Russia’s war on Ukraine. 27.11.25
Operational situation
On the Northern Slobozhansky direction, Russian forces attacked near Andriivka, Varachyne and Yunakivka. The 2nd Motorized Rifle Regiment of the Strategic Rocket Forces of the Russian Armed Forces is concentrating to conduct assault actions in the Tetkino–Ryzhivka area. The 1427th Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 11th Army Corps has been redeployed here. The 810th Separate Marine Brigade defends near Oleksiivka, Andriivka and Kindrativka; the 3rd battalion of the 810th Separate Marine Brigade launched an unsuccessful counterattack. The 30th Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 72nd Motorized Rifle Division of the 44th Army Corps also attacked unsuccessfully in this area. The 810th Separate Marine Brigade, the 51st Airborne Regiment of the 106th Airborne Division, the 56th Air Assault Regiment of the 7th Air Assault Division and the 83rd Airborne Brigade used fog and rain in this area to deploy an offensive near Andriivka, but the attempt failed.
Ukrainian Defense Forces counterattacked near Kindrativka, Yunakivka and Oleksiivka.
On the Southern Slobozhansky direction, Ukrainian Defense Forces struck Russian positions in the woodlands along highway T2104 Vovchansk–Chuhuiv southeast of Synelnykove, and carried out airstrikes, including Geran-2 UAV strikes, on Ukrainian positions near Ustynivka and Ploske.
Russian forces fought for Vovchansk and attacked near Lyman, Vilcha, Zybne, Synelnykove, Dvorichanske, toward Hryhorivka, and near Kamyanka and Kolodyazne.
On the Kupyansk direction, Russian forces infiltrated into the center of Myrove and to the northern outskirts of Sobolivka, struck Ukrainian positions east of Kurylivka, continued attacks on Kupyansk-Vuzlovyi attempting to push Ukrainian troops from areas east of the Oskil River, seize Kupyansk-Vuzlovyi, Kivsharivka and Novoosynove. Using foggy or rainy weather, they attacked near Kupyansk, Petropavlivka, Pishchane, Bohuslavka, toward Novoplatonivka, and near Kopanky, Novoyehorivka, Hrekivka and Novovodyane, and carried out three FAB-500 aerial glide bomb strikes on Ukrainian forces in the Podillya area.
The 347th and 272nd Motorized Rifle Regiments of the 47th Tank Division of the 1st Tank Army intensified attacks toward Orlyanka–Petropavlivka and Stepova Novoselivka–Pishchane to pin down Defense Forces units on the bridgehead and prevent them from reinforcing the defenses in the Kupyansk area. The enemy advanced only 1.5 km west of Stepova Novoselivka. The 2nd Motorized Rifle Division of the 1st Tank Army attacks west of highway H26 Kupyansk–Svatove in the direction of Tabayivka–Hlushkivka.
Ukrainian Defense Forces hold positions in Bohuslavka and advanced into the village’s center.
On the Lyman direction, Russian forces advanced north of Yampil to the Siverskyi Donets River south of Yampil, attacked near Lyman, Korovyi Yar, Novoselivka, Drobysheve, Serednie, toward Yarova, Ridkodub, Stavky, Karpivka, Zarichne, Torske and Yampil, and toward Ozerne. The 144th Motorized Rifle Division of the 20th Combined Arms Army and the 1st and 15th Motorized Rifle Regiments of the 2nd Tank Division of the 1st Tank Army have been unable to advance more than several hundred meters near Serednie in recent weeks or break through to the Novoselivka–Drobysheve–Pryshyb–Yarova area.
Ukrainian Defense Forces hold positions along highway T0513 Siversk–Lyman southwest of Yampil and counterattacked near Drobysheve.
On the Sloviansk direction, Russian forces tried to advance on the northeastern outskirts of Siversk; fighting began in the town center. The enemy attacked near Dronivka toward Zakytne, and near Serebrianka, Vyimka, Sviato-Pokrovske and Sakko and Vantsetti, regularly carrying out fire strikes and airstrikes on logistics routes from Sloviansk via Rai-Oleksandrivka toward Siversk.
On the Kostyantynivka direction, Russian forces attacked near and inside Kostyantynivka, near Chasiv Yar, Predtechyne, Kleban-Byk, Ivanopillya, Shcherbynivka, Pleshchiivka, in the direction of Mykolaivka, near Rusyn Yar, Sofiivka, Volodymyrivka, in the direction of Novopavlivka.
