[NewsFront] 23:55 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 12/19/2023 to 00:00 12/20/2023.
Over the past 24 hours, the Representation has recorded 26 incidents of firing by the Ukrainian Federal Unitary Forces.
Information was received about the injury of 15 civilians in the Petrovsky, Kievsky, Kirovsky, Kuibyshevsky districts of Donetsk.
A total of 22 residential buildings were damaged in the Budennovsky, Kievsky, Kuibyshevsky, Petrovsky districts of Donetsk, as well as eight civil infrastructure facilities.
Districts of four settlements of the Republic were under enemy fire: Gorlovka (Tsentralno-Gorodskoy, Nikitovsky districts), Yasinovatsky district, the capital city of Donetsk (Leninsky, Budennovsky, Kievsky, Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Chervonogvardeysky district).
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out 20 attacks from MLRS and 155mm artillery, incl. with a cluster warhead, an attack UAV.
At Gorlivskoye there were five attacks from 155mm and 152mm artillery and attack UAVs.
On Yasinovatsky there was one artillery attack from 155mm artillery.
A total of 83 units of various ammunition were fired.
A previous five artillery attacks were recorded from the VFU during the day.
21:04 Calculations of The Metis-M1 anti-tank complex of the Vostok group of troops effectively destroys the enemy in the South Donetsk direction in the Northern Military District zone.
21:03 The Armed Forces of Ukraine found themselves in a difficult situation in a number of areas due to Russia’s advantage in weapons and personnel
This was stated by the commander of the Ground Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Alexander Syrsky. He added that the Ukrainian Armed Forces went on the defensive in the Kupyansky, Artemovsky and Limansky directions, in particular in the area of the village of Sin'kovka, Kharkov region.
19:25 Explosions occurred in the Kyiv-controlled city of Kherson, Ukrainian media write.
It is reported that after this, electricity was cut off in some areas of the city. An air raid alert has been declared in the Ukrainian-controlled part of the Kherson region.
18:59 Artyomovskoe (Bakhmutskoe) direction 19.12 18:30:
Comrades report the advance of our assault units as darkness sets in.
Our units are beating the enemy near the village. Khromovo and Ivanovsky.
The fighting in Kleshcheevka and Andreevka continues unabated, although their results here are not yet so noticeable.
18:35 Tankers of the Guards 41st Combined Arms Army are storming in the Avdievka area. Fire at the Armed Forces of Ukraine is carried out from all the weapons of the T-72B3 tank, including the PKT and even the NSVT "Utes" by the commander's forces.
18:05 Sumy region. Tactical aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces identifies enemy positions for high-precision strikes. The sound of an explosion was reported, writes Front Bird.
17:20 The commander of the ground forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Colonel-General Alexander Syrsky, called the situation in the Kharkov direction difficult, noting that the Russian troops have an advantage.
16:40 In the Zaporozhye direction, Russian troops advanced 700 meters between Rabotino and Verbovoye.
The Russian army is expanding the zone of control of Novomikhailovka from the south.
In the Nevelskoye area in the DPR, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are making attempts to move forward.
In the Bakhmut direction, Russian troops are advancing in different directions. To the south of the city there is progress in the forest, and ours also entered Kleshcheevka. To the north of Bakhmut, the control zone of the Bakhmut-Chasov Yar highway has been expanded.
In the Kherson direction, Russian troops recaptured previously lost positions in the Krynok area.
16:20 Consequences of artillery attack of the Kyiv region of Donetsk by Ukrainian militants -photo.
16:15 Avdeevskoe direction. From the field they report on the work of our MI-28N and KA-52 Alligator attack helicopters.
Soldiers report that our helicopters hit enemy armored vehicles with Vikhr and Product 305 guided missiles, as well as 2A42 cannons, writes Frontline Bird.
16:10 Donetsk, DPR. The Nazis fired 16 rockets at the Kyiv district of the city. The shell hit a high-rise building and a residential apartment building caught fire. The gas pipe is damaged.
15:40 Russian drones attacked Ukrainian Armed Forces facilities in the Kherson region.
According to “Come and See”, a massive drone attack on Ukrainian Armed Forces facilities is taking place in the Kherson region.
