[LB] Defenders repelled the largest number of enemy assaults in the Donetsk region.
by Iryna Lysohor
In the Kupian direction, the occupiers continue offensive actions in the Sinkovka, Ivanivka and Tabaivka districts of the Kharkov region. The defense forces repelled about 10 enemy assaults during the week.
In the Lyman direction, about 50 enemy assaults were repulsed in the areas of Bilogorivka of the Luhansk region and Terni, Yampolivka, Torsky, southeast of Vyimka and north of Vesely of the Donetsk region. Spokesman of the General Staff Andriy Kovalev said this on the air of the telethon.
"In the direction of Bakhmut, last week the Russian invaders carried out assaults in the Bohdanivka, Ivanovsky, Klishchiivka and Andriivka districts of the Donetsk region, where the Defense Forces repelled more than 60 enemy assaults," he said.
In the Avdiyiv direction, the occupiers carried out more than 190 assaults on the positions of our troops in the districts of Lastochkin, Severny, Tonenko, Pervomaysky, and Nevelsky of the Donetsk region.
In the Mariinsky direction, the Russians continue offensive actions in the districts of Krasnohorivka, Georgiivka, Pobyeda, and Novomykhailivka of the Donetsk region. The defenders repelled more than 160 enemy attacks.
In the direction of Novopavlivsk, the Defense Forces repelled about 10 attacks south of Zolota Niva, Prechistivka and in the Staromayorsky area.
In the Zaporozhye direction, the occupiers carried out 30 assaults on the positions of our troops west of Novopokrovka, Verbovoy, and Robotyny.
In Kherson, the enemy concentrated his main efforts on conducting defense, improving mine and explosive barriers and ways of logistical support. Continues airstrikes in the Kherson and Mykolaiv regions.
"At the same time, the Russian occupiers tried to dislodge Ukrainian units from the occupied bridgeheads on the left bank of the Dnipro River in the Kherson region, where they carried out about 40 assaults during the past week," the spokesman said.
In total, 560 combat clashes took place during the week. The enemy launched 70 rocket and more than 650 airstrikes, carried out almost 880 attacks from rocket salvo systems.
On the night of February 17, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Oleksandr Syrskyi announced the decision to withdraw from Avdiivka. The defenders retreated to prepared fortified positions. The decision was made to save the lives of the military.
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[Korrespondent] 21:18 Zelensky said in an evening video message that the situation is now “extremely difficult” on several parts of the front - where Russian troops have concentrated maximum reserves. “They are taking advantage of delays in aid to Ukraine. And these are very tangible things. There is a shortage of artillery. The need for front-line air defense and greater range of our weapons,” the president added.
21:01 The Russians promised to evacuate the defenders wounded in Avdievka from the Zenit fortified area, but they shot them, reports the 110th brigade. Due to the complete encirclement of Zenit, it was decided to contact the coordination center and organizations that are negotiating with the Russian Federation on the exchange of prisoners. The Russian side assured the coordinators that it agreed to evacuate the wounded Ukrainians and provide assistance to them, and in the future exchange them. However, the Russians did not fulfill their promises and shot the wounded.
20:19 Five more Ukrainian children were returned from the occupied territory of the Kherson region, said the head of the OVA, Alexander Prokudin.
19:00 Children's Ombudsman of the Russian Federation Maria Lvova-Belova stated that Russia returned 11 children to Ukraine: “Today we have the largest group, 11 children. Some, due to the loss of their parents, go to relatives in Ukraine, some We are returning children from the orphanage." Qatar acted as a mediator.
18:53 In the Krivoy Rog region of the Dnepropetrovsk region, an X-59 guided aircraft missile was destroyed, the Air Command of Skhid reported.
18:24 Russian pilot Maxim Kuzminov, who in the summer of 2023 hijacked a Mi-8 helicopter of the Russian Aerospace Forces and flew it to the territory of Ukraine, was found dead in Spain, Ukrainskaya Pravda reports, citing a source in the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense. It is known that he was shot.
18:05 Hungary will not block the 13th package of sanctions against Russia, because at the preparation stage “we managed to remove all points that were contrary to Hungarian interests,” Foreign Minister Peter Szijjártó said.
