You have commented 339 times on Rantburg.

Your Name
Your e-mail (optional)
Website (optional)
My Original Nic        Pic-a-Nic        Sorry. Comments have been closed on this article.
Bold Italic Underline Strike Bullet Blockquote Small Big Link Squish Foto Photo
Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Current information on the situation on the front line: February 19 (updated)
2024-02-20
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 23:59 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 02/19/2024 to 00:00 02/20/2024

16 facts of armed attacks by the UFU were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC over the past 24 hours.
Two civilians were reported injured.
DAMAGED:
Three residential buildings
Three civil facilities
infrastructure
Seven artillery attacks in the Donetsk direction,
Eight artillery attacks in the Gorlovka direction,
One artillery attack in the Telman direction.
A total of 54 units of various ammunition were fired.


23:10 Summary and analytics of the SVO:

Kupyanskoe direction. Once again, our tactical aviation struck with a UFAB-500M-62 in the Velikiy Burluk area. The enemy's air defense system was destroyed.

Kurakhovskoe direction. Military correspondents of the “Russian Spring” report that the assault groups managed to enter the village. Victory will gain a foothold in the northeastern part of the village.

It is reported that at this moment the assault on the village is continuing.

22:50 Russia is gathering a “huge number of troops” near the front line in the Zaporozhye region.

“The places of concentration of troops are approximately in the same places where the Ukrainian Armed Forces tried to launch a counter-offensive last summer. A force of 50,000 Russian military personnel has been assembled” - CNN, citing sources.

21:51 Telegram channel “WarGonzo":

The “Vampire” that fired at Belgorod was destroyed

Great news is coming from the Belgorod border area. There, a few days ago, operators from GROM “Kaskad” discovered a Czech MLRS “Vampire” firing at Belgorod. After detection, the multiple launch rocket system was struck using a tactical missile system.

The car remained standing where our missile overtook it. There is no exact information about the fate of the crew yet, but in any case, everyone involved in terrorist attacks against civilians in Belgorod and other Russian cities will sooner or later receive a well-deserved punishment.

21:26 Telegram channel “Fisherman":

Attack on the Kanatovo military airfield in the Kirovograd region

This afternoon, explosions were reported in the Poltava and Kirovograd regions in areas where enemy flight infrastructure is located.

– in the Poltava region, the missile was intercepted by air defense systems in the area of the settlement Chechelevo;
– in the Kirovograd region, a hit was recorded on the territory of the Kanatovo military airfield.

Coordinates: 48.5545363, 32.3665793

After analyzing the information received, it was established that the strike occurred between the stands of the MiG-29 and Su-27 fighters, on which the ADM-160 MALD launch systems were suspended and whose engines failed due to the impact of the blast wave (subsequent detonation did not occur, the damaged ammunition was removed by explosives services). The planes themselves did not receive critical damage.

The ADM-160 MALD (Miniature Air-Launched Decoy) is a missile weapon designed to create decoys and distract air defenses. At its core, it is an air-guided target capable of deceiving radars and air defense systems.

Recently, launches of ADM-160 MALD missiles by enemy fighters, which took off from the Kanatovo and Mirgorod airfields in conjunction with combat launches of other launch vehicles from other airfields/airports, have been repeatedly recorded.

After last year’s regular and relatively successful attacks on the flight infrastructure, the enemy provided cover for the facilities with electronic warfare and air defense systems, in most cases of NATO standard, due to multiple losses of equipment and ammunition, as well as as part of the preparation of the infrastructure for the use of F-16 fighters.

21:02 Front bird broadcasts: an intensive attack was carried out on Kupyansk using attack UAVs and aerial bombs. It is reported that there is a fire at the arrival site. Pre-destruction of a concentration of enemy armored vehicles.

20:26 Combat shooting of 120mm 2S9 «NONA-S» at the locations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces

Observing from the air during the day, we noticed the bustling movement of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in two houses. They did not work on them during the day in order to strike at night, when they would not wait at all.

With the onset of darkness, we carried out a full artillery preparation for firing, calculated and took into account all deviations and possible delays.

19:46 At Rabotino:

They secured their positions on the outskirts.

It's very difficult for our guys right now.

Our artillery and MLRS are actively working.