On the Pokrovsk direction, Russian forces attacked near Shakhove, Nove Shakhove, in the direction of Vilne, Dorizhne, Zaporizhzhia, near and inside Pokrovsk, in the direction of Hryshyne, near Rodynske, Zatyshok, Krasnyi Lyman, Novoekonomichne, near and within Myrnohrad, near Kotlyne, Udachne, Zvirove and Molodetske. The enemy tried to advance to the northeast of Myrnohrad and north of Udachne. The occupiers continue attempts to encircle Myrnohrad, attack the city from the north and south, from the west near Rivne and Svitle.
Ukrainian Defense Forces struck enemy concentrations on the Pokrovsk direction, recaptured key positions northwest and west of Pokrovsk during counterattacks, advanced near the railway north of Pokrovsk and prevented Russian forces from advancing to Hryshyne, counterattacked on the northwestern outskirts of Pokrovsk and near Hryshyne and Rodynske, hold positions in the northern part of the city.
On the Oleksandrivka direction, Russian forces advanced in the center and southeast of Novopavlivka, north of Filiya, north of Ivanivka, attacked near Muravka, Yalta, Dachne, Zelenyi Hai, Ivanivka, Sosnivka, Vorone, Oleksiivka, Verbove, attempt to expand the kill zone to Slovyanka and to the E50 Pokrovsk–Pavlohrad highway, concentrate efforts on the advance on Pokrovske.
On the Huliaypole direction, Ukrainian Defense Forces advanced to highway T0401 Pokrovske–Huliaypole west of Danylivka, counterattacked from Solodke to Rivnopillya and near Vidradne, withdrew to more advantageous positions near Vysoke.
Russian forces struck Ukrainian troops east of Huliaypole, tried to advance in the southeastern part of Huliaypole, to the southeast of Zarichne, east of Dobropillya, east of Varvarivka, attacked near Yablukove, Dobropillya, Rivnopillya, in the direction of Zelene, Varvarivka, near Solodke, Krasnohirske, Pryvilne, Zatyshshya, Zelenyi Hai, Vesele, Vysoke.
On the Orikhiv direction, Russian forces attacked near Novodanylivka, Novoandriivka, Prymorske.
Ukrainian Defense Forces carried out a UAV strike on the command post of a formation of the 58th Combined Arms Army in Vasylivka.
General conclusion:
The pace of Russian advances indicates that a Russian military victory in Ukraine is not inevitable, nor is a rapid seizure of the remainder of Donetsk Oblast.
The Russian military command in the theatre of operation prioritizes the capture of Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad. Recent counterattacks by Ukrainian Defense Forces—especially north and northwest of Pokrovsk—may further delay Russia’s attempt to seize the city, although the situation remains difficult and fluid.
Russia’s recent gains along the frontline have largely been local and driven by seasonal weather conditions.
In the southern part of the Southern Slobozhansky direction and on the Lyman direction, Russian forces use assault groups composed mainly of former convicts. Proper individual ballistic protection is mostly found only in special forces units.
Ukrainian Defense Forces adapt to enemy attempts to cut Ukrainian logistics in Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad, including by building protected corridors with netting, covering logistics routes with air defense, and employing heavy UAVs and unmanned ground vehicles for logistics.
On the Huliaypole direction, the situation remains tense. The enemy has not encircled Ukrainian units, which continue to maintain logistics and evacuation.
Change in the line of contact (LoC):
There were 213 combat engagements on various fronts.
On the Northern Slobozhansky and Kursk directions, 2 combat engagements took place.
On the Southern Slobozhansky direction, the enemy attacked 12 times near Vovchansk, Synelnykove, Ambarne, Dvorichanske, and toward Kolodyazne.
On the Kupyansk direction, 6 combat engagements took place. Enemy assault actions toward Pishchane and Petropavlivka were stopped.
On the Lyman direction, the enemy attacked 44 times, trying to break into the defense near Hrekivka, Novovodyane, Novoheorhiivka, Novoselivka, Kopanky, Kolodyazi, Serednie, Ridkodub, Karpivka, Zarichne, and toward Lyman and Drobysheve.
On the Sloviansk direction, Ukrainian Defense Forces stopped 14 enemy offensive actions in the areas of Yampil, Serebrianka, Dronivka, Novoselivka, Vyimka, and Sakko and Vantsetti.
On the Kostyantynivka direction, the enemy carried out 35 attacks in the areas of Chasiv Yar, Yablunivka, Pleshchiivka, Ivanopillya, Rusyn Yar, Sofiivka, toward Kostyantynivka and Predtechyne.
On the Pokrovsk direction, 57 enemy assault actions were stopped in the areas of Volodymyrivka, Fedorivka, Nykanorivka, Chervonyi Lyman, Rodynske, Novoekonomichne, Pokrovsk, Kotlyne, Udachne, Molodetske, Yalta, and Dachne.
