Russia-Ukraine war: Frontline update as of November 12
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On the last day, 187 combat engagements were registered on the frontline. The situation was the most intense in the Pokrovske and Kurakhove sectors, according to the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Russian troops launched 4 missile attacks on Ukrainian positions and settlements, carried out 84 airstrikes using 145 guided bombs, and fired more than five thousand rounds of shelling, including 107 from multiple launch rocket systems. Russia also struck Ukraine with 1,500 kamikaze drones.
Russia carried air strikes on the settlements of Sumy and Donetsk regions, in particular in the areas of Novenke, Zhuravka, Krasnopillia, Serhiivka, Siversk, Toretsk, Myrnohrad, Velyka Novosilka and others. At the same time, the Ukrainian Armed Forces' missile troops and artillery hit 10 areas of Russian concentration and 2 Russian artillery systems.
In the Kharkiv sector, Russian forces tried to break through near Vovchansk eight times, and in the Kupiansk sector, Russia attacked Ukrainian positions three times. The Lyman sector was subjected to intense Russian attacks with the use of guided aerial bombs, in particular on the settlements of Zarichne, Lyman, and Yampolivka.
Russians launched 3 attacks near Chasiv Yar in the Kramatorsk sector but failed. The Toretsk sector suffered 4 Russian breakthrough attempts, and the Pokrovsk sector - 50 Russian offensives in the areas of Myroliubivka, Promin, Hryhorivka, and others. The Kurakhove sector was marked by the most active Russian actions, where the Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled 57 attacks near Illinka, Vozdvyzhenka, Katerynivka, Kurakhove, etc.
In Vremivka, Orikhiv, and Prydniprovskyi sectors Russian troops also actively used aviation and shelling. No signs of the formation of offensive groups in the Volyn and Polissia sectors have been recorded so far.
Russian losses
Over the past day, the Russian army lost 1,950 troops in the war against Ukraine. The Ukrainian Defense Forces also destroyed 23 Russian tanks, 38 artillery systems, and 81 armored personnel carriers.
