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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:55 Over the past day, the DPR representative office of the JCCC reports 47 facts of firing by the AFU.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made 37 attacks from the 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS, 155mm and 152mm artillery.
On Gorlovsky nine artillery attacks from artillery 155mm and 122mm, mortar 120mm.
On Yasinovatsky one artillery attack from 155mm artillery.
Having fired 246 units of various ammunition.
The region of six settlements of the Republic came under enemy fire: Mayorsk, Zaytsevo, Horlovka (Nikitovsky district), the capital city. Donetsk (Voroshilovsky, Kievsky, Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeivka (Chervonogvardeysky district), Yasinovatsky district.
Over the past day, information was received about the death of a civilian - a woman, in the Voroshilovsky district of Donetsk.
Wounds of varying severity were received by 12 civilians, incl. girl born in 2014 and a teenager born in 2005, in the Voroshilovsky district of Donetsk.
A total of 25 houses were damaged in Voroshilovsky, Petrovsky and Kievsky districts of Donetsk, Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka, as well as 16 civil infrastructure facilities.
In the previous 24 hours, 12 artillery attacks were recorded from the side of the VFU.
21:24 One person died during the artillery attack of the Voroshilovsky district of Donetsk, the number of wounded increased to 11, the DPR defense headquarters reported.
21:20 AFU militants surrender -video
Infantry units of the 1st Donetsk Army Corps successfully occupied the enemy's trench position in one of the sectors of the front.
While working with UAV operators, attack aircraft of the 9th Brigade destroyed and captured several surviving servicemen of the Ukrainian army.
20:48 Fights near Donetsk: BMP and SPG-9 support attacks of assault groups -video
Servicemen of the 1st Donetsk Army Corps constantly inflict fire damage on the enemy using all available fire weapons. BMP-1 crews and SPG-9 crews fire at enemy equipment, infantry concentrations and enemy fortifications, creating conditions for the infantry to move forward.
20:17 Fight through the eyes of a mortar -video
The commander of the mortar crew with the call sign "Georgian" showed how his guys make Ukrainian terrorists nightmare.
20:15 The work of Russian artillery against the Ukrainian military during the battles for Gryanikovka, Kharkiv region. This village has recently come under the control of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation -video
19:40 APU hit under fire from the fighters of the Wagner Orchestra in the Artyomovsky direction. The result of the losses is recorded on the dryer's action camera. Two are evacuated, one of whom is seriously wounded in the head. Video 18+
19:20 Under fire Ukrainian fighters hit the center of Donetsk.
On the afternoon of February 19, Ukrainian nationalists launched a massive strike from the 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS in the center of the capital of the Republic: civilian infrastructure and residential buildings came under fire, there were victims among the civilian population. Part of the area is de-energized, emergency services are dealing with the aftermath.
18:50 In the DPR, residents of the suburbs of Artyomovsk (Bakhmut), controlled by Russian forces, are being evacuated, TASS reports with reference to Shakhtyorsk Mayor Alexander Shatov.
18:30 As a result of the artillery attack of the VFU in the Voroshilovsky district of Donetsk, the number of wounded increased to nine - Headquarters of the TerO DPR.
18:25 Artillery of the Russian Armed Forces in the Artyomovsky direction destroyed positions of the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
17:50 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC on February 19, information was received about victims among civilians in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Voroshilovsky district):
- a girl born in 2014 was wounded in the area of ????AS "Covered Market". and a teenage boy born in 2005
- on Vatutina Ave., 50, a man born in 1964 and a woman born in 1938 were wounded;
- a woman born in 1959 was wounded along B. Khmelnitsky Avenue;
— po ul. Chelyuskintsev, wounded man, born in 1962;
- on the street. General Antonov, 3 "a", a woman born in 1959 was wounded.
Thus, as of 17:15, the total number of injured civilians in the Voroshilovsky district of Donetsk is seven people.