On the Oleksandrivka direction, the enemy carried out 16 attacks near Ivanivka, Zelenyi Hai, Oleksiivka, Pryvilne, and Krasnohirske.
On the Huliaypole Direction, 22 enemy attempts to advance were stopped near Zatyshshya, Solodke, Yablukove, Zelenyi Hai, and toward Huliaypole.
On the Orikhiv Direction, Ukrainian Defense Forces stopped 2 enemy attacks near Prymorske.
Supporting operation:
Ukrainian Defense Forces carried out a UAV strike on the VNII-Progress plant in Cheboksary, Chuvashia; on the Novokuybyshevsk refinery of the “Rosneft” group in Samara Oblast; on a substation in Novoaidar, Luhansk Oblast; and on ammunition depots of brigades in Ocheretyne and Kamyanka, Donetsk Oblast.
Samara Airport was closed.
Changes in the enemy disposition:
The 34th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 49th Combined Arms Army, the 1st Battalion of the 217th Airborne Regiment of the 98th Airborne Division, and the 83rd Separate Air Assault Brigade conduct UAV strikes on Ukrainian positions in Sumy Oblast.
The 375th Separate Anti-Tank Battalion of the 47th Tank Division of the 1st Tank Army strikes Ukrainian forces near Kupyansk and Kupyansk-Vuzlovyi; the 2nd Motorized Rifle Division of the army operates in Bohuslavka; and the 288th Artillery Brigade operates on the Kupyansk direction.
The 25th Combined Arms Army (the 67th Motorized Rifle Division, the 164th and 169th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigades, the 11th Separate Tank Brigade, and up to three Motorized Rifle Regiments of Territorial Troops and Mobilization Reserve) operates in the area 18–20 km from Yampil.
The 144th Motorized Rifle Division of the 20th Combined Arms Army operates near Korovyi Yar and Stavky and in the direction of Yarova.
The 238th Artillery Brigade and the 242nd Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 20th Motorized Rifle Division of the 8th Combined Arms Army coordinate strikes on Ukrainian positions near Novopavlivka and Rayske.
The 9th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 51st Combined Arms Army strikes Ukrainian forces near Rodynske, and the “Rubikon” Center for Advanced Unmanned Technologies operates near Rodynske and Novooleksandrivka.
The 71st Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 42nd Motorized Rifle Division of the 58th Combined Arms Army operates in Novodanylivka.
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 spring of 2026, 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 Southern Slobozhanske Direction, the enemy will attempt to reach the Vovchansk – Staryi Saltiv road near Tsehelne and the highway to Rubizhne to disrupt the Ukrainian Defense Forces’ formations in the southern part of Vovchansk, significantly complicate their defense due to the considerable flank threat. The main forces of the 6th Combined Arms Army will advance from the Vovchansk–Bilyi Kolodyaz direction and from the bridgehead on the Oskil through Hryhorivka toward converging directions on Velykyi Burluk, pushing Ukrainian Defense Forces from all territory east of the Siverskyi Donets.
On the Lyman direction, the troops of the enemy’s 20th Combined Arms Army will advance toward Shandryholove–Novoselivka and Zelena Dolyna–Drobysheve and will push into the Novoselivka–Drobysheve–Pryshyb–Yarova area, while simultaneously expanding its tactical bridgehead on the Nitrius River near the village of Serednie, in order to block Lyman from the northwest and cut all communications running along the Siverskyi Donets River toward Izium. The enemy may attempt an immediate crossing of the Siverskyi Donets in the Zakytne–Dronivka area, which will complicate the further defense of Siversk.
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–Yablunivka line.
The command of the “Tsentr (Center)” Operational Grouping in order to prevent the withdrawal of elements of the 7th Rapid Reaction Corps of the Air Assault Forces of the Ukrainian Defense Forces from the Pokrovsk–Myrnohrad bridgehead, is making efforts to achieve a deeper envelopment of the western flank of the Pokrovsk defense area, attacking northward from the Udachne–Kotlyne line and attempting to break through to Hryshyne. The withdrawal of elements of Ukrainian Defense Forces from Myrnohrad toward the Dobropillya area could affect the overall situation on the 51st Combined Arms Army bridgehead west of the Kazennyi Torets River. To prevent a deterioration of the situation there, the enemy would hastily organize and conduct counterattacks in the areas of Ivanivka and Nove Shakhove.
On the Oleksandrivka direction, the troops of the enemy’s “Vostok (East)” Operational Grouping will attempt to envelop the Huliaypole defensive area of Ukrainian Defense Forces from the north and block its main lines of communication. The troops of the 36th Combined Arms Army and elements of the right flank of the 5th Combined Arms Army will be breaking through toward Pokrovske from the southeast. The enemy will attempt to reach the Haichul River and the Huliaypole–Pokrovske road on the Dobropillya–Varvarivka section.
