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Current information on the situation on the front line: January 19 (updated)
2024-01-20
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 23:48 According to the operational lines of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC for January 19, as of 23:45,additionalinformation about damage as a result of artillery attack by the Air Forces of the cities of the Republic: n.p. Gorlovka (Central City district): – st. Pushkinskaya, 58 – multi-apartment residential building.

21:58 Storm Avdievka: the Russian army knocks out the Ukrainian Armed Forces, moving forward in heavy battles

In the Avdeevsky direction, Russian troops continue assault operations in the southern part of the city, in the area of ??Pervomaisky, Stepovoye, south and southwest of the treatment facilities, in the station “Ivushka 2” and in the area of ??the station “Dubrava”.

The Russian Army is conducting successful assault operations in the Dubrava station and in the area of the 450 km railway stop in the direction of Sobornaya Street.

The advancement of the Russian Armed Forces is also recognized by various Ukrainian military analysts:

“The enemy is having success in the south of the city. I advanced near the railway in the direction of the “Royal Hunt” (marked on the map).

“At the Dubrava station, Russian troops advanced from the Vinogradniki station area in an area up to 450 m wide to a depth of 140 m.”

“The Russians had tactical successes (up to 150 meters of advance) in Pervomaisky and Stepovy.”

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported in the morning that the Russian army is seeking to encircle Avdievka, having carried out 44 attacks over the past 24 hours: 27 attacks in the areas of Novokalinovoy, Novobakhmutovka, Avdeevka and another 17 attacks near Pervomaiskoye and Nevelskoye.

21:10 Front bird broadcasts: Khar'kov region 19.01 20:30

A second explosion was reported in the eastern part of the region.
The air raid warning did not sound.

Our rocketeers performed preliminary training by using a high-precision missile against an enemy fortified area and an armed forces workshop.

20:10 APU continue chaotically “plug holes” in the defense, sending unprepared mobilized to the front line.

Captured Ukrainian soldier Igor Pecheritsa spoke about this. After forced mobilization, he served in the military registration and enlistment office for more than a year, but due to a shortage of personnel in the Ukrainian Armed Forces units, he was transferred to a repair company. However, Igor did not stay there for long.

“At one point they built us up, didn’t explain anything, and threw us into position in the middle of the night,” recalls the prisoner. “They said three days, but they stayed for eighteen days.”

When Russian units launched an assault, the mobilized Ukrainians realized the hopelessness of their situation and, wanting to save their lives, surrendered.

19:15 More than 5,600 Ukrainian military personnel lost over the past week, most of which occurred in two main directions - Donetsk and Krasnolimansk.

Here, the Ukrainian Armed Forces also lost 18 tanks, 134 units of other equipment and two launchers of the Strela-10 anti-aircraft missile system. During the same week, 94 field artillery pieces were destroyed along the entire line of combat contact, as well as two ammunition depots.

In addition, 21 Ukrainian militants chose life and surrendered, and 14 of them were in the South Donetsk direction.

18:30 Front bird broadcasts: Krivoy Rog. Explosion. 19.01 17:45

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

Our Su-34 has completed its work.

The Kh-59 cruise missile accurately hit the target.

The enemy confirms the arrival.

17:40 Front bird broadcasts: Avdeevskoe direction. district settlement Krasnogorovka 19.01 16:35

It is reported that once again the assault units of the Russian Armed Forces are smoking out the enemy from their positions.

Early in the morning we processed the identified enemy points using AGS and 82mm mortar.

16:40 Summary of Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation (for the period from January 13 to January 19, 2024) | Main:

— Russian troops repelled 15 attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Donetsk direction in a week;

— The Russian Armed Forces carried out 17 group strikes during the week, including with Kinzhal complexes, on enterprises of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine, the objects were hit;

— The Armed Forces of Ukraine lost up to 395 military personnel in the Zaporozhye direction in a week;

— Over the course of a week, the Russian Armed Forces repelled 17 attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Krasnoliman direction, the enemy lost up to 1,520 military personnel and 64 pieces of equipment;

— The Armed Forces of Ukraine lost up to 325 military personnel, three tanks, 25 artillery pieces in a week in the Kherson direction;

— Within a week, 21 Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen surrendered;

— Over the course of a week, the Russian Armed Forces improved the position along the front line in the Kupyansk direction, repulsed 25 attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces;

— More than 1,880 military personnel and 17 tanks were lost by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in a week in the Donetsk direction;

— The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 965 military personnel, two tanks, and a Strela-10 air defense missile launcher in a week in the southern Donetsk direction;

— Russian air defense shot down 274 Ukrainian drones in a week;

— The Armed Forces of Ukraine lost over 560 people, 52 pieces of equipment, two warehouses in the Kupyansk direction in a week;

— During the week, Aerospace Forces and Air Defense aviation shot down 6 Tochka-U missiles, a JDAM guided bomb, 11 Alder MLRS rounds, 62 HIMARS rounds and Uragan MLRS;

— Within a week, the Russian Armed Forces defeated three assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye direction;

— The Russian Armed Forces in the southern Donetsk direction repelled an attack near Novomikhailovka within a week and defeated the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Paraskovievka and Pavlovka in the DPR.


15:40 Front bird broadcasts: Khar'kov direction (n. Kupyansk area) 19.01 15:35

The work of cannon artillery can be heard.

In particular, a group of our Nona self-propelled guns were once again bombarded by enemy rear positions.

Aerial reconnaissance is currently identifying targets hit and potential targets for future strikes.

15:00 Russian company HiderX demonstrated capabilities of a new camouflage suit that provides protection from detection in a thermal imager.

