A “winter pause” is possible in hostilities, the Russian flag has disappeared in Melitopol, and Kherson region is now under artillery fire: military news November 13

Today is the 263nd day of the war. First of all, it is worth reading what they write about events at the front in summary General Staff: 

• Over the past day, the enemy launched 4 missile and 16 air strikes, made more than 40 attacks from the MLRS. More than 20 settlements of Zaporozhye, Cherkasy, Kharkiv and Donetsk regions were affected.
• The Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled the attacks of the enemy in the areas of the settlements of Stelmakhovka and Novoselovskoye in the Luhansk region and Torskoye, Bakhmut, Belogorovka, Disputable, Toretsk, Krasnogorovka, Pervomayskoye, Maryinka, Novomikhailovka and Pavlovka in the Donetsk region.
• Aviation of the Defense Forces of Ukraine carried out 13 strikes over the past day. 8 areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment, 5 positions of enemy air defense systems were hit.

Departure from Kherson increased the split in the Kremlin 

According to Institute for the Study of War, the withdrawal of Russian troops from Kherson undermined Putin's credibility and called into question his ability to keep his promises. Thus, experts refer to the words of the “ideologist of the Russian world” Alexander Dugin, who openly criticized the President of the Russian Federation

"He stated that Putin, as an" autocrat "," must save his nation himself, otherwise he will face the fate of the "King of the Rains" (he hinted that Putin would be killed, referring to Sir James Fraser's "Golden Bough", where it was said that the king was killed because he could not deliver rain in the middle of a drought," the ISW report explains.

But at the same time, Dugin does not consider the army commander Surovikin responsible for the "failure" near Kherson. 

Russia will ask for a truce, but will not give up plans to destroy Ukraine

According to experts, the winter pause of the war could drag on for six months. During this time, Russia's tactics will also change - attacks on infrastructure will probably intensify in order to continue the destruction of the energy system. In response, the Armed Forces of Ukraine will hit the uncontrolled territories and regions of the Russian Federation, reports Voice of America.

US Deputy Defense Secretary Colin Kahl believes that Russia will try to protect the rear in winter, since it is impossible to fight with poorly prepared positions. This will also lead to a loss of morale and numerous losses of personnel. Therefore, it is beneficial for the Russian Federation if the Ukrainian counteroffensive slows down. Firstly, then it will be possible to train recruits and recruit more volunteers and those mobilized into the army, and secondly, Ukraine also needs time - large-scale training of the Ukrainian military is underway until February. 

To make the pause painful, the Russian Federation will hit the energy system in order to increase Ukraine's dependence on the West. Then he will try to use the shortage of energy resources and economic difficulties for himself "for the good" - to convince the Europeans to refuse assistance to Ukraine.

Was a “Wagnerite” killed in Ukraine? 

Information appeared on social networks that a former prisoner from Ryazan was allegedly killed in Ukraine Evgeny Nuzhin, who joined the PMC "Wagner", but in September went over to the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. 

In the video, Nuzhin allegedly says that in Kyiv he was hit on the head and kidnapped. Then he was hit on the head with a sledgehammer. 

The death of the prisoner was also confirmed by the head of Wagner PMC Yevgeny Prigozhin. “The ex-prisoner “did not find happiness in Ukraine, but met with unkind, but fair people,” he wrote. 

APU left Mayorsk

Military Vladimir Kukhar сообщилthat the Ukrainian Armed Forces left the Mayorsk station in the north of Gorlovka. 

“Majorsk was forced to be abandoned and a new line of defense is being built. Repulsing it back with the same weak artillery support is unrealistic and would simply mean putting people down,” he wrote on Facebook.

The station changed hands several times. It is strategically important, because there is part of the infrastructure of the Seversky Donets-Donbass canal, which supplies water to the uncontrolled territories of the Donetsk region. 

Kukhar writes that the Russians in this area "have ten times more artillery," 

“The tanks work so close that the sounds of the exits merge with the arrivals, when everything flies from above - mines, shells, air bombs, high-explosive, fragmentation and incendiary ammunition, it was hardly possible to do more,” Kukhar says. 

Russian flag disappeared in Melitopol

In Melitopol, which is not controlled by Ukraine, the Russian tricolor, hung out on the main square of the city back in March 2022, disappeared in the morning. RIA-Melitopol. 

At the same time, the Russians reported that this was a scheduled maintenance of the flagpole and that the flag would soon be returned to its place. 

The situation in the regions

Zaporozhye region. On the night of November 13th fired upon one of the villages of the Zaporozhye region from the MLRS. Damaged power lines, houses and cars. 

Dnepropetrovsk region. Again under fire - the Nikopol region. As a result of the impact, two women were injured and taken to the hospital. This is reported in Telegram-channel of the head of the Dnepropetrovsk OVA Valentina Reznichenko.

"Two wounded and dozens of mutilated houses... At night, the Nikopol region once again suffered from enemy fire. The Russians sent their Grads and heavy artillery to the Nikopol and Marganets communities," the publication says.

Nikopol suffered the most, where two women aged 46 and 82 suffered from shelling. 

Kherson region. There was fired upon Gornostaevka village on the left bank of the Dnieper. As a result of more than 60 arrivals in the Kakhovka district, two women died and many were injured. One woman's leg was torn off. 

An elevator, an oil plant, a hospital were destroyed, roofs were damaged in many houses, three houses were completely destroyed. Now there is no electricity and water in the village. The shelling was confirmed by the governor of the Kherson region Yaroslav Yanushevich. According to him, the Russians themselves fired on the village from "Gradov" in order to "persuade civilians to the so-called evacuation." 

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