17:58 The Ecuadorian Foreign Ministry stated that the country will not send weapons to Ukraine: “Ecuador will not send weapons to a country that is involved in an armed international conflict.”
17:33 The US Army is forced to independently pay for the support of the Ukrainian military, since Congress has not yet passed a bill to help Ukraine, CNN reports. In particular, the US army has spent more than $430 million since October 2023 on various operations, including training Ukrainian troops, transporting equipment and transferring US troops to Europe. This bill was paid by the Army Europe and Africa Command. But without additional funding for Ukraine from the United States, the command will have to withdraw money from other projects.
16:45 Ukraine and Italy plan to sign an agreement on security guarantees in the near future - the final details of the bilateral agreement are currently being worked out, reports the Italian publication Formiche. Diplomatic sources expect the Italian agreement to be more similar to the French one than the German one.
16:21 Japan in the first months of 2024 became the largest donor of financial assistance to Ukraine - according to the results of the first quarter, the amount will be about $2.2 billion, the Ministry of Finance reported.
15:44 The EU plans to approve the transfer of income from frozen Russian assets to Ukraine in the coming days, said the head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen. "We have now initiated legal steps to ensure that the interest received from these deposits does not belong to Russia," she added.
15:32 After success in Avdievka, Russia is trying to return the territories that the Ukrainian Armed Forces liberated during counter-offensives in 2022 and 2023. We are talking about a bridgehead further outside the city, as well as Marinka, Rabotino, Kremennaya and Bakhmut. This is the most dangerous situation since the beginning of the war, writes The New York Times. More details - in the material the Russian Federation launched a wide offensive.
15:23 The White House is working to provide Ukraine with longer-range ATACMS, NBC News reports, citing sources. If Congress approves a funding bill for Ukraine, the missiles could be included in one of the first military aid packages, officials say.
15:00 Russian troops dropped explosives from a drone on an indestructibility point in one of the villages of the Novoaleksandrovsk community of the Kherson region, no people were injured. Berislav was also hit by a drone, one person was wounded, the OVA reported.
14:46 Zelensky said that he is in the Kharkov region, visited the command post of the battalion of the 14th separate mechanized brigade named after Prince Roman the Great, which defends Kupyansk. “We discussed important issues with the brigade commander, talked with the soldiers, and presented them with awards,” the president said.
14:28 According to Russian rescuers, the pilot of the downed Su-35 died in the Sea of Azov, said Nikolai Oleshchuk, commander of the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
13:54 Soldiers of the Third Assault Brigade in Avdeevka were completely surrounded for some time, but were able to get out, said deputy commander of the 3rd Special Brigade Maxim Zhorin. He also assured that there was not a single defender left on the territory of the Avdeevsky Coke Plant. “Basically, there is nothing left there except a few dilapidated basements. Almost half of all the KABs that fell on our heads in Avdievka were located on the territory of the coking plant,” Zhorin added.
13:33 In the Avdeevsky direction, the defense forces have gained a foothold on new lines of defense and are successfully repelling the enemy’s attempts to develop an offensive, said the commander of the Tavria group of troops, Alexander Tarnavsky. In the Zaporozhye direction, the Russians returned to the tactics of small assault groups with the involvement of several armored vehicles. These attempts at offensive actions are stopped, the enemy in the vicinity of Rabotino is destroyed, Tarnavsky assured.
13:14 The head of the NATO military committee, Rob Bauer, said that the West was too optimistic about the war in Ukraine in 2023, believing that “if we give the Ukrainians the ammunition and training they need, they will win.” "We have to be careful not to be too pessimistic in 2024. The very fact that Ukraine is still a sovereign state and that the Ukrainians have regained 50% of what the Russians took in 2022 is simply amazing," Bauer added.
12:35 “Governor” of the occupied Kherson region Vladimir Saldo was poisoned with ricin in August 2022, the substance was found in biomedical samples, said the head of the radiation, chemical and biological defense forces of the Russian Federation Igor Kirillov. Saldo claims that “a person from the inner circle who was recruited by the SBU” was allegedly involved in his poisoning; the poisonous substance was added to the food.
