they are.
[Regnum] Photos of Ukrainian army personnel using Maxim machine guns of the 1910 model in the war zone have appeared on the Internet. Business Insider wrote about this on November 27.
“New photos show a pair of machine guns mounted on a pickup truck, and video shows Ukrainians firing them at what are likely Russian drones,” the post said.
It is noted that this fact is an example of how the Ukrainian Armed Forces are trying to use weapons on the line of combat contact that were developed more than a century ago.
The Maxim system machine gun was first introduced several years before the start of the First World War and was used, among other things, by the Russian Imperial Army, the authors of the article recalled.
As Regnum reported, on November 20, Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin said that the United States does not have weapons that could become a “magic wand” for Ukraine in a conflict with Russia. According to him, Kyiv's results in the combat zone depend on the army's ability to synchronize the use of various Western weapons provided.
Ukrainian Armed Forces Major Viktor Kisil said on November 19 that the Ukrainian army was faced with a critical shortage of personnel. He noted that if the conflict continues, none of the residents of Ukraine will be able to avoid being drafted into the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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[Regnum] Assistant to the Russian President and head of the Russian delegation at the 2022 negotiations with Ukraine, Vladimir Medinsky , on November 28 named the condition for concluding peace with Ukraine. He stated that this would become possible only after the completion of a special military operation.
“Concluding peace with Ukraine is possible if the goals and objectives of the Northern Military District are fulfilled. Russia has never refused negotiations,” Medinsky said.
He also noted that the Russian side, during negotiations with the Ukrainian side in 2022, did not demand only the country’s refusal to join NATO, but also demanded recognition of Russia’s sovereignty over Crimea and the independence of the Donbass republics.
“Among the unconditional demands on our part was recognition of Russian sovereignty over Crimea, recognition of the independence of the Donbass republics, then there was a large number of humanitarian demands, but we proceeded from the protection of the Russian-speaking population of Donbass,” the Russian presidential aide emphasized.
As Regnum reported, on November 27, Deputy Head of the Ukrainian Minister of Justice Irina Mudra said that Kiev will never sign a peace agreement if it does not contain a condition on reparations to Ukraine. After this, the dean of the Faculty of Media Communications of the Moscow State Institute of Culture, Yuri Kot, in a conversation with IA Regnum, said that representatives of the Ukrainian side thereby began to bargain on peace terms.
Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs Dmitry Novikov also commented on the statement and noted that in fact such a statement is a refusal to negotiate, since this condition is unacceptable for Moscow. The next day, the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova , said that it was Western countries that in the spring of 2022 banned the Kiev authorities from holding peace negotiations with Russia, since they did not need a path to peace.
Assistant to the Russian President and head of the Russian delegation at the 2022 negotiations with Ukraine, Vladimir Medinsky , said on November 28 that it was the head of the Kiev regime , Vladimir Zelensky , who dragged the two countries, Ukraine and the Russian Federation, into hostilities.
“Russia has never set itself the goal of conquering Ukraine.
Sure. Why conquer something you believe you already own?
The West and Zelensky dragged our countries into full-fledged military action,” Medinsky told reporters.
At the same time, as he emphasized, Moscow has never ruled out the possibility of negotiations with Kiev to resolve the conflict.
“You surrender completely, and everything will be fine. Really.”
“We have never refused to conduct peace negotiations with Ukraine,” the aide to the Russian President emphasized.
As Regnum reported , starting in October 2022, Zelensky has opposed a diplomatic solution to the crisis; he also signed a decree on the impossibility of negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin . As an option acceptable to himself, Zelensky put forward the condition that Russian troops withdraw to the country’s borders as of 1991 and emphasized that then it would be possible to talk about negotiations.
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called schizophrenia the opinion that it will begin only when Russia is defeated in a special military operation and recalled that the United States, the EU and NATO uncompromisingly called Ukrainian demands and the payment of reparations by Moscow as the basis for negotiations. Putin, in turn, has repeatedly stated that he has never refused negotiations, but, according to him, the key to solving the problem of Ukraine is on the side of the West.
