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Russia-Ukraine SITREP for 27 NOV 2023 23:59* PST - Through Rain, Snow, Mud, and Dark of Night, Russian Forces Continue to Fight

Added 2023-11-28 08:28:18 +0000 UTC

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SITREP 543 is 39 pages and combat only.

What's Happening

What's the big story? While there was widespread fighting, it was mostly between squad and platoon-sized light infantry units.

What's the second story? The November 26 megastorm, now called the 2023 Crimean Hurricane (the weather nerd of me is dying inside because the storm wasn't tropical or extra-tropical) caused major damage to Russian defenses in occupied Crimea.

Bonus story? Hey - on November 28 I celebrate a new year of traveling around this rock, which is a nerdy way of saying I'm 49...again.

Summary

There were minor adjustments to the war map, including the gray zone and the line of conflict in the Kupyansk and Avdiivka areas of operation (AOs)
Poor weather conditions and limited tractability significantly reduced the operational tempo
Fighting continued in the Kupyansk AO
Russian forces continued positional fighting near Novoselivske and Stelmakhivka in the Svatove AO of Luhansk
Russian forces probed Ukrainian defenses in the direction of Bohdanivka and Ivanivske near Bakhmut
Fighting continued in the Klishchiivka AO
There continue to be vague reports of fighting on the northwestern edge of Horlivka
Russian forces attempts to advance from the Krasnohorivka plateau in the directions of Novokalynove, Berdychi, Stepove, and the Avdiivka Coke Plant were unsuccessful
There were renewed claims that Russian forces had advanced to the sewage treatment plant east of the Avdiivka Coke Plant
The heaviest fighting in Ukraine continues to be in the southeastern corner of Avdiivka
Attempts by Russian forces to advance from Opytne, Vodyane, and Pisky were unsuccessful
Fighting continued on the western and northwestern edges of Marinka and south of Novomykhailivka
The only fighting in Zaporizhzhia was west of Robotyne
Insurgents attacked Chechen forces near occupied Meltipol
Poor weather and limited tractability limited fighting in Kherson, where Ukrainian forces consolidated positions in Krynyk
The booms and other defenses that protect the port of Sevastopol in occupied Crimea were destroyed by the November 26 megastorm
Despite poor weather conditions, a Russian Black Sea Fleet missile frigate was deployed
A Russian missile struck the Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih
Russia claimed that Ukrainian forces tried to attack the Ryazan Oil Refinery in the Krasnodar Krai region of Russia
Russian partisans destroyed a railroad relay box in Dagestan
A Russian Kh-59 guided air-to-surface missile was shot down by Ukraine
People’s Deputy Maryana Bezuglai is facing calls for her ouster and criminal investigation after writing on Facebook that Ukrainian Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, General Valery Zaluzhnyi, resign
United States Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, told reporters that a military aid package for Ukraine would be approved by the lower house of the U.S. Congress “by Christmas”
NATO reiterated that Ukraine would not be able to join the Alliance until hostilities with Russia end

Where's the damn podcast?

That is 100% on me. I am steadfast in no more work after 01:00 hours local time, and yesterday's SITREP wasn't complete until shortly after 01:00 hours. That means no one to sign off on the script. Working on a solution. The challenge is as more and more OSINT accounts give up, get deleted by social media, or are canceled for the right or wrong reasons, the intelligence gathering for us keeps getting longer and longer. Israel-Hamas has not been an issue for the last week due to the cease-fire.

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