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Russian Perspective: Operation to Denazify Ukraine: Operational Brief February 9th (updated)
2023-02-10
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] 21:54 Telegram-channel Ukraina.ru reported that a militant of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Alexander Tkachenko, with the call sign Domovoy, was liquidated near Artemivsk

19:18 Military commissariats in Ukraine went storming "nursing homes"

Today, Napravets across Ukraine reported that due to the mobilization of elderly people and patients with chronic diseases in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, cases of non-combat losses have become more frequent in the Ukrainian army, when people die a natural death due to a sharp load on “tired” organisms.

However, older people are being driven directly to storm Russian positions. By the way, the Nazis themselves declare this without hesitation, who are outraged by the decisions of the commanders to form assault detachments from 50-55 year old men ...

How this ends is clearly visible from the regional media and communities on social networks, which are full of obituaries about the death of elderly people.

Apparently, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have already mobilized all segments of the population - it remains to drag staunch opponents of the Kyiv regime to the front, which is now happening. We hope that when the people participating in the anti-Maidan receive weapons, they will make the right choice.

18:27 Investigators of the Investigative Committee of Russia will investigate regular illegal actions of the armed formations of Ukraine against civilians in Donetsk and Makeyevka

As a result of the shelling by the Armed Forces of Ukraine of the Petrovsky district of the city of Donetsk, two civilians were killed, several houses along Dobrovolsky Street were damaged.

Teenagers born in 2008 and 2009 were injured in Makeevka (Gornyatsky district) of the DPR as a result of an explosion on an explosive object.

The Investigative Committee will establish the circle of persons involved in the commission of these crimes.

17:03 Chubaty decided to work on a quadrocopter, but they were not allowed to do it by their own warriors, who started firing at the quadric from machine guns -video

16:51 Assault operation through the eyes of the Naval Infantry of the Pacific Fleet during the attack on Ugledar -video

Naval infantry of the Pacific Fleet and volunteer units continue their offensive against the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, freeing new settlements from the armed formations of the Ukrainian Nazis.

The fighters of the assault detachment, acting under the cover of a forest belt, secretly entered the village and began to gradually take control of residential buildings and streets.

15:41 Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to destroy civilian infrastructure in Nova Kakhovka in the Kherson region -video

Yesterday morning, February 7, the artillery of the Armed Forces of Ukraine shelled the city and damaged the power plant. As a result, the whole city felt the Ukrainian "care", leaving the civilian population without heat and electricity.

On the one hand, it may seem that the Nazis of the Zelensky regime are trying to reciprocate the shelling of Ukrainian energy facilities, but there is one huge “BUT”.

The strikes of the RF Armed Forces are carried out on distribution substations that ensure the operation of the military industry, communication centers and significant facilities.

And the Armed Forces of Ukraine, once again proving their military weakness, simply bomb civilians. Unexploded ordnance has been found in the city for the third day after the shelling.

14:58 Operators of the "Ghost" battalion filmed the empty village of Spornoye in the DPR, abandoned by Ukrainian nationalists -video

Filming shows abandoned positions, burned-out Ukrainian equipment, as well as a dugout of nationalists on the outskirts.

14:48 Summary of Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress holding special military operation (09.02.2023)

In the Kupyansk direction, assault and army aviation strikes, artillery fire from the "Western" group of troops defeated the manpower and equipment of the units of the 103rd Territorial Defense Brigade and the 14th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Gryanikovka, Tabaevka, Berestovoe, Kharkov region and Novoselovskoe, Lugansk People's Republic.

Up to 30 Ukrainian servicemen, three pickup trucks, and one US-made M777 artillery system were destroyed.

In the Krasno-Limansky direction, as a result of strikes by operational-tactical and army aviation, artillery fire and heavy flamethrower systems of the "Center" group of troops, units of the 116th territorial defense brigade, 92nd mechanized, 81st airmobile and 95th airborne units were defeated - Assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Raygorodok, Yampolovka of the Donetsk People's Republic, Stelmakhovka, Chervonaya Dibrova of the Luhansk People's Republic, as well as Serebryansky forestry.

During the day, over 110 Ukrainian servicemen, three armored combat vehicles, a 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS installation, two 152mm D-20 howitzers, as well as an ammunition depot near the village of Podliman, Kharkiv region, were destroyed in this direction.

In the Donetsk direction, during the offensive operations of the "Southern" group of forces, air strikes and artillery fire, up to 90 Ukrainian military personnel, two armored combat vehicles, six vehicles, the US-made M109 "Paladin" artillery system, as well as a radar station for counter-battery war production were destroyed per day. US AN/TPQ-50.

In addition, four depots of artillery ammunition of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed in the areas of the settlements of Slavyansk, Avdeevka and Malinovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.

In the South-Donetsk direction, operational-tactical aviation strikes and artillery fire from the Vostok group of forces inflicted damage on the manpower and equipment of the units of the 35th Marine Brigade, the 1st Tank and 72nd Mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of Vodiane and Vugledar settlements Donetsk People's Republic.

Over 85 military personnel, one tank, three infantry fighting vehicles, two vehicles, an 152mm MSTA-B howitzer, a Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount, as well as two 152mm D-20 and 122mm D-30 howitzers were destroyed in this direction in a day.

In addition, an ammunition depot of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed near the village of Vuhledar in the Donetsk People's Republic.

In the Kherson direction, as part of a counter-battery fight, the following were destroyed in a day: an 152mm MSTA-B howitzer and three large-caliber mortars of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Also, in the areas of the settlements of Nikolaevka and Chernobaevka of the Kherson region, four ammunition depots of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were hit.

The operational-tactical and army aviation, missile forces and artillery of the groupings of troops (forces) of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation defeated the 83rd artillery subunits in firing positions, manpower and military equipment in 116 districts.

Fighter aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down a MiG-29 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force near the village of Novopavlovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.

Russian air defense systems shot down a Su-25 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force near the city of KHERSON.

In addition, 11 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles and 13 US-made HIMARS multiple rocket launchers were destroyed during the day in the areas of the settlements of Tavolzhanka, Lozovaya, Kharkiv region, Kirilovka of the Donetsk People's Republic, Kremennaya, Krasnorechenskoye, Kolomyychikha, Chervonopopovka, Naugolnaya Luhansk People's Republic, Vodiane, Zaporozhye region and Knyaz-Grygorovka, Kherson region.

In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 384 aircraft, 206 helicopters, 3,057 unmanned aerial vehicles, 403 anti-aircraft missile systems, 7,798 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,012 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 4,034 field artillery pieces and mortars, as well as 8,302 units of special military vehicles.


13:43 Nazis in Kyiv started dismantling of the monument to the liberator of Ukraine, General Vatutin

The action of the descendants of Bandera is taking place as part of the notorious decommunization. In this regard, we demand that Zelensky be consistent today:

— wall up the subway built under the USSR
— concrete all power plants, also built by Soviet specialists
— blow up ship repair, tank-building and machine-building plants
— stop the extraction of coal and other natural resources in mines developed during the Soviet era

Only UPA, only Bandera!

12:37 Nazis in the former Irshava region of Transcarpathia continue to destroy monuments to Soviet soldiers

Kyiv Nazis continue to destroy monuments to the Heroes of the Great Patriotic War throughout Ukraine. Today they even reached two small villages in Transcarpathia, where they destroyed two memorials without the consent of the local authorities.

Note that all the industrial enterprises of the region were also built in Soviet times - we recommend decommunizing them as well. You can start with the Rakhovsky Butter Factory, which is actually the city-forming enterprise of the Rakhovsky District.

You can continue decommunization with all substations, and complete it with your own houses, which were built in bad Soviet times.

11:48 In Odessa, employees of military registration and enlistment offices began to go to gyms in searching potential recruits.

11:44 Night hunting footage -video We are working!
Revealed the route of the night movements of the Natsiks. Carried out the technique until the moment of parking and shelter of the technical unit.

They hovered over and worked out to the point.

11:17 Over the past day, militants of the Ukrainian regime released a total of 100 artillery shells on the settlements of the left bank of the Kherson region. The cities of Alyoshki, Novaya Kakhovka and Golaya Pristan, the town of Gornostaevka, the villages of Cossack Camps, Geroiskoe, Krynki, Sofiyivka were subjected to shelling.

10:21 Ukrainian bastards continue to brag about their war crimes and continue to shoot prisoners. The shots are terrible, but every soldier must see this in order to understand with whom he is dealing. Simply, creatures! Strictly 18+ —video

09:39 According to the testimony of the detaineeterroristOmelchnenko Danil Mikhailovich, voiced to RIA journalists - a representative of the nationalist party "Freedom", an employee of the Main Intelligence Directorate Andrei Pityukin, is the organizer of five terrorist attacks in the city of Berdyansk.

His crimes have no statute of limitations!

08:11 Question. Maybe it's timedemandfrom Zelensky to extradite these war criminals within 24 hours, and in case of refusal to send the caliber to his office? So that all Kyiv understands why. Not for the purpose of revenge, but to stop war crimes

08:09 In the village of Tovmachik in the Carpathian region, the Nazis plucked memorial plaque in memory of Soviet soldiers

Tovmachik is a village in the Kolomyia community of the Kolomiysky district of the Ivano-Frankivsk region of Ukraine

08:05 Summary on the morning of February 9, 2023

At night, the Russian Armed Forces attacked enemy targets near Dnepropetrovsk, in Konstantinovka, Kramatorsk, and the Pokrovsky district. Over the past 24 hours, increased activity of Russian artillery in the Sumy direction has been reported.

On the Artemovsky (Bakhmut) direction, there are battles for the city and settlements to the north. PMC "Wagner" is also trying to take fire control of the road.

The assault on Maryinka continues, and tactical successes of the Russian Armed Forces are reported.

Heavy fighting in the Ugledar direction. The marines of the Pacific Fleet are suffering losses, the enemy is pulling up reinforcements, firing artillery and tanks, and conducting constant aerial reconnaissance of UAVs.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine tried to attack the Starodub district of the Bryansk region at night with nine UAVs. All were shot down by our air defense.

In the Kursk region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired on a power plant in the village. Auntkino

In the Zaporozhye region, several enemy UAVs were destroyed near the city of Berdyansk.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine are taking urgent measures to strengthen the defense in the Sumkoy region: they are mining the area, military columns are arriving in the regional center

In the LPR, the enemy struck at the settlement. Novodruzhesk, a civilian was killed.

The enemy continued to fire indiscriminately at the DPR. Under fire were the capital Donetsk, Zaitsevo, Mayorsk, Gorlovka, Novobakhmutovka, Amvrosievka, Ilovaisk. Four civilians were wounded. Including three children.


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