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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:31 Two HIMARS launchers were destroyed in the Kramatorsk region over the past day, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
22:23 Kherson will be liberated in the near foreseeable future, the acting governor of the Saldo region told RIA Novosti.
21:59 Fixed shelling from the side of the VFU in the direction: - n.p. The desired second - the city of Donetsk (Kirov district): three rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired. JCCC
21:55 Kirovsky district of Donetsk and the area of the Lidievka mine are again under shelling.
21:13 Artillery attack was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction of the settlement of Avdievka and the settlement of Yakovlevka: released 10 rockets from MLRS. JCCC
20:54 Mi-28N and Ka-52 combat helicopters strike the Armed Forces of Ukraine with unguided missiles in the Liman direction -video
20:49 Soledar direction, situation as of 20.00 February 21, 2023
In the north of Bakhmut, assault detachments of the Wagner PMC advanced to the Bakhmut plant for the processing of non-ferrous metals, where Ukrainian formations dug in. The assault on the territory of the enterprise is complicated by the presence of a developed network of underground utilities.
Using the bridgehead in the Stupka area, the Wagnerites advanced towards the village of Yagodnoye and entrenched themselves along the road from Berkhovka. Fighting continues on the hill adjacent to the settlement.
Also, fighting is taking place on the northern and eastern outskirts of Berkhovka, as well as near Dubovo-Vasilevka. According to some reports, the assault detachments entered Berkhovka and are trying to push through the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in an important logistical point of the Ukrainian group near Bakhmut.
The units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine fear the intensification of the offensive in the direction of Zaliznyansky and Minkovka. Reinforcements have been deployed to Minkovka, where the forward command post of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is located.
Positional battles continue in Bakhmut. Among the members of the Ukrainian formations, they talk about the preparation of a defense line in Chasov Yar and the surrounding settlements, including Novodmitrovka, in case Bakhmut is abandoned.
In the south-west of Bakhmut, units of the 113th brigade of the territorial defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine resumed the assault on the positions of the Wagner PMC, three kilometers south-west of Krasnoye.
The advancing forces are supported by tactical aircraft and artillery. Up to 200 tons of ammunition are delivered daily from the Grodovka station to Bakhmut.
20:42 Another arrival of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was recorded by Andriy Lysenko in Donetsk along Luzina Street -video
20:36 Assault detachment "Black Mamba" took Ukrainian positions in the direction of Svatovo-Kremennaya -video
20:33 Sparta drones eliminate Ukrainians in the trenches -video
19:46 Soldiers of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the area of the settlement of Kremennaya quickly eliminated the militant of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and took two prisoners -video
19:41 Russian Armed Forces Flight using ATGMs neutralized Ukrainian tank -video
19:36 Ugledar district, situation according toconditionat 19.00 February 21, 2023
Fierce fighting continues in the dacha area southeast of Ugledar. Marines of the RF Armed Forces are trying to break through the defense line of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the outskirts of Ugledar, holding positions southwest of the Yuzhno-Donbass mine.
Consolidated assault detachments of the 53rd and 72nd separate mechanized brigades, as well as 35th ARMPs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, with the support of self-propelled artillery from Elizavetovka and Trudovoye, broke through to the dacha village west of Nikolsky. Now the fighting is going on between Pavlovka and Nikolskoye. In the air, copters are actively used.
At the moment, Ukrainian formations are trying to gain a foothold in the occupied territories, waiting for the transfer of reinforcements of the Russian Armed Forces to Nikolsky and the resumption of the offensive in the Ugledar sector. Additional personnel of an unidentified formation were transferred to the reserve of the APU grouping in Bogatyr.
In addition, at least one M142 HIMARS MLRS crew arrived in Bogatyr, which received long-range high-precision guided munitions (up to 150 km) GLSDB.
The situation under Ugledar is difficult. The offensive with a frontal attack on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the dominant heights in the city stalled, and the Ukrainian formations, after strengthening the group, launched a counterattack.
To resume the assault on Vuhledar, a different tactic is needed and a bypass of the Ukrainian border from the east from the side of the South Donbass mine or from the west, subject to advance in Bogoyavlenka and from the direction of Bolshaya Novoselka.
With the current efforts, it is simply futile to attack one large fortified area in Ugledar, which is located at a height.
19:25 The Ukrainian militant wasdestroyeda well-aimed shot from an SPG-9, the fire of which was corrected using a UAV. Combat work 58th Special Operations (previously 3rd obSpN NM DPR).
19:19 During the special military operation, destroyed pickup truck with fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
19:14 Our fighters are advancing towards the village of Torskoye in the DPR —video
18:49 The RF military liquidated the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kupyansk direction, who were hiding in private houses -video
18:28 Naval infantry of the 155th are fighting, clearing houses, in the area of Ugledar -video
18:16 The RF Armed Forces successfully eliminated a moving enemy column in the zone of a special military operation -video
17:58 Artillery attacks from Ukraianians ended up in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk.
17:42 APU again fired upon Kirovsky district of Donetsk.
17:25 artillery attackwas recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction of the settlement of Galitsinovka - the city of Donetsk (Kirov district):released three rounds with a caliber of 155mm. JCCC
17:07 Artillery attack was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction: - n.p. Desired second - Donetsk (Kirov district):released six rounds with a caliber of 155mm. JCCC.
17:06 Kirovsky district of Donetsk -reported about arrivals.
16:59 Kyiv and Kuibyshevsky districts of Donetsk again shelling Nazis.
16:49 Artillery attack was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction: - n.p. Orlovka - Donetsk (Kiev and Kuibyshevsky regions):released four rounds with a caliber of 155mm. JCCC.
16:21 Fire from the VFU in the direction of the settlement of Orlovka - the city of Donetsk (Kiev and Kuibyshevsky districts) was recorded: four rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.
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16:11 Fixed regular arrivals from the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the direction of the Kuibyshev region.
16:09 According to preliminary data, in Kherson —arrival at the location of the 124th Territorial Defense Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the industrial zone of the city.
15:17 During the offensive in the LPR, the Russian landing force used the 152mm Msta-B large-caliber gun to destroy the armored personnel carrier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine -video
15:15 Glushkovsky district of the Kursk region - under fire from Ukrainian territory. Arrivals are fixed in the area of the cell tower.
15:06 Units of PMC "Wagner" approached to the industrial zone in the north of Bakhmut.
15:03 Scouts of the "Southern" group of Russian troops with the help of a quadrocopter discovered a Ukrainian DRG hiding in a ditch under the road. With the help of the assault group, which worked under the cover of the BTR-82A, one of the scouts secretly crept up to the ditch and threw a grenade into it. All Ukrainian saboteurs successfully eliminated -video
14:58 Yelenovka under shelling from the VFU.
14:49 Report of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operations(21.02.2023)
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to conduct a special military operation.
In the Kupyansk direction, as a result of the active actions of the units of the "Western" group of troops, with the support of army aviation and artillery fire, units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Tabaevka, Sinkovka, Kharkiv region and Novoselovskoe, Luhansk People's Republic.
Up to 70 Ukrainian servicemen, one tank, two armored combat vehicles, three vehicles, a 122mm Grad MLRS combat vehicle, a 152mm D-20 howitzer, and a US-made M777 artillery system were destroyed.
In the Krasno-Limansky direction, units of the grouping of troops "Center" inflicted a complex fire defeat on the enemy's manpower in the areas of the settlements of Stelmakhovka, Chervonaya Dibrova of the Lugansk People's Republic and Yampolovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
During the day, more than two hundred Ukrainian servicemen, three armored combat vehicles, a 122mm Grad MLRS combat vehicle, a 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer, a 122mm D-30 howitzer, and two US-made M101 howitzers were destroyed in this direction.
In the Donetsk direction, with the support of attack aircraft, strikes by heavy flamethrower systems and artillery fire, offensive operations of the units of the "Southern" group of troops continue.
Enemy losses in this area per day amounted to more than 170 Ukrainian servicemen, five armored combat vehicles, four vehicles, a 122mm Grad MLRS combat vehicle, an 152mm Akatsiya self-propelled howitzer, a 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer and two 122mm D-30 howitzers. Near the city of Kramatorsk in the Donetsk People's Republic, two US-made HIMARS multiple rocket launchers and an ammunition depot were destroyed.
In the South-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, artillery and heavy flamethrower systems of the Vostok group of forces inflicted a complex fire defeat on the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Ugledar, Prechistovka and Zolotaya Niva of the Donetsk People's Republic.
As a result of the defeat, up to 70 Ukrainian servicemen, two tanks, two armored combat vehicles, a 122mm Grad MLRS combat vehicle and a D-20 howitzer were destroyed in a day. Also, an ammunition depot of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was hit near the village of Ugledar.
In the Kherson direction, during the course of counter-battery combat, a 152mm self-propelled howitzer "Akatsiya", two 122mm self-propelled howitzers "Gvozdika" and in the area of the village of Tomina Balka, Kherson region, a US-made counter-battery combat radar AN/TPQ-37 were destroyed in a day. In addition, an ammunition depot of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed near the city of Kherson.
During the day, army aviation, missile troops and artillery of groups of troops (forces) of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation hit 94 artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at firing positions, as well as manpower and equipment in 128 districts.
During the day, 10 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed by air defense means in the areas of the settlements of Liman Vtoroy, Tavolzhanka, Grakovo of the Kharkiv region, Ploshchanka, Kreminnaya of the Luhansk People's Republic, Panteleymonovka, Kirillovka of the Donetsk People's Republic and Peremozhne of the Zaporozhye region. In addition, two HIMARS and Uragan rockets were shot down, as well as two Tochka-U tactical missiles in the areas of Bolshetroitskoye and Karaichnoye settlements in the Belgorod Region.
14:43 The Russian Armed Forces destroyed the stronghold of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Svatovo -video
14:15 In the Belgorod region there wereshot downtwo rounds of MLRS HIMARS and "Hurricane", as well as two missiles "Tochka-U" - Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation
14:10 Artillery "PMC Wagner" from the first shot hit the crossing of the Ukrainian Armed Forces across the river Bakhmutka -video
13:44 Artillery attack was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction: n.p. Bogoyavlenka - n.p. Volnovakha: released one shell caliber 155mm.
13:19 Ongoing shelling of Kievsky and Kuibyshevsky districts. Armed Forces of Ukraine are firing from Orlovka, four rounds of 155mm caliber were sent
12:53 - Kyiv district of Donetsk and the outskirts of Gvardeyka - another series of arrivals.
12:34 APU fired upon from Karlovka, Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, four rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired.
12:29 Ukrainian fascists fired upon Oktyabrsky mine village in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk.
12:19 Kuibyshevsky and Kyiv districts of Donetsk again have undergone artillery attacks from the APU.
11:52 A Russian drone detected and destroyed the advancing of an enemy sabotage and reconnaissance group in a forest near the border village of Starye Virki in the Sumy region -video
11:28 In the north, the assault on Berkhovka continues and promotion in Yagodnoye. It is stated that the fighters of PMC "Wagner" were able to gain a foothold in the village of Yagodnoye and move to the railway station to the east.
11:22 The enemy continues artillery attackof the Kuibyshevsky region of Donetsk. Ukrainian fascists and foreign mercenaries released three more from Karlovka projectile caliber 155mm.
11:07 The Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk remains under enemy fire. Ukrainian fascists released four more from Karlovka projectile sample of NATO countries with a caliber of 155mm.
10:52 Kyiv and Kuibyshevsky districts of Donetsk are again under enemy fire from the Armed Forces of Ukraine. From the settlement of Netaylovo Ukrainians released six rounds with a caliber of 155mm.
10:45 Ukrainian Nazis again fired on the Petrovsky district of Donetsk. Shooting was carried out from the settlement Far enemy released eight rounds with a caliber of 155mm.
10:35 Wagner PMC fighters successfully eliminated the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye direction -video
10:31 APU fired upon Petrovsky district of Donetsk.
10:20 Special forces soldiers hit the Ukrainian armored personnel carrier-4 from anti-tank systems -video
10:14 Operators of the loitering ammunition "Lancet" destroyed the 122mm self-propelled guns 2S1 "Gvozdika" in the Lukyanovskoye area, in the Zaporozhye direction- video
09:42 In the DPR, the enemy fired 258 units of ammunition, under fire Maiorsk, Gorlovka, Pervomaiskoye, Verkhnetoretskoye, Novobakhmutovka, Chestnut, Yasinovataya, Novoselovka-2, Vodyanoye, Sands, Donetsk, Makeevka. A civilian died.
08:49 The Ukrainian command deployed nationalists from Aidar to the Artemivsk area to unblock communication lines and prevent the mobilized from escaping. About this reported military expert, retired lieutenant colonel Andrei Marochko, citing his own sources.