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Perspective of the Breakaway Republics: Military summary of the LDNR. The situation on the line of contact on March 14 (updated)
2022-03-15
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFrontInfo] 22:00 First Deputy Minister of Information of the DPR Daniil Bezsonov:

I came across an interesting report by the commander of the 105th Separate Territorial Defense Battalion of the 109th Separate Territorial Defense Brigade, which was on electronic media in the military registration and enlistment office of the city of Volnovakha.

According to this report, local authorities were able to allocate only those facilities that belonged to them to accommodate the newly formed paramilitary units. And these are municipal facilities - primarily schools and preschool institutions.

21:35 On the operational line, the DPR Ministry of Health received information about the wounding of five civilians from the territories previously liberated by the NM of the DPR as a result of shelling by the VFU:

- woman, born in 1974

- woman, born in 1974

- male, born in 1972

- woman, born in 1977

— girl, born in 2014

Proceedings will be held on all facts of war crimes of the VFU, and the results will be transferred to the General Prosecutor's Office of the DPR.

21:26 In the near future, 2,100 volunteers from Nagorno-Karabakh are expected to be sent to support the forces of the NM DPR. The backbone will be artillery units. Crews of anti-tank systems, D-30 howitzers and self-propelled guns Gvozdika. All volunteers have 2020 extreme war experience. Financing was undertaken by a number of Russian businessmen of Armenian origin.

19:45 DPR Defense Headquarters: the number of victims of the shelling of Donetsk by Tochka-U has grown to 36 people.

19:44 The shelling of Donetsk "Tochka-U" was carried out by Ukrainian nationalists of the 19th rocket brigade from the outskirts of Krasnoarmeysk. It is said in the statement of the people's militia of the DPR.

19:41 Lieutenant Colonel of the People's Militia of the LPR Andrey Marochko: the forces of the defense department of the Republic encircle the armed formations of Ukraine, which are still stationed in Severodonetsk and Lisichansk.

19:40 A laptop of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with data on the targets of the Tochka-U strikes came into the possession of the DPR NM. Among the objects for launching missile strikes by the Armed Forces of Ukraine are the Government House of the DPR, a radio and television transmitting center and a military registration and enlistment office, the People's Militia Department of the DPR reported.

18:30 JCCC: AFU shelled the settlement Novoluganskoye - n.p. Zaitsevo: 5 shells of 122mm caliber were fired.

18:16 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction of the settlement. Steppe - n.p. Yelenovka: 4 shots fired from a tank - STsKK.

17:27 Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation: The special forces liquidated the main forces of neo-Nazis in residential areas along the perimeter of the city. The successful operation to unblock the city made it possible today from 15:00 to open humanitarian corridors for the exit of civilians and to begin mass evacuation of the population, which had been held hostage by neo-Nazis for a long time.

17:25 The operation to unblock Mariupol made it possible to open humanitarian corridors and begin the evacuation of residents. 200 buses have been organized for the evacuation of Mariupol residents, the first 50 have already arrived in the city. Also, the first humanitarian cargo has already been delivered to Mariupol - the Russian Ministry of Defense.

17:23 Almost all the firing points equipped by neo-Nazis in the suburban areas of Mariupol have been destroyed - the RF Ministry of Defense.

15:50 March 14, at about 11:30 Moscow time, from the territory controlled by the Kiev nationalist regime, a tactical missile "Tochka-U" was struck at a residential area of ​​the city of Donetsk. The shelling of the city was carried out from the north-western direction, from the area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe settlement of Krasnoarmeysk, which is controlled by Ukrainian nationalist units. As a result of the explosion of a cluster warhead in the center of Donetsk, 20 civilians were killed. Another 28 people, including children, were seriously injured and taken to medical facilities - the Russian Ministry of Defense.

15:45 There are no children among those killed in a missile strike in the center of Donetsk. The TOK correspondent was informed about this in the Ministry of Health of the DPR.

15:39 As a result of the shelling of Yasinovataya, md. Dawn, a local resident born in 1949 was wounded. From the received wounds the man died in hospital - the head of the city Dmitry Shevchenko.

15:21 "In the very near future, in a matter of days, the situation will change dramatically. We are accelerating," head of the DPR Denis Pushilin, on the air of the 60 Minutes program, spoke about forcing the liberation operation.

15:16 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction: n.p. Maryinka - Donetsk (Trudovskoy settlement): 3 shells fired 122mm caliber - STsKK.

