Russia-Ukraine SITREP for 19 NOV 2023 23:59* PST - Snow Comes to Ukraine (Patreon)

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SITREP 537 is 37 pages and a full report.

What's Happening

What's the big story? Winds up to 33 meters per second (74 MPH), rain, sleet, ice, and snow have arrived across large areas of Ukraine. The weather significantly lowered the operational tempo of the number of airstrikes conducted, and there were no reported drone or missile strikes beyond the line of conflict by either combatant.

What's the second story? Commander of the Medical Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Major General Tetiana Ostashchenko, was dismissed and received a rare public rebuke by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Our analysis of unresolved problems with battlefield medicine in 2023 was timely.

Summary

•  There are no map updates
•  Severe weather across large areas of Ukraine and parts of western Russia significantly curtailed military operations for both combatants
•  Fighting continued in the Kupyansk AO with no changes to the situation
•  Fighting continued south of Bakhmut, with Ukrainian and Russian forces trading the same defensive positions north of Klishchiivka
•  Russian forces continued attempts to advance from the Krasnohorivka Plateau despite poor weather conditions
•  Russian forces appear to be consolidating gains southeast of Avdiivka, while Ukrainian forces pushed Russian troops back from the edge of the Avdiivka Coke Plant
•  Fighting continued on the south flank of Avdiivka and the Marinka area of operation (AO)
•  The operational tempo slowed in the Orikhiv AO, with multiple reports that Ukrainian troops are continuing to make incremental gains west of Robotyne
•  Fighting continued on the east banks of the Dnipro and Konka Rivers, with multiple reports of friendly fire incidents among Russian troops
•  A Shahed-136 kamikaze drone broke through air defense around Kyiv on the evening of November 18-19
•  Commander of the Medical Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Major General Tetiana Ostashchenko, was dismissed and received a rare public rebuke by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
•  United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin made an unannounced visit to Kyiv
•  Ukrainian teen Bohdan Yermokhin was repatriated from Russia after facing forced mobilization into the Russian Federation Armed Forces
•  At least one Ukrainian is being held hostage by Iran-backed Houthi militants from Yemen after they hijacked the British-owned car carrier Galaxy Leader in the Red Sea

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