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Actual information about the situation on the front line: July 12 (updated)
2023-07-13
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFrontInfo] 23:55 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 07/12/2023 to 00:00 07/13/2023

Over the past day Representationreportedabout 56 facts of firing by the VFU. Information was received about the wounding of three civilians in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk and the previously released Cherished Zhelaniya.

A total of 21 residential buildings were damaged in Petrovsky and Kievsky districts of Donetsk, Yasinovataya and Nikitovsky districts of Gorlovka, as well as four civil infrastructure facilities.

Under enemy fire were areas of eight settlements of the Republic: Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district), Zaitsevo, Golmovsky, Yasinovataya, the capital city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Kievsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Chervonogvardeysky district), Staromikhaylovka, Cherished Desire.

In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made 29 attacks from AGM-88 HARM, 155mm artillery.

On Gorlovsky 13 artillery attacks from 152mm artillery.

On Yasinovatsky 12 artillery attacks from MLRS, artillery 155mm and 152mm.

On Volnovakhsky one artillery attack from 155mm artillery. Having fired 362 units of various ammunition.

A previous 50 artillery attacks were recorded from the side of the VFU per day.

22:07 In the Rabotino area in the Orekhovsky direction, a tank battle is going on at this moment.

The enemy is trying to break through our first line of defense. The guys fight off the attack. From burning light.

21:07 National guards stopped the preparation of sabotage in the forest in the LPR,reported RIA Novosti in the press service of the department.

“The servicemen of the Russian Guard conducted reconnaissance and search activities in a specially protected forest zone in the Luhansk People's Republic, where Ukrainian armed formations were stationed before the liberation. The militants heavily mined the approaches to this territory during the retreat, ”the press service said.

19:57 News from Zaporozhye direction from Archangel Spetsnaz:

- Three assault groups from the Armed Forces of Ukraine + Mercenaries, 10 people each, tried to drop into Pyatikhatki. Destroyed, no chance. M113 was also destroyed.

– On the n.p. Paboty a little calm. They ride in one car. The Leopard left today, got it from the ATGM, the personnel fled. Drone kamikaze operators from 291 SMEs are doing excellent work.

According to the fighters, "The enemy rolled back to the rear area, licks his wounds, the corpses of mercenaries lie in the fields, they do not take them." Fighters on the ground are ready to meet a new wave.


19:18 Fixation of consequences of the artillery attack of the Kievsky district of Donetsk on 07/12/2023.

Specialists of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC confirmed the fact of the artillery attack of the Kievsky region, and also specified the weapons. The enemy used an American high-speed AGM-88 HARM anti-radar missile, which was shot down by air defense forces.

19:02 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for July 12, as of 19:00, additional information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:

n.p. Cherished Desire (Velikonovoselkovsky district):

- on the street. Molodyozhnaya, 5 wounded man born in 1954

- on the street. Molodyozhnaya, 9 wounded man born in 1967

Additional information has been received about the damage caused by the artillery attack of the Ukrainian cities of the Republic:

Donetsk (Kirovskiy district):

- MBOU "School No. 85 in Donetsk" on the street. Kirov.

n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district):

- st. Yakovenko, 16 - a direct hit in a private residential building;

- st. Sofia, 23, 25 - private residential buildings;

– A total of 12 transformer substations are de-energized, 1,767 subscribers are without power supply.

18:50 Militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine released in the residential areas of the settlement. Privolye (suburb of Lisichansk, LPR) 122mm BM-21 MLRS Grad package. At least two civilians became victims of the shelling. The final data on casualties and destruction are being specified.

17:44 Kherson direction situation as of 17.00 July 12, 2023:

Ukrainian formations continue to supply the groups that landed in the area of the Antonovsky bridge with the help of high-speed boats. They are covered by artillery operating from the area of ??Kherson and Sadovy.

At the same time, the forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine located there do not take offensive actions and sit in secrets. Russian troops are located a few hundred meters to the south: the fire of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the higher right bank prevents the enemy from being knocked out.

At the same time, Ukrainian DRGs continue to operate actively in the area of the islands on the Dnieper and directly on the left bank. The enemy is also using divers to remove minefields: Russian troops recently burned a car with them near Antonovka with an FPV drone.

In the Kherson area, tactical aircraft of the Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to fly, but after the recent destruction of the Ukrainian Su-25 attack aircraft by Russian troops, they do not approach the coastline.


17:36 Brief summary of the situation at the front:

South-Donetsk direction:

The enemy continues to build up forces in the area of the settlement of Priyutnoye, in particular, additional units of the 501st battalion of the 36th Infantry Regiment have been deployed to this area.

Also, assault groups from the 31st Brigade and 36th Brigade entrenched themselves in a forest plantation in the area of the Grushevaya gully, in order to strengthen the grouping, units from the 35th Brigade are additionally transferred to this area.