In September 2023, Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov stated that there were no prerequisites for negotiations on Ukraine, and Lavrov pointed out the impossibility of implementing Zelensky’s “peace formula.
The Kiev regime, if it had signed a peace treaty with Moscow in 2022, would have saved hundreds of thousands of its soldiers, Russian Presidential Assistant Vladimir Medinsky told reporters on November 28.
“I am deeply convinced that if Kiev had signed a peace treaty then on mutually acceptable terms, it would have thereby saved the lives of hundreds of thousands of its soldiers,” he said.
Medinsky added that the head of the Kiev regime, Vladimir Zelensky, chose to continue hostilities instead of a peace treaty, and Kiev itself admitted that it was being controlled from the outside.
The head of the faction of the Servant of the People party in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, David Arakhamia , said on November 24 that the Ukrainian delegation that participated in the peace negotiations in the spring of 2022 was ready to sign the peace agreement proposed by Russia. He said that this did not happen because of then British Prime Minister Boris Johnson , who convinced Kiev not to agree to peace.
On November 26, Margarita Simonyan , editor-in-chief of the Rossiya Segodnya media group and RT television channel , said that the refusal of the Ukrainian authorities to sign a peace agreement has led to Ukraine becoming a country of disabled people and emigrants. She also noted that hundreds of thousands of victims could have been avoided if the Ukrainian side had agreed to reach an agreement.
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[Regnum] The former head of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine, Valery Kondratyuk , said that the wife of the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Kirill Budanov, Marianna, was poisoned with arsenic and mercury.
“During the tests, metals such as arsenic and mercury were discovered... This affected not only the wives of Kirill Budanov, but also several employees of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Moscow Region... we are talking about no less high-ranking officials,” he said on NV radio . November 28.
As Regnum reported, on Tuesday the Ukrainian publication Babel, citing its own intelligence sources, reported that traces of heavy metals were found in the blood of the wife of the head of the State Intelligence Directorate Kirill Budanov, Marianna. Later this information was also confirmed by the department. At the same time, Budanov himself showed no signs of poisoning.
On the evening of November 28, Kirill Budanov, in an interview with the War Zone portal, stated that the condition of his wife, who had previously been hospitalized, had returned to normal. He added that he is currently awaiting the results of a medical examination.
[Regnum] Marianna Budanova , the wife of the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) of Ukraine, Kirill Budanov , according to Ukrainian statements, was poisoned with heavy metals. The media claim that the incident is an assassination attempt, since the substances found in Marianna’s tests “are not used in any way in everyday life or military affairs.”
At the same time, the Ukrayinska Pravda publication, citing sources in the security bloc, writes that in addition to Budanova, several more GUR employees were allegedly poisoned, but not the head of the department himself. According to journalists, the woman’s symptoms appeared faster and more clearly due to her low weight, while the other victims were “large men.”
“Poisoning has been confirmed in several more employees <...> they are also being treated now,” a source in the Main Intelligence Directorate told reporters.
Ukrainian intelligence representative Andrei Yusov confirmed the information about the poisoning of Budanov’s wife, but he did not provide other details.
The Babel publication reported on November 28 that traces of heavy metals were found in Budanova’s blood. She was hospitalized, the woman’s life is not in danger and she is already recovering. It is alleged that she could have been poisoned through food.
Later, Ukrainian media reported that the head of the State Intelligence Service of Ukraine, Kirill Budanov, was not found to have been poisoned, and his health was fine.
WHAT ARE HEAVY METALS?
The list of heavy metals includes arsenic, mercury, lead, cadmium, chromium, copper, barium, zinc, selenium, thallium, nickel, silver, manganese and antimony. Poisoning usually occurs through the respiratory tract, digestive system, or skin contact. Such poisoning manifests itself in the form of anemia and body pain. At the same time, mercury tends to accumulate in the body and leads to more severe consequences.
