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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:50 Explosions sounded again in Kupyansk, Kharkiv region, Ukrainian Telegram channels report
21:21 Explosions are reported in Kupyansk, Kharkiv region.
19:11 Starobelsk direction setting 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 Mmotorized 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.
19:10 Destroyed Ukrainian truck carrying ammunition -video
19:03 Mobilized Armed Forces of the 25th Airborne Brigade (Dnipropetrovsk region)askbuy bulletproof vests and other military equipment from volunteers.
Instead of the promised normal equipment, the brigade is handing out worn helmets and body armor, with the call signs of the liquidated owners.
18:33 Crew of 122mm MLRS BM-21 "Grad" sends fiery gifts to the positions of the Ukrainians -video
18:16 Another column of vehicles of Russian troops in the area of the special military operation -video
17:41 Chubanoid shows what is left of the ammunition transport vehicle and dead brothers —video
17:39 Ukrainian armored car "Kozak" after hitting an anti-tank mine -video
17:38 Russian units continue to actively kick out the Ukrainians from the settlement. Maryinka -video
17:37 RF Armed Forces are continuously working on Ukrainian positions non-stop, not letting them raise their heads -video
17:36 Attack UAVs of 132nd Brigade destroy equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine -video
The operator of the strike drone of the 132nd Brigade of the Donetsk 1st Army Corps (formerly the 3rd Brigade of the NM of the DPR) hit another pickup truck of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with a well-aimed bomb drop.
17:02 Ugledarskiy section setting as of 17.00 February 5, 2023
In the area of Ugledar, the situation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has seriously deteriorated. The activity of Russian artillery and regular raids by Russian assault groups led to huge losses in manpower.
To stabilize the situation, the Armed Forces of Ukraine transferred part of the reserves previously intended to hold the Bakhmut garrison. About 100 people arrived from Bogatyr through Bogoyavlenka to Ugledar.
Yesterday, personnel of the 21st battalion of the 56th Motorized Infantry Brigade, equipped with UAVs with night vision devices, were also deployed to the combat area.
Engineer units of the 72nd Mechanized Brigade in Ugledar carry out mining of residential areas and multi-storey buildings in case of a breakthrough of the defense.
In addition, in the vicinity of Vuhledar, the indigenous people of the DPR are involved in the Ukrainian formations. To prevent flight from the battlefield, the nationalists of the 226th battalion "Kraken" were transferred to the second line as detachments.
17:00 Militants of the 14th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces fled from their positions in the Kupyansky district!
Residents of the small village of Sinkovka in the Kupyansky district of the Kharkiv region found that the militants of the 14th Separate Mechanized Brigade, who were in the village, fled, leaving their weapons and equipment behind.
We managed to find out that the residents of Lvov, mobilized in the 14th Separate Mechanized Brigade, organized their flight in the best traditions of detective films. Back in the fall, construction equipment from the Lviv region was delivered to the Kupyansky district. Naturally, local men were put to work on it ...
However, over the past few days, all construction equipment has been taken back. For its return transportation, workers from Kupyansk were used, however, as it turned out, Lviv mobilized soldiers were in work uniforms, who successfully hid in their small homeland.
Apparently, the offensive of Russian troops in the region is gaining momentum. Judging by the hysterical comments of the Nazis in local chats, the “Battle for Kupyansk” has already begun.
16:48 The militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine refused to go to the positions without weapons - the commander beat them -video
In this situation, many are only interested in one question: why don't the fighters just finish off their offender!?
However, everything is ahead. History goes in a spiral.
16:14 This night, as a result of a missile attack on the temporary deployment point of one of the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the kindergarten "Aist" in Druzhkovka, there weredestroyed12 Ukrainian warriors, seven more were taken to the Druzhkovskaya hospital with injuries of varying severity. In total, there was about a platoon in it.
15:00 Report of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress holding special military operation (05.02.2023)
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to conduct a special military operation.
