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Ukraine Invasion Day 634: 3.8 km sniper record and RU drone attacks on infrastructure [1]

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Date: 2023-11-18

Russian forces conducted a series of drone strikes against Ukraine on the night of November 17 to 18.

Ukrainian military sources reported on November 18 that Ukrainian air defenses downed 29 of 38 Russian-launched Shahed-131/136 drones over multiple unspecified oblasts.[1] The Ukrainian Southern Operational Command reported that Russian Shaheds struck an energy infrastructure facility and administrative building in Odesa Oblast.[2] The Ukrainian Northern Operational Command reported that Russian Shaheds also damaged infrastructure facilities in Chernihiv Oblast.[3] ... www.understandingwar.org/...

x An Ukrainian sniper set a new world record. With his sniper rifle “Horizon’s Lord”, which is chambered in 12.7x114HL, he accurately hit on a distance of 3,800m the Russian at the right side.



Absolutely amazing shot! I can only bow.



Source: https://t.co/bSGzoPEK95#Ukraine pic.twitter.com/eHvUXsqt31 — (((Tendar))) (@Tendar) November 18, 2023 https://t.co/bSGzoPEK95 "Volodar Obriyu" (Lord of the Horizon) rifle. UA Security Service (SBU) sniper set a world record for an effective shot, hitting a RU soldier from 3800 metres, beating the previous record of 3540 metres, using a UA "Volodar Obriyu" (Lord of the Horizon) rifle. The 12.7×114 "HL" cartridge is based on a .510" (12.95 mm) bullet in a 14.5×114 mm cartridge case. It weighs 15.7 kg. Effective range 2500 metres, maximum range 3200 metres. In 2017, a sniper from Canada's special forces unit surpassed the 2009 record with a 3,540 m (3,871 yd) shot in the Iraqi Civil War.

x Russian TOS-1A Thermobaric Rocket Launcher destroyed by a Ukrainian Drone near Krynky, Kherson Oblast located ~5km from the frontline



It’s the 13th TOS-1A confirmed to be lost by Russia during the war pic.twitter.com/jyTRPRapEm — Ukraine Battle Map (@ukraine_map) November 18, 2023

x To the front line situation. For the latest state of affairs at the front, I advise you to consult my interactive map.



You can find it at https://t.co/bioDuk5vyF. The map is always accesible and is updated daily. — NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@NOELreports) November 18, 2023

x The Case for Supporting Ukraine Is Crystal Clear



Note to Congress: Ukraine aid is not charity but serves critical U.S. interests.https://t.co/MvBSOL3DEl — Michael McFaul (@McFaul) November 18, 2023

x No one knows exactly how many Ukrainian children have allegedly been abducted by Russia during Vladimir Putin’s war. @CeciliaVega spent months following one grandmother as she risked her life to find her grandson before he completely disappeared. pic.twitter.com/5nXcJqnJdN — 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) November 17, 2023

Key Takeaways: Russian forces conducted a series of drone strikes against Ukraine on the night of November 17 to 18.

A Kyrgyzstan government official called on the Russian government to help Kyrgyz migrants in Russia against the backdrop of recent proposals from Russian government officials to decrease migrant work opportunities in Russia.

Courts in the Republic of Dagestan reportedly continue to charge participants of the October 29 antisemitic riots with minor administrative crimes, while select Russian ultranationalists call for increased government control in order to curb the alleged spread of Islamic extremism in Dagestan.

The Russian government continues efforts to restrict citizens’ access to the internet and to strengthen its control over the Russian information space.

The European Commission will reportedly include sanctions on the sale of petroleum tankers to Russia in an upcoming sanctions package in an effort to curb Russian schemes to skirt the G7 price cap on Russian crude oil and petroleum products.

Russian forces continued offensive operations along the Kupyansk-Svatove-Kreminna line, near Bakhmut, near Avdiivka, west and southwest of Donetsk City, in the Donetsk-Zaporizhia Oblast border area, and in western Zaporizhia Oblast and advanced near Avdiivka and Donetsk City.

