Daily Report from the Ukraine Field for 2022-11-17
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⚡️ (http://t.me/sitrepmaps/5)⚔️🇷🇺🗓 MoD Top News from Yesterday - Summary⚡️
❗️ Russian Defence Ministry has emphasised (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/5018) that the high-precision attacks had been launched only at the targets located in Ukraine and no closer than 35 kilometres from the Ukrainian–Polish border. No missile strikes had been launched at any facilities in Kiev within high-precision firepower's massive attack.
💥 In Kupyansk direction, the Army Aviation of Russian Aerospace Forces have frustrated the attempts (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/5019) made by 3 company tactical groups from 14th and 92nd mechanised brigades of the AFU to launch an offensive towards Berestovoye, Kolesnikovka (Kharkov region) and Novosyolovskoye (LPR).
💥 In Krasny Liman direction, artillery fire operation and intensive action of Russian units have resulted in repelling (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/5019) 2 attempts made by AFU company tactical groups to attack Russian positions towards Kolomyichikha (LPR).
💥 In Donetsk direction, the AFU made unsuccessful attempts (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/5019) to halt the advance of Russian units by counterattacks towards Kurdyumovka, Avdeyevka, Staromikhaylovka and Georgiyevka (DPR).
💥 In South Donetsk direction, Russian forces have prevented an attack (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/5019) launched by AFU battalion tactical group towards Stepnoye (DPR).
📹 Russian Defence Ministry shows footage of MiG-31 (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/5016) fighter, Ka-52 and Mi-24 (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/5017) helicopter crews, in combat action in the special military operation, as well as UAVs destroying Ukrainian Grad MLRS (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/5022) and air defence system's radar (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/5023).
🪖 Mobilised personnel and volunteers continue their training course in Stavropol region (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/5024).
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⚡️ (https://t.me/sitrepmaps/277)🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ #Chronicle of the Special Military Operation for 16 Nov 2022⚡️
#Orlov Region:
▪️ A drone of Ukrainian militants today hit one of the tanks at the Steel Horse oil depot in the #Orlov region, but a fire and fuel leakage was avoided.
#Belarus Direction:
▪️ Near #Pinsk in the Republic of #Belarus, personnel of the State Border Committee shot down an Ukrainian copter that was trying to scout the positions of Belarusian border troops.
#Starobelsk Direction (MAP (https://t.me/sitrepmaps/264)):
▪️ In the #Kupyansk sector, Ukrainian formations conducted reconnaissance battle at the #Peschanoye - #Stelmakhovka line. At the same time, the 103rd Brigade of the Territorial Defencee made another attack attempt on #Kuzemovka. All attacks were repulsed and the enemy suffered losses.
In addition, the AFU is preparing for a large-scale offensive in this direction. Up to two artillery brigades have been brought to the contact line.
▪️ In the #Lyman sector, the enemy went on the to defence and sent only sabotage and reconnaissance groups towards #Chervonopopovka.
▪️ In the #Lysychansk sector, fighting continues near #Belogorovka. Ukrainian fighters have unsuccessfully attempted to retake previously lost positions.
#Lugansk People's Republic:
▪️ Ukrainian militants shelled several LPR towns with HIMARS and other guns. #Svatovo, #Starobelsk, #Perevalsk and #Mirnoye were hit and civilian infrastructure damaged.
#Donetsk Direction:
▪️ Enemy militants again launched massive strikes on towns in the #Donetsk agglomeration, #Donetsk itself, #Volnovakha, #Dokuchaevsk, #Yasinovataya, #Makeyevka and #Razdolnoye were hit.
#Zaporozhye Direction (MAP (https://t.me/sitrepmaps/270)):
▪️ The AFU command is actively moving forces into the #Orekhov section. Additional units together with armoured vehicles arrive at #Orekhov itself, in #Volnyanka and #Preobrazhenka. Some units are being moved from the direction of #Kherson.
▪️ Several enemy sabotage groups have been formed in the #Gulyaypole area near #Gulyaypole, #Malinovka and #Komsomolskoye to work in the rear of Russian forces.
#Kherson Direction on Southern Front:
▪️ In the southern sector of the front, the sides are conducting artillery duels across the #Dnipro. Russian forces have been working on targets in #Dudchany, #Kachkarovka, #Prydniprovskoye, #Zmievka and #Mylovoye.
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⚡️ (https://t.me/rybar/41235)🇷🇺🇺🇦💥 #Chronicle of Strikes and Mutual Fires in the SMO Zone Overnight from 16 to 17 November 2022⚡️
▪️ Late in the evening, air defence assets went off in #Dzhankoy in the north of the Republic of #Crimea. Despite claims by the Ukrainian media and individual bloggers, there is no credible information about any significant damage.