The former head of the intelligence department of Ukraine, Valery Kondratyuk , admitted on Radio NV that the wife of the head of the State Intelligence Directorate was poisoned with arsenic and mercury. At the same time, he immediately added that this is classified information.
Marianna Budanova is the second wife of the head of the GUR. She was born in the Kyiv region in 1993. She is a psychologist by training. In 2013, Marianna met her future husband.
ASSASSINATION OR ACCIDENT
In a conversation with Regnum news agency , political scientist Yuri Svetov said that the poisoning of Budanov’s wife may be another sign that there is a clan struggle in Ukraine. According to the expert, the news does not inspire much confidence, because Marianna had not appeared in the information space before. As for the information that heavy metals were used in the poisoning, this, according to the political scientist, was launched in order to implicate Russia.
Director of the Institute of Political Studies Sergei Markov, in a conversation with aif.ru , said that Budanova could have been poisoned due to the division of resources. As the expert explained, the financial flow has recently decreased, and therefore such disputes arise.
ZELENSKY VS ZALUZHNY
It is noteworthy that the incident with Budanova occurred just a few days after the head of the Kyiv regime, Vladimir Zelensky, spoke in an interview about “numerous attempts” on his life. However, he could not say how they were carried out, nor exactly how many there were.
At the same time, in Ukraine and in the world, the topic of a serious conflict between Zelensky and the military leadership of the country, namely Commander-in-Chief Valery Zaluzhny , continues to be discussed . As Izvestia writes, citing sources, Budanov is a career military man, and therefore can both oppose the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and support him in the event of a conflict with Zelensky. At the same time, Budanov is the only one who, according to Bankova, can lead the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the event of Zaluzhny’s departure.
At the same time, in November, in the Weapons and Strategy blog, ex-assistant deputy head of the Pentagon Stephen Bryan said that Budanov poses a threat to Zelensky and could lead a conspiracy against him.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:
[ColonelCassad] Putin made a number of policy statements on the topic of war with the West.
1. Russia is fighting for its national sovereignty and freedom of the whole world.
2. For Russia, the current conflict is of a national liberation nature.
3. The goal of the West is the dismemberment and plunder of Russia.
4. They will try to destroy Russia along national lines, but the enemy will fail.
5. Russian is more than a nationality. It is, first of all, an identity.
6. Racism and neo-Nazism are the official ideology of Western elites.
7. Russia will be a country-civilization that will form a new, fair world order.
In general, the stated theses clearly show why the West says that Russia’s current diplomatic position is not inclined to negotiations (read: concessions), since the West is not ready for equal negotiations with Russia. Therefore, the conflict will continue to be existential in nature for both sides. Ukraine in this war will be expendable and a battlefield.
[Jpost] While motives remain unclear, experts have noted that fomenting already brewing divisions and chaos in the West has been a tradition of Russia’s security services since the Cold War.
Jankowicz noted that Russia is an equal opportunity inciter, switching from causes on the right to left at will, and the country is no stranger to using antisemitism as a weapon.
When Stars of David began appearing on Jewish homes and institutions in Paris’ 10th arrondissement late last month, as well as on a Jewish woman’s home in Berlin, many were quick to bring up comparisons to the Nazi era. But French authorities pointed to a surprising culprit: Russia. According to French authorities, the pictures of the Stars of David first began to spread via a Russian-run news site called Recent Reliable News (RRN) before being found by others online. Shortly after the incident went viral, VIGINUM, France’s intelligence unit devoted to tracking foreign digital interference, recorded more than 1,000 bots making over 2,500 posts related to the incident on X, the social platform formerly known as Twitter.
RRN, seemingly a news aggregator, was revealed in June to be part of a network of web domains used by Russian hackers for a disinformation operation targeted at Western Europe known as “Doppelganger.” RRN and sites like it were used to mimic major news outlets and even government sites, sharing information with a clearly pro-Russia slant.
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