Russia has reportedly frozen prisoner of war (POW) exchanges with Ukraine since the summer of 2023. www.understandingwar.org/...

x ⚡️ WAR IN #UKRAINE - NOV 18



■ 🇺🇦 strikes up between days, 🇷🇺 strikes & combat engagements below 7-day average

■ Troop & equipment losses below 7-day average

■ Oryx: 66 🇷🇺 6 🇺🇦 added to records (58:6 w/correction & removal of duplicates)



📈 https://t.co/RENHzTERyP pic.twitter.com/acZKAvodFY — Ragnar Gudmundsson 🇮🇸🇺🇦 (@ragnarbjartur) November 18, 2023

x Russian troops stripped naked, thrown in pit for refusing to fight: Report https://t.co/6OD00hrMvy pic.twitter.com/WWZIopNJqk — Newsweek (@Newsweek) November 18, 2023

Russian Subordinate Main Effort #1 – Luhansk Oblast (Russian objective: Capture the remainder of Luhansk Oblast and push westward into eastern Kharkiv Oblast and northern Donetsk Oblast) Russian forces conducted offensive operations along the Kupaynsk-Svatove-Kreminna line but did not make any confirmed gains on November 18. The Ukrainian General Staff reported that Russian forces unsuccessfully attacked in the Kupyansk direction near Synkivka (8km northeast of Kupyansk), Petropavlivka (7km east of Kupyansk), and Ivanivka (20km southeast of Kupaynsk) and in the Lyman direction near Torske (15km west of Kreminna) and north of Serebryanka (10km southwest of Kreminna).[24] ... Luhansk Oblast Military Administration Head Artem Lysohor stated that Russian forces are decreasing their use of armored vehicles along the Kupaynsk-Svatove-Kreminna line due to poor weather conditions.[26] www.understandingwar.org/... Russian Subordinate Main Effort #2 – Donetsk Oblast (Russian objective: Capture the entirety of Donetsk Oblast, the claimed territory of Russia’s proxies in Donbas) Ukrainian forces launched assaults near Bakhmut on November 18 but did not make any claimed or confirmed advances. The Ukrainian General Staff reported that Ukrainian forces continued assault actions in the Bakhmut direction.[28] The Russian MoD claimed that elements of the Russian Southern Grouping of Forces repelled two Ukrainian assaults near Kurdyumivka (12km southwest of Bakhmut).[29] Russian forces continued to attack north and south of Bakhmut on November 18 but did not make confirmed advances. The Ukrainian General Staff reported that Ukrainian forces repelled Russian assaults near Vasyukivka (16km north of Bakhmut), Klishchiivka (7km southwest of Bakhmut), and Andriivka (10km southwest of Bakhmut).[30] www.understandingwar.org/... www.understandingwar.org/... Russian forces continued offensive operations around Avdiivka on November 18 and made marginal confirmed territorial gains. Geolocated footage published on November 18 indicates that Russian forces marginally advanced north of the Avdiivka Coke Plant and in the industrial zone on Avdiivka’s southeastern outskirts.[34]… The Ukrainian General Staff reported that Ukrainian forces repelled Russian assaults east of Novobakhmutivka (9km northwest of Avdiivka), Stepove, and Avdiivka; south of Tonenke; and near Keramik (14km northwest of Avdiivka).[40] Ukrainian Tavriisk Group of Forces Spokesperson Colonel Oleksandr Shtupun reported that Ukrainian forces are anticipating that Russian forces will launch a third wave of assaults on Avdiivka and may soon intensify artillery preparations for the assaults.[41] Shtupun observed that Russian forces have not actively used heavy military equipment in the Avdiivka direction over the past two days, have decreased aviation use in the area, and are increasingly using infantry. Shtupun added that Russian “Storm” and “Storm-Z” assault elements are continuing to suffer significant losses and only about 10 to 15 percent of some detachments’ original personnel remain. www.understandingwar.org/... www.understandingwar.org/... Russian Supporting Effort – Southern Axis (Russian objective: Maintain frontline positions and secure rear areas against Ukrainian strikes) A Russian news aggregator claimed that Russian forces repelled Ukrainian assaults in the Donetsk-Zaporizhia Oblast border area near Urozhaine (9km south of Velyka Novosilka) on November 17.[46] Russian forces unsuccessfully attacked in the Donetsk-Zaporizhia Oblast border area on November 18. The Ukrainian General Staff reported that Russian forces conducted unsuccessful attacks near Staromayorske (9km south of Velyka Novosilka).[47] The Russian “Vostok” Battalion claimed that poor weather conditions are impeding ground operations in the Donetsk-Zaporizhia Oblast border area and that most of the activity in this sector is between drones and anti-drone equipment.[48] www.understandingwar.org/... www.understandingwar.org/... www.understandingwar.org/...

