Ukrainian Armed Forces conduct offensive in the Melitopol sector, 74 combat engagements took place in the frontline over the last day - General Staff

In the last day, 74 combat engagements took place in the Ukrainian frontline, the Defense Forces repelled enemy attacks near Kupyansk, Avdiivka and Maryinka. At the same time, the defenders continue offensive operations in the Melitopol sector and hold their positions on the left bank of the Dnipro River in the Kherson sector.

Theoccupiers are being depleted along the entire front line, causing significant losses. Operational information on the Russian invasion was provided by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in a morning report on November 23.

The day before, the enemy launched three missile and 43 air strikes, fired more than 64 times from multiple launch rocket systems at the positions of our troops and settlements, and also launched a massive attack with Shahed-136/131 drones. Air defense destroyed all 14 UAVs. Unfortunately, Russian terrorist attacks have resulted in civilian casualties and injuries, as well as the destruction of private homes and other civilian infrastructure.

Synkivka, Podoly, Kupyansk-Vuzlovyi, Stepova Novoselivka in Kharkiv region; Serebryanske forestry, Bilohorivka in Luhansk region; Spirne, Pivdenne, Oleksandropil, Avdiivka, Vuhledar in Donetsk region were subjected to enemy air strikes. More than 100 settlements in Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipro and Kherson regions came under artillery fire.

In the area of responsibility of the operational and strategic grouping of troops "North" in the Volyn and Polissia directions, the operational situation remains without significant changes. In the Siversky and Slobozhansky sectors, the Russian Armed Forces maintain their presence in the border areas, conduct sabotage activities, and increase the density of minefields along the border in the Belgorod region.

In the area of responsibility of the "Khortytsia" jawed unit in the Kupyansk sector, the enemy conducted assault operations in the areas of Synkivka, northeast of Petropavlivka and Ivanivka in Kharkiv region, where the Ukrainian Armed Forces repelled 12 attacks.

The aggressor did not conduct offensive (assault) actions in the Liman and Bakhmut directions. For their part, the Ukrainian Defense Forces continue to attack south of Bakhmut in Donetsk region, inflicting losses on the occupiers and consolidating their positions.

In the area of responsibility of the Tavria Brigade in the Avdiivka sector, the invaders keep trying to surround Avdiivka, but our soldiers are holding the line, inflicting losses on them. The Russian army's offensive east of Novobakhmutivka, north of Lastochkine, Avdiivka and Pervomayske was unsuccessful, where the Ukrainian Armed Forces repelled 30 attacks.

In the Maryinka sector, our defenders repelled 18 enemy attacks in the areas of Maryinka and Novomykhailivka. Occupants' attacks in the Shakhtarsk sector were also unsuccessful.

In the Zaporizhzhia sector, the Russian Armed Forces unsuccessfully tried four times to regain their lost position near Robotyne in Zaporizhzhia region. At the same time, the Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to conduct an offensive in the Melitopol sector, inflicting losses in manpower and equipment on the occupation forces, and exhausting the enemy along the entire front line.

In the area of responsibility of the Odesa Joint Forces Operation in the Kherson sector, Ukrainian soldiers continue to hold their positions on the left bank of the Dnipro River, continue to conduct counter-battery combat, and inflict fire on the enemy's rear.

During the day, the aviation of the Defense Forces struck 11 areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment of the Russian Armed Forces. Missile troops hit 13 areas of concentration, as well as a command post, an air defense facility, four artillery pieces and an ammunition depot of the occupiers.

As OBOZ.UA reported, Russian occupation forces continue to attack the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Bakhmut sector. The enemy keeps trying to force the Ukrainian military out of Klishchiyivka, which was returned to Ukrainian control in September.

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