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Russia-Ukraine SITREP for 21 NOV 2023 23:59* PST - Ukrainian Forces Hold the Line

Added 2023-11-22 08:10:48 +0000 UTC

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SITREP 539 is 40 pages and combat only!

What's Happening

What's the big story? The big story is what isn't happening - which is Russia isn't able to capitalize on recent tactical gains and growing Ukrainian ammunition shortages.

What's the second story? Our concerns about growing maintenance issues at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant were well placed, as Reactor 5 is brought to a cold shutdown state.

Summary

There are map updates
We are tracking new rumors
Fighting continued in the Kuyansk AO
The Russian Ministry of Defense reported fighting was ongoing near Kreminna
Russian advisor Sergei Lezhnev has been ejected from the Kreminna AO after a third OPSEC violation in less than a week
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported fighting near Siversk
New intelligence shows Russian forces made tactical gains south of Spirne
Russian forces made marginal gains north of Kurdyumivka
Vague reports of fighting on the northwestern edge of Horlivka continue
Russian forces were unable to advance from the Krasnohorivka Plateau
Ukrainian defensive lines northeast of the Avdiivka Coke Plant have been stabilized
Fighting continued in the no man’s land north of Vodyane and near Pervomaiske
Fighting continued in western Marinka
A Russian Ka-52 helicopter attacked a disabled Russian MT-LB in a friendly fire incident south of Novomykhailivka
Russian forces continued attempts to advance on Staromaiorske
The intensity of fighting south of Orikhiv has significantly decreased with positional fighting near Robotyne
Russian occupiers at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant are bringing Reactor 5 to cold shutdown due to a worsening leaking between the primary and secondary cooling circuits
Kherson and Beryslav raions were hit by 28 UMPK glide bombs
Fighting continued on the left bank of the Dnipro and Konka Rivers, with Ukrainian forces making marginal gains south of Krynyk
The Odesa region was attacked by three anti-radiation missiles
In the Krasnodar Krai region of Russia, a commissariat office was set on fire
It’s been 55 days since the last Kalibr cruise missile launch and 60 days since the last Kh-101/Kh-55/Kh-555 launch
Cold weather is impacting the performance of drones
People’s Deputy Andrii Odarchenko was arrested by NABU and is accused of bribery
Germany announced a new 1.3 billion euro military aid package for Ukraine
Ukrainian pilots have started flight training for the F-16 in Denmark and the United Kingdom

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