Russia-Ukraine SITREP for 25 OCT 2023 23:30 PDT - Russian Forces Prepare for Avdiivka Onslaught (Patreon)

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SITREP 531 is 43 pages long.

What's Happening

What's the big story? Russian forces continued to make gains northeast of Avdiivka.

What's the second story? A massive explosion in Khmelnytskyi leveled four Ukrainian settlements and damaged the Khmelnytskyi Nuclear Power Plant.

Editor's Note: We're changing up the format of the podcast a little bit tomorrow. Non-critical fighting in places like Marinka and Dibrova will be a quick summary.

Summary

•  There are map updates
•  Ukrainian forces are expanding their positions on the left (east) bank of the Konka River in Kherson
•  Fighting increased in the Kupyansk area of operation in Kharkiv
•  The situation in the Svatove and Kreminna AOs remains stable after the withdrawal of at least three Russian brigades
•  Russian forces continued spoiling attacks on the north flank of Bakhmut
•  Fighting continued in the Klishchiivka AO
•  Russian forces made additional gains east of Stepove and are consolidating their gains on the railroad line east of the Avdiivka coke plant
•  Russian forces were less active on the south flank of Avdiivka
•  It was business as usual in Marinka and near Pobieda and Novomykhailivka
•  The GUR claims they destroyed a Russian ammunition depot in the Petrovskyi District of occupied Donetsk
•  Ukrainian forces have consolidated their gains on the western edge of Verbove and stabilized the defensive line
•  Insurgents in occupied Berdyansk killed a Russian soldier using a car bomb
•  The Russian VKS is dropping unknown devices in the Black Sea, causing sea mines to explode
•  Insurgents in occupied Crimea documented Russian military equipment staged at numerous train stations
•  The Ukrainian Grain Association accused “officials” of delaying the loading of grain ships
•  Ukrainian forces are on the offensive in Pishchanivka, Poima, and Pidstepne and holding their positions in Krynky in Kherson
•  A Russian drone strike near Khmelnytskyi destroyed an ammunition depot in Slavuta, but it is unclear if this new ammunition or a Soviet-era clean-up site
•  The IAEA reported the concussive force of the blast in Slavuta damaged the Khmelnytskyi Nuclear Power Plant 
•  The blast in Slavuta reportedly “destroyed” four surrounding settlements
•  The Armed Forces of Ukraine has formed the Siberia Battalion, comprised of Russians fighting against the Putin regime.
•  Ukraine has developed the capacity to build “tens of thousands” of drones a month
•  Ukraine will start forming five new mechanized infantry brigades
•  The Parliament of Hungary refused to ratify Sweden’s accession to the NATO Alliance
•  The Foreign Minister of Hungary is a keynote speaker at a CSTO Conference in Belarus
•  Australia announced a $12 million aid package for Ukraine

Malcontent News Russia Ukraine War Podcast for today is live.

Marina Yevshan covers the events that happened on and off the battlefield and Zarina Zabrisky reports from Kherson.

• 01:36 Today's Assessment
• 03:28 Brief Updates
• 04:37 The Donbas - Northeast Donetsk
• 05:43 The Donbas - Southwest Donetsk
• 0814 Special Assessment: Avdiivka Salient
• 10:33 The Donbas - Southwest Donetsk (continued)
• 11:23 Zaporizhzhia
• 12:55 TOT Crimea
• 14:27 Kherson
• 15:58 Theaterwide
• 19:07 Geopolitics and Economics
• 20:22 Zarina Zabrisky reports from Kherson, where life goes

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