Russia’s war on Ukraine. 19.11.25
Operational situation
On the Northern Slobozhansky direction, Russian troops attacked near Kindrativka, Andriivka, Yunakivka. The 51st and 119th Airborne Regiments of the 106th Airborne Division unsuccessfully attack the southern outskirts of Yunakivka. The 2nd Battalion of the 119th Airborne Regiment lost combat capability and is gradually being withdrawn from the combat zone.
The remnants of the 3rd Battalion of the 30th Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 72nd Motorized Rifle Division of the 44th Army Corps, which suffered heavy losses, were withdrawn from their positions and transferred to the 3rd Battalion of the 30th Motorized Rifle Regiment in Oleksiivka. The 1427th Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 11th Army Corps is evacuating its dead in the areas of Tiotkino, Ryzhivka, and Popovo-Lezhachi, who had been there for the last six months. Losses of only the 1st Battalion of the 1427th Motorized Rifle Regiment amount to 331 personnel during this period.
Ukrainian Defense Forces counterattacked near Kindrativka and Andriivka.
On the Southern Slobozhansky direction, the 82nd Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 69th Motorized Rifle Division of the 6th Combined Arms Army fights for Tsehelne. The enemy attempts to advance in the southern part and the center of Vovchansk, south of Tykhe on the northern bank of the Vovcha River, near Synelnykove. It attacked near Milove, Khatnie, in the direction of Kolodyazne, and Dvorichanske. The 344th Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 69th Motorized Rifle Division of the 6th Combined Arms Army fights for Dvorichanske, commits reserves to battle, but suffers significant losses.
On the Kupyansk direction, Ukrainian Defense Forces liberated Pishchane and advanced northeast of the village, counterattacked near Kupyansk, Velyka Shapkivka, Blahodativka, and operate south of Nova Kruhlyakivka.
Russian troops attacked inside and near Kupyansk, near Kucherivka, Petropavlivka, Pishchane, Stepova Novoselivka, Kurylivka, Kupyansk-Vuzlovyi, Zahryzove, Kruhlyakivka.
On the Lyman direction, Russian troops attacked Lyman, near Drobysheve, Yarova, Korovyi Yar, Novyi Myr, Stavky, Zarichne, Yampil.
On the Sloviansk direction, Russian troops advanced in the south of Siversk, east and west of Platonivka, east of Zvanivka, deliver strikes on Ukrainian positions east of Siversk, attacked near Dronivka, Serebrianka, Vyimka, Fedorivka. The 7th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 3rd Combined Arms Army captured Platonivka when it attacked under cover of fog and rain, supported by UAV and artillery strikes.
On the Kostyantynivka direction, Russian troops attacked near Kostyantynivka, Orikhovo-Vasylivka, in the direction of Bondarne, near Stupochky, Predtechyne, Shcherbynivka, in the direction of Stepanivka, near Rusyn Yar, Sofiivka.
On the Pokrovsk direction, Russian troops advanced in the southeast of Dorizhne, in the northeastern part of Pokrovsk, attacked near Shakhove, Nove Shakhove, Maiak, near and inside Pokrovsk, near Krasnyi Lyman, Fedorivka, Myrnohrad, Lysivka, Kotlyne, Udachne, Molodetske, attempted to advance north of Rodynske, north of Myrnohrad, and northwest of Rivne.
Ukrainian Defense Forces counterattacked near Hryshyne.
On the Oleksandrivka direction, Russian troops attempted to advance southeast and south of Novopavlivka, to break through to the southern outskirts of Tykhe, attacked near Filiya, Dachne, Orikhove, Sosnivka, Berezove, Verbove, Oleksiivka, and took part of the T0428 Mezhova–Novopavlivka highway under fire control.
Ukrainian Defense Forces retook positions in the northern part of Novopavlivka.
On the Huliaypole direction, Russian troops fight for Nechayivka on the northern outskirts of the village, attempt to capture Vesele, advanced west of Rivnopillya, southwest of Yablukove, west of Vesele, attacked in the direction of Dobropillya, near Solodke, Pryvilne, Pavlivka, Krasnohirske, Zlahoda, Vysoke, Zatyshshya, Zelenyi Hai.
Ukrainian Defense Forces counterattacked near Vidradne and Solodke.
On the Orikhiv direction, Russian troops attacked near Prymorske and Stepnohirsk.
