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[NewsFrontInfo] 21:35 Videoarrivals in Zaporizhzhya by energy facilities tonight
21:34 After the explosions in one of the districts of Zaporozhye,fire.
Also in part of the city, power outages began - from a few seconds to more than 10 minutes.
21:25 In Volnyansk, a northern suburb of Zaporozhye, at least five explosions (2+3).
21:20 In Zaporozhye loud!
A loud explosion sounded in the regional center, temporarily occupied by the Zelensky regime. At the moment, we are talking about at least five loud volumetric explosions.
21:16 BTR-82A is working on Ukrainian positions in Maryinka -video.
21:13 New shots and new airstrikes on the Avdievka fortified area: deployment points and ammunition depots became targets again -video.
21:12 Consequences of the Ukrainians turning Bakhmut into a fortress -video.
21:11 Accurate corrected artillery fire on Ukrainian positions -video.
20:03 Today, the Ukrainians regime killed a civilian Volnovakha, two were injured -video.
At 05:00, American MLRS HIMARS fired at the civilian facility of the ATP "Auto-Express" - the base of regular buses in this area. Almost all buses and private cars of employees were destroyed. Judging by the fragments of the NATO shell found, these were modified missiles filled with submunitions to cause maximum damage to people and buildings.
19:20 Current losses of Ukrainian troops - more than 166,000 military personnel.
18:40 From the first person: the commander of the ATGM squad showed how an anti-tank missile works -video.
"This is our Metis anti-tank missile system. The missile is installed very easily and quickly, it is always controlled during movement," said the soldier.
The complex is designed to destroy stationary and moving targets moving at speeds up to 60 km/h. "Metis" can even be used to fire at enemy helicopters. The firing range of the complex is up to 1.5 km.
18:00 An attempt by the ukrovoyaks to move to another position did not work out, they had to run back to their brothers -video.
17:15 Consequences of hits in the plant management building in Avdievka. There are no peaceful people in the industrial zone -video.
17:11 The artillery attack of the Ukrainian observation post in the area of Kremennaya -video.
16:30 Ugledar from Pavlovka looks like this. Approaches to the city are complicated by a bunch of high-rise buildings, where, naturally, Ukrainians crowd in positions -video.
15:03 39 DPR defenders released from Ukrainian captivity as part of the exchange between the Russian Federation and the State of Ukraine, which took place on March 7, 2023 – Ombudsman Daria Morozova
14:19 Personnel of stronghold of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, occupied by units of the Airborne Forces during its assault
During the advance of the advanced units of the Airborne Forces, well-fortified strongholds of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were opened.
Reconnaissance units and crews of unmanned aerial vehicles revealed enemy positions and transferred their coordinates to artillery means for inflicting fire damage. After inflicting fire strikes with artillery, the positions of the Ukrainian formations were taken by assault detachments of Ivanovo and Kostroma paratroopers.
During a massive fire attack from artillery pieces and mortars, as well as direct contact with the assault detachments of the Airborne Forces, the defending units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine suffered significant losses and were forced to abandon their positions and retreat, hastily abandoning Western-made weapons and equipment, as well as the bodies of their killed colleagues.
On this day, the paratroopers occupied more than five platoon strongholds, destroying from 15 to 20 servicemen of the Ukrainian territorial defense in each of them and capturing two people.
14:15 Summary of Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress holding special military operation (09.03.2023)
In response to the organized March 2 this year. Kyiv regime terrorist actions in the Bryansk region The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation dealt a massive retaliation strike.
High-precision long-range air, sea and land-based weapons, including the Kinzhal hypersonic missile system, hit key elements of Ukraine's military infrastructure, military-industrial complex enterprises, as well as energy facilities that provide them. The target has been reached. All assigned objects are hit.
As a result of the strike, the bases of attack unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed, the transfer of reserves and rail transportation of foreign weapons was disrupted, and production facilities for the repair of military equipment and the production of ammunition were disabled.
In the Kupyansk direction, attack aircraft strikes and artillery fire from the "Western" group of forces hit enemy units in the areas of the settlements of Gryanikovka, Pershetravneve, Olshana, Kharkov Region, and Stelmakhovka, Luhansk People's Republic. During the day, up to 50 Ukrainian servicemen, two infantry fighting vehicles, five armored fighting vehicles and two cars were destroyed in this direction.
In the Krasno-Limansk direction, the active actions of the units of the group of troops "Center" and artillery fire defeated the manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Nevskoye, Chervonaya Dibrova of the Lugansk People's Republic and Torskoye of the Donetsk People's Republic. Enemy losses in this direction amounted to 115 Ukrainian servicemen, three armored combat vehicles, two pickup trucks and a Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer.
In the Donetsk direction, during the active operations of the units of the "Southern" group of troops and artillery fire in the areas of the settlements of Krasnoye, Semenovka and Pervomayskoye of the Donetsk People's Republic, more than 135 Ukrainian servicemen, three armored combat vehicles, three pickup trucks, four cars, two 152mm D-20 howitzers, 152mm Msta-B howitzer, and one 152mm D-1 howitzer.
In the South-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, the artillery of the Vostok group of troops hit units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Ugledar and Prechistovka of the Donetsk People's Republic. The total losses of the enemy in these directions per day amounted to 65 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, two pickup trucks and a 152mm D-20 howitzer.
In the Kherson direction, four armored combat vehicles, five vehicles and two 122mm D-30 howitzers were destroyed during a complex fire engagement.
Operational-tactical and army aviation, missile troops and artillery of groups of troops (forces) of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation defeated 78 artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at firing positions, manpower and equipment in 102 districts in a day.
An ammunition depot of the 110th Mechanized Brigade was destroyed near the village of Vozdvizhenka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
APU. Also, in the area of the settlement of Chasov Yar of the Donetsk People's Republic, a US-made AN/TPQ-50 counterbattery radar was destroyed.
Fighter aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the area of the settlement of Volnyansk, Zaporozhye region, shot down a MiG-29 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force in an air battle. A Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopter was shot down near the Novogrodovka settlement in the Donetsk People's Republic.
During the day, air defense systems intercepted six rockets of the HIMARS multiple launch rocket system, and also destroyed five Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in the areas of the settlements of Nikolskoye, Blagodatnoe of the Donetsk People's Republic, Kremennaya of the Luhansk People's Republic, Berestovoye of the Kharkiv region and Chervoniy Mayak of the Kherson region.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 399 aircraft, 218 helicopters, 3,366 unmanned aerial vehicles, 410 anti-aircraft missile systems, 8,241 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1055 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 4,308 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 8,816 units of special military vehicles.
14:00 As a result of yesterday's artillery attack of the Proletarsky district, two children were injured from NATO-style weapons, one of them was born in 2011. He is in critical condition with multiple shrapnel wounds. The child is not yet transportable, doctors are fighting to stabilize his condition - Denis Pushilin on the air of the Rossiya 24 TV channel.
13:47 Fresh footage from the Artemovsk (Bakhmut) road. Every third column of the Armed Forces of Ukraine goes to the next world -video.
13:42 Armed Forces of Ukraine began to actively bombard Kakhovka and Novaya Kakhovka with ammunition prohibited by the Geneva Convention - Leontiev
The head of the administration of the Novokahovsky district, Vladimir Leontyev, said that Ukrainian militants are increasingly violating the Geneva Convention. According to him, with the help of MLRS, the Ukrainians are throwing prohibited ammunition into the territory of Kakhovka and Novaya Kakhovka, including induction mines that react to a magnetic field.
13:40 We do everything possible and impossible -video.
Mobilized, the tank commander with the call sign "Igir" arrived to defend the Motherland from the Rostov region. The tanker exudes confidence, he says that he "had a complete understanding against whom I was going to fight and why it was necessary."