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 24.02.22 to 27.11.25
Personnel - almost 1,169 690 (+1,140);
Tanks – 11,373 (+1);
Armored combat vehicles ‒ 23,628 (+3);
Artillery systems – 34,709 (+21);
Multiple rocket launchers (MLRS) – 1,550 (+10);
Anti-aircraft warfare systems – 1,253 (+1);
Vehicles and fuel tanks – 68,351 (+109);
Aircraft - 430 (+2);
Helicopters – 347 (0);
UAV operational and tactical level – 85,174 (+214);
Intercepted cruise and other missiles – 3,995 (+14);
Boats/ships – 29 (0).
Humanitarian + general:
From the evening of 26 November, Russian occupiers attacked Ukraine with 142 strike UAVs of the Shahed, Gerbera, and other types, about 90 of which were Shahed-type strike UAVs. As of 08:30 in the morning, Ukrainian air defense had destroyed or suppressed 92 enemy UAVs. There were 42 strike UAV impacts at 18 locations, as well as debris falling at three locations. The enemy attack continued, and Russian UAVs remained in Ukraine’s airspace.
Three people were injured and fires broke out as a result of Russian UAV and artillery strikes on Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on the evening of 26 November and during the night of 27 November. In the Synelnykove district, a woman and a man were injured in a UAV attack and hospitalized. A store, an annex to a house, a summer kitchen, a garage, a car, and a gazebo were burning as a result of the enemy attack. One home was destroyed, and a kindergarten and infrastructure were damaged. Another man was injured in an evening attack on Marhanets.
During the night of 27 November, Russians attacked Odesa Oblast with UAVs, causing fires and partial destruction of civilian infrastructure facilities. The facades and glazing of two residential buildings, an equestrian sports club, and a gas station building were damaged. According to preliminary data, there were no casualties.
During 27 November, the enemy struck energy facilities in several oblasts, resulting in power outages in the morning. Power-cut schedules are in effect across the country. Emergency electricity shutdowns were applied in Sumy, Kharkiv, and Poltava oblasts.
In the morning, Russian forces struck Sloviansk in Donetsk Oblast with UAVs, damaging private houses and injuring two people.
In the morning, Russian occupiers attacked a civilian car with a drone in Kherson Oblast, injuring a 72-year-old man.
In Kharkiv Oblast, in the village of Motuzivka, two people—a woman and her 12-year-old son—were injured in a Russian UAV strike on Thursday morning. There is also destruction in the Village.
During the day on 27 November, Kherson authorities reported possible interruptions to centralized water supply due to damage to power grids and critical infrastructure caused by enemy shelling. Earlier, at about 12:45, Russian forces shelled the Dnipro district of Kherson several times, injuring three people.
In Kostyantynivka in Donetsk Oblast, a man was injured in an enemy FPV-drone attack. He was on the street near his home.
Throughout the day, Russian occupiers attacked the Nikopol, Kryvyi Rih, and Synelnykove districts of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast; a business, stores, a gas station, and homes were damaged. No casualties were reported.
According to the DeepState analytical project, Russian occupiers shot five Defense Forces servicemen near the settlement of Zelenyi Hai in Zaporizhzhia Oblast. The date of the event is not specified.
In Ukraine, as a result of Russia’s full-scale invasion, 238 artists and 119 media workers, including foreign nationals, have been killed.
In Kherson, one of the most dangerous neighborhoods remains Korabel, where about 200 people currently remain without electricity and gas supply. Residents of the district are most concerned about restoring electricity, which is difficult to restore due to enemy shelling.
A political prisoner from the temporarily occupied territory of Kherson Oblast, Hennadii Osmak, the former editor-in-chief of the Henichesk news outlet Novyi Vizyt, was transported for two months to a colony in Russia, during which he was tortured, and his health has sharply deteriorated.
The Russification of sovereign Ukrainian oblasts as “historical territories of the Russian state,” which continues under the decree of the president of Russia, Putin, of 25 November 2025, “Strategy of Russia’s National Policy for the Period until 2036,” underscores the openly imperialist nature of Russia’s ongoing attempts to subjugate Ukraine and eradicate Ukrainian culture. This was reported by the UK Ministry of Defense, citing intelligence, which notes that the document imposes the Russian language, identity, and culture on residents of illegally occupied territory, and also defines occupied and unoccupied Ukrainian territory as part of the Russian Federation, which directly contradicts Russia’s official recognition of Ukraine’s independence and sovereignty after the collapse of the USSR.