15:02 Tomorrow, March 15, is declared a day of mourning - Pushilin.

14:10 DPR Defense Headquarters: according to updated data, 17 dead and 28 wounded at the site of the fall of fragments of the Tochka-U missile.

13:55 In the center of Donetsk, only one cassette of the Tochka-U rocket charge went off. If everyone had worked, the consequences would have been worse. At least 23 people were killed as a result of the UAF missile attack on Donetsk. 28 people were injured - Basurin.

13:50 The object from which the Armed Forces of Ukraine launched Tochka-U today will be installed and destroyed. To date, DPR forces have already shot down more than 15 Tochka-U missiles - Head of the DPR Pushilin.

13:47 The offensive operation will continue and be accelerated as much as possible, Pushilin said at the site of the shelling of Donetsk by the Ukrainian Tochka-U

13:31 The number of victims after the shelling of Donetsk has grown to 23, among them a child - the Ministry of Health of the DPR.

12:41 In Melitopol, the handing over of weapons that were uncontrollably distributed in Ukraine continues. "Today I handed over a Kalashnikov assault rifle, which I received upon mobilization. He also brought a machine gun of a neighbor who was afraid to come," declared resident of Melitopol.

12:27 "If Tochka-U flew to its destination and worked, the radius of destruction would be 500 m - there would be nothing alive at all," head of the DPR on air 60 minutes

12:15 DPR Defense Headquarters: according to preliminary data, in the center of Donetsk, at the site of the fall of fragments of the Tochka-U missile, 20 dead and 9 wounded. The information is being specified.

11:52 In the center of Donetsk, near the Government House, a Tochka-U was shot down. At least 8 civilians were killed in an attack on the center of Donetsk.

11:42 AFU shelled the center of Donetsk, administrative buildings were damaged.

11:36 Social networks: Arrival in the center of Donetsk. Details to be confirmed

11:15 Nationalists continue to occupy hospitals on the territory of the captured cities. According to the Headquarters of the Territorial Defense of the DPR in Dzerzhinsk, Ukrainian militants occupied the 5th floor of the children's department of the Central City Hospital. It is noted that the ammunition is placed in the basement. Sick children continue to stay in the hospital, parents are trying to pick them up.

11:05 AFU shelled a kindergarten in Yasinovataya. According to the Headquarters of the Territorial Defense of the DPR, as a result of the shelling of the VFU, the building of kindergarten No. 6 "Zhuravushka" in the Zorka microdistrict was damaged.

11:03 DPR fighters are fighting near Mariupol, where nationalist units are located. Formerly locals told that the national battalions are blocking the gum corridors near the city, which were organized by Russia.

11:00 Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation shows transfer of captured Ukrainian equipment and weapons to units of the People's Militia of the LPR and DPR. Among other things - American Javelin anti-tank grenade launchers and British NLAW.

10:48 Smoke from a fire at a coking plant may cover several districts of Donetsk - Basurin.

10:23 This night, special forces from Chechnya entered Mariupol. A total of 5,000 people arrived. Good help to the forces of the DPR. The Nazis have no chance of survival.

10:13 DPR troops liberated 90 settlements - Pushilin.

10:12 The offensive of the allied forces of the Russian Federation and the DPR in the direction of Vuhledar is developing. The scattered enemy forces have the option of retreating in the direction of Kurakhovo.

During the day, the fate of Ugledar will be decided. The key point will be cleared of Ukronazis.

10:11 The mine came under fire. Zasyadko, the main ventilation fan is de-energized. Currently, 83 mountain women are underground.

10:10 Ukrainian military block and intercept humanitarian supplies for the population - Pushilin.

09:55 As a result of the morning shelling by Ukrainian militants of the village of the Trudovskaya mine, the glazing at school No. 103 and the Donetsk professional mining lyceum No. 93 is damaged - the head of Donetsk Kulemzin.

09:51 LPR troops, having previously blocked Severodonetsk from the east and south, are fighting against nationalists on the northeastern outskirts of the city, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

09:50 Subdivisions of the RF Armed Forces, continuing the offensive, reached the line of Vodyanoye, Sladkoe, Stepnoe, Taramchuk and Glorious. Promotion per day amounted to 11 kilometers - the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

09:43 A war gonzo war correspondent reports that the Russian Aerospace Forces are working in Avdiivka. Avdiivka is a city north of Donetsk, from where Donetsk is constantly under artillery fire.

