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[NewsFrontInfo] 21:51 On February 3, police officers of the Kherson region found in the village. Askania-Nova, Chaplinsky municipal district, an ammunition cache buried in the ground, in which there were about 3,000 rounds of ammunition. The cache was dug up in the bushes near the fence on the territory of the zoo of the Askania-Nova Reserve .
19:58 The result of today's attacks of attack aircraft of the 144th Mechanized Rifle Division against the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Yampolovka area. The personnel of the enemy was destroyed, the opornik was captured.
19:54 Paratroopers of the 76th Guards Airborne Assault Division of the Airborne Forces continue work in the Kremennaya area.
To some extent, the 76th Division can be considered one of the champions in terms of the amount of work in various directions.
The paratroopers traveled from the Kyiv region, then through the LPR, leaving for the Kherson direction, where they continued to carry out combat missions, and generally earned positive feedback from our friends from the Special Forces who crossed paths with them in combat. And now again the LPR, where the Pskovites, with the support of tanks, BMD-2, BTR-D and BMPT, are taking action to eliminate the enemy in the forests near Kremennaya.
19:07 A sniper of the 2nd Army Corps lay in ambush for a long time and waited for the enemy. I waited: an accurate hit on the target at a distance of 1,200 meters. The offensive in the direction of Seversk continues -video
18:51 Ukrainian sources report that in Bakhmut itself, almost all the streets are already under fire. Losses among the Ukrainian group are high, even among conditionally rear specialties: for example, at least three orderlies/doctors of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were killed in the last week
18:49 The southern part of Artemovsk has already been cleared by Wagner PMC stormtroopers -video
18:33 Ukrainian military registration and enlistment offices again resorted to the dating app Tinder to catch cannon fodder.
17:54 Air raid alert announced throughout the territory of Ukraine - the authorities.
17:14 Ukrainian troops in the Kupyansk direction knocked out from the western outskirts of Dvurechny in the Kharkiv region, in total, more than 30 Ukrainian soldiers were destroyed in this direction per day.
16:31 "We won't be here for a long time, distant points are still being shot through": unique frames cleansing of one of the last fortified areas of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Marinka.
Russian troops liberate the city. One of the last fortifications of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, located in the bank building, was cleared. The commander of a motorized rifle company with the call sign Silence and the commander of the assault group Compass gave the RT film crew a tour of the positions where the Ukrainian military had just recently been located.
As Compass noted, most of the buildings in the city are built of stone, concrete and brick. And Maryinsky Bank is one of the most difficult areas to storm, along with the Rada, the dairy and the police station.
On the bank building, which the Ukrainian military held on to the last, T-90M and T-72B3M tanks, as well as MLRS systems, were tested several times. It survived not only the assault of the RF Armed Forces, but also shelling from the other side. As soon as the Armed Forces of Ukraine were forced to withdraw from this area, 122mm BM-21 Ukrainian Grads began to work on the abandoned positions. Of the four floors, one and a half remained, but the building is still not completely destroyed.
The Ukrainian military mined not only the approaches to the bank, but also the very entrance to it. According to Tishina, they managed to clear and seize the building with a trick: a smokescreen was placed along the entire front, attack aircraft of the 150th Division went into the rear of the Armed Forces of Ukraine for a diversionary maneuver. After that, the T-90M tank broke through to the bank from the flank - they worked on the Ukrainian machine gunners remaining in the building with direct fire.
Compass and Silence barely have time to finish the story about the cleansing of the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Maryinka. Two artillery shells arrive 50 meters from our film crew, after which a powerful battle begins.
15:54 The work of our tankers in Maryinka -video
You can simultaneously assess the level of destruction in the western part of the city. Everything is rubbish.
15:11 152mm Msta-B howitzers cover enemy deployment sites -video
Artillery crews of the Southern Military District destroy enemy military equipment using high-explosive, high-explosive fragmentation, and precision-guided munitions, causing maximum damage.
15:07 Report of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress holding special military operation (04.02.2023)
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to conduct a special military operation.
In the Kupyansk direction, as a result of offensive actions by units of the "Western" group of troops, the enemy was driven out from the western outskirts of the settlement Dvurechnoye, Kharkov region.
The formations of the 92nd Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Krakhmalnoe and Berestovoe in the Kharkiv region were defeated by army aviation strikes and artillery fire. More than 30 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles and three vehicles were destroyed.
