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2023-03-16 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Perspective from the Breakaway Republics: Invasion of Ukraine: March 15th, 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] 23:05 Soldiers of the 291st regiment of 42nd Division of the recaptured attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye direction.

21:58 Soldiers of the 291st Regiment of the 42nd Division of the 58th Army repelled an enemy attack in the Zaporozhye direction today. Three (according to other sources - four) enemy tanks were burned. Some of the militants were destroyed, the rest rolled back to their previous positions -video

20:49 Assault on Maryinka: Russian army tanks advance through the ruins, destroying the enemy -video

The Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to lose a large number of their militants in Marinka, but again and again they replace them with reserve ones in an attempt to keep the regional center near Donetsk.

20:28 Battle for Avdievka setting as of 20.00 March 15, 2023

North of Avdievka, Russian troops completely cleared Krasnogorovka. The settlement came under the control of the RF Armed Forces. At the moment, the military personnel of the Russian Army are advancing west of the village and securing themselves in the liberated areas.

Due to the loss of Krasnohorovka, Ukrainian formations have been actively transferring ammunition and essential products to Avdiivka in the past few days in case the defense is breached. In addition, 15 people from the 116th troop unit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine arrived at the front line.

To the south of Avdievka, several units of armored vehicles and assault detachments from the 53rd Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were deployed to the area of Тоnenkovo and Severny.

In the area four km northwest of Pervomaisky and 1.5 km north of the village, firing positions of 155mm M777 howitzers are equipped, and in Pervomaisky itself, at least one MLRS launcher.

Over the past day, the Armed Forces of Ukraine with the forces of 53rd Separate Mechanized Brigade and 145 and 147 separate battalions conducted reconnaissance in force, advancing from the outskirts of Severny. As a result, the Ukrainian formations managed to recapture one position, but they could not advance further than the Armed Forces of Ukraine, losing eight people wounded.

With the liberation of Krasnogorovka, the situation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Avdievka worsened, but so far it is too early to talk about the encirclement and the attack on the fortified area itself. Before that, it is necessary to create a favorable foothold by cutting the supply lines, which, among other things, run from the south from Lastochkino and Orlovka.


19:52 Ukrainian troops fired at the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, firing three rounds with a caliber of 155mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.

19:46 There is a battle under Pologi in Zaporozhye. According to the wargonzo project, the 219th Motorized Rifle Regiment is currently fighting Ukrainian troops in the Pologovsky district. It is reported about the use of armored vehicles by the enemy.

19:37 Consequences artillery attack of the Petrovsky district of Donetsk. The shell hit an apartment building, completely destroying a residential apartment.

19:10 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for March 15, additional information was received about the damage as a result of artillery attack of the Ukrainian cities of the Republic:

Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district):

— fixed damage store "Luck" on the street. Tumanyan;
- st. Tumanyan, 19 - a direct hit in an apartment building;
- st. Tumanyan, 16, 17 - apartment buildings;
- st. Stepnaya, 150 - a direct hit in a private residential building;
- st. Stepnaya, 32, 33 - private residential buildings.

18:43 The head of Nova Kakhovka said that Ukrainian DRGs are trying to penetrate the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station.

According to him, first they cross the Dnieper. And then they try to climb the hydroelectric power station. Moreover, they make their attempts very often. However, Russian fighters destroy them faster.

"Such attempts are constantly being made, it is obvious that they are stopped immediately. It’s even hard for me to understand for what purpose they are being carried out, because these groups are immediately destroyed," commented the head of Nova Kakhovka.

18:18 Soldiers of PMC "Wagner" arecolorsin the dungeons of the AZOM plant (Artemovsky non-ferrous metal processing plant).

In order to knock out units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the lower floors, assault groups have to descend to a depth of 320 m. AZOM was built in 1954. The area of the enterprise is about 1.5 square meters. km, this is more than 200 football fields.

The plant was built with an eye to work even in the event of a nuclear conflict, so the workshops are built of strong concrete blocks 3-4 m thick. There are also huge underground shelters to accommodate people and store ammunition and equipment.

The situation at the Artyomovsk plant is reminiscent of the battles for Azovstal in Mariupol, where the Russian military had to exterminate the Armed Forces of Ukraine step by step from the dungeons.

An interesting fact: it took a little more than three months to clean up the east of Artyomovsk and the plant. On December 20, Ukrainian President Zelensky visited AZOM, where he awarded medals to soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Now this complex is under the control of the Wagner PMC.