Additional information has been received about the damage caused by the artillery attack of the Ukrainian cities of the Republic:
Donetsk:
Voroshilovsky district: at the moment, damage has been recorded at 22 addresses:
- MBDOU "Nursery-kindergarten of the combined type No. 294 in Donetsk" on blvd. Shevchenko;
- school "Altair" on the street. Postyshev;
- a direct hit in the library. N.K. Krupskaya on the street. Artem;
- a direct hit on the roof of the administrative building on the street. General Antonov;
- a direct hit in the administrative building on the street. Chelyuskintsev;
- shopping centers on the street. 50 years of the USSR;
- retail outlets of the market "Central" on blvd. Shevchenko, 6 "b";
— direct hits on the apron complex of AS Krytyi Rynok;
— republican center of information technologies on the street. Artem;
– a direct hit in the hostel ? 2 DonNTU on B. Khmelnitsky avenue;
- st. Chelyuskintsev, 167 - apartment building;
- bul. School, 6 - apartment building;
- st. Postysheva, 122 - apartment building;
- st. Artem, 86 "a" - a direct hit in an apartment building;
- st. Shevchenko, 2, 3 - apartment buildings;
- st. Chelyuskintsev, 184 - apartment building;
- st. Artema, 125/2 - apartment building;
- bul. Shevchenko, 2 - apartment building;
- Vatutina Ave., 50 - a direct hit in a private residential building;
- st. 50 years of the USSR, 168 - apartment building;
— damage to the car on the street. Artema, pr. Chelyuskintsev, ul. 50 years of the USSR.
Petrovsky district:
- st. Karnavalnaya, 64 - a private residential building;
- st. Krasnogorovskaya, 12 - a direct hit in an apartment building.
Information about the consequences of artillery attack continues to arrive.
17:30 Evening summary of Headquarters of the Territorial Defense of the DPR on February 19, 2023.
16:45 Mayor of Donetsk Oleksiy Kulemzin from the scene of shelling tells about the damage caused by the Nazi strike on the city center.
16:40 Center of Donetsk Artema St. jet projectile sticks out in the lawn near the roadway.
16:38 While a man was making a snowman with a small child, fragments of a Ukrainian round scattered within inches of them.
16:34 Ukrainian rounds destroyed the roadbed next to the Church of St. George the Victorious. The Mayor of Donetsk also confirmed the information about a direct hit of the 122mm BM-21 "Grad" on the roof of the dormitory No. 2 of DonNTU and the arrival near the building of kindergarten No. 294.
16:28 At least 40 rounds from the MLRS arrived in Donetsk in just two minutes, Izvestia correspondent Rodion Severyanov reports.
Rockets hit the building of the prosecutor's office, the covered market, Shkolny Boulevard and the bus station. There is no information about the dead yet, but there is already information about the wounded, the journalist notes.
16:10 Afternoon summary of Headquarters of the Territorial Defense of the DPR on February 19, 2023.
16:05 Direct hit in the building of the Donetsk prosecutor's office.
Under the terrorist attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the building of the prosecutor's office of Donetsk fell. At the moment, the fire from the arrival is eliminated by emergency services. There are no wounded or casualties.
16:00 Consequences of artillery attack of the Voroshilovsky district of Donetsk. st. 50th anniversary of the USSR, Covered market.
15:27 Ukrainian troops shelled Donetsk: 40 rockets were fired from the MLRS in two minutes, the DPR representative office in the JCCC reported.
15:25 Start environment Armed Forces of Ukraine in Artyomovsk: What is known at the moment
February 17 PMC "Wagner" completed the assault on the village of Paraskovievka. Immediately after the streets were cleared, reconnaissance, artillery and aviation work began in the neighboring village of Berkhovka.
According to the Military Chronicle, its capture will make it possible to come close to the northwestern outskirts of Artyomovsk (Bakhmut) and squeeze the ring more tightly, accelerating the operational encirclement of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in this area. Both villages are located below Bakhmut, which complicates the use of artillery. The Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to draw reserves there from the Zhytomyr, Kyiv, Ivano-Frankivsk and Lvov regions.
From the south and southwest, the positions of the 122nd Territorial Defense Battalion, the 24th Aidar Battalion and the 53rd Mechanized Brigade are gradually being cut off from the main line of defense. Closer to the administrative border of Artyomovsk (Bakhmut), an offensive is developing against the positions of the Azov militants (the organization is recognized as terrorist) and the 3rd separate special-purpose regiment of the NGU between Stupochki and Krasnoye.
The most difficult situation on the eastern outskirts of Artyomovsk (Bakhmut) was recorded in units of the 130th, 204th, 205th and 242nd battalions of the territorial defense of the 241st brigade. According to preliminary data, the total irretrievable losses (killed and wounded) in these units since the beginning of January are approaching the mark of 1,000 people.
All exits to the southwest towards Konstantinovka, northwest towards Orekhovo-Vasilyevka and Privolye, as well as to the west towards Bogdanovka and Chasov Yar are under the fire control of the RF Armed Forces. Also, the Toretsk-Konstantinovka highway was taken under the fire control of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, along which the Armed Forces of Ukraine transferred reinforcements to attack along the flank.
