Ukraine's Defence Forces hold positions on Dnipro's left bank in Kherson Oblast – General Staff report

Saturday, 25 November 2023, 19:51

Ukrainian forces are continuing to hold positions on the left bank of the River Dnipro in Kherson Oblast. They have repelled the largest number of attacks on the Avdiivka front.

Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of 18:00 on 25 November

Quote: "Defence forces are continuing to hold positions on Dnipro’s left bank in Kherson Oblast. They are continuing to inflict damage on enemy troops."

Details: Over the course of the day, Ukraine’s defence forces clashed with Russian troops 42 times. Russian forces carried out 3 missile strikes and 99 airstrikes and deployed multiple-launch rocket systems (MLRS) 38 times to attack the positions of Ukrainian troops and civilian settlements. Russian forces also deployed 75 Shahed-136/131 drones to attack Ukraine on the night of 24–25 November, with Ukraine’s defence forces intercepting 74 of these drones.

There were no significant changes on the Volyn and Polissia fronts.

On the Sivershchyna and Slobozhanshchyna fronts, Russian forces deployed mortars and artillery to attack around 15 Ukrainian civilian settlements, including Kliusy, Yeline, Bleshnia, Tymonovychi, Leonivka and Hremiach (Chernihiv Oblast); Volfyne, Kindrativka, Loknia, Zapsillia, Turia and Popivka (Sumy Oblast); and Udy, Alisivka, Bochkove and Mala Vovcha (Kharkiv Oblast).

On the Kupiansk front, Russian forces conducted offensive operations near Synkivka and Ivanivka (Kharkiv Oblast), with Ukrainian forces repelling 3 Russian assaults. Russian aircraft struck areas in the vicinity of Ivanivka and Kyslivka. Russian forces also deployed mortars and artillery to attack Dvorichna, Synkivka, Petropavlivka, Ivanivka and Berestove (Kharkiv Oblast).

Russian forces did not undertake offensive operations on the Lyman front but carried out airstrikes near Bilohorivka (Luhansk Oblast) and Terny (Donetsk Oblast). Around 10 Ukrainian settlements, including Nevske and Bilohorivka (Luhansk Oblast) and Torske, Serebrianka, Verkhnokamianske, Spirne and Rozdolivka (Donetsk Oblast), came under Russian mortar and artillery fire.

On the Bakhmut front, Russian forces carried out unsuccessful assaults near Klishchiivka and Andriivka (Donetsk Oblast), with Ukrainian forces repelling 7 Russian assaults. More than 10 civilian settlements, including Bohdanivka, Mykolaivka, Ivanivske, Klishchiivka and New-York (Donetsk Oblast), came under Russian mortar and artillery fire.

Ukrainian forces repelled 17 Russian assaults in the vicinity of Stepove, Avdiivka and Pervomaiske and to the south of Novokalynove (Donetsk Oblast) on the Avdiivka front. Russian forces deployed artillery and mortars to attack around 15 civilian settlements, including Sukha Balka, Keramik, Stepove, Avdiivka, Pervomaiske and Nevelske (Donetsk Oblast).

On the Marinka front, Russian forces conducted unsuccessful offensive operations near Marinka and Novomykhailivka (Donetsk Oblast), with Ukrainian forces repelling 7 Russian assaults. Russian aircraft struck areas near  Novomykhailivka (Donetsk Oblast). Around 10 settlements in Donetsk Oblast, including Oleksandropil, Krasnohorivka, Marinka, Heorhiivka, Pobieda and Novomykhailivka, came under Russian fire.

Russian forces also conducted unsuccessful offensive operations to the south of Zolota Nyva and to the east of Staromaiorske (Donetsk Oblast) on the Shakhtarsk front. Russian forces carried out airstrikes near Vuhledar (Donetsk Oblast). Around 10 civilian settlements, including Vodiane, Bohoiavlenka, Prechystivka, Zolota Nyva and Blahodatne (Donetsk Oblast), came under Russian artillery and mortar fire.

On the Zaporizhzhia front, Russian forces made 4 unsuccessful attempts to regain positions near Robotyne (Zaporizhzhia Oblast). More than 20 civilian settlements came under Russian artillery and mortar fire, including Poltavka, Huliaipole, Charivne, Novodanylivka, Mali Shcherbaky and Plavni (Zaporizhzhia Oblast).

On the Kherson front, Mykhailivka, Shliakhove, Kozatske, Ivanivka, Dniprovske, Berehove and the city of Kherson (Kherson Oblast) and Ochakiv (Mykolaiv Oblast) came under Russian artillery fire.

Over the course of today, Ukrainian aircraft carried out 11 airstrikes on clusters of Russian military personnel, weapons and equipment.

Units of Ukrainian Rocket Forces and Artillery struck 7 clusters of Russian military personnel, weapons and equipment, 4 artillery systems, and an ammunition storage point.

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