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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:58 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 03/13/2023 to 00:00 03/14/2023
Over the past day Representation reported about 27 facts of firing by the VFU.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made 17 attacks from 155mm artillery, a strike UAV.
On Gorlovsky five artillery attacks from 152mm artillery.
On Yasinovatsky three artillery attacks from 155mm artillery.
On Volnovakhskoe two artillery attack from MLRS, artillery 155mm. By releasing 125 units of various ammunition.
The region of eight settlements of the Republic came under enemy fire: Shirokaya Balka, Yasinovatsky district, Yasinovataya, capital city. Donetsk (Kyiv, Kuibyshev, Kirovsky districts), Makeivka (Chervonogvardei district), Aleksandrovka, Volnovakha, Olhinka.
Over the past day, information was received about the death of two civilians in the previously liberated Volnovakha. Wounds of varying severity were received by 13 civilians in the Kievsky, Kirovsky and Kuibyshevsky districts of Donetsk, Oleksandrivka, as well as previously liberated Volnovakha and Olginka.
A total of 11 housing constructions were damaged in the Kievsky and Kuibyshevsky districts of Donetsk, Oleksandrivka, as well as three civil infrastructure facilities.
Previously 15 artillery attacks were recorded from the VFU side in 24 hours.
21:55 Mobilized are trained in tactical medicine -video.
21:54 Russian aviation is working in the Ugledar direction -video.
21:49 Ka-52 destroys Ukrainian equipment -video.
21:07 Wagner was told about the last assault on Berkhovka and about the situation in the area of the Chasov Yar-Bakhmut route -video.
20:10 APU fired at Volnovakha from HIMARS. Two women were killed and a 14-year-old girl was injured -video.
19:30 Flaming Bakhmut through the eyes of the enemy: our troops bombard the enemy with rounds -video.
19:25 Starobilsk direction settingas of 19.00 March 13, 2023
- In the Kupyansky sector, the parties are fighting in the area of the village of Yagodnoye. Fire support for Russian troops is provided by Su-25 tactical aircraft, as well as four Mi-8 helicopters.
- Mortar crews of the 40th Specialized Security Service of the Armed Forces of Ukraine conduct regular artillery attack of Russian positions in Gryanikovka. Target designation to the enemy is provided by drones.
In Kislovka, UAV crews use Mavik-3 copters to track the activities of Russian troops, and sabotage and reconnaissance groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine operate at the Kislovka-Krakhmalnoye line.
- The enemy is equipping the advanced positions of 28th Separate Rifle Brigade at the turn of Krasnoe First - Dvurechnaya and 109th Artillery Regiment in the Sinkovka area. To maintain combat readiness, ammunition was transported to the strongholds of 36th Rifle Brigade in Kamenka.
In the Limansky sector, six assault groups of the 25th Airborne Brigade of the Airborne Troops of Ukraine, with the support of several armored vehicles, tried to counterattack the positions of the 144th Motorized Rifle Division of the RF Armed Forces in order to return the previously lost strongholds in the Zhuravka Balka area. Russian troops repulsed the attack, the enemy retreated with losses.
- To slow down the advance of the RF Armed Forces, the Ukrainian command transferred operational reserve units to the front line, which made another unsuccessful attempt at a counterattack.
Over the past two days, the paratroopers of the 25th Brigade lost 20 people killed and 32 wounded. The enemy is carrying out a planned rotation of the personnel of 13th Airmobile Brigade 95th Airmobile Brigade in the vicinity of Torsky, and is also transferring reserves to reinforce forward positions west of the village of Dibrova.
19:20 Artillery of the NM LPR is working in the Belogorovka area in the Seversky direction -video.
18:48 Two M113s destroyed near Kurdyumovka. Archival footage -video.
18:30 Consequences of artillery attacks of Volnovakha by Ukrainian militants.
18:22 Another destroyed BMP of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the NVO zone -video.
18:18 "Patriotism, no matter who it is, is proved not by word, but by deed." (V. Belinsky) -video.
This is true! The Armed Forces of our country are actively proving this, not for a moment stopping their attempts to stop the enemy, who is eager to extinguish our love for the Motherland and faith in a better future!
17:47 The counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine did not go according to plan -video.
