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Current information on the situation on the front line: October 9 (updated)
2023-10-10
Direct Translation via Gooogle Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 23:55 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 10/09/2023 to 00:00 10/10/2023

Over the past 24 hours Representative officereportedabout 44 facts of firing from the AFU.

Information was received about the injury of two civilians in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk and the Kirovsky district of Makeyevka.

Four residential buildings in the Kirovsky district of Makeevka, as well as three civil infrastructure facilities, were damaged.

Areas of five settlements of the Republic were under enemy fire: Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district), Golmovsky, Yasinovatsky district, the capital city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky, Kievsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Kirovsky, Chervonogvardeysky districts).

In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out 30 attacks from MLRS and 155mm artillery, incl. with a cassette warhead.

At Gorlivske there were 12 artillery attacks from MLRS, 152mm and 155mm artillery, incl. with a cassette warhead.

On Yasinovatsky there were two artillery attacks from 155mm artillery. A total of 138 units of various ammunition were fired.

A previous 24 artillery attacks were recorded from the VFU per day.

21:08 Military personnel The crew of the 152mm towed howitzer 2A65 "Msta-B" of the Central Military District destroyed an enemy stronghold in the special operation zone with an accurate hit.

19:28 Explosions in the Zaporozhye region. Ukrainian channels reported this, without specifying in which part of the region the explosions occurred.

19:15 Zaporozhye Front, reports the Diary of the Paratrooper:

“In the Rabotino area. The movements of several enemy groups in vehicles were detected, after which our artillery fired at them. Enemy losses amounted to 15 KIAs, one howitzer and 2 pickup trucks were destroyed.

North-west of the village Verbovoe. Fierce fighting is taking place. Enemy artillery is firing, our positions are being bombarded with cluster munitions, and the enemy is also using kamikaze drones.

They scatter motion sensors in all directions, which record our movement and then the enemy actively begins to place artillery in this square.

We, in turn, are also actively working with artillery, tanks, Gorse, Grad, BMD-4M and small arms with the active support of aerial reconnaissance and aviation.

The latter, in turn, actively destroys the enemy’s rear positions. There are losses on both sides.”


19:00 Su-34 crew navigator told about combat work in a special operation zone

The crews of Su-34 fighter-bombers are on combat duty at their home airfields around the clock.

18:47 Battle for the railway in the Bakhmut direction -video.

18:40 Situation in the South Donetsk direction:

In the Vrem'evsky section there is an advance in the forest belt west of Novodonetsky, about 150 meters. The enemy tried to counterattack, but had no success, and stopped the counterattack by nightfall. The Armed Forces of Ukraine transferred a motorized infantry battalion to this area to make up for losses and increase their own stability

Enemy counterattacks continue in small groups north of Priyutnoye. It was also not successful.

In the Ugledarsky sector, a transfer of reserves from the western part of the Donetsk region to Katerynivka was noticed for actions in the direction of (presumably) Novomikhailovka. North of Nikol'skoye, the enemy brought an armored group consisting of a tank and two infantry fighting vehicles into the forest belt, opened heavy fire in the direction of Nikol'skoye, and after one infantry fighting vehicle was hit by artillery, the group rolled back. The fighting continues.


17:39 Fixation consequences of the artillery attack of the Kirovsky district of Makeevka at 10:15 10/09/2023

Specialists of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC confirmed the fact of artillery attack of the Kirovsky district of Donetsk using the HIMARS MLRS, and also clarified the direction of fire and the type of missiles.

The enemy fired from their positions located in the area of ??the settlement. Krasnoarmeysk, from the HIMARS MLRS using M-31 (fragmentation) missiles.

As a result of artillery attack on the street. Papanina, 26, a woman born in 1982 was injured.

Damage was recorded at 6 addresses:

– MBOU “Secondary school No. 21 Makeevka” on the street. Glinka;

– MBDOU “Kindergarten No. 29, Makeevka” and the Territorial Center for the provision of social services on the street. Chudskoy;

– st. Papanina, 26, 28, 75 – private residential buildings;

– st. Glinka, 31/32 – private residential building.

At the time of the shelling, classes were taking place at the school. Fortunately, no students or staff were injured. The children were evacuated to a safe place.

16:29 In the middle of the day there are intense fights in the Orekhovsky direction - here the enemy is trying to put pressure on us. The enemy also continues attacks south of Artemovsk in the area of Kleshcheevka and Andreevka.

Our troops, in turn, crush the enemy in the Mar'yinsky and Avdeyesk directions, and also continue attacks in the Svatovo-Kupyansk direction.

16:06 A massive strike was carried out on Petropavlovka in the Kherson region in the morning using eight FAB-500s. The targets of the destruction were the temporary deployment points of Ukrainian Armed Forces militants (14th and 41st Mechanized Brigades) and the 15th Border Detachment “Steel Cordon”.

