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[NewsFrontInfo] 21:24 In connection with media appeals regarding the composition and participation of various units of the Russian grouping of troops (forces) in the liberation of the city of Soledar of the Donetsk People's Republic from the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, we consider it necessary to clarify the following.
Offensive operations in this tactical direction, which ended in the defeat of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the capture of the city of Soledar, were carried out by a heterogeneous grouping of Russian troops (forces) according to a single plan and plan, which provided for the solution of a complex of combat missions.
These combat missions included, as already reported, blocking the city from the north and south, isolating the combat area, preventing the enemy from transferring reserves from neighboring areas to the city and preventing the exit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from Soledar, as well as fire support for the attack by ground attack aircraft and artillery.
As for the direct assault on the city blocks of Soledar occupied by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, this combat mission was successfully solved by the courageous and selfless actions of the volunteers of the Wagner assault squads.
20:34 Calculations of 120mm mortars 2S12 "Sani" of the artillery units of the Marine Corps of the Pacific Fleetcontinueprovide fire support in the Ugledar direction
Mortar crews fire at maximum range at single and group targets. In cooperation with units equipped with more powerful artillery systems - 152mm Akatsiya self-propelled howitzers, 152mm and Msta-B guns, 122mm BM-21 Grad and 220mm BM-27 Uragan multiple launch rocket systems, they inflict powerful fire damage on opposing units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Then the assault units enter the battle.
As part of the mortar crews, mobilized military personnel who have the appropriate military registration specialty and have been trained at the training grounds perform tasks.
"The correction for air is introduced, the adjustment ... The table depends on the air temperature. Special programs have been installed for calculation ... We understand each other with gestures, with a look," the commander of the gun with the call sign "Raft" said about the performance of the tasks.
19:36 The assault on the city blocks of Soledar occupied by nationalists was successfully carried out by the volunteers of the assault detachments of PMC "Wagner" - Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation
18:47 Servicemen of the pipeline battalion of the Western Military District in the Nizhny Novgorod region conducted tactical-special exercise for laying a water conduit in hard-to-reach areas
On the eve of the professional holiday - the Day of the Creation of the Pipeline Troops, military specialists demonstrated high professional skills in conditions of a strong temperature difference.
Specialists worked out the deployment of a field main pipeline of increased productivity and the supply of water to a group of troops.
The actions took place in a hard-to-reach place in the conditions of the work of the DRG of a mock enemy.
Servicemen of the pipeline battalion pumped fuel with a capacity of 900 tons per day, which is comparable to the delivery of 18 railway tanks.
17:34 "The sweat of the gunner saves the blood of the infantry": personnel combat work of the calculations of artillery installations 152mm "Msta-SM2"
Combat missions as part of the calculations are performed by military personnel who were called up from the reserve as part of partial mobilization.
Artillery units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the course of a special military operation continue to carry out fire missions to destroy artillery batteries of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, destroy defensive structures, suppress control points, and destroy enemy fire weapons, weapons and military equipment.
Russian howitzers at the forefront of the line of contact - a bone in the throat for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. They hamper the maneuvers of their units, destroy the key nodes of the fortified areas. Artillery crews of the Western Military District conduct a counterbattery fight against the enemy on a daily basis, destroying, among other things, samples of weapons and military equipment delivered from abroad.
16:42 In Ukraine, men are increasingly refusing to officially get a job because of the fear of mobilization.
According to local media, this is due to the fact that the government has obliged employers to hand over subpoenas from military registration and enlistment offices to their employees.
15:34 In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, destroyed: 372 aircraft, 200 helicopters, 2876 unmanned aerial vehicles, 400 anti-aircraft missile systems, 7495 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 982 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 3820 field artillery guns and mortars , as well as 8,027 units of special military vehicles.
14:29 The main thing from the new briefing of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation:
◾️The RF Armed Forces, with artillery fire from the Pskov Airborne Forces unit, defeated the forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Krasnolimansky direction;
◾️The RF Armed Forces destroyed a 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer and three 152mm 2S3 Akatsia howitzers in the Zaporozhye region;
◾️The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Krasnolimansky direction amounted to more than 40 military personnel and seven vehicles;
◾️The Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed three planes and a helicopter of the Ukrainian Air Force during the liberation of Soledar;
◾️Marine units of the Baltic Fleet destroyed more than 20 military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Yuzhno-Donets direction;
◾️The Russian Armed Forces hit 117 artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in firing positions in a day;
◾️The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kupyansk direction amounted to 20 military personnel and 6 vehicles;
◾️The Russian military hit four warehouses with ammunition of the Armed Forces of Ukraine;
◾️Russian air defense systems destroyed three UAVs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in a day.