17:45 Video- a naval infantry soldier of the Black Sea Fleet spoke about the liberation of the city of Mariupol from the nationalist formations
“The fortifications were at the Metro shopping center, snipers were working on us from above, mortars were on the edges, and a shooting battle was ensuing. From quarter to quarter. Every quarter they did this. We were prepared for this, we practiced, trained, and we had quite good commanders. They [nationalists] hid behind the people. All the people we evacuated unanimously said that they were not released, they were forced to sit in basements and apartments, ”recalls the serviceman.
17:32 A well-aimed hit by a sniper (an enemy soldier's helmet was torn off his head) in the offensive zone of the 2nd Army Corps in the Seversky direction -video.
17:30 Situation in Belogorovka LNR —video.
17:02 Footage of the work of the Grad MLRS crews in the zone of the special operation. Personnel of the Russian Ministry of Defense -video.
16:58 Scouts of the OBTF Cascade in Ugledar found an infantry fighting vehicle standing by a residential building according to the Ukrainian tradition, after which it quickly disappeared. A group of Vushniks approached the car, and they were sent after the box -video.
16:30 The work of the tank on the Ukrainian manpower in the Svatovsky direction -video.
15:53 It is reported that the footage shows the first use of UPAB-1500B by Russian aviation against buried bunkers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It is stated that the blow was delivered to the positions of the 110th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of Avdeevsky coke plant -video.
15:51 Intercepted A/C copter with prohibited symbols near Avdievka.
15:35 Russian Aerospace Forces in the sky in the north of Ukraine calls for air defense forces to fight -video.
“These are the traces in the sky over the Chernihiv region that are left by enemy aircraft that are trying to detect Ukrainian air defense,” Kyiv resources write. Earlier, monitoring groups reported on the activity of Russian tactical aviation near the northern border of Ukraine.
15:14 Video 152mm MSTA-S destroys the elite of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Kremennaya
In the flint forests, the enemy throws by no means the worst of his units. In one of our recent exclusives, you can clearly see that the paratroopers of the elite airmobile brigade are well trained, armed and equipped.
But you should always remember that the commander of an artillery battery does not care what special forces you are from. And the crews of self-propelled guns also do not like to take prisoners, not their profile.
15:00 Video Aerospace Forces of the Russian Federation hits neo-Nazi oporniks over Kremennaya
14:30 Summary Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation (03/13/2023)
- In the Kupyansky direction, active actions of units, artillery fire of the "Western" group of troops hit the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Masyutovka, Krakhmalnoe of the Kharkov region, Stelmahovka and Rozovka of the Luhansk People's Republic.
Destroyed over 60 Ukrainian servicemen, two cars.
- In the Krasno-Limansky direction, the artillery fire of the group of troops (forces) "Center" defeated the enemy's manpower and equipment in the areas of the settlements of Nevskoye, Chervonaya Dibrova of the Luhansk People's Republic, Terny and Grigorovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
During the day, up to 110 Ukrainian servicemen, two pickup trucks, as well as a 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount were destroyed in this direction.
- In the Donetsk direction, as a result of the active actions of the units of the "Southern" group of forces, air strikes and artillery fire, up to 190 Ukrainian servicemen, three tanks, two armored combat vehicles, fourteen vehicles, as well as a 152mm Msta-B howitzer were destroyed per day.
- In the South-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, operational-tactical aviation and artillery of the Vostok group of forces inflicted a complex defeat on the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Vugledar of the Donetsk People's Republic, Poltavka, Gulyaipole and Shcherbaki of the Zaporozhye region.
During the day, up to 60 Ukrainian servicemen, two pickup trucks, as well as 152mm D-20 and 122mm D-30 howitzers were destroyed in these directions.
- In the Kherson direction, as a result of enemy fire, over 20 Ukrainian servicemen, five vehicles, two 152mm Akatsia self-propelled howitzers, and also a 152mm Msta-B howitzer were destroyed in a day.
- Operational-tactical and army aviation, missile forces and artillery of groups of troops (forces) of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation defeated 76 artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at firing positions, manpower and equipment in 148 districts in a day.
In the area of the settlement of Pervomaiskoye in the Donetsk People's Republic, a Ukrainian OSA-AKM anti-aircraft missile system was hit. Air defense systems shot down 12 HIMARS multiple rocket launchers and one HARM anti-radar missile during the day.
