Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation (for the period from November 11 to November 17, 2023)
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continued to conduct a special military operation.
During the period from November 11 to 17 this year. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out 24 group strikes with high-precision weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles, as a result of which forward command posts and locations of the command staff of the Liman operational-tactical group, the Khortitsa operational-strategic group of troops, as well as points of temporary deployment of militants were hit national formations “Azov” and “Right Sector”.
In addition, artillery arsenals, warehouses for weapons, military equipment and fuels and lubricants, airfield infrastructure, as well as a training center for snipers and engineering staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were successfully hit.
In the Kupyansk direction, units of the “Western” group of forces repelled 26 enemy attacks over the past week and continued to improve the situation along the front line.
Air strikes and artillery fire damaged the personnel and equipment of the 30th, 54th, 57th and 67th mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Sinkovka, Timkovka and Zagoruykovka in the Kharkov region. The enemy's total losses amounted to over 575 military personnel killed and wounded, two tanks, 10 armored combat vehicles, 11 vehicles, and 13 field artillery guns.
In the Krasnolimansky direction, units of the Center group of forces, with the support of aviation, artillery fire and heavy flamethrower systems, repelled 23 attacks by assault groups: the 24th and 47th mechanized brigades, the 12th special forces brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the 15th regiment of the National Guard. Enemy losses during the week in this direction amounted to more than 1,100 military personnel, eight armored combat vehicles, 14 vehicles and five field artillery guns.
In the Donetsk direction, the “Southern” group of troops repulsed 33 enemy attacks during the specified period and inflicted fire damage on the personnel and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Marinka, Kurdyumovka, Razdolovka, Andreevka and Kleshcheevka of the Donetsk People’s Republic. The total enemy losses in this direction amounted to more than 1,810 military personnel killed and wounded, two tanks, 15 armored combat vehicles, 24 vehicles and 22 field artillery guns.
In the South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok group of troops occupied more advantageous lines and positions, and also repelled two attacks by assault groups of the 79th Airborne Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the 128th Territorial Defense Brigade in the areas of the settlements of Novomikhailovka and Nikolskoye of the Donetsk People's Republic .
In addition, aviation strikes and artillery fire inflicted fire damage on units of the 72nd mechanized, 58th motorized infantry brigades, 102nd and 127th territorial defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Ugledar, Staromayorskoye and Urozhaynoye of the Donetsk People's Republic. The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces amounted to over 745 military personnel, 12 armored combat vehicles, 15 vehicles, 20 field artillery pieces, as well as a Grad MLRS combat vehicle.
In the Zaporozhye direction, units of Russian troops repelled three enemy attacks in the area of the settlement of Rabotino, Zaporozhye region.
The personnel and equipment of the 33rd, 117th and 118th mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were also hit by fire in the areas of the settlements of Uspenovka and Malaya Tokmachka, Zaporozhye region. Total enemy losses for the week amounted to more than 425 military personnel, two tanks, nine armored combat vehicles, 14 vehicles and seven field artillery guns.
In the Kherson direction, the enemy on the right bank of the Dnieper and during attempts to land on the islands lost more than 460 military personnel killed and wounded, two tanks, and 17 vehicles. In addition, during the counter-battery fight, 16 field artillery guns and a Grad MLRS combat vehicle were hit.
Over the past week, operational-tactical aviation and missile forces of groupings of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation destroyed: a radar station of the S-300 anti-aircraft missile system, as well as three counter-battery radar stations, including: one supplied to Ukraine by the Federal Republic of Germany - “Cobra” and two US-made AN/TPQ-50.
During air and anti-aircraft battles, three Mig-29 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force were shot down. In addition, air defense systems destroyed 22 HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems, two JDAM guided aerial bombs and 198 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 536 aircraft, 254 helicopters, 8989 unmanned aerial vehicles, 441 anti-aircraft missile systems, 13446 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1185 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 7123 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 15,342 units of special military vehicles
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