17:55 Destruction of Ukrainian T-72 tank near Avdievka with a Krasnopol projectile.

17:05 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for March 15, additional information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:

Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): - on the street. Bialystokskaya, one wounded boy born in 2015

Additional information has been received about the damage caused by the artillery attack of the Ukrainian cities of the Republic:

Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district):

- st. Novoshakhtinskaya, 13 - a direct hit in an apartment building;
- st. Tumanyan, 9 - apartment building;
- st. Lenkoranskaya, 9 - apartment building;
- st. Belostokskaya, 1, 2, 3 - private residential buildings.

17:01 Artillery of the RF Armed Forces continues to deliver fire defeat on the positions of Ukrainian nationalists in the Kremensk direction.

17:00 Battle for Artemovsk situation as of March 15, 2023

The liberation of Zaliznyansky opens the way for a simultaneous attack on the Bondarnoe-Vasyukovka line to the north from two sides: from Zaliznyansky and Krasnopolye. This will level the front line and improve the situation before a further assault on the Seversk agglomeration.

To the south, fighting continues in Orekhovo-Vasilevka, where consolidated formations of the 30th Brigade, 71st Brigade and 17th Brigade, as well as the defense forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, are involved in the defense. Ukrainian units withdrew mortar and artillery crews to Malinovka due to the approach of the front line to the Minkovsky triangle, which includes Privolye and Golubovka.

In the north-west of Artemovsk, the Wagnerites advanced a little towards Bogdanovka from the side of Dubovo-Vasilevka. In addition, separate reconnaissance and sabotage groups of Wagner PMCs are already operating between Bogdanovka and Khromovo.

Information about the release of Khromovo is not yet true. The forces of the 93rd Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine left the village in full strength due to heavy losses, however, Russian units did not enter the settlement due to the massive artillery attack of its environs by Ukrainian artillery.

In Artemovsk, the "Wagnerites" continue to clean up the territory of the "Artemovsky plant for the processing of non-ferrous metals." After the liberation of the Vostokmash building, advancement deep into the complex is noted.

In the south, the assault detachments crossed Korsunskogo Street and reached the center of the Samolet district. Fights are marked in the direction of the Bakhmut Industrial College.


16:22 Servicemen of the Russian Armed Forces in the Kremensk direction destroy manpower of the Ukrainian troops.

15:56 Ukrainian troops fired at the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, firing 16 rounds with a caliber of 155mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.

15:44 Personnel the consequences of a direct hit by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in an apartment building in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk. As a result, a teenager born in 2009 was injured, in addition, the gas pipe and the adjacent territory were damaged.

15:43 Ukrainian troops fired on Panteleymonovka, firing 8 rounds with a caliber of 155mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.

14:50 Ukrainian troops fired at the Kirovsky and Kuibyshevsky districts of Donetsk, firing two rounds with a caliber of 155mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.

14:25 Reconnaissance of the OBTF "Cascade" in the Ugledar direction made a "Double". Destroying one firing point in the house they found in one of the dachas the second. An accurate shot of the scouts mined another firing point of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

14:15 Ukrainian nationalists launched a missile attack on the center of Bryanka from the MLRS "HIMARS" -video.

14:04 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for March 15, additional information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:

n.p. Mineralskoye : - a man born in 1999 was wounded.

13:47 The main thing from the new briefing of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation:

- Losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donetsk direction were delivered to 160 military personnel per day;

- The Russian Armed Forces destroyed about 75 military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as the Acacia self-propelled guns, in a day in the Yuzhno-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions;

- Russian troops destroyed more than 235 Ukrainian soldiers in the Krasnolymansk direction during the day;

– The Russian Armed Forces destroyed three ammunition depots of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Dachnoe, Galitsinovka and Novoselovka Pervaya in the DPR;

- The Russian Armed Forces destroyed a sabotage and reconnaissance group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye region;

- Air defense systems of the Russian Federation shot down 15 MLRS HIMARS, "Alder" and 220mm BM-27 "Uragan" rounds and 7 drones of the Armed Forces of Ukraine per day;

- The RF Armed Forces destroyed up to 35 Ukrainian soldiers and a 122mm D-30 howitzer in the direction of Kherson;

– The Russian Aerospace Forces shot down a Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopter in the Zaporozhye region;

- The RF Armed Forces destroyed three radar stations of the S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the DPR.