Kirillov also claims that the leader of the “LPR” Leonid Pasechnik received severe poisoning with phenolic compounds in December 2023. Before this, Pasechnik’s poisoning had not been reported.
12:07 In the new sanctions package, special attention will be paid to the issue of supplying drones to Russia, said German Foreign Minister Annalena Bärbock. According to her, the foreign ministers of the European Union countries will today discuss new sanctions, which Brussels expects to introduce by February 24.
11:59 Syrsky clarified that the enemy fighters destroyed today carried out attacks with guided bombs on the positions of Ukrainian troops.
11:48 Defense forces in the Eastern direction destroyed two more Russian aircraft - a Su-34 fighter-bomber and a Su-35S fighter, said Air Force Commander Nikolai Oleshchuk.
11:01 Public accounts write about an attack on an oil depot in occupied Makeyevka.
10:53 Ukraine has been preparing to repel Russian aggression for five months, commander of the Ukrainian Ground Forces Alexander Pavlyuk told Radio Liberty. According to him, back in the fall of 2021 he was aware of the very high probability that there would be a full-scale war. Even then, there were all signs that Ukrainian troops would meet the enemy not only from the “LPR” and “DPR”, but also from Russian territory.
“And for the month of February, we did everything possible to meet the enemy with dignity: all positions were strengthened as much as possible, all possible options of action were calculated, all reserves were moved - we conducted full-scale training at least twice, and a lot of local training was carried out.”, - said Pavlyuk.
10:36 In the Zaporozhye direction, the Defense Forces are disrupting the enemy’s offensive for the second day in a row, the Zahid operational command reported. That night, the Russians again tried to repeat the offensive and storm the Ukrainian positions, but were unsuccessful. Equipment and personnel were destroyed.
10:14 Advisor to the mayor of Mariupol Pyotr Andryushchenko reported the fall of a burning plane or aircraft-type UAV over the Primorsky district in the direction of the village. Rybatskoe. Before this, two explosions occurred. It is not yet possible to determine the exact location of the crash; the area is cordoned off.
09:49 At the Munich Security Conference, representatives of NATO member countries in private conversations discussed the need to prepare for a possible Russian attack on one of them amid doubts about the US role in protecting Europe, Bloomberg writes. Compared with the determination of previous meetings, there was uncertainty this year in Munich, one official said.
09:03 Russia is advancing in five directions at once - this is the most dangerous situation since the beginning of the war, writes The New York Times. We are talking about Avdeevsky, Maryinsky, Rabotinsky, Kremensky and Bakhmutsky directions. The Russian Federation has accumulated up to 40 thousand troops in the Mariupol area and about 110 thousand in the Kupyansk and Liman areas. Thus, Russia is trying to return the territories that the Ukrainian Armed Forces liberated during counter-offensives in 2022 and 2023.
08:42 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of February 19:
personnel - about 403,720 (+1290) people,
tanks - 6498 (+11),
armored combat vehicles - 12,232 (+34),
artillery systems - 9733 (+24),
MLRS - 986 (+2),
air defense systems - 674 (+0),
aircraft - 336 (+1),
helicopters - 325 (+0),
UAV of operational-tactical level - 7460 (+11),
cruise missiles - 1898 (+0),
ships/boats - 25 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 12,767 (+31),
special equipment - 1545 (+5).
08:15 Over the past 24 hours, 80 military clashes took place at the front, the General Staff reported in its morning report. In the Avdeevsky direction, the Defense Forces repelled five enemy attacks near Novobakhmutovka, Lastochkino and Pervomaisky, Donetsk region, in Maryinsky - 18 attacks in the Georgievka, Pobeda, Novomikhailovka areas of the Donetsk region.
In the Kupyansky direction, two attacks were repelled in the Tabaevka area of the Kharkov region; on Limansky - ten attacks near Belogorivka, Lugansk region, Ternov and southeast of Vyemka, Donetsk region; on Bakhmutsky - eight attacks near Ivanovsky, Kleshcheevka, Andreevka, Donetsk region; in Zaporozhye - ten attacks in the Rabotino area of the Zaporozhye region. In the Kherson direction, the Defense Forces hold their positions and repelled 16 assaults by Russian troops.
