“So far, 150 combat clashes have taken place”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
“Today, the enemy carried out 11 airstrikes on the territory of Ukraine, dropping 22 anti-aircraft missiles, and used 648 kamikaze drones to destroy them. It carried out almost 4,000 attacks on the positions of our troops and settlements,” the message states.
According to the headquarters, in the Kurakhiv direction, the Russian army attacked 36 times in the area of Sontsivka, Berestki, Kurakhovo, Dalny, Elizavetivka, Antonivka, and Hanivka.
“Since the beginning of the day, the enemy has tried 35 times to wedge into our defenses in the Pokrovsky direction in the areas of Myrolyubivka, Promin, Lysivka, Dachenske, Zhovte and Chumatske settlements. Our units repelled twenty-six attacks, the fighting continues, the enemy’s losses are being determined,” the Armed Forces say.
It is reported that in the Vremivsk direction, Ukrainian troops repelled fourteen attacks near Trudovy, Kostyantynopolsky, Rozlyv, Rozdolny, Suhy Yalivka, and Novodarivka.
Russian troops also attacked in the Kharkiv, Kupyan, Lyman, Toretsk, and Dnieper directions. In Kurshchyna, the Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled 16 attacks by Russian forces, the fighting continues.
According to the General Staff, 150 combat clashes have taken place so far.
On November 26, analysts of the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) noted that Russian troops are making tactical gains in the west of Donetsk region, approaching the encirclement of Velika Novosilka and posing threats to Ukrainian supply lines leading to Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia regions, but for now this does not mean the “automatic collapse of the Ukrainian front”. Even if Russian forces are able to achieve their operational objectives, Russian forces will need to capture more than 8,000 square kilometers of territory to achieve their goal of capturing all of Donetsk Oblast, ISW says.