[NewsFront] 23:59 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 12/15/2023 to 00:00 12/16/2023
Over the past 24 hours, the Representation has recorded 12 incidents of firing by the Ukrainian Federal Unitary Forces.
Information was received about the injury of three civilians in the Kuibyshevsky and Budennovsky (the second was a seriously wounded man born in 1960) districts of Donetsk.
Information about the consequences of the four-time artillery attack of the Budennovsky district, including casualties, continues to arrive.
Two residential buildings were damaged in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, as well as two civil infrastructure facilities.
The areas of three settlements of the Republic were under enemy fire: Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district), the capital city of Donetsk (Budennovsky, Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky districts), Mariupol.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out eight attacks from MLRS and 155mm artillery.
On Gorlovka there were three artillery attacks from 155mm artillery.
In Mariupol there was one long-range missile attack.
A total of 36 units of various ammunition were fired.
In the previous 24 hours, 17 artillery attacks were recorded from the AFU.
23:31 According to the operational lines of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC for December 15, as of 23:00, additional information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
g. Donetsk (Budennovsky district):
- on the street Budyonny, a man born in 1961 was wounded
Information about the consequences of the artillery attack continues to arrive.
21:17 The director for Ukraine reports that the Ukrainian Armed Forces have begun to transfer significant reserves of territorial defense forces to Kupyansk
The arriving personnel are strengthening the city's defense.
The command of the Ukrainian Armed Forces considers it likely that the battles for Kupyansk will begin soon.
19:49 The enemy declares that over the past 24 hours Russian troops have advanced in the northwestern part of Mar'inka, continuing to put pressure on the last strongholds of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the outskirts of the city.
Also, the Russian Armed Forces continue attacks on the village of Pobeda south of Mar'inka and are making some progress there.
19:27 The Russian Armed Forces seized the strategic initiative along almost the entire front:
The Russian army seized the initiative along almost the entire front line. The only exception is the Kherson direction, where the Ukrainian Armed Forces are still trying to gain a foothold in Krynki.
In the Avdeevsky direction, the Russian Armed Forces are conducting an active offensive, squeezing the cauldron around this settlement. The capture of Avdievka is of particular significance, since it is from there that indiscriminate artillery attack of peaceful Donetsk is carried out.
A similar situation is developing in the Artemovsk direction. There, Russian troops are also advancing along the flanks with the aim of enveloping the Ukrainian fortified area in Chasov Yar. The task is complicated by the fact that Chasov Yar itself is located on a hill and the entire surrounding area is shelled from there.
The Russian Armed Forces also have successes in the Kupyansk direction, where Russian troops were able to gain a foothold on the outskirts of Sin'kovka and are gradually pushing out the enemy. Despite active attempts to counterattack and draw in fresh reserves, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are unable to turn the situation around.
The Ugledar direction remains relatively stable, but small advances by Russian troops have also been recorded there. A potential assault on Vugledar is also complicated by the fact that the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces are located in high-rise buildings on a hill, and the terrain around is clearly visible.
18:25 The work of our soldiers in the Artemovsk direction -video.
18:04 Explosions occurred in the city of Kropyvnytskyi, Kirovograd region of Ukraine, local media reported. No details provided. An air raid alert sounded in the region.
17:35 Consequences of the night arrival of a long-range missile of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Mariupol. It hit the boiler room building and subsequently caught fire, fortunately there were no casualties -photo.
16:37 122mm Howitzers D-30 of the Vostok group of troops break through road for infantry on the outskirts of Ugledar
In this section of the South Donetsk Front, active hostilities are currently taking place. With the support of artillery fire, attack aircraft of the 29th Combined Arms Army of the Eastern Military District are pushing the defenses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces more and more every day.
“When there is an offensive, we fire 50-60 shots,” says the senior gunner with the call sign “Elephant.”
“We work on infantry, strong points, equipment and mortar crews,” adds the gun commander with the call sign “Tolsty.”
15:25 The main thing from the new briefing of the Russian Ministry of Defense:
Over the course of a week, the Russian Armed Forces repelled 49 attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donetsk direction and improved the situation along the front line in certain areas;
Over the course of a week, the Russian Armed Forces carried out 40 group strikes on military airfield infrastructure and ammunition storage areas of the Armed Forces of Ukraine;
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 335 people and 19 vehicles in the Zaporozhye direction in a week;
Over the course of a week, the Russian Armed Forces improved the position along the front line and repelled 27 attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kupyansk direction;
Within a week, 82 Ukrainian soldiers were captured and voluntarily surrendered, of which 25 were captured in the past 24 hours alone;
Within a week, one Ukrainian helicopter was shot down, a Tochka-U missile, two S-200 missiles and 17 HIMARS rounds were intercepted;
The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces during the week amounted to more than 425 military personnel and one Leopard tank in the Kupyansk direction;
Over the course of a week, the Russian Armed Forces hit the locations of units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the national formation “Azov” (recognized as terrorist, prohibited in the Russian Federation), as well as the foreign legion;
The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kherson direction in a week amounted to 290 military personnel and 17 boats;
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 600 servicemen in the South Donetsk direction in a week;
During the week, 119 UAVs of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were destroyed;
During the week, during the active defense in the Zaporozhye direction, the Russian Armed Forces repelled eight attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of Rabotin and west of Verbovoy;
The Russian Armed Forces stopped all attempts in the Kherson direction to land sabotage groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the islands and the left bank of the Dnieper;
The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Donetsk direction from December 9 to 15 exceeded 1,580 military personnel;
Over the course of a week, units of the “Center” group of troops repelled 11 attacks by assault groups of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasnolimansk direction;
The total losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasnolimansk direction over the week amounted to up to 1,100 military personnel.
