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Perspective from the Breakaway Republics: Invasion of Ukraine: June 16th, 2022
2022-06-17
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFrontInfo] 21:11 No explosions have been heard from the Red Beam site for about 10 minutes. Silence has fallen in the city. Now experts will have to assess the extent of the destruction and the consequences of the strike on the city.

20:55 The situation in the Red Luch. The sounds of explosions continue to be heard from the impact area around the city, but their intensity has noticeably decreased. For obvious reasons, we do not even name the approximate place of arrival. The sound of the sirens of emergency vehicles is heard in the city. Residents of the districts adjacent to the scene are hiding in basements.

20:55 Arrival to Krasny Luch. Residents from the rear city of the LPR report that the sounds of explosions have been heard in the city for about half an hour.

19:35 In the area of ​​​​Druzhkovka (a suburb of Kramatorsk), the activity of Ukrainian air defense is again recorded

19:00 According to the official representative of the NM DPR, according to the situation as of 19.00 on 16.06.2022

Since the beginning of the current day, according to information from the DPR JCCC, the enemy has fired more than 200 shells from the Uragan and BM-21 Grad multiple launch rocket systems, 155mm, 152mm and 122mm cannon artillery, as well as 120mm, 82mm and 60mm mortars.

The fire was fired at the districts of fourteen settlements of the Republic. As a result of the shelling, one civilian was killed and six were injured. Seventeen residential buildings and seven civilian infrastructure facilities and three vehicles were damaged. Information about injured civilians and damage to infrastructure is being specified.

Materials on the facts of the destruction of civilian facilities will be transferred to the General Prosecutor's Office of the DPR for inclusion in the criminal cases initiated against the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Over the current day, the joint actions of the military personnel of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation destroyed the following enemy weapons and military equipment: two M-777 howitzers, two BM-21 Grad MLRS, two trucks and more than thirty personnel. Three enemy firing points were suppressed in the area of ​​the settlement. Avdievka.

We regret to inform you that four defenders of the Donetsk People's Republic died and fifteen were injured during the day in the struggle for independence in the performance of military duty.

We express our sincere condolences to the families and friends of the victims.

18:59 LPR, Krasny Luch —arrivals to the warehouses of the plant Red Luch

18:55 The center of Donetsk was attacked by Ukrainian security forces, there are victims, the mayor of the city Oleksiy Kulemzin said.

18:40 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:

— n.p. Avdiivka - n.p. Yasinovataya: three shells of 122mm caliber were fired.

18:35 The Ministry of Emergency Situations of Abkhazia will assist in the restoration of the fire station in the liberated Rubizhny. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the LPR.

Minister for Emergency Situations of the Republic of Abkhazia Lev Kvitsinia and Deputy Minister for Emergency Response of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the LPR Vitaly Dubrovsky visited the fire and rescue unit during their working trip to Rubizhnoye.

"Lev Konstantinovich, after talking with the personnel, assured that in the very near future, the rescuers of Abkhazia would provide assistance and provide comprehensive assistance to restore a combat-ready unit," the message says.

18:14 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:

— n.p. Avdievka - n.p. Yasinovataya: five missiles were fired from the BM-21 Grad MLRS.

18:11 As a result of the shelling in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk, the number of wounded increased to seven people, including a teenager born in 2006. Additional information was received through the operational line of the JCCC DPR about two civilians injured as a result of the shelling of the AFU of the Kirovsky district of Donetsk:

- guy - teenager born in 2006
- a man whose year of birth is being established.

Information about the consequences of shelling continues to arrive.

18:08 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:

— n.p. Leninskoye - n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district): seven mines fired with 82mm caliber.

18:06 A turning point has come in the battle for Donbass, the forces of the DPR have gained a military advantage, and measures will be taken in the very near future to prevent the enemy from shelling the Donbass. Pushilin

18:00 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:

— n.p. Novgorodskoye - n.p. Panteleymonovka: 10 122mm shells were fired.
— n.p. Nelepovka - n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district): eight shells of 122mm caliber were fired.

17:45 It is planned to introduce a regime of a special economic zone throughout the territory of the DPR, the chairman of the government of the republic said.

17:38 Officers of the Representative Office of the LPR in the JCCC and the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federationthe consequences of the shelling on June 15, 2022 were fixed. armed formations of Ukraine in the city of Stakhanov using the Tochka-U tactical missile system.

17:15 The head of the administration of Donetsk, Aleksey Kulemzin, reports: As a result of the shelling of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Voroshilovsky district of the city, the driver of a water carrier, born in 1961, received shrapnel wounds to his eyes.

The man was hospitalized at the Republican Trauma Center. In the house at the address: st. Oktyabrskaya, 6, the fence and glazing of windows were damaged. Glazing of six windows was damaged in the administrative building at the address: Artem, 2b.

16:56 Head of the LPR Leonid Pasechnik posthumously awarded servicemen of the People's Militia of the Republic from Kirovsk. This was reported by the department of internal policy of the city administration.

16:54 The Ukrainian military shot a colleague who tried to surrender on Azot, a LNR fighter told RIA Novosti

16:54 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:

— n.p. Codema - n.p. Golmovsky: nine shells of 152mm caliber were fired.

16:53 AFU fired at the Voroshilovsky district of Donetsk. As a result of shelling on the street Lagutenko wounded a man. A garment factory in the center of Donetsk suffered from shelling.

16:44 Ukrainian militants again attacked Donetsk. Ukrainian militants fired at the Kirovsky district of the city, several cluster munitions of the Uragan MLRS were fired at it. As a result of the shelling, a local resident was injured, roads and buildings were damaged.

16:44 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the following directions:

— n.p. Novgorodskoye - n.p. Panteleymonovka: 10 122mm shells were fired;
— n.p. Novgorodskoye - n.p. Panteleymonovka: 12 122mm shells were fired.

16:31 Effects of shelling of the shopping center "Tochka-U" of the city of Stakhanov by the armed formations of Ukraine

16:28 Shelling from the side of the VFU was recorded in the following directions:

— n.p. Novoluganskoye - n.p. Gorlovka (Kalinin district): four mines of 82mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Codema - n.p. Gorlovka (Kalinin district): nine shells of 152mm caliber were fired.

16:08 Kremennaya in the LPR was fired from Grads.
-- n.p. Seversk Flint with the use of MLRS BM-21 (20 shells).

16:08 The Russian Armed Forces came close to the Bakhmut-Lysichansk highway, according to Ukrainian propagandist Butusov.

15:56 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:

— n.p. Peski - Donetsk (Voroshilovsky district): two shells of 155mm caliber were fired.

15:20 From the side of the armed formations of Ukraine shelling was recorded:

--from the direction of the settlement. Seversk Flint with the use of MLRS BM-21 (20 shells). Representation of the LPR in the JCCC.

15:14 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:

— n.p. Avdievka - n.p. Yasinovataya: 20 missiles were fired from the BM-21 Grad MLRS.

15:12 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:

— n.p. Novgorodskoye - n.p. Troitskoye: fired 10 mines in 60mm caliber.

14:58 A Russian flag has been erected on the Severodonetsk stele at the entrance to the city. At the moment, Ukrainian troops control only the industrial zone of the Azot plant, where they hold civilians as a "human shields."

14:57 And this Stakhanov. Three of the biggest shellings in two weeks, four dead children, including two unborn babies. 11 adults, dozens of injured, infrastructure destroyed, apartment buildings and private houses. The Armed Forces of Ukraine are hitting Stakhanov in a way that they didn’t shoot in 2014.

14:56 VFU subjected to shelling from MLRS BM - 21 "Grad" the village of Kondratievsky, in the Kalininsky district of Gorlovka.

As a result of an enemy attack, houses along the streets Stringnaya, 2, Keramikovaya, 19, 20, 21, Electronic, 2b were damaged to varying degrees, a power line between Stasovaya and Pulkovskaya streets was damaged, a gas pipeline along Gashek Street was damaged.

According to the residents of the village of Kondratievsky, most of the enemy shells exploded in the forest belt behind the street. Keramikova. We find out the details. I.Prikhodko

14:50 Yasinovataya lives under permanent shelling of the VFU. The consequences of today's shelling. A woman died. The shelling continues.

14:15 Consequences of the evening shelling of Stakhanov by Ukrainian armed formations from Uragan multiple launch rocket systems. According to preliminary data released by the city administration, about 10 residential buildings in the private sector were destroyed and damaged. Two power transmission towers were completely destroyed. The gas pipeline was damaged in several places.

14:14 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:

— n.p. Avdievka - n.p. Yasinovataya: fired five shells of 122mm caliber.
— n.p. Avdievka - n.p. Yasinovataya: three shells of 122mm caliber were fired.

13:52 As a result of shelling on the street. Ceramic wounded a civilian. On st. Kirov damaged housing, found an unexploded shell. On st. Aral damaged a number of housing construction.