19:26 Ukrainian military personnel are being driven to slaughter: artillery battery commander told about the situation on the front line

“We are working to accumulate manpower hidden by enemy armored vehicles. Basically, we dismantle dugouts and trenches. We can work on some target, an enemy stronghold. We’ll work it out, destroy it, and a day or two later the same target comes again, that is, they constantly drive people there for slaughter, not sparing their personnel,” said the battery commander with the call sign “Spartak.”

Spartak has been at the front since the first days. He started as a combat vehicle commander and now leads a unit in the Kupyansk direction. For his courage he was awarded the Suvorov medal.

“I had to work under fire; there was heavy fire from the enemy. They completed their task, fought back, and left without losses on our part; the enemy had losses. There is nothing left of forests and plantings on their side. Only the stumps stick out. The maximum they can hide in is to dig dugouts for themselves. We’re finishing off what’s left of them,” says Spartak.

18:31 Engineers from the “Center” group of troops started to demining roads and buildings in Avdievka

“The enemy is very cunning, so we work carefully. There is still a lot of work to be done,” noted the commander of an engineering platoon with the call sign “Usman.”

Over the past 24 hours, a bridge within the city was cleared, under which there was a laying of anti-tank mines and a TNT charge with a remote fuse. Also, over 80 explosive objects and unexploded ordnance were destroyed on site using overhead charges.

17:34 Front bird broadcasts:

Zaporozhye direction

Situation at 17:00

Soldiers of the Russian Army continue the operation to cut off the “Rabotinsky ledge.” There is a slow but steady advance of our fighters to Rabotino, north of Novopokrovka and west of Verbovoy.

It can be stated that the Russian army is striking in three places. The enemy is currently resisting fiercely. But all supply routes are under our fire control. Our artillery and MLRS are many times superior to the enemy.

16:59 Z 105th Motorized Rifle Regiment NM DPR reports:

West of Berestovoy, Russian soldiers advanced more than a kilometer.

16:34 Z 105th Motorized Rifle Regiment NM DPRreports:

Novomikhailovka. Our troops continue to press the Ukrainian Armed Forces along Academician Timiryazev Street.

16:07 Telegram channel “Fisherman":

Orekhovsky section: the Russian Armed Forces are consolidating in the south of Rabotino, the situation as of February 19, 2024

Russian troops continue their attack on Rabotino.

Units of motorized rifle and paratroopers reached the southern outskirts of the village and gained a foothold on them. Now the fighting is taking place in the central part of the village.

Another attack was carried out in the west along the T-04-08 highway. The enemy disabled at least several units of equipment from the attacking armored group of the Russian Armed Forces; the outcome of the battle is still unclear.

At the same time, there is no particular place to stay in the populated area. Rabotino was completely destroyed by the fighting, so without a rapid advance to the north it will not be possible to hold the ruins for a long time without heavy losses.

15:03 Front bird reports:

Avdeevskoe direction. Further promotion. 19.02

It is reported that our attack aircraft continue to develop attack operations from the eastern flank in a northern direction.

Enemy units are retreating under pressure from the Russian Armed Forces.

14:15 Front-line soldier reports: those who came to take part in the safari as part of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are now relaxing in the vastness of Avdievka, in the form of two hundredths.

13:30 We hit the enemy defensive line with 220mm BM-27 Hurricane

Calculation of the Uragan multiple launch rocket system of the Southern Group of Forces destroyed stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Donetsk direction

13:08 Front-line soldier reports: According to Rabotino.

They established themselves on the outskirts. Very hard. There are successes, but minor ones. Everything is tightly mined. Movement is difficult

12:20 The crew of the Su-34 fighter-bomber destroyed the enemy control center in the Kupyansk direction

Crew completed bombing with high-explosive aircraft bombs with a universal planning and correction module. According to the intelligence report, the personnel, fortified positions, command post and equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were destroyed.

11:20 Front bird broadcasts:

Kharkov direction (district Kupyansk) 19.02 11:10

Our artillerymen from the 152mm 2S19 MSTA-S self-propelled guns worked against fortified enemy positions.

In addition, aerial reconnaissance is currently identifying affected targets and potential targets for future strikes.

In the morning, our Su-25 Grach attack aircraft attacked with unguided missiles.

10:52 Front bird broadcasts:

Zaporozhye direction (Rabotinsky ledge)

All night our assault groups continued to conduct active assault operations on the southern outskirts of Rabotino. The guys are entrenched. There is also an active development of movement forward to the west of Verbovoy.

