Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine (11 November 2022)
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
In Kherson direction, today, at 05.00 am (Moscow time), units of the Russian forces finished their redeployment to the left bank of Dnepr river.
️ No hardware or armament has been left on the right bank.
️ All the Russian servicemen have redeployed to the left bank of Dnepr.
️ Units and formations of the Russian Armed Forces have taken defence lines and positions, preliminarily prepared in engineering terms.
️ Casualties in personnel, armament, hardware, and material means have been prevented.
️ All the civilians, who have expressed their desire to abandon the right-bank part of Kherson region, have been assisted in evacuation.
️ Over the night, the enemy attempted to frustrate the transportation of civilians and the redeployment of forces to the left bank of Dnepr.
️ The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) have launched five strikes with U.S.-manufactured HIMARS multiple-launch rocket systems (MLRS).
️ Russian air defence facilities have shot down 28 rocket-propelled projectiles.
️ Other 5 rocket-propelled projectiles have been successfully deviated from their targets by electronic warfare facilities.
️ Over the past 48 hours, the AFU have advanced no more than 10 kilometres in certain directions.
️ The operation of Russian artillery, aviation, and mine barriers has resulted in halting the AFU units 30-40 kilometres away from the area of the river crossing site over Dnepr.
️ Over the past 24 hours, 3 U.S.-manufactured M-777 towed howitzers, 2 infantry fighting vehicles, and 3 pickups of the enemy have been destroyed by Lancet loitering munitions, and multiple-launch rocket systems.
️ Moreover, over 20 Ukrainian personnel, 2 tanks, 2 self-propelled artillery systems, and 3 armoured fighting vehicles have been exploded at mine barriers.
In Kupyansk direction,3 company tactical groups of the AFU made unsuccessful attempts to launch offensive operations from the areas of Yagodnoye, Kislovka and Vladimirovka (Kharkov region).
️ Firepower’s operation has resulted in halting and driving the enemy back to initial positions.
️ Over 120 Ukrainian personnel, 2 tanks, 3 infantry fighting vehicles, 2 armoured personnel carriers, and 5 motor vehicles have been eliminated.
In Krasny Liman direction, intensive action of Russian forces, and pre-emptive artillery fire have resulted in the frustration of the attack launched by 2AFU mechanised infantry companies, reinforced by Polish mercenaries, towards Chervonopopovka and Ploshchanka (Lugansk People’s Republic).
️ The enemy has lost up to 90 Ukrainian personnel and mercenaries, as well as 1 armoured fighting vehicle.
In South Donetsk direction, the attempts of AFU mechanised infantry companies to launch a counterattack towards Sladkoye (Donetsk People’s Republic) have been prevented.
️ Artillery and Army Aviation have eliminated over 65 Ukrainian personnel, 1 tank, and 4 armoured fighting vehicles.
Operational-Tactical and Army Aviation, Missile Troops and Artillery have neutralised 9AFU command posts near Novaya Kamenka, Pravdino (Kherson region), Novopetrovka, Ternoviye Pody (Nikolayev region), Ivanovka, Krakhmalnoye (Kharkov region), Bakhmutskoye, Kleshcheyevka and Novosyolka (Donetsk People’s Republic), as well as 52 artillery units at their firing positions, manpower and hardware in 176 areas.
️ 1 ordnance depot of 28th Mechanised Brigade of the AFU has been destroyed near Nikolayev.
Within the counterbattery warfare, 1 platoon of U.S.-manufactured M-777 tower howitzer has been neutralised near Zolochev (Kharkov region).
️ Moreover, 1 platoon of Ukrainian Akatsiya self-propelled howitzers has been neutralised near Nevskoye (Lugansk People’s Republic).
Fighter Aviation of Russian Aerospace Forces has shot down 1 Mi-8 helicopter of Ukrainian Air Force near Mirovka (Zaporozhye region).
Air defence facilities have shot down 7 unmanned aerial vehicles near Golikovo, Krasnorechenskoye, Krivosheyevka (Lugansk People’s Republic), Makarovka, Nikolskoye and Kirillovka (Donetsk People’s Republic).
️ In addition, 32 projectiles launched by U.S.-manufactured HIMARS MLRS have been shot down near Novaya Kakhovka, Korsunka and Antonovka (Kherson region), as well as 5 U.S.-manufactured HARM anti-radiation radars near Irmino (Lugansk People’s Republic), Yenakiyevo (Donetsk People’s Republic), Korsunka and Novaya Kakhovka (Kherson region).
In total, 333 airplanes and 174 helicopters, 2,486 unmanned aerial vehicles, 388 air defence missile systems, 6,511 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 885 fighting vehicles equipped with MLRS, 3,569 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 7,166 units of special military hardware have been destroyed during the special military operation.