Russian forces undertake most attacks near Avdiivka – General Staff report

A total of 46 clashes between Ukrainian and Russian forces occurred on Sunday, 26 November, with Ukrainian forces repelling the largest number of Russian assaults (24) on the Avdiivka front. They also repelled 6 Russian assaults on the Kupiansk front, 7 on the Bakhmut front, and 4 on the Marinka front.

Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of 18:00 on 26 November

Details: Over the course of the day, Ukraine’s defence forces clashed with Russian forces 46 times. Russian forces carried out 33 airstrikes and deployed multiple-launch rocket systems (MLRS) 45 times to attack the positions of Ukrainian troops and civilian settlements, killing and injuring civilians and damaging private residential houses and other civilian infrastructure targets.

Russian occupation forces also deployed 5 Shahed-136/131 strike drones to attack Ukraine, with Ukrainian air defence downing 4 of them.

The situation in Ukraine’s east and south remains difficult.

There were no significant changes on the Volyn and Polissia fronts. There is no evidence that Russia is forming new offensive units there, but units of Belarusian Armed Forces continue to carry out operations in areas near the Belarusian-Ukrainian border.

Russia continues to maintain its forces near the Ukrainian border on the Sivershchyna and Slobozhanshchyna fronts and is conducting sabotage and reconnaissance operations, shelling Ukrainian settlements from Russian territory, and amassing mines and other defensive constructions along the Ukrainian border. Russian forces carried out an airstrike in the vicinity of Seredyna-Buda (Sumy Oblast).

Around 20 Ukrainian civilian settlements came under Russian artillery and mortar fire, including Semenivka, Kliusy and Yeline (Chernihiv Oblast); Volfyne, Seredyna Buda, Basivka and Popivka (Sumy Oblast); and Kozacha Lopan, Hraniv and Budarky (Kharkiv Oblast).

On the Kupiansk front, Russian forces conducted unsuccessful offensive operations near Synkivka (Kharkiv Oblast) and Novoselivske (Luhansk Oblast), where Ukrainian forces repelled 6 Russian assaults. Russian forces also deployed mortars and artillery to attack Kamianka, Dvorichna, Synkivka, Petropavlivka, Ivanivka and Berestove (Kharkiv Oblast).

Russian forces carried out unsuccessful offensive operations near the Serebrianka forest on the Lyman front, but were unsuccessful. They deployed aircraft to attack an area near Spirne (Donetsk Oblast). Russian forces also deployed mortars and artillery to attack around 10 Ukrainian settlements, including Nevske and Bilohorivka (Luhansk Oblast) and Torske, Serebrianka, Verkhnokamianske, Spirne and Rozdolivka (Donetsk Oblast).

On the Bakhmut front, Russian forces carried out aircraft-supported assaults near Klishchiivka and Andriivka, and to the east of Pivnichne (Donetsk Oblast), with Ukrainian forces repelling 7 Russian assaults. The Russians also conducted airstrikes in the vicinity of Bohdanivka, Klishchiivka, Toretsk and Pivnichne (Donetsk Oblast). Around 10 civilian settlements, including Bohdanivka, Ivanivske, Klishchiivka and New-York (Donetsk Oblast), came under Russian mortar and artillery fire.

On the Avdiivka front, supported by their aircraft, Russian forces carried out several unsuccessful offensive operations to the east of Novobakhmutivka and to the south of Novokalynove, Sieverne, Stepove, Avdiivka and Pervomaiske (Donetsk Oblast), with Ukrainian forces repelling 24 Russian assaults. Russian forces also deployed artillery and mortars to attack around 10 civilian settlements, including Avdiivka, Sieverne, Netailove and Pervomaiske (Donetsk Oblast).

On the Marinka front, Russian forces conducted unsuccessful aircraft-supported offensive operations near Marinka and Novomykhailivka (Donetsk Oblast), with Ukrainian forces repelling 4 Russian assaults. Around 10 settlements in Donetsk Oblast, including Heorhiivka, Marinka, Pobieda and Novomykhailivka, came under Russian fire.

Russian forces did not conduct offensive operations on the Shakhtarsk front but carried out airstrikes near Staromaiorske and Urozhaine (Donetsk Oblast). Around 10 civilian settlements, including Vodiane, Prechystivka, Zolota Nyva and Urozhaine (Donetsk Oblast), came under Russian artillery and mortar fire.

Russian forces also did not conduct offensive operations on the Zaporizhzhia front. More than 15 civilian settlements came under Russian artillery and mortar fire, including Huliaipole, Levadne, Charivne, Mala Tokmachka and Robotyne (Zaporizhzhia Oblast).

Russian forces shelled the city of Kherson on the Kherson front and conducted an airstrike in the vicinity of Krynky (Kherson Oblast).

Meanwhile, Ukraine’s defence forces are continuing to hold their positions on the left bank of the River Dnipro and are inflicting damage on Russian forces.

Over the course of today, Ukrainian aircraft carried out 3 airstrikes on clusters of Russian military personnel, weapons and equipment.

Units of Ukrainian Rocket Forces and Artillery also struck a cluster of Russian military personnel, weapons and equipment.

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