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Current information on the situation on the front line: March 8 (updated)
2024-03-09
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 23:58 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 03/08/2024 to 00:00 03/09/2024.

A total of 14 facts of armed attacks by the UFU were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC over the past 24 hours.
There were no reports of civilian casualties

DAMAGED:
3 residential buildings.

A total of 11 artillery attacks in the Donetsk direction.
Three artillery attacks in the Gorlovka direction.
A total of 35 units of various ammunition were fired.

19:36 Russian military for the first time applied during the SVO, a previously unknown aircraft gliding munition with a warhead weighing 250 kg.

18:40 Productive shot a sniper from the 143rd Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 127th Motorized Rifle Division against the enemy on the front line.

17:48 In the Sumy region, Russian “Iksovods” destroyed a mobile three-coordinate radar station 36D6 (ST-68UM) of the Ukrainian Armed Forces -video.

17:35 On the night of March 8, near Odessa there was destroyed space and radio reconnaissance complex "Ovidiopol-2".

The complex went to Ukraine after the collapse of the USSR. The Ukrainian Armed Forces used it for electronic reconnaissance and interception of information transmitted via satellite communication channels.

In 2020, Ukrainian media reported that representatives of NATO intelligence structures gained access to the Ovidiopol-2 facility, located near the village of Akkarzha in the Odessa region.

16:54 The second recorded fact of the defeat of the 155mm Swedish wheeled self-propelled gun Archer of the Ukrainian Armed Forces by Lancet loitering ammunition -video.

15:49 Situation in the South Donetsk direction:

In the Ugledar direction, artillery fire thwarted an attempt to transport supplies to enemy positions. A truck was hit and destroyed. Two support towers and a Ukrainian Armed Forces firing point were also destroyed. In the area of the village Vladimirovka, our guys did not allow the Ukrainian Armed Forces to carry out a rotation. Three strong points were suppressed - the observation post, the firing point and the crew of the large-caliber point were destroyed.

In addition, an attempt to strengthen the enemy’s positions in the forest belt north of the settlement was thwarted. Shevchenko. Artillery suppressed five strong points in the forest belts of the populated area, and the firing point was destroyed. Bomber aircraft struck enemy positions in the area of the settlement.

Novoukrainka, targets hit. UAV operators of the 40th Naval Infantry Brigade destroyed an ammunition depot of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. In the area of the village The enemy concentration was hit by artillery. The enemy's temporary deployment point (TDP) was destroyed, three strongholds were suppressed, and a dugout was destroyed.

In the Vrem'evsky direction, units of the Vostok group destroyed an engineering group; the enemy lost one piece of engineering equipment (an excavator). Our heroes stopped five attempts to rotate personnel in strong points in forest belts to the west of the settlement. Staromayorskoe and north-west of the settlement. Sheltered. Also, a total of five PVDs were destroyed, six support towers and two dugouts were suppressed. In the east of Staromayorskoe, three air-propelled intruders and an APU cluster were destroyed.

In the Polozhsk direction, as a result of systematic artillery fire, three concentrations of manpower and equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were hit. On the northeastern outskirts of the village. Gulyaypole, south of the village. Zalizlichnoe and Komsomolskoye - two PVDs were destroyed. Twelve strong points in forest belts southeast of the settlement were suppressed. Gulyaypole, to the west and east of the village. Dorozhnyanka, north of Zagornoye, southeast of Charivnoye and north of Lugovskoye, a dugout was destroyed, two cracks were blocked.

14:42 The main thing from the new briefing of the Russian Ministry of Defense:

Within a week, the Russian Armed Forces in the Donetsk direction occupied more advantageous positions, repulsed eight counterattacks of the Ukrainian army, the enemy lost almost 2,000 people, 103 pieces of equipment, 10 field warehouses;

Over the course of a week, the Russian Armed Forces improved the position along the front line in the Kupyansk direction and repelled 24 counterattacks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the enemy lost more than 540 people;

Aviation and air defense systems shot down a MiG-29 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force, five Storm Shadow missiles and a Patriot air defense missile within a week;

Over the course of a week, the Russian Armed Forces improved the situation along the front line in the South Donetsk direction, the enemy lost up to 1,620 troops;

Within a week, the Russian Armed Forces took more advantageous positions in the Kherson direction and repelled two attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces; the enemy lost more than 295 troops;

The Russian Armed Forces in the Avdeevsky direction continue to occupy more advantageous positions; in a week, 65 counterattacks of Ukrainian Armed Forces assault groups were repelled;

In a week, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost seven tanks in the Avdeevsky direction, of which two Abrams and more than 2,860 military;

Within a week, 24 Ukrainian soldiers surrendered.

14:30 An MLRS strike is launched at Ukrainian Armed Forces facilities in the Kharkov region.

13:50 Don't stop war reports from the Kremennaya area:

Turns - our troops are making progress in their advance.

13:24 An explosion occurred in Kyiv-controlled Kherson - Ukrainian Channel 24.

12:49 Avdeevskoe direction. After a series of failures and heavy losses, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are transferring from five to seven fresh brigades to this area, among whose personnel there are a large number of foreign mercenaries.

The main goal is to prevent further collapse of the defense line west of Orlovka and Berdychi, as well as in the Ocheretino area.