13:47 LPR forces entered the Azot plant in Severodonetsk. The head of the LPR, Leonid Pasechnik, said that the forces of the republic entered the territory of the Azot plant in Severodonetsk. He noted that Azot "will be released, but it is premature to talk about the timing."

For the release, the experience with Azovstal in Mariupol can be used. Pasechnik also stressed that everyone involved in the killings of Donbass residents will face a tribunal.

13:47 Shelling of Donetsk from Ukraine does not stop, said the mayor of the city Oleksiy Kulemzin. Because of this, the movement of trams in the Kirovsky district was stopped.

13:45 Kirovsky district of Donetsk. Dozens of hits in the area of ​​the drinking water.

13:22 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:

— n.p. Kurdyumovka - n.p. Gorlovka: six missiles were fired from the BM-21 Grad MLRS.
— n.p. Peski - Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky and Kirovsky districts): 10 shells of 152mm caliber were fired ..
— n.p. Novoluganskoye - n.p. Gorlovka (Kalinin district): six mines fired with 82mm caliber;
— n.p. Avdievka - n.p. Yasinovataya: three shells of 122mm caliber were fired.
— n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): six shells of 122mm caliber were fired.
— n.p. Novgorodskoye - n.p. Panteleymonovka: 10 122mm shells were fired;
— n.p. Novgorodskoye - n.p. Mikhailovka: eight shells of 122mm caliber were fired.

12:26 As a result of another shelling of the VFU in the city of Yasinovataya, a woman born in 1963 died.

12:17 “No one will give up the Azov people for an exchange, their vanilla dreams are of no interest to anyone. After everything they have done, they will rot in prisons," DPR First Deputy Minister of Information Daniil Bezsonov said.

12:17 The main statements of the head of the LPR Leonid Pasechnik:

-In the event of a referendum, the vast majority of the inhabitants of the LPR will support joining Russia;
-Syria and a number of other countries are ready to recognize the independence of the DNR and LNR;
-The possible status of the LPR within Russia has not yet been discussed;
- All those involved in the massacres of the inhabitants of Donbass are waiting for a tribunal, they will suffer a well-deserved severe punishment;
- The Azot plant will be released, it is too early to talk about the timing;
- There is no information on the number of prisoners of the LPR on the territory of Ukraine, Ukraine does not make contact with the republic on the issue of exchange;
- The decision to introduce the death penalty in the LPR has not yet been made, it will be discussed with deputies and ministers of law enforcement agencies;
- There are about 700 Ukrainian prisoners on the territory of the LPR, their fate will be decided by the court;
- There is no death penalty in the LPR, but perhaps an exception will be made for the war criminals tribunal;
- The LPR provides humanitarian assistance to several districts of the Kharkiv region, a corridor has been created to supply them with electricity.

12:15 As a result of the shelling of the Ukrainian military in Donetsk on the street. School No. 82 received damage in the Urals, a car also caught fire. On the street. Zapolyarnaya was wounded by a civilian.

12:07 Shelling from the side of the VFU was recorded in the following directions:

— n.p. Novgorodskoye - n.p. Panteleimonovka: three 152mm shells were fired;
— n.p. Novgorodskoye - n.p. Panteleimonovka: three 152mm shells were fired;
- n.p. Dzerzhinsk - n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district): five shells with a caliber of 122mm were released;
— n.p. Avdiivka - n.p. Yasinovataya: four shells of 122mm caliber were fired.

11:52 Bashar al-Assad instructed the Foreign Ministry to prepare the recognition of the DPR.

This was announced in his telegram channel by the head of the "Combat Brotherhood" and deputy chairman of the State Duma Defense Committee Dmitry Sablin.

11:49 Special rules say that, regardless of when citizens of Ukraine, Donetsk and Luhansk republics arrived to us, they can stay on the territory of the Russian Federation for an indefinite period until their legal status is settled.

In simple terms, whenever a citizen of these countries arrives on the territory of Russia, he can at any time contact our migration departments and complete the procedures that he needs, or extend the period of stay, or obtain a temporary residence permit, or residence permit, or apply for citizenship, or a special status for citizens of these countries - refugee status, or temporary asylum. <...> There is no talk of any 90 days, or the end of the stay in the month of August. Valentina Kazakova,

11:49 Russian Defense Ministry briefing: Russian air defense systems intercepted a Tochka-U missile in the LPR region, as well as 21 Uragan missiles in the Kherson, Kharkiv regions, the DPR and the LPR;

11:47 Zelensky should appear before the international tribunal for war crimes of Ukraine in the Donbass. Pushilin

11:37 A woman, wounded on June 14 during the shelling of the village of Gornyak in Donetsk, died without regaining consciousness.

