Russian Forces Try, But Fail To Advance On 7 Separate Ukrainian Fronts

That is more fronts than most observers knew existed. JL

Tetyana Olynyk reports in Ukraine Pravda:

Kupiansk, Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, Marinka, Shakhtarsk, Zaporizhzhia: "Russian troops engaged in unsuccessful assault operations." Ukrainian forces repelled (15, 5, 3...) ground attacks, as the Russians launched 4 missile strikes, 37 airstrikes and carried out 19 attacks using multiple rocket launchers. Meanwhile, the Ukrainian Defence Forces persisted in their offensive operation on the Melitopol front, offensive assault operations on the Bakhmut front and persisted in striking the Russians on the Dnipro River's left bank.

A total of 33 combat engagements have taken place across the contact line over the past 24 hours. The Russians have launched 4 missile strikes and 37 airstrikes and carried out 19 attacks, using multiple rocket launchers.

Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of 18:00 on 21 November

Details: Ukraine's Defence Forces are holding their positions on the Dnipro River's left bank in Kherson Oblast. They persisted in striking the Russians.

On the Kupiansk front, the Russian army conducted assault operations near the village of Synkivka and east of the settlement of Petropavlivka in (Kharkiv Oblast), where the Ukrainian Defence Forces repelled three attacks.

On the Lyman front, the Russians attempted an assault near the settlement of Siversk (Donetsk Oblast) but to no avail.

On the Bakhmut front, Ukrainian defenders repelled 5 Russian attacks near the village of Klishchiivka and east of the settlement of Pivdenne (Donetsk Oblast).

On the Avdiivka front, the Russian occupying forces held unsuccessful assault operations east of Novobakhmutivka, Avdiivka, Sieverne and Pervomaiske (Donetsk Oblast), where the Ukrainian army repelled eight attacks.

On the Marinka front, the Russians led unsuccessful assault operations near the settlements of Marinka and Novomykhailivka (Donetsk Oblast), where Ukrainian forces repelled 15 attacks.

On the Shakhtarsk front, the Russian troops engaged in unsuccessful assault operations to the west of the settlement of Staromaiorsk in Donetsk Oblast.

On the Zaporizhzhia front, the Russian army conducted assault operations near the settlements of Robotyne and Kamianske (Zaporizhzhia Oblast) but to no avail.

Meanwhile, the Ukrainian Defence Forces persisted in their offensive operation on the Melitopol front and offensive (assault) operations on the Bakhmut front, inflicting losses in military personnel and equipment on the Russian occupying army and exhausting them along the entire contact line.

Quote: "Ukraine's Air Force hit a command post, delivered 6 strikes on the clusters of Russian military personnel, weapons and equipment and 2 strikes on Russian anti-aircraft missile systems.

Ukraine's Rocket [and Artillery] Forces hit 3 clusters of Russian military personnel, weapons and equipment, as well as their ammunition storage point".