Igir is satisfied with his preparation. "Taught well, hit well. So there were no special problems," said the tanker.
To serve in his understanding is not difficult: "follow the commands of the commanders and everything will be fine." The guys give all their best and do “"everything possible and impossible" to make the Rostov region proud of them, says the tank commander. The serviceman said hello to his family, he is sure that everything will be fine and asks not to worry about him.
13:38 The work of our attack aircraft-motorized rifles in anticipation of the support of tankers -video.
"Mother Infantry" during the Great Patriotic War was the main decisive force on the battlefield. She broke through the enemy's defenses, went on the attack, stormed cities and fortresses, destroyed the enemy's manpower, seized his fortifications and then held the conquered positions.
No wonder the soldiers were proud: "The infantry is the queen of the fields." An infantryman - he is a shooter and a digger, a lumberjack and a builder, when necessary - a scout and a sapper, and a nurse himself.
"Until an infantryman sets foot on the ground during the battle, this territory is not considered conquered or liberated from the enemy."
13:14 Footage of how the BMP of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, being under fire, very indelicately dumps through the private sector of Bakhmut -video.
13:12 Wagner PMC captures more and more new territories every day, today Dubovo-Vasilyevka is under the full control of Wagner PMC.
Evgeny Viktorovich publishes the following appeal -voice record.
12:34 Kinzhal missile hit into a critical infrastructure object, - the head of the Kyiv VA Popko.
11:24 At 0500 hrs crests attackedblowfrom the MLRS "HIMARS" in the ATP of the city of Volnovakha. Seriously damaged or completely destroyed more than 10 buses that worked on intracity and intercity routes. One person died.
11:16 "Dubovo-Vasilevka is completely under the control of Wagner PMC. There are fights on the outskirts. The entire territory of the settlement is under us" - Evgeny Prigozhin.
10:39 Chronicle of strikes and mutual artillery attack in the NVO zone during the night of March 8-9, 2023 —video.
At night, the RF Armed Forces delivered a massive blow to infrastructure and military facilities on the territory of Ukraine.
Local sources reported arrivals in Kyiv, Kharkov, Zhytomyr, Vinnitsa, Odessa, Mykolaiv, Zaporozhye and Dnepropetrovsk regions. In the capital, CHPP-5 again became one of the affected facilities. Ukrainian media claim that the attack on Kyiv was delivered by a Kinzhal missile.
Explosions were also heard throughout western, northern and central Ukraine. In a number of regions, there are problems with communication, as well as energy and water supply, train traffic is delayed by almost an hour.
Russian artillerymen hit targets in Kharkivka and Atinsky in the Sumy region, as well as in Senkovka and Karpovichi in the Chernihiv region.
In the Starobelsky direction, Russian forces hit the concentrations of personnel and equipment of the Ukrainian army in Nevsky, Pershotravneve, Kupyansk and Dvurechnaya.
In the Bakhmut (Artemovsky) direction, Russian forces attacked the objects of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Bakhmut, Dyleevka, Konstantinovka, Kirovo and Zaliznyansky. In the Donetsk direction, the RF Armed Forces hit the enemy positions in the area of ????Avdeevka, Alexandropol, Karlovka and Georgievka.
The enemy once again shelled Donetsk and its environs.
In the Yuzhnodonetsk direction, Russian forces attacked Ugledar, Zolotoy Niva, Bolshaya Novoselka, Vremyevka and Novopol. In the Zaporizhzhya region, the Russian forces’ cannon and rocket artillery hit the concentrations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Zaliznychny, Malaya Tokmachka, Orekhovo and Olgovskoe. In the Kherson region, the Russian Armed Forces carried out strikes on Ukrainian army targets in the vicinity of Kherson and near Berislav.
10:04 Populists from the DPR OBTF "Kaskad" nightmare the evacuation group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the anti-tank systems in the Ugledar direction -video.