13:37 There is good news in the Bakhmut military conglomerate. East of the settlement Konstantinovka and north of the settlement Toretsk along the Predtechino-Belaya Gora-Dyleevka line began massive artillery preparation from all types of artillery and MLRS in the fortified areas of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Preparations are underway for the attack.
13:03 An air raid alert was announced on Friday in Kharkiv, Sumy, Poltava and Dnipropetrovsk regions of Ukraine, data show online maps Ukrainian Ministry of Digital Transformation.
13:02 Servicemen from the Republic of Tuva took captured two Ukrainian soldiers.
13:02 An air alert was announced in the part of the Zaporozhye region controlled by Kyiv
11:39 A pair of Su-25 ground interdiction aircraft "Rooks" at low altitudes: personnel combat work of Su-25 attack aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the area of the special operation
Attack aviation crews carried out rocket air strikes on military facilities and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
As a result of combat use, camouflaged fortified field positions and enemy armored vehicles were destroyed.
◽️Missile launches were carried out in pairs from low altitudes.
◽️After the use of aviation weapons, the crews performed a maneuver, releasing heat traps, and returned to the departure airfield.
Specialists of the engineering and technical staff completed the tasks of servicing aircraft and preparing aviation equipment for a second combat sortie.
10:43 Soldiers of the 1st separate battalion of special forces of the DPR capture denemy positions
Before the actions of the specialists of the Ukrainian militants, artillery and impact copters were continuously processed. Unable to withstand the endless fire defeat, the Armed Forces left their positions, after which they were immediately occupied by the assault group 1 obspn.
09:30 Negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, if resumed, are likely to be direct, the absence of intermediaries would be the best option - Director of the Second Department of the CIS countries of the Russian Foreign Ministry Alexei Polishchuk.
08:55 Bombing of enemy personnel and air ramming -personnel work of the UAV 9 Regiment.
UAV operators of the 9th Regiment do not give the enemy a second of respite. Air strikes are continuously delivered to manpower, and when an opportunity presents itself, enemy drones are taken to ram.
08:12 Work 122mm SAU 2S3 "Acacia" grouping "Brave".
08:10 Artillery units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation during a special military operation continueful fill fire missions to destroy artillery batteries of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, destroy defensive structures, suppress control points, destroy enemy fire weapons, weapons and military equipment.
Russian howitzers at the forefront of the line of contact - a bone in the throat for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. They hamper the maneuvers of their units, destroy the key nodes of the fortified areas. Artillery crews of the Western Military District conduct a counterbattery fight against the enemy on a daily basis, destroying, among other things, samples of weapons and military equipment delivered from abroad. Video: Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
08:05 PMC "Wagner" is cleaning the dungeons of Soledar, they are attacking in the area of the railway station Sol (north-west of the city) and in the direction of the village of Soledar. Red Mountain (southwest of the city). The district of Mine No. 7 (to the west of the city), according to incoming information, was released from the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
In Marinka, Russian assault groups of a motorized rifle division of the Russian Armed Forces, with the support of guards artillery units, are trying to force the enemy out of the settlement.
Artillery duels are going on in the Kherson direction.
Svatovo-Kremennaya direction - the Russian Armed Forces eliminate the enemy's DRG and inflict artillery strikes on the enemy.
According to enemy estimates, the Russian Armed Forces carried out 5 missile and 12 air strikes on targets in Konstantinovka, Kramatorsk and Zaporozhye per day.
At night, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine published a video from the settlement adjacent to Soledar, provided by the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, which confirms the previously received information about the involvement of the military personnel of the State Border Guard Service in this direction as a reserve.
Earlier, the commander of the special forces unit of the State Border Guard Service with the rank of colonel was destroyed in the direction.
Dnepropetrovsk city groups report that morgues have run out of space.
06:03 The crew of 152-mm self-propelled howitzers "Acacia" of the Central Military District cheerfullybeatsenemy.
Volunteers in the composition of the combat crew perfectly complement the experienced gunners. Together they are as one. Video: Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
01:25 It is reported that Wagner PMC completely destroyed 61 brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which at one time pathetically entered empty Kherson without resistance.