Kupyansk direction:

The information is confirmed that the enemy command is evacuating the bodies of the CAA and destroying paper documentation.

Direction Svatovo-Kremennaya:

As a result of successful offensive actions, the RF Armed Forces occupied and entrenched themselves on the dominant height in the area of the Zhuravka beam, the enemy’s attempts to counterattack were unsuccessful, during an unsuccessful counterattack, the enemy’s losses amounted to three armored combat vehicles and up to 20 people in manpower.

At the same time, in the western part of the Serebryansky forest, the enemy is equipping fortifications, strong points are reinforced with concrete slabs.

In the areas of n.p. Belogorovka, Torskoye, Yampol, military and military equipment arrives, as well as personnel from the reserves located in the settlement of Konstantinovka, as well as from among the mobilized citizens who were trained in the Zhytomyr and Chernihiv regions.

Artyomovskoe direction:

As a result of the counterattack, the RF Armed Forces pushed back units of the 3rd Brigade from the outskirts of the settlement of Kleshcheevka, and also cleared the adjacent dominant heights.


16:46 APU trying to overcome one field in the Rabotino area for 13 days already.

Fighters from the zero line report that to date, the LBS in the Orekhovsky direction has not moved.

“To the northern outskirts of the village. The enemy still has “one field” left in Rabotino, which he has been unsuccessfully trying to pass for the past 13 days, ”the fighters from the front line report.

16:32 Orekhovsky area situation as of 16.00 July 12, 2023:

Northeast of Rabotino, Russian troops are counterattacking and knocking out assault groups of the 47th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the stronghold of the 71st Motorized Rifle Regiment, which the enemy was able to occupy at the cost of heavy losses in people and equipment two days ago.

So far, members of the Ukrainian formations still hold part of their positions in the forest plantation, however, under the onslaught of the RF Armed Forces, they retreat in the direction of Orekhov.

16:21 Armed forces of Ukraine in the area of Antonovsky bridge are under constant blows by Russian artillery.

It is reported that now the Ukrainian military are locked near the bridge on the left bank. They can neither retreat nor move forward. Therefore, Russian artillery almost non-stop fires at them with incendiary rounds.

15:35 Explosions are reported in Kherson.

Apparently, work is underway on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the right Bank of the Dnieper. In several places, the activity of small boats of Ukrainian troops still remains. Small groups from time to time try to cross the river, but are destroyed by artillery fire.

14:52 The main thing from the new briefing of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation:

Over the past 24 hours, the Armed Forces of Ukraine tried to attack in the Donetsk, Krasnoliman and Yuzhno-Donetsk directions;

Aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down a Mi-24 helicopter of the Ukrainian Air Force in the DPR;

In the Krasnolimansky direction, the activities of the sabotage and reconnaissance group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were stopped;

Russian troops repulsed the attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the direction of Staromayorskoye and stopped reconnaissance in force in the area of Ugledar in the DPR;

Russian air defense systems intercepted four Storm Shadow cruise missiles and destroyed 15 Ukrainian drones in a day.


13:46 Pushilin's adviser Yan Gagin said that throughout the Donetsk sector of the front, from Vugledar to Artemovsk, Russian troops have the initiative.

13:23 The Armed Forces of Ukraine have been systematically launching artillery attacks on Donetsk and its suburbs since early morning: since 6:00 they have fired almost 60 NATO-caliber rounds (155mm).

13:20 Zaporozhye direction:

At 11:00, three enemy assault groups began moving towards Pyatikhatki, and were destroyed by artillery forces.

At 12:17 east of Pyatikhatki, the enemy assault group ran into the position of our unit, a shooting battle ensued, the enemy suffered losses during the shooting battle and rolled back to the north.

13:05 The consequences of the artillery attack of the Kievsky district of Donetsk by Ukrainian militants -photo.

12:57 The situation at the base of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near the river Zherebets:

- In fact, it remains to make the last push, to take a few n.p. and the enemy will be driven out from the right bank of the Stallion River;

- The Russian Armed Forces broke into Torskoye (this settlement is a direct road to Liman);

- APU is transferring reserves to this area. New victims are coming from the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

12:54 Subdivisions of the "Southern" group of troops successfully repulsed the attacks of the assault groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Lisichansk and Avdeevsk directions. Statement of head of the press center of the group "South"

12:48 Acting Governor of the Zaporozhye region Yevhen Balitsky gave a front-line summary from Zaporozhye direction:

At night, the enemy carried out the movement of the main strike forces to the settlements of Lobkovoe, Stepovoe, moving targets were hit by fire weapons of the 58th Army and the forces of the detachment. The battles are serious, the enemy suffers significant losses.