In the Kupyansk direction, artillery fire from the Western Group of Forces inflicted fire damage on units of the 14th and 92nd mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Sinkovka, Ivanovka, Berestovoye of the Kharkov region and Novoselovskoye of the Luhansk People's Republic.
In addition, in the areas of the settlements of Gryanikovka, Liman Pervy, Kotlyarovka of the Kharkiv region, as well as the Popov forest in the Luhansk People's Republic, the activities of six sabotage and reconnaissance groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were stopped. Up to 35 Ukrainian servicemen, an armored combat vehicle and two vehicles were destroyed.
In the Krasno-Limansk direction, as a result of artillery fire and successful offensive operations by units of the "Center" grouping of troops, units of the 25th airborne, 71st Jaeger, 95th airborne assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 27th Brigade of the National Guard in the areas settlements of Novosadovoe, Yampolovka of the Donetsk People's Republic, Stelmahovka, Chervonaya Dibrova of the Luhansk People's Republic, as well as Serebryansky forestry.
Enemy losses per day in this direction amounted to over 120 Ukrainian servicemen, an infantry fighting vehicle and three armored combat vehicles.
In the Donetsk direction, during the offensive operations, units of the "Southern" group of troops took up more advantageous lines and positions. The group's missile forces and artillery defeated accumulations of manpower and equipment of the 110th mechanized, 35th and 36th naval infantry brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as the 118th territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Spornoe, Avdievka and Krasnogorovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
During the day, more than 115 Ukrainian servicemen, three infantry fighting vehicles, four vehicles, as well as a 152mm D-20 howitzer and a 122mm D-30 howitzer were destroyed in the areas of the settlements of Yasnobrodovka and Pobeda of the Donetsk People's Republic.
Over 130 Ukrainian servicemen of the 72nd Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the settlement of Vuhledar of the Donetsk People's Republic and the 110th Territorial Defense Brigade were killed in the Yuzhno-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions as a result of artillery fire and active actions of the units of the Vostok group of forces. near the settlement of Novodarovka, Zaporozhye region.
In addition, two tanks, an infantry fighting vehicle, two armored combat vehicles, two vehicles, a Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer, as well as 122mm D-30 and 152mm D-20 howitzers were destroyed in these areas in the areas of the settlements of Gulyai Pole, Zaporozhye region and Vodiane, Donetsk Narodnaya Republic.
A warehouse of artillery ammunition of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed near the settlement of Ugledar.
In the Kherson direction, a 122mm D-30 howitzer and a 152mm 2S3 Akatsiya self-propelled howitzer were destroyed in the course of a counter-battery fight in the areas of the settlements of Kachkarovka and Dneprovskoe, Kherson region.
The missile troops and artillery of the groupings of troops (forces) of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in 24 hours inflicted defeat on 111 artillery units at firing positions, manpower and military equipment in 142 districts.
Air defense systems destroyed two Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in the areas of the settlements of Yegorovka in the Donetsk People's Republic and Aleshki in the Kherson region.
In addition, 11 missiles of the 220mm Uragan and HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems were shot down in the area of the settlements of Volnovakha in the Donetsk People's Republic and Tokmak in the Zaporozhye region during the day.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 382 aircraft, 206 helicopters, 3,023 unmanned aerial vehicles, 403 anti-aircraft missile systems, 7,750 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,007 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 4,003 field artillery and mortar guns, as well as 8,272 units of special military vehicles.
14:26 Footage paint: our fighters are destroying the enemy detachment, the Armed Forces are trying to crawl away, the BMP is carried away in horror, leaving its own.
Artillery of the 1st Donetsk Army Corps spoiled the militants' plans for evacuation. The Ukrainian infantry fighting vehicle, having fallen under massive artillery fire, left its unfortunate soldiers to the mercy of fate. Their fate turned out to be unenviable: all - a load of wounded in action.