Ukrainian Defense Forces advanced in the center and eastern part of Mala Tokmachka and south of Stepnohirsk.
General conclusion:
On the Lyman direction, Russian troops are ferrying artillery across the Chornyi Zherebets River, but they cannot ferry heavy military equipment, including tanks. The enemy is preparing to install crossings over the Chornyi Zherebets River in winter after the river and soil freeze.
Ukrainian Defense Forces stabilized the front line near Lyman. The enemy focuses on conducting attacks by small groups in the direction of Dibrova and Staryi Karavan, fortifies positions east of Yampil, and attempts to infiltrate the village. The enemy’s “Zapad (West)” Operational Grouping creates conditions for further flanking attacks and for placing the 3rd Army Corps of Ukrainian Defense Forces in a semi-encirclement.
Russian troops attempt to use their new tactic of infiltration by micro-groups against the background of prolonged UAV logistics air blockade on the Lyman, Siversk, and Sloviansk directions to create conditions for reaching the fortress belt from the northeast and east. This tactic is also used by the enemy on the Pokrovsk, Oleksandrivka, and Huliaypole directions.
The capture of Platonivka by Russian troops allows the enemy to take control of the T0513 Lyman–Siversk highway.
On the Pokrovsk direction Russian troops simultaneously attempt to capture the city and encircle the Pokrovsk–Myrnohrad bridgehead of Ukrainian Defense Forces. Russian troops increasingly attempt to break through to Myrnohrad from the side of Krasnyi Lyman, meaning that the enemy north of Myrnohrad is not focused on advancing west to complete the encirclement but instead attempts to attack south, directly toward Myrnohrad. The enemy attempts to cut Ukrainian logistics to Myrnohrad from the northwest and the west.
The 1st Battalion of the 506th Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 27th Motorized Rifle Division of the 2nd Combined Arms Army attacks the southeastern outskirts of Pokrovsk, using the local population as a human shield.
Change in the line of contact (LoC):
There were 160 combat engagements on various fronts.
On the Northern Slobozhansky and Kursk directions, the enemy attacked twice.
On the Southern Slobozhansky direction, 6 combat engagements occurred near Vovchansk, Kamyanka, and toward Kolodyazne.
On the Kupyansk direction, 7 enemy attacks occurred. Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled enemy assault actions in the areas of Petropavlivka, Pishchane, and Kupyansk.
On the Lyman direction, the enemy attacked 7 times, attempting to advance toward Korovyi Yar, Stavky, Drobysheve, Lyman, and toward Oleksandrivka.
On the Sloviansk direction, Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled 8 enemy attacks. Enemy units attempted to advance in the areas of Serebrianka, Yampil, Fedorivka, and toward Siversk and Zvanivka.
On the Kostyantynivka direction, the enemy conducted 21 attacks toward Bondarne and toward Virolyubivka, in the areas of Shcherbynivka, Rusyn Yar, and toward Kostyantynivka, Stepanivka, and Sofiivka.
On the Pokrovsk direction, 50 assault and offensive actions of the aggressor were halted in the areas of Shakhove, Nove Shakhove, Chervonyi Lyman, Myrnohrad, Pokrovsk, Zvirove, Novoekonomichne, Novopavlivka, Rivne, Kotlyne, Udachne, Molodetske, Filiya, Dachne.
On the Oleksandrivka direction, Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled 18 attacks in the areas of Zelenyi Hai, Sosnivka, Verbove, Oleksiivka, Pryvilne, Rivnopillya, Rybne, Pavlivka, Krasnohirske.
On the Huliaypole Direction, the enemy attacked 19 times in the areas of Dobropillya, Zelenyi Hai, Zatyshshia, Vesele.
On the Orikhiv Direction, Ukrainian Defense Forces stopped 2 offensive actions of the enemy in the areas of Prymorske and Kamianske.
On the Prydniprovske direction, Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled 2 enemy attacks in the area of the Antonivskyi Bridge.
Supporting operation:
Ukrainian Defense Forces launched a missile strike on military facilities in Voronezh.
Changes in the enemy disposition:
The 244th Artillery Brigade of the 11th Army Corps operates on the Kharkiv direction. The 83rd Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 69th Motorized Rifle Division of the 6th Combined Arms Army delivers UAV strikes on Ukrainian troops near Khatnie.
