Ukrainian forces are intensifying their counteroffensive against Russia on the Dnipro River front. The news ticker about the Ukraine war.
- front in Kherson: Ukraine reports successes on the left bank of the Dnipro
- No representation through Lavrov: Vladimir Putin attends G-20 summit
- Nearly 1200 soldiers on one Day: Ukraine quantifies Russia’s losses on the front
- This news ticker about the Ukraine war is constantly updated.
- The information processed here comes from international media and news agencies, but also from the warring parties Russia, Ukraine and their allies. In particular, the information on losses suffered by the armies involved in the Ukrainian war cannot be independently verified.
Update from November 20th, 11:19 a.m: Public criticism in Russia – from the wives of Russian soldiers: Dissatisfaction among Russian combat forces and their families over long front-line deployments is growing. This is what experts estimate in the British Ministry of Defense’s latest intelligence report on the war in Ukraine. Now, for the first time since the beginning of the war, their women were protesting on Moscow’s streets. They called for the men to be rotated from deployment to the front.
Although the demonstration on November 7th was ended by the police within a few minutes, the demand was remarkable, said the statement from London. “The apparently unlimited combat deployment of personnel without rotation is increasingly viewed by the soldiers themselves and their families as unsustainable,” it said.
Ukraine reports numerous battles on the front
Update from November 20th, 9:47 a.m: The front in the east and south of Ukraine is about 1000 kilometers long. Military information cannot immediately be independently verified – however, the numbers of individual battles mentioned give an indication of the intensity of the fighting. International observers such as the US Institute for War Studies (ISW), for example, confirmed the fierce fighting around Avdiivka. Russia is probably making progress there with “significant losses”.
Now the General Staff in Kiev reports that it has once again repelled dozens of Russian attacks on the 1,000-kilometer front. In addition to Avdiivka (12 attacks), the focus is on the city of Marjinka (16 attacks). Both are close to the Russian-controlled Donbass capital Donetsk.
US Secretary of Defense Austin visits Kiev during Ukraine war
Update from November 20th, 9:01 a.m: US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin arrived in the Ukrainian capital Kiev today. For security reasons, the visit was not announced. Austin wants to meet government officials and emphasize that the US will continue to provide Ukraine with the assistance it needs “to defend itself against Russian aggression,” the Pentagon said. However, there is resistance among some Republicans to new military aid for Ukraine.
Heavy fighting on the front in the east and south of Ukraine
First report from November 20th: Kiev – Heavy fighting continues in the east and south of Ukraine. The further actions of the Ukrainian army on the left bank of the Dnipro in Kherson should be followed with particular attention.
Ukraine reports successes on the left bank of the Dnipro
According to its own statements, the Ukrainian military is establishing itself in the contested Kherson region, southeast of the Dnipro River. “The defense forces continue to hold positions on the left bank of the Dnipro in the Kherson region,” the General Staff said on Facebook on Sunday evening (November 19).
The spokeswoman for the southern command post, Natalia Humenyuk, had previously said that the Ukrainian army had now pushed the Russians three to eight kilometers away from the river on the left bank of the Dnipro, which was until recently completely occupied. International observers have also recently reported Ukrainian advances on the Dnipro reported.
Kherson in southern Ukraine was largely occupied shortly after the Russian invasion. In November last year, the Ukrainian army managed to liberate the parts of the region on the right bank of the river – including the regional capital of the same name, Kherson. The Russians continued to occupy the places on the left bank of the river.
Putin in the Ukraine war at the virtual G20 summit
Russian President Vladimir Putin will take part in a virtual G20 summit this Wednesday (November 22), according to Moscow state television. Russian state television reported that Putin may be able to see Western leaders there live in an online format for the first time in a long time.
At the G20 summit of the group of leading economic powers in New Delhi at the beginning of September, Putin was represented by Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
Ukraine gives figures on Russia’s losses on the front
Meanwhile, the Ukrainian General Staff has published new figures on Russia’s losses. According to this, almost 1,200 Russian soldiers were either killed or injured in the fighting within one day. The information cannot be independently verified.
- soldiers: 318,570 (+1190 on the previous day)
- tank: 5435 (+13)
- Armored vehicles: 10,166 (+25)
- Artillery systems: 7744 (+18)
- Multiple rocket launchers: 898 (+2)
- Air defense systems: 588 (+2)
- Airplanes: 323
- helicopter: 324
- Drones: 5755 (+29)
- Ships: 22
- Tank trucks and other vehicles: 10,120 (+29)
- Special vehicles and other equipment: 1096 (+6)
- Source: Ukrainian General Staff as of November 19, 2023. The information about Russia’s losses comes from the Ukrainian army. They cannot be independently verified. Russia itself does not provide any information about its own losses in the Ukraine war.
(with news agency material)