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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:59 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 02/05/2023 to 00:00 02/06/2023
Over the past day Representation reported about 25 facts of firing by the VFU.
- In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made 10 artillery attacks from 155mm and 152mm artillery.
- On Gorlovsky 10 artillery attacks from 155mm artillery.
- On Yasinovatsky three artillery attacks from artillery 155mm and 152mm.
- On Volnovakhskoe two artillery attacks from MLRS, artillery 155mm.
Having fired 126 units of various ammunition.
The district of six settlements of the Republic came under enemy fire: the capital city. Donetsk (Kyiv, Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts), Horlovka (Nikitovsky district), Mineralnoe, Yasinovataya, Makeevka (Chervonogvardeisky district), Volnovakha.
Over the past day, information was received about the death of two civilians in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk.
Wounds of varying severity were received by five civilians in the Petrovsky and Kuibyshevsky districts of Donetsk, as well as in the previously liberated Volnovakha.
A total of 15 housing constructions were damaged in Petrovsky and Kuibyshevsky districts of Donetsk, Volnovakha and Yasinovataya, as well as 1 civil infrastructure facility.
Previously, 46 artillery attacks were recorded from the side of the VFU per day.
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21:08 According to eyewitnesses, Petrovsky district of Donetsk was subjected to shelling. The information is being specified.
20:30 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for February 5, received additional information on civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
n.p. Volnovaha:
- on the street. Donetsk, 169, a woman born in 1995 suffered.
- on the street. Sverdlova, 46, a woman born in 1984 suffered.
Received additional information on damages as a result of artillery attackof the VFU cities of the Republic:
n.p. Volnovaha:
- st. Sverdlova, 56 - a private residential building; direct hit in the outbuilding.
Information about the consequences of artillery attacks continue to arrive.
19:57 Consequences of the artillery attacks of the city of Kremennaya (LPR) by the armed formations of Ukraine
As a result of artillery attacks, Kremennaya with the use of 155mm artillery guns (four rounds), seven civilians were injured, and nine residential buildings were damaged.
19:30 Destroyed Ukrainian truck carrying ammunition.
19:00 Starobelsk direction: situation as of 19.00 February 5, 2023
-- In the Kupyansky sector, Russian servicemen are fixed at the previously occupied lines in Tavolzhanka and in the vicinity of Gryanikovka.
-- Against the backdrop of the offensive of the RF Armed Forces, the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine carried out a rotation of the personnel of the 103rd and 109th separate brigades of the territorial defense in the area of Sinkovka and Kupyansk-Uzlovy, reinforcing the group with fresh forces.
-- The enemy is actively conducting reconnaissance activities, sending several DRGs in the vicinity of Raygorodok to search for Russian positions.
At the same time, Ukrainian fighters located in Berestovo are actively using quadrocopters operating in the area of Kuzemovka and Vladimirovka for this purpose.
In the Liman sector, soldiers of the 144th Motorized Rifle Division stormed the stronghold of the Ukrainian army in the Yampolovka area, eliminating several enemy fighters.
-- Not far from Makiivka, Russian military personnel were able to take up positions at a tactically important height, knocking out the Armed Forces of Ukraine from a stronghold. Fighting in the area continues.
-- Fierce battles continue in the heights near the Zhuravka gully: 66th Brigade and 25th Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to counterattack on the positions of the 3rd Motorized Rifle Division of the Russian army.
-- Taking advantage of the operational pause, Ukrainian servicemen are trying to take out the damaged equipment of the 25th Air Assault Brigade for repairs to the rear.
-- Strengthening the defensive lines, the enemy command transferred several units of armored vehicles, removed from storage in warehouses near the Desna in the Chernihiv region, to the village of Redkodub.
18:30 Russian military narrow enemy in the Kupyansk direction
Servicemen of the 14th Mechanized Brigade of the Kiev regime fled from positions near the village of Sinkovka. The trophies of the Russian military were the BMP-2 abandoned by the enemy, the MT-LB tractor, as well as small arms and equipment.