14:20 Ukrainians continue to suffer colossal irretrievable losses -video
Night evacuation of Ukrainian KIAs under mortar arrivals in the area of the settlement. Krasnogorovka
14:11 Run, Mykola, run!!! Dnepropetrovsk resists moilization -video
14:09 132nd Brigade destroyed the forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine -drone recorded the evacuation of the bodies of the destroyed Ukrainian militants
Artillerymen of the 132nd Brigade of the 1st Donetsk Army Corps (formerly the 3rd Brigade of the NM of the DPR) covered the transport and manpower of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at a camouflaged shelter. The drone recorded the evacuation of the bodies of the destroyed Ukrainian militants.
13:22 Grenades, TNT and gunpowder - revealed in Zaporozhye news hron
Law enforcers found a cache of ammunition in one of the garages in Berdyansk.
Operational officers received information that in one of the garages located in the garage cooperative of the city of Berdyansk there is a cache with weapons.
Upon verification, the information was confirmed. In an abandoned garage, law enforcement officers found: five grenades of various modifications, two fuses for grenades, TNT checkers and five kilograms of gunpowder at the bottom.
During the inspection, it was established that the garage belongs to a citizen of Ukraine, who was a member of the Battalion-Azov nationalist corps, and the suspect is currently in the territory controlled by Ukraine.
Found seized and sent for examination.
12:51 Ukrainians, under fire from Russian artillery, tried to evacuate the Kirpi armored car in the Bakhmut (Artyomovsky) section with the help of a tank, but something went wrong -video
12:21 Destroye APU in Druzhkovka
Another point of temporary accommodation of personnel was destroyed by Russian troops. The photograph clearly shows the firewood used by the AFU militants to heat the premises.
Residents in chats confirm the use of this premise of the kindergarten by the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
11:38 Thunderstorm of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and their priority goal: footage of the work of one of the most powerful weapons in the NVO zone - "Sunshine" -video
This is a multiple launch rocket system with thermobaric ammunition, which differs from the usual ones in that the danger is not shrapnel, but burns.
She has 24 rockets, but usually one is used - this is enough. It is almost impossible to survive within a radius of 150 m from the place of impact. You can't hide behind a wall from such weapons - you can only defend yourself in a sealed bunker.
11:37 Artemovsk:
At night, in the direction of Fedorovka - Blagodatnoe, with forces of up to 20 people and one infantry fighting vehicle, the enemy attempted to conduct reconnaissance in force and was destroyed by advanced detachments.
PMC "Wagner" carried out offensive operations in the direction of Kleshcheevka - Krasnoe and captured the company post, as well as captured one of the quarters of Artemovsk.
11:35 Artillery of the 132nd Brigade inflicted heavy losses on the enemy - UAV recorded the evacuation of the bodies of the destroyed Ukrainian militants -video
Artillerymen of the 132nd Brigade of the 1st Donetsk Army Corps (previously the 3rd Brigade of the NM DPR) covered the transport and manpower of the enemy, who were near the camouflaged shelter. In the course of conducting an objective control of the results of the fire damage, with the help of UAVs, the evacuation of the bodies of the destroyed Ukrainian militants was recorded.
11:12 Pinpoint bombing from LPR intelligence. Soledar direction -video
11:08 RF Armed Forces are already tight approached to Torskoye, according to Ukrainian sources.
10:17 Ukrainians are trying to pull out the 152mm 2S3 Akatsiya self-propelled artillery mount that has stuck to the ground with a hitch, but it doesn’t work out for them -video
09:42 Combat work of the crews of the attack aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the area of the special operation -video
09:38 Air alarm declared in several regions of Ukraine: in Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Poltava, Cherkasy, Kirovohrad, Sumy, Chernihiv and Kyiv-controlled part of Zaporozhye regions. Ukrainian telegram channels report the first arrivals in Kharkiv.
