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Russo-Ukraine War - 17 November 2022 - Day 267

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On 24 February 2022, Ukraine was suddenly and deliberately attacked by land, naval and air forces of Russia, igniting the largest European war since the Great Patriotic War. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a "special military operation" (SVO - spetsialnaya voennaya operatsiya) in Ukraine in response to the appeal of the leaders of the "Donbass republics" for help. That attack is a blatant violation of the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine. Putin stressed that Moscow's goal is the demilitarization and denazification of the country. The military buildup in preceeding months makes it obvious that the unprovoked and dastardly Russian attack was deliberately planned long in advance. During the intervening time, the Russian government had deliberately sought to deceive the world by false statements and expressions of hope for continued peace.

"To initiate a war of aggression... is not only an international crime; it is the supreme international crime differing only from other war crimes in that it contains within itself the accumulated evil of the whole." [Judgment of the International Military Tribunal]

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The UK Ministry of Defence reported that over the afternoon of 15 November, Russia carried out up to 80 long range missile strikes, mostly against power infrastructure targets across Ukraine. This is likely the largest number of strikes that Russia has conducted in a single day since the first week of the invasion.

Munitions were launched from air, sea and land-based platforms. Although a large proportion of missiles were successfully intercepted. Ukraine is facing a significant decrease in the power available from its national grid. This will impact upon civilian access to communications, heating and water supplies.

Continued strikes at this scale are drawing deeply upon Russia's reserves of conventional cruise missiles, as degrading Ukrainian's national infrastructure has become a key element of Russia's strategic approach to the campaign.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that during the day, Russian forces carried out 5 air strikes and 25 missile strikes, carried out more than 10 attacks from rocket salvo systems. During the day, the Russian occupiers, violating the norms of International Humanitarian Law, the laws and customs of warfare, launched rocket attacks on civilian infrastructure objects in the settlements of Dnipro and Odesa, Balakliya in the Kharkiv oblast, Vilniansk in the Zaporizhia oblast, Nikopol in the Dnipropetrovsk oblast, and Ochakiv in the Mykolaiv oblast.

According to detailed information, this day the Ukrainian Defense Forces shot down 2 cruise missiles, 2 guided air missiles and 5 Shahed-136 UAVs in different directions.

The situation in the Volyn and Polissya directions has not changed significantly.

Russian forces shelled in other such directions:

in the Slobozhansky direction - from tanks and the entire range of artillery, in the areas of the settlements of Ambarne, Hlyboke, Dvorichna, Zemlianka, Kolodyazne, Krasne, Kupyansk, Staritsa, Strilecha and Figolivka of the Kharkiv region;
in the Kupyansk and Lyman directions - from artillery of various calibers, in the areas of Berestove, Kislivka, Kotlyarivka, Krokhmalne, Pishchane and Tabaivka settlements of the Kharkiv oblast; Grekivka, Novoselivske, Ploshanka and Stelmakhivka in the Luhansk oblast and Kolodyaz and Torske in the Donetsk oblast;
in the Bakhmut direction - from mortars, barrel and jet artillery, in the areas of Andriivka, Bakhmut, Bakhmutske, Bilohorivka, Verkhnyokamianske, Zelenopillia, Klishchiivka, Opytne, Rozdolivka, Soledar and Yakovlivka settlements in Donetsk oblast;
in the Avdiivka direction - from artillery of various calibers, in the areas of Krasnohorivka, Maryinka, Nevelske, New York and Pervomayske settlements of the Donetsk oblast;
in the Novopavlivsk direction - from mortars, barrel and rocket artillery, in the areas of Bohoyavlenka, Velyka Novosilka, Vremivka, Vuhledar and Prechystivka settlements of the Donetsk oblast;
in the Zaporizhzhia direction - from the entire spectrum of artillery, in the areas of the settlements of Hulyaipilske, Hulyaipole, Dorozhnyanka, Zaliznychne, Novoandriivka, Novomykolaivka, Olhivske and Pavlivka of the Zaporizhia oblast and Illinka and Chervonohryhorivka of the Dnipropetrovsk oblast;
in the Kryvy Riz direction - from mortars, barrel and rocket artillery, in the areas of Kachkarivka, Mykhailivka and Osokorivka of the Kherson oblast.

In the Kherson direction, the areas of Antonivka, Zelenivka, Mykolaivka, Kherson and Chornobayivka settlements of the Kherson region were hit by artillery fire.

A draft law is being prepared in the Russian Federation, which provides for the legalization of conscription for military service from the spring of 2023 for citizens of Ukraine who live in temporarily sixed and occupied territories and have received a passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation.

According to the available information, about 650 prisoners were recruited in the correctional facilities of the Russian Federation during the previous week. They were sent to the Rostov region for further training. Medical assistance for the specified category of persons, in case of injury, will be provided exclusively in medical facilities in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine.