12:05 Statement of senior officer of the press center of the "South" group:

Units of the “Southern” group of forces, supported by air strikes and artillery fire, improved the situation along the front line, defeated formations of the 24th, 28th, 33rd Mechanized, 79th, 92nd Air Assault brigades in the areas of Ozaryanovka, Kurdyumovka, Georgievka and Victory. They repelled an attack by the assault group of the 31st Mechanized Brigade in the Novomikhailovka area.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 200 military personnel. Three tanks, two infantry fighting vehicles, five cars, and four ammunition depots were hit.

During the counter-battery fight, a 152mm 2A65 Msta-B howitzer and a 152mm D-20 gun were destroyed.

Air defense systems shot down 32 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in the areas of the settlements of Krasnoye, Peski, Pervomaiskoye, Shevchenko and Petrovskoye of the Donetsk People's Republic, as well as six MLRS "Haymars" rockets and an AASM "Hammer" guided aerial bomb.

11:51 Explosions in the Sumy region.

11:19 Ukrainian Telegram channels report explosions in the Kharkov region

10:52 Frontline summary on the morning of 03/08/2024:

On the Zaporozhye Front, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are transferring reserves to Rabotino in order to dislodge Russian troops from their occupied positions in the populated area, with a possible further counterattack along the Rabotino-Novoprokopovka-Verbovoe line. Fighting continues in the village itself. Artillery is active on both sides. LBS has not changed significantly.

On the Donetsk Front, the Russian Armed Forces continue successful assault operations in Novomikhailovka. In addition to advancements in the village itself. from the southeast, Russian troops attacked the Ukrainian garrison on the southwestern outskirts of the village. On the southwestern side of the village.

Victory is oncoming battles. In Georgievka, the Russian Armed Forces are trying to build on yesterday’s success on both sides of the reservoir. In Krasnogorovka, with the support of long-range weapons, the Russian Armed Forces continue to advance from the southern side of the city. In the Nevelskoye area there are oncoming battles. As a result of the assault operations, Russian troops managed to advance from the north-eastern side of the village.

Pervomayskoe. In Orlovka, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are putting up fierce resistance, clinging to the western outskirts located on the heights, which allows them to actively fire on Russian troops from long-range weapons. Ukrainian reserves also continue to arrive here. The situation is similar in the Semyonovka and Berdychi areas, where fierce oncoming battles continue.

In the Bakhmut direction, the Russian Armed Forces, with the support of long-range weapons, continue to advance in the area of ??Kleshcheevka and Bogdanovka. LBS remains unchanged. Fighting continues in Ivanovskoye (Krasnoe). The Russian Armed Forces are advancing from the eastern and southeastern directions, trying to dislodge the Ukrainian Armed Forces from the western side of the settlement.

On the Lugansk front, Russian troops, with the support of artillery, continue assault operations near Yampolevka and Ternov, trying to break through to these settlements. LBS has not changed significantly
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10:15 Ukrainian authorities reported “arrivals” in the occupied Ukrainian Armed Forces of Kherson.

09:50 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. Dnepryan three rounds;

-- n.p. Kakhovka five rounds;

-- village of Kazachi Lagery five rounds;

-- Sagi settlement two rounds;

-- n.p. Kairos four rounds.

During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the village. Dnepryany, n.p. Peschanivka, n.p. Novaya Mayachka, n.p. Sagi, firing a total of 18 cannon artillery rounds.

Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being determined.

09:17 Summary as of the morning of March 8 from military correspondent Evgeny Lisitsyn

Zaporozhye direction:

In the Orekhovsky sector, fighting in the Rabotino area. Our forces are advancing northwest of Verbovoye.

Svatovo-Kremennoe direction:

The advance of the Russian Armed Forces in the area of the settlement of Sinkovka was recorded. The situation in Ternov and Yampolovka remains unchanged - fighting continues.

Donetsk direction:

The Ukrainian Armed Forces carried out a counterattack in the Berdychi area. At the same time, there are battles in Orlovka, Tonenkoye and Pervomaisky. Our troops made progress in the southwestern part of Novomikhailovka.

Artemovsk direction:

The Russian Armed Forces continue their offensive in the area of the settlement. Bogdanovka. Advancement of our forces in the area of Krasnoe and Kleshcheevka was noticed.

08:17 Military investigators of the Russian Investigative Committee recorded the next crimes committed by the Ukrainian Armed Forces against the civilian population of the DPR.

As a result of artillery attack with the use of MLRS, the settlement Yelenovka, a woman was wounded among the civilian population.

During the day, Ukrainian militants shelled the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, as well as the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka. artillery attack of DPR areas was carried out using 155mm caliber artillery, including cluster warheads. In the Kalininsky district of Gorlovka, the enemy carried out a kamikaze UAV attack.

In total, six residential buildings and three cars were damaged by DPR shelling.

08:02 The crew of the reconnaissance UAV "Zala" defeated two artillery installations and an enemy radar on the right bank of the Dnieper

While flying over territory controlled by Ukrainian Armed Forces units, the UAV operator detected several targets, the coordinates of which were immediately transmitted to the command post.

The crew of the reconnaissance drone skillfully corrected the approach of the Lancets and recorded the defeat of two artillery installations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the forest plantation. An enemy radar station was hit in a similar way.

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