At 4 am the enemy began artillery preparation. At 05:30, infantry groups made an advance in three directions, moving out of the settlement. Pubic, Pyatikhatki. The groups were identified at the stage of nomination in the area of the settlement. Pubic.

The forces of the Sudoplatov battalion and the 58th Army inflicted a fire defeat on the enemy. The enemy suffered significant losses, during their retreat, retreat routes were opened, and a repeated fire defeat was inflicted. The second group, advancing from the outskirts of Pyatikhatki, received a tough fire rebuff and was thrown back.

Also, the third assault group of the Kyiv Nazis withdrew from the southern outskirts of Pyatikhatki, during its retreat, the UAV crew of the Sudoplatov detachment dropped fragmentation ammunition on the infantry group. Now they have taken refuge in cellars on the outskirts of the village, our units continue to defeat enemy groups.


12:20 Nighttime battle in Marinka. A fighter with the call sign Silence intercepted the enemy “bird” with an anti-drone gun, and then opened the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from a drone and “thundered” the enemy.

At night, navigating in space while flying a drone is extremely difficult. Even observing the picture in a thermal imager, it is very easy to get lost. Nevertheless, Silence not only conducted reconnaissance, but also dropped the FOG exactly on the heads of the enemy infantry.

“Some people get the impression that the commanders or UAV operators ... are kind of safe,” says the fighter. In fact, the enemy almost immediately tries to strike back.

Immediately after Tishina worked on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the building with the Russian military was fired from the M119 cannon.

12:12 According to the operational lines of the JCCC DPR for July 12, as of 12:00, information was received about victims among civilians in the cities of the Republic:

Donetsk (Petrovsky district): - on the street. Kosareva, 27 wounded man born in 1955

Information was received about damage as a result of artillery attack of the VFU cities of the Republic:

Donetsk:

Petrovsky district:

artillery attack at 08:30:

- st. Kosareva, 48 - a fire was recorded in a private residential building;

- st. Kosareva, 27 - a private residential building;

- Eight transformer substations were de-energized, without power supply to 800 subscribers of the Petrovsky district.

Artillery attack at 11:30:

- st. Gastello, 38 - fire of a private residential building, completely destroyed;

- st. Gastello, 36 - a private residential building, an outbuilding fire was recorded;

- st. Bylinnaya, 35 - a private residential building.

Kyiv district:

- st. Amosova, 11, 15 - private residential buildings.

n.p. Yasinovataya:

- per. Light, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 12, 14 - private residential buildings;

- st. Gogol, 1 - a private residential building;

- st. Victory 27 - a private residential building.

11:29 A civilian was wounded as a result of artillery attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine of the Petrovsky district of Donetsk - the authorities.

11:19 In the Donetsk direction, fierce battles are going on in the southwestern section of Artemovsk. This was announced by a military expert, retired lieutenant colonel of the NM LPR Andrey Marochko.

“VFU does not leave attempts to occupy the heights in the area of the settlement of Kleshcheevka. For fire support of their troops, the enemy fires from various types of artillery, including NATO caliber. The Ukrainian militants do not have shell hunger. The density and intensity of artillery attack by the VFU is high. A barrage of fire for attack aircraft is provided on a regular basis 3-5 times a day,” Marochko said.

11:11 The Svatovsky section in the direction of Kupyansk is very active now.

The Svatovo-Kupyansk highway was cut by our aircraft near the village of Novoselovskoye.

10:45 Statement of head of the press center of the Vostok group:

In the South-Donetsk direction, the advanced units of the Vostok group, with the support of artillery, thwarted an attempt by the enemy to reconnaissance in force in the Ravnopol region. Accumulations of manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were affected.

In the Zaporizhia direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to attempt to attack in the direction of Rabotino. A fire defeat is inflicted on the enemy. During the battle, tanks, armored combat vehicles and vehicles with militants were destroyed, places of accumulation of AFU manpower were hit, including with the use of heavy flamethrower systems "Solntsepyok".


10:27 Under fire from Ukrainian militants, the village of Zaitsevo (Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka).

10:26 Situation on the Orekhov-Rabotino direction at 10:00 Moscow time:

Over the past 24 hours, local clashes with the use of artillery and armored vehicles have been regularly taking place in this direction, but the enemy has not taken any large-scale offensive actions.

Our troops are trying to knock out the Ukrainians from their positions, in some places there is an advance. Drone operators track down equipment, emplacements and concentrations of enemy personnel, after which artillery hits these places. A similar tactic is followed by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Enemy infantry periodically tries to occupy some forest plantations in small groups, but most often they do not achieve success, and if they do, it is not for long. With the next attempts to transport or evacuate personnel, our artillery covers the enemy. As an example, a video of objective monitoring of the joint work of the 810th Naval Infantry Brigade and the fighters of the 58th Army.