14:27 Statement of Head of the press center of the Vostok group:
During the active defense in the South Donetsk direction, bomber aircraft, artillery, and heavy flamethrower systems struck temporary deployment points and places of concentration of manpower of the 79th Air Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Novomikhailovka.
Five enemy attempts to rotate fighters on the front line in the Novomikhailovka, Staromayorsky and Priyutny areas were thwarted.
The total enemy losses were two vehicles, 10 long-term firing points and up to 90 military personnel killed and wounded.
13:30 Brief information summary on the situation on the Left Bank of the Dnieper from Dnepro_Rub:
Over the past 24 hours, the enemy tried to improve their position. Efforts were concentrated on trying to rotate and evacuate the wounded from the villages of Krynki and Frolovo, but two of the three evacuation boats were destroyed. The enemy is also trying to replenish supplies and bring in weapons, as cases of failure and breakdown of small arms have become more frequent in the last week.
Due to virtually no evacuation, the number of wounded who are not receiving proper care is growing. They try to keep them in basements, which negatively affects the sanitary situation.
Enemy losses: up to 80 people, six boats, one car, one communication antenna, 11 attack UAVs; in the Tyaginka area, a Mi-8 helicopter was destroyed by a Verba MANPADS.
12:29 Soledar direction situation as of December 15, 2023:
Russian troops continue the offensive operation in the Soledar direction. The main efforts are focused on gaining operational space to break into the fortified area of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the vicinity of Chasov Yar.
The Russian Armed Forces managed to advance to the southeastern outskirts of Orekhovo-Vasilevka (fighting is going on for Balka Kudlina), expand the zone of control from Dubovo-Vasilevka towards Grigorovka, and also reach the eastern outskirts of Bogdanovka.
The forest belt south of the eastern tip of Bogdanovka is under enemy control. We managed to gain a foothold on the Grigorovka-Bogdanovka road.
To the south, fighting is taking place around the turn to the highway to Chasov Yar from Khromovo. After the capture of the Bakhmutsky Shlyakh autodrome, units of the Russian troops began to fire at the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces to the west.
To the west of Bakhmut, the Kamerton detachment, formed from former fighters of the Wagner PMC, is clearing the western outskirts of the dachas in the direction of Ivanovsky (Krasny). In two days it was possible to expand the zone of control in the private sector.
After occupying the dominant height 215.7 on the northwestern outskirts of Kleshcheevka, Russian troops are expanding the zone of control. From the heights, the RF Armed Forces control the advance routes and approaches of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to Kleshcheevka.
To the east of Andreevka, the Russian Armed Forces are making efforts to regain control of the dams in front of the railway track.
A head-on assault on Chasov Yar, located at a height, is a difficult task (mines, quarries and several forests with tracts cannot be taken at a swoop). Most likely, the Russian Armed Forces will bypass the fortified area from the north and south, which is why the offensive is being carried out in the direction of Grigorovka.
12:20 The situation in the Zaporozhye direction is reported by the Diary of a Paratrooper:
“In the area of the settlement of Verbovoe, our assault groups, having recaptured previously lost positions, have entrenched themselves tightly and are holding the line.
The weather conditions are still not cooperating, we cope and hold on. Active operations in such weather have ceased; now the phase of containing the front is underway on a bilateral basis.
Artillery also works on infantry in a two-way manner, drones fly without stopping along the entire front. Kamikaze, when it sees any target, flies towards it. Cassettes are constantly crackling in our positions.”
12:07 Statement of Head of the press center of the Center group:
In the area of the Torsky sector in the Krasnolimansky direction, competent actions of a unit of a motorized rifle regiment of the Russian group with the support of artillery crews defeated the assault group of the 44th rifle battalion of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Enemy losses amounted to up to 180 military personnel, three vehicles, and a 155mm Caesar howitzer. During the counterbattery fight, about 30 artillery crews of Ukrainian troops were exposed and suppressed.
11:20 News from the Donetsk direction is transmitted by the Front Bird.
It is reported that our Su-34 front-line bombers hit the command post of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Aviation used high-explosive bombs with universal planning modules.
