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Current information on the situation on the front line: January 10 (updated)
2024-01-11
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[NewsFront] 22:21 According to the operational lines of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC on January 10, as of 22:00, information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:

Donetsk (Kirovsky district):
– as a result of the release of high explosives from a UAV along the street. Prudovaya, 10, a woman born in 1972 was wounded.
n.p. Gorlovka (Kalininsky district):
- on the street. Mylynycha, 36, a man born in 1983 died.

Information has been received about damage as a result of artillery attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the cities of the Republic:

Donetsk (Kirovsky district):
– st. Adonisovaya, 73 “a” – private residential building;
– st. Volzhskaya 1 – private residential building;
– st. Volzhskaya, 4, 5 – multi-apartment residential buildings.

n.p. Gorlovka:
Nikitovsky district:
– st. Lebedeva-Kumacha, 33 – apartment building;
– st. Yasnaya, 27 – apartment building;
– st. Yasnaya, 31 – power cable damaged;
– st. Prodolnaya, 32 – the gas pipeline was damaged.

Central City district:
– st. Shchorsa, 7, 9 – private residential buildings, outbuildings were also damaged.

Information about the consequences of the artillery attack continues to arrive.

21:55 Russian Ministry of Defense transmits: “It is our duty to provide for units on the front line”

The main task of the traffic controller of the commandant battalion, Viktor Bolshakov, is to serve at posts in the Zaporozhye region. But last year, when the Ukrainian Armed Forces attempted a counter-offensive, Victor acted as the driver.

Repeatedly he had to transport ammunition, food and rotate personnel at the front line of defense of our troops in the Rabotino area. Often this had to be done in the dark under enemy fire.

“Before entering Rabotino we came under heavy fire. At my own peril and risk, I had to continue moving along the route in order to provide our units with food and ammunition,” recalls Victor. “Everyone has fear for their lives, but the guys risk just as much as we do there, on the front line.” Therefore, I believe that bringing them ammunition and providing them with everything they need is our duty, which we must fulfill even at the risk of our lives.”

21:15 Front bird broadcasts: Krivoy Rog. Updated data. Explosion. 10.01 20:30

It is reported that the explosion in Krivoy Rog was the result of the work of our tactical aviation.

The Kh-59 cruise missile accurately hit the target.

20:20 Telegram channel “Colonelcassad": This is what the crests themselves write about the walk of our DRG in the Sumy region of Ukraine:

On January 6, the Russian DRG entered the Sumy region. Our positions in Miropolsky were attacked.

The sabotage group consisted of 6 to 8 people. Covering enemy actions was carried out using 152mm artillery and 82mm mortars.

For almost 4 hours, the DRG moved between our positions and fired at them.

In this case, we can say that ours were relaxed, since there was no communication and support between the positions.

A group of special forces and soldiers from the 129th SRW Brigade were sent to eliminate the DRG. At the same time, the TRO group was blown up by its own mines (2 – 200, 3 – 300).

One of the DRG dugouts was completely destroyed; for this, an engineering team had to be called in for excavation.

The results are completely disappointing. The soldiers were blown up by their own mines, three servicemen disappeared. At one position, five bulletproof vests were found (one with traces of blood).

As a result, all last year’s panic about the DRG in the Sumy region was in vain. No conclusions have been drawn, the fighters are not prepared.

19:30 Front bird broadcasts: Krivoy Rog. Loud. 10.01 18:50

For the second time in several days, the sound of an explosion was heard in the southern part of the region.

Our ballistics from the OTRK was previously tested.

18:44 Again audible FABs in the Avdeevsky direction. Don't panic.

17:40 Captured Ukrainian serviceman called compatriots to lay down their arms and save their lives

Vasily Romanov received a summons twice, but refused to come to the military registration and enlistment office. For the third time, representatives of the military registration and enlistment office took him from the house immediately with his things.

“The preparation was very poor,” recalls the serviceman. “At the training ground, they gave out six rounds of ammunition to fire once a week.”

In the 63rd Mechanized Brigade, where Vasily ended up, no one wanted to fight. “Everyone is mobilized, everyone wants peace and wants to go home,” says the prisoner. According to him, on the front line everyone understood that Russian troops had a colossal superiority in firepower: “Your artillery began to hit, tanks, mortars. From our side there is silence.”

When Vasily realized that the only chance to save his life was to surrender, he voluntarily laid down his arms.

“There was no aggression on the part of Russian military personnel. They brought tea. Then in the evening they gave me something to eat: stew, potatoes, bread,” says the prisoner.

16:50 Telegram channel «Operational reports“: Almost half a thousand militants have lost the Armed Forces of Ukraine over the past 24 hours in total in the Donetsk and Krasnolimansk directions.

Over 170 more fell on the Yuzhno-Donetsk, and about 235 on the remaining sectors of the front. In addition, during the counter-battery fight, two American M777 systems, eight pieces of artillery equipment of post-Soviet production and two artillery ammunition depots were hit.

Group strikes also destroyed another radar station for detecting and tracking air targets P-18 and two UAV assembly shops.

15:50 Front bird broadcasts: Yuzhnodonetsk direction 10.01 15:30

In the morning, our assault units fired MLRS into fortified areas of the enemy.