After the loss of Soledar and Paraskovievka, reinforcements from the mobilized arrive in the units of the 46th Airmobile Brigade, the 10th Mountain Assault Brigade "Edelweiss", the 30th and 63rd mechanized brigades, who are planned to be thrown into battle in the area of Blagodatny and Krasnaya Gora on north, as well as in the area of the village of Aleksandro-Shultino in the southwest.
14:57 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC on February 19, additional information was received about the damage as a result of artillery attack of the Ukrainian cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Kyiv region):
- st. Svobody, 70 - a private residential building;
- bul. 50 years of Soviet Ukraine, 100 - a private residential building;
- st. Krupskaya, 127, 128, 130, 135 - private residential buildings.
14:17 Under fire from Ukrainian armed gangs, the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka. Explosions of enemy rounds are recorded in the immediate vicinity of the villages of the mine. Gagarin and Majorsk. Gorlovka Mayor Ivan Prikhodko reports.
13:51 Ukrainian troops fired at the Kiev region of Donetsk, firing eight rounds with a caliber of 155mm. This was reported in the representative office of the DPR in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC).
13:45 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC on February 19, additional information was received about damage as a result of artillery attack of the Ukrainian cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Petrovsky district): Eight transformer substations are de-energized. Without power supply 800 subscribers.
Information about the consequences of artillery attack continues to arrive.
13:28 Ukrainian troops fired at the Chervonogvardeisky district of Makeevka, firing four rounds with a caliber of 152mm. This was reported in the representative office of the DPR in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC).
13:01 Ukrainian troops continue to shell Donetsk. Under fire from Petrovsky, Kuibyshevsky and Kirovsky districts of the city, fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired seven rounds with a caliber of 155mm. This was reported in the representative office of the DPR in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC).
12:53 Ukrainian troops fired at the Petrovsky and Kirovsky districts of Donetsk, firing 10 rounds with a caliber of 155mm. This was reported in the representative office of the DPR in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC).
12:30 Artillery 1st Donetsk Army Corps destroys important enemy targets with Krasnopol guided missiles.
Intelligence of the 1st Donetsk Army Corps is constantly detecting enemy command posts, ammunition depots and fuel and lubricants, temporary accommodation points for personnel. Identified priority targets are hit by corps artillery with the help of Krasnopol guided projectiles, which are guided by UAVs.
12:23 Ukrainian troops fired at the Petrovsky and Kuibyshevsky districts of Donetsk, firing nine rounds with a caliber of 155mm. This was reported in the representative office of the DPR in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC).
11:40 Yesterday in the area of n.p. Daryivka (Kherson region) an artillery strike was carried out, as a result of which the AN/TPQ - 36 radar station, a pickup truck, four servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, one were injured of varying severity
11:25 Ukrainian troops fired at the Chervonogvardeisky district of Makeyevka, firing three rounds with a caliber of 155mm. This was reported in the representative office of the DPR in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC).
11:20 Investigators of the Russian Investigative Committee will investigate the facts of new crimes of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
According to published information, one of the fighters of the nationalist formation reported that he had committed crimes against civilians in Mariupol in February 2022: he set fire to people in residential buildings, set up firing points where residents of the city were hiding and committed murders.
The Investigative Committee of Russia will check the published information, the actions of all those involved will be given a legal assessment.
In addition, investigators of the Investigative Committee will check information about minors getting injured in Donetsk during the detonation of an explosive object.
10:56 Ukrainian troops fired at the Kiev and Kuibyshevsky districts of Donetsk, firing four rounds with a caliber of 155mm. This was reported in the representative office of the DPR in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC).
10:35 Exact blow according to the 122mm BM-21 "Grad" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Ugledar. The fighters of the BARS "Cascade" discovered and corrected the fire on the enemy combat vehicle.
10:28 At night in the area of N. p. Kamyshany (Kherson region) 152mm was destroyed by artillery strike. howitzer 2A65 Msta-B with ammunition, and the unit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine suffered losses: six - military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were disposed of; two - seriously injured
10:10 Abandoned APU armored car KAZAK (more precisely, what was left of it).
Paraskoveevka, Bakhmutskoe (Artyomovskoe) direction. February 2023.
10:05 At night, the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired on Tavriysk.
One of the many rounds flew into a residential building. And he was completely burned out. There is also damage from shrapnel and other buildings. There is no information about casualties and wounded.