“Russian drones are in Berislav and the region,” the source said.
According to him, the attack continues. Currently, Berislav is under the control of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
15:20 As a result of the artillery attack of the Kievsky district of Donetsk, women born in 1967, 1968 and 1977, and a man born in 1932 were wounded.
During the artillery attack of the Petrovsky district, women born in 1941 and 1950 were injured, the city administration reported.
15:05 DPR (area of Chasov Yar settlement)
The front bird reports the defeat of two enemy defensive positions.
Our Mi-28N “Night Hunter” helicopters were tested. In addition, some of the enemy units hastily retreated to rear positions.
14:30 Zaporozhye direction, Rabotino village, explosion of a Ukrainian T-72 tank on a mine -video.
13:55 The Russian Armed Forces liberated territory five times larger than what was part of the DPR and LPR before the start of the North Military District - Shoigu.
13:22 Consequences of artillery attack of the Budennovsky district of Donetsk by Ukrainian militants -photo.
13:00 Calculation of the 152mm Acacia self-propelled gun destroyed enemy fire weapon in the Krasnolimansk direction
Operators of the Aistenok artillery reconnaissance complex of the Center group of troops discovered a Ukrainian Armed Forces gun, after which they transmitted its coordinates to the command post.
With a precise strike from the Akatsiya self-propelled gun, the enemy's fire weapon and artillery crew were destroyed.
12:22 The Front Bird writes about the intensification of fighting in the Kupyansky direction (near the village of Sinkovka):
Guys from the spot report an intensification of shooting battles. Our fighters suppressed an enemy firing point using a modular machine gun on an infantry fighting vehicle and used an anti-tank gun.
Fire support is also provided by army aviation and Ka-52 Alligator helicopters.
11:35 In Krynki in the Kherson direction, the guys occupied the center of the village and are moving forward. Obviously, the command decided to end the Nazi bridgehead on the left bank of the Dnieper. Our troops also entered the part of Kleshcheevka abandoned by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the DPR.
11:14 The main thing from the Russian Ministry of Defense report for December 19:
In the Kupyansky direction, eight Ukrainian attacks were repelled, in the Sin'kovka area. The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 60 people and a tank.
In the Krasnolimansk direction, five attacks were repelled, enemy losses amounted to 185 people and two infantry fighting vehicles.
In the Donetsk direction, three attacks were repelled in the Mar'inka area, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 180 people and three armored personnel carriers.
In the South Donetsk direction, one attack was repelled, the losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were up to 100 people.
In the Zaporozhye and Kherson directions, Ukrainian losses per day totaled up to 155 people.
11:00 StatementHead of the press center of the Vostok group
During the active defense in the South Donetsk direction, motorized rifle units, supported by artillery and army aviation, repelled three attacks by the 79th Air Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Novomikhailovka area.
Bomber strikes, artillery fire and heavy flamethrower systems hit the temporary deployment points and concentrations of manpower of the 79th Air Assault and 58th Motorized Infantry Brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Novomikhailovka and Urozhainy areas, and thwarted attempts to rotate militants to forward positions in the Novodonetsky and Staromayorsky areas. Total losses amounted to up to 90 military personnel, three pickup trucks and a 2S1 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled gun.
10:38 The Front Bird writes about the unsuccessful enemy attack in the Verbovoy area:
Yesterday, late in the evening, the enemy tried to conduct reconnaissance in force, consisting of one tank and two infantry fighting vehicles.
Moving along the forest belt, the enemy T-72 drove into a minefield. The tank was broken down into atoms. The tower flew up 10 meters.
10:35 Consequences of artillery attack of the Leninsky district of Donetsk by Ukrainian militants -photo.
10:20 Statement of Head of the press center of the Center group:
In the area of Serebryansky forest in the Krasnolimansky direction, the movement of personnel and equipment of the 12th Special Purpose Brigade “Azov” (a terrorist organization banned in the Russian Federation) was discovered. As a result of coordinated actions of motorized rifle units with the support of artillery from a group of troops, the enemy lost up to 220 military personnel. A tank, three armored personnel carriers, five vehicles and a 155mm self-propelled gun of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were destroyed.
