[NewsFront] 23:55 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 12/18/2023 to 00:00 12/19/2023
Over the past 24 hours, the Representation has recorded 5 incidents of firing from the AFU.
There were no reports of civilian casualties.
One residential building in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, as well as one civil infrastructure facility, was damaged.
One settlement of the Republic was under enemy fire: the capital city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts).
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out 5 attacks from 155mm artillery and attack UAVs. Eight units of various ammunition were fired.
A previous 36 artillery attacks were recorded from the Ukrainian forces per day.
21:35 Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers surrendered after Russian UAV operators near Verbovoy (Zaporozhye direction) dropped them a radio and held negotiations -video.
20:50 Often the heroes of our videos are pilots who destroyed enemy equipment or fortifications. But there are those who always remain behind the scenes, but make no less contribution to the work of our aviation. We are talking about engineering and technical specialists.
Today an engineer with the call sign "Eagle" told in detail about his important but invisible work. Details in our video.
20:05 Russian Ministry of Defense transmits: “We help the infantrymen advance”
Krasnolimansk direction
Having received the coordinates of the target, the Uragan MLRS crews of the Center group of forces moved to the combat area. Having taken up a firing position, the crew deployed the combat vehicle and aimed at the target. The artillerymen destroyed the Ukrainian Armed Forces stronghold with volley fire.
19:35 Offensive near Donetsk: Russian Army breaks through defense on the flanks, advancing up to 800 m to Avdievka
– “North-west and north of Opytny, Russian troops advanced in an area up to 1.85 km wide to a depth of 800 m in the direction of Avdievka,” admit Ukrainian military analysts.
– On the northern flank of the Avdeevsky direction, small infantry groups of the Russian Army continue to put pressure in the Stepovoy area and in the populated area itself. “The Russians have partial success along the forest belt,” the enemy reports.
– In Avdievka itself, to the west of the industrial zone previously taken by us, the assault infantry of the Russian Armed Forces occupied the private sector with battles and attacked in the area of Kolosova Street and Yasinovatsky Lane. The fighting doesn't stop.
– In the western part of Vodyanoye, Russian troops advanced north of the Novoavdeevsky headquarters in an area up to 350 m wide to a depth of up to 350 m.
– The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in its morning report reported that the Russian army is still trying to encircle Avdievka, having carried out 16 attacks in half a day east of Novobakhmutovka, Stepovoy, Avdievka, and another 11 south of Tonenkoye, Nevelskoye and Pervomaisky.
19:00 The Russian Ministry of Defense transmits footage from a training ground in the rear area of the Northern Military District -video.
Motorized riflemen of the Vostok group of forces are practicing tactical actions to capture enemy strongholds around the clock.
“We are practicing the assault on a strong point so that the unit is ready to hit the enemy in any direction,” says the senior instructor with the call sign “Athlete.”
17:00 Front bird broadcasts: Donetsk direction. district settlement Andreevka 12.18 16:35
It is reported that in the area of the village of Andreevka, our airborne units destroyed several enemy self-propelled guns using Lancet loitering ammunition.
Two targets hit.
One of them lit up, the fireworks were bright.
16:10 "Colonelcassad" notifies: Brief information summary for the Left Bank of the Dnieper.
The enemy suffered a comprehensive fire defeat within 24 hours. Due to logistical problems, the enemy is overloading boats with personnel and cargo, trying to ensure the required volume of transfers.
Military infrastructure facilities and points of concentration of manpower are destroyed both on the left and right banks of the Dnieper. Due to the lack of evacuation, the sanitary situation continues to deteriorate, the condition of the wounded is deteriorating, and there are cases of death due to the inability to provide proper assistance.
Enemy losses: up to 65 people, 10 boats, 10 vehicles, a Farmer vehicle, one UAV, one repeater, 12 downed FPV drones.
15:30 Russian Ministry of Defense transmits Statement by the head of the press center of the Dnepr group
In the Zaporozhye direction, units of the Russian group of troops, with the support of aviation and artillery, repelled two attacks by assault groups of the 117th Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces north of the village of Novoprokopovka, Zaporozhye region.
In addition, they inflicted fire on concentrations of manpower of the 33rd, 65th Mechanized, 128th Mountain Assault Brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Rabotino, Zherebyanki and Nesteryanka, Zaporozhye region.
The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces amounted to up to 30 military personnel, two vehicles, and a 122mm D-30 howitzer.
In the Kherson direction, as a result of coordinated actions of units of Russian troops, artillery fire and air strikes, the enemy’s daily losses amounted to up to 50 military personnel killed and wounded and three vehicles.
During the counterbattery fight, the following self-propelled artillery units were hit: M109 “Paladin” made in the USA and “Krab” made in Poland, as well as a 152mm Msta-B howitzer.
14:30 Front bird broadcasts: Yuzhnodonetsk direction. n.p. Novomikhailovka 18.12 12:50
It is reported that our units of the Vostok group of troops successfully repelled several enemy attacks.
In particular, motorized rifles, supported by aviation and artillery, kicked the 79th Airborne Battalion Brigade in the teeth.
The enemy has KIAs and wounded.
