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Perspective from the Breakaway Republics: Invasion of Ukraine: February 22nd, 2023
2023-02-23
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 Representationreported about 13 facts of firing by the VFU.

In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made seven attacks from the Himars MLRS, 155mm and 152mm artillery.

-- On Gorlovsky three artillery attacks from artillery 152mm and 122mm.
-- On Yasinovatsky two artillery attacks from artillery 155mm and 152mm.
-- On Debaltsevo one artillery attack from the Himars MLRS.

Having fired 61 units of various ammunition.

Under enemy fire were areas of seven settlements of the Republic: Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district), Yakovlevka, Mineralnoye, the capital city of Donetsk (Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Central-City district), Aleksandrovka, Debaltseve.

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

A civilian was wounded - a man, in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk.

A total of 14 houses were damaged in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk, Oleksandrivka and Debaltseve, as well as four civil infrastructure facilities.

In previous, 22 artillery attacks were recorded from the side of the VFU per day.

23:00 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for February 22, receivedadditional information on civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:

Donetsk (Kirovskiy district):
- on the street. Tretyakova, 4 wounded man born in 1970

Additional information has been received about the damage caused by the artillery attack of the Ukrainian cities of the Republic:

Donetsk (Kirovskiy district):
- st. Tretyakova, 4 - a direct hit in a private residential building.

Information about the consequences of artillery attack continues to arrive.

21:10 Russian 122mm BM-21 Grads workon the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the vicinity of Donetsk.

21:07 Russian artillery works on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Seversk

19:38 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for February 22, additional information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:

Donetsk (Kirovskiy district): - on the street. Tretyakova, 4 wounded man born in 1970

Additional information has been received about the damage caused by the artillery attack of the Ukrainian cities of the Republic:

Donetsk (Kirovskiy district): - st. Tretyakova, 4 - a direct hit in a private residential building.

Information about the consequences of artillery attack continues to arrive.

19:21 Paratroopers destroy positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kremensk direction.

18:45 On the situation in Artemovsk:

Suburbs of Artemovsk: most of the Berkhovka settlement is under the control of Wagner PMC. Heavy fighting continues in Yagodnoye.

Meat-packing plant area: subdivisions of Wagner PMC lined the front along Zarechnaya Street.

Zabakhmutka area: Wagner PMC units occupied the entire line of five-story buildings along Vatutina Lane, and also entered Shchedraya Street, establishing control over two blocks of private buildings.

Sobachevka area: subdivisions of PMC "Wagner" occupied two blocks north of the 2nd lane of Gogol.

17:49 Ukrainian troops fired on Mineralnoye and Yakovlevka. Having fired six rounds with a caliber of 152mm at Mineralny and three rounds with a caliber of 155mm at Yakovlevka, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.

17:37 Evening summary of Headquarters of the Territorial Defense of the DPR on February 22, 2023.

17:31 Russian troops near Kherson destroyed American howitzer.

It was first discovered by a reconnaissance drone. And then Russian artillery quickly aimed at the howitzer. It took literally one shot and the American howitzer was destroyed.

16:37 Ukrainian troops fired at the Kirovsky 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.

15:45 At the moment, the main efforts of the Wagner operators to cover Artemovsk are concentrated in the north - this is the direction of Berkhovka - Yagodnoye. Stubborn battles are going on in the center of Berkhovka, but there is no control yet, the enemy is fiercely resisting.

Slowly, the assault units advance and establish control. An inexorable wave - after Paraskoveevka they took up Berkhovka, then - Yagodnoye. We have not yet entered Yagodnoye itself, but fighting is going on on the outskirts.

The key issue is the route through Khromovo to Artemovsk. With its cutting, the position of the Ukrainian group will become completely critical. This means that the western part will already be under the control of our forces, and the enemy will have very critical days. The fighting is going on at the Stupka station.

The enemy forces in the city of Artemovsk had very little time left to get out of the fire bag. Another week (+-), and this bag will gradually tighten, and then it will be impossible to get out on the technique. Then there will be a retreat of scattered remnants with the loss of combat control.

Heavy fighting is going on in the area of the meat-packing plant. Also, ours have not yet entered the settlement of Krasnoye, there are quite strong enemy positions.

15:35 Debaltseve.Consequences of night artillery attacks from the MLRS "HIMARS" of the sports complex "Locomotive" and the local recreation center.

15:23 Fixation of consequences of artillery attacks of the Tsentralno-gorodsky district of the settlement. Makeevka 22.02.2023.

Specialists of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC confirmed the artillery attack of the Tsentralnogorodsky district with the use of the M142 HIMARS MLRS, and also clarified direction firing and the type of missiles used. The enemy fired from their positions located in the area of the settlement. Kramatorsk using M-31 missiles.

15:06 In the west of Donetsk, air defense worked out two air targets.

14:55 Ukrainian militants fired upon dispensary in Makeyevka.

As a result of another artillery attack by the Ukrainian Nazis, the Solnechny sanatorium located in the central city district of Makeevka was damaged. As a result of a direct hit, the fourth and third floors were damaged, the glazing was damaged, as well as the medical equipment stored inside. Fortunately, there were no casualties.

14:30 Ukrainian troops fired at the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, firing 11 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.

14:05 Ukrainian troops fired 11 rounds with a caliber of 155mm at the Kirovsky district of Donetsk, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.

13:40 Cleanup settlement by naval infantry of the Pacific Fleet of the Russian Navy in the Ugledar direction.

Moving deep into the private sector, groups of Marines are firing automatic weapons at the nationalists of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, who have entrenched themselves in houses abandoned by civilians and are putting up fierce resistance.

13:15 Near Avdievka on February 11, a sniper of the 97th Brigade, Yuriy Antonenko, was eliminated.

