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Russia-Ukraine war: Frontline update as of November 26

Russia-Ukraine war: Frontline update as of November 26 Photo: Ukrainian soldiers continue to repel the enemy (Getty Images)
Author: Liliana Oleniak

During the day on November 25, there were 156 combat clashes on the front line. The fiercest battles continue to rage near Pokrovsk, and Russia has also intensified attacks in the Kostiantynivka direction, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Russia launched two missile strikes on Ukrainian positions and settlements, firing 24 missiles, and carried out 66 air strikes, during which they dropped 178 guided bombs.

In addition, Russians carried out 4,494 shellings, 153 of which were from multiple launch rocket systems, and launched 6,925 kamikaze drones.

Russian air strikes hit, in particular, the areas of the settlements of Bilohiria, Velykomykhailivka, Huliaipole, Orikhiv, Novoyakovlivka in the Zaporizhzhia region, and Sadove in the Kherson region.

Over the past day, the aviation, missile forces, and artillery of the Ukrainian Defense Forces struck five areas of concentration of Russian personnel, three artillery systems, and two command posts of Russian unmanned aerial vehicles.

Directios

Three combat clashes took place in the North-Slobozhansky and Kursk directions over the past day. Russia carried out five air strikes with 16 guided aerial bombs and carried out 181 shellings, three of which were from multiple launch rocket systems.

In the South-Slobozhansky direction, Russia made three attempts to break through the Ukrainian defensive lines in the areas of Vovchansk, Synelnykove, and Kamianka.

Russia struck the Kupiansk direction 4 times yesterday. Ukrainian defenders repelled Russian assaults in the areas of Petropavlivka, Kupiansk, and in the direction of Novoplatonivka.

In the Lyman direction, Russia launched five attacks, attempting to break through Ukrainian defenses near the settlements of Zarichne, Stavy, Torske, and Lyman.

In the Sloviansk direction, over the past day, Ukrainian defenders stopped 11 Russian attempts to advance in the areas of Serebrianka, Yampil, Dronivka, Vyimka, and Sviato-Pokrovske.

In the Kramatorsk direction, Ukrainian defenders repelled a Russian attack in the Chasiv Yar area.

In the Kostiantynivka direction, Russia carried out 20 attacks in the areas of Pleshchiivka, Kleban-Byk, Kostiantynivka, Shcherbynivka, Ivanopillia, Rusyn Yar, Sofiivka, and in the directions of Mykolaipillia and Novopavlivka.

In the Pokrovsk direction, Ukrainian defenders stopped 52 Russian assaults in the areas of the settlements of Shakhove, Zatyshok, Nove Shakhove, Dorozhnie, Vilne, Chervonyi Lyman, Rodynske, Myrnohrad, Zvirove, Udachne, Hryshyne, Molodetsk, Muravka, and Filiia.

In the Oleksandrivka direction, Russia carried out 13 attacks near the settlements of Ivanivka, Zelenyi Hai, Vorone, Verbove, Sosnivka, Pryvilne, and Krasnohirsk over the past day.

In the Huliaipole direction, Ukrainian defenders repelled 16 Russian attacks in the directions of Dobropillia and Huliaipole, near Vesele, Zatyshshia, Zelenyi Hai, and Vysokei.

In the Orikhiv direction, one Russian attack was repelled near Prymorske.

In the Prydniprovskyi direction, the Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled a Russian attack in the direction of Antonivskyi Bridge.

In the Volyn and Polissia directions, no signs of Russian offensive groupings were detected.

Russia's losses

Ukrainian defenders continue to inflict significant losses on Russian forces in terms of manpower and equipment, as well as actively destroying their offensive potential in the rear.

Over the past day, Russia lost 980 soldiers.

In addition, Ukrainian units destroyed 4 Russian tanks, an armored vehicle, 44 artillery systems, 2 air defense systems, 743 drones, 14 missiles, 124 vehicles, and another piece of special equipment.