▪️ In #Kharkov region, the Russian Armed Forces fired on targets in the border villages of #Staritsa and #Ambarnoye.
▪️ In the #Starobelsk direction, Russian missile troops and artillery struck enemy concentrations in #Kupyansk, near B#erestovoye, S#telmakhovka and #Makeyevka.
The AFU, in turn, shelled Russian Armed Forces positions near #Kislovka and #Ploshchanka.
▪️ In the #Bakhmut (#Artemovsk) direction, Russian artillerymen launched strikes against AFU targets in #Bakhmut, #Spornoye, #Soledar, #Bakhmutskoye, #Ozeryanovka and #Kurdyumovka.
▪️ In the Donetsk direction, the Russian Armed Forces fired on enemy positions in #Avdeevka, Nyu-Yorka, #Maryinka, #Pervomayskoye and #Krasnogorovka.
Ukrainian formations shelled #Donetsk with HIMARS MLRS and Gorlovka with barrel artillery.
▪️ In the South Donetsk direction, Russian forces hit targets in #Ugledar, #Bohoyavlenka, #Prechistovka and #Vremievka.
▪️ In #Zaporozhye region, artillery duels continued: the Russian Armed Forces struck enemy concentrations in #Gulyaypolskoye, #Novoandreevka and #Shcherbaki.
▪️ In #Dnipropetrovsk region, artillery fire hit AFU positions near #Nikopol and #Krasnogrigorovka.
▪️ In the #Kherson direction, Russian missile forces and artillery hit targets near #Kherson, #Zelenovka and #Chernobayevka.
The enemy once again shelled #Chaplinka, with some of the shells intercepted by air defence forces.
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⚡️ (https://t.me/sitrepmaps/278)🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ Situation in the #Soledar Direction until 11:00 on 17 Nov 2022⚡️
🩸 The AFU command is trying to stop the active advance of Wagner PMC assault units near #Opytnoye and in the southeast of #Bakhmut (#Artemovsk).
▪️ Artillery crews of the 53rd Mechanized Brigade are shelling indiscriminately at the Russian attack areas in #Bakhmut, #Opytnoye, #Zaitsevo, #Otradovka and #Mayorsk.
▪️ In the city area of #Bakhmut, AFU engineering units set up additional fortifications and fire positions on the roofs of buildings. According to local residents, a railway bridge northwest of #Soledar overs the Bakhmutka River near Sol station was blown up.
▪️ The AFU's Signals Intelligence manoeuvre group uncovered the advance of Russian units 4km northeast of #Bakhmut and on the outskirts of the town.
The 2nd Battalion of the AFU's 54th Mechanized Brigade, reinforced with armored vehicles, attempted to counterattack the Russian positions and gain a foothold in the southeastern part of the town. The attack was repulsed and the 54th Brigade withdrew with losses.
▪️ South of #Opytnoye, the "musicians" defeated the assault troops of the 53rd AFU Mechanized Brigade, whereupon the personnel withdrew to #Kleshchievka.
▪️ Radio intercepts confirm the death of the 53rd Brigade's commander and combatant. Russian troops destroyed the officers during the rounding of positions.
▪️ Some members of the 53rd Mechanized Brigade refused to defend #Bakhmut and some deserted. Counterintelligence officers arrived in the town to restore discipline.
▪️ In #Konstantinovka, mobilized troops are being rapidly trained to be sent to #Bakhmut to compensate the AFU losses. The Ukrainian command plans to form a combined group of the 53rd Mechanized Brigade and 58th Separate Motorized Infantry Brigade in the near future.
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⚡️ (https://t.me/sitrepmaps/279)🇷🇺🇺🇦💡 @Rybar - the Aftermath of the Ladyzhinskaya TPP Shelling - Analysis of Satellite Imagery⚡️
Ladyzhinskaya TPP is a large thermal power plant in south-western Ukraine, generating 1,800 MW, which has been hit more than once, according to reports from the field. We tried to find out how much damage had been done to the plant: we found out that not only the 330kV switchgear was hit, but also the power plant itself.
▪️ The first location identified was the now partially destroyed compressor building. Damage to the compressor room cannot be considered critical.
Nearby 330 kV switchgear equipment was also damaged (we assume that these were high-voltage circuit breakers on the 330 kV outgoing line to the Vinnitskaya 750 substation).