07:38 At night, the Defense Forces destroyed all four Shahed-type attack UAVs that Russia launched in the direction of the Kharkov region from the Belgorod region, the Air Force reported.
06:31 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reported that the Russians were able to launch offensive operations on several sectors of the front at once due to delays in Western aid to Ukraine. According to analysts, Russian troops are conducting at least three offensive operations: along the border of the Kharkov and Lugansk regions, in particular, in the direction of Kupyansk and Liman; in Avdeevka and around it; near Rabotino in the west of the Zaporozhye region. Moreover, the Russian army began its offensive in the western part of the Zaporozhye region over the past 48 hours.
ISW believes this Russian offensive could prevent Ukrainian forces from preparing personnel and equipment to resume counter-offensive operations. At the same time, Ukraine will suffer if it simply digs in and tries to defend itself until the end of 2024, as some Western states and analysts propose, ISW notes.
05:25 The Japanese-Ukrainian conference on economic development and reconstruction, which is jointly held by the governments of both countries, has started in Tokyo. As noted by the Japanese Foreign Ministry, the purpose of the event is to promote dialogue between government officials and business sectors of both countries, to explore the potential of public-private cooperation for the economic reconstruction of Ukraine.
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[Korrespondent] The Russians, according to some analysts, have already managed to assemble a 50,000-strong army in southern Ukraine.
The Russian invaders began to massively increase their forces in the Zaporozhye region. CNN reported this on Monday, February 19, citing Ukrainian and Russian sources.
It is noted that, according to some analysts, the Russians have assembled a 50,000-strong army there.
“This comes at a time when Russian troops are trying to strengthen their superiority on the eastern front after raising their flag in several parts of Avdievka, Donetsk region,” the publication adds.
Let us remind you that on the night of February 19, Russian troops attempted an offensive in the Zaporozhye direction. Ukrainian defenders repelled the assault, destroying enemy equipment and personnel.
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[Korrespondent] The Ukrainian Armed Forces revealed details of the Russian attack on the Zenit position.
Relatives identified Georgy Pavlov, Andrey Dubnitsky, Ivan Zhitnik as dead. The enemy also shot Alexander Zinchuk and Nikolai Savosik.
The names of five Ukrainian prisoners of war who were shot by the Russians are known. Information about the sixth fighter has not yet been confirmed. The 110th separate mechanized brigade named after Coronant General Mark Bezruchko reported this on February 19.
It is noted that the exit of the personnel of the 110th Brigade from Avdievka took place under conditions of continuous bombing by enemy aircraft and artillery shelling, constant attacks by FPV drones, attacks on evacuation vehicles, and shelling of evacuation routes.
“Several seriously wounded and dead soldiers could not be evacuated. The enemy developed a rapid, large-scale offensive, leaving no chance for repeated attempts. Due to the complete encirclement of the Zenit stronghold, it was decided to contact the coordination center and organizations that are negotiating with the enemy side about an exchange prisoners to provide assistance to our seriously wounded, unarmed military personnel, in accordance with the international rules of war and laws protecting prisoners of war," the statement said.
The Russians informed the coordinators of this process that they agreed to evacuate the Ukrainian wounded and provide assistance to them, and subsequently exchange them.
“Our servicemen received an order to save their lives. We learned about what happened later from enemy resources. In a video published by the enemy from the captured Zenit position, relatives identified Georgy Pavlov, Andrei Dubnitsky, Ivan Zhitnik as dead. According to our information, the enemy also shot Alexander Zinchuk and Nikolai Savosik. Information about the sixth fighter has not yet been confirmed, most likely he was from the mentioned unit,” noted the 110th Separate Mechanized Brigade.
Let us remind you that Ukrainian prosecutors have launched an investigation into the execution of prisoners by Russian war criminals in Avdiivka and Vesely.
Earlier it was reported that Russian interventionists committed another war crime: they shot two Ukrainian prisoners of war.
