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Perspective from the Breakaway Republics: Invasion of Ukraine: February 12th, 2023
2023-02-13
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] 23:55 Over the past day, the Representative Office of the JCCC DPR reports 30 facts of firing from the AFU.

In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made 19 attacks from 155mm artillery.

On Gorlovsky 11 attacks from artillery 152mm, mortars 120mm.

Having fired 146 units of various ammunition.

The region of four settlements of the Republic came under enemy fire: Horlovka (Nikitovsky district), the capital city. Donetsk (Kyiv, Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeivka (Chervonogvardeysky district), Aleksandrovka.

Over the past day, information was received about the wounding of a civilian - a man, in Aleksandrovka.

Three housing constructions in Aleksandrovka were damaged.

Previously 31 attacks were recorded from the side of the VFU per day.

22:37 As a result of artillery attack from the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in the village of Aleksandrovka, a local resident, a man born in 1975, was injured, according to the Telegram channelDonetsk time

21:13 The artillery attack of the Kievsky district of Donetsk continues. The JCCC reports that at 21:00 four rounds of 155mm caliber were fired from Orlovka. Telegram channel Alexey KulemZin.

21:00 — Settlement Orlovka - g. Donetsk (Kyiv district): four rounds of 155mm caliber were fired. SCCC

20:24 Kyiv district of Donetsk was shelled. According to the JCCC, from N. n. Thin fired three rounds with a caliber of 155mm. Telegram channelAlexey KulemZin.

20:16 Telegram channel Z4 published video in which reconnaissance and operational control of Ukrainian positions in the forests of Kremennaya was carried out. The result was the discovery and infliction of fire damage by artillery and the T-90 tank. The enemy, leaving positions, left his wounded on the way.

19:55 Telegram channel Ukraina.ru published video elimination of the location of the fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with an accurate strike. In the early morning, the Fagot ATGM crew arrived at the firing point and sent several accurate rounds. The target is hit - the manpower of the enemy is destroyed.

19:04 Ukrainian Nazis fired at the Kirovsky district of Donetsk. On st. The vine projectile hit the asphalt surface, damaging the electrical wiring. As a result, some of the houses on the street were left without power supply. There were no casualties. Reported by Telegram channelAlexey KulemZin.

18:59 Telegram-channel Operation Z: Military commissars of the Russian Spring publishedvideo, in which the Sparta battalion destroys the enemy with Mavic drones Battles near Donetsk.

18:25 In the Kupyansk direction, our troops are advancing towards the city. Fighting is taking place on the enemy's defense lines near Sinkovka and Gryanikovka. The task of our fighters is visible to gain a foothold on the eastern bank of the river. Oskol. Transmits Telegram channel Two majors.

17:59 In Artemovsk, the fettering of the enemy by combat for obstacles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine continues. The KDtwo majors are withdrawing to the rear most of the troops involved in the defense of the positions occupied in the city.

Offensive battles continue south of Artemovsk. Wagner operators , with the support of the RF Armed Forces, shifted the direction of the strike to Krasnoe, reducing the enemy's control zone to the south of Artemovsk. Thus, the main task is achieved - to compress the ring around the city, depriving the enemy of the possibility of maneuver. Telegram channel reportsReports from the militia of Novorossiya.

17:45 From tomorrow, Artemovsk is closed to all civilians, as the city is close to complete encirclement. This was stated by the field commander "Magyar". It will be possible to get into the city only with special passes.

The purpose of the ban is ostensibly to keep civilians safe from our groups that infiltrate the city. Street fighting continues in the suburbs of the eastern and southern parts of Artemovsk. The actions of Ukrainian punishers indicate that the situation in the city for the Armed Forces of Ukraine is deteriorating in an extreme way. Reported in the Telegram channel Observer.

17:22 Telegram channel Alexey KulemZin reported that the artillery attack of the Petrovsky district of Donetsk had begun. At 16:40 from n. n. The farthest was fired five rounds with a caliber of 155mm.

16:47 Telegram channel People's Militia of the DPR showed a video of the combat work of the BM-21 "Grad" 1 of the Donetsk Army Corps. Crews of the 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS are constantly working on the enemy’s artillery, as well as on his positions, without giving him a break.

16:28 AFU again fired at the residential buildings of the Left Bank of Kherson. At least seven cannon artillery rounds were fired at Aleshki during the night, arrivals fell on the homes of civilians -video.

15:46 In the Krasno-Limansky direction, assault and army aviation, artillery and heavy flamethrower systems of the "Center" group of troops defeated units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Torskoye, Yampolovka of the Donetsk People's Republic, Stelmakhivka, Nevskoye, Chervonopopovka and Chervonaya Dibrova of the Lugansk People's Republic, as well as Serebryansky forestry, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported on the progress of the special military operation.

15:31 Russian troops struck with a 152mm 3OF39 "Krasnopol" guided missile at the stronghold of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, equipped in one of the buildings near Vuhledar -Video.

14:53 In the Tekegram channel Boris Rozhin it is reported that Russian assault groups continue to clean up the village of Krasnaya Gora and continue to put pressure on Paraskovievka itself.

14:38 The Armed Forces of Ukraine blew up the bridge on the Bakhmut-Konstantinovka highway, according to the Telegram channel Militarist.

13:26 Russian troops are conducting assault operations in the city of Maryinka. Artillery worked along Novomikhailovka, Georgievka, Krasnogorovka, Pervomaisky, Avdeevka. To the south-west of Bakhmut, PMC "Wagner" does not leave attempts to break through to Ivanovsky and establish real control over the highway to Konstantinovka, the Telegram channel reported WarGonzo.

13:17 Telegram channelThe main thing in Kherson and the region reported that Russian artillerymen had destroyed a Ukrainian fuel depot in the Kherson region. Moreover, at night, Russian artillery fire destroyed a 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika howitzer with ammunition in the area of the settlement. Ingulets. Losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine - five militants dead.

12:15 In the Telegram channel Ukraine.ru there was a message that a general assault on Paraskovievka had begun. As it is written in the material, the enemy grouping in the village is already in an operational encirclement (all supply roads are shot through not only by artillery, but also by ATGMs, and it is doomed. And this further leads our units to the road through Khromovo, after which the Bakhmut grouping of the Armed Forces of Ukraine will also be doomed.

11:45 When you don't really want to defend Bakhmut -video.

Another “Cyborg” whines on tik-tok that there is no need to defend Bakhmut, since it no longer asks for very large losses, but demands to withdraw troops from Artemovsk, simultaneously threatening the deputies with a sweep and shooting into the air with a pistol.

11:39 Kherson direction, January 2023.

Work T-72 from the Cossack 205th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 49th Combined Arms Army of the Southern Military District. Image quality without "double shooting" is better, so an experienced warrior is able to determine targets using a thermal imager.

Our tank, judging by the amount of ammunition fired and the time of combat work, performed the task of preventing the concentration of the enemy on its line. The thermal image from burning targets clearly indicates that the crew has given the enemy a hard time.

11:13 Ukrainian TG-channel "Resident" insider:

"Our sources in the Presidential Office said that the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Bakhmut are incommensurable with tactical significance, but the Office of the President presented the city to the Europeans as a symbol of Ukraine’s “invincibility” and is now forced to hold it by any means. On Bankovaya, they were sure that they would be able to keep Bakhmut, for this they were publicly sent to lead the defense of Syrsky in order to use the success in the confrontation with Zaluzhny, who advocated the withdrawal of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

10:57 Boris Rozhin in his Telegram channel reports that the assault groups of Wagner PMC recorded video from Red Mountain and confidently move on.

Yevgeny Prigozhin confirms the liberation of Krasnaya Gora and reports that Paraskovievka is next in line.

10:23 Video of assault by naval infantry of one of the settlements. The operation is supported by crews of T-80BV tanks and BTR-82A armored personnel carriers of the Pacific Fleet marines.

09:39 Teroborona of the Belgorod Region passes coordination.

The defense forces in this war, and on both sides of the barricades, play a very important role. Without even engaging in battle, but being ready to do so at any moment, relying on connections and excellent knowledge of the terrain, they allow other fighters to be in another place and thus bring not much less benefit to any other fighter of the RF Armed Forces.

09:30 Yesterday, the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired 60 rounds at the civilian infrastructure of the Kherson region - a source in emergency services.

- New Kakhovka: 18 rounds from cannon artillery;
- Proletarian: four rounds from cannon artillery;
- Podlesnoye: three rounds from cannon artillery;
- Korsunka: seven rounds from cannon artillery;
- Sagas: eight rounds from cannon artillery;
- Cossack Camps: eight rounds from cannon artillery;
- Krynki: 12 rounds from cannon artillery.

Also during the night, the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired 35 rounds from cannon artillery at peaceful villages.

09:25 Daily summary of the Headquarters of the Territorial Defense of the DPR on February 12, 2023.

As a result of the artillery attack of the VFU on the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic, one civilian was killed and four were wounded.

According to the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC, the enemy opened fire on the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic using Himars and 122mm Grad MLRS, 155mm and 152mm cannon artillery, and 120mm mortars. The areas of six settlements of the Republic fell under the artillery attack of the VFU. Four housing constructions and three civil infrastructure facilities were damaged. The total number of ammunition used by Ukrainian militants is 155 units.

09:23 In the Seversky direction go heavy fights.

09:20 Videostrikes TOS-1A "Solntsepyok" on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the suburbs of Ugledar.

09:15 "Wagner" liberated Krasnaya Gora.

Ukrainian media confirm. They write that only 30 people survived from the entire garrison of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, hundreds died.

09:02 Tankists 2nd Donetsk Army Corps VS RF destroy Ukrainian Nazis near Belogorovka.

08:51 Informationon the artillery attack of Gorlovka as of 08:00 on February 12, 2023

08:34 Ukrainian troops fired at the Kiev region of Donetsk, firing four 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.

08:06 During the day, one civilian was killed and four wounded on the territory of the DPR.

Over the past 24 hours, from 00:00 on February 11 to 00:00 on February 12, as a result of artillery attack of the VFU on the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic, one civilian was killed and four were injured.

07:43 Ukrainian troops fired on the Kiev region of Donetsk, firing two 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.

07:35 Soldiers of the 1st Slavic Brigade with drones clean up positions abandoned by the Ukrainian military in the Donetsk direction.

07:29 Ukrainian troops fired on the Kiev and Kuibyshevsky districts of Donetsk, fired four rounds of 155mm caliber, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.

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