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Analyses |
| Jakub Ber, Piotr Żochowski
The weather conditions have significantly curbed the activity of the warring parties. On Friday 24 November, a thaw occurred in eastern and southern Ukraine (with temperatures exceeding 10 degrees in places), turning fields and unpaved…
Analyses |
| Andrzej Wilk, Piotr Żochowski
Deteriorating weather conditions on the front have limited both sides’ offensive operations, but at the local level they are nevertheless still making attempts to break through their opponents’ defences. Russian forces have made further…
OSW Commentary |
| Krzysztof Nieczypor
According to the Ukrainian government, around 174,000 km2 of the country’s territory potentially requires demining. This is almost a third of Ukraine’s total area. Although this estimate seems to be exaggerated, the threat of mines and…
Analyses |
| Jakub Ber, Piotr Żochowski, Jacek Tarociński
The heaviest recent fighting was seen around the Avdiivka area, where the Russians consistently sought to advance to the rear of the defending Ukrainian force. The Russian attacks concentrated on the Ukrainians’ northern wing, along the…
Analyses |
| Andrzej Wilk, Piotr Żochowski
Russian forces are continuing to advance on the northern flank of Avdiivka; among other things, they have succeeded in driving the defenders out of the village of Stepove, although they have not taken control of it (it remains in no-man’s-…
Analyses |
| Sławomir Matuszak
On 9 November, the Ukrainian parliament passed the state budget for 2024. It provides for expenditure of 3.35 trillion hryvnias (around $92.6 billion), of which more than half (1.69 trillion hryvnias, $46.7 billion) is to be allocated to…
OSW Commentary |
| Witold Rodkiewicz, Tadeusz Iwański
No major success has been seen during the past five months of the Ukrainian counteroffensive. In an interview for the Economist on 1 November, General Valerii Zaluzhnyi, the Ukrainian army’s commander-in-chief, described the situation on…
Analyses |
| Andrzej Wilk, Piotr Żochowski
Russian forces made slight advances on the south-eastern outskirts of Avdiivka and on the western side of the railway line north of that town (in the area of the village of Stepove). The invaders also entered Klishchiivka south-west of…
Analyses |
| Andrzej Wilk, Piotr Żochowski
Russian forces have made slight advances in the Avdiivka area, narrowing the width of the belt linking the town to Ukrainian-controlled areas to 6–8 km. They are also moving north and south-west of Bakhmut, where, according to the…
Analyses |
| Andrzej Wilk, Piotr Żochowski
On 3 November, which in Ukraine is celebrated as Rocket Forces and Artillery Day, a Russian Iskander-M missile struck a group of artillerymen of the ‘Zakarpattia’ 128th Mountain Assault Brigade who were getting ready to receive their…