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[RIA] The successes of the Russian army did not go unnoticed overseas. The battles for Avdiivka were still going on, and the main US political magazine Foreign Affairs had already published an article “Why America Can’t Have Everything.” It represents a plan for the hegemon’s careful escape from hot spots - so to speak, “through the vegetable gardens, vegetable gardens, and to Kotovsky.” American political scientist Stephen Wertheim states that the United States has failed all the foreign policy tasks that it set for itself in 2021: it got bogged down in Ukraine, failed to protect its military in the Middle East, and relations with Russia and China have reached the point where a third world war is completely real. war.
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[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
In Kupyansk direction, the Zapad Group of Forces' units, aviation, and artillery repelled six attacks launched by assault groups of AFU 30th, 32nd, 60th Mechanised brigades near Sinkovka (Kharkov region) and Terni (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy losses were up to 30 servicemen, one Leopard tank, two armoured personnel carriers, and four motor vehicles.
In the course of the counterbattery warfare, one Polish-made Krab self-propelled artillery system, one 152mm 2S3 Akatsiya self-propelled artillery system, one 152mm D-20 howitzer, and one 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery systems were eliminated.
In Donetsk direction, units of the Yug Group of Forces improved the situation on the front line, and hit units of AFU 22nd, 42nd, 93rd Mechanised, 79th, 80th Air Assault brigades close to Novomikhailovka, Grigorovka, Kurdyumovka, and Kleshcheyevka (Donetsk People's Republic).
In addition, four attacks launched by assault groups of the AFU 24th Mechanised Brigade were repelled near Leninskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
Up to 275 Ukrainian troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, two motor vehicles, and one 122mm D-30 howitzer were destroyed.
In Avdeyevka direction, the Tsentr Group of Forces' units captured more favourable lines and positions, and fully liberated the coke and chemical plant.
Strikes were delivered at clusters of manpower and hardware of AFU 71st Jaeger, 23rd Mechanised, and 116th Territorial Defence brigades close to Solovyevo and Tonenkoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
Nine attacks launched by assault groups of AFU 53rd, 59th Mechanised, 3rd Assault brigades were repelled near Lastochkino and Pervomayskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy losses amounted to up to 565 Ukrainian troops killed and wounded, two armoured fighting vehicles, 23 motor vehicles, two U.S.-made M777 howitzers, and one 122mm D-30 howitzer.
In South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok Group of Forces inflicted losses on units of AFU 102nd, 128th Territorial Defence brigades close to Staromayorskoye (Donetsk People's Republic) and Chervonoye (Zaporozhye region).
One attack launched by assault groups of the AFU 58th Mechanised Brigade was repelled close to Shevchenko (Zaporozhye region).
The enemy lost up to 150 Ukrainian troops, three motor vehicles, one 152mm 2S3 Akatsiya self-propelled artillery system, one 152mm D-20 howitzer, and two Bukovel-AD electronic warfare stations.
In Kherson direction, as a result of actions of the Russian troops, the AFU lost up to 45 Ukrainian troops, four pick-up trucks, and one 152mm D-20 howitzer.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, and Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have engaged one French-made SAMP/T air defence system, as well as AFU manpower and hardware in 138 areas during the day.
Air defence systems shot down 96 unmanned aerial vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Olshana, Krakhmalnoye, Timkovka (Kharkov region), Svatovo, Kremennaya (Lugansk People's Republic), Artyomovsk, Peski, Vladimirovka (Donetsk People's Republic), Ulyanovka, Verbovoye (Zaporozhye region), Razdolnoye (Kherson region), as well as two HIMARS MLRS projectiles.
In total, 571 airplanes and 266 helicopters, 12,819 unmanned aerial vehicles, 471 air defence missile systems, 15,107 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,222 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 8,102 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 18,837 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.
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[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.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Sergey Adamov
[REGNUM] The liberation of Avdievka and the adjacent fortified areas by Russian troops became the biggest success in the Donetsk direction.
However, no less important, the withdrawal of the Ukrainian Armed Forces creates the preconditions for further Russian offensive in a number of other areas, against the backdrop of Ukrainian troops abandoning defense lines that took years to build in a matter of weeks.