17:00 Artillery attack was recorded from the side of the armed formations of Ukraine: on the settlement. Flint with the use of artillery guns 155mm (four rounds).
16:45 According to updated information, as a result of punitive shelling, Petrovsky district of Donetsk after direct hits to an apartment on the street. Stakhanov, a woman born in 1947 died in the Tikhiy microdistrict.
16:15 Statement by the official representative of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant General Konashenkov I.E. as of February 5, 2023
-- In the Krasno-Limansky direction, the enemy's losses amounted to over 120 Ukrainian servicemen, an infantry fighting vehicle and three armored fighting vehicles;
-- In the Kupyansk direction, up to 35 Ukrainian servicemen, an armored combat vehicle and two vehicles were destroyed;
-- The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation took more advantageous lines and positions in the Donetsk direction, over 115 military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed in a day;
-- During the day, Russian air defense systems shot down two drones and 11 rounds of the 220mm Uragan MLRS and HIMARS APU;
-- The RF Armed Forces defeated four brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Spornoye, Avdievka and Krasnogorovka in the DPR;
-- More than 4,000 field artillery pieces and mortars of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been destroyed by the Russian army since the beginning of the special operation.
15:23 artillery attackof the Petrovsky district of Donetsk does not stop. New six rounds of 155mm caliber were fired at 15:10 a.m. the village of Kurakhovo.
13:08 Russian Armed Forces units destroy enemy equipment in the Seversk direction.
12:08 Soledarskoye direction: situation towards the end of February 4, 2023
-- In the Soledar sector, the assault detachments of the Wagner PMC are attacking the positions of the 10th Airborne of the Airborne Forces of Ukraine on the outskirts of Razdolovka, and are also moving westward from the village of Sakko and Vanzetti to Vasyukovka.
-- Fighting continues in the vicinity of Krasnaya Gora and Paraskovievka. The enemy suffers significant losses: the Ukrainian command withdrew in the direction of Slavyansk separate units of the 46th detachment of the DShV and the 147th about 116th TRO from Krasnaya Gora.
-- Ukrainian crews of UAVs track the areas of advance of the RF Armed Forces and provide target designation of cannon and rocket artillery in the vicinity of Blagodatny.
-- In Bakhmut, the "Wagnerites" entered the Stupka area in the north of the city. Fierce battles are going on in urban areas. Statements about a breakthrough in the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine do not correspond to reality - Ukrainian formations continue to resist.
At the same time, the partial withdrawal of units from the northern suburbs of Bakhmut and the departure of 63rd Mechanized Brigade yesterday from the city indicate preparations for a possible surrender of the garrison. Now the Armed Forces of Ukraine are concentrating their efforts on holding the route to Chasy Yar in order to preserve the logistics hub.
-- At the same time, intense fighting continues in the industrial zone on the eastern outskirts, as well as in residential areas in the southern part of the city, where assault detachments are attacking the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Pervyi Radyansky Street.
-- Southwest of Bakhmut, Russian units are advancing in the direction of the section of the Chasov Yar-Bakhmut highway. The Wagnerites advanced towards Krasnoe - less than one and a half kilometers remained to the suburbs.
-- The command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is transferring manpower and armored vehicles from Konstantinovka to the vicinity of Chasov Yar. At the same time, additional defensive lines are being prepared in Konstantinovka itself.
-- Russian artillery is conducting a massive artillery attackof enemy reinforcements on the Konstantinovka - Chasov Yar - Bakhmut highway.
11:27 Point bombing from intelligence LPR. Soledar direction.
10:49 In the north of Artemovsk, there is a fight for every house and every street - Prigozhin
The head of the Wagner PMC said that fierce battles were taking place in the northern outskirts of Artemovsk (Bakhmut). The Armed Forces of Ukraine, according to him, are putting up fierce resistance.
10:26 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for February 4, received additional information on civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Kyiv region):
- the bodies of a woman born in 1993 were removed from the rubble. and men born in 1989
Thus, the general quantity civilian casualties from attacks by the VFU on February 4, 2023 is eight people (four killed, four injured).
