Page 11 - Offensive Operations News Today

Your slice of the headlines in Ukraine. Daily. Thursday, November 2, 2023.

Analysts from the Institute for the Study of War have said that Ukraine's defence forces are continuing their offensive operations on the Melitopol front in Zaporizhzhia Oblast and near the eastern city of Bakhmut.

Russia’s recent offensive in eastern Ukraine has been labeled as “limited-effect offensive operations” by the U.S. Defense Department, said Pentagon spokesperson Brigadier General Pat Ryder.

Russian troops made unsuccessful attempts to regain lost positions near Robotyne in Zaporizhzhia Oblast and Donetsk Oblast's Andriivka, the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces reported on Oct. 30. Ukraine liberated Robotyne in August and Andriivka in September.

The operational situation in the east and south of Ukraine has remained difficult during the past day. Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of 18:00 on 30 October Details: It is reported that 30 combat clashes took place on the front during the day.

The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reports Ukrainian defenders continue to advance on the left bank of the Dnipro River in Kherson Oblast. Source: the ISW Details: Ukrainian troops advanced slightly on the eastern (left) bank of Kherson Oblast and continued their offensive operations near the city of Bakhmut, Donetsk Oblast and in the western part of Zaporizhzhia Oblast.

Over 60 combat engagements took place in various sectors of the frontline on Oct. 27 as Russian troops continued their attempts to encircle Avdiivka, the Ukrainian military’s General Staff said in its morning update on Facebook.

Russian forces attempted to regain lost ground near Andriivka on the Bakhmut front and Verbove in Zaporizhzhia. Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on 27 October Details: A total of 47 combat engagements took place over the last day.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces maintain a strong defense in the Avdiivka sector, inflicting significant losses on the Russian occupiers still attempting to surround the city, the Ukrainian General Staff reported on Facebook on Oct. 25.

Russia largely continues to rely on specially designated ‘Shtorm-Z’ (Storm-Z) units for local offensive operations in Ukraine, which highlights the extreme difficulty it has in generating combat infantry capable of conducting effective offensive operations, the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defense reported in an intelligence update on X (Twitter) on Oct. 24.