A number of Western publications believe that the withdrawal from Avdievka is not the last retreat that Ukrainian troops will undertake in the foreseeable future. The New York Times, citing sources in the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, reports on an offensive in the Donetsk, Zaporozhye and Kupyansk directions, where Russian troops are developing success.
But first of all, the withdrawal from Avdievka creates threats specifically for the Donetsk group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which will now have to roll back the positions it has occupied over the years. A military expert, reserve tank forces officer Alexander Mikhailovsky, drew attention to this in a conversation with IA Regnum.
“Now a situation is being created that is known from military history textbooks. When fighting continues for a long time in one area, after which the front abruptly rolls back. The Battle of Stalingrad as an example. Now we can observe a similar situation of operational crisis in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which we need to take advantage of,” the expert notes.
The whole question is where the enemy will try to cling, and where the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine will be able to give a damn about the public indignation and withdraw the troops to new frontiers.
DIRECTIONS FOR FUTURE STRIKES
The liberation of Avdievka, first of all, creates opportunities for the complete liberation of the territory of the DPR. However, the primary task, as before, is the defeat of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Donetsk agglomeration. Even after Maryinka and Avdievka came under the control of Russian troops, another major settlement adjacent to Donetsk remains in the hands of the enemy - the city of Krasnogorovka, as well as the villages of Nevel'skoye and Pervomaiskoye.
This area is also constantly used for shelling of Donetsk, primarily the Kirov and Petrovsky districts, the most dangerous in the capital of the DPR. Therefore, the application of forces here logically follows from similar operations in the Maryinsky and Avdeevsky directions.
“As for Krasnogorovka, there is an interesting story here. To the south, our troops march from Mar'inka to Georgievka. If we manage to push the front further north, the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the city will be under threat of encirclement. And then only “stabilization measures, that is, withdrawal. This is what we should expect in the near future,” believes Alexander Mikhailovsky.
Another area where the Ukrainian Armed Forces clearly expect problems is Chasov Yar. Here, Ukrainian troops are in an extremely difficult situation after the end of the Bakhmut operation. The same can be said about the city of Seversk, located in the lowlands north of Soledar. Therefore, it would be more expedient for the Ukrainian Armed Forces to retreat from this area. The question is whether purely political considerations will prevent this step.
If you move north on the map, then the next area that begs for “stabilization measures” is a section of the territory of the DPR and the Kharkov region, bounded by the Oskol and Seversky Donets rivers, including the settlements of Krasny Liman, Svyatogorsk and part of the city of Kupyansk. For the Ukrainian army, the situation in this area is seriously complicated due to supply problems. Delivery of reinforcements and ammunition is possible across several bridges, which are constantly becoming targets for Russian air strikes.
The Ukrainians constantly organize temporary crossings, but they, in turn, can also be quickly disabled by air strikes. Therefore, a simultaneous strike on all communications can quickly deprive the Ukrainian Armed Forces group of communications with the “mainland”, and then, in fact, either cross the river or hold the defense without the support of the main forces.
On the front section south of Donetsk and further to the Dnieper, there are no similar prerequisites for the strategic retreat of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. However, Russian troops are developing tactical successes in two directions at once: in the Ugledar area and to the west near the village of Rabotino.
In the first case, we are talking about the need to knock out the enemy from a well-fortified area and the adjacent coal mines, which, moreover, are located on a hill, which makes it possible to adjust artillery fire over a wide area.
In the Rabotino area the situation is extremely unfavorable for the enemy.
We are talking about a small “intrusion” into the defense of Russian troops, that is, the formations of the Ukrainian army are de facto semi-encircled. This only “success” of the summer counter-offensive is now turning into a suitcase without a handle, which the Ukrainian Armed Forces will eventually have to abandon.
However, further Ukrainian troops will most likely take up a defensive position along the entire front line. The question is where it will end up. Western experts are extremely pessimistic.
“They don't have an established second line of defense to fall back to. Much depends on whether Russian troops will be able to continue the offensive and when they will exhaust their momentum,” said Carnegie Endowment expert Michael Kofman in a commentary to the NYT.
