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  • Situation update of General Staff of UAF regarding russian invasion as of 6 a.m., November 25, 2023
    Ministry of Defence of Ukraine, posted 25 November 2023 07:32

    Day 640 of the russian full-scale military aggression against Ukraine has begun.

    The russian federation continues to ignore the laws and customs of warfare, using the terror tactics, launching missile and air strikes, and firing multiple launch rocket systems not only at the military, but also at civilian targets across Ukraine. 

    During the day of November 24, there were 74 combat engagements. The enemy launched a total of 7 missile and 29 air strikes, 36 MLRS attacks at the positions of Ukrainian troops and various settlements. Unfortunately, the russian terrorist attacks have killed and wounded civilians. During the day of November 24, russian occupants launched 1 air strike on Ukraine, using 6 Shahed-136/131 attack UAVs. All of the enemy drones have been destroyed. The occupants launched yet another series of air strike on Ukraine during the day of November 25. The attack of Shahed-136/131 UAVs is ongoing. Private residential buildings and other civilian infrastructure were destroyed or damaged.

    Air strikes hit Serebryanske forestry (Luhansk oblast), Spirne, Klishchiivka, Zorya, Avdiyivka, Maryinka, Novomykhailivka (Donetsk oblast), Zmiyivka, Novoberyslav, Mykolaivka, Olhivka, and Lvove (Kherson Oblast).

    More than 140 settlements in Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, and Kherson oblasts came under artillery fire.

    Pivnich operational-strategic group, Volyn and Polissya axes: no significant changes.

    Sivershchyna and Slobozhanshchyna axes: the adversary maintains its military presence in the areas of russia bordering Ukraine. The enemy troops conduct active subversive activities in order to prevent the deployment of Ukrainian troops to threatened axes. The adversary increases the density of minefields along the state border in Belgorod oblast (russia).

    Khortytsia operational-strategic group, Kupyansk axis: with the air support, the enemy conducted assault operations in the vicinities of Synkivka, Petropavlivka (Kharkiv oblast), and Stelmakhivka (Luhansk oblast), where the Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled 15 attacks. 

    Lyman axis: with enemy conducted conducted assault operations in the vicinity of Serebryanske forestry (Luhansk oblast), to no success.

    Bakhmut axis: the Ukrainian troops repelled 11 attacks of the adversary near Bohdanivka, Ivanivske, Klishchiyivka, and Andriyivka (Donetsk oblast). The Ukrainian Defense Forces continue assault operations south of Bakhmut (Donetsk oblast), inflict losses in manpower and equipment on the enemy, and consolidate their new positions.

    Tavria operational-strategic group, Avdiyivka axis: with the air support, the enemy keeps trying to encircle Avdiyivka. The Ukrainian soldiers are standing their ground and inflicting major losses on the enemy. The adversary’s offensive operations east of Novokalynove, Novobakhmutivka, Stepove, Avdiyivka, Sjeverne, and Pervomaiske (Donetsk oblast) were unsuccessful.  The Ukrainian defenders repelled 30 attacks in that area. 

    Maryinka axis: with the air support, the enemy conducted assault operations in the vicinities of Maryinka and Novomykhailivka (Donetsk oblast). The Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled 10 attacks in area. 

    Shakhtarske axis: the adversary did not conduct any offensive (assault) operations.

    Zaporizhzhia axis: the enemy made 7 unsuccessful attempts to regain the lost ground near Robotyne and Novopokrovka (Zaporizhzhia oblast).

    At the same time, the Ukrainian Defense Forces continue their offensive operation on Melitopol axis, inflicting losses in manpower and equipment on the occupation forces, exhausting the enemy all along the front line. 

    Odesa operational-strategic group, Kherson axis: the Ukrainian Defense Forces maintain their positions held on the left bank of the Dnipro River, continue to conduct counter-battery fire, as they strike behind the enemy lines.

    During the day of November 24, the Ukrainian Air Force launched 9 air strikes on the concentrations of troops, weapons, and military equipment of the adversary.

    The Ukrainian missile troops hit 2 command posts, 4 concentration of troops, weapons, and military equipment, 2 artillery systems, and 1 logistics center of the russian invaders.

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