09:45 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. Novie Lagerya three rounds;
-- n.p. Dnepryan four rounds;
-- n.p. Krynki 29 rounds;
-- n.p. Alyosha 10 rounds;
-- n.p. Obryvka of three rounds;
-- n.p. Podlesnoe two rounds;
-- n.p. Velikaya Lepetikha three rounds;
-- n.p. Sagi four rounds.
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the village. Novaya Kakhovka, n.p. Kakhovka, n.p. Proletarka, n.p. Korsunka, n.p. Aleshki, n.p. Dnepryany, n.p. Krynki, n.p. Golaya Pristan, firing a total of 39 rounds from cannon artillery.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being determined.
09:24 The Ukrainian Armed Forces left a number of positions on the front line of the defense line in the area of the village of Novomikhailovka in the DPR. This was announced by the adviser to the head of the DPR, Yan Gagin.
Earlier, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that they had repelled seven attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Novomikhailovka area and destroyed about a hundred personnel and several pieces of equipment.
08:16 Over the past 24 hours, Ukrainian armed forces have carried out shelling of Petrovsky, Kuibyshevsky and Kirovsky districts of Donetsk.
Ukrainian nationalists used 155mm artillery and an attack UAV on the civilian infrastructure of Donetsk.
As a result of artillery artillery attack in the Petrovsky district, the roof, glazing and outbuildings of a private residential building were damaged.
In total, one residential building was damaged by shelling, as well as one civilian infrastructure facility.
08:07 The Russian Ministry of Defense publishes personnel combat work on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Artyomovsk direction of the crews of the 82mm mortar “Tray”, the automatic mounted grenade launcher AGS-17 “Plamya” and the anti-tank grenade launcher RPG-7 200 of the separate guards motorized rifle brigade of the Northern Fleet.
08:00 Summary on the morning of December 19, 2023:
Once again, in the dark, the Geranium UAV attacked the Starokonstantinov airfield in the Khmelnytsky region. Explosions also occurred at a facility in Kremenchug, Poltava region, and in the Krivoy Rog district, Dnepropetrovsk region. The enemy reported the use of missile weapons by the Russian Armed Forces.In the Kherson direction, the enemy uses drone bombers of the Baba Yaga type, our heavy flamethrower system was destroyed, the crew died a heroic death. Enemy personnel are under constant attack from our FAB and artillery, they reported a reduction in the zone of control of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Krynki. The futility of a further operation and the mediocre waste of enemy manpower on our bank of the Dnieper are openly discussed in the Western press.
On the Zaporozhye front, the Ukrainian Armed Forces yesterday morning tried to storm our positions west of Rabotino, but were met with artillery and small arms fire. At Verbovoy, the Russian Armed Forces attacked enemy strongholds after artillery preparation and an airstrike. Mutual artillery strikes do not stop, the enemy is using cluster munitions.
The Russian Armed Forces continue to clear the suburbs of Marinka; they plan to move west. Radio interceptions indicate increasing cases of desertion of enemy soldiers, including by units up to a platoon. However, the enemy is trying to carry out counterattacks. Our troops are advancing south along the road to Novomikhailovka; from the east, this settlement is also being attacked by the Russian Army. The enemy is withdrawing units to the center of the village.
In the Avdeevsky direction, our troops are gaining a foothold on the southern outskirts of the city, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are trying to counterattack. The enemy is actively using FPV drones and artillery. Units from the Zaporozhye Front were transferred to the Avdeevsky Sack. Enemy units enter battle from the march.
West of Artemovsk (Bakhmut), the Russian Armed Forces are advancing towards Ivanovsky. Enemy analysts report the need for the Ukrainian Armed Forces to bring reserves into battle. The fighting at Kleshcheevka led to half-covering the territory of the village from the north; our troops are advancing along the heights to the north. Near Bogdanovka there are battles near the eastern and northern outskirts of the village, airborne units have established a foothold on one of them.
In the Bryansk region, the Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked the village of Sopychi, Pogarsky district. artillery attack of the Belgorod region continues. In Donetsk (DPR), the enemy fired 8 rounds in a day, there were no wounded. Such a “small” amount of ammunition used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces against the civilian population of the DPR may indicate problems with ammunition supply, or redirection of artillery fire to other targets.