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Russia-Ukraine SITREP for 27 OCT 2023 23:30 PDT - You'd Think a Ceasefire Was Called Today

Added 2023-10-28 08:44:24 +0000 UTC

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SITREP 533 is 36 pages.

What's Happening

What's the big story? It was a very quiet day in Ukraine with no major fighting reported in Kharkiv or Luhansk and no territorial control changes. We're not phoning it in - it was hard to find much activity today.

What's the second story? Don't be fooled, Russia's operational pause is taking longer than we expected at Avdiivka, but they will go back to another massive offensive soon.

Summary

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Mutual fighting continued in the Klishchiivka AO near Klishchiivka, Andriivka, and Kurdyumivka
Russian forces are maintaining a lower operational tempo in the Avdiivka AO due to a number of factors
Russian attempts to advance on Stepove failed
Fighting continued north, east, and south of Avdiivka with no changes
Russian forces tried to advance through the Vodyane-Sieverne no man’s land and made new attempts to retake lost positions near Pervomaiske
It was the usual at Marinka and Novomykhailivka
Positional fighting continued near Vuhledar, Novodonetske, and Staromaiorske
The Orikhiv AO remained stable, but Russian milblogger WarGonzo suggested Ukrainian forces have made new advances west of Robotyne
The IAEA provided an update on the status of Zaporizhzhia and Khmelnytskyi Nuclear Power Plants
Former Ukrainian People’s Deputy and collaborator Oleg Tsarev survived an assassination attempt in occupied Crimea carried out by the SBU
Russians set up decoys at Belbek Military Airfield in occupied Crimea, and they are so poorly done you can identify them from satellite images
Russia hammered free Kherson and struck the city with a short-range ballistic missile
Fighting continues on the left bank of the Dnipro River where Ukrainian forces are consolidating their positions
Ukraine air defenses went 3 for 3, shooting down Kh-59 guided missiles
Germany announced another aid package for Ukraine
Hungary and Slovakia blocked a 50 billion euro military aid package meant for Ukraine

Malcontent News Russia Ukraine War Podcast for today is live.

Marina Yevshan covers the events that happened on and off the battlefield.

01:28 Today's Assessment
03:01 Brief Updates
03:44 The Donbas - Northeast Donetsk
04:22 The Donbas - Southwest Donetsk
07:42 Zaporizhzhia
08:30 Black Sea
08:51 Black Sea - Romania
09:02 Odesa
09:35 Kherson
10:46 Russian Front
12:04 Theaterwide

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