11:36 Donetsk, Shiroky farm (closer to Kirsha), locals hear arrivals. No electricity, no mobile internet.

11:32 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:
— n.p. Dzerzhinsk - n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district): six shells of 122mm caliber were fired.

11:22 Powerful explosions are heard in different parts of Donetsk. The DPR said that two houses caught fire in Donetsk due to shelling by Ukrainian troops.

11:17 Head of the DPR Denis Pushilin made a number of statements in an interview with RIA Novosti at the SPIEF forum:

- Ukraine as a state in the foreseeable future may simply not be;
- The special operation in Ukraine may be completed by the end of the year;
- The supply of new weapons by the West to Ukraine is forcing the troops of the DPR not to stop at the border of the Donetsk Republic;
- The decision on the referendum on the accession of the DPR to Russia will be made after the completion of the special military operation;

11:08 Shelling of the Kirov region. Buildings along Uralskaya Street were damaged.

11:07 Air defense worked out over Donetsk.

11:07 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:

— n.p. Peski - Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): five mines fired with a caliber of 120mm.
— n.p. Sands - Donetsk (Kirovskiy district): 10 shells of 122mm caliber were fired.

10:45 The Investigation Department initiated and is investigating criminal cases against the commanders of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and their subordinate military personnel on the facts of their committing terrorist acts on the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic on June 13 and 14 of this year

So, on June 13, 2022, by order of the commander of the Ukrainian 56th Separate Motorized Infantry Brigade Sirchenko S.A. shelling of the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk was carried out, as a result of which 11 civilians were injured, of which one was a child.

06/13/2022, by order of the commander of the Ukrainian 95th Separate Airborne Assault Brigade Vesser V.V. the city of Gorlovka was shelled, as a result of which three civilians were injured.

06/13/2022, by order of the commander of the Ukrainian 56th Separate Motorized Infantry Brigade Sirchenko S.A. shelling of the Kievsky district of Donetsk was carried out, as a result of which six residential buildings, one private car, the building of the hospital of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the water bottling shop and part of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the DPR were damaged.

06/14/2022, by order of the commander of the Ukrainian 54th Separate Mechanized Brigade,, Maistrenko A.S. shelling of the Petrovsky district of Donetsk was carried out, as a result of which one civilian was injured.

Criminal cases were initiated against the said commanders of the Armed Forces of Ukraine under the article “terrorist act†(paragraphs “aâ€, “bâ€, “c†part 2, paragraph “b†part 3 of article 229 of the Criminal Code of the DPR)

10:41 Fire was detected from the side of the VFU in the direction:

— n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): 4 shells of 122 mm caliber were fired.

10:34 Denis Pushilin: It is not yet possible to name the amount of damage in the Donbass.

At present, it is impossible to calculate the required number of funds for the restoration of the territory of the DPR. This was stated by the Head of the Republic Denis Pushilin during his visit to SPIEF.

“It is difficult to calculate the figure now, an inventory is underway, the damage caused by armed aggression from the Ukrainian regime is being calculated, so it’s premature to digitize it yet,†the Head of the DPR noted.

In Mariupol alone, about 1,500 houses will have to be restored.

10:30 DPR embassy in Russia will be opened in late June - early July - Pushilin

10:28 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:

— n.p. Novomikhailovka - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): three shells of 122mm caliber were fired.

10:27 The forces of the NM of the LPR, with fire support from the RF Armed Forces, continue to develop offensive operations in the territories of the Republic occupied by nationalists. So, in the course of a successful throw of the assault detachments of the NM and allied forces, an enemy fortified area was destroyed, as well as armored vehicles, along with the personnel of the nationalists of the Kyiv regime.

10:24 Pushilin said that there are no grounds for pardoning foreign mercenaries convicted in the DPR. The exchange of mercenaries sentenced to death for someone is not discussed. In early July, the deadline for filing an appeal against the decision of the court that sentenced the mercenaries to death expires.

10:01 Statement by the official representative of the NM of the LPR, Captain Filiponenko I.M. according to the situation as of June 16, 2022. During the clashes with units of the defense department, over the past day, the enemy suffered losses in manpower and military equipment, namely:

-29 personnel;
-seven armored personnel carriers;
-three units of automotive equipment.