13:35 The Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked the Petrovsky district of Donetsk. INresultartillery attack injured two people: a 12-year-old child and a woman. As civilians said, the boy is now in a state of moderate severity, he was hospitalized.

In addition, due to Ukrainian rounds in the area, two apartment buildings were partially destroyed.

13:32 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for March 15, additional information was received about the damage as a result of artillery attack of the Ukrainian cities of the Republic:

Donetsk (Petrovsky district):

- st. Sotsgorodok, 14/1 - a private residential building; direct hit in the outbuilding.

n.p. Makeevka (Sovetsky district):

- Damage was recorded to the building of the Athlone Road Enterprise on the street. Engels.

13:31 Ukrainian troops fired at the Kirovsky and Kuibyshevsky districts of Donetsk, firing five rounds with a caliber of 155mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.

13:24 PMC "Wagner" took control of Zaliznyanskoye in the DPR - Prigozhin

12:52 Consequences of artillery attack of the Petrovsky district of Donetsk by Ukrainian militants.

12:34 Ukrainian troops fired at the Kirovsky and Kuibyshevsky districts of Donetsk, firing six rounds with a caliber of 155mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.

12:14 In the Aleshkovsky district found a large cache of ammunition in the basement of an abandoned building.

The operatives confiscated and handed over to the servicemen of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation 83 mine fuses, 63 anti-tank and 23 anti-personnel mines, as well as six grenade launchers.

Measures to detect and suppress the illegal circulation of weapons and ammunition continue.

12:10 This morning, the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired at New Camps. Now this village and also Sandy were left without electricity. The utilities are already trying to restore everything.

11:56 Destroyedby Russian aviation, the bridge in Artemovsk (Bakhmut) along which the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were evacuated.

11:37 Ukrainian militants continue to use apartments of civilians as positions.

11:38 Yesterday an artillery strike was carried out in the area of the settlement. Gavrilovka (Kherson region), as a result of which 120mm was destroyed. mortar crew and ammunition for it, five servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were disposed of, three were seriously injured

11:32 Ukrainian troops fired at Shirokaya Balka, firing seven rounds with a caliber of 155mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.

11:20 Consequences of artillery attack of the city of Bryanka (LPR) by the armed formations of Ukraine

As a result of the artillery attack of N. p. Bryanka with the use of the American MLRS M142 HIMARS (the enemy fired two missiles of the M30A1 GMLRS type equipped with shrapnel) injured a civilian born in 1987, seven multi-storey residential buildings, six administrative buildings, the Bryankovchanka garment factory, the central city were damaged in the city center clinic and retail outlets.

11:08 Artemovsk. In the morning, it is reported about the successful advance of PMC "Wagner" in the industrial zone of the AZOM plant (where Vostomash was released yesterday).

There is also progress in the city from Zabakhmutka towards the city center.

South of the city is still unchanged. Fierce fighting continues at Krasny.

To the north of the city, battles are going on near Zaliznyansky (there are even reports that they have already entered - we are waiting for confirmation). Pressure is also increasing in the direction of Bogdanovka, Khromovo and Orekhovo-Vasilyevka.

The enemy continues to announce the transfer of additional forces to the Artemovsk direction - we are waiting for him to try to make his move. Missile strikes are carried out on suitable reserves in the area of Konstantinovka and Chasov Yar. Covered at least two columns.

10:47 Ukrainian troops fired at the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, firing seven rounds with a caliber of 155mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.

10:32 At night in the area of N. p. Solonchaky (Kherson region) an artillery strike was carried out on the position of one of the brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as a result of which 152mm was destroyed, howitzer 2S3 "Acacia" with a crew of 5 people and ammunition.

10:27 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for March 15, information was received about victims among civilians in the cities of the Republic:

Donetsk (Petrovsky district):

- on the street. Saltykov-Shchedrin, 20 wounded teenage boy born in 2009

- on the street. Composers, a woman born in 1963 was injured.

Information was received about damage as a result of artillery attack of the VFU cities of the Republic:

Donetsk (Petrovsky district):

- st. Composers, 28 - apartment building;
- st. Saltykova-Shchedrin, 20, 26 - multi-apartment residential buildings;

10:15 As a result of artillery attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Aleshki, a residential building was destroyed -video.

At night, the AFU militants fired 43 rounds at settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, including Aleshki, where a residential building was damaged as a result.

