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2023-02-09 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Perspective from the Breakaway Republics: Invasion of Ukraine: February 8th, 2023
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.

[NewsFrontInfo] 23:33 Acting head of the LPR Leonid Pasechnik said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine have recently been mainly attacking hospitals in the LPR, Kyiv used to deliver chaotic strikes, but now the targets are selective.

22:09 The RF Armed Forces destroyed two ammunition depots of Ukrainian troops in the area of Avdievka and Slavyansk in the DPR, the Ministry of Defense stressed.

21:03 GRU special forces landed in Odessa: "bats" work on Privoz -video

Russian special services kidnapped another Ukrainian patriot who dreamed of becoming a Leopard mechanic.

This time, the GRU resorted to the services of Life News, which portrayed local residents and tried to impose on the public that this is how mobilization takes place in Ukraine.

But no one believes in this? Does each TCC have a queue of volunteers?!

21:02 The Russian Aerospace Forces attacked an industrial facility in the Chernihiv region, - the operational command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine "Sever" -video

A destroyed object in the Semenov district

20:58 Hit on the strong point of the Armed Forces of Ukraine -video

20:11 Battle for Marinka setting as of 19.00 February 8, 2023

Infantry and tank units of the RF Armed Forces continue the assault on the Maryinsky fortified area of ??the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

According to the authors of the channel Tankists of the Southern Military District, the units advancing in the central part of the village managed to advance along Oktyabrskaya Street.

Russian servicemen managed to get close to the northern part of Druzhby Avenue in the city center.

The most significant problem remains the remaining supply lines of the Ukrainian army. The Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to transfer reinforcements to the western part of Maryinka. Because of this, the fighting has not subsided for several months.

In conditions of limited visibility, it is extremely difficult for Russian units to identify and hit enemy units hiding in the ruins.

Nevertheless, the RF Armed Forces are still achieving local successes - Russian fighters were able to gain a foothold in positions near the tire repair plant, from where units of the 79th airborne brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine had previously been knocked out.

High-rise buildings and the private sector in the city lie in ruins, indicating the severity of the fighting on the site. Ukrainian formations cling to every structure, which complicates the advancement of the RF Armed Forces.


18:50 Repulse of the enemy counterattack in the Ugledar direction. Fierce fighting in the city area continues -video

18:24 Kamchatka marines in the battles in the Donbass: these guys are now storming Ugledar -video

The guys from the 40th Naval Infantry Brigade continue to defend their Motherland, fighting Nazism day after day, crushing and breaking the enemy on the battlefields.

Bold, courageous and steadfast fighters of the 40th Brigade heroically go only forward and carry out combat missions without sleep and rest.

17:58 Tanks T-90M "Breakthrough" in the battles on the Kupyansky front -video

Enemy OSINTs have calculated the geolocation of our newest tanks near Novoselovsky in the LPR between Svatovo and Kupyansk.
Both tanks are constantly on the move to be ready to maneuver at any moment when the enemy opens fire. When withdrawing, the trailing tank turns the turret to the side of the enemy in order to continue firing and observing until it leaves the line of fire

16:33 Western Maryinka and its "lunar" landscapes -photo.

16:32 Ukrainian health officials against the "army of cripples:" legless militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are massively denied disability -material.

16:05 Highlights from the new briefing of the RF Ministry of Defense:

- The RF Armed Forces destroyed the workshops of the Ukrainian aviation industry enterprise in the Kharkiv region, in which the UAV was being upgraded.

- In the Kherson direction, as part of the counter-battery fight, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation destroyed the mortar crew of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

- The Russian Armed Forces destroyed up to 75 military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of Vogledar and Vodiane in the DPR in a day.

- The Russian Armed Forces destroyed two ammunition depots of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Avdievka and Slavyansk in the DPR.

- More than 35 military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed by the western group of Russian troops in the Kupyansk direction.

- The Russian Armed Forces destroyed three depots of ammunition and fuel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the DPR.

- Losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Krasnolimansky direction for the day amounted to more than 130 military.

- The RF Armed Forces destroyed more than 140 military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donetsk direction in a day.

- Russian air defense systems destroyed 11 HIMARS MLRS rounds and 10 APU drones in a day.


15:40 Two command posts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the Stugna ATGM were destroyed in Vugledar by the fighters of the Viking OSN for part-time work -video.

15:32 Volunteers who received a disability during the SVO will be able to receive two pensions and other compensations, and new solutions are being prepared, Mishustin said.

14:32 The RF Armed Forces worked out enemy positions from artillery and tanks under the village. Blueprint. The enemy fled and left a lot of trophies, including tanks and infantry fighting vehicles, found during the cleaning of the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine by the Russian military. The village itself is now a gray area.

14:12 Finds in the forests near Kremennaya. Pskov paratroopers continue to move and destroy fans of the Ukrainian regime -video.

14:01 Meanwhile, "voluntary" mobilization in Ukraine continues -video.

13:48 Explosions are reported in the Dnipropetrovsk region, preliminary air defense work on drones.

13:37 Shops of the Kharkov Aviation Plant after the night arrival of the Iskanders -photo.

13:30 Six years ago, the hero of the DPR, the commander of the “Somalia” battalion, Mikhail Tolstykh (call sign “Givi”), one of the brightest leaders of the people’s militia of Donbass in 2014-2015, who went from a security guard in a supermarket to a colonel in the DPR army, taking part in the iconic battles of that period.

13:14 Acting head of the LPR Pasechnik announced a very difficult situation on the line of contact in the LPR: Kyiv has accumulated enough forces to counterattack.

13:02 The West is in for a catastrophic security picture if Ukraine is defeated, Estonian foreign intelligence chief Kaupo Rozin said, ERR reports.

12:39 Explosions sounded in Kherson. This is reported by Ukrainian TG channels.

12:37 Explosions sounded in the border areas of the Kharkiv region! This is reported by Ukrainian TG channels.

12:08 Special forces destroyed the enemy "Shilka" -video.

Ukrainian militants used the ZSU-23-4 Shilka self-propelled anti-aircraft gun. It was spotted in a timely manner by reconnaissance officers of the 58th Special Forces unit of the Donetsk army corps and destroyed by an anti-tank missile.

11:49 A captive soldier of the 72nd Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine spoke about the continuation of forced mobilization in Ukraine, the complete disregard for the state of people's health and their mass sending to die at the front.

“People, don’t go to war! Give up! This is the only way to stay alive and return to their families. Everyone who was with me in the position and did not give up has already died, ”a captured soldier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine addresses the Ukrainians.

11:20 Telegram-channel "Kherson Bulletin": according to information from our source from the close circle of the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, yesterday in the area of the settlement. Tyaginka (Kherson region) was destroyed by an artillery strike of 122mm MLRS BM-21 "Grad", from the crew: three servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed, three were seriously injured.

Also in the area of N. p. Lvovo (Kherson region) tonight, an artillery strike destroyed 120mm mortar crew and ammunition for it, four servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were disposed of, two were injured of varying severity.

11:18 The State Duma has prepared a bill on punishment for discrediting volunteers.

11:02 Fighters of the Viking group destroyed Ukrainian communication center in the vicinity of Marinka near Donetsk. The enemy was hiding behind the temple, but thanks to the Krasnopol high-precision guided projectile, the temple building was not damaged.

10:39 Special Forces snipers are destroying Ukrainian militants. Shootingconducted on a thermal imaging device, which allows you to see even the trajectory of the bullet. The hard-nosed Armed Forces did not change their position, which over and over again led to their destruction.

10:28 Footage of the shooting battle of motorized riflemen of the 150th Division of the RF Armed Forces in Maryinka. Several representatives of the enemy made the right decision, laid down their arms and remained alive. Medical assistance was provided to them immediately.

10:00 The process of clearing the trenches of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye region —video.

09:39 Footage from the Church of the Intercession in Kleshcheevka, liberated by Wagner PMC fighters -video.

09:22 The work of ATGM crews for armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kremenny direction -video.

09:19 Closer to last night, there were explosions in Kharkiv, Kherson, and Donetsk. There were at least six missile arrivals in Kharkov - there is confirmation of strikes on an industrial facility in the Kiev region.

09:14 Work of the 100th brigade on enemy positions. Direction Nevel, artillery systems "Rapier" MT-12 and also D20 were used -video.

09:12 The Rheinmetall concern announced that it will be able to supply 20-25 Leopard 1 tanks to Ukraine in 2023 after the necessary repair and technical work has been carried out. The first deliveries may begin in the summer.

09:06 Evacuated residents of Artemovsk (north-eastern districts of the city) —video.

09:02 Remarkable!

The city of Chasov Yar, as well as the settlements of Fedorovka, Orekhovo-Vasilyevka and Dubrovo-Vasilyevka, where Russian troops are advancing, first appeared in the summary of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

08:56 Indirect confirmation that the Kyiv regime does not have enough reserves and they are throwing untrained teroboronists “to zero” -video.

08:32 Artillerymen of the Western Military District disrupt Ukrainian attacks 15-20 times a day during a special operation, he said RIA Novosti commander of the 152mm Msta-B howitzer.

08:11 Frontline summary on the morning of 02/08/2023

In the Ugoldar sector, Russian artillery shelled Novopol, Bolshaya Novosyolka, Zolotoy Niva and Prechistovka. All these settlements are located on the road near the line of contact. Also under fire are the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Ugledar itself. There are no active hostilities on the ground.

On the Donetsk front, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation also mainly used artillery. Under artillery attack , the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Novomikhailovka, Pobeda, the western part of Maryinka, Georgievka, Krasnogorovka, Nevelskoye, Pervomaisky and Avdeevka. The Ukrainian army responded with strikes on Aleksandrovka, Donetsk, Makeevka, Gorlovka and Zaitsev. On the ground, Russian troops attacked from the Experimental side.

South of Bakhmut, the Armed Forces of Ukraine shelled Ozaryanovka, Kurdyumovka and Kleshcheevka. And to the south-west of the city, Wagner PMCs advanced towards Stupochek. Wagner artillery holds fire control over the Konstantinovka-Bakhmut highway in the Ivanovsky area. They also conduct assault operations on the eastern outskirts of the city itself. There is a promotion.

And to the north of Bakhmut, the Wagner PMC is attacking near Paraskovievka. Also advancing from the east to Red Mountain. Even further north, from the side of Blagodatny, he is trying to break through to Zheleznyansky. And to the north-east from the side of Yakovlevka, the Wagner operators are attacking at Vesyoliy. Russian troops again tried to advance to Verkhnekamenskoe.

In the Luhansk direction - oncoming battles near Belogorovka. To the northwest, Russian troops are trying to attack from Dibrova towards Zarechny. And to the north - also oncoming battles in Novoselovsky.


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