[NewsFrontInfo] 18:27 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for January 5, 2023, additional information was received about damage as a result of shelling of the VFU cities of the Republic:
n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district):
- damage to the infrastructure of the Michurinsky penal colony was recorded;
- fixed a direct hit in the garage on the street. Curtain.
Information about the consequences of shelling continues to arrive.
18:10 Evening summary of Headquarters of the Territorial Defense of the DPR on January 5, 2023.
17:20 Artillerymen of the RF Armed Forces destroy infantry of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Soledar direction.
17:05 Ukrainian militants fired on the Michurinsky penal colony (Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka). Recorded about 10 arrivals. Direct hits on the roof of the dormitory and medical unit, outbuildings and communications were destroyed, the outer fence was damaged. Numerous arrivals in the substation area. No casualties.
16:15 Russian rocket artillery prevented attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Kremennaya.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine tried to covertly approach through the forest to the front line in order to go from there to storm the positions of the RF Armed Forces. Russian intelligence officers detected the movement of enemy units and transmitted their coordinates to the artillerymen.
Rocket launchers 122mm BM-21 "Grad" worked through the forest.
16:05 On photographs- a house at the address: Shkolny Ave., 8 (Golmovsky township, Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka), damaged by the shelling of the VFU.
15:25 Ukrainian troops fired 16 rounds at Donetsk and Yasinovataya, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to Ukraine's War Crimes reported.
15:17 Mortarmen of the 5th Brigade put to flight Ukrainian militants in the Maryinsky direction.
The mortars of the 5th Brigade of the 1st Army Corps support the advance of their infantry towards Maryinka. With well-aimed fire, which was corrected with the help of UAVs, they managed to force the Ukrainian militants to leave their stronghold and take flight.
15:10 Under the aimed fire of the Ukrainian military, the village of Golmovsky (Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka). Explosions of enemy rounds are recorded in the park area of the village. The village is partially de-energized.
14:45 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for January 5, 2023, information was received about victims among civilians in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district):
- at 64 Kremlevsky Ave., women born in 1955, born in 1956 were wounded.
Additional information was received about damage as a result of the shelling of the VFU cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district):
— 64, 66, Kremlevsky Ave. – private residential buildings.
Information about the consequences of shelling continues to arrive.
14:15 Ukrainian troops fired three rockets from the MLRS in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
14:10 Report of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation on the territory of Ukraine (01/05/2023):
Two depots of artillery ammunition of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed in the areas of the settlements of Gulyai Pole, Zaporozhye region and Krasny Liman, Donetsk People's Republic.
In the area of the settlement of Konstantinovka of the Donetsk People's Republic, as a result of a concentrated strike, more than 55 extremists of the so-called “Sheikh Mansur battalion”, as well as six units of armored and automotive equipment, were destroyed.
During the counterbattery fight in the areas of the settlements of Vodyanoe and Ocheretino of the Donetsk People's Republic, the 122mm BM-21 Grad multiple launch rocket launcher and two Vilkha MLRS launchers were destroyed.
In the areas of the settlements of Gulyai Pole, Pavlovka, Zaporozhye region and Velyka Novoselka, Donetsk People's Republic, the following were destroyed at firing positions: a 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer and two 152mm 2S3 Akatsiya self-propelled howitzers.
Three 152mm D-20 howitzers and two 122mm D-30 howitzers were destroyed at firing positions in the areas of the settlements of Belogorovka, Pervomayskoye and Artemovsk of the Donetsk People's Republic, Ingulets and Novobereslav of the Kherson region.
13:39 Artillery of the 3rd Brigade supports infantry near New York.
Artillery of the 3rd Brigade of 1st Army Corps grinds the fortified areas, equipment and manpower of the enemy almost around the clock, helping our assault units at the forefront, which are currently storming the enemy’s positions in the area of the settlement. Novgorodskoye, renamed by the Ukrainian authorities to New York. The fire is carried out from D-20 howitzers with a caliber of 152mm.
13:33 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC, on January 5, 2023, additional information was received about damage as a result of shelling of the Ukrainian cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Petrovsky district):
- damage to the building of MBOU "School No. 101 in Donetsk" was recorded.
Information about the consequences of shelling continues to arrive.
12:17 Kremennaya and the suburbs were subjected to massive shelling today. Now our artillery is working on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Russian aviation is striking. Local residents say that it is very loud near the city, but with the advent of our planes, they stopped flying around the city.
12:10 Kherson direction
the situation as of 12:00 January 5, 2023.
In the Kherson direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are actively reconnaissance of the positions of the RF Armed Forces along the left bank of the Dnieper River. The activity of Ukrainian formations in the area of the Kinburn Peninsula has increased.
Crews of artillery and kamikaze attack drones are trying to fire on the rear facilities of the RF Armed Forces in the Kherson region with the intention of depriving the Russian group of supplies and combat potential.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine use a similar tactic that was used in the Izyum and Krivoy Rog directions. Probably, after the targeted destruction of ammunition depots, air defense systems and firing positions, there will be an attempt to land troops on the Kinburn Peninsula.
