[NewsFrontInfo] 23:58 Over the past day Representation reported about 41 facts of firing by the VFU.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made 16 attacks from 155mm artillery.
On Gorlovsky 17 artillery attacks from artillery 155 and 152mm.
On Yasinovatsky seven artillery attacks from 155mm artillery.
on Dokuchaevsky one artillery attack from 155mm artillery.
Having fired 274 units of various ammunition.
Under enemy fire were areas of eleven settlements of the Republic : the capital city of Donetsk (Kiev, Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts), Gorlovka (Nikitovsky, Central city, Kalininsky districts), Panteleimonovka, Chestnut, Mineralnoe, Yakovlevka, Yasinovataya, Makeevka (Chervonogvardeisky district), Aleksandrovka, Staromikhaylovka, Dokuchaevsk.
Over the past day, information was received about the wounding of a civilian - a woman , inKalininsky district Gorlovka.
A total of 23 houses were damaged in Kirovsky district Donetsk, Kalinin and Nikitovsky districts of Gorlovka and Dokuchaevsk.
A previous 21 attacks were recorded from the side of the VFU per day.
21:17 Ukrainian troops fired 10 rounds of the "NATO" caliber of 155mm across Donetsk, shelling the Kirov and Kyiv districts of the city, reported in representation of the DPR at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC).
19:35 The APU militants in the Orekhovsky direction of the Zaporozhye Front are not saved by either trenches or strongholds.
Oncadres- opening of the field fortification and the stronghold of the 65th Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, erected in a private household in the village of Stepovoe.
18:54 Work of MLRS of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation for the purposes of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Maryinka area.
Soldiers-artillerymen of the RF Armed Forces from the 122mm BM-21 "Grad" installation destroy enemy strongholds in the Maryinsky direction. Work to defeat the enemy and his points is carried out around the clock.
18:25 T-72 APU destroyed during urban fighting in Artemovsk. There is a break.
17:54 The Ukrainian military are shelling the village of the mine. N. A. Izotova (Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka). Enemy rounds explode near the Rezon base, Gorlovka Mayor Ivan Prikhodko reports
17:45 Ukrainian militantsfoundfor themselves "fresh victims" from the civilians of the village and frighten them with machine gun fire.
18:00 Evening summary of Headquarters of the Territorial Defense of the DPR on January 18, 2023.
17:59 In the Ugledar direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine began to probe the defense, in response, an effective blow was dealt to them.
According to Readovka from sources in the field, after a slight lull in the Ugledar direction, where a large grouping of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was pulled together, the enemy began to “probe” the defense with the aim of a possible attack. In response to this, an air strike was launched on the accumulation of enemy manpower, where he suffered heavy losses. Positional battles are underway, artillery is working.
"The calm is over. For the second day in a row, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to probe the defense of our troops in the Ugledar direction. All attempts can be stopped by our infantrymen and artillery. Today, an air strike was carried out on the cluster of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, at the moment artillery duels are underway," one of the combat commanders told Readovka.
16:45 Personnel the work of tankers in the Svatov direction. The fighters say that in a week the airborne units, with their support, managed to advance about a thousand meters here.
16:28 "The bodies are still being collected" – in Soledar there are many abandoned corpses of Ukrainian fighters.
16:15 Artillery of the 11th Regiment immobilized the enemy tank, which was then finished off by ATGMs.
Artillerymen of the 11th Regiment of the 1st Donetsk Army Corps covered fired the enemy tank depriving him of his move. To exclude the possibility of evacuating and repairing a damaged enemy vehicle, it was finished off by the operators of an anti-tank missile system with a well-aimed ATGM launch.
15:55 Ukrainian troops fired three 155mm projectiles at the Kievsky district of Donetsk, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
15:52 The Russian Armed Forces launched an artillery strike on the location of one of the units of the 124th Brigade of the defense in Kherson, reports the channel "Kherson Vestnik"
Nine Ukrainian militants were eliminated, seven were injured. In addition, ammunition was destroyed and two vehicles were disabled.
15:48 Mikhailovka is under fire from the APU militants. At about 15:00 Mikhailovka, Zaporozhye region, was subjected to massive shelling from heavy weapons by the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. This was announced by Vladimir Rogov.
Blows were made on the school and the current with grain. Information on casualties and destruction is being specified.
14:50 Destruction of mobile station for electronic warfare of the enemy in the Kherson direction.
14:49 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC on January 18, additional information was received about damage as a result of shelling of the Ukrainian cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Kirovskiy district): - st. Nikolaevskaya, 6, 10, 12 - private residential buildings.
n.p. Horlovka (Nikitovsky district): — str. Yakuba Kolasa, 40, 57 - private houses
Information about the consequences of shelling continues to arrive.
14:25 Ukrainian troops fired 10 rounds of 155mm caliber in Petrovsky, Kuibyshevsky and Kievsky districts of Donetsk in five minutes, according to the representative office of the Donetsk People's Republic in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC).