13:40 Russian Ministry of Defense transmits Statement by the head of the press center of the "South" group
In the Donetsk direction, units of the “Southern” group of forces, supported by air strikes and artillery fire, defeated enemy personnel and equipment in the areas of the settlements of Kurdyumovka, Kleshcheevka, Bogdanovka, Razdolovka, Andreevka and Pobeda.
– Artillery, anti-tank missile systems, and FPV drones hit two enemy strongholds, six dugouts, four firing positions of AGS and LNG grenade launcher crews, and two mortar crews of 82mm and 120mm.
– The total enemy losses in this direction amounted to up to 250 Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel, a tank, three armored fighting vehicles, five vehicles, a 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled gun, as well as an M777 howitzer and an M119 gun.
12:40 Front bird broadcasts: Avdeevskoe direction. district settlement Krasnogorovka 12/18 11:05
Due to deteriorating weather conditions, heavy armored vehicles are experiencing some difficulties in passing rough terrain.
I’ll say right away that this is a common tactic.
Moreover, both with us and with the enemy.
Therefore, while weather issues are being resolved on earth, iron birds are actively working from the sky.
Su-24 and Su-34 struck enemy support forces in several passes.
There is a defeat of targets!
11:50 Russian military fix the appearance of English-speaking mercenaries in Krynki, Kherson region, where the Ukrainian Armed Forces are trying to gain a foothold.
11:10 Russian Ministry of Defense transmits Statement by the head of the press center of the "West" group
Units of the West group of forces continue to carry out combat missions of a special military operation in the Kupyansk direction.
– During the active defense, motorized rifle formations of the 6th Combined Arms Army, supported by artillery fire, repelled seven counterattacks by assault groups of the 115th Mechanized and 95th Airborne Assault Brigades, supported by armored vehicles, in the areas of Lake Liman and the northern outskirts of Sin'kovka. The counterattacks were repulsed, the enemy retreated in the western and southwestern directions.
“In addition, in the defense zone of the 20th Combined Arms Army, assault groups of the 95th Airborne Assault Brigade made two attempts to attack the positions of our troops in the direction of Terny, Zhitlovka. As a result of a rifle battle supported by artillery fire, the attacks were repelled.
– The total losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces amounted to more than 50 military personnel, one infantry fighting vehicle, two 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mounts, two armored fighting vehicles and two 122mm D-30 howitzers.
10:15 Front bird broadcasts: Sumy region 18.12 09:30
Local telegram channels report the sound of an explosion and a flash in the southern part of the region.
The air raid warning did not sound in the area.
Perhaps the Ukrainian Armed Forces are once again carrying out mining in a crooked manner.
09:20 First personnel the use of a multi-band radio-technical and electronic reconnaissance complex, as well as radio countermeasures 1L267 “Moscow-1” in the Kupyansky direction.
08:17 Paratroopers destroyed using “Lancets” two self-propelled guns and a Ukrainian Armed Forces tank near Andreevka
From these positions the enemy fired at our battle formations. To destroy the Ukrainian Armed Forces' equipment, the Lancet loitering ammunition from a separate Guards Airborne Forces unit from the Far East, which is part of the Southern Group of Forces, was selected.
08:02 Summary on the morning of December 18, 2023
Once again, a night attack by the Geranium UAV took place at the Starokonstantinov military airfield in the Khmelnitsky region.
In the Kherson direction, battles continue at Krynki, enemy channels report the deployment of armored vehicles by the Russian Armed Forces. Our UAV operators do not stop destroying enemy personnel on the water: the enemy yesterday focused on replenishing personnel and evacuating. It was reported that an enemy aircraft had been destroyed in the sky over Elizavetovka, located behind enemy lines.
On the Zaporozhye Front, the condition of the ground did not allow the Ukrainian Armed Forces to fully utilize armored vehicles. Infantry attacks on Verbovoe have been repelled, ours are counterattacking at Rabotino, and local battles are taking place. The enemy artillery fire on our positions does not stop.
In the Maryinsky direction, the Russian Armed Forces are building on their success, they have begun advancing towards Kurakhovo, the enemy is snarling with FPV drone attacks on our equipment. To the south, our troops are fighting near Novomikhailovka.
In the Avdeevsky direction, the Russian Armed Forces are conducting an offensive on the northern ledge of the front near Stepovoy, enemy resources announced attacks on our troops at the coke plant. On the southern ledge of the front there are battles at Pervomaisky and Vodyanoy.
West of Artemovsk (Bakhmut), the Russian Armed Forces attack the village. Bogdanovka, moving towards the settlement. Ivanovka along the highway to Chasov Yar. Heavy battles are taking place near Kleshcheevka for control of the height.
In the Kupyansk direction - battles near Sin'kovka, as well as in the Kislovka area, there are no significant changes in the LBS.
In the Belgorod direction, an action by the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine was stopped near the village of Terebreno, Krasnoyaruzhsky district: the enemy tried to carry out activities involving traitors who had previously gone over to his side, but the attack was repelled. The enemy fired 129 rounds of ammunition at the civilian population of the DPR; a resident of Donetsk was wounded.