Heavy fighting continues in eastern Ukraine. Ukrainian troops may have made an important breakthrough. News ticker about the war in Ukraine.
- At attacks On that day Ask it: Volodymyr Zelenskyj Russia sees a huge loss
- more than 800 soldiers In one Tag: General Staff Count Russia’s Losses
- Success for Kiev: Ukraine reaches the bridge over the southern Dnipro
- Information processed here comes from international media and news agencies, as well as from warring parties Russia, Ukraine and their allies. In particular, information about the losses suffered by the armies involved in the Ukrainian war cannot be independently verified.
Updated as of November 15, 7:31 pm: The Ukrainian military leadership briefly commented on the progress of troops across the Dnipro. Ukrainian troops were trying to push Russian forces back from the southern bank of the river, a Ukrainian military spokesman said. They walked in small groups along a 20-kilometer stretch of river bank located between a railway bridge and Krinki village.
About one-and-a-half companies have been shut down in the former Russian-occupied bank. On television, the spokeswoman for the Ukrainian military command in the south, Natalya Humenyuk, asked for an understanding of the rare news: “At the moment we are listening to the information quietly (…) so that we can report about major successes later.”
High casualties in Ukraine war – Russia recruits heavily in Siberia
Updated as of November 15, 6:57 pm: Due to continued heavy casualties, the Russian military leadership plans to recruit more personnel from parts of Siberia in the near future. According to reports, 500 men from the Yakutia region are to be sent to the front line in Ukraine every week.
Updated November 15, 5:23 p.m: According to the Ukrainian State Border Guard, soldiers stationed at the border destroyed nine Russian vehicles in the Kharkiv region. Among others, they allegedly used drones to destroy two armored fighting vehicles, an armored personnel carrier and six passenger cars. Three hidden Russian posts were also reportedly hit.
Ukraine war: Russia admits setback in Dnipro
Updated November 15, 1:34 p.m: Russia has acknowledged Ukraine’s advances on its controlled Dnipro Bank. “One and a half” Ukrainian companies were in “small groups” on the eastern bank of the river, Vladimir Zalto, the Moscow-appointed governor of the Kherson region, said in a telegram today.
“We have sent additional forces,” Saldo added AFP was added. The news agency could not independently verify the reports or the number of Ukrainian forces. Salto’s ideas were a novelty; The Kremlin has so far refused to comment on such reports.
The vast Dnipro has been a front line in southern Ukraine for a year. Ukraine controls the west bank, while Russia controls the opposite bank.
US experts expect new offensive efforts by Russia in Ukraine war
Updated on November 15, 12:11 PM: The situation on the front in the east and south of Ukraine is considered stalemate. From the perspective of US experts in the East, Russia is currently seeking to regain the initiative in the East with several parallel offensives. The cities of Kubyansk in the Kharkiv region and Avdiyvka and Pakmut in the Donetsk region have particularly fierce competition.
The US Institute for the Study of War (ISW) said yesterday that the success of these efforts is questionable due to pressure from the Ukrainian counteroffensive. Ukraine acknowledged that the situation on the front was difficult and complicated. Nevertheless, the ISW considered it a victory that Ukrainian troops were able to establish themselves on the left bank of the Dnieper in Kherson – positions previously held by Russian troops.
Russia apparently suffered heavy losses in the attacks on Avdiivka
Updated on November 15, 11:03 am: Volodymyr Zelensky sees great loss for Russia Attacks on Avdivka. “The more Russian units are destroyed near Avdiivka, the worse the overall situation will be for the enemy during the war,” the Ukrainian president said in his latest video address. The London minister cites enormous figures for Russia’s losses.
Ukraine publishes new statistics on Russian losses
Updated on November 15, 10:17 am: The Ukrainian Civil Service has released current statistics on Russia’s losses. Accordingly, it is said that more than 800 Russian soldiers may have been killed or wounded in the war in Ukraine in the last 24 hours alone. Since the start of the war, Russia has reportedly lost more than 10,000 battle tanks in combat. This information cannot be independently verified – the Kremlin does not release any figures on its own losses.
Russia’s losses in Ukraine war at a glance:
- Players: 314,290 (+820 on previous day)
- Puncture: 5377 (+15)
- Armored vehicles: 10.104 (+18)
- Artillery system: 7647 (+58)
- Air defense systems: 582 (+2)
- Multiple rocket launchers: 884 (+2)
- Tank trucks and other vehicles: 10.020 (+47)
- Rockets: 1562 (+1)
- Airplanes: 323 (+1)
- Helicopter: 324
- Drones: 5675 (+26)
- Ships and Boats: 22
- Source: Ukrainian Civil Service as of November 15, 2023. Information about Russian losses comes from the Ukrainian military. They cannot be independently verified. Russia has not provided any information on its own losses in the war in Ukraine.
Russian daily: “There can be no question of an attack”
Updated November 15, 9:26 am: Defense Minister Boris Pistorius (SPD) recently warned: The EU is clearly missing its munitions target on Kiev in the Ukraine war. The Russian newspaper takes this into account Nesavisimaja Gazetteer And comments today: “Kiev sounds alarm bells over ammunition shortage.” The Ukrainian leadership seems seriously concerned about the “lack of weapons of war” – and it continues – Conclusion of the opinion article: “About the new” offensive Ukrainian armed forces cannot be talked about for now.
Ukraine war: heavy Russian attacks near Avdiivka and Marinka
Updated November 15, 6:15 am: Russia is trying to force a military victory with increased attacks near the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk, according to Kiev. Ukraine’s General Staff reported a number of Russian attacks near Avdiivka and Marinka on Tuesday evening (November 14). Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj saw a connection with the upcoming presidential election in Russia in 2024. Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin certainly wants to prove success early, he said in Kiev.
The Ukrainian bridge over the Dnipro is being widened
First Report: KYIV – The head of the Ukrainian presidential office, Andriy Yermak, confirmed the presence of a bridge on the southern bank of the Dnipro occupied by Russia in the Kherson region. “Against all odds, Ukraine’s armed forces have gained a foothold on the left bank of the Dnipro,” Yermak said during a speech in Washington. The aim here is to get closer to the Russian-annexed Crimean peninsula. “We have crossed 70 per cent of the route. And our counter attack continues,” he said.
According to analyzes by Western observers, the Ukrainians have expanded the bridgehead near Krinki in recent days and brought in light tank technology there. Russian military bloggers are complaining that Russian troops have opened fire there, and that the initiative is with the Ukrainians.
Ukraine War: Dozens of Russian Attacks Near Donetsk
57 battles were fought across the entire front on Tuesday, Ukraine’s General Staff wrote in its situation report on Tuesday evening (November 14). Ukraine repelled 18 attacks in the towns of Marinka and Novomykhalivka, west of Donetsk alone. Another 15 attacks were repelled near the town of Avdiyvka, north of Donetsk.
Donetsk, home to nearly a million people, is the center of eastern Ukraine’s Donbass coal and steel district and has been in the hands of Russian-controlled forces since 2014. From that time the front was close to the city; The Ukrainian military maintains strong security positions there. That’s why the frontline hasn’t changed even after the large-scale Russian invasion begins in 2022.
In recent weeks, the Russian military has stepped up its offensive in the Donetsk region. Although casualties were high in soldiers and vehicles, the number of attackers put pressure on the Ukrainian defenders. (with agency materials)
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