💥 Attack

Russian forces conducted offensive operations near Verkhnokamyanske and Vyimka east and southeast of Siversk on November 15-16 but did not advance.

November 16, 2024 Verkhnokamyanske, Donetsk Oblast

Verified Independently confirmed by 5 sources

Institute for the Study of War Ukrinform Kyiv Post UNIAN Censor.NET

Multiple high-reliability sources confirm the core facts of this event.

Entities

Russian forces (military_unit) 39th Radiation, Chemical, and Biological Protection Regiment (military_unit) 3rd Combined Arms Army (military_unit) TOS-1A (weapon_system) 11th Air Force and Air Defense Army (military_unit) Russian Aerospace Forces (military_unit) Kaira Detachment (military_unit) 39th Motorized Rifle Brigade (military_unit) 68th Army Corps (military_unit) 14th Spetsnaz Brigade (military_unit) 69th Covering Brigade (military_unit) 35th Combined Arms Army (military_unit) Russian Armed Forces (organization) Ukrainian Armed Forces (organization) Prydniprovskyi sector (person) Russia (organization) Yegor "Shchit" (person) Archangel of Special Forces Z (organization) Ukrainian defense forces (organization) Novyehorivka (location) Makieievka (location) Terny (location) Toriske (location) Ukrainian units (organization) Toretsk (location) Diliivka (location) Shcherbynivka (location) Myroliubivka (location) Luch (location) Lysovykivka (location) Petrivka (location) Pustynka (location) Berestky (location) Novoselidivka (location) Voznesenka (location) Novodmytrivka (location) Maksymilianovka (location) Dalne (location) Antonivka (location) Trudove (location) Rivnopillia (location) Novadarivka (location) Pokrovsk (location) George Barros (person) Institute for the Study of War (organization) 5th Separate Assault Brigade (military_unit) Russian assaultmen (military_unit) Armed Forces of Ukraine (military_unit) Russian troops (military_unit) guided missile (weapon_system) Ukrainian defenders (military_unit) Novoiehorivka (location) Makiivka (location) Torske (location) Verkhnokamianske (location) Dnliivka (location) Ukrainian troops (military_unit) Promin (location) Lysivka (location) Novoselydivka (location) Maksymilianivka (location) Ukrainian forces (military_unit)

Source Reports

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Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: likely

Russian forces conducted offensive operations near Verkhnokamyanske and Vyimka

Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: likely

39th Regiment conducting TOS-1A thermobaric artillery strikes near Bilohorivka

Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: certain

No Russian advances in Siversk direction

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

In the Lyman sector, the enemy launched 16 attacks. The Russian forces endeavored to breach the Ukrainian defensive lines in the vicinity of Novoyehorivka, Makiivka, Terny, and Torske.

Kyiv Post → Source tone: likely

Russian forces recently advanced near Svatove, Kreminna, Chasiv Yar, Toretsk, Pokrovsk, and Kurakhove

UNIAN → Source tone: likely

Ukrainian defenders eliminated one of the administrators of the project "Archangel of Special Forces", Yegor "Shchit" during assault actions in a rifle battle on the Donetsk direction

Censor.NET → Source tone: likely

Soldiers of the 5th Separate Assault Brigade eliminated a group of Russian assaultmen in the Pokrovsk direction using drones.

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:15:39.279Z

Source story: russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-november-16-2024