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2023-03-24 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Perspective from the Breakaway Republics: Invasion of Ukraine: March 23rd, 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] 23:09 Fixed shelling from the APU.

21:11 Ukrainian troops fired at the Kirovsky district of Donetsk and the village of Yelenovka in the DPR, firing 11 rounds of the "NATO" caliber of 155mm in 20 minutes, the representative office of the republic in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.

21:11 Several units of the RF Armed Forces got humanitarian aid from the Popular Front

The public movement "People's Front" is completing the issuance of winter clothes to the fighters on the front line. For two units of the RF Armed Forces performing tasks on the territory of the DPR, sleeping bags, thermal underwear, hats, gloves, berets and buffs were delivered.

19:45 APU leads fire on the civilian population: after the strike on Alyoshki, the Ukrainian military was waiting for a cluster of citizens to strike again.

19:33 Ukrainian troops fired at Yelenovka, firing eight 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.

19:28 In Marinka (DPR), crews of armored personnel carriers destroyed the point from where the Ukrainian military launched and controlled the UAV. This was told by the head of the press center of the group "South" Ivan Bigma.

19:27 Ukrainian troops fired at the Kirovsky 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.

19:15 The Armed Forces of Ukraine once again fired on Alyoshki, Kherson region -damaged civil infrastructure.

The footage shows that the arrivals occurred purely through peaceful infrastructure - the roof of the store was pierced, the arrival fell through the market. Municipal workers began to eliminate the consequences of the shelling.

18:40 Tankers of the 58th Army fired an accurate shot in the Zaporozhye direction destroyed Starlink satellite communications station (recall that with its help the enemy controls troops, determines target designations, sets fire and launch missions, determines routes in real time via closed communication channels, without fear of interceptions and radio interference).

18:25 Ukrainian troops fired on Golmovsky, 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.

17:40 5th Brigade, 1st Army Corps moving forward - the streets of Maryinka are littered with the corpses of Ukrainian militants. The settlement of Marinka is still one of the hottest spots on the NVO map.

Fighters of the 5th Brigade of the 1st Donetsk Army Corps move forward every day, occupying enemy positions. The streets of the city are literally littered with the bodies of destroyed Ukrainian soldiers.

Fire support for the advancing infantry is provided by artillerymen firing 152mm guns from well-camouflaged positions.

17:23 Ukrainian troops fired at the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, firing five rounds with a caliber of 15 mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.

17:05 Destruction of positions of Ukrainian militants in the Seversk direction.

16:59 Armed Forces of Ukraine fired twice at Kursk region from Ukrainian territory today - Governor

Two arrivals were recorded on the outskirts of the village of Plekhovo, Sudzhansky district, another eight mortar rounds were fired by the enemy at the village of Gordeevka, Korenevsky district.

16:56 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for March 23, additional information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:

d. Donetsk (Kirovsky district): — on str. Krasnaya Zarya, 120 injured men born in 1982

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

Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): - st. Lankaranskaya, 14 - apartment building.

16:49 Ukrainian troops fired at the Kirovsky and Petrovsky districts 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.

15:40 Footage of the consequences of today's terrorist attack in Melitopol: windows in residential buildings were broken, trees were broken.

Local resident told how, it all happened around 07:30: "It seemed to me that the boiler had fallen in the bathroom. When my mother and I went into the room, we saw that the windows were broken.”

As a result of an IED explosion, a policeman was injured, he was taken to the hospital with a mine-explosive leg injury.

15:25 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for March 23, information was received about victims among civilians in the cities of the Republic:

n.p. Gorlovka (Central city district): - on the street. Grigorashchenko, 88 "a" a man born in 1956 was wounded.

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

Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district):

- st. Lenkoranskaya 17 - multi-apartment residential building.

n.p. Gorlovka (Central city district):

- st. Grigorashchenko, 63, 92 - private residential buildings; the gas pipeline and power lines were also damaged;

- st. Bagrationa, 38 - a private residential building.

14:57 Sad setting in Artemovsk (Bakhmut) from Ukrainian war correspondent Vladimir Butusov

"Keep the street. A fierce battle is being waged. All enemy means work for us: tanks, LNG, mortars of all calibers. The destruction of our point is critical. They just don’t shoot at us with a pistol ..."