However, in Kyiv they say that there is a defense line, and it is even ready to receive troops.
OUTLINES OF THE “ZALUZHNY LINE”
As the United States increasingly delayed the issue of allocating military assistance, people in Kiev increasingly began to say that somewhere in the rear of the Ukrainian troops a strategic “defense line” was being prepared, which had already been nicknamed the “Zaluzhny Line” - after the name of the departed commander-in-chief APU.
Later, plans and preliminary outlines of the planned defense line appeared on the Internet. If we take them on faith, we can assume that Kyiv does not expect an offensive by Russian troops in the Zaporozhye or Kharkov direction in the foreseeable future.
At the same time, two defense centers are being built in the Donbass, around which several fortification lines are being built - Slavyansk in the north of the DPR and Krasnoarmeysk (Pokrovsk) on the border with the Dnepropetrovsk region.
Accordingly, the Ukrainian Armed Forces will try to strengthen the defense line on the approaches to these cities. In the south - along the Volchya River, to the north - on the approaches to the Slavic agglomeration. As of 2014, hundreds of thousands of people lived in Slavyansk - Kramatorsk - Druzhkovka - Konstantinovka; in fact, we are talking about several settlements and industrial zones at once, flowing into one another with short intervals. Therefore, an offensive in this sector will be difficult.
However, this is where the advantages of the Armed Forces of Ukraine end. Firstly, Ukrainian fortifications are subject to criticism even from sources absolutely loyal to Kyiv. In a number of areas, the military limited itself to stringing barbed wire without trenches or minefields.
However, this is not the biggest problem.
“Any defensive line is first of all people, secondly maneuvering artillery and only then fortifications. Simply dug lines of trenches and pillboxes are dismantled by artillery and stormed. If they still manage to catch someone with the infantry, then the shells are running out. If there are shells, they can go into defense for a long time; if not, this line will collapse,” sums up Mikhailovsky.
And it seems that the West is well aware of the problems of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Czech President Petr Pavel announced his readiness to urgently provide Ukraine with about 800 thousand artillery shells of 155 and 122 mm caliber. Germany, Denmark and a number of other European countries announced their desire to further strengthen Ukrainian artillery.
Therefore, the final answer to the question of how and where the front line will ultimately stand depends on whether Kyiv can resolve the looming operational crisis. If not, then by summer no defensive line will be able to stop the Russian offensive.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] Sweden needs to maintain a high pace of military strengthening in order to be ready for an “attack” by Russia, the kingdom’s Chief of Military Intelligence, Thomas Nilsson, said on February 19.
“Russia’s ability to carry out a military attack on Sweden is the main threat to the Swedish defense forces,” the Kingdom’s Ministry of Defense quoted him as saying.
No need to worry about the various Moslem colonists being fruitful and multiplying across the nation? Ok, then.
According to Nilsson, the Swedish authorities cannot expect that Russia's special operation in Ukraine will give Sweden additional time to prepare.
In addition, Nilsson spoke about “Chinese and Iranian threats” to Sweden.
As Regnum reported, Russian President Vladimir Putin, in an interview with American journalist Tucker Carlson published on February 9, denied statements by Western politicians that Moscow was going to attack European countries. The head of state emphasized that Russia has no territorial claims against anyone, and statements about Moscow’s plans for an attack contradict common sense.
After this conversation, Carlson agreed with Putin’s arguments. The journalist stressed that there is no evidence confirming Russia's intentions to attack anyone. He called those who talk about the Russian threat liars.
Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev said on February 2 that Moscow is not going to attack any country, which is understood by all Western politicians. At the same time, he emphasized that in case of attacks on the integrity of Russia there will be an immediate and adequate response.
#2
Given their proximity, seems a reasonable conclusion for a timorous Swedish bureaucrat, even though the actual existential threat can be found on street corners near the local Mosque!
#3
Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev said on February 2 that Moscow is not going to attack any country, which is understood by all Western politicians.
#4
"In modern jihads and secessions,
Sven, is it the British or Hessians
That worry the most
Such a courteous host?"
Said the Swede, "It's the Russians... and Chechens."
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