The people's militia of the LPR seeks to save the lives of Ukrainian soldiers and calls to lay down their arms, so the artillery units of the defense department continue to cover the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with propaganda leaflets.

The enemy continues to terrorize the civilian population of the Republic, shelling the civilian infrastructure of the front-line settlements of the LPR, which do not pose a danger to the enemy and are not military facilities.

Over the past day, the armed formations of Ukraine fired TWENTY-TWO shells from the BM-27 Uragan MLRS at the settlements of STAKHANOV, KRYNICHNOE and TROITSKOYE.

As a result of the attacks:

-in n.p. Stakhanov, five people were killed (including two minors) and 15 civilians were injured (including one minor). 16 multi-apartment residential buildings and two private households were damaged, as well as the kindergarten "Kolokolchik" and the supermarket "Absolut";

-in n.p. Krinichnoye two civilians were killed, one person was injured, one house building was destroyed;
-in n.p. Troitskoe wounded one civilian.

In order to suppress the enemy’s fire activity against civilians of the Republic, the positions of the VFU, from which the fire was fired, were promptly discovered and destroyed by the on-duty firepower of the NM LPR units.

The NM of the LPR, together with public organizations, continues to deliver humanitarian aid to residents of the liberated territories. So, yesterday, the forces of the NM of the LPR delivered a humanitarian cargo from the Governor of the Rostov Region to the residents of the village of Frunze.

10:00 According to the official representative of the NM DPR, as of 10:00 on June 16, 2022:

Over the past day, according to information from the DPR JCCC, the enemy fired more than four hundred shells from BM-21 Grad multiple launch rocket systems, 155mm, 152mm and 122mm cannon artillery, as well as 120mm and 60mm mortars.

The fire was fired at the districts of fourteen settlements of the Republic. As a result of the shelling, one civilian was killed and one was injured. A total of residential buildings, eight civilian infrastructure facilities and one vehicle were damaged. Additional information about injured civilians and damage to infrastructure is being specified.

Materials on the facts of the death and injury of civilians, as well as the destruction of civilian objects, will be transferred to the Prosecutor General's Office of the DPR for inclusion in criminal cases initiated against the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Over the past day, the joint actions of the military personnel of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation destroyed the following enemy weapons and military equipment: two MLRS BM-21 Grad, three trucks and forty-seven personnel. Three enemy firing points were suppressed in the area of ​​the settlement. Avdievka and Novgorod.

09:51 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:

— n.p. Avdiivka - Donetsk (Proletarsky district): two rockets were fired from the MLRS BM-27 "Hurricane".

09:24 The Ministry of Emergency Situations of the DPR reports: Over the past day, from 08:00 on June 15 to 08:00 on June 16, one person was killed and three more civilians were injured as a result of shelling of the AFU in the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic.

08:28 Garages destroyed as a result of shelling of the Golmovsky settlement (Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka) on June 15, 2022 by Ukrainian armed gangs and a destroyed car in the Soyuz autocooperative. As a result of yesterday's aggression of the VFU in the long-suffering Golmovsky on the street. Vvedensky, 28 damaged water supply.

07:31 Shelling from the side of the VFU was recorded in the following directions:

— n.p. Avdievka - n.p. Mineral: fired two mines with a caliber of 120mm;
— n.p. Avdievka - n.p. Yasinovataya: fired three shells with a caliber of 122mm;

07:28 Shelling from the side of the VFU was recorded in the following directions:

— n.p. Sands - n.p. Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): five shells of 122mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Novgorodskoye - n.p. Mikhailovka: three shells of 152mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Novgorodskoye - n.p. Panteleimonovka: three 152mm shells were fired.

05:29 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the following directions:

— n.p. Novgorodskoye - n.p. Panteleymonovka: four shells of 122mm caliber were fired.

04:28 After 03:00 shelling from the side of the VFU was recorded in the following directions:

--Avdievka - n.p. Makeevka (village of Zemlyanka): four shells of 152mm caliber were fired.

0:51 Shelling from the side of the VFU was recorded in the following directions:

— n.p. Kleshchievka - n.p. Golmovsky: four shells of 122mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Zaitsevo (northern) - n.p. Zaitsevo (southern): fired six mines in 120mm caliber;

0:12 A father and son died when a car blew up a mine near the Seversky Donets
(river)
, the daughter of the deceased received a shell shock. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the LPR.

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