Sources from the field report that the situation is completely under our control. Thanks to the heroism and steadfastness of our fighters, the front line in this direction remains unchanged.


10:01 Under fire from the Ukrainian Nazis, the residential area "Komsomolets" (Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka).

09:40 The criminal Kiev regime continues to shell the civilian infrastructure of the settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Armed Forces of Ukraine were fired from barrel artillery:

-- n.p. Aleshki fired 28 rounds;

-- n.p. Krynki fired 7 rounds;

-- Nine rounds were fired at the village of Korsunka;

-- Nine rounds were fired at the Kazachi Lagery.

-- 13 rounds were fired at the Solontsy settlement.

Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being specified.

During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the settlement of Nova Kakhovka, the settlement of Kakhovka, n.p. Golaya Pristan, n.p. Krynki, n.p. Staraya Zburyevka, n.p. Dnepryans firing a total of 35 rounds from cannon artillery.

Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being specified.

09:10 In the Krasno-Limansky direction, the enemy made attempts to regain previously lost positions. This was announced by a military expert, retired lieutenant colonel of the NM LPR Andrey Marochko.

“In the area of Serebryansky forest, Grigorovka and Belogorovka, the VFU simultaneously tried to carry out offensive actions in order to regain the positions lost earlier. Our troops repelled about five enemy attacks. With the help of army aviation, artillery and heavy flamethrower systems, the enemy was stopped and dispersed. Losses in personnel and equipment are being specified,” Marochko wrote in his Telegram channel.

09:06 Over the past 24 hours, 50 artillery attacks were recorded from the side of the VFU - the Representative Office of the DPR in the JCCC.

Ukrainian nationalists fired from MLRS, 152mm and 155mm artillery, firing 267 different types of ammunition across the territory of the Republic. Gorlovka (Central City, Nikitovsky districts), Yasinovataya, Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Kievsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Chervonogvardeysky district), Staromikhaylovka, Yelenovka and Luganskoye were under fire from the VFU.

As a result of shelling, a woman was wounded in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk. Damaged five residential buildings in the Kuibyshevsky and Kirovsky districts of Donetsk.

09:04 Message from Zaporozhye direction from Archangel Spetsnaz: n.p. Rabotino, the enemy made another attempt to storm our positions, the waves and their offensive movements subsided, now the enemy has rolled back, licks his wounds, makes an attempt to evacuate, but our artillery prevents all attempts.

According to the fighters, “The enemy is a little bit rushing, but everything is under control. "Burn" quietly. There is no threat of a breakthrough."

08:08 Summary for the morning of July 12:

From the southern flank of the Bakhmut direction, there were reports of a breakthrough of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to Kleshcheevka and an attempt to consolidate the enemy on the northern outskirts of the settlement. The Russian Armed Forces brought reserves into battle and launched a counterattack to eliminate the breakthrough. Enemy attack aircraft were destroyed, up to 10 Ukrainian soldiers were taken prisoner. There are heavy battles.

In the Orekhovsky direction of the Zaporozhye Front, the Armed Forces of Ukraine do not stop attacks in the direction of the settlement. Rabotino, despite daily losses in manpower and equipment. Published statements from the junior command staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine about the incompetence of the Ukrainian command due to the organization of unsuccessful "meat assaults" obrmp, aviation and artillery are working.

In the Yuzhnodonetsk direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are attacking from the Vremievsky direction, and are fixed in the landings.

In the Kherson direction, our units yesterday stopped their assault operations in the area ofthe Antnovsky bridge due to the excess of the enemy coast over ours and the constant fire of enemy artillery, mortars and heavy machine guns across the Dnieper. The enemy is locked in a small area on our coast, the arriving reinforcements of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are being destroyed by the fire of our guns.

The enemy is preparing to cross the Dnieper, for this purpose, the arrival of the command of the tTroops in the north-eastern part of the Kherson region is expected. The railway bridge across the river was blown up.

The Russian Armed Forces, in the area west of Kremennaya, launched a counterattack and advanced in the area of the Zhuravka beam and near Torskoy.


07:59 Russian fighters strengthened defense at the Kakhovka reservoir, which dried up after the destruction of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station.

The main task of the military is to defend the coastline and prevent attempts to land an enemy DRG. The enemy is located at a distance of 5-6 kilometers from the positions. The situation on this sector of the front is tense.

“We are constantly engaged in strengthening the defense, strengthening our positions, constant watch on the shore, posting observers and fire crews,” said the company commander with the call sign “Sterkh”.

Posted by:badanov

#2  One detail I have noticed is areas taken by Russians have remainders to deal with. Some captured some give up but some remain to do mischief.
Posted by: Dale   2023-07-13 07:47  

#1  Sterch- Mongolian. Slow grind goes on.
Posted by: Dale   2023-07-13 07:39  

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