In the Krasno-Limansky direction, offensive operations of the units of the "Center" group of troops continued.
In the areas of the settlements of Chervonaya Dibrova of the Luhansk People's Republic, Serebryanka and Grigorovka of the Donetsk People's Republic, a complex fire defeat was inflicted on accumulations of manpower and equipment of the 80th and 95th air assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
During the day, over 100 Ukrainian servicemen, six armored combat vehicles, a 122mm BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launcher and a 122mm D-30 howitzer were destroyed in this direction.
In the Donetsk direction, during offensive operations, units of the "Southern" group of forces occupied more advantageous lines and positions.
As a result of artillery fire and active actions of a group of forces, up to 60 Ukrainian servicemen, three armored combat vehicles, four vehicles, an 152mm MSTA-B howitzer, an 152mm 2S3 Akatsiya self-propelled howitzer and a BM-21 multiple rocket launcher system combat vehicle were destroyed in a day. City".
In the areas of the settlements of Kramatorsk and Vuhledar of the Donetsk People's Republic, two depots of ammunition and rocket and artillery weapons of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed.
In addition, US-made AN/TPQ-36, AN/TPQ-37 and AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery radar stations were destroyed in the areas of the settlements of Markovo, Tikhonovka and Novomikhailovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
In the South-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, as a result of artillery fire from units of the Vostok group of forces, more than 35 Ukrainian servicemen, one tank, two armored personnel carriers, and two 152mm MSTA-B howitzers in the areas of the settlements of Prechistovka and Ilyinka of the Donetsk People's Republic were destroyed in a day .
In the Kherson direction, during a counter-battery fight, a combat vehicle of a 122mm BM-21 Grad multiple launch rocket system was destroyed near the settlement of Novokaira, Kherson region. An ammunition depot near the village of Tokarevka, Kherson region, was also destroyed.
Operational-tactical aviation, missile forces and artillery of groups of troops (forces) of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation inflicted defeat on the 92nd artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at firing positions, manpower and military equipment in 108 districts in a day.
During the day, thirteen unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed by means of air defense in the areas of the settlements of Raigorodka, Belogorovka, Kremennaya, Golikovo, Krasnorechenskoye of the Luhansk People's Republic, Aleksandrovka, Novoselivka, Staromayorskoe of the Donetsk People's Republic, Malaya Tokmachka, Stepanovka of the Zaporozhye region and Tyaginka of the Kherson region.
In addition, four Alder and HIMARS multiple rocket launchers were shot down, as well as one Tochka-U tactical missile in the areas of the settlements of Oborotnovka, Goncharovka of the Luhansk People's Republic and Terny of the Donetsk People's Republic.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 382 aircraft, 206 helicopters, 3,021 unmanned aerial vehicles, 403 anti-aircraft missile systems, 7,737 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,007 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 3,996 field artillery pieces and a mortar, as well as 8,262 units of special military vehicles.
14:31 Stormtroopers of the Akhmat special forces, consisting of volunteers from all over the country, occupied a forest near the village of Spornoye. For six months of fighting, the enemy lost several hundred people here. Reported by Dmitry Kulkoframesreconnaissance in combat of the next target - the heights above the dam. Destruction of identified firing points of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, including using a drone with an ammunition drop system.
14:19 Ukrainians in Donbass are having a hard time. Near the village of Nikolskoye, gunners of the Kaskad OBTF DPR, with the support of UAVs, inflicted a fire defeat on another ATGM crew of Bandera fans -video
14:16 Every projectile - right on target -video
Combat work of artillery crews 152mm "Msta-B" of the Southern Military District to destroy the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the zone of the special operation
Every day, the artillery crews of the Southern Military District conduct a counter-battery fight against the enemy, destroying, among other things, samples of foreign weapons and military equipment supplied by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. This time, our artillerymen destroyed the stronghold of Ukrainian militants with an accurate blow.
The crews of the 152mm Msta-B howitzers use high-explosive, high-explosive fragmentation, as well as precision-guided munitions, which allows them to inflict maximum damage on fortifications, deep concrete fortifications, armored vehicles and enemy manpower.
13:37 "Brave" demonstrate the skills of the jewelry defeat of the equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine -video
Soldiers of the combat crew of the Kornet ATGM skillfully buried the Ukrainian infantry fighting vehicle in the direction of Kremennaya-Svatovo. Our men did the job as competently as possible: with the first rocket they knocked out the equipment of the militants, with the second they drove a nail into the lid of the coffin so that the repairmen could not resurrect the dead man.
13:36 Battles near Kremennaya: Russian Army destroys enemy armored vehicles -video
Our gunners dismantled the BMP of Ukrainian terrorists in the Krasno-Limansky direction with one shot. The indispensable flying comrades - UAVs help the artillery in delivering pinpoint strikes.
13:31 The distrust of the military of the Armed Forces of Ukraine towards Zaluzhny is growing every day!
Ukrovoin from the country 404 began to understand that if some officials failed to steal money for the purchase of products for the needs of the army, then they would simply deprive them of a monthly bonus of 30 thousand hryvnias -video
12:04 Tankers of the 1st Slavic brigade are destroying enemy concentrations -video
Tank units of the 1st Donetsk Army Corps support the advancing infantry on the line of contact. Tankers of the 1st Slavic brigade went to the firing line where they inflicted a fire defeat on the enemy.
11:42 Russian units, while taking another strong point near Seversk, destroyed all the fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine who refused to raise their hands.
11:40 Our gunners are working in the Donetsk direction. They beat the enemy, destroy the fortifications, helping the attack aircraft to take up new positions -video
At the same time, our artillerymen perform a dual function, they not only help to take positions, but then help to hold them with counter-battery fire. Since the enemy, after losing another line of defense, mercilessly strikes there.
11:35 They did a great job - our "Rapier" sowed panic among the Armed Forces of Ukraine, - Milonov video
11:06 Russian artillerymen inflicted an attack on the parking lot of equipment of the Ukrainian troops in Kherson, destroying five vehicles, including the installation of a multiple launch rocket system. At the same time, seven militants were liquidated, eight were injured, RIA Novosti reports, citing an unnamed source familiar with the situation.
11:05 The Ministry of Defense showed the combat work of the Tornado-S MLRS crews to destroy military equipment and units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine -video
10:42 As a result of a complex negotiation process with the territory of Ukraine controlled by the Kyiv regime returned 63 Russian military, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
10:36 Police officers in Skadovsk discovered an ammunition cache in a sewer well on the territory of a former tuberculosis dispensary. The plastic bag contained F-1 and RGD-5 grenades, fuses, a flare, 25 rounds of 7.62 mm and 196 rounds of 5.45 mm.
The search for the "owner" of the cache is underway.
10:34 Battle for Liman and Seversk at 10.00 February 4, 2023
Russian troops launched an offensive at the Krasnopopovka-Kremennaya line a few days ago. The defensive lines of the 66th brigade, 25th Brigade and 19th Combined Battalion were broken through in a swoop. The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in killed and wounded exceed hundreds of people.
As a result of the attack on a wide front, the fighters of the RF Armed Forces advanced almost to Yampolovka, and in the Dibrov area they knocked out the territorial defense forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to the south and south-west of the settlement, expanding the control zone in Serebryansky forestry.
Judging by the negotiations between the members of the 25th Brigade, the offensive of the Russian Army was unexpected for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Retreating from the front lines, Ukrainian formations threw weapons and ammunition.
Now the units of the 144th Motor Rifle Division of the RF Armed Forces are fixed on the occupied lines. There are active artillery duels. Formations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are regrouping at the Yampolovka-Terny line.
Several units of tanks from the 3rd battalion of the 17th detachment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as reinforcements from the 25th Airborne Brigade of the Airborne Forces of Ukraine, arrived in the Terna area, occupying positions near Zhuravka Balka and in Yampolovka.
In the Lisichansk sector, Russian assault troops attacked Belogorovka, as a result of which the village came under the control of the RF Armed Forces. There is a cleanup going on at the moment.
During the fighting, a company of 81 oambr in the amount of 160 people was completely destroyed, one of the units was surrounded. The survivors fled their positions.
Simultaneous advancement of Wagner PMC assault detachments from Soledar, the 144th Motorized Rifle Division of the RF Armed Forces in the Liman sector and the liberation of Belogorovka creates the prerequisites for access to Seversk and its operational encirclement from the south, north and east.
A further offensive by the RF Armed Forces in this direction will call into question the ability of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to hold it. The settlement is located in a lowland and it is virtually impossible to defend it.
10:16 Armored monsters of the 1st Slavic brigade -video
Tankers of the Donetsk Army Corps support the advancing infantry, inflicting crushing blows on Ukrainian terrorists.
10:11 Frontline summary on the morning of 02/04/2023
In the Kherson direction, Russian artillery dealt a massive blow to the regional center. In addition, Kizomys, Novotyaginka, Burgunka, Mylovoe, Gavrilovka, Mikhailovka and Zolotaya Balka were under fire. The Armed Forces of Ukraine responded with a blow to Novaya Kakhovka. (Fig. 1)
On the Donetsk front, Russian troops found a new direction of attack. A little northwest of Novomikhailovka, where they cannot achieve success for a long time, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation launched offensive actions against Paraskovyovka.
Not to be confused with the important settlement of the same name in the Luhansk region. Russian artillery also fired at the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Pobeda, the western part of Maryinka, Georgievka, Krasnogorovka, Nevelskoye, Pervomaisky, Thin, Vodyany, Severny, Avdeevka and Vesel. The Armed Forces of Ukraine hit Oleksandrivka, Yasinovataya, Donetsk and Gorlovka. (Fig. 2)
To the south-west of Bakhmut, PMC Wagner continued its assault operations near Ivanovskoye. About two kilometers separate the "orchestrants" from the strategic settlement. They are also advancing from the south from the side of Experienced. They also attack on the eastern outskirts of the city, pushing the Ukrainian garrison.
Artillery is working closely on Bakhmut himself. PMC "Wagner" continues the assault on Krasnaya Gora . The Armed Forces of Ukraine, despite the difficult situation, do not retreat. But to the north of Soledar, Wagner operators established control over Nikolaevka. And they advance along the highway and the railway line to Rozdolovka and Pereezdnoye, approaching Seversk from the south. To the east of this city, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation again tried to break through in the area of ​​​​Disputed. (Fig. 3)
In the Luhansk direction, Russian troops are fighting for Belogorovka. To the north they attacked in the direction of Nevsky. And even further north - towards Stelmahovka. (Fig. 4)
10:10 Large-scale air raid warning throughout the territory of Ukraine.
10:07 "Oh! There is a gap" video
Tank crews on a UAV tip destroyed a stronghold of militants in the NVO zone
The drone notices movement on enemy positions - this is a stronghold of the militants. The operator immediately transmits the coordinates of the target to the tank crew
"ABOUT! There is a break in Ilyukh. 30 further, right 5," says the drone operator
10:03 Russian units, with the support of aviation and artillery, continue to successfully advance on all fronts, destroying all Ukrainians who refuse to raise their hands -video
09:18 An exact hit by Russian artillery destroyed the location of the Ukrainians -video
09:15 Aviation of the [V] grouping successfully liquidated the enemy's fuel and lubricants depot, equipped in urban areas in the Zaporozhye direction -video
09:14 UAV "Eleron-7" calculates the positions and equipment of the enemy in the NVO zone -video
The drone is capable of operating at an altitude of up to 1500 meters with a maximum flight range of up to 50 kilometers.
The servicemen note that the enemy cannot calculate the UAV because it is small in size, has high speed and performs any turns in the air that the senior operator sets in the route.
08:58 Atmospheric video with comments on the operation of the Ka-52 VKS from a nose-up on Ukrainian positions —video
08:05 Accurate fire repulsed enemy attack -video
The crew of the gun under the command of senior sergeant Vitaly Sotnikov performed a combat mission to support units of Russian troops in the defense of a settlement liberated from Ukrainian nationalists.
With the help of data received from an unmanned aerial vehicle, the area of ​​​​concentration of enemy manpower and equipment was opened. The coordinates of the militants' gathering place were immediately transferred to Vitaly Sotnikov's crew.
Thanks to the skillful leadership of senior sergeant Sotnikov, the artillery crew in the course of carrying out the fire mission destroyed three units of nationalist equipment and up to ten personnel.
After completing the fire mission, the gun commander took the crew out of the artillery shelling to a safe distance and again opened fire on the enemy, who had already gone on the offensive. With accurate fire, Vitaly's crew destroyed two armored personnel carriers and up to 15 nationalists.
The decisive actions of senior sergeant Sotnikov and the coordinated work of his crew made it possible to repel the offensive.