For several days in a row, the Ukrainian Bayraktar UAV has been operating in the Primorsky sector in the airspace over Ochakov and the Dnieper Estuary, monitoring the situation on the Kinburn Peninsula. Ukrainian special services have resumed collecting information about the locations of personnel, supply depots and headquarters of Russian troops on the left bank in the Golopristansky, Tsyurupinsky and Skadovsky districts of the Kherson region.
Pro-Ukrainian citizens, informers and intelligence groups in the rear help them in the search for data. In addition, the satellites of the NATO countries have increased the number of shooting sessions of the Earth's surface in this area.
In the Berislav sector, units of the 39th Separate Consolidated Territorial Defense Battalion are firing mortars at the positions of the RF Armed Forces along the Dnieper.
In addition, on the territory of the Berislav Machine-Building Plant, a command post of the 126th Troop Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is deployed, from which the mortar battery is monitored.
At one of the sections of the Kherson direction, several foreign mercenaries, in a state of intoxication, shot dead three Ukrainian fighters at a checkpoint. The command of the 121st arr. TRO conducts an emergency check of the advanced lines.
11:51 Ukrainian troops fired five rounds with a caliber of 155mm at the Chervonogvardeisky and Kirovsky districts of Makeevka, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
11:25 The building of the swimming pool was damaged as a result of the shelling of the Petrovsky district of Donetsk by Ukrainian troops, said the mayor of the DPR capital Alexei Kulemzin.
“This morning, as a result of the shelling of the Petrovsky district, the glazing of the windows was damaged in the swimming pool. Details are being specified,” he wrote in his Telegram channel.
11:05 Ukrainian troops fired nine rounds at Gorlovka and Makiivka, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
10:10 Afternoon summary of Headquarters of the Territorial Defense of the DPR on January 5, 2023.
10:02 Front-line summary for the morning of 01/05/2023:
Russian artillery is active in the Kherson direction. In addition to the regional center, attacks on Stanislav, Belozerka, Antonovka, Ponyatovka, Tyaginka and Berislav.
On the Zaporizhia sector, for the second day, Russian artillery hits almost the entire line of contact. Plavni, Kamenskoye, Novodanilovka, Gulyaipolskoye, Gulyaipole, Zeleny Gay, Olgovskoye - everything is under fire. The Armed Forces of Ukraine launched a missile attack on Vasilievka. Donetsk front.
Another attack of the Russian army in the direction of Novomikhailovsky. Urban fighting in Maryinka. Very difficult for both parties. While the RF Armed Forces are attacking. Again a frontal attack on the fortified area of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Krasnogorovka.
To the south of Bakhmut, the PMC "Wagner" apparently decided to expand the area of probable coverage. Attack on Druzhbu. Encounter battles on the eastern outskirts of the city itself. To the north PMC "Wagner" is trying to reach Krasnaya Gora.
In the Luhansk sector, another attack by Russian troops towards Belogorovka. And to the north - in the direction of Stelmahovka.
09:47 Artillery units of the Russian Armed Forces in the Soledar directioninflictedfire defeat on manpower and military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
09:40 About the decommissioning of the transport infrastructure in the Zaporozhye region fromRybar.
After the withdrawal of Russian troops from the right bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region, the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine focused on the Zaporozhye region.
Using already proven tactics, the Ukrainian formations strike at the rear facilities of the RF Armed Forces, break the supply chains and complicate the supply system of the Russian groupings of troops to the maximum.
In addition, sabotage and reconnaissance groups are used to disable transport infrastructure facilities - bridges and crossings.
Judging by the geography of explosions and strikes, the Ukrainian formations will attempt to cut off individual settlements and “gnawing off” small areas near Vasilyevka and Pologi.
The fighting in the Bakhmutovsky direction somewhat slowed down the implementation of the plans of the Armed Forces of Ukraine - separate brigades were transferred to the former Artyomovsk in order to contain the advance of Russian troops.
But already this month, the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine expects to begin the active phase of the counteroffensive.
09:45 Ukrainian troops fired three rounds with a caliber of 155mm at the Kyiv and Kuibyshevsky regions of Donetsk, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
09:32 Ukrainian troops fired a dozen rounds in Donetsk in ten minutes, the DPR representative office in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to Ukraine's War Crimes reported on its Telegram channel.
According to the department, the Armed Forces of Ukraine opened fire on the Petrovsky district of Donetsk at 9:10.
“Six rounds of 155mm caliber were fired,” the publication says.
Ten minutes later, at 09:20, another shelling followed - ten each 122mm rounds.
09:32 The calculation of the Osa air defense system went to the position to guard the sky from enemy missiles -video.
The main task of the "Os" is to cover motorized rifle, tank units and artillery from enemy air strikes. The crews conduct reconnaissance of the situation in the sky, determine the coordinates of targets and destroy them.
09:15 Ukrainian troops shelled the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic 54 times over the past day, firing a total of 332 ammunition, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
“Over the past 24 hours, the mission reported 54 facts of firing by the AFU (armed formations of Ukraine - ed.). In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made 28 missile launches from the MLRS, artillery 155mm, 152mm and 122 mm. On Yasinovatsky - eight artillery strikes from artillery 155mm, 152mm and 122 mm. On Gorlovsky - 18 artillery strikes from artillery 155mm, 152mm and 122 mm. By releasing 332 units of various ammunition," the ministry said in a message on its Telegram channel.
