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Russia-Ukraine SITREP for 24 OCT 2023 23:30 PDT - Ukraine Had A Very Rough Day

Added 2023-10-25 06:39:54 +0000 UTC

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SITREP 530 is 50 pages long.

What's Happening

What's the big story? The situation for Ukrainian forces in the Avdiivka area of operation has deteriorated much faster than any of our analysts expected because we underestimated the Kremlin's willingness to throw their ground forces into fortified defenses across unfavorable terrain.

What's the second story? Russian forces made advances in the northern and southern flanks of Bakhmut.

Editor's Note: We're changing up the format of the podcast a little bit tomorrow. Non-critical fighting in places like Marinka and Dibrova will be a quick summary.

Summary

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The situation for Ukrainian forces in Avdiivka is deteriorating faster than most analysts expected
The situation is stable in Kupyansk, Svatove, and Kreminna areas of operation (AO)
Russian forces have pushed through Ukrainian defenses northwest of Khromove and made marginal gains
Ukrainian forces made additional gains east of Andriivka
Russian forces crossed the Siverskyi Donets-Canal west of Kurdyumivka in the direction of Bila Hora
Russian attempts to advance in the direction of Novokalynove and Stepove were unsuccessful
Ukrainian forces were pushed off the terrikon with Russian DRG units entering into the northern edges of Avdiivka
Russian forces advanced west from Vodyane to the northern edge of Pervomaiske
It was business as usual in Marinka and near Pobieda and Novomykhailivka
Russian forces continued attempts to advance from Novomaiorske and Novodonetske and attacked Staromaiorske
Russian troop movements through occupied Mariupol have slowed
Russian and Ukrainian sources are stating that the Orikhiv AO has become a frozen front
Missiles hit the city of Zaporizhzhia
Missiles hit the city of Dnipro
More explosions were reported in occupied Sevastopol
Partisans attacked a Russian military base in Moscow
Ukrainian air defenses intercepted Shahed-136 kamikaze drones and Kh-59 missiles
The Russian VKS dropped 100 FAB-500S-E UMPK glide bombs in a single day
The Kharkiv oblast military commissariat and the head of the medical board were arrested for accepting $1.6 million in bribes
On November 8, the European Union will meet to assess the progress made by Ukraine, Moldova, and Georgia toward launching the required reforms to join the economic bloc
Ukraine has completed field testing remotely guided kamikaze robots and has started serial production
Ukraine has taken older AIM-9M air-to-air Sidewinder missiles and converted them into surface-to-air antiaircraft munitions
Sweden is widely expected to become a member of the NATO Alliance by mid-November
The German defense company Rheinmetall has formally completed its agreement to form a joint venture with Ukrainian defense company Ukroboronprom
Russian President Vladimir Putin did not have a heart attack
You have to have a heart in order to suffer a myocardial infarction
The Russian VKS took delivery of another batch of Su-35 multirole fighter planes
Up to 30 Russian penal soldiers from the so-called Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republic rioted in Rostov and refused to board an aircraft for deployment
Satellite images show that Russia has started using Zindans at training camps in Orenburg and Volgograd
Russia has set aside enough budget in 2024 to provide survivor benefits to 100,000 families
The Kremlin has sent guidance to state media agencies to suppress stories about crimes committed by returning soldiers
Four Ukrainian children were repatriated over the past week
An analysis of transactions found that Dutch aerospace company Airbus, German GGP Metal Powder, French arms manufacturer Safran, and the Greek company Elval Halcor are still buying billions of dollars in raw metals from Russia
President Putin came up with a novel way to prop up the rouble

Malcontent News Russia Ukraine War Podcast for today is live.

Marina Yevshan covers the events that happened on and off the battlefield and Zarina Zabrisky reports from Kherson.

01:32 Today's Assessment
03:50 Kharkiv
04:30 The Donbas - Luhansk
05:20 The Donbas - Northeast Donetsk
06:23 The Donbas - Southwest Donetsk
08:20 Special Assessment: Russia is committed to capturing Avdiivka at all costs. How does Ukraine respond?
10:52 Zaporizhzhia
11:36 TOT Crimea
12:12 Kherson
13:50 Special Assessment: Is Ukraine preparing for a wet crossing of the Dnipro River
15:58 Russian Front
16:23 Theaterwide
17:18 U.S. Ambassador to NATO Douglas Lute says the Alliance isn't doing enough - Marina Yevshan agrees

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