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[NewsFrontInfo] 22:37 Rocket strike with a Krasnopol high-precision projectile on the headframe of the Yuzhnodonbasskaya-1 mine in Ugledarvideo.
21:58 The work of TOS-1A "Solntsepyok" in the Ugledar direction -video.
21:54 To the hottest sector of the front near Donetsk: help to the fighters storming Avdievka -video.
21:51 The Armed Forces of Ukraine are wandering from Bakhmut, having captured the most valuable thing - toilet seats should not go to Russian barbarians -video.
21:40 Destruction of the Armed Forces equipment with the help of the calculation of the anti-tank systems of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and the dropping of the FOG from the UAV in the area of the settlement. Avdievka. —video.
21:02 The work of BMPT Terminator in the direction of Svatovo-Kremennaya -video.
20:34 Shoigu held a meeting on the special operation at the headquarters of the joint group. We discussed the organization of continuous provision of troops with weapons, equipment and ammunition, paid special attention to the organization of combat training of reserve units -video.
20:16 An ATGM crew of the 138th Motorized Rifle Brigade hits a Ukrainian vehicle to the left of Dvurechnoye in the Kupyansky direction -video.
20:12 "Crawl here, crawl here." The capture of two VSUshnikov by Russian soldiers -video.
20:06 The operation of the Solntsepek heavy flamethrower system in the basement with rats -video.
19:48 "Every hour in Bakhmut now is like hell," -declared Deputy commander of the Nazi battalion "Freedom" of the National Guard.
19:42 "Pride for your brother! That he did so, he was not at a loss."
The elder brothers of 11-year-old Fyodor, who, despite being wounded, saved two girls from the artillery attack of Ukrainian terrorists, from the NVO zone said hello to him -video.
19:34 Opening and quick covering by artillery of the Ukrainian opornik in the Ugledao direction -video.
19:32 The Russian Aerospace Forces are working on the fortifications of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the mines near Ugledar -video.
19:30 UAV Orion / Pacer in the Ugledar direction. They work a lot and often, but the video with them is catastrophically small, so they remain in the shadows in the media plan -video.
19:28 On the Avdiyivka front, the Lancet of the Kaskad OBTF attacked the American Three Axes right at the time of the fire on Donetsk -video.
18:53 Footage from the Kherson region demonstrates the combat work of the Eleron-7 UAV of the National Guard unit -video.
18:40 Work on the destruction of evil spirits with the help of the heavy flamethrower system "Solntsepek" -video.
18:35 The work of tankers to destroy the enemy in the stronghold -video.
18:34 Report from the north-eastern districts of Bakhmut. It is noted that among the Ukrainian soldiers there are many untrained and even those who have not served urgently before. Apparently, the consequence of the fact that the good parts of Syrsky and Zaluzhny were taken out of there, and the meat, which is not a pity, was left in order to play for time and slow down the advance of the Russian troops -video.
18:31 Kremennaya. The Russian Army (130th Separate Rifle Brigade, 90 Tank Division) "helps" the Ukrainians prepare wood for coffins, in which they will go to the hut -video.
18:27 A living hell: Armed Forces of Ukraine are suffering unprecedented losses in an attempt to keep Artemivsk —video.
18:16 In the area of Melitopol in the Zaporozhye region, the videoconferencing is also actively working. White stripes appear many and often. Photofrom our subscribers.
18:14 Russian tanks in the Swatov direction. In the middle is the tank counterpart of the Kuzmich T-72AV.
17:31 Correction of fire in Marinka —video.
17:30 Assault on Bakhmut through the eyes of the enemy: still alive militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine filming urban battles -video.
17:28 Zaporozhye direction, Orekhovvideo.
17:25 As a result of the fire impact, the enemy left the stronghold, which allowed the assault groups to move forward -video.
15:35 Russian Aerospace Forces are destroying the fortifications of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Avdievka, supporting the offensive -video.
14:30 Rare burning of a Ukrainian tank by the first sighting from 122mm BM-21 rocket artillery "Grad" -video.
13:38 Department of Defense summary of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation (03/04/2023)
In the Kupyansk direction, the active actions of the units of the "Western" group of troops, with the support of army aviation and artillery, defeated the enemy's manpower and equipment in the areas of the settlements of Novoselovskoye of the Luhansk People's Republic, Gryanikovka, Timkovka and Tabaevka of the Kharkov region.
During the day, over 90 Ukrainian servicemen, one tank and six vehicles were destroyed in this direction.
