The Armed Forces advanced near Bakhmut and in the Zaporozhye region: Russians deny it - isw (maps)

Defense forces continued offensive operations in the western part of the Zaporizhzhya region on November 19. A slight promotion was recorded in the Novoprokopivka area, which is located 3 kilometers from the robot. Geolocated data, published on November 19, show that the forces of Ukraine's defense attacked and advanced south of the village of Shuma (23 km from Bakhmut and 9 km northwest of Gorlovka). This was reported in the summary of the Institute of War Study of November 19.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, for its part, stated that the Armed Forces had in vain attacks under noises. Other Russian sources claim that on November 19, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation was knocked out from the Armed Forces northwest of Gorlovka (25 km from Bakhmut).

Russian "military" argues that the units of the Russian 3rd Motorized Rifle Battalion (132th Motorized Rifle Brigade, the 1st Army Corps of the so-called "DNR") displaced the forces of defense of Ukraine from positions on the heap near the mine. Gagarin to the northwest of Gorlovka after Ukrainian attacks on November 18 and 19 were not successful.

According to another Russian source, the occupying group of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation has occupied uninvited positions on the heap, with the defense forces holding the territory near the western slope. The upper part of the territory is a controversial "gray zone", again, according to the sources of the Russian Federation. Analysts note that the Armed Forces continued offensive operations in the western part of the Zaporozhye region on November 19 and made small success.

The minor promotion of the Armed Forces was recorded in the area of ​​Novoprokopivka (3 km from the robot) and Rivne (8 km from the robot). It is reported that the Armed Forces were attacking near the robot, willow (10 km from the robot) and Kopani (5 km from the robot). Bad weather and insufficient visibility interfere with the offensive actions in the West of the Zaporozhye region, claim sources of the Russian Federation.

It is reported that on November 19, there was a slight promotion of Russian troops in the west of Zaporizhzhya region. Russian "military" arguing that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation reflected the area of ​​the Orikhiv-Magimak route during the counterattack near Novofedorivka (14 km from the robot), but the ISW analysts did not find evidence of this.