x 🤥 Russian propaganda spreads lies about Ukrainian pilot switching over to Russia https://t.co/yv6RFr4Xlv — Ukrainska Pravda in English (@pravda_eng) November 18, 2023

The European Commission proposes to ban the sale of tankers for crude oil and petroleum products to the russian federation, — Reuters.

The sale of tankers to third countries should include contractual provisions that the ships cannot be resold to the russian federation or used to transport russian crude oil or petroleum products that avoid Western price restrictions.

Three oil tankers, newly sanctioned by Washington, regularly shipped Russian Sokol crude to India in recent months, shiptracking data from LSEG and Kpler showed.

Markus Korhonen, told Newsweek that should Western powers seek to enforce bans on Russian ships transporting Russian oil, “it has the potential to lead to either direct confrontation, or dangerous naval maneuvers by oil tankers in a narrow and shallow sea, the environmental implications of which could be dire”. The US Treasury Dept. has blacklisted the owners of three oil tankers — all registered in the UAE — that are suspected of violating the G7 #pricecap of $60 per barrel for exports of Russian #crudeoil... https://bit.ly/3QGNu86 Russia has had an "almost complete export volume recovery" in oil after initially being hit hard by the oil cap, Chris Weafer, chief executive officer of strategic consultants Macro-Advisory Ltd, told Newsweek. Price caps only work if countries enforce them and Russian transport companies have proven nimble, at times changing names to avoid sanction and restriction. A report posted above indicates Russia has made a profit this year and it should be obvious that Russian oil exports are a major reason for this. Mats Nilsson @mazzenilsson x The ambassadors of EU governments also discussed that the sale of tankers to third countries should contain contractual provisions prohibiting the resale of ships to Russia or the use of ships to transport Russian oil products that bypass the $60 per barrel cap agreed by the West — Hromadske Int. (@Hromadske) November 18, 2023 The European Commission will reportedly include sanctions on the sale of petroleum tankers to Russia in an upcoming sanctions package in an effort to curb Russian schemes to skirt the G7 price cap on Russian crude oil and petroleum products. Reuters reported on November 17 that the European Union’s upcoming sanctions package against Russia will ban the sale to Russia of tankers for crude oil and other petroleum products and will stipulate contractual clauses in the sale of tankers to third countries prohibiting the re-sale of tankers to Russia and the transfer of Russian crude oil and petroleum products that violate the G7’s price cap.[19] The Financial Times reported on November 14 that Western officials stated that Russia is likely currently selling almost all of its crude oil at or above the G7’s $60 per barrel price cap.[20] The Financial Times added that Russian export data for crude oil suggests that Russia sold crude oil at an average of roughly $80 a barrel in October.[21] Only 37 of the 134 vessels that reportedly ship Russian oil held insurance from Western countries, and Russia has reportedly increasingly relied on aging oil tankers with obscure ownership to build a ”shadow fleet” to sell crude oil and petroleum products above the G7 price cap.[22] European economic think tank Bruegel reported on October 11 that by July 2023 over 60 percent of tankers carrying Russian crude oil were covered by insurance from an unknown country of origin, whereas less than 20 percent of the tankers carrying Russian crude oil had been covered by unknown insurance at the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.[23] www.understandingwar.org/… E.U. proposal would reportedly have Denmark inspect and block Russian oil tankers https:// ift.tt/0uPy6aF x Denmark is set to take on the responsibility of inspecting and potentially blocking Russian oil tankers navigating through its waters, according to new plans by the European Union....#Denmark #geopolitics #oiltrade #Russia #sanctionshttps://t.co/3lC0tgv34x — QUATRO International Inc. (@QuatroInc) November 18, 2023

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