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Ukraine Invasion Day 643: better than none, RU casualties rising [1]

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Date: 2023-11-27

UK’s MoD considers the past month as the deadliest so far, with high casualty rates in the same places.

The Kremlin may risk undermining Russian integration efforts in occupied territories and prompt discontent in federal subjects if it pursues significant austerity measures . Large-scale federal spending on infrastructure and social programs, as well as preferential tax codes and benefits, have been a central component of the Russian effort to establish economic and social control over occupied territories in Ukraine, and potential austerity measures may complicate these efforts. Concerns about domestic discontent in the North Caucasus have recently intensified alongside heightened ethnoreligious tensions in Russia, and economic strains may make this discontent more pronounced. [34]

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⚡️ WAR IN #UKRAINE - NOV 27 ■ Strikes on both sides as well as engagements & attacked settlements below 7-day average ■ Relatively low troop & equipment losses reported ■ November however record month for troop losses & 3rd highest for equipment 📈 https://t.co/qV2zb2nmP5 pic.twitter.com/7Dru6wIwD5

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 continued offensive operations along the Kupyansk-Svatove-Kreminna line on November 27 but did not make any confirmed advances. The Ukrainian General Staff reported unsuccessful Russian assaults near Petropavlivka (7km northeast of Kupyansk), Synkivka (8km northeast of Kupyansk), Novoselivske (15km northwest of Svatove), Terny (17km west of Kreminna), Yampolivka (17km west of Kreminna), Torske (15km southwest of Kreminna), and in the Serebryanske forest area (just southwest of Kreminna). [35] Ukrainian Ground Forces Commander Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskyi noted that Russian forces are using "Storm," "Storm-Z," and "Storm-V" assault units comprised of former convicts and former Wagner Group fighters in assaults on Ukrainian positions along the Kupyansk-Kreminna line. [36]... Russian sources also claimed that there are ongoing meeting engagements in the Serebryanske forest area, particularly near Dibrova (7km southwest of Kreminna). [38]

Russian Subordinate Main Effort #2 – Donetsk Oblast (Russian objective: Capture the entirety of Donetsk Oblast, the claimed territory of Russia’s proxies in Donbas)

The Ukrainian General Staff reported that Ukrainian forces continued ground attacks south of Bakhmut on November 27, although Ukrainian forces did not make any confirmed or claimed advances. [41]

Russian forces continued localized offensives operations near Bakhmut on November 27 but did not make any confirmed gains. The Ukrainian General Staff reported that Ukrainian forces repelled more than 26 Russian assaults near Bohdanivka (6km northwest of Bakhmut), Ivanivske (6km west of Bakhmut), Klishchiivka (7km southwest of Bakhmut), and Andriivka (13km southwest of Bakhmut). [42] Ukrainian Ground Forces Commander Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskyi stated that Russian forces continued attempts to dislodge Ukrainian forces from positions in Klishchiivka and intensified their use of strike drones in the Bakhmut direction. [43] ...A Russian news aggregator claimed that Russian forces established a foothold near the railway east of Andriivka on November 26, although ISW has not observed visual confirmation of this claim. [46] The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) posted footage purporting to show elements of the Russian 98th Airborne (VDV) Division capturing a Ukrainian stronghold in the Bakhmut direction. [47]

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