Aerial reconnaissance recorded a hit in the enemy's armored base.
There was a secondary detonation.

14:00 Russian Ministry of Defense transmits statement by the head of the press center of the "South" group.

13:25 Telegram channel “Colonelcassad“: The Russian Armed Forces made further advances in the Georgievka area (west of Mar'inka), as well as in Bogdanovka (northwest of Artemovsk), where the enemy was forced to withdraw from part of the village’s territory. The Russian Armed Forces are also moving west of Artemovskoye.

12:25 Russian Ministry of Defense transmits statement by a senior officer at the Center group's press center.

11:40 Front bird broadcasts: Avdeevskoe direction. district settlement Krasnogorovka 10.01 11:00

The advancement of our units continues every day.

Only the weather makes its own adjustments.

Frost restricts the movements of infantry and armored vehicles.

Guys from the spot report the destruction of an enemy mortar crew.

10:40 Telegram channel “Colonelcassad”: What do the soldiers talk about in the rare moments of calm between combat missions? Sergeant Andrei Sanochkin, who from the first days participated in the special operation as part of the 155th Naval Infantry Brigade of the Pacific Fleet, tells the story -video.

09:40 Front bird broadcasts: Zaporozhye direction.
Verbovoe. 10.01

That night and in the morning the enemy tried to probe our positions by inflicting several artillery strikes.

The projectiles did not reach their targets.

We responded symmetrically and with twice as many rounds sent.

The enemy is currently inactive.

09:20 WarGonzo: frontline summary for the morning of 01/10/2024

In the Kherson-Crimean direction - tactical oncoming battles in Krynki. LBS has not changed radically. It is clear that both sides are seriously tired due to the intense tension.

In the Zaporozhye direction, with the support of artillery, the Russian Armed Forces attacked on the western outskirts of the village of Rabotino. Meeting battles on the approaches to Novoprokopovka and Verbovoy.

Russian long-range weapons were working on Ukrainian positions in Kamensky, Pyatikhatki, Malaya Tokmachka, Charovny, Gulyaypole, Krasny and Malinovka. The Ukrainian Armed Forces fired at the Russian Armed Forces in Zherebyanki, Rovny, Novoprokopovka, Verbovoy and Dorozhnyanka.

On the Donetsk front, Russian troops, supported by artillery, attacked on the southeastern outskirts of Novomikhailovka, in the Pobeda area, near Georgievka, Nevelskoye, Pervomaisky, Severny (a settlement west of Avdievka), from the industrial zone in the southeast and at the coke plant in the north. -east to the city itself, as well as near Novobakhmutovka, controlled by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (the settlement of the same name to the east behind the Russian Armed Forces).

LBS has not changed significantly. Ukrainian units in Stepnoe (not to be confused with the settlements of the same name in the Zaporozhye and Ugledar directions) and Berdychi are under fire. Russian ones - in Donetsk, Vodyanoye and the village of Krasnogorovka.

In the Bakhmut direction, the Russian Armed Forces attacked near Andreevka and Kleshcheevka after artillery shelling. There was also an attempt to advance at Vesely (a settlement northeast of Soledar). The Ukrainian Armed Forces are holding their positions. Ukrainian units in Bogdanovka, Grigorovka, Sporny and Verkhnekamensky are under attack. Russian ones are in Bakhmut, Yagodny and Berkhovka.


08:40 Telegram channel «Fisherman":

Chronicle of a special military operation for January 9, 2024

On the fronts of the special operation, there were no significant changes in the front line over the past 24 hours. In the area of ??the Tor ledge in the Liman direction, the Russian Armed Forces are developing an offensive towards Terny. Positional battles continue in the Sinkovka area in the Kupyansky sector.

In the Bakhmut direction, fighting is taking place on the heights near Kleshcheevka, as well as in Bogdanovka and on the approaches to Krasnoye: the main goal here is to break into the powerful defenses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, built over several years of fighting. In the Avdeevsky direction, the Russian Army is advancing in the Ocheretino area, where it was possible to expand the zone of control along the railway track.

A Ukrainian Armed Forces stronghold was taken southeast of Novomikhailovka in the Ugledar direction. The main battles are taking place in the area of the cemetery, the Sintezprodservice enterprise and the machine and tractor factory, where the enemy has erected a network of fortified areas. According to some reports, the Russian Armed Forces have advanced into the forest belt several kilometers south of Novomikhailovka, but they have not yet been able to achieve confident control over the area.

08:10 On January 9, as of 21:00, the lines of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC received information about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:

n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district):

- on the street Olenina, 22, a man died (personal details are being established);

- on the street Marshala Zhukova, 4, a woman born in 1945 was wounded.

Information has been received about damage as a result of artillery attack by the AFU in the cities of the Republic:

Donetsk (Petrovsky district):

– st. Stakhanova, 12 – multi-apartment residential building;

– st. Stepan. Shchipacheva, 14 – multi-apartment residential building.

n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district):

– Outpatient clinic No. 6 of City Hospital No. 2 on the street. Venison;

- MBUDO "Center for Children's Creativity" on the street. Venison;

– Gas station “Methane” on the street. Zhukova;

– st. Olenina, 22 – apartment building;

– st. Zhukova, 2, 4 – multi-apartment residential buildings.

Information about the consequences of the artillery attack continues to arrive.

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