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Occupation troops enter outskirts of Stepove near Avdiyivka - ISW

Occupation troops enter outskirts of Stepove near Avdiyivka - ISW

On November 10, russian troops conducted an offensive in the Avdiyivka area, its results are not confirmed, at the same time, russian military bloggers claimed that russian troops entered the outskirts of Stepove (3 km northwest of Avdiyivka) and continued fighting in this area.

This is stated in another analytical note from researchers of the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW).

The daily report said a Kremlin-linked military blogger added that russian forces had also taken up positions on the railway line, allowing russian forces to make tactical gains near Stepove. According to him, the russian troops are trying to create a cauldron around Avdiyivka, and thus deprive the Ukrainian forces of the opportunity to hold positions in the rear areas in the Avdiyivka axis.

Ukrainian forces carried out limited ground attacks on the eastern (left) bank of the Kherson Region on November 10. A russian military blogger claimed that Ukrainian forces attacked near Poyma (10 km southeast of Kherson and 4 km from the Dnieper River), Pishchanivka (13 km southeast of Kherson and 3 km from the Dnieper River), Pidstepne (18 km on east of the city of Kherson and 4 km from the Dnieper River) and Krynky (30 km northeast of the Kherson Region and 2 km from the Dnieper River).

A well-known russian military blogger claimed that Ukrainian forces partially entrenched south of Krynky on November 9, but later retreated due to russian shelling.

Russian sources claimed that gaps in russian air defenses allow Ukrainian forces to operate with strike and tactical aircraft on the front near Krynky.

Geolocation images published on November 10 indicate that russian troops have advanced south of Krynky.

On November 10, russian troops continued their offensive on the Kupyansk-Svatove-Kreminna line and recently made little confirmed progress. Geolocation images published on November 7 and 9 show that russian troops have slightly advanced to the southwest of Petropavlivka (7 km east of Kupyansk).

In addition, on November 10, Ukrainian troops continued their offensive on the southern flank of Bakhmut and confirmed a slight advance.

Key takeaways from ISW for November 10:

- The Defense Intelligence of Ukraine announced that Ukrainian surface attack drones sank two small amphibious ships of the russian Black Sea Fleet in the occupied Crimea on November 10.

- Russian military bloggers continue to overreact to russia's inability to dislodge Ukrainian forces from their positions on the eastern (left) bank of the Kherson Region.
- Last month, russian troops carried out drone strikes on Ukraine much less often than in previous months.
- On November 10, russian president vladimir putin again visited the headquarters of the Southern Military District (SMD) in Rostov-on-Don, likely in an attempt to present himself as a wartime leader ahead of the upcoming March 2024 presidential election.
- On December 14, russian president vladimir putin will reportedly hold his annual Direct Line forum and annual press conference at the same time, an event likely to promote his presidential campaign.
- On November 10, Ukrainian Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets said that 17-year-old Ukrainian Bohdan Yermokhin, whom the russian authorities forcibly deported from occupied Mariupol to russia and tried to conscript him into military service, will return to Ukraine.
- Interflex Operation under the leadership of Great Britain achieved its goal - to train 30,000 Ukrainian soldiers in the period from June 2022 to December 2023.
- On November 10, russian troops carried out offensive actions on the Kupyansk-Svatove-Kreminna line, near Bakhmut, near Avdiyivka, to the west and southwest of Donetsk, in the west of the Donetsk Region, in the border area of the Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia Regions, as well as in the west of the Zaporizhzhia Region and advanced in some regions.
- Russian forces continue to struggle with low morale and poor discipline.
- On November 10, Ukrainian partisans blew up a militia car in the occupied Mariupol of the Donetsk Region.