14:40 Front bird broadcasts: Donetsk direction (DPR) 19.01 14:00

It is reported that our artillerymen once again struck with 152mm. gunfire at the location of the Ukrainian Armed Forces troops in the area of the settlement of Druzhkovka (temporary occupation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces) and Ivanovka.

In addition, our heavy self-propelled mortars were previously sent to the enemy as gifts.

13:40 Russian Ministry of Defense transmits Statement by the head of the press center of the "South" group

As a result of successful active actions by units of the “Southern” group of troops in the Donetsk direction, the village of Veseloye was liberated.

Aviation strikes, artillery fire and heavy flamethrower systems defeated the manpower and equipment of the 22nd, 42nd, 93rd Mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of Kleshcheevka and Andreevka. The enemy lost over 260 soldiers wounded and killed.

Missile forces, artillery, anti-tank missile systems, loitering ammunition and attack unmanned aerial vehicles hit a tank, two infantry fighting vehicles, 17 Ukrainian Armed Forces vehicles, two temporary deployment points for foreign mercenaries, four missile and ammunition warehouses.

During the counterbattery fight, three 155mm M777 howitzers, self-propelled guns "Palladin", 122mm 2S1 "Gvozdika" and a 122mm howitzer D-30 were destroyed.

Air defense and electronic warfare systems shot down 19 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in the areas of the settlements of Verkhnetoretskoye, Peski and Mayorsk of the Donetsk People's Republic, as well as two Tochka-U tactical missiles and a Dzheydam guided bomb.


12:40 Su-25 attack aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces inflicted attack on Ukrainian Armed Forces units in the Donetsk direction. According to the reports of the forward aircraft gunner, all of the indicated targets were hit. The flight went as usual.

12:00 Russian Ministry of Defense transmits Statement by the head of the press center of the Center group

Units of the Center group of troops continue to carry out combat missions during a special military operation in the Krasnolimansk direction.

In the area of Serebryansky forest and west of the village of Chervonaya Dibrova, units of a motorized rifle brigade, with the support of artillery crews and aviation, defeated the formations of the 63rd Mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the 5th Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine. In the area of the Torsky sector, artillery fire from a group of forces destroyed the positions of the 25th Airborne Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

During the day, enemy losses amounted to more than 220 military personnel. Six armored fighting vehicles were destroyed, including the Bradley infantry fighting vehicle. Air defense systems shot down two unmanned aerial vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the village of Kremennaya.

During the counterbattery fight, a 155mm M777 howitzer, a 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount, a 105mm M119 howitzer, an electronic warfare station and four vehicles were destroyed.


10:40 Front bird broadcasts: Yuzhnodonetsk direction 19.01 09:50

The assault units of the Russian Armed Forces carried out checks using mortars and anti-aircraft guns against shelters.

The enemy snaps back, but suffers losses.

Our armored vehicles are currently processing the area.

09:40 Criminal Kyiv 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 16 rounds;

-- n.p. Peschanivka eight rounds;

-- n.p. Alyosha 10 rounds;

-- n.p. Sagi five rounds;

-- n.p. Dnepryan seven rounds;

-- n.p. Kazachi Lagery six rounds;

-- n.p. Novaya Mayachka four rounds.

During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the village. Aleshki, n.p. Kardashinka, n.p. Krynki, n.p. Korsunka, Golaya Pristan, firing a total of 22 rounds from cannon artillery.

Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being determined.

09:20 Telegram channel «WarGonzo":

Frontline report for the morning 01/19/2024

In the Kherson-Crimean direction there are dense oncoming battles in Krynki.

In the Zaporozhye direction, the trend has not changed much over the past 24 hours. Encounter battles to the west of the village of Rabotinno and attacking actions of the Russian Armed Forces from Novoprokopovka and Verbovoy. LBS actually costs.

On the Donetsk front – the movement of the Russian Armed Forces south of Novomikhailovka. Not on the southern outskirts of the village. Russian troops also attacked at Pobeda, Georgievka and Nevelskoye. The fortified area in Avdeevka was stormed from Kamenka and in the area of the coke plant. Encounter battles in the Stepnoye area (not to be confused with the settlements of the same name in the Zaporozhye and Ugledar directions). Attack of Russian troops near Novobakhmutovka, controlled by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (a settlement of the same name to the east behind the Russian Armed Forces).

In the Artemovsky (Bakhmutsky) direction, the Russian Armed Forces carried out assault operations at the heights north-west of Kleshcheevka. No success. They also attacked from Khromovy and in the Bogdanovka area. The last of the listed settlements has a tactical advance.

In the Lugansk direction, the Russian Armed Forces carried out offensive operations near Ternov, Makeevka, Petropavlovka and Sin'kovka.

08:45 Telegram channel “Fisherman":

Chronicle of a special military operation for January 18, 2024

On the night of January 17-18, the Russian Armed Forces launched a series of massive strikes on the territory of the so-called. Ukraine. Explosions were reported in the Kharkov, Dnepropetrovsk, Nikolaev and Khmelnytsky regions. At the same time, the enemy tried to attack Russian targets in the Moscow and Leningrad regions.

In the Seversky direction, after the liberation of the village of Veseloye, the Russian Armed Forces are focused on taking control of local heights to improve the tactical situation. Meanwhile, active hostilities continued in the Belogorovka area.

In the Kherson direction, despite the critical situation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces group in Krynki, it is too early to talk about the imminent liberation of the settlement. At the moment, the RF Armed Forces are not able to gain a foothold in new positions.

08:10 21 facts of armed attacks of the UFU recorded Representative office of DPR in JCCC over the past 24 hours

Damaged:

– one residential building

– one vehicle

– two civil infrastructure facilities

VFU released in the DPR:

nine attacks in the Donetsk direction;

13 artillery attacks in the Gorlovka direction;

two artillery attacks on Yasinovatsky.

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