Russia struggles with heavy losses and ends the Iran deal

+++ 2.46 pm: Ukrainian civil servants have provided detailed information on Russian losses in recent days. Between November 10 and 16, around 500 soldiers from Russia stationed in the town of Majersk in Donetsk were reportedly injured. In addition, casualties were confirmed in the town of Mykhailivka in the occupied part of Kherson. The Russian side suffered 40 dead and 70 wounded. The Russian Defense Ministry has not issued such a statement.

Ukraine War News: High Russian Losses

+++ 12.01 hrs: Ukraine’s military has updated statistics on Russian casualties. According to this, more than 83,000 soldiers have fallen from Russia so far. Six tanks and nine vehicles were destroyed in the last 24 hours.

• Players: 83,880 (+420 on previous day)
• Flights: 278 (+0)
• Helicopter: 261 (+0)
• Puncture: 2885 (+6)
• Armored Fighting Vehicles: 5815 (+7)
• Artillery System: 1867 (+2)
• Multiple rocket launcher systems: 393 (+0)
• Air Defense Systems: 209 (+0)
• Cars and other vehicles: 4368 (+2)
• Ships: 16 (+0)
• Unmanned Combat Drones: 1536 (+0)
• (Status: Saturday, November 19)
• Information about Russia’s losses in the war in Ukraine comes from the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. They cannot be independently verified. The Kremlin gives very little information about its own losses.

Russia’s losses in the Ukraine war: Putin is increasingly isolated

+++ 10.00 am: Members of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) have “majority” condemned the Russian attack on Ukraine at their summit. As it is now known, the 21 members in their Joint Final Declaration “strongly” criticized the war and its negative effects on the world economy. However, as stated in the G20 report, there are “other views and differing assessments”. China and Russia are among the signatories, and many countries have been openly critical of Russia.

+++ 8.28 am: Russia is increasingly isolated in the world community. Members of the Asia-Pacific Economic Community have now agreed to a joint final declaration after the G20 group recently announced a majority of heads of state and government condemning the war of aggression against Ukraine. The paper was approved on Saturday, although the contents are not yet known. Nevertheless, the move is important because member states have sometimes had major disagreements over the war in Ukraine.

Update as of 6:53 a.m. Saturday, November 19: According to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine has repelled about 100 Russian attacks in the past 24 hours. As fighting in the Donetsk region continues unabated, Zelenskyj says in his evening video address, “there is no respite or pause for breath”.

Ukrainian troops will be supported by border guard units in Kharkiv and Sumy. A National Guard force fights in Bagmut.

Russia’s Casualties in Ukraine War: General Staff Gives New Figures

+++ 6.45 pm: In recent days, around 50 Russian soldiers have been killed in Ukrainian self-defense attacks on the small town of Skadovsk, south of Cherson, a Ukrainian region occupied by the Russian army. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports this in its daily situation report on social media platform Facebook. In addition, an ammunition base in nearby Chaplinka was destroyed.

Russia has also lost more personnel elsewhere in the Kherson region, according to Ukrainian civil servants. According to information from the Ukrainian military leadership, troop movements of Russian soldiers are recorded “from the direction of Kherson in the city of Novoyter in the Luhansk region.”

Ukraine reports victories in country’s south: “It’s good”

+++ 4:17 PM: Russian and Ukrainian forces are fighting fiercely on the front lines in eastern Ukraine. Reports of successes on the defenders’ side are rare, however, to keep Russia in the dark about possible developments, said NTV correspondent Stephen Richter from Kiev. However, it is known that Ukraine around Cherson in the south of the country is still freeing settlements from Russian troops and pushing them eastward. “Things are looking good for Ukraine,” Richter said. However, given the foggy weather, electricity checks are good in some regions.

Ukraine War Losses: Russia Builds Defenses in Crimea

+++ 3.05 pm: After the liberation of Cherson, the regional capital, Russian troops retreated towards Crimea. Meanwhile, construction of defense lines on the Ukrainian peninsula, which was annexed in 2014, has reportedly begun. These are intended to guarantee the “security of Crimean residents,” Moscow’s executive head Sergei Akjonov said on Friday. First, however, the security of the nearby Cherson region, still occupied by the Russians, had to be guaranteed. With the evacuation of the city, the front line of the war in Ukraine has changed. It is located along the Dnipro River, 60 kilometers from Crimea as the crow flies.

Casualties in the Ukraine War: Defenders’ Victories in the South

+++ 12.30 hrs: From the south of Ukraine, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are reporting successes. In the past day, the Russians destroyed an electronic warfare system near Nova Khakovka and an armored fighting vehicle near Hola Bryston. A reporter said that the Southern Task Force published a statement in this regard on Facebook UKrinform.

“The situation in the area controlled by the Southern Security Forces is tense but stable. “Our units are continuing stabilization operations, establishing a foothold in occupied areas, establishing fire control along transport and logistics routes and deploying Russian occupation forces on the left bank,” said the statement, which could not be independently verified.

Update from 10:45 am on Friday, November 18: From February 24 to November 18, Ukrainian defense forces destroyed 350 of 83,460 Russian attackers in the last 24 hours. This emerges from the report of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the news website reported. UKrinform reported.

Also, as of November 18, Ukrainian defenders have destroyed 2,879 main battle tanks, 5,808 armored fighting vehicles, 1,865 artillery systems, 393 multiple rocket launchers and 209 anti-aircraft systems. Information cannot be independently verified.

Russian losses in the war in Ukraine: new defensive trenches behind the front lines

First Statement: Kyiv/Moscow – Russian invasion troops in Ukraine are bracing for further setbacks, according to British military experts. This emerged from the Defense Ministry’s daily intelligence update in London on Friday.

According to the report, after withdrawing from the west bank of the Dnipro River, Russian forces are focusing on regrouping and making defensive arrangements in most of the countries they occupy. New trenches have been dug near the border with the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea, which has been occupied by Russia since 2014, and near the Chiversky Donets River between the Donetsk and Luhansk regions.

Russian losses in Ukraine war: Moscow talks about targeted disinformation campaign

“Some bases are 60 kilometers behind the current front line, and Russian planners are preparing in case of major Ukrainian advances,” the London report said. However, Russia will try to redeploy some of its troops withdrawn from the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson to bolster its offensive near the city of Pakmut in the Donetsk region.

The British Ministry of Defense has published daily briefings on the progress of the Russian war against Ukraine since it began in late February, citing intelligence. By doing so, the British government wants to counter the Russian portrayal and keep allies in line. Moscow accuses London of a disinformation campaign targeting London. (with agencies)