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Perspective from the Breakaway Republics: Invasion of Ukraine: February 7th, 2023
2023-02-08
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.

[NewsFrontInfo] 21:17 Suppression of the firing point of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in one of the schools of Bakhmut

By building worked Russian armored personnel carrier. After that, it came under the control of the RF Armed Forces.

20:13 Ukrainian military shelled Yasinovataya

According to the JCCC, the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired at Yasinovataya from the MLRS, firing 10 rockets.

19:10 As a result of the artillery attack of N. p. Pokrovskoye damaged the hangars and equipment of the agricultural enterprise.

19:02 Stronghold on a dairy farm in smoke - tanks and artillery of the 5th Brigade crushed fortified area of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Marinka.

Tanks and artillery of the 5th brigade of the 1st Donetsk Army Corps continue to smash the enemy fortifications in Maryinka, ensuring the success of the assault groups that are liberating the city from the invaders.

18:49 Ukrainian troops shelled the village of Yasinovataya. The APU militants fired ten rockets from the MLRS, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.

18:20 Ukrainian troops fired at Mayorsk, firing six mines with a caliber of 120mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.

18:05 Offensive on Ugledar: TOS-1A burn out enemy positions

Our troops continue to break through the enemy's defenses, using TOS-1A to destroy manpower in positions.

17:51 Evening summary of Headquarters of the Territorial Defense of the DPR on February 7, 2023.

17:26 Ukrainian troops at 13.30 shelled the village of Pokrovskoye in the Troitsk region of the LPR, firing six rockets from the HIMARS MLRS, the LPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.

16:55 Artillerymen of the Russian Armed Forces in the Artymovsk direction continue to destroy the positions of the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

16:10 Ukrainian troops fired at the Kirovsky district of Donetsk, firing six rounds with a caliber of 155mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported on Tuesday.

15:45 The main thing from the new briefing of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation:

-Losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Krasnolimansk direction per day amounted to over 100 servicemen;

-Russian Armed Forces hit four ammunition depots of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the DPR;

-Russian troops in the Kherson direction destroyed up to 20 Ukrainian soldiers and a self-propelled howitzer "Acacia";

- The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation destroyed more than 90 military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donetsk direction in a day;

- During the day, the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost more than 80 soldiers, two 152mm D-20 howitzers, two 122mm D-30 howitzers, as well as the 122mm Gvozdika howitzer in the YuzhnoDonetsk and Zaporozhye directions;

-The Russian Armed Forces inflicted fire damage on manpower and equipment of the 1st Tank and 72nd Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of Ugledar and Vodyany in the DPR.


15:34 Ukrainian troops fired at the village of Novobakhmutovka, firing six mines with a caliber of 120mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported on Tuesday.

15:01 APU inflicted hit in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk - several people were seriously injured, one of them died in the hospital

Arrival fell on Semashko Avenue, near the bus stop. The scattering of fragments was in both directions - to the stop and to the store opposite.

At the bus stop, three women were wounded, on the contrary, the driver of the minibus, who received the most severe injury. The man died on the way to the hospital.

14:38 Air defense has been worked out in the sky over Donetsk.

14:10 VFU attacked the Kirovsky district of Donetsk, five people were injured – Headquarters of TerO DPR

13:37 Consequences of artillery attack of the Kirovsky district of Donetsk.

13:20 Soledar, Kleshcheevka, Podgornoye, Krasnopolye, Blagodatnoye, Lobkovoe, Nikolaevka were liberated as a result of offensive operations by the Russian troops, Shoigu said. He added that the fighting in the area of Ugledar and Artemovsk are developing successfully.

13:05 As a result of the artillery attack of the village of the mine. Gagarin (Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka), boiler house No. 15 was damaged by Ukrainian militants.

12:47 Russian T-90M tanks destroy Ukrainian servicemen near the village of Novoselovskoye in the LPR.

12:25 On Avdeevskoye the direction is carried duty combat helicopters of the Russian Aerospace Forces. They identify and destroy the enemy.

12:17 122mm MLRS BM-21 "Grad" of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation hit accumulation of infantry of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Seversk direction.

12:10 In the Kirovsky district of Donetsk, a civilian was blown up on a prohibited anti-personnel mine PFM-1 "Petal" dropped earlier by the VFU.

12:03 Footage of work calculation of ATGM "Kornet" near Avdievka. The Russian military managed to hit the Ukrainian firing point and the dugout.

11:55 In the battles near Artemivsk, the Wagner PMC unit liquidated:

- Ryabenko Igor, call sign "Crimea", battalion "Freedom".
- Gornovich Vladimir, call sign "Grandfather".
-Siritsa Ivan, call sign "Kolshchik", Azov Battalion.
- Nosach Oleg, Kraken unit.
-Mikhaylyuk Anton, callsign "Tony", Azov battalion.

11:45 Artemovsk direction. In these minutes, the operation to encircle the entire Artyomovskaya grouping of the Armed Forces of Ukraine continues. In the south, the assault on Krasnoye (Ivanovsky) continues. There is a promotion directly in the residential area of Artemovsk from the southeast side and from the north. Today, in several places, the Slavyansk-Artemovsk highway is under the control of Russian troops.

11:40 Yesterday in the area of n.p. Lemanets (Kherson region) 152mm was destroyed by artillery strike. howitzer 2S3 "Acacia" with ammunition, from the crew: Three military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed, one was seriously injured.

Also in the area of N. p. Prydniprovske (Kherson region) was destroyed by an artillery strike of 120mm. mortar crew and ammunition for it, three servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were disposed of, four were injured of varying severity.

10:55 Ukrainian troops fired at the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, firing three rounds with a caliber of 155mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported on Tuesday.

10:50 Afternoon summary of Headquarters of the Territorial Defense of the DPR on February 7, 2023.

10:34 Tense fights in Maryinka DPR.
Despite the fact that not a single whole house remains in the village, Ukrainian militants continue to defend these ruins. The dead and wounded are practically not taken away, because the Ukrainian command no longer sees the point in this.

Due to high losses, the Ukrainian command was forced to withdraw the 79th Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, changing it to other units, which also suffer losses due to the precise work of our artillery and tanks.

10:03 The Kyiv regime continues to shell the civilian infrastructure of the left bank of the Kherson region - emergency services.

Yesterday, Ukrainian fighters fired a total of 58 barrel artillery rounds at Aleshki, Gladkovka, Peschanovka, Korsunka, Hola Pristan and Kakhovka.

At night, the Armed Forces of Ukraine continued artillery attack- 32 rounds were fired at the civilian infrastructure of Nova Kakhovka, Tavriysk, Vasilievka and Cairo.

09:40 Ukrainian troops on Tuesday began artillery attackthe city of Pervomaisk in the Lugansk People's Republic, Mayor Sergei Kolyagin said.

"The territory of the city is again under fire from multiple launch rocket systems. Information about the damage and victims is being specified," Kolyagin wrote in his Telegram channel.

09:03 Ukrainian troops fired at the Chervonogvardeisky district of Makeevka, firing five rounds with a caliber of 155mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported on Tuesday.

08:59 At night, the Armed Forces of Ukraine hit the New Kakhovka electrical substation. Because of this, NK itself and ten other settlements were left without electricity, water supply and sanitation. There are also communication interruptions. The authorities promise to fix everything in the near future.

08:10 During the day, one person died on the territory of the DPR, two more were injured.

Over the past 24 hours, from 00:00 on February 6 to 00:00 on February 7, as a result of artillery attackof the VFU on the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic, one person was killed and two more civilians were injured.

08:02 Front-line summary for the morning of 02/07/2023:
Artillery cannonade in the Kherson direction, Russian guns sound louder. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation conducted a massive artillery attackof the regional center. Also under fire were Goncharnoye, Dneprovskoye, Chernobaevka, Antonovka, Nikolskoye, Ivanovka, Kozatskoye, Berislav, Mylovoe, Kachkarovka, Gavrilovka and Zolotaya Balka. The Armed Forces of Ukraine responded with strikes to Nova Kakhovka and Kakhovka.

On the Donetsk front, Russian troops attacked in the Novomikhailovka area. Slightly to the north, assault operations were carried out in the direction of Pobeda. There is an advance in the southwestern part of Marinka. A section of the brocade was cut, which connects to the H-15 highway.

Also, Russian troops carried out offensive operations against the fortified area of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Krasnogorovka. And to the north - in the direction of Nevelsky and Pervomaisky. The Ukrainian army counterattacked at Vodyany.

To the north-west of Kleshcheevka, the Armed Forces of Ukraine attempted a counteroffensive and returned some positions. PMC "Wagner" advanced on the eastern outskirts of Bakhmut already in the city. She also conducts assault operations from the north from Podgorodny and attack Paraskovevka south of Krasnaya Gora.

From the north, they advanced from Blagodatny towards the village of Zheleznyanskoye. Thus, they are trying to break through to the M-03 highway and encircle the fortified area of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Krasnaya Gora. To the north of Soledar PMC "Wagner" attacks in the direction of Vasyukovsky and Rozdolivka. In the area of the second of these settlements, they managed to advance. And the Russian troops again conducted offensive operations on Verkhnekamenskoye.

In the Lugansk direction, the RF Armed Forces are attacking southwest of Kremennaya in the Serebryansky forest area. There is a promotion. And much to the north they are fighting for Dvurechnoye. This village is located on two banks of the Oskol River. It's about the left side. The attack comes from Tavolzhanka. This village was in the "grey zone". Now it is under the control of Russian troops.


06:30 Russian troops successfully are moving forward at Spornovo. With the help of anti-aircraft installations, they clear the sky and strike at the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

We need to be extremely careful - Ukrainian militants tried to attack our positions at night. The entire territory of the forest belt is strewn with mines "Petal" under a layer of snow. But the Russian military does not give the Armed Forces a "breath" - as soon as an enemy tank comes out of hiding, it is destroyed by anti-tank missiles. Then the mortars bombard the retreating Ukrainian soldiers with fire, the correspondent said. iz.ru D. Kulaga.

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