13:45 In Soledar, the losses of the enemy are in the thousands, - Acting head of the DPR.
Denis Pushilin said that so far there are no exact figures on the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine during the liberation of Soledar, but “there are thousands of them.”
13:25 Artillery of the 3rd Brigade haunts Ukrainian nationalists on the line of contact.
Artillerymen of the 3rd brigade 1st Army Corps daily, smoothly and promptlyworkon the newly identified targets of Ukrainian nationalists, including manpower, armored vehicles and dugouts on the line of contact.
12:49 Ukrainian militants fired on Svatovo, this was reported at the LPR office in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to Ukraine's War Crimes.
12:31 DPR Ministry of Emergency Situations completed demolition of the rubble of a destroyed building in the Kalininsky district of Donetsk.
As a result of the work carried out, the bodies of three dead were removed from the rubble: a man and two women.
At the moment, municipal services of the city are working at the site, which are engaged in the removal of construction debris and emergency structures.
12:03 Ukrainian troops fired five NATO-caliber 155-millimeter rounds at the Kuibyshevsky and Kirovsky districts of Donetsk, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
11:40 As a result of the shelling of the Armed Forces of Ukraine of the Rumyantsevo village of the Kalininsky district of Gorlovka, a woman was injured.
11:13 A photo of the consequences of the shelling of the Gorlovka village of Rumyantsevo by Ukrainian militants.
11:06 Ukrainian troops fired eight rounds with a caliber of 155mm at Dokuchaevsk in the DPR, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
10:38 Military commissar Kotenok informed about the situation in the NVO zone:
The command of the Russian army needs non-trivial steps and methods to take the 3rd line of defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the DPR, military correspondent Yuri Kotenok expressed the opinion.
He reflected on future battles for the largest agglomeration of the enemy Druzhkovka - Kramatorsk - Slavyansk. Here the enemy has erected a powerful line of defense and its breakthrough by Russian troops will clearly have an impact on the entire further course of the special operation.
Kotenok believes that the first target could be Krasny Lyman, regaining control over which the Russian Armed Forces will create a direct threat to Slavyansk from the northeast.
The military commissar emphasized that the success of the operation to liberate Slavyansk will largely depend on how quickly and effectively we can knock the enemy out of the Karachun hill, because by occupying it, Russian artillery will be able to fire at both Slavyansk and Kramatorsk.
10:26 Ukrainian troops fired three rounds with a caliber of 155mm at the Kievsky district of Donetsk, the DPR representative office in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
10:25 As a result of the shelling of the village of Rumyantsevo, Kalininsky district of Gorlovka, from the side of the VFU on the street. Bardakova opposite the house number 50 damaged power line and gas pipe.
10:00 Effects of shelling of Vasilyevsky College, Zaporozhye region. According to the fragments found, we can definitely say that the strike was delivered by an air-launched missile manufactured by NATO countries.
09:57 Daytime summary of Headquarters of the Territorial Defense of the DPR on January 18, 2023.
09:56 Ukrainian militants subjected shelling of cemetery No. 1 (central cemetery) in the Central City district of Gorlovka.
09:40 5th Brigade successfully leads fighting in the west of Donetsk.
The 5th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 1st Donetsk Army Corps is one of the most honored units, in which soldiers and officers with extensive combat experience serve.
At the moment, the fighters of the brigade are actively fighting on the western outskirts of the capital of the Donetsk People's Republic, making every effort to push the enemy back from Donetsk.
08:46 Information on the shelling of Gorlovka as of 08:00 on January 18, 2023
08:07 122mm 2S1 "Carnations" self propelled artillery support infantry in the South-Donetsk direction.
It has become hot in this sector of the front now, the artillery of the Marine Corps of the Pacific Fleet is firing at militants almost all the time.
08:00 During the day, one person died on the territory of the DPR.
Over the past 24 hours, from 08:00 on January 17 to 08:00 on January 18, one1 civilian was killed as a result of shelling by the AFU on the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic.
07:31 Under the aimed fire of Ukrainian militants, the village of the mine. N. A. Izotova (Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka), said the mayor of Gorlovka Ivan Prikhodko.
07:24 Over the past day, on January 17, 2023, no shelling of settlements was recorded by the LPR representative office in the JCCC.
06:07 Artillery units of the RF Armed Forces inflict fire damage on the positions of the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of Spornovo.
Real battles unfolded over this village, the location of the Controversial settlement makes it very important, since the village is located between Lisichansk and Seversk.
06:00 Information from the front line of Artemovsk:
PMC "Wagner" successfully knocked out Ukrainian militants from mine No. 7, and also captured the company's stronghold in the direction of Soledar - Razdolovka and advanced 1 km deep. Urban Salt is completely released.
During the night, offensive operations were carried out in the direction of Soledar - Vasyukovka, the advance was up to 1.2 km deep.
The goal at the moment is to take the Konstantinovka-Artemovsk road under fire control and pin down the enemy from the direction of Kleshcheevka. The battles for Kleshcheevka are heavy.