9:33 It became known that the territory of the Shchastinsky TPP in the LPR was cleared of mines and the station began its work.

9:12 A total of 86 people were evacuated from Mariupol and its suburbs. According to the Headquarters of the Territorial Defense of the DPR, over the past day, from 08:00 on March 13 to 08:00 on March 14, 86 people, including 15 children, were evacuated from Mariupol and its suburban settlements to the Bezymennoye Novoazovsky district. In total, for the period from March 5 to 08:00 on March 14, 922 people were evacuated to the Bezymennoye PPN.

9:10 JCCC: shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction of the settlement. Marinka - n.p. Donetsk (Petrovsky district): 6 mines fired with a caliber of 120 mm.

8:53 NM DNR: Extinguishing fire at the Avdiivka Coke Plant, which began as a result of sabotage by Ukrainian militants, is now impossible. The entrance of emergency services to the plant is blocked by units of the "Right Sector" and the 25th Airborne Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

8:51 The Gorlovka-Yasinovataya-Makeevka highway is closed, Gorlovka Mayor Ivan Prikhodko said.

08:40 The JCCC recorded shelling from the AFU in the direction: n.p. Marinka - Donetsk (Trudovskoy settlement): 5 shells of 122 mmcaliber were fired.

08:30 AFU shelled the settlement Novoselovka Second - n.p. Panteleimonovka: 10 122 mm shells were fired. — SCCC.

08:23 The JCCC reported that the village was under fire. Avdiivka - n.p. Mineral: 10 shells fired caliber 122mm.; n.p. Avdiivka - n.p. Yasinovataya: 15 shells of 122mm caliber were fired.

07:00 From the side of the armed formations of Ukraine, four artillery attacks were recorded on four settlements of the LPR:
n.p. Irmino received damage to polyclinic No. 3 "Stakhanovskaya Central City Multidisciplinary Hospital" at the address: st. Profsoyuznaya, 1. n.p. Zolote-5 damaged 2 residential buildings and 4 outbuildings.
n.p. Novokrasnyanka, a girl born in 2008, was wounded, and a residential building was also damaged - the representative office of the LPR in the JCCC and in the negotiation process.

06:00 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction of the settlement. Novoselovka Second - n.p. Verkhnetoretskoye (southern): 6 shells fired caliber 122 mm. — SCCC.

05:00 For 25 days, as a result of hostilities in the DPR, 26 civilians were killed, 174 civilians were injured of varying severity, 12 of them were children - JCCC.

Ukrainian militants again fired mines at Donetsk

[REGNUM] A new artillery attack of Donetsk with 82mm mines was carried out on March 14 by the armed formations of Ukraine, the representative office of the Donetsk People's Republic in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire Regime (JCCC) reports in its telegram channel.

The fire was fired at the village of Trudovskoy mine (Petrovsky district of Donetsk). Everything was fired by four mines. In addition, Ukrainian militants fired small arms at the village of Mikhailovka.

As REGNUM reported earlier, Ukrainian armed formations fired six 122-mm artillery shells at the Kievsky district of Donetsk.

Posted by:badanov

#7  Re #3: Badanov, I think you are right.

Looked at the pics at the link. They are clearer than the video and show a centerline turret. Looks like BMP-1 (no AT launcher on top).
Posted by: Angaiper Ulavins1210   2022-03-15 11:14  

#6  ^ As opposed to a JPG or TIF?
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-03-15 10:57  

#5  The vehicle which exploded was a BMP.

Was there an Earth-shattering KA-BOOMP?
Posted by: SteveS   2022-03-15 10:32  

#4  Nope. The too small turret in off to the left, not on center line.
Posted by: Angaiper Ulavins1210   2022-03-15 10:23  

#3  The vehicle which exploded was a BMP.
Posted by: badanov   2022-03-15 09:59  

#2  Petty intense. Looks like the gunner took out an SA-6 SAM and MT-LB personnel carrier.

Sounded like an wheeled IFV similar our LAV-25 or Stryker. Couldn't make out the vehicle right at the beginning that exploded.
Posted by: Angaiper Ulavins1210   2022-03-15 09:43  

#1  Destroyed on camera: Ukrainian tank hunters stalk their prey through shattered streets of Mariupol before blasting Russian armoured vehicle with heavy cannon while watching it go up in flames on screen
Posted by: Skidmark   2022-03-15 09:07  

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