💥 Attack

Russian forces made confirmed battlefield gains near Vuhledar and Velyka Novosilka in Donetsk Oblast.

November 24, 2024 Velyka Novosilka, Donetsk Oblast

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Kyiv Post Ukrinform Institute for the Study of War UNIAN Kyiv Independent

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Entities

Russia (organization) Russian forces (military_unit) Vuhledar (location) Velyka Novosilka (location) Ukrainian forces (military_unit) Chasiv Yar (location) Pokrovsk (location) Russian military (organization) Gennady Anashkin (person) South Group of Troops (military_unit) State Border Guard Service of Ukraine (organization) Ukrainian Defense Forces (organization) Druzheliubivka (location) Hrekivka (location) Novoyehorivka (location) Terny (location) Yampolivka (location) Torske (location) Serebrianka (location) Stupochky (location) Dyliivka (location) Toretsk (location) Shcherbynivka (location) Myroliubivka (location) Promin (location) Lysivka (location) Hryhorivka (location) Dachenske (location) Pustynka (location) Chumatske (location) Berestky (location) Sontsivka (location) Novodmytrivka (location) Zoria (location) Kurakhove (location) Dalnie (location) Romanivka (location) Yelyzavetivka (location) Hanivka (location) Trudove (location) Novosilka (location) Makarivka (location) Mykolaivka (location) 28th Mechanized Brigade (military_unit) Special Battalion Shkval (military_unit) Vladyslav Voloshyn (person) Southern Operational Command (organization) Ukrainian Armed Forces (military_unit) Andrew Perpetua (person)

Source Reports

What each source reports. "Source tone" reflects the language used by the outlet — it is not an independent verification.

Kyiv Post → Source tone: likely

Russian forces' recent confirmed battlefield gains near Vuhledar and Velyka Novosilka demonstrate that the war in Ukraine is not stalemated

Ukrinform → Source tone: likely

Colonel General Gennady Anashkin, the commander of Russia's "South" Group of Troops engaged in combat against Ukraine, has been removed from his position.

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

The Russian Defense Ministry described the move as a "planned rotation."

Ukrinform → Source tone: uncertain

A pro-war blogger claimed that Anashkin was dismissed for "systematically deceiving the command of the Russian Armed Forces and the country's political leadership," including fabricating reports of victories in the Siversk sector.

Ukrinform → Source tone: likely

In May 2024, reports indicated that Anashkin had assumed the role of acting commander of the Southern Military District.

Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: likely

Ukrainian forces launched successful counterattack near Mykolaivka

UNIAN → Source tone: likely

Russian occupiers killed two women in Toretsk by entering an apartment and opening fire.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

Russian forces are preparing to break through to the south of Donetsk region, where Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts meet

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