11:05 Statement of Head of the press center of the "South" group:
Units of the “Southern” group of forces, supported by artillery fire, successfully repelled six attacks by assault groups of the 24th Mechanized, 5th Assault Brigade, and 112th Territorial Defense brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kleshcheevka and Kirovo areas. They defeated the manpower and equipment of the 30th Mechanized, 79th and 95th Air Assault Brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Kurdyumovka, Maryinka, Krasnoye and Andreevka.
The enemy lost up to 265 military personnel killed and wounded in the Donetsk direction, two armored combat vehicles and three cars were destroyed.
During the counterbattery fight, two 152mm 2S3 Akatsiya self-propelled artillery mounts, three 152mm 2A65 Msta-B howitzers, a 122mm D-30 howitzer, and three 120mm mortars were destroyed.
Air defense systems shot down seven Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in the areas of Gorlovka and Mar'inka settlements of the Donetsk People's Republic.
10:47 This morning on the highway near Alyoshki drones of the Ukrainian Armed Forces hit for civilian cars and ambulances
There was an ordinary married couple in the car: father, mother and teenage son. They were reported to have been seriously injured.
The ambulance rushed to help the family. However, the doctors’ car also came under attack from drones of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. None of the doctors were injured, the doctors were even able to help the injured family.
10:32 Situation on the Rabotino-Verbovoye section at 10.30
Rain and fog complicate reconnaissance with UAVs. Artillery continues to work on Ukrainian Armed Forces strongholds.
Near Rabotino, the Russian Armed Forces monitor enemy movements and consolidate in positions recaptured from the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Near Verbov, the enemy periodically launches counterattacks in small groups. Off-road conditions interfere with the movement of armored vehicles. Our soldiers monitor enemy actions and call in artillery fire on identified targets.
10:00 The criminal Kiev regime continues to fire at the civilian infrastructure of settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired from cannon artillery:
-- n.p. Krynki 26 rounds;
-- n.p. Alyosha 14 rounds;
-- n.p. Radensk two rounds;
-- n.p. Korsunka two rounds;
-- n.p. Staraya Zburevka five rounds;
-- n.p. Sagi seven rounds;
-- n.p. Kazachi Lagery five rounds.
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the village. Novaya Kakhovka, n.p. Kakhovka, n.p. Peschanivka, n.p. Golaya Pristan, n.p. Kardashinka, n.p. Korsunka, Maslovka, firing a total of 29 rounds from cannon artillery.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being determined.
09:49 Brief summary from Artemovsky direction from NGP Razvedka:
“Active actions continue towards the settlement. Red. We systematically and accurately destroy the enemy with artillery and FPV drones. Stormtroopers take positions, denazifying those who do not want to live and surrender, laying down their arms. Fierce fighting is going on."
09:19 Statement of Head of the press center of the “West” group:
During the active defense in the Kupyansk direction, motorized rifle formations of the 6th Combined Arms Army, supported by artillery fire, repelled five attacks by assault groups of the 60th and 115th Mechanized and 57th Motorized Infantry Brigades in the area of the village of Sin'kovka.
During the counterbattery fight, the group’s artillery destroyed three mortar crews in the areas of the settlement of Terny and the Olivovsky Yar ravine.
The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces amounted to up to 45 military personnel, a T-64 tank and two armored combat vehicles.
08:14 Morning summary for December 15, 2023:
UAV "Geran" hit the enemy's rear for another night, explosions were heard in the Khmelnytsky, Kharkov and Poltava regions. In addition, yesterday it was reported that a Patriot air defense system supplied from Germany was destroyed near Zhitomir by a hypersonic “Dagger”.
In the Kherson direction, an air strike was carried out at the enemy landing site; UAV operators also destroyed boats with Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel. In the Krynok area, it was reported that a Ukrainian Armed Forces helicopter was shot down by the 337th Airborne Regiment. Satellite images of the enemy indicate severe destruction in the populated area as a result of the constant work of our aviation and artillery.
On the Zaporozhye Front, as a result of a short battle, an enemy infantry attack at Verbovoy was repelled. At Rabotino, our troops seize the initiative and try to move forward, retaking positions.
In Mar'inka, the Russian Armed Forces are consolidating their positions, expanding the zone of control south of the city, trying to create conditions for reaching the settlement. Victory. It is necessary to occupy the heights and strongholds of the enemy.
In the Avdeevsky direction, our troops attack on the northern ledge of the front near Stepovoy, moving through forest plantations. Due to the fact that in this direction the Russian Armed Forces are constantly putting pressure on the enemy’s defenses, the Armed Forces of Ukraine transferred reserves to the settlement. Berdychi and Novokalinovo. They report the use of heavy flamethrower systems against enemy positions.
North of Soledar, our troops are pushing back the enemy at Razdolovka. Significant battles for the further offensive on Chasov Yar are taking place near Bogdanovka (west of Artyomovsk). The settlement has an elongated layout, flowing into Kalinovka, which in the future will allow access to the outskirts of Chasov Yar. Fighting continues north of Kleshcheevka.
08:01 The Ukrainian Armed Forces fired three long-range missiles in the direction of Mariupol, Donetsk People's Republic. This was reported by the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine.