Operation No. 1 – Lugansk region
According to ISW, on November 1, Russian troops continued local offensive operations along the Kupyansk-Svatovo-Kremennaya line and achieved confirmed successes. Geolocation video released on October 31 shows Russian troops advancing east of Petropavlovka.
The General Staff reported that Ukrainian troops repelled more than 10 Russian attacks near Sinkovka, Ivanovka, Stelmakhovka and Nadiya. The commander of the Ukrainian ground forces, Colonel General Alexander Syrsky, said that Russian troops continue their attempts to recapture Kupyansk, but have not achieved any strategic success in the Kupyansk direction.
A Russian blogger said that Russian aviation in the Kupyansky direction continues to strike Ukrainian crossings across the Oskol River. Another Russian military blogger posted a video purporting to show units of the Russian 1st Guards Tank Army capturing an unspecified stronghold in the direction of Kupyansk.
The General Staff reported that Russian troops did not conduct any offensive operations in the Liman direction on November 1.
Russian sources claimed that Ukrainian troops carried out unsuccessful ground attacks along the Kupyansk-Svatovo-Kremennaya line on November 1. The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) said that elements of the Russian western group of forces repelled two Ukrainian attacks in the Sinkovka area and that elements of the Russian central group of troops repelled two Ukrainian attacks in the area of Grekovka and Serebryansky forestry.
Operation No. 2 – Donetsk region
ISW noted that Russian forces continued offensive operations in the Bakhmut direction on November 1, but did not achieve any reported or confirmed successes.
The General Staff reported that Russian troops tried unsuccessfully to improve their positions near Kleshchievka and Andreevka and attacked near Yuzhny, but did not advance.
Ukrainian Ground Forces Command spokesman Lt. Col. Vladimir Fityo noted that Russian troops are moving reserves to the Bakhmut area to resume active offensive operations after the transition to defense, although ISW has not yet observed signs of the arrival of Russian reserves in the Bakhmut direction or the presence of additional Russian troops in the Bakhmut area.
Russian bloggers claimed that Russian troops attacked northwest of Bakhmut from Berkhovka towards Bogdanovka.
Ukrainian defenders continued counter-offensive actions in the Bakhmut direction, but did not achieve any declared or confirmed successes.
Russian sources claimed that Ukrainian troops unsuccessfully attacked near Zelenopolye and a section of the railway line between Kleshchievka and Andreevka. The General Staff reported that Ukrainian troops continue counter-offensive operations south of Bakhmut.
On November 1, Russian troops continued offensive operations near Avdeevka and reportedly advanced, the institute said. A well-known Russian military blogger said that Russian troops, including mobilized soldiers from Siberia, advanced from positions in Krasnogorovka through the railway tracks towards Novokalinovo and Keramika.
Russian media said that on October 31, Russian troops advanced west and south of Avdievka in the area of Severny and Pervomaiskoye. Several Russian sources stated on November 1 that heavy fighting was taking place north of Avdievka in the area of the landfill, and one military blogger noted that Russian troops are preparing to launch attacks on the industrial zone of the Avdeevka coke plant in the north of Avdeevka.
A Ukrainian soldier reported that Russian troops were also carrying out attacks south of Avdiivka from Vodyanoye in the direction of Severny. The General Staff reported that Russian troops unsuccessfully attacked in the areas of Avdeevka, Severny, Pervomaisky, Keramik and Stepovoy.
The Ukrainian military conducted limited counterattacks near Avdiivka on November 1, but did not achieve any confirmed successes. Geolocation video released on November 1 showed a Ukrainian counterattack north of Krasnohorivka, but the source of the video claimed that Russian troops eventually repelled the attack and forced Ukrainian troops to retreat.
Russian sources claimed that the Ukrainian military unsuccessfully counterattacked in the area of a waste heap north of Avdiivka and near Krasnohorivka. One Russian military blogger said that the Ukrainian military was successfully holding back Russian attacks near Tonenkoye.
Russian forces continued offensive operations west and southwest of Donetsk on November 1, but achieved no reported or confirmed successes. According to the General Staff, Russian troops unsuccessfully attacked in Marinka and near Novomikhailovka.
The Ukrainian military carried out offensive operations west and southwest of Donetsk on November 1 and confirmed the advance. Geolocation video released on October 31 shows Ukrainian troops advancing south of Novomikhailovka.
“Southern Axis”
According to ISW, the Ukrainian military did not conduct any confirmed or announced ground attacks in the area of the Donetsk-Zaporozhye border on November 1.
Russian troops continued offensive operations near the border between Donetsk and Zaporozhye regions on November 1 and have reportedly advanced recently.
The General Staff reported that Russian troops carried out unsuccessful attacks near Prechistovka, Zolotaya Niva and Staromayorsk.
A Russian blogger said that Russian army units were advancing in the Rovnopol area and attacked west of Staromayorsk. The Russian Vostok battalion, which is reported to be operating southeast of Velikaya Novoselka, said that on October 31, Russian troops made some gains in unspecified areas near the border of the Donetsk and Zaporozhye regions.
According to ISW, on November 1, the Ukrainian military continued offensive operations in the western part of the Zaporozhye region and reportedly advanced.
A Russian military blogger claimed that Ukrainian forces had made little progress from Shcherbaki towards Mirny and had made progress west of Rabotino. Russian bloggers claimed that Ukrainian troops unsuccessfully attacked near Novoprokopovka and Verbovoy.
Russian forces continued limited offensive operations in the western Zaporozhye region, but made no reported or confirmed progress on 1 November.
The General Staff reported that the Ukrainian military repelled Russian attacks near Rabotino. Russian sources claimed that Russian troops attacked Ukrainian positions near Verbove on October 31 and November 1.
Russian bloggers continue to claim that the Ukrainian military is holding positions and conducting attacks on the eastern (left) bank of the Kherson region.
Russian bloggers claimed that the Ukrainian military attacked near Poyma and Pishchanovka, and that military operations were taking place near Krynki.
Russian bloggers claimed that the Ukrainian military maintained positions in Krynki, where they continued to strengthen their positions and where the Russian military carried out heavy airstrikes and thermobaric artillery strikes. A Russian military blogger said that Ukrainian troops had mined the area near Krynki to make it difficult for Russian infantry to attack the area.
According to ISW, on November 1, the Ukrainian military launched strikes on Russian rear areas in southern Ukraine. The head of the occupation administration of the Kherson region, Vladimir Saldo, said that Russian troops shot down seven Ukrainian missiles aimed at occupied Crimea over the occupied Kherson region and that two of the missiles fell in an abandoned area on the Arabat Spit without causing damage or casualties.
Russian occupation authorities installed smoke screens on the Kerch Strait Bridge, supposedly in response to the missile threat, but one Russian blogger described the smoke screens as “a poultice for a dead man,” noting their ineffectiveness.
2023-11-02 01:59:34
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