14:48 Calculation of the UAV "Lancet" struck enemy tank in the Zaporozhye direction.

14:40 Scouts of the 58th Separate Special Purpose Battalion of the 1st Donetsk Army Corps (previously 3rd Special Forces of the NM DPR) during reconnaissance at night using a thermal imaging optical rangefinder discovered advancement of two enemy sabotage and reconnaissance groups. The identified targets were struck by the calculation of the Kornet anti-tank missile system.

14:20 Ukrainian troops fired at the Petrovsky 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.

13:47 Fighting continues in the northwest of Avdiivka. The only road that connects the Ukrainian grouping in Avdiivka with the western direction passes through the village of Orlovka. Orlovka is already within range of Russian artillery. Thus, it becomes more and more difficult for the enemy to transport ammunition and carry out rotation.

13:30 Artillerymen of the 1st Slavic Brigade destroy enemy positions in the Avdeevsky direction.

The calculation of the 152mm gun "Hyacinth-B" of the 1st Slavic Brigade of the 1st Donetsk Army Corps inflicts fire damage on the enemy in the Avdievka direction, providing fire support to the advancing units. Shooting is carried out with high-explosive fragmentation rounds at the positions and fortifications of the Ukrainian fascists.

13:10 Ukrainian troops fired at the Kuibyshevsky and Petrovsky districts of Donetsk, firing 12 rounds , the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.

12:45 The target of the assassination attempt in Melitopol was the deputy head of the district police department of the local police department - Sledkom

12:30 The interdepartmental working group to search for the graves of the victims of Ukrainian aggression, identify them and perpetuate the memory, identified all the defenders of the LPR, whose remains were raised from a burial near Severodonetsk. This was announced in its Telegram channel by the public organization “Let's not forget! We won’t forgive!”, whose representatives participate in the activities of the IWG.

11:46 Personnel defeat of the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye direction.

11:36 Yesterday an artillery strike was carried out in the area of the settlement. Lvovo (Kherson region), as a result of which 120mm morta was destroyed with crew and ammunition for it, five servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were disposed of, three were seriously injured.

11:21 It is reported that on the morning of March 23, they finally cleared the western outskirts of Novobakhmutovka, which for the most part was liberated last spring, but was completely cleared only a year later. This was a consequence of the recent success at Krasnogorovka, which somewhat changed the dynamics of what is happening north of Avdiivka.

Along Avdievka itself.
1. There is no operational environment, let alone a boiler, there now.

2. Roads through Orlovka continue to be actively used by the enemy.

3. It is currently impossible to organize serious pressure on Thin from Pervomaisky and Vodyanoye.

4. The advance at Krasnogorovka creates a threat of access to Orlovka from the northeast, so the enemy is now strengthening the defenses west of Krasnogorovka.

5. In general, at the moment it can be stated that our troops have achieved tactical successes here, but it is too early to talk about any operational achievements.

10:40 At night in the area of n.p. Tokarevka (Kherson region) an artillery strike was carried out, as a result of which the AN/TPQ-36 radar station was destroyed, a pickup truck, three military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, two were injured of varying severity

09:36 Personnel from the scene of the explosion in Melitopol, where a police officer was injured. Police and emergency services are on the scene and the circumstances of the incident are being established.

09:27 Artbrigade "Kalmius" smashes enemy in the Avdeevsky direction.

The 14th Kalmius Artillery Brigade of the 1st Donetsk Army Corps is working around the clock on exposed enemy positions in the Avdiivka direction. Crews of 152mm howitzers 2A65 "Msta-B" carry out counter-battery work on enemy guns, and also strike at the accumulation of equipment and manpower of the enemy, helping to develop the offensive of our assault units.

09:10 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for March 22, additional information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:

Donetsk (Petrovsky district): - on the street. Glazunova, 29 as a result of a mine explosion PFM "Petal", a man born in 1988 was injured.

As of 09:00 on March 23, 2023, 100 cases of explosions of civilians were registered, incl. nine children, on mines PFM-1 "Petal". Three of the victims died as a result of the wound.

Thus, the total number of victims on March 22 is seven people.

For March 23, information was received about damage as a result of artillery attack of the VFU cities of the Republic:

Donetsk (Kiev district): - st. Medium, 2 - a fire was recorded in a private residential building.