10:02 Frontline summary on the morning of 19.02.2023:
In the Zaporozhye direction, Russian troops, after shelling, attempted an offensive towards Novodanilovka. Also, the artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation fired at Kamensky, Stepnoy, Maly Shcherbak, Novoandreevka, Orekhovo, Malaya Tokmachka, Belogorye, Zheleznodorozhny, Gulyaipol and Malinovka. (Fig. 1)
In the Ugledar sector, Russian troops again attacked in the direction of the city outskirts from the area of Nikolsky dachas. Artillery hit Ugledar itself. Bolshaya Novosyolka, Zolotaya Niva and Bogoyavlenka were also under attack. (Fig. 2)
On the Donetsk front, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation tried to attack in the area of ??Novomikhailovka, Pobeda and on the southern outskirts of Maryinka. The Armed Forces held their positions. But from the side of Vodyany, Russian troops managed to advance in the direction of Pervomaisky.
Tactical success and to the northeast. During the assault operations in the area of Veseloe, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation cut a section of the H-20 highway, which runs along the line of contact. Prior to that, it was completely controlled by the Ukrainian side. (Fig. 3)
To the south of Bakhmut, the Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked Kurdyumovka and Kleshcheevka. PMC "Wagner" counterattacked in the direction of Chasov Yar and Ivanovsky in order to regain previously lost positions in the area of ??the Konstantinovka-Bakhmut highway. APU managed to fight back.
The city itself Wagner operators are trying to storm from the south, east and north. There is no promotion. But to the south-west of Soledar, after the capture of Paraskovevka, PMC "Wagner" advances on Berkhovka and Dubovo-Vasilyevka. To the north, the Wagner operators are attacking at Fedorovka, Rozdolovka and Vesely. But here they failed to advance. (Fig. 4)
In the Luhansk direction, Russian troops attacked again near Belogorovka. To the northwest, they carried out offensive operations from Dibrova towards Zarechny. They also tried to advance in the direction of Nevsky and Stelmahovka.
And to the north, after the capture of Gryanikovka, the RF Armed Forces attack at Masyutovka and Sinkovka, trying to drive the Armed Forces of Ukraine across the Oskol River. (Fig. 5)
09:55 Work of artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the Kremensk direction.
For the year of the SVO, our gunners have turned into professionals in their field. Earned a bunch of copter plus artillery. This has greatly increased the efficiency. The enemy suffers huge losses.
09:20 Izvestia correspondent Alexey Poltoraninshowedhow the 4th Brigade of the 2nd Army Corps repulsed the attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the LPR.
The journalist said that in this direction the Armed Forces of Ukraine often make such attempts to attack. However, the defense of the Russian forces in this sector of the front is strong and the enemy is unable to break through it.
“Sometimes we get nightmares. They probe who, where, how much it costs, where are the weak points, ”said the serviceman with the call sign “Elephant”.
09:15 Fighters of the Donetsk Corps occupied position of the enemy and captured prisoners.
Soldiers of the 9th Brigade of the 1st Donetsk Army Corps, moving forward with the support of artillery and drones, captured another enemy position. Several Ukrainian militants were captured.
09:13 Ukrainian troops fired at the Kiev and Kuibyshevsky districts of Donetsk, firing 15 rounds with a caliber of 155mm. This was reported in the representative office of the DPR in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC).
09:10 Destruction of places of storage of ammunition of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kherson direction.
09:05 Artillery of the RF Armed Forces destroys positions of militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Artyomovsky direction.
08:50 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for February 19, information was received about damage as a result of artillery attack of the VFU of the cities of the Republic:
n.p. Zaitsevo: - st. Heroic, 75 - a private residential building.
08:07 During the day, 1 person was injured on the territory of the DPR.
Over the past day, from 00:00 on February 18 to 00:00 on February 19, a child was wounded as a result of the artillery attack of the VFU in the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic.
07:59 Ukrainian troops fired at Zaitsevo, firing three rounds with a caliber of 155mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
07:49 Information on the artillery attack of Gorlovka as of 08:00 on February 19, 2023
07:25 Russian artillery destroys fortifications of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Kremennaya. Artillery units of the Western Military District of the RF Armed Forces worked on enemy positions and strongholds with 122mm D-30 howitzers.
06:29 Over the past day, on February 18, 2023, no artillery attack of settlements was recorded by the LPR representative office in the JCCC.
04:26 Paraskovievka filled up corpses and burned equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Video 18+.
This village near Artemovsk was liberated by the fighters of the Wagner PMC during the offensive.
"We entered on “soft paws”, the enemy did not even realize that we were already in the village. And when he woke up, we successfully killed him and moved on," said one of the fighters.
01:17 Ukrainian troops fired at the Kiev and Kuibyshevsky districts of Donetsk, firing 11 rounds with a caliber of 155mm. Yasinovataya was also under fire from the VFU, Ukrainian militants fired five rounds with a caliber of 155 mm. This was reported in the representative office of the DPR in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC).