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Perspective from the Breakaway Republics: Invasion of Ukraine: August 7th, 2022
2022-08-08
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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:07 As a result of the terrorist shelling of the Kirovsky district of the city of Donetsk from 155mm artillery systems, damage was recorded to an apartment building and a store on the street. Kirov 451. A woman was seriously injured.

22:31 Fighting for the northwestern part of the village of Peski. The enemy strengthened his artillery grouping and transferred reinforcements to cling to the village. Our troops are clearing and demining. Artillery is intensively working in the northwestern part of Pesok. The enemy is actively fortifying Vodyanoe and Pervomaiskoye, which he intends to hold after the loss of Peski.

21:16 Donetsk is on fire after being hit by NATO howitzers. Also, at about 19:30, from the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the settlement. Orlovka, eight rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired at the Kievsky district of Donetsk.

20:25 In Novoaydar, as well as in the Novoaydarsky district of the Lugansk People's Republic, a second wave of pickets was held in support of the referendum on the entry of the Luhansk People's Republic into the Russian Federation.

19:33 Statement by the official representative of the NM DPR on the situation at 19.30 on 08/07/2022

Over the current day, according to information from the DPR JCCC, the enemy fired more than 250 rounds from Uragan multiple launch rocket systems (equipped with PFM-1 Petal anti-personnel mines), cannon artillery with a caliber of 155mm, 152mm and 122mm, as well as 120mm mortars.

Artillery was fired at the areas of nine settlements of the Republic. As a result of shelling, one civilian was injured. Six residential buildings and three civil infrastructure facilities were damaged. Additional information about injured civilians and damage to infrastructure is being specified.

Currently, a set of works is underway to clear anti-personnel mines PFM-1 "Lepestok" (PFM-1C).

We regret to inform you that while performing military duty in the struggle for independence, two defenders of the Donetsk People's Republic died and five were injured. We express our sincere condolences to the families and friends of the victims.

19:25 Three tons of TNT: Russian sappers destroyed defused ammunition with a powerful explosion.

Sappers of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, carrying out mine clearance of the liberated territories of the LPR,collecteda large number of explosive objects - mines TM-62m and OZM, grenades for VOG and RPG, as well as rounds of various calibers. All this was destroyed in a safe place.

19:12 Donetsk under NATO artillery strikes, a woman is wounded. Kirovsky, Kyiv and Kuibyshevsky districts of the capital are again under fire. The headquarters of the DPR TeroO reports about the use of 155mm rounds by militants in residential areas and the wounding of a civilian.

18:51 The Armed Forces of Ukraine again fired at Donetsk - this time the blow fell on Tekstilshchik, there are victims.

The footage shows the consequences of shelling by the Armed Forces of the Kirov region. The blow fell on the Tekstilshchik microdistrict, of the victims - one person, he was taken away in an ambulance.

The 27th hospital also got hit - the photographs show a shell explosion not far from the medical facility.

It is reported that the Ukrainian military fired at the Kirovsky district of Donetsk from 155mm caliber guns. https://t.me/readovkanews/39890

17:55 The DPR JCCC recorded shelling from the AFU in the following directions:

β€” n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): five rounds of 155mm caliber were fired;
β€” n.p. Novomikhailovka - n.p. Yelenovka: three rounds of 152mm caliber were fired;
-- n.p. Pervomaiskoye - Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky and Kirovsky districts): 10 rounds of 155mm caliber were fired;
β€” n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Kirovskiy district): five rounds of 155mm caliber were fired;
β€” n.p. Nikolaevka - n.p. Golmovsky: 20 missiles were fired from the BM-21 Grad MLRS;
β€” n.p. Orlovka - n.p. Makeevka: fired five rounds of 152mm caliber;
β€” n.p. Pervomaiskoye - Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky and Kyiv districts): six rounds of 152mm caliber were fired;
β€” n.p. Zhovanka - n.p. Golmovsky: fired six mines in 120mm caliber;
β€” n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Kirovskiy district): eight rounds of 155mm caliber were fired;
β€” n.p. Dzerzhinsk - n.p. Gorlovka: six rounds of 152mm caliber were fired;
β€” n.p. Orlovka - n.p. Makeevka: fired five rounds of 152mm caliber;
β€” n.p. Majorsk - n.p. Gorlovka: five rounds fired caliber 152mm;

17:49 The offensive near Artyomovsk (Bakhmut) continues.

Allied troops are reportedly firing at enemy positions and moving forward. According to information from the field, the formations of the Kyiv regime are suffering heavy losses

17:09 Shelling on Tekstilshchik now.

16:31 Ukrainian nationalists applied American MLRS HIMARS on civilians in Alchevsk.

16:20 First Deputy Chairman of the Government of the LPR Yuri Govtvin held a meeting of the operational headquarters in Alchevsk to eliminate the consequences of the shelling of the city by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. This was reported by the press service of the Government.

The Government of the LPR noted that "the administration of the city has already begun to accept applications from citizens for compensation in connection with the loss or damage to property."

16:17 Russian rocket artillery brings down a hail of strikes on the positions of militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the outskirts of Artyomovsk.

15:48 Municipal services of Alchevskclear awayhouse 71 on Lenin Street, where the HIMARS rocket flew the day before. Workers take out garbage, broken glass from the entrances. A film was brought to the house, and local residents hastily tighten the windows for it. According to the deputy mayor of Alchevsk Ivan Derzhay, now the main task of public utilities is to somehow clear the rubble and return electricity and water to the house.

How badly the house was damaged and whether it will be possible to continue to live in the burnt-out entrance, the survey will establish. But you can’t return people for sure: in the apartment where the rocket flew in, 81-year-old grandmother Maria Kalinina died. In the apartment next to her grandmother, a woman with children miraculously survived: they were in the corridor and the room farthest (from the place of impact).

15:45 Makiivka: the cyclist ran into the "petal". In the Chervonogvardeisky district of the city on the street. Festival man born in 1979 did not notice the PFM-1 mine dropped by Ukrainian militants and was injured.

14:51 The DPR JCCC recorded shelling from the AFU in the following directions:

-- Orlovka - city Donetsk (Kirovsky district): five rounds of 152mm caliber were fired;
β€” n.p. Orlovka - n.p. Makeevka: fired six rounds of 152mm caliber;
β€” n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Kirovskiy district): five rounds of 155mm caliber were fired;
β€” n.p. Orlovka - n.p. Makeevka: fired five rounds of 152mm caliber;
-- n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Kirovskiy district): five rounds of 155mm caliber were fired;
β€” n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Kirovskiy district): eight rounds of 155mm caliber were fired;
β€” n.p. Orlovka - n.p. Makeevka: three rockets were fired from the BM-27 Uragan MLRS (equipped with PFM Petal anti-personnel mines);
β€” n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): 10 rounds of 152mm caliber were fired;
β€” n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Kirov district): five rounds of 122mm caliber were fired;
β€” n.p. Kurdyumovka - n.p. Golmovsky: fired five rounds with a caliber of 122 m;
β€” n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): five rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.

13:58 After a rocket attack on a residential building in Alchevsk, 19 people were injured. A five-year-old girl received severe burns: 40percent of her body was affected, her airways were burned. She is not breathing on her own and is on a ventilator. The girl's condition is said to be stable. Now the doctors of one of the hospitals in Luhansk are fighting for the child's life.

13:51 Consequences of shelling from the Armed Forces of Ukraine of the Dongortekh enterprise. Petrovsky district.

13:50 Ge. Kerchenskaya, Kirovsky District, Donetsk effected by morning bombardment.

13:45 Denis Pushilinvisitedin positions in Peski. Ilya Malay (11th Regiment) and Boykot (Somalia battalion) led through the former enemy fortifications. They stormed, now they are cleaning up. Guys are always in the hot spots.

"It was difficult to take Peski - the enemy literally bit into the ground there: even tunnels were dug between the basements of houses. But this did not help them - they fled, leaving ammunition, ammunition, the bodies of their "brothers".

In one of the dugouts there are enemy cards with combat orders on the back. So the tribunal is growing with material evidence, with such an evidence base it will be easy for judges to make decisions. Impressed by the attitude of the guys, victory is inevitable!,” said the Head of the DPR.