In some settlements of the temporarily occupied territory of the Luhansk oblast, Russia intensified administrative and police measures. In particular, entrances to the village of Rubizhne from the directions of Kreminnaya and Varvarivka are closed. The movement of civilians in the city is restricted and filtering measures have been strengthened.

In Mariupol, the Russian occupying authorities plan to deploy units of the Russian guard, special purpose and rapid response, with a total number of up to 400 people.

Russian occupying forces continue the forced evacuation of the population of Ukraine and the removal of property from the temporarily occupied territories of the Kherson oblast. In particular, on the night of November 16, Russian forces forcibly removed the population from Novokyivka. In addition, the central city hospital in Nova Kakhovka ceased to function because all medical equipment and ambulances were stolen and taken away in the direction of the temporarily occupied territory of the Crimean Autonomous Republic.

During the current day, units of the missile forces and artillery of the Defense Forces of Ukraine hit 3 control points, 17 areas of concentration of manpower, weapons and military equipment, 5 ammunition warehouses and 3 other important Russian objects.

Statements of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation

The Russian Ministry of Defense in a daily briefing reported that during the day, precision strikes destroyed the shops of a defense enterprise for the production of fuel and rocket engines for the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Dnepropetrovsk region. In the city of Zaporozhye, the shops of the Iskra research and production complex were destroyed, where electronic components were produced for the repair of radar stations (RLS) of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS).

Attempts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to attack in the Kupyansky, Limansky and South-Donetsk directions were reflected. Ukrainian troops lost about 180 servicemen wounded and killed, as well as a large amount of military equipment. Russian units have taken full control of the Pavlovka-Nikolskoe highway in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR).

In the Lisichansk direction, due to high losses and demoralization, the military personnel of the unit of the 81st Airmobile Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Belogorivka (Luhansk People's Republic) refused to carry out the tasks of command. The militants of the Nazi formations, sent to Belogorovka to restore order, shot 5 servicemen before the formation to intimidate the personnel of the brigade.

Aviation, missile troops and artillery hit the command post and communications center of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kherson region, 74 artillery units in firing positions, manpower and military equipment in 166 districts. During the counter-battery fight, 2 Uragan MLRS launchers were destroyed in the Kharkiv region, in the DPR - 2 US-made AN / TPQ-50 counter-battery radars were destroyed.

Air defense systems (air defense) shot down 6 unmanned aerial vehicles in the DPR and LPR per day. 15 shells of MLRS HIMARS, "Hurricane" and "Alder" were intercepted.

Zaporozhye region

An engineer of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant was detained, who is suspected of adjusting the fire of Ukrainian artillery. According to the detainee, he handed over to the special services of Ukraine information about the locations of units of the RF Armed Forces and data about employees of Rosatom.

Several settlements on the line of contact in the Zaporozhye region came under massive fire from the Armed Forces of Ukraine. As a result of attacks in Mikhailovka, 2 civilians were killed, 9 more were injured.

Kherson region

Emergency services of the region reported that Ukrainian security forces shot 39 pro-Russian activists in Kherson during punitive actions. Another 74 people were taken to an unknown destination.

DPR

From the beginning of the day, Ukrainian troops shelled Donetsk, as well as the settlements of Gorlovka, Makeevka, Yasinovataya. As a result of attacks in Donetsk, the buildings of a kindergarten, a hostel, a center for the provision of social services, a beauty salon, as well as residential buildings were damaged.

In Konstantinovka, mobilized military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are being trained in an accelerated mode to be sent to Bakhmut, the Rybar Telegram channel reports. According to the source, Ukrainian troops are firing indiscriminately at the allied offensive areas in Bakhmut, Opytny, Zaitsevo, Otradovka and Mayorsk.

LC

From the beginning of the day on November 17, Ukrainian troops fired on Stakhanov. The attack killed 2 civilians.

Acting head of the LPR Leonid Pasechnik said that the situation on the line of contact is difficult, but controlled, almost the entire territory of the republic is under the control of the allied forces.

In an interview with RIA Novosti, Pasechnik also noted that the LPR authorities have not yet assessed the damage caused to the republic by Kyiv. He expressed the opinion that it is not advisable to do this while the Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to shell the territory of the LPR. Meanwhile, the politician said, the number of shellings has not increased since the region became part of Russia, air defense systems "tightly closed the sky" over the republic.

Meanwhile, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are concentrating equipment in the direction of the LPR, but the allied forces are ready to repel the attacks. Ukrainian forces are suffering heavy losses in the region, the acting head of the republic noted.

"Attempts to break through are almost daily, they practically do not stop in all directions. And we regularly beat off enemy attacks. At the same time, I would like to note that the enemy is suffering huge losses in these offensives, "he stressed.