09:55 Representation of the DPR in the JCCC informs about 17 facts of firing by the VFU per day
The enemy fired from MLRS, 155mm artillery, firing 93 units of various ammunition across the territory of the DPR.
Under the fire of the VFU were: Gorlovka, Panteleymonovka, Donetsk.
09:46 Last day, the Kiev regime released on the civilian infrastructure of settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, a total of 133 rounds from cannon artillery, incl. in the afternoon - 84. From to to settlement:
Naked Pier - 12;
Aleshki - 4;
Dnipro - 6;
Kardashinka - 12;
Cossack Camps - 15;
Sagas - 7;
New Zburyevka - 4;
Korsunka - 20;
Krynki - 4 rounds.
During the night, the Kiev regime released n.p. Novaya Kakhovka, Kakhovka, Tavriysk, Naked Pier, Peschanovka, Vasilievka, Novaya Zburyevka, a total of 49 cannon artillery rounds.
08:55 Summary on the morning of March 9, 2023
On the northern ledge of the Artemovsky (Bakhmut) front, PMC "Wagner" approached the settlement. Dubovo-Vasilevka. The eastern half of Artemovsk is under the control of our troops. Separate units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to leave the city, but the fighting is fierce. The enemy counterattacks in order to save the corridor to the city.
In the north of the Avdeevsky direction, the Russian Armed Forces are conducting an offensive in the area of the settlement. Krasnogorovka. They report the release of n.p. Merry. On the southern ledge of the front section, fighting in the area of ??the settlement. North.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked Energodar, Zaporozhye region, using a UAV.
In the Kherson region near the river. Dnepr enemy covertly moves heavy equipment. They report constant attempts to land enemy DRGs on the islands in the floodplain of the river. Dnieper.
The enemy does not stop artillery attack the civilian population of the DPR. Under fire Gorlovka, Panteleymonovka, Donetsk. Seven people were injured, incl. two children.
In Georgia, at night, the security forces dispersed the protesters, using special equipment. At the only checkpoint across the Russian-Georgian border, Upper Lars, there was a traffic jam of those wishing to travel to Russia.
08:07 Frontline summary on the morning of 03/09/2023
On the Donetsk front, the intensity of the fighting increased significantly. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, after artillery preparation, again made an attempt to advance towards Novomikhailovka in order to level the line of contact and eliminate the ledge of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Good logistics make it possible to maintain the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine here.
In the city limits of Marinka - fierce battles. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are continuously conducting assault operations. With artillery support, they attack at Nevelskoye and in the direction of Pervomaisky.
From the side of Opytnoye, they broke through the Ukrainian defenses in the Severny area. This gives the RF Armed Forces the prospect of covering the fortified area of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Avdievka, which is being massively hit by artillery from the west.
And from the north, units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation nevertheless cut a section of the H-20 highway and established control over Vesely. They also attacked in the direction of Alexandropol. Artillery hits the fortified area of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Krasnogorovka, as well as Orlovka, Berdych and New York. The Ukrainian army rounds Donetsk.
To the south-west of Bakhmut, Wagner PMC continues its assault operations near Ivanovsky and on the southern outskirts of the city itself from the side of Opytnoye. APU hold positions.
And in the eastern part of Bakhmut, the Ukrainian garrison even tried to counterattack. From the north, Wagner operators advanced a little in the city from the side of Yagodny. With the support of artillery, PMC "Wagner" attacks near Bogdanovka, in the area of Dubovo-Vasilyevka and Orekhovo-Vasilyevka.
To the north of Soledar, also after artillery strikes, he conducts offensive operations on Fedorovka. And a little to the east is trying to break into Vesyoloye. Russian troops launched ground attacks on Vyemka and Disputed.
In the Lugansk direction, units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have been undertaking campaigns against Belogorovka for several weeks now, which end with a return to their starting point. But another attack in the direction of Nevsky led to the advance of Russian troops and the withdrawal of Ukrainian units. Also, the RF Armed Forces are conducting offensive operations on Makeevka.