13:24 The Alchevsk high-rise building caught fire as a result of the shelling of the city by the armed formations of Ukraine from the American HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems.

13:19 The main thing from the new briefing of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation:

--The RF Armed Forces destroyed up to 130 military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with a strike on the deployment point of the units of the mechanized brigade in Artemovsk in the DPR;
--Russian troops with high-precision missiles destroyed up to 70 military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the DPR and hit two batteries of howitzers "Hyacinth" of the enemy;
--Russian air defense systems shot down eight Ukrainian UAVs and intercepted one MLRS projectile in the DPR and southern Ukraine;
--The Russian Armed Forces suppressed four platoons of the Grad MLRS, two platoons of Msta-B guns as part of the counter-battery fight in the DPR;

12:44 Soledar – fighting is underway at the KNAUF factory.

Project Sources@wargonzo reports that Russian troops managed to break through the defenses of Ukrainian nationalists at the KNAUF factory in Soledar. A quarter of the industrial territory is already under control. Part of the streets adjacent to the plant are also under control.

12:38 The head of the administration of the city of Donetsk, Aleksey Kulemzin, reports:

According to preliminary information, as a result of the shelling of the Petrovsky district, at the address: st. Revyakina, 20, 3 cars were destroyed. There are dead and injured.

12:34 Another humanitarian convoy arrived in the capital of the Republic.

Another cargo arrived in Donetsk for civilians and defenders of the republic, collected and delivered by a movement of volunteers from the Moscow region and all of Russia. The cargo included a lot of medicines and drugs so necessary in the conditions of hostilities. Video from NM DNR. https://t.me/Doninside/15588

12:21 The DPR JCCC recorded shelling from the AFU in the following directions:

β€” n.p. Novgorodskoye - n.p. Panteleymonovka: eight 122mm rounds fired
β€” n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Kirov district): five rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.
β€” n.p. Orlovka - n.p. Makeevka: six rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.
β€” n.p. Lastochkino - n.p. Yasinovataya: fired five rounds of 152mm caliber;
β€” n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Kirov district): five rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.
β€” n.p. Rozovka - n.p. Novobakhmutovka: fired six mines in 120mm caliber.
β€” n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): seven rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.
β€” n.p. Orlovka - n.p. Makeevka: five rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.
β€” n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): eight rounds of 155mm caliber were fired;
β€” n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Kirov district): six rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.

11:16 The DPR JCCC reports that a woman born in 1976 was wounded. as a result of the shelling of the Armed Forces of the Kirovsky district of Donetsk at the address: st. st. Savrasova, 25/1.

Information was received about damage as a result of shelling of the cities of the Republic by the Armed Forces of Ukraine:

Donetsk:

Kirovsky district:

- st. Kerchenskaya, 7/4 - a private residential building;
- as a result of shelling on the street. Biryuzova, st. Delegatskaya, at the tram stop "Mine Kirovskaya" of route No. 8, PFM "Petal" are scattered.

Kuibyshevsky district:

- as a result of shelling on the street. Dobronravov scattered PFM "Petal".

Petrovsky district:

β€” as a result of strafing on the street. Osoaviahima, ul. Komsomol of Ukraine, str. Yunnatov, he. Vakhtangova, ul. Chibisova, ul. Bryukhanov distribution PFM "Lepestok".

10:35 Statement by the official representative of the NM DPR on the situation at 10.30 08/07/2022

The Ukrainian side continues to terrorize the civilian population of the Republic, inflicting massive artillery strikes on residential areas and civilian infrastructure, which in turn do not pose a danger to the enemy and are not military targets.

Over the past day, according to the DPR JCCC, the enemy fired 312 rounds from BM-21 Grad multiple launch rocket systems, 155mm, 152mm and 122mm cannon artillery, as well as 120mm mortars.

The fire was fired at the districts of thirteen settlements of the Republic. As a result of the shelling, two civilians were killed and seven were injured. Twenty-five residential buildings and three civilian infrastructure facilities were damaged. Additional information about injured civilians and damage to infrastructure is being specified.