15:29 Over the past week, five civilians were killed and another 20 people were injured as a result of artillery attack by the VFU. This was reported to the Ombudsman's Office.

15:15 Consequences of the artillery attack of the Kirovsky district of Donetsk by Ukrainian militants, as a result of which social infrastructure facilities and residential buildings were damaged -photo.

14:46 Engineering units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) in the Kupyansk region are creating a fortified area using railway cars filled with concrete. This was stated to TASS by the coordinator for interparliamentary relations with the People's Council of the LPR, State Duma deputy Viktor Vodolatsky.

“Now the engineering units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and mercenaries are trying to make a powerful fortified area out of Kupyansk. The work is carried out by units that create fortifications from cars, which are buried in the ground and filled with concrete. Create firing points. It’s on the outskirts of the city,” Vodolatsky said.

14:24 Statement Head of the press center of the Center group:

In the Krasnolimansky direction in the areas of the Torsky sector and Serebryansky forest, the actions of units of the "Center" group of troops, attacks by assault and army aviation, as well as artillery fire disrupted and repelled five attacks by assault groups of two mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 12th special purpose brigade "Azov".

The losses of Ukrainian troops amounted to about 50 military personnel.

During the counterbattery fight, up to 30 enemy artillery crews were exposed and suppressed.

A tactical aviation group carried out strikes on four command and observation posts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the village of Serebryanka, Donetsk People's Republic.


13:37 By mid-day RF Armed Forces continued pressure on enemy positions west of Svatovo and northeast of the outskirts of Kupyansk. During the day we took a couple more oporniks, the pace of progress was not high.

The enemy continues to strengthen the defenses of Svatovo and strives to maintain the current logistics through Oskol, which the Russian Armed Forces are striking at, destroying bridges and crossings.

12:35 APU are shelling territory of the DPR. rounds land on the border between Donetsk and Makeyevka.

12:28 Russian paratroopers during the battle north of Artemovsk (Ukrainian name - Bakhmut)have gained a foothold at the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and captured five Ukrainian servicemen. This was reported to the Russian Ministry of Defense.

11:32 Another explosion is reported on the eastern outskirts of the Sumy region. The air raid warning did not sound, writes Front Bird.

Our rocket scientists first worked out using ballistics.

10:50 The Russian Armed Forces repulsed attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Ugledar.

According to the Telegram channel “Come and See,” Ukrainian troops tried to break through in the Ugledar direction. Currently, Russian artillery is targeting Ukrainian positions in Ugledar itself.

10:24 Statement of Head of the press center of the Vostok group:

In the South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok group of troops, supported by artillery fire, aviation and heavy flamethrower systems, thwarted attempts to attack enemy infantry in the direction of Nikol'sky and Priyutnoy, and opened and defeated infantry groups in the areas of Novodonetsky and Staromayorsky.

Also in the Priyutnoye area, a reconnaissance group of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was liquidated. Artillery fire destroyed ammunition depots in Novomikhailovka and north of Priyutnoye, as well as vehicles carrying nationalists in the areas of Katerynivka and Konstantinovka.

During the counterbattery fight, the enemy lost a 152mm D-20 artillery gun and four mortar crews.

Air strikes hit areas of concentration of manpower and equipment of units of the 79th Air Assault Brigade in Novomikhailovka, the 72nd Mechanized Brigade in Ugledar, as well as the 127th and 128th Territorial Defense Brigades in the Staromayorskoye and north-west of Priyutnoye areas.


10:05 The situation in the Zaporozhye direction at 10:00 the Archangel of Special Forces reports:

After the rains, the ground has turned to mush, the enemy is waiting for the soil to dry out, even pickup trucks move very rarely, not to mention tracked vehicles, artillery is working on planned targets at strong points and identified observation posts. Both sides are attempting to conduct aerial reconnaissance and are accumulating targets. Overall there is relative calm.

The same thing is happening on Verbovoy; according to information, there are wounded Ukrainian Armed Forces militants lying in the fields, whom they apparently don’t want to take away.

09:52 The Ukrainian Armed Forces are organizing additional defense lines on the eastern side of Kharkov

Additional engineering equipment and sapper units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, engaged in preparing trenches, arrived in the Shevchenkovo and Lebyazhye area. Trees are cut down in forest belts to equip dugouts.

Defensive engineering work is being carried out simultaneously with the intensification of hostilities near Kupyansk.

09:28 The criminal Kiev regime continues to shell the civilian infrastructure of settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired cannon artillery:

-- n.p. Kazachi Lagery 16 rounds;

-- n.p. Peschanivka seven rounds;

-- n.p. Aleshki 18 rounds;

-- n.p. Krynki 12 rounds;

-- n.p. Kardashinka five rounds.