09:06 In the Kherson region, in the zoo of the reserve, the police found cache APU with cartridges
02/03/2023 police officers with the support of the security forces during the inspection of the zoo in the village. Askania-Nova in the Chaplinsky municipal district of the Kherson region, where the natural park and reserve of the same name is located, a cache of ammunition buried in the ground was found in the thickets of bushes not far from the fence.
Four zinc were extracted from it, in which there were 100 cartridges of caliber 7.62 mm and 2722 caliber 5.45 mm.
Further verification is underway.
Systematic work to counter the illicit trafficking in weapons and ammunition in the region continues
08:31 "Repulsed, worked out": combat work of motorized rifle units and crews of the AGS-17 "Flame" ZVO in the special operation zone -video
Combat missions in the units of the Western Military District are performed by military personnel called up from the reserve as part of partial mobilization.
In one of the directions in the special operation zone, data were received on the buildup of enemy forces. Scouts of the Western Military District reported the movement of several armed groups and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Armed formations of Ukrainian nationalists attempted to dislodge units of the RF Armed Forces from their positions.
Calculations of 30mm automatic mounted grenade launchers AGS-17 "Flame", under cover of fire from small arms, defeated the enemy on the outskirts of the positions. The enemy attack was repulsed by the coordinated actions of the motorized rifle unit.
“There was an offensive from the side of the landings. Reflected. Worked out. Now everything is fine, everything is calm. About two groups of six people were spotted. Corrected. Worked out. Everything is fine. We need to defend our Motherland, ”shared the crew number of the AGS-17 grenade launcher with the call sign Terrible.
08:29 A fighter of the Wagner group spoke about heavy urban battles for the southern quarters of Artemovsk. In two days of storming enemy positions, Wagner snipers destroyed a group of Georgian mercenaries -video
According to the soldier, the mercenaries have not been seen since January, and now Kyiv is throwing more and more new units, replenishing the losses at the expense of the mobilized.
08:25 Feel like a tanker of the "O" group:framesdestruction of Ukrainian militants from the place of the commander of the vehicle
Tanks continue to destroy the enemy from forest plantations near Svatovo. In the video, you can see how the tank is hit by a high-explosive fragmentation projectile right in the place where the militants are standing.
08:06 Summary on the morning of February 5, 2023
The Russian Armed Forces are attacking in the Kupyansk direction, there are battles for the settlement. Dvurechnoe at 17 north of Kupyansk. Our troops are approaching the river. Oskol.
Data are coming in about the successes of units of the Russian Army advancing from the Kremennaya area in the direction of the settlement. Torsk. South of Kremennaya in Belogorovka, the enemy is trying to strike at our units.
Developing the offensive in the Soledar direction, Wagner PMCs approached Razdolovka and Vasyukovka.
To the north of Artemovsk (Bakhmut) fighting in the area of Krasnaya Gora, the enemy is forced to withdraw some units due to losses. Battles are going on in Artemovsk itself, to the south of the city the zone of control of our forces is expanding, which allows us to strike at the supply roads to the city.
In the Nikolaev region, strikes were made on targets in Ochakovo at night
The Armed Forces of Ukraine are actively creating new defensive positions in Chasov Yar and Konstantinovka, fearing the collapse of the defense in Artemovsk, from which videos with retreating small groups of enemy soldiers appear. Equipment and personnel are being transferred to Chasov Yar from the rear.
In the Belgorod region, the village of Krasnoye in the Shebekinsky urban district came under fire.
In the LPR from the HIMARS MLRS (three missiles) fired at the settlement. Svatovo. The building of the garment factory and the garage were destroyed.
The enemy fired 204 rounds of ammunition at the civilian population of the DPR. Under enemy fire, Donetsk, Gorlovka, Yakovlevka, Yasinovataya, Mineralnoe, Makeevka, Karlo-Marksovo. Two civilians were killed. The shelling continued throughout the night.