– In addition, 16 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed in the areas of the settlements of Novovodyanoe, Svatovo, Novoaleksandrovka, Novokrasnyanka of the Lugansk People's Republic, Vladimirovka, Yegorovka of the Donetsk People's Republic, Vasilyevka of the Zaporozhye region, Novaya Zburyevka, as well as Konstantinovka of the Kherson region.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 400 aircraft, 220 helicopters, 3,401 unmanned aerial vehicles, 412 anti-aircraft missile systems, 8,280 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,055 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 4,333 field artillery pieces and mortars, as well as 8,904 units of special military vehicles.
14:11 "Our Soviet Union will punish .." -video.
Another American 155mm M777 howitzer was captured. The car burned down, the howitzer was damaged.
14:10 Consequences of the artillery attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine using MLRS HIMARS Perevalsk, LPR —video.
As a result, three civilians were killed, including a 17-year-old teenager, and 15 people were injured, including four children.
14:08 Ramzan Kadyrov on supporting the NVO in Chechnya:
“We carry out all your orders and aim to act to the bitter end. The inhabitants of the region fully support the NWO and consider it necessary to achieve its goals and objectives.”
In response, Vladimir Putin thanked the head of the republic and its fighters for their courage:
"I see how your guys are fighting in the NWO zone, give them the best words, thank you very much."
13:30 Consequences of artillery attacks of a school in the Kievsky district of Donetsk by artillery of Ukrainian militants.
13:06 Bakhmut: Ukrainian militants showed a strange powerful "arrival" -video.
An explosion sounded like a shell hit near the house where the Armed Forces were sitting. It only raises doubts that the person filming almost did not twitch ... More like a controlled detonation.
12:34 Worsened setting for the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of N. p. Kamenka on Avdeevsky direction.
11:51 Russian volunteers from Voronezh convey their fiery greetings to the Ukrainians -video.
11:50 Russian artillerymen destroy the bridge in the village. Daryevka, Kherson region, controlled by the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine -video.
11:48 Video- For courage shown in close combat with the nationalists, the Order of Courage was awarded to the chief of staff of the motorized rifle battalion, Captain Sergei Zubkov. The unit under his command during one of the battles entrenched itself in important positions and repulsed the counterattack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, ensuring the successful advance of the Russian troops. How it was, Sergey tells himself.
11:46 Russian tankers provide fire support to motorized riflemen, ensuring the offensive of troops in the zone of the special operation -video.
11:13 Bakhmut, atomosphere: gloomy Armed Forces soldiers fire from apartments and hide NATO equipment with Wehrmacht crosses near residential buildings.
10:32 Accurate hit on the enemy from different angles. Correction and artillery worked perfectly -video.
10:04 Artillerymen of the “O” group worked on the accumulation of forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the 152mm “Hyacinth-S” gun, the direction is unknown -video.
09:44 All targets destroyed: naval infantry of the Black Sea Fleet smash the enemy in the zone of the special operation -video
In the course of combat work, naval infantry of the Black Sea Fleet in one of the areas of a special military operation repelled an attack by a sabotage and reconnaissance group of Ukrainian militants.
According to intelligence, the location of the enemy was determined and fire from an anti-tank missile system, artillery and T-90M "Proryv" tanks, the attack of Ukrainian nationalists was thwarted in a matter of minutes.
Adjustment of the fire was carried out by calculations of unmanned aerial vehicles. All targets were destroyed during the battle
09:36 Over the past dayUkronazison the civil infrastructure of settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region 94 rounds from cannon artillery, incl. during the day - 47.
In particular, for n.p.:
Naked Pier -17;
Staraya Zburyevka - 7;
Kohany - 6;
New Zburyevka - 7;
Salt licks - 6;
Aleshki - 4.
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the settlements of Novaya Kakhovka, Kakhovka, Tavriysk, Cairo and Rybachye, firing a total of 47 rounds from cannon artillery.
09:33 Representation of the DPR in the JCCC informs about 15 facts of firing by the VFU per day
The enemy fired from the Himars MLRS and 300mm BM-30 Smerch, AGM-88 HARM, 155mm and 152mm artillery, firing 64 units of various ammunition across the territory of the DPR.
Under the fire of the VFU were: Yasinovataya, Donetsk, Makeevka.
08:39 Chronicle of blows and mutual shelling in the NWO zone for the night from 12 to 13 March 2023
Air defense systems intercepted four missiles over Belgorod and the Belgorod region: residential buildings were damaged by debris, one woman was injured.