10:05 About 60 mines were found in Svatovo after remote mining of the city by Ukrainian armed forces. This was announced by a military expert, retired lieutenant colonel Andrei Marochko in his Telegram channel.

09:26 Ukrainian troops fired at Yasinovataya, firing eight rounds with a caliber of 152mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.

09:20 AFU fired at the peaceful infrastructure of the left bank of the Kherson region from cannon artillery - emergency services.

Ukrainian militants attacked Aleshki, Kardashynka, Krynki, Korsunka, Dnepryan and other settlements. According to emergency services, the artillery attack was carried out from cannon artillery. In total, during the day, the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired about 49 rounds at the peaceful infrastructure of the left bank of the Kherson region.

Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being specified.

09:17 Ukrainian troops fired at the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, firing four rounds with a caliber of 155mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.

09:05 Information on the artillery attack of Gorlovka as of 08:00 on March 15, 2023

08:25 Ukrainian troops fired at the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, firing five rounds with a caliber of 152mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported

08:12 In the Kremensk direction, our artillery destroys Nazis settled in the forests.

08:05 Russian missiles hit the rear of the Bakhmut group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine - explosions thundered in Kramatorsk, Slavyansk and Konstantinovka.

That night, the Russian military attacked the rear of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which, presumably, was supposed to go to Artemovsk (Bakhmut). Explosions were heard in Kramatorsk and Konstantinovka. In Slavyansk, Russian rockets flew in near the railway station, they are transmitting from the field.

08:00 Summary of the LPR Representation in the JCCC for the past day, March 14

From the side of the armed formations of Ukraine, two2 artillery attacks were recorded on the settlement. Krasny Luch and Bryanka using HIMARS MLRS (eight missiles).

As a result of the attacks:

– in n.p. Bryanka was wounded by a civilian born in 1987;
– in n.p. Krasny Luch damaged the buildings of the inactive mine dispensary named after the Izvestia newspaper and the Yubileiny children's camp.

Additional information about the victims and damage is being specified.

07:50 Frontline summary on the morning of 15.03.2023:

On the Donetsk front, units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, with the support of artillery, resumed offensive operations near Novomikhailovka. A little to the north, they seek to establish control over Pobeda. Russian artillery is working closely on the western part of Maryinka, providing a ground attack. Also, under fire escort of the RF Armed Forces, assault operations are carried out near Nevelskoye.

The same situation is in the area of Pervomaisky and Severny. Many arrivals in the fortified area of ??the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Avdiivka. Russian troops are advancing on the city itself from the south of Experienced, from the east of Yasinovataya. And to the north they attack at Kamenka. And also with fire support. Russian artillery fired on Georgievka, Krasnogorovka, Svitovo and New York. The Armed Forces of Ukraine carried out strikes on Donetsk and Horlivka.

To the south-west of Artemovsk, the Wagner PMC, supported by artillery, is conducting assault operations in the area of Ivanovsky and is successful. Wagner PMC advanced to the highway to Konstantinovka and actually went to the south-western outskirts of the city, which is subjected to massive strikes.

From the north, Wagner operators from the side of Yagodnoye are storming the industrial zone. There are fierce battles. To the north-west of Artemovsk, PMC "Wagner" is advancing on Grigorovka. With the support of artillery, he pushes back Ukrainian units from Orekhovo-Vasylivka. Attacks towards Minkovka.

After a fire defeat, it advances near Vasyukovka. The APU is artillery attack Kurdyumovka and Dubovo-Vasilyevka. Russian artillery hits Belaya Gora, Konstantinovka, Predtechin, Bondarny and Disputable. The Armed Forces of Ukraine attempted a counterattack from Verkhnekamensky to Verkhnekamenka.

In the Lugansk direction, Russian troops again tried to reach Belogorovka. The offensive was carried out from two sides: from Zolotarevka and Novodruzhesk. APU hold positions. But to the north-west of the RF Armed Forces advanced to Yampolevka. They also attacked in the Nevsky area. And with the support of artillery, they carried out offensive operations in the direction of Makeyevka.

07:40 122mm MLRS BM-21 fire of the RF Armed Forces on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kremennaya-Svatovo direction -video.

07:20 Mortarmen of the 5th Tank Brigade of the Air Defense Forces of the Russian Armed Forces shared cadres his work on enemy strongholds at the dachas of Ugledar.

07:00 Result of the arrival of a kamikaze drone at the warehouse with ammunition of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Artyomovsk direction.

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