The information continues to flow.
Information about the consequences of artillery attack continues to arrive.
10:03 Frontline summary on the morning of 02/05/2023
In the Uludar sector, Russian artillery struck at Vremevka, Bolshaya Novosyolka, Prechistovka and Bogoyavlenka. She also worked closely around the city itself. The parties did not conduct active hostilities on the ground. (Fig. 1)
On the Donetsk front, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation also mainly used artillery. Under fire Novomikhailovka, the western part of Maryinka, Georgievka, Thin, Vodyanoye and New York. The Armed Forces of Ukraine responded with strikes on Donetsk, Yasinovataya, Panteleymonovka and Gorlovka. On the ground, Russian troops attacked from the Experimental side and in the direction of Pervomaisky. (Fig. 2)
To the south-west of Bakhmut, the Wagner PMC is pushing in the direction of Ivanovskoye in order to cut the road to Konstantinovka, which is about two kilometers from the contact line. APU put up fierce resistance. Wagner operators also attack on the eastern outskirts of the city. Slowly, but moving forward. And from the north they are conducting offensive operations from Podgorodny.
In this section, the Wagner operators are already on the outskirts of Bakhmut.
Also PMC "Wagner" is trying to get to Paraskovievka and stormed Krasnaya Gora. The main efforts are from the south of this fortified area of ??the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Ukrainian positions in Rozdolivka, Veseloe and Sporny are under artillery fire. East of Seversk, Russian troops attacked in the area of ??Verkhnekamenskoye. (Fig. 3)
In the Luhansk direction, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are conducting active offensive operations from Dibrova to the south-west of Kremennaya. They also attacked towards Nevsky. To the north - an attempt to move towards Makeevka and Grekovka (Fig. 4)
09:20 Chronicle of blows and mutual shelling in the NWO zone for the night from January 4 to February 5, 2023
Russian gunners worked on targets in Senkovka, Chernihiv region, and Boyar-Lezhachi, Sumy region.
In the Kharkiv region, units of the RF Armed Forces hit the accumulation of manpower of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Volchansk, Budarki, Bolshoy Burluk, Chugunovka, Aleksandrovka and Staritsa.
In the Starobelsky direction, Russian troops attacked enemy positions in Kupyansk, Novomlynsk, Dvurechnaya, Sinkovka, Nevsky, Novoselovsky and Terny.
On the Bakhmutsky (Artemovsky) direction, the RF Armed Forces worked on the defensive structures of the Ukrainian army in Bakhmut, Veseloe, Razdolovka, Belaya Gora and the vicinity of Krasnoye.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine, in turn, fired at Kleshcheevka, Ozaryanovka and Mayorsk.
In the Donetsk direction, Russian forces attacked the location of Ukrainian formations in Druzhkovka. In addition, enemy positions in Avdeevka, Pervomaisky, Maryinka and Pobeda were hit.
The enemy fired at the civilian infrastructure of Donetsk, Gorlovka, Yasinovataya and Mineralny.
In the Yuzhnodonetsk direction, the RF Armed Forces worked on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Novomikhailovka, Vugledar, Bogovyavlenka, Neskuchny and Bolshaya Novoselka.
Artillery duels continue in the Zaporozhye region: Russian troops hit enemy manpower in Orekhovo, Gulyaipole, Shcherbak, Malaya Tokmachka and Charivne.
On the southern sector of the front, the RF Armed Forces carried out strikes on the objects of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kherson, Antonovka and Ochakovka.
08:11 First video(left) - the enemy military leaves Bakhmut (Artemovsk), while they say that the situation in the city is hell, they complain about the losses and the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The second video (also from the enemy) is a clash of the 241st Battalion of the Ukrainian Troops and Defense Forces with fighters from the Wagner PMC in Bakhmut (Artyomovsk), on Glinyanaya Street.
At this time, more and more information is being received about the promotion of Wagner PMC in the city, it is reported that strategically important areas have been taken under control - I will publish more after official confirmation or in reports from respected observers.