▪️ The second suspected point of impact was the site near the chemical water treatment building. The arrival came in the car park next to the building: a technical pipeline with treated water was damaged. This impact cannot be called critical for the plant either - it is most likely a miss.
▪️ The third suspected point of impact is the covered gallery. It refers to the trestle with the belt conveyor of coal from the storage area to the main building of the TPP.
In addition to the damage to the gallery, a process pipeline is visible. Judging by the yellow colour of the pipes and its start at the gas distribution point, it can be assumed that it was used to transfer the natural gas used for firing the boilers.
🩸 The impact on the process pipeline seems to have been the most sensitive for the TPP. However, the damage was not so critical, as can be seen in the smoke coming from one of the pipes.
Repeated strikes are required to put the power plant's generation out of action. The plant is now prepared for a fire attack: all transformers are protected with fire and shrapnel barriers.
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⚡️ (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/5033)Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine⚡️
(17 November 2022)
◽️The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
💥 High-precision missile attacks laucnhed by the Russian Aerospace Forces near Pavlograd (Dnepropetrovsk region) have resulted in the destruction of the workshops at a manufacturing facility that produced fuel and rocket engines for the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). The attacks have also resulted in the destruction of the workshops at Iskra research and production plant in Zaporozhye, which produced electronic components to repair radar stations of the AFU and multiple-launch rocket systems.
💥 In Kupyansk direction, pre-emptive attack laucnhed at an AFU manpower concentration area has resulted in the prevention of the enemy's attempt to attack Russian positions towards Novosyolovskoye (Lugansk People's Republic). Up to 20 Ukrainian personnel, and 2 armoured motor vehicles have been eliminated.
💥 In Krasny Liman direction, the operation of Russian artillery, Army Aviation and heavy flamethrower systems has resulted in the frustration of the attempts made by 5 AFU company tactical groups to launch attacks towards Kolomyichikha, Makeevka, Ploschanka, Chervonopopovka and Chervonaya Dibrova (Luganks People's Republic).
The enemy has suffered casualties of up to 100 Ukrainian personnel, 1 tank, 3 infantry fighting vehicles, 2 armoured motor vehicles, and 3 pickups.
◽️In South Donetsk direction, Russian forces have established full control over the road between Pavlovka and Nikolskoye (Donetsk People's Republic). Moreover, intensive action of Russian forces has resulted in the prevention of 3 attacks of up to 3 AFU company tactical groups from Prechistovka, Ugledar and Novomikhailovka (Donetsk People's Republic). Firepower's operation has resulted in halting and scattering the enemy units. Over 60 Ukrainian personnel, 2 tanks, and 6 armoured fighting vehicles have been eliminated.
◽️In Lisichansk direction, the personnel of 81-st Airmobile Brigade of the AFU that operate in Belogorovka (Lugansk People's Republic) refused to subordinate to the command and to fulfil combat tasks due to large casualties and low morale. The militants sent to Belogorovka from one of the Ukrainian Nazi groups executed by shooting 5 Ukrainian servicemen to impose order and to intimidate the Brigade's personnel.
💥Operational-Tactical and Army Aviation, Missile Troops and Artillery have neutralised one AFU command post near Naddnepryanskoye, and one signal node of the AFU near Chernobayevka (Kherson region), as well as, 74 artillery units at their firing positions, manpower and hardware in 166 areas.
💥Within the counterbattery warfare, two Ukrainian launching ramps for Uragan multiple-launch rocket system (MLRS) have been destroyed near Zhovtnevoye (Kharkov region). Moreover, 2 U.S.-manufactured AN/TPQ-50 counterbattery warfare radars have been destroyed near Maryinka and Razdolovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
💥Air defence facilities have shot down 6 unmanned aerial vehicles near Yegorovka, Novoukrainka (Donetsk People's Republic), and Chernopopovka (Lugansk People's Republic).
◽️Moreover, 15 rocket-propelled projectiles, including 11 rocket-propelled projectiles laucnhed by HIMARS MLRS, have been intercepted near Guselskoye (Donetsk People's Republic), Zimogorye (Lugansk People's Republic) and Skadovsk (Kherson region). In addition, 2 rocket-propelled projectiles launched by Uragan MLRS have been shot down near Strelechya (Kharkov region), and 2 launched by Olkha MLRS near Rubezhnoye and Makeyevka (Lugansk People's Republic).
