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Perspective from the Breakaway Republics: Invasion of Ukraine: March 30th, 2023
2023-03-31
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] 23:58 Over the past day Representation reported about 11 facts of firing by the VFU.

-- In the Donetsk direction, the enemy fired three rounds from 155mm artillery.
-- On Gorlovsky four artillery attack from 155mm artillery.
-- On Yasinovatsky four artillery attack from MLRS and artillery 155mm and 152mm. Having fired 68 units of various ammunition.

The region of six settlements of the Republic came under enemy fire: Holmovskiy, Zaytsevo, Yasinovataya, capital city. Donetsk (Kirovsky district), Aleksandrovka, Yelenovka.

Over the past 24 hours, information was received about the wounding of three civilians in Yasinovataya. Two civilian infrastructure facilities were damaged.

A total of previous artillery attacks were recorded from the side of the VFU during the day.

21:10 Soldiers of PMC "Wagner"burned out a column of armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine during its attempt to return to Artemovsk (Bakhmut)

19:49 Information about the death of one of the victims during the artillery attack of Yasinovataya this morning has not been confirmed. Recall that three people were injured when hitting the city from heavy artillery. Four people have been injured in two days. Head of Yasinovataya Dmitry Shevchenko commented situation in an interview with News Front.

18:40 Ukrainian troops fired at Yasinovataya, firing six rounds of 152mm caliber and 20 rockets from the MLRS, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.

18:25 Today at 11:00 a Ukrainian DRG was destroyed on Bolshoy Potemkinsky Island. Five servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine traveled by boat. Russian fighters noticed them and opened fire. All members of the Ukrainian DRG destroyed

18:11 Battle for Bakhmut situation as of 18.00 March 30, 2023:

In the north of Bakhmut, the assault on the industrial zone of the Artemovsky non-ferrous metal processing plant continues. At the moment, fighting is taking place in the Selishche area near the football stadium near Levanevskogo Street, as well as near houses near AZOM.

In the south of the city, the Sobachevsky and Budenovsky districts of Bakhmut have been completely cleared. Assault detachments of the Wagner PMC attack the positions of the Ukrainian army north of Shirokaya and Mariupolskaya streets.

In addition, Russian units have moved north from the central market to Nizhnaya Street, and are also fighting fiercely near the building of the Bakhmut city administration.

In the vicinity of Bakhmut near Krasny, Khromovo and Orekhovo-Vasilevka, positional fettering battles continue. "Wagnerites", with fire support from artillery and aviation, keep the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area, preventing the transfer of reserves to other directions.


17:59 The Armed Forces of Ukraine do not care about their dead soldiers. Near Artemovsk, Wagner does it for them. They collect the corpses of fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and send them to the Ukrainian side through the declared corridors -video.

17:31 The Armed Forces of Ukraine are suffering colossal losses in Artemovsk (Bakhmut).

In March, the number of dead, wounded and missing Ukrainian military increased sharply. The number of deserters too. Every 24 hours, from 20 to 60 servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are taken prisoner in the Artyomovsk direction.

17:30 Artillerymen of the RF Armed Forces in the Kremensk direction destroyed military equipment of Ukrainian nationalists.

16:40 Kyiv is pulling Western weapons to the Zaporozhye direction, including howitzers M777, HIMARS, French AMX-10RC tanks, Rogov told RIA Novosti.

In his opinion, Ukrainian troops may try to organize an offensive.

16:02 Attack UAVs and artillery of the Donetsk 1st Army Corps destroy enemy in the Avdeevsky direction.

The operators of shock quadrocopters, together with artillerymen of the 1st Donetsk Army Corps, are point-wise destroying identified Ukrainian militants in the Avdiivka direction.

15:37 Up to 25 Ukrainian troops were killed in the Kherson direction of the RF Armed Forces over the past day - RF Ministry of Defense

In addition, Russian servicemen liquidated 11 vehicles and three 122mm D-30 howitzers, as well as an ammunition depot of the 126th Brigade of the territorial defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Olgovka.

15:05 Personnelthe defeat of an entire battery of American 155mm M777 guns of the Ukrainian army in the Zaporozhye direction.

14:44 Work of artillery of PMC "Wagner" in Artemovsk. Detection and subsequent destruction of the APU group with one precise hit.

14:15 As a result of the Ukrainian armed aggression, the building of the administration of the village of Zaitsevo (Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka) was damaged. Mayor of Gorlovka Ivan Prikhodko reported.

13:59 Ukrainian troops fired at Zaitsevo, firingfive 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.

13:40 As of 13.30, as a result of the artillery attack of the settlement. Troitskoye with the use of HIMARS MLRS (the enemy fired two rockets), one civilian was killed and 14 people were injured, the building of the Troitsk Central District Multidisciplinary Hospital and a store were damaged.

13:37 Ukrainian troops shelled the village of Golmovsky (Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka). Three enemy rounds exploded near the local Palace of Culture.

13:25 Nazis made shelling using artillery of 155mm caliber civilian infrastructure of the Petrovsky district of Donetsk.

As a result of the shelling, the building of the Territorial Center for Social Services for Pensioners on the street was damaged. Briquette. Investigators of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation fix the consequences of the criminal actions of the military personnel of the VFU.

13:10 Artillery of 132nd Brigade destroyed position and manpower of the enemy.

Artillery crews of the 132nd Brigade of the 1st Donetsk Army Corps (formerly the 3rd Brigade of the NM of the DPR) destroy the positions and manpower of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with accurate artillery fire. Thanks to the skillful actions of a well-coordinated calculation, each shot from a gun becomes fatal for Ukrainian nationalists.

12:39 According to preliminary information, as a result of the artillery attack of the settlement. Troitskoye with the use of HIMARS MLRS (the enemy fired two rockets) injured six civilians, the building of the Troitsk Central District Multidisciplinary Hospital and a store were damaged.

12:17 Escape infantry of the Armed Forces of Ukraine after an unsuccessful attack in the Zaporozhye direction.

11:44 The representative office of the LPR in the JCCC recorded artillery attack from the armed forces of Ukraine:

– 11.10 . Troitskoye (LNR) with the use of MLRS HIMARS (two missiles). Information about the victims and damage is being specified.

11:40 According to preliminary information, as a result of the artillery attack of the settlement. Troitskoye, using HIMARS MLRS (the enemy fired two rockets), a woman born in 1984 was injured, and four apartment buildings were damaged.

10:57 Ukrainian troops fired at Yasinovataya, 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.

10:23 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for March 30, information was received about victims among civilians in the cities of the Republic:

n.p. Yasinovataya:

- on the territory of LLC “Scientific and Production Association “Yasinovatsky Machine-Building Plant” employees of the enterprise were injured: men born in 1993 and 1966, woman born in 1968.

Information was received about damage as a result of artillery attack of the VFU cities of the Republic:

n.p. Yasinovataya: - damage to the infrastructure of LLC Scientific and Production Association Yasinovatsky Machine-Building Plant was recorded.


10:02 The representative office of the LPR in the JCCC recorded artillery attack from the armed forces of Ukraine:

– 09.10 a.m. Troitskoye (LNR) with the use of MLRS HIMARS (two missiles). Information about the victims and damage is being specified.

09:13 The representative office of the DPR in the JCCC reports 14 facts of firing from the AFU per day.

The enemy fired from MLRS and 155mm artillery, firing 69 units of various ammunition across the territory of the DPR. Under the fire of the VFU were: Yasinovataya, Donetsk, Makeevka, Dokuchaevsk.

Over the past day, information was received about the wounding of one civilian.

09:10 Ukrainian troops fired at Yasinovataya, firing 5 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.

09:08 UAV crews and artillery of the 9th Brigade destroy Nazis in Pervomaisky.

UAV crews and artillery of the 9th Brigade of the 1st Donetsk Army Corps (formerly the 9th Regiment of the NM of the DPR) are destroying the manpower of Ukrainian militants in the village of Pervomayskoye with accurate fire and bombs from copters.

09:00 The criminal Kiev regime continues to shell the civilian infrastructure of the settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Armed Forces of Ukraine were fired from barrel artillery:

- 13 rounds were fired at the Novaya Zburyevka settlement;

- according to n.p. Kardashinka fired seven rounds;

- 11 rounds were fired at the settlement of Krynki;

- Six rounds were fired at the settlement of Podstepnoye;

– In n.p. Aleshki fired 13 rounds;

- according to n.p. Korsunka fired 8 rounds;

Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being specified.

During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the settlement. New Kakhovka, settlement Kakhovka, settlement Alyoshki, n. p. Gornostaevka, n. p. Kazachi Lagera, firing a total of 44 rounds from barrel artillery.

Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure to be confirmed

08:46 Information on the artillery attack of Gorlovka as of 08:00 on March 30, 2023

08:13 Personnel battles for Maryinka.

08:02 Frontline summary on the morning of 30.03.2023:
On the Donetsk front, Russian troops, supported by artillery, carried out offensive operations in Maryinka, near the city of Krasnogorovka and in the Pervomaisky region. Only on the last of the named sites there is a slight progress.

In the Avdievka direction, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation transferred activity to the northern flank. After massive artillery and air strikes, they tried to advance towards the city from the side of the village of Krasnogorovka.

Also, after a fire impact on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a ground attack was launched near Stepnoy. Russian artillery hit Novomikhailovka, Paraskovievka, Georgievka, Ostroy, Thin and Lastochkin. The Armed Forces of Ukraine struck at Donetsk and Novokalinovo.

To the south-west of Bakhmut, the PMC "Wagner" conducted assault operations near Predtechin and Ivanovsky. In the city itself, after a fire defeat, they advanced in the southern part. To the northwest, Wagner operators attacked at Khromovoe and Bogdanovka. With the support of artillery, they tried to advance in the Orekhovo-Vasilyevka area. Russian troops were advancing on Verkhnekamenskoye.

The positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Chasovoy Yar, Novomarkovo, Minkovka, Vasyukovka and Sporny are under shelling. The Ukrainian army attacked Kurdyumovka and Yagodnoe.

In the Luhansk direction, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, with the support of artillery, attacked near Belogorovka, Nevsky and Novoselovsky. They also attempted an attack on Terny, Stelmahovka and Starch.


07:01 Personnel the work of our artillery on the positions of the Nazis in the region of the Disputed LPR.

06:50 Ukrainian troops shelled Aleksandrovka, firing 10 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.

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