Our assault operations are actively supported by the Aerospace Forces and the precise operation of heavy artillery and MLRS. Today we are waiting for developments. At these moments the operation continues.

10:26 Group of troops “Center”, developing the offensive,took under full control of the coke plant in the Avdeevsky direction.

Russian flags are hoisted on the administrative buildings of the plant.

09:46 Criminal Kyiv regimecontinuesto 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. Kazachi Lagery six rounds;

-- n.p. Novaya Kakhovka four rounds;

-- n.p. Kardashinka four rounds;

-- n.p. Novaya Mayachka three rounds;

-- n.p. Obryvka of two rounds.

During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in Novaya Kakhovka, settlement. Aleshki, n.p. Dnepryany, n.p. Korsunka, n.p. Podstepnoe, firing a total of 21 rounds from cannon artillery.

Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being determined.

09:18 Telegram channel «WarGonzo":

Frontline report for the morning 02/19/2024

– In the Zaporozhye direction, the Russian Armed Forces attacked from Novoprokopovka and Verbovoy. There is a tactical advance in both areas. Ukrainian positions in Lobkovo, Novoandreevka, Charovny, Zheleznodorozhny and Malinovka are under fire. Russian ones are in Kopany, Novoprokopovka and Verbovoy.

– In the Ugledarsky sector, the Russian Armed Forces, after artillery artillery attack, carried out offensive operations to the west of Staromayorsky. They also tried to advance in the Prechistovka area. There is evidence of their activation in LBS. Under attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Levadny, Novodarivka, Rivnopol, Zolotaya Niva, Ugledar and Vodyanoy (not to be confused with the settlement of the same name north-west of Donetsk). Ukrainian artillery worked against the Russian Armed Forces in Priyutny, Zavetny Zhelanie and Novomayorsky.

– On the Donetsk front, Russian troops, with the support of long-range weapons, carried out assault operations in Novomikhailovka. They also tried to break through the Ukrainian defenses at Pobeda. After artillery attack, they attacked in the area of Georgievka and Lastochkina.

Under attack are Ukrainian positions in Konstantinovka (not to be confused with the settlement of the same name to the southwest of Bakhmut), Paraskovyevka, the city of Krasnohorivka, Nevelskoye, Orlovka, Stepnoy (not to be confused with the settlements of the same name in the Zaporozhye and Ugledarsky directions), controlled by the Ukrainian Armed Forces Novobakhmutovka (the same name settlement east of the Russian Armed Forces) and New York. Russian ones - in Mar'inka and the village of Krasnogorovka.

– In the Artemovsky (Bakhmutsky) direction, the Russian Armed Forces carried out assault operations near Andreevka and Kleshcheevka, where reserves were transferred. After artillery artillery attack, they managed to advance to Ivanovsky from the direction of Khromovoye and actually reached the outskirts of the village. Under attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Chasovoy Yar, Bogdanovka, Vasyukovka, Razdolovka and Verkhnekamensky. Ukrainian artillery worked against the Russian Armed Forces in Bakhmut, Khromov and Yagodny.

08:49 Telegram channel «Fisherman":

Chronicle of a special military operation
for February 18, 2024

The Russian army continues to clear Avdievka: the presence of scattered enemy groups still remains in the city. At the moment, fighting is taking place on the outskirts of Lastochkino, where members of the Ukrainian Armed Forces hastily retreated.

In the Zaporozhye direction, the Russian Armed Forces on the second day of the offensive were able to enter the southern and western outskirts of Rabotino, advancing more than a kilometer in one of the sections. To the west of Verbovoy, several enemy strongholds were taken, and a counterattack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces was repulsed.

In the Krynok area in the Kherson direction, the enemy was able to carry out a partial rotation of personnel and transfer several airborne squads to a bridgehead on the left bank.

Units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine not involved in battles on the right bank of the Dnieper are being transferred to the Donetsk direction, which indicates a shortage of personnel on the front line.

08:10 Official summary Representative offices of the DPR in the JCCC:

Over the past 24 hours, the DPR representative office in the JCCC recorded 12 facts of armed attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine

Information was received about the injury of 6 civilians, including 3 children.

Damaged:

Six residential buildings,

Seven vehicles,

One civil infrastructure facility.

Shots recorded:

Nine artillery attacks in the Donetsk direction,

three artillery attacks in the Gorlovka direction.

A total of 28 units of various ammunition were fired.

Posted by:badanov

00:00