The 68th Motorized Rifle Division of the 6th Combined Arms Army delivers UAV strikes on Ukrainian positions near Kupyansk, the 15th Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 2nd Motorized Rifle Division of the 1st Tank Army delivers strikes south of Nova Kruhlyakivka.
Units of the “Rubikon” Center for Advanced Unmanned Technologies deliver strikes on Ukrainian positions in the direction of Rubtsi. The 237th Tank Regiment of the 3rd Motorized Rifle Division of the 20th Combined Arms Army advances in the direction of Lyman.
The 7th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 3rd Combined Arms Army, together with troops of the 25th Combined Arms Army, operates along the Siverskyi Donets River in the direction of Zakitne. Assault groups of the 123rd Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 3rd Combined Arms Army infiltrate the southern and eastern parts of Siversk, attempting to repeat the Pokrovsk scenario.
The 1st Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 51st Combined Arms Army delivers UAV strikes on Ukrainian positions in the center of Vilne, the 506th Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 27th Motorized Rifle Division of the 2nd Army operates in the northeast of Pokrovsk, in Roza, units of the “Rubikon” Center for Advanced Unmanned Technologies deliver strikes on Ukrainian troops in Bilytske and Novooleksandrivka, the 30th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 2nd Combined Arms Army and the 110th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 51st Combined Arms Army operate on the Pokrovsk direction.
The 127th Motorized Rifle Division of the 5th Combined Arms Army operates near Rivnopillya, the 114th Motorized Rifle Regiment of the same division operates near Yablukove.
The 108th and 247th Air Assault Regiments of the 7th Air Assault Division operate in and near Prymorske, elements of the 106th Airborne Division operate near Orikhiv, the 2nd Battalion of the 70th Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 42nd Motorized Rifle Division of the 58th Combined Arms Army operates in Mala Tokmachka, the 328th Air Assault Regiment of the 104th Air Assault Division, the 11th Separate Air Assault Brigade, and the 25th BARS Detachment operate in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
The “Verba” MANPADS units of the 98th Airborne Division operate in the area of Kakhovka.
Possible operation situation developments:
The Defense Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine’s Defense Ministry assesses that while the enemy is unlikely to capture all of Donetsk Oblast by the end of 2025, it may reach the outskirts of Zaporizhzhia and the Sloviansk–Kramatorsk area by early winter. Additionally, if current fighting continues at the same pace, the enemy could possibly take control of Pokrovsk, Kostyantynivka, Druzhkivka, and Kupyansk no earlier than year’s end.
On the Kupyansk direction, the enemy’s 6th Army troops will be bypassing Kupyansk as deeply as possible in the general direction of the Chuhuiv– Kupyansk highway and will fight for the area of Mala Shapkivka–Velyka Shapkivka–Kindrashivka–Tyshchenkivka.
On the Lyman direction, the troops of the enemy’s 20th Combined Arms Army will attempt to reach the Siverskyi Donets River along the widest possible front, cut all main routes that do not cross the river, and block the town of Lyman from the northwest, for which they will advance toward the area of Yarova–Novoselivka–Drobysheve–Pryshyb. Ukrainian Defense Forces’ 11th Army Corps will continue to defend along the Novoselivka–Stavky line.
The enemy’s “Yug (South)” Operational Grouping will attack in the directions of Oleksiyevo-Druzhkivka and Druzhkivka, attempting to cut the H20 highway Kostyantynivka–Sloviansk, which will complicate the logistics of the Ukrainian Defense Forces’ 19th Army Corps in Kostyantynivka. The enemy will deliver concentric strikes simultaneously from Chasiv Yar, Toretsk, the Kleban-Byk Reservoir, and from the Poltavka–Novoolenivka line.
The command of the “Tsentr (Center)” Operational Grouping has clearly sensed the possibility of a relatively organized withdrawal of Ukrainian Defense Forces from the encirclement the enemy is creating, particularly from Myrnohrad. To prevent this, the aggressor is making efforts to achieve a deeper envelopment of the Pokrovsk defense area from the west, advancing north from the Udachne–Kotlyne line and attempting to break through toward Hryshyne. A withdrawal of Defense Forces elements from Myrnohrad to the Dobropillya area could affect the overall situation regarding its bridgehead west of the Kazennyi Torets. To prevent deterioration of the situation, the 51st Combined Arms Army will urgently organize and conduct counterattacks in the areas of Ivanivka and Nove Shakhove.