During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the village. Novaya Kakhovka, n.p. Kakhovka, n.p. Aleshki, n.p. Golaya Pristan, n.p. Kazachi Lagery, firing a total of 27 rounds from cannon artillery.

Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being determined.

09:27 Kherson direction and Antonovsky Bridge area (Dachi)

That night several enemy speedboats tried to conduct reconnaissance in force using a heavy machine gun, reports the Front Bird.

Having discovered enemy forces, our fighters hit them with grenade launchers and small arms. The landing attempt was stopped.

09:19 During the past 24 hours, the DPR representative office in the JCCC recorded 24 incidents of firing by the Ukrainian Federal Unitary Forces, and 75 ammunition were fired.

In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out 16 attacks from 155mm artillery, incl. with a cassette warhead.

On Gorlovsky - four artillery attacks from 152mm and 155mm artillery, incl. with a cassette warhead.

On Yasinovatsky - four artillery attacks from 155mm caliber artillery. The enemy fired at Donetsk, Makeevka, Yasinovatsky district, Gorlovka.

There were no reports of civilian casualties.

Six residential buildings were damaged in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk and the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka.

09:05 Frontline summary for the morning of 10/09/2023:

In the Zaporozhye direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are trying to expand the zone of active combat operations. With the support of artillery, they managed to advance a little towards Kopani with the goal of reaching the rear of the Russian fortified area in Nesteryanka. Similar actions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of Novoprokopovka and Verbovoy were unsuccessful.

A front to the east has activated. Encounter battles in the Marthopolis area. The initiative belongs to the Russian army. The Russian Armed Forces continue to carry out attacks on the main logistics route of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Novodanilovka and Malaya Tokmachka. Ukrainian artillery hits Nesteryanka, Sladkaya Balka, Il'chenkov, Novopokrovka, Romanovsky and Novofedorovka.

In the Ugledarsky sector, the Ukrainian Armed Forces, with the support of artillery, are trying to seize the initiative in the Priyutnoye area. No success. The Russian Armed Forces attacked from Novodonetsk and Nikolsky. No advance.

Ukrainian positions are under fire in Staromayorsky, Urozhainy and Vodyanoy (not to be confused with the settlement of the same name north-west of Donetsk), Russian positions in Volodin, Zavetny Zhelaniya, Staromlynovka, Novodonetsky and Novomayorsky.

On the Donetsk front, after airstrikes, Russian troops carried out offensive operations near Novomikhailovka and Mar'inka. They also attacked Ukrainian positions near the city of Krasnohorivka, Pervomaisky and on the southern approaches to Avdievka. Near the village of Krasnogorovka they managed to advance. The Russian Aerospace Forces attacked the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Antonovka.

In the Bakhmut direction there are oncoming battles for control of the railway line near Andreevka. Russian troops are attacking the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Kleshcheevka, Bogdanovka and Sporny. We ourselves are under fire in Ozaryanovka, Kurdyumovka, Bakhmut and Yakovlevka.

In the Lugansk direction, Russian troops occupied a number of new positions in the area of Nevsky, Makeevka and Ivanovka. The Ukrainian Armed Forces' fortified area in Sin'kovka is being attacked. Attacks on Ukrainian positions in Belogorovka, Novolubovka, Peschany, Kurilovka, Kupyansk and Petropavlovka.


08:14 Soldiers of the Southern Group of Forces thwarted a counterattack of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Donetsk direction, destroying a building that served as a temporary deployment point for the Ukrainian military, said the commander of a platoon of UAV operators -video.

08:05 Summary on the morning of October 9, 2023:

The Russian Armed Forces in the Maryinsky direction stormed two heights south of Novomikhailovka. Several months ago, our attack on Novomikhailovka, which was supposed to open the road to Ugledar from the northeast, failed: assault groups of the Russian Army then broke into the populated area, but failed to gain a foothold. Now the offensive of the Russian Armed Forces in this direction is characterized as “creeping.”At Ugledar, attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces were repelled in the area of the village. Nikol'skoye, enemy concentration areas were hit by artillery fire.

In the Kherson direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are striking at the rear positioning areas of the Russian Armed Forces: they are trying to hit headquarters and communications centers, and disrupt the supply of troops. At Antonovsky and the railway bridges on our bank of the Dnieper, small zones of enemy control remain, which are subject to artillery strikes.

The tactic of luring our units under fire from the Ukrainian Armed Forces from the other side no longer works. In general, the enemy in the direction maintains plans for a large-scale crossing of the Dnieper and is making preparations, gathering forces and means.

In the Kupyansk direction, our troops are conducting active operations near Sin'kovka. In Kupyansk, where our artillery is firing accurately at the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, there are interruptions in water, electricity, and cellular communications. The city has been turned into an enemy fortified area.

The Russian Army is reported to be advancing near Makeyevka (LPR, south of Svatovo). In some areas - up to 1 km into the depth of the enemy’s defense.



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