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⚡️ (https://t.me/sitrepmaps/280)🇷🇺🇺🇦💡 @Rybar - Consequences of Tripolskaya TPP Fire - Analysis of Satellite Imagery ⚡️
Tripolskaya TPP is an 1800 MW thermal power plant in the heart of Ukraine, powering, among others, the city of #Kiev. There was extremely conflicting information on the impacts, so when the commercial Maxar satellites finally captured the square of interest to our team (and there was no cloud cover!), we immediately bought the image back.
🔎 Preliminary analysis showed that there were several potential missile and UAV locations.
▪️ Neither the switchyard itself nor the two 330 / 110 kV autotransformers located within the station were affected.
▪️ A close look at the power transformers at the rightmost transformer shows signs of fire on the ground and the power step-up transformer itself looks damaged by the fire. The power conduits to it, coming from the generator, are also damaged.
▪️ The last power step-up transformer is also damaged. Both incoming and outgoing conductors are also damaged.
▪️ The third point that caught our attention was the two demolished buildings on the edge of the fuel oil terminal of the power plant. As the purpose of these buildings is not fully understood, we concede that they may have been destroyed accidentally due to a miss on the main target located at the fuel oil facility of the TPP.
🩸 It is likely that Tripoli TPP's power generation capacity has been reduced by a third due to damage to the two power step-up transformers and is now at maximum 1200 MW of electricity.
Unlike previous energy facilities, the TPP neglected to protect the most important elements of the energy infrastructure with sandbags and additional fencing. Perhaps such measures are only taken at facilities owned by Ukrainian DTEK - this would explain such carelessness.
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⚡️ (https://t.me/sitrepmaps/281)🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ Offensive in the #Donetsk Direction: Situation until 19:00 on 17 Nov 2022⚡️
🩸 Units of the 100th Brigade of the DPR People's Militia established control over the #Basseyn stronghold on the southeastern approaches to #Nevelskoye.
▪️ The Russian forces attacked in three groups. One entered from the north and cut off the supply to the long-term AFU position through the wooded area, while the others entered the line of trenches. Thanks to the maneuver, it was possible to achieve surprise and to take the position almost immediately.
▪️ The enemy tried twice to counterattack and retake this important position for the AFU, but the DPR fighters repulsed both assaults. During the battle for #Basseyn , Ukrainian artillery accidentially hit its own units.
▪️ The entrenchment allows taking fire control of the supply road from #Krasnogovorovka to #Pervomayskoye and #Avdeevka and to move to the direct attack on #Nevelskoye.
▪️ Local fighting is ongoing in other areas. Russian troops are clearing the northern outskirts of #Opytnoye and the eastern part of #Vodyanoye.
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@Rybar: The war in Ukraine has depleted American arsenals
CNN has published an interesting article (https://edition.cnn.com/2022/11/17/politics/us-weapon-stocks-ukraine/index.html): three unnamed sources shared with the publication information about the depletion of American weapons and ammunition stocks due to the delivery of these supplies to Kiev.
This is not a new problem: The Pentagon has been warning for a couple of months that, because there is no end in sight to the the war with Russia, they may no be enough stock for a potential conflict in Taiwan. Nor will there be enough for other conflicts.
▪️In spring Raytheon Technologies signed a contract (https://t.me/usaperiodical/3432) with the Pentagon to produce the Stinger MANPADS: because of shipments of the systems to third countries in the Middle East, as well as to Ukraine, it will now take years for the defense industry to make up for the shortage of missiles. Stingers have not been produced in two decades.
▪️The same problem (https://t.me/usaperiodical/5030) is with artillery rounds, which are being spent at the rate of 5,000 to 6,000 rounds a day, while the US production rate is 80,000 rounds a year.
▪️The situation with Harpoon missiles is also interesting: as of 2015, according to IHS Jane's Defence Weekly, 7.5 thousand missiles were produced and delivered (https://thediplomat.com/2015/04/who-will-supply-the-us-navys-next-anti-ship-missile/) to the troops. About 100 new missiles are produced each year (https://t.me/usaperiodical/5030). In just four months of the war in Ukraine, however, about two thousand Harpoon missiles were used up (which implies the fact that the anti-ship missiles were misused, including against ground targets).
▪️The story is similar with the Javelin ATGMs: while the production is 4,000 units per year, 7,000 units have been delivered to Ukraine to date.
🔻The CNN article then touches on another question: is what's happening a national security issue? So far, it's only the cause of heated debate on the sidelines of the Department of Defense. Future deliveries depend entirely on how much risk the Pentagon is willing to take.
Another reason for the problems with replenishing stockpiles has been the sagging global logistics and the disruption of decades-old supply chains. Ramping up production overnight is not possible.
Source: @Rybar in association with @USAPeriodical
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