Source:Telegram

12:37Video of assault on the stronghold of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Kremennaya. The fighters of the Airborne Forces, GRU and Akhmat are working harmoniously.

12:20 Destruction of warehouse with ammunition of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye direction.

12:07 Russian aviation is operating in the sky over the Kherson region, closer to Skadovsk.

11:50 After the night explosions in Mariupol, neither damage nor casualties were recorded, according to the mayor of Mariupol Oleg Morguna.

The mayor stressed that no rounds had been recorded in the city. Morgun also stated in his telegram channel that two unidentified drones were seen near the city. Perhaps the explosions that were heard by the inhabitants of the city and the surrounding area are the work of air defense.

11:10 Artillerymen of the RF Armed Forces continue to destroy the positions and manpower of Ukrainian nationalists in the Artyomovsk direction.

10:47 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for February 22, information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:

n.p. Alexandrovka:

- on the street. School, 220, a man born in 1981 died.

On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC on February 22, information was received about damage as a result of artillery attack of the VFU of the cities of the Republic:

n.p. Makeevka (Central city district):

- a direct hit was recorded in the Solnechny dispensary on the street. Molokova;
- st. Karl Liebknecht, 107 - a private residential building.

n.p. Alexandrovka:

- st. School, 79 - a private residential building.

n.p. Debaltseve:

- direct hits were recorded on the Palace of Culture and the Lokomotiv sports complex on the street. Sosyura;
- Damaged multi-apartment and private residential buildings on the street. Sosyura and Social.

n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district): - damage to the infrastructure of the Michurinsk correctional colony was recorded.

10:29 Missile-guided enemy surveillance equipment (camera and thermal imager) was hit by soldiers of the 68th Army Corps of the [V] group in the Ugledar direction.

10:18 In the Donetsk direction, the forces of Donetsk 1st Army Corps of the RF Armed Forces during the counterbattery fight destroyed Swedish radar Saab ARTHUR.

09:43 The left bank of the Kherson region is non-stop under attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine - more than 160 rounds were fired at settlements.

The emergency services reported that the Kiev regime again shelled Gornostaevka, Sagi, Grape, Aleshki, Staraya Zburyevka, Golaya Pristan and other settlements. APU in total over the past day fired 120 rounds from cannon artillery.

At night, artillery attack continued - Novaya Kakhovka, Gornostaevka, Kakhovka, Cairo, Gladkovka and Staraya Zburyevka were under attack. By morning, another 47 rounds were fired. Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being specified.

09:37 Jobour artillery in the Seversk direction.

08:49 Information on the artillery attacks of Gorlovka as of 08:00 on February 22, 2023

08:20 The Ukrainian Armed Forces launched a strike from the MLRS on Debaltseve in the DPR, six missiles were fired, the representative office of the republic in the JCCC reported.

08:10 During the day, 2 people were injured on the territory of the DPR.

Over the past day, from 00:00 on February 21 to 00:00 on February 22, 2 civilians were injured as a result of artillery attack of the VFU on the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic.

08:09 Ukrainian terrorists fired on the village of Michurina (Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka). As a result of a direct hit by an enemy shell on the roof of the warehouse of the Michurinsky penal colony, a fire broke out.

07:50 Frontline summaryon the morning of February 22, 2023:
On the Zaporozhye direction, Russian troops on the ground unexpectedly attacked in the Kamensky area. This is an important settlement for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, located on the eastern shore of the Dnieper reservoir on the M-18 highway, which goes from Zaporozhye to Melitopol. Russian artillery struck Stepnoy, Novoandreevka, Orekhovo, Novodanilovka, Malaya Tokmachka, Gulyaipol and Olgovsky.

On the Donetsk front, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, after artillery preparation, continued assault operations in Maryinka. Also, with the support of artillery, they attacked in the area of Nevelsky, Vodyany and Keramik. In the direction of the last of the named settlements, there is a slight advance to the section of the H-20 highway. Russian artillery also hit Georgievka, Krasnogorovka, Avdeevka and New York. The Armed Forces of Ukraine carried out strikes on Donetsk and Makiivka.

South of Artemovsk, the Ukrainian army rounds Ozaryanovka, Kurdyumovka and Kleshcheevka. Russian artillery is firing at Aleksandro-Shultin, Ivanovsky and Artemovsk.

PMC "Wagner" continues the assault on the Ukrainian garrison in the city from the east and north. To the south-west of Krasnaya Gora, the "orchestrants" advanced near Berkhovka. They also attack at Dubovo-Vasilyevka. To the north-west of Soledar, the Wagner PMC, with fire support, is trying to break through to Vasyukovka. Russian artillery is artillery attack Zheleznyansky, Fedorovka, Rozdolovka, Vesyoly and Controversial.

In the Lugansk direction, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation again tried to advance towards Belogorovka. They also attacked in the direction of Nevsky. And far to the north, assault operations were carried out at Masyutovka, trying to develop success on the left bank of the Oskol River after the recent capture of Gryanikovka.


06:35 Crews of TOS-1A "Solntsepek" in the Ugledar direction destroyed dozens of positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

0:45 Air defense is working over Donetsk - the RF Armed Forces are shooting down enemy HIMARS MLRS rounds. Local residents report that a series of explosions were heard in Donetsk and neighboring cities of the DPR, Russian air defense is actively working.

Ukrainian militants are trying to launch a massive missile attack on Makeevka, Khartsyzsk and Debaltseve. Also, in addition to the HIMARS systems, the Armed Forces of Ukraine used the Grad MLRS.

0:37 Mariupol is under attack from Ukrainian missiles - air defense has also worked out in the city. More than 15 explosions in the sky sounded in the city. Russian air defense also worked. Arrivals or damage on the ground are not reported.

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