In the Krasno-Limansky direction, air strikes and artillery fire from the group of troops (forces) "Center" hit enemy units in the areas of the settlements of Yampolovka of the Donetsk People's Republic, Chervonopopovka and Kuzmino of the Luhansk People's Republic.
Enemy losses in this area per day amounted to 150 Ukrainian servicemen, two infantry fighting vehicles, five armored fighting vehicles and a Grad MLRS combat vehicle.
In the Donetsk direction, during the continuation of the active operations of the units of the "Southern" group of troops, air strikes and artillery fire, up to 490 Ukrainian servicemen were killed and wounded per day, one tank, three infantry fighting vehicles, four pickup trucks, nine cars, two 152mm howitzers "Msta- B", three 122mm D-30 howitzers, one 152mm D-20 gun, as well as one US-made M777 artillery system.
In the South-Donetsk and Zaporizhia directions, operational-tactical aviation and artillery of the Vostok group of forces inflicted a complex defeat on the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Vodiane, Vuhledar, Novopol of the Donetsk People's Republic, Shcherbaki and Kamenskoye of the Zaporozhye region.
During the day in these areas, the enemy’s losses amounted to 80 Ukrainian servicemen, one tank, two armored combat vehicles, three pickup trucks, and two 122mm D-20 howitzers.
In the Kherson direction, over 70 Ukrainian servicemen, 20 vehicles, a US-made M777 artillery system, and a D-30 howitzer were destroyed as a result of enemy fire damage in a day.
In the area of the settlement of Druzhkovka of the Donetsk People's Republic, a missile guidance radar of the Ukrainian S-300 anti-aircraft missile system was destroyed.
Fighter aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down two Mi-8 helicopters of the Ukrainian air forces in the areas of Suvorovo, Donetsk People's Republic, and Pokrovskoye, Dnepropetrovsk region, during the day. A Mi-8 helicopter of the Ukrainian Air Force was shot down by means of air defense in the area of the settlement of Novoselivka, Zaporozhye region.
In addition, 12 rockets of the HIMARS multiple launch rocket system were shot down during the day, and 11 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed in the areas of the settlements of Petrovka, Velyky Vyselok of the Kharkiv region, Stelmakhivka, Golikovo, Zhytlovka, Chervonaya Dibrova of the Luhansk People's Republic, Staromlinovka, Kremenets , Sands of the Donetsk People's Republic, Malaya Kardashinka and Novaya Zburyevka, Kherson region.
13:19 Fight in the forest near Kremennaya: the Samara Legion unwound the vaunted Ukrainian landing -video.
13:14 Russian fighters occupied the armory of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Artyomovsk area -video.
12:59 ATGM Russian troops fortifications of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye direction -video.
12:57 Ukrainian formations made another attack on Donetsk using drones.
The ammunition was dropped from UAV to one of the markets in the Kirovsky district of the city. Two people were injured.
12:24 Two people received injured as a result of the drop of ammunition from a UAV in the west of Donetsk. Thus, the Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked the building of the local administration in the settlement. Staromikhaylovka.
11:36 The work of the artillery crew of one of the units of the Airborne Forces -video.
10:58 A UAV of the Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked the village of Staromikhaylovka in the DPR.
Ammunition was dropped on the village from an aircraft, the DPR JCCC reported. There is no information about the victims.
10:05 Front summary on the morning of 03/04/2023
On the Donetsk front, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are conducting assault operations in the city of Maryinka.
South of Bakhmut, the Ukrainian army hit Ozaryanovka, Kurdyumovka and Kleshcheevka. The Russians fired on Chasov Yar and the city itself. PMC "Wagner" advanced from Ivangrad in the south, from Podgorodny in the northeast and from Yagodny in the north of Bakhmut. To the west, fierce fighting near Khromovoe.
In the Luhansk direction, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation again tried to advance towards Belogorovka. North-west - towards Yampolevka and Ternov. APU counterattacked in the Krasnopopovka area. And the Russian troops were conducting offensive operations on Makeevka.
09:53 Footage of the combat work of the crews of MANPADS of the Airborne Troops in the NVO zone -video
Crews of Verba anti-aircraft missile systems are dispersed along the entire line of contact.
At any second, experienced anti-aircraft gunners are ready to destroy any target in the air, from a small quadrocopter to airplanes and helicopters.
09:52 Calculation of ATGM "Fagot" gutted the militants' supporter in the Donetsk direction -video
Mobilized fighters as part of the 9th Brigade of the 1st Donetsk Army Corps shattered the enemy stronghold from the Fagot ATGM.
According to the fighter with the call sign "Bot", the guys "burn firing points, pillboxes, lightly armored and heavily armored vehicles."
09:49 Chronicle of blows and mutual shelling in the NWO zone for the night from March 3 to March 4, 2023
Russian gunners worked on targets in Sobki, Bachevsk, Starikovo, Pavlovka and Belokopytovo in the Sumy region, as well as in Strelechya, Volchansk, Budarki and Ambarny in the Kharkov region.
In the Starobelsk direction, the RF Armed Forces hit the objects of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Dvurechnaya, Kupyansk, Krakhmalny, Makeevka, Nevsky and Kolodezy.
On the Bakhmut (Artemovsky) direction, Russian troops attacked enemy positions in Seversk, Razdolovka, Fedorovka, Vasyukovka, Bakhmut, Predtechino, Dyleevka, Toretsk and Kirovo.
Ukrainian formations fired at Ozaryanovka, Kleshcheevka, Kurdyumovka and Maiorsk.
In the Donetsk direction, artillery fire of the RF Armed Forces hit targets in Avdeevka, Vodyany, Pobeda and Berdychi.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine again attacked the capital of the Donetsk People's Republic.
In the Yuzhnodonetsk direction, Russian forces worked on accumulations of enemy manpower in Ugledar, Novomikhailovka, Bolshaya Novoselka, Vremyevka and Zeleny Pole.
In the Zaporozhye region, the RF Armed Forces hit targets in Gulyaipol, Zaliznychny, Gulyaipolsky and Charivny, as well as in Nikopol and Marganets on the northern bank of the Dnieper.
On the southern sector of the front, Russian troops attacked the facilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kherson and its environs, as well as in Ochakiv, Mykolaiv region.
09:15 Per day on the territory of the DPR injured five civilians – Headquarters TerO DNR
Over the past 24 hours, from 00:00 on March 3 to 00:00 on March 4, as a result of artillery attack of the VFU on the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic, five civilians were injured.
09:05 Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu inspected the Russian grouping of troops "Vostok" in the South-Donetsk direction in the NVO zone -video
The minister heard a report by the commander of the group, Lieutenant General Rustam Muradov and headquarters officers on the current situation and actions of the troops. He paid special attention to the organization of comprehensive support for the troops of the group, as well as the work of medical and rear units.
Shoigu thanked the military personnel performing their tasks in the special operation zone and presented state awards: the Order of Courage, the St. George Cross insignia and the medals For Courage.
08:39 RPG-16 (GRAU - 6G9) hand-held anti-tank grenade launcher used by Pskov paratroopers in the Kremennaya area -video
The RPG-16 grenade launcher and the PG-16V round for it were adopted by the USSR Airborne Forces in 1970. As sighting devices, a removable optical sight PGO-16 with a magnification of 2.7x or a built-in mechanical sight is used. To improve the accuracy and convenience of firing, there are removable bipods. Sighting range - 800 meters.
The RPG-16 was very popular with the troops during the war in Afghanistan, where, thanks to its good accuracy and long range, it proved to be the best.
In the 1980s, the RPG-7D began to enter service with the Airborne Forces, replacing the RPG-16 in the troops.
Cases of the use of RPG-16s during local conflicts of the 1990s in the post-Soviet space were also noted.
08:14 Donetsk People's Republic, Russia. There is a powerful offensive in the Avdeevsky direction.
08:11 Maryinka. The work of the heavy flamethrower system "Solntsepek" from the channel Tankers of the Southern Military District -video
08:08 "Cool guys don't turn around to work MLRS "Kupyanskoe direction.
08:05 Summary on the morning of March 4, 2023
The Russian Armed Forces in the Kupyansk direction are working from rocket and cannon artillery at enemy positions. In some areas, the enemy is attempting counteroffensive actions.
On the Artyomovsky (Bakhmutsky) direction, Wagner PMCs are advancing northwest of the city in the Khromovo region, heavy fighting is going on in the city itself, but our fighters continue their successful offensive. Fighting continues southwest of the city.
In the DPR region of Yenakiyevo, the Su-34 of the Russian Aerospace Forces fell. The pilots ejected, but first they took the plane away from the settlements.
In the Belgorod region, border settlements are under fire from the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
In the DPR, under enemy artillery attacks, Panteleimonovka, Yasinovataya, Donetsk, Makeevka, Staromikhaylovka, Andreevka, Khartsyzsk, Nikolskoye.
In the LPR, the enemy shelled Svatovo and Kremennaya.
The Supreme Commander signed a decree providing for the introduction of external management at enterprises that disrupt the state defense order in the event of martial law.