Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 27, 2023 - Karolina Hird, Riley Bailey, Grace Mappes, Nicole Wolkov, George Barros, and Mason Clark

Russian sources posted images and footage of the impact of the cyclone on civilian and transportation infrastructure in coastal areas of Krasnodar Krai, including near Sochi, Anapa, Gelendzhik, Novorossiysk, and Taupse.[1] Ukrainian and Russian sources also noted that coastal areas of occupied Crimea, occupied Kherson Oblast, and much of Odesa Oblast were heavily impacted by heavy snow and high wi. [...] Russian state news outlet Kommersant reported on November 27 that the Russian Ministry of Finance’s 2024 subsidy provision agreements will directly assign budget deficit responsibilities to the heads of the republics of Dagestan, Ingushetia, Chechnya, and Tuva and the heads of the four Russian occupation administrations in Ukraine.[25] The Russian Ministry of Finance reportedly plans to add additi. [...] The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) claimed that Ukrainian forces unsuccessfully attacked in the Kupyansk area near Synkivka and Ivanivka (20km southeast of Kupyansk), and in the Kreminna direction near Dibrova.[39] A Russian media aggregator claimed that Ukrainian forces unsuccessfully attacked near Synkivka and that Russian forces repelled Ukrainian reconnaissance-in-force efforts in the Sereb. [...] The Ukrainian General Staff reported that Ukrainian forces repelled more than 30 Russian assaults east of Novobakhmutivka (13km northwest of Avdiivka); northeast of Berdychi (7km northwest of Avdiivka); south of Novokalynove (12km north of Avdiivka) and Tonenke (7km west of Avdiivka); and near Stepove (3km north of Avdiivka), Avdiivka, Sieverne (6km west of Avdiivka), and Pervomaiske (11km southwe. [...] A Russian milblogger claimed that Russian forces counterattacked and seized multiple fortified Ukrainian positions near Verbove and that Russian forces continued offensive operations near Robotyne.[65] The Ukrainian General Staff reported that Ukrainian forces repelled Russian ground attacks near Robotyne and west of Verbove.[66] 15 Institute for the Study of War and AEI’s Critical Threats Project.