On the Oleksandrivka direction, the main operational-tactical objective of the command of the enemy’s “Vostok (East)” Operational Grouping is to envelop the Huliaypole defensive area from the north and block its main lines of communication, primarily from the Pokrovske side. The enemy will try to break through to the Khaychur River and to the Huliaypole–Pokrovske road on the Dobropillya–Varvarivka section and will attempt to reach Pokrovske directly from the southeast with the forces of the 36th Combined Arms Army and the right flank of the 5th Combined Arms Army.
On the Orikhiv direction, the “Dnepr” Operational Grouping will attempt to break through along the left bank of the Dnipro River from the Plavni – Kamianske line toward Stepnohirsk and from the Stepove – Mali Shcherbaky line in the northern direction.
On the Prydniprovske direction, the command of the enemy’s “Dnepr” Operational Grouping will continue trying to take control of most of the island zone in the Dnipro delta in the direction of Kherson, will try to create a tactical bridgehead on the right bank, and to eliminate the tactical bridgeheads of the 30th Marine Corps of Ukrainian Defense Forces in the area of the automobile and railway bridges near Antonivka.
Russian operational losses from 23.02.22 to 19.11.25
Personnel - almost 1,161 230 (+850);
Tanks – 11,356 (+1);
Armored combat vehicles ‒ 23,595 (+1);
Artillery systems – 34,511 (+12);
Multiple rocket launchers (MLRS) – 1,546 (+1);
Anti-aircraft warfare systems – 1,247 (0);
Vehicles and fuel tanks – 67,635 (+56);
Aircraft - 428 (0);
Helicopters – 347 (0);
UAV operational and tactical level – 82,086 (+293);
Intercepted cruise and other missiles – 3,940 (0);
Boats/ships – 29 (0).
Humanitarian + general:
During the night of 19 November Russia delivered a combined strike on Ukraine’s critical infrastructure facilities using 524 air attack assets, which included 476 strike unmanned aerial vehicles of various types (about 300 of which are Shaheds), 40 Kh-101 cruise missiles, 7 Kalibr cruise missiles, and 1 Iskander-M ballistic missile. As of 10:00, air defense had shot down and suppressed 483 air targets, including 442 enemy unmanned aerial vehicles, 34 Kh-101 cruise missiles, and 7 Kalibr cruise missiles. Seven missiles and 34 strike unmanned aerial vehicles impacted at 14 locations, and debris fell at six locations, while the enemy attack continued.
During the night and morning of 19 November Russian forces carried out a massive missile-and-drone attack on facilities of the Ukrainian power system, equipment is damaged and consumers in several oblasts are without power; in certain regions emergency shutdowns were applied.
A multi-story residential building in Ternopil was destroyed as a result of a Russian attack with missiles and Shaheds on the morning of 19 November. As of the evening, the number of wounded as a result of the Russian missile strike had risen to 92 people, including 18 children. Twenty-five people were killed. People are still under the rubble.
A large fire broke out in Lviv as a result of a Russian strike on the morning of 19 November; an energy facility, a woodworking enterprise, and a warehouse where tires caught fire are damaged in the city. There were no casualties.
As a result of the Russian combined strike on energy infrastructure facilities in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast on the morning of 19 November three people were injured, including two children. One household was also damaged.
During the day Russian forces attacked the Semenivka and Koriukivka communities of Chernihiv Oblast with drones, as a result of which a locomotive burned down and houses, cars, and farm buildings were damaged.
In Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, during restoration work, one repair crew came under fire. The enemy struck the territory of one of the DTEK units where the crew was located. One power worker is in serious condition, and four more sustained concussions and shrapnel wounds. All the injured are receiving necessary medical assistance.
Around midnight on 19 November Russian forces carried out a massive attack on Kharkiv. Thirty-six people were injured, including a 9-year-old child, a 13-year-old child, and an 18-year-old girl. In the Slobidskyi district an impact on a nine-story residential building with subsequent fire was recorded. There was also an impact near one of the medical facilities, where a doctor was wounded and the building and vehicles were damaged. In addition, garages and the roof of an office building caught fire, a supermarket suffered significant destruction, and at least ten civilian cars and a nearby residential building were damaged.
In Zaporizhzhia Oblast, 105 children with their parents are being evacuated by force from two villages of the Vozdvyzhivka and Novooleksandrivka communities.