09:13 At night, Ukrainian drones tried to strike at Crimea - Russian air defense easily repulsed the attack
That night, Russian air defense worked in the village of Nizhegorsky. It is reported that enemy targets were shot down in the area of the settlement, which fell into the field.
No one was hurt, moreover, not a single object was hit. The detonation of the rounds occurred after the shooting down - there were no injuries.
09:11 Chronicle of a special military operation from Rybar.
- Republic of Crimea:
In the morning, two enemy drones tried to attack the Belbek airfield in the suburbs of Sevastopol, Russian air defense systems intercepted all targets over the sea.
— Starobelsk direction:
In the Kupyansko-Svatovsky sector, the Ukrainian command transferred additional forces to Bolshoy Burluk to reinforce the group.
Units of the 67th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine created on the basis of the nationalists of the Right Sector DUK arrived in the area of Dvurechnaya, Sinkovka and Kupyansk.
Enemy drones are reconnaissance of the positions of Russian troops in the vicinity of Kupyansk.
- In the Liman sector, the enemy continues to prepare for a large-scale attack on Kremennaya.
—Russian artillery hit enemy concentrations in Makeyevka, Stelmakhovka, Kupyansk, Tabaevka and Nevsky. Ukrainian formations fired at Ploschanka, Dibrova and Krasnopopovka.
— Soledar direction:
In the Bakhmut (Artyomovsky) area, the assault detachments of the Wagner PMC continue to wage fierce battles in the southeastern outskirts of Bakhmut.
North-east of Bakhmut, Russian troops advanced in the vicinity of Podgorodny and squeezed out units of the 17th brigade and 60th brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from positions on the outskirts of Krasnaya Gora from the side of Bakhmutsky.
On the eastern outskirts of Bakhmut, assault detachments of the Wagner PMC repulsed the attack of the 42nd battalion of the 57th Brigade and the 3rd battalion of the 24th Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
- In the Soledar sector, Russian troops established control over three strongholds in the south of Soledar and enemy positions at the Dekonskaya railway station.
The units of the RF Armed Forces drove out the Ukrainian units of the 109th Mountain Assault Battalion of the 10th Guards Rifle Brigade from an observation post at the Soledar-Veseloye line.
— Luhansk People's Republic:
Ukrainian units from mortars fired at residential buildings in Kremennaya: one woman died.
— Donetsk direction:
Positional battles continue in Maryinka: motorized rifle units are pushing the enemy to the western outskirts of the city.
Ukrainian formations from cannon and rocket artillery fired at residential buildings and civilian infrastructure in Donetsk, Yasinovataya, Gorlovka, Makeevka, Aleksandrovka, Panteleymonovka and other settlements of the agglomeration. Among the civilians there are dead.
-Zaporozhye region:
The command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in preparation for the offensive, continues to draw up reserve forces in the Orekhov region.
Artillery duels continue along the line of contact: the Russian Armed Forces have worked on enemy positions in Dorozhnyanka, Novodanilovka, Charivnoye, Novoandreevka and Maly Shcherbaki.
In turn, Ukrainian troops shelled the building of the regional hospital in Tokmak and the civilian infrastructure of Vasilyevka, killing at least 11 people and injuring 15 others.
- Southern front. Kherson direction:
For the third day in a row, the Bayraktar drone has been patrolling the airspace over the coast of Ochakov, conducting reconnaissance of the activities of the Russian Armed Forces on the Kinburn Peninsula.
Russian artillery hit the enemy concentration sites in Kherson, Inzhenerny, Berislav and Dudchany.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked civilian targets in Nova Kakhovka and Aleshki: residential buildings and power lines were damaged.
08:44 Information on the shelling of Gorlovka as of 08:00 on 01/05/2023
08:00 During the day, one person was killed on the territory of the DPR, one more was injured.
Over the past 24 hours, from 08:00 on January 4 to 08:00 on January 5, as a result of the shelling of the VFU on the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic, one person was killed and another one civilian was injured.
07:59 Over the past day, on January 4, 2023, no shelling of settlements was recorded by the representative office of the LPR in the JCCC.
0:42 The Armed Forces of Ukraine shelled Donetsk and Gorlovka twice in an hour and a half with "NATO" rounds.
“Fire was recorded from the VFU (armed formations of Ukraine - ed.) in the direction:
22.40 - the settlement of Kurakhovo - the city of Donetsk (Petrovsky district): six rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired ...
00.10 - the settlement of Dzerzhinsk - the settlement of Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district) : fired six rounds with a caliber of 122mm ... 00.13 - the settlement of Kurakhovo - the city of Donetsk (Petrovsky district): four rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired," the representative office reports in its Telegram channel.
0:14 The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation will record and investigate the shelling of the city of Vasilyevka in the Zaporozhye region by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
0:02 An explosion was heard in Melitopol and the suburbs, according to preliminary data, the air defense system worked. This was announced by the chairman of the movement "We are together with Russia" Vladimir Rogov.