Russian troops hit the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Volfino, Sumy region, as well as Strelechya, Malyye Prokhody and Krasnoye, Kharkov region.
In the Starobelsky direction, the RF Armed Forces worked on concentrations of personnel and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Dvurechnaya, Nevsky and Kupyansk.
In the Bakhmut (Artyomovsky) direction, Russian missile troops and artillery hit the places of concentration of Ukrainian units in Bakhmut, Orekhovo-Vasilevka and Bogdanovka.
In the Donetsk direction, the RF Armed Forces attacked enemy positions in Avdeevka, Tonenkoe and Nevelskoe.
In turn, Ukrainian formations from cannon artillery fired at residential buildings and civilian facilities in Donetsk.
In the Yuzhnodonets direction, Russian troops worked on targets in Ugledar, Vremyevka and Neskuchny.
In the Zaporozhye region, the RF Armed Forces attacked enemy positions in Malinovka, Gulyaipole and Novoandreevka.
On the southern sector of the front, Russian troops hit the concentrations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kherson, Berislav and Dneprovsky.
08:25 A sniper of the “Brave” special forces destroys the enemy near Kremennaya —video
Spetsnaz members constantly leave for multi-day combat exits, where they are engaged in reconnaissance, the destruction of saboteurs and columns of armored vehicles.
Over the past month alone, the fighters of this group of Special Forces burned two tanks, four armored personnel carriers and 6 enemy pickups
08:23 Summary March 13th.
In Artemovsk (Bakhmut), Wagner PMC entered the underground utilities of the AZOM plant. Operations continue to encircle the city. Heavy fighting continues in the direction, the enemy is preparing reserves for a counteroffensive.
Information is being received from the Avdeevsky direction about the capture of enemy positions by the Russian Armed Forces in the east of Krasnogorovka, located on the northern ledge of the front. In the south-west, there are also battles in the area of the settlement. North.
At the facilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the industrial zone of the Avdievka Coke and Chemical Plant, as well as two buried bunkers, the aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces began to use heavy gliding bombs UPAB-1500B and Grom-2.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine fired four missiles at Belgorod and the Belgorod region, which were shot down by air defense systems. One victim is known.
In the DPR, the enemy fired 64 rounds of ammunition, and the areas of Yasinovataya and Donetsk were under fire. Wounded woman.
According to n.p. Perevalsk in the LPR, the enemy fired an M30A1 GMLRS missile from the HIMARS MLRS. Three civilians were killed, 7 people were injured.
08:16 Frontline summary on the morning of 03/13/2023
In the Zaporozhye direction, Russian artillery became more active, which hit almost along the entire line of contact. Plavni, Kamenskoye, Stepnoye, Malyye Shcherbaki, Novoandreevka, Novodanilovka, Malaya Tokmachka, Belogorye, Charovnoye, Gulyaipole, Krasnoye, Malinovka and Olgovskoye were under shelling.
On the Donetsk front, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continued assault operations in the city of Maryinka. They also carried out a ground attack on the fortified area of ??the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the city of Krasnogorovka and Nevelskoye. With the support of artillery, Russian units attacked Pervomaiskoye.
To the south-west of Avdievka, they attacked near Severny, and from the south, with artillery support, they tried to advance towards the fortified area of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the city itself.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continued the assault on Kamenka in order to reach the section of the road on the H-20 highway. A little to the north, they broke through the defenses of the Ukrainian army and entered the village of Krasnogorovka.
Thus, the fortified area of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Avdievka gradually falls into a semicircle. Russian artillery hit Novomikhailovka, Pobeda, Georgievka, Thin, Orlovka, Berdychi, Lastochkin, Alexandropol and New York. Ukrainian troops shelled Vodiane and Donetsk.
PMC "Wagner", with the support of artillery, managed to advance on the southern outskirts of Bakhmut from the side of Experienced. From the north, Wagner operators conduct assault operations from Yagodnoye. Also, with fire support, they are pushing through the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Khromovoe, Bogdanovka, Orekhovo-Vasilyevka and Zheleznyansky. Russian artillery hits Ivanovsky, Grigorovka, Minkovka, Vasyukovka and Disputed.
In the Luhansk direction, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are conducting offensive operations on Terny, Nevskoye and Makeevka. The Ukrainian army counterattacks near Karmazinovka.