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: one BM-21 Grad MLRS and two armored vehicles. Three enemy firing points were suppressed in the areas of the settlement. Avdievka, Novgorodskoe and Dyleevka.

Currently, a set of works is underway to clear anti-personnel mines PFM-1 "Lepestok" (PFM-1C).

10:22 As a result of shelling by armed formations of Ukraine in the city of Alchevsk killed one civilian and 19 people were injured (including five children). 13 apartment buildings, four kindergartens and a school were damaged. Representation of the LPR in the JCCC.

10:00 Statement by the official representative of the NM of the LPR, Captain Filiponenko I.M. as of 08/07/2022

Over the past 24 hours, during the active offensive operations of the units of the People's Militia of the LPR, the enemy suffered heavy losses in manpower and military equipment. Destroyed:

-up to 45 personnel;
-nine armored personnel carriers;
-four units of special automotive equipment.

The enemy continues shelling civilian infrastructure facilities in LPR settlements. These facilities are not military and are not used by the People's Militia. Over the past 24 hours alone, the armed formations of Ukraine fired at the settlement Alchevsk using the American-made M142 HIMARS MLRS, firing one missile. As a result of the shelling, an apartment building was damaged. Additional information about the victims and damage is being specified.

Peaceful life is being restored in the territories of the Lugansk People's Republic liberated from Ukrainian nationalists: engineering and sapper units of the People's Militia of the LPR continue demining. During August 6, they cleared more than 5 hectares of territory from explosive objects left by Ukrainian nationalists in the areas of the settlements of Muratovo and Bobrovo.

The forces of the NM of the LPR, together with public organizations, are delivering humanitarian aid to the residents of these areas. Representatives of the Popular Front, with the support of the NM of the LPR, delivered food packages for the residents of Severodonetsk and building materials for the restoration of the village. Borovskoe.

09:05 After 06:00, the DPR JCCC recorded shelling from the AFU in the direction of:

β€” n.p. Pervomaiskoye - Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky, Kyiv districts): eight rounds of 152mm caliber were fired.
β€” n.p. Orlovka - Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): five rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.
β€” n.p. Kurdyumovka - n.p. Zaitsevo (southern): eight rounds fired caliber 122mm.
β€” n.p. Ozaryanovka - n.p. Zaitsevo (southern): 10 mines fired in 120mm caliber.
β€” n.p. Kurdyumovka - n.p. Golmovsky: fired five rounds with a caliber of 122mm.
β€” n.p. Dyleevka - n.p. Zaytsevo (southern): six rounds of 122mm caliber were fired.
β€” n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): five rounds of 152mm caliber were fired.
β€” n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): six rounds of 152mm caliber were fired.
β€” n.p. Orlovka - city Donetsk (Kyiv district): five rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.
β€” n.p. Lastochkino - n.p. Yasinovataya: fired five rounds with a caliber of 152mm.
β€” n.p. Orlovka - n.p. Makeevka: five rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.
β€” n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Kirov district): five rounds of 152mm caliber were fired.

09:03 In the DPR, 29 cases of undermining civilians, including a child, were recorded in the mines "Petal", reported in the representative office of the republic in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the ceasefire.

08:30 During the day, three civilians were killed in the DPR and eight more were injured, of which five were blown up by a PFM-1 mine. (petal).

08:22 The number of people injured in the shelling of Alchevsk by the Kyiv security forces is at least 19 people. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the LPR. According to the rescue department, "the glazing of 10 multi-apartment residential buildings, as well as three preschool educational institutions" and one school were damaged.

07:00 Summary of the Luhansk People's Republic Representation in the JCCC for the past 24 hours, August 06.

From the side of the armed formations of Ukraine, shelling was recorded on the settlement. Alchevsk using American MLRS M142 HIMARS (one missile). As a result of the shelling, an apartment building was damaged. Additional information about the victims and damage is being specified. Representation of the LPR in the JCCC.

02:03 Ukrainian troops, retreating in the Artyomovsk direction, threw strategic heights. The commander of the 20th Battalion of the People's Militia of the LPR "Jackson" showed RIA Novosti an abandoned fortified area of the Kyiv army.

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