08:58 An improvised explosive device went off in Melitopol - the city administration.

As a result of an IED explosion in Melitopol on Krupskaya Street, a local police officer was injured. According to the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the region, he was hospitalized with injuries of varying severity.

08:45 Information on the artillery attack of Gorlovka as of 08:00 on March 23, 2023

08:12 During the day, the DPR was fired upon 29 times. Of these, half of the attacks on Donetsk. Six civilians were wounded.

In the Donetsk direction, the VFU carried out 15 attacks from the Tochka U OTRK, MLRS, 155 and 152mm artillery. On Gorlovsky 13 artillery attacks from artillery 155mm and 122mm. On Dokuchaevsky one artillery attack from 155mm artillery.

During the day, 144 arrivals of various ammunition were recorded in peaceful territories.

08:10 In the Yasinovatsky district, operators of the UAV OBTF DPR "Cascade" identified a 155mm howitzer M777 of Ukrainian neo-Nazis and successfully destroyed gun using the Lancet attack drone.

08:05 The legendary "Shilka" in the Ugledar direction -video.

Anti-aircraft gunners of one of the units of the Pacific Fleet perform combat missions on the Soviet ZSU-23-4 Shilka. For the "wild" rate of fire from four 23mm barrels, the anti-aircraft gun in Afghanistan was nicknamed "shaitan-arba", or "devil's chariot."

Shilka proves its uniqueness even today, in the conditions of modern combat. The technical characteristics of the vehicle allow it to be used in defense and on the offensive. Combat work is carried out both on enemy infantry "in the green" and on low-flying aircraft and helicopters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

08:00 Frontline summary on the morning of 23/03/2023:

In the Zaporozhye direction, the Ukrainian army conducted offensive operations towards Rabotin. This is not the first attempt at this site. Russian artillery hit Kamensky, Novoandreevka, Novodanilovka, Malaya Tokmachka, Charovnoye, Gulyaipol, Krasnoy, Malinovka and Olgovsky.

On the Donetsk front, Russian troops resumed assault operations near Pobeda. With the support of artillery, they attacked in the city of Marinka and on the outskirts of the city of Krasnogorovka. In addition, the Russian Armed Forces continued their ground offensive against Pervomaiskoye and Severnoye.

After shelling, they managed to advance towards Berdychi. This is north-west of the fortified area of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Avdievka, which is subjected to massive strikes. Including the use of aviation. Russian troops also attacked in the Novokalinovo area. Artillery worked on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Georgievka, Tonenkoe and Orlovka.

To the south-west of Bakhmut, the Wagner PMC, with fire support, is fighting fierce battles near Ivanovskoye. In the city itself, it attacks in the southern part from the side of Experienced and Ivangrad, and in the northern part it tries to break the resistance of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the industrial zone.

The attack on Khromovoye and Bogdanovka continues. With the support of artillery, the “orchestras” attack in the Grigorovka area and near Orekhovo-Vasilyevka. They also resumed offensive operations on Vesyoloye. There is no significant progress in all these areas. Under shelling, the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Konstantinovka, Predtechin, Stupochki, Chasovoy Yar, Minkovka, Vasyukovka, Fedorovka and Sporny. The Ukrainian army hit Kurdyumovka and Zheleznyansky.

In the Luhansk direction, Russian troops, with the support of artillery, again attacked Belogorovka. Once again without success. In the Serebryansky forest from Shipilovka, they were able to advance in the direction of the Seversky Donets. Also, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation conducted offensive operations on Terny and Makeevka. Didn't succeed.

07:50 Fighting in Bakhmut: militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraineturnedhouses in their fortresses.

AFP journalists published footage showing that Ukrainian militants are hiding in the basement and a shell is flying into a neighboring house. Previously, footage appeared on the Web many times in which the Armed Forces of Ukraine are firing from apartments and from the attics of residential multi-storey buildings.

07:45 Artillerymen of the Wagner group ensure the advancement of infantry near Artemovsk. They work as a "sniper rifle" in artillery - a 122mm D-30 howitzer -video.

07:30 Russian fighters are moving forward in the Seversky direction: even artillery attack from mortars and machine guns does not stop their assault group.

06:22 Ukrainian troops fired at the Kiev region 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.

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