Russian Defence Ministry reports on the progress of the special military operation (16–22 November 2024)
From 16 to 22 November 2024, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out a massed and 30 group strikes with high-precision weapons, including the strike by the Kinzhal hypersonic air-launched ballistic missile as well as with strike drones.
As a result, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation hit important facilities of the Ukrainian defence industry, energy facilities used to support the AFU, infrastructure of military airfields, places where strike drones were assembled and stored as well as stockpiles, ammunition and fuel depots.
On 21 November 2024, in response to the use of U.S. and British long-range weapons against facilities on the territory of the Russian Federation, the Armed Forces delivered a combined strike on a Ukrainian defence industry facility in Dnepropetrovsk. For the first time, the Russian Armed Forces employed an Oreshnik medium-range ballistic missile equipped with supersonic non-nuclear charge. The purpose of the launch was achieved. All warheads reached the designated targets.
Moreover, Russian units hit temporary deployment areas of Ukrainian armed, nationalist, and foreign mercenaries formations.
Over the past week, the Sever Group of Forces continued to defeat the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kursk region.
Aviation, drones, and artillery hit manpower and hardware of a tank brigade, five mechanised brigades, three air assault brigades, a marine brigade, five territorial defence brigades, and two National Guard brigades.
In Kharkov direction, Russian units hit formations of a mechanised brigade, a motorised infantry brigade, an air assault brigade, four territorial defence brigades, a National Guard brigade, and a Ukrainian border guard detachment.
During the week, in the Sever Group of Forces area of responsibility, the AFU losses amounted to up to 2,620 troops, seven tanks, including a German-made Leopard tank, 73 infantry fighting vehicles, including two U.S.-made Bradley and three German Marder armoured vehicles, a U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carrier, 47 motor vehicles, and 24 field artillery guns.
The Zapad Group of Forces seized more advantageous lines and positions, inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of five mechanised brigades, a jaeger brigade, an airborne brigade, two territorial defence brigades, and a National Guard brigade. In addition, 27 counter-attacks launched by AFU assault detachments were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to more than 3,210 troops, 16 armoured fighting vehicles, including four U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carriers, 36 motor vehicles, and 30 field artillery guns, including ten 155-mm self-propelled artillery systems and howitzers produced by NATO states.
Six electronic warfare stations and 17 field ammunition depots were obliterated.
The Yug Group of Forces liberated Dalneye of the Donetsk People’s Republic.
Russian troops hit four mechanised brigades, a motorised infantry brigade, a mountain assault brigade, two airmobile brigades, and an air assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Russian troops repelled 13 counter-attacks of AFU units.
The AFU losses amounted to more than 3,845 troops, four tanks, ten armoured fighting vehicles, including five U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carriers, 51 motor vehicles, 35 field artillery guns, and 16 Western-made artillery guns. In addition, ten electronic warfare and counter-battery stations as well as 16 field ammunition depots were destroyed.
The Tsentr Group of Forces continued advancing into the depths of the enemy’s defence and liberated Leninskoye, Novoalekseyevka, Novoselidovka, Ilinka, and Novodmitrovka of Donetsk People’s Republic.
Russian troops engaged manpower and hardware of a tank brigade, four mechanised brigades, an infantry brigade, three jaeger brigades of the AFU, two marine brigades, three territorial defence brigades, and two National Guard brigades. In addition, 68 enemy counter-attacks were repelled.
Over the past week, the losses of Ukrainian armed formations in this area amounted to over 2,680 troops, two U.S.-made Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, 17 armoured fighting vehicles, including two U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carriers, six Kazak,U.S.-made MaxxPro, and Turkish-made Kirpi armoured fighting vehicles, 19 motor vehicles, and 36 field artillery guns.
The Vostok Group of Forces liberated Makarovka (Donetsk People’s Republic).
Russian troops damaged formations of a mechanised brigade, a motorised infantry brigade, an infantry brigade, a marine brigade, four territorial defence brigades, and a National Guard brigade. Nine counter-attacks of AFU assault groups were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 975 troops, seven tanks including a German-made Leopard tank, 13 armoured fighting vehicles, 36 motor vehicles, 15 field artillery guns, and manufactured in the United States: two M113 armoured personnel carriers, a HMMWV armoured vehicle, and a HIMARS multiple rocket launcher.
The Dnepr Group of Forces engaged manpower and hardware of three mechanised brigades, an infantry brigade, a mountain assault brigade of the AFU, and three territorial defence brigades.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 530 troops, 37 motor vehicles, four field artillery guns, 11 electronic and counter-battery warfare stations, and four field ammunition depots.
Russian air defence shot down a Neptune long-range missile, five U.S.-made ATACMS operational-tactical missiles, two UK-made Storm Shadow cruise missiles, 16 French-made Hammer aerial bombs, 18 U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles, and 642 U.S.-made fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
During the week, 82 Ukrainian servicemen surrendered, including 52 servicemen in Kursk region.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 648 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 36,500 unmanned aerial vehicles, 586 anti-aircraft missile systems, 19,481 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,490 MLRS launchers, 18,388 field artillery guns and mortars, and 28,637 units of support military vehicles of the enemy have been neutralised.