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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:55 Over the past day Representationreportedabout 18 facts of firing by the VFU.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made seven artillery attacks from 155mm and 152 mm artillery.
On Gorlovsky eight artillery attacks from artillery 155mm and 152 mm.
On Yasinovatsky three artillery attacks from MLRS, artillery 155mm and 152 mm. Having fired 97 units of various ammunition.
The regions of five settlements of the Republic came under enemy fire: Horlovka (Central-city district, Nikitovsky district), Yasinovataya, Yakovlevka, capital city. Donetsk (Kuybyshevsky, Petrovsky district), Yelenovka.
Over the past day, information was received about the wounding of a civilian - a man, in Yakovlevka.
Damaged one house building in the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka. Damage to civil infrastructure facilities was not recorded.
Previously 34 shellings were recorded from the side of the VFU per day.
21:56 Helicopters VKS in the sky over Donbass.
21:50 Report about the explosions in Kherson.
21:03 Video- Let's move forward! A serviceman from the Stavropol Territory has been participating in a special military operation from the very first days.
In his address to his countrymen, he expressed gratitude to everyone for their help and support and assured that none of the paratroopers would give up their positions and would not retreat a single step!
“The fighting spirit of everyone here is at the highest level,” the soldier says with confidence, “the mood is excellent! So victory will be ours! Let's move forward!"
20:46 Video— The Russian army is destroying enemy positions on the front near Kremennaya. Artillery of the 2nd Army Corps (LPR), corrected by the Orlan night UAV, inflicts fire damage on the Armed Forces of Ukraine
20:21 Video- "Cornflowers" from paratroopers: servicemen of the Ivanovo Airborne Forces unit continue to destroy fortifications, equipment and manpower of Ukrainian troops from towed mortars
"Cornflowers" inflict fire damage on the enemy with tempo fire of four mines. One such mortar is capable of destroying the enemy in a section of terrain up to 600 meters.
Mortarmen use the "roaming gun" tactic, according to which the firing position constantly changes after firing. Thus, it is possible to avoid losses during return fire from the APU.
19:39 Captured M113 at the Wagners in the Bakhmut direction.
19:20 Video- The downing of the Ukrainian Mi-8 from the Verba MANPADS a few weeks ago. Distance - five kilometers
18:37 Trophies from the defeated Ukrainian military
17:41 Video- The destruction of the Ukrainian opornik in the area of Novodanilovka, Zaporozhye region.
17:25 Video— How the GRU special forces repulsed the attack of the NATO armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the Zaporozhye front
- Scouts of the 22nd GRU Special Forces Brigade, together with fighters of the 291st regiment, on March 15 from the anti-tank systems destroyed enemy equipment, incl. tanks.
In total, the Armed Forces of Ukraine then lost up to 6 pieces of equipment, the militants were also destroyed, the survivors fled. Perhaps this is how the enemy suicidally probed our defenses with the help of reconnaissance in force.
It is reported that the ATGM crews of the special forces of the intelligence department of the General Staff, following the results of that battle, were presented for high awards.
17:00 Video- Minus the observation post of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with the help of ATGMs.
16:30 Video- One of the Russian military awarded the "Gold Star", the commander of a motorized rifle company, said that the forces of the unit held the height taken for three days, and then, without losses, they were able to bypass the enemy from the flank and capture 10 Armed Forces of Ukraine
16:00 Video “Ukrainian prisoners are not only in normal conditions and safe, but also receive additional education as help, since Ukraine has had serious problems with this for a long time. In the footage you can see a creative lesson with Ukrainians on history.
15:40 Summary Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation (04/01/2023)
- In the Kupyansky direction, artillery fire from the "Western" group of troops defeated the enemy's manpower and equipment in the areas of the settlements of Tabaevka, Sinkovka of the Kharkov region and Novoselovskoe of the Luhansk People's Republic.
Enemy losses amounted to 50 Ukrainian servicemen, two vehicles and one 122mm D-30 howitzer.
- In the Krasno-Limansky direction, strikes by operational-tactical aviation, heavy flamethrower systems, and artillery fire from the "Center" group of troops hit units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Terny of the Donetsk People's Republic and Chervonaya Dibrova of the Luhansk People's Republic.
During the day, up to a hundred Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, three vehicles and one 122mm D-30 howitzer were destroyed in this direction.
- In the Donetsk direction, as a result of the active actions of the units of the "Southern" group of forces, strikes by operational-tactical aviation and artillery, the enemy’s losses per day amounted to 110 Ukrainian military personnel and mercenaries, one armored personnel carrier, five armored combat vehicles, five vehicles, a combat vehicle 122mm MLRS "Grad", self-propelled howitzers 152mm "Acacia" and 122mm "Carnation", as well as howitzers 152mm "Msta-B" and 122mm D-30.
- In the South-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, air strikes and artillery fire from the Vostok group of forces hit enemy units in the areas of the settlements of Vugledar of the Donetsk People's Republic, Marfopol and Dorozhnyanka, Zaporizhzhia region.
Enemy losses in these areas amounted to 50 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, three vehicles, and a 152mm D-20 howitzer.
- In the Kherson direction, as a result of fire damage, up to 40 Ukrainian servicemen, three vehicles, a 152mm Akatsiaself-propelled howitzer, as well as one 152mm Giacint-B towed gun were destroyed in a day.
- Operational-tactical aviation, missile troops and artillery of groups of troops (forces) of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation during the day defeated 86 artillery units in firing positions, manpower and equipment in 92 districts. In addition, an ammunition depot of the 127th Territorial Defense Brigade was destroyed near the Izbitskoye settlement in the Kharkiv region.
- Fighter aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down a MiG-29 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force near the village of Koptevo in the Donetsk People's Republic.
Also, a Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopter was shot down in the area of the settlement of Novovasilevka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
- Air defense systems intercepted nine rockets of the HIMARS and Smerch multiple launch rocket systems per day. In addition, five Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed in the areas of the settlements of Valeryanovka of the Donetsk People's Republic, Gulyaipole, Novoukrainskoye, Zaporizhzhya region and Krynki, Kherson region.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 405 aircraft, 228 helicopters, 3,630 unmanned aerial vehicles, 415 anti-aircraft missile systems, 8,497 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,077 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 4,478 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 9,247 units of special military vehicles.
15:32 Video from the front. Russian soldiers storm the fortified area of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
For a brave warrior with the call sign "Groom" snowfall is not a hindrance. After all, he has an experienced crew and a reliable Russian tank at hand. He confidently leads the attack aircraft to knock out the overstayed enemy. Competent leadership, synchronicity of actions and a sober assessment of the situation bring results. The assault detachment completed its task and destroyed the soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, occupying a stronghold.
Nothing will stop these guys!
14:51 Video- Fighters of the Donetsk 1st Army Corps show their trophies - downed enemy UAVs.
14:30 Video- Work with the PDO (closed firing position) 291 Regiment crew "Novorossiysk".
13:52 Video— Our tankers are destroying another batch of the enemy.
13:28 I don't know how good this news is, but in any case, I think it's better than the T-55. It became known that in the second half of April, Black Eagle tanks will appear in the NVO zone.
The first prototype was first demonstrated in 1997 and was a modified undercarriage of the main T-80U tank with a new design turret installed on it.
The tank's previous armament, a 125mm cannon, has been replaced with a larger caliber 152mm gun. A 7.62 mm machine gun and a remote anti-aircraft gun with a 12.7 mm Kord machine gun are paired with the gun.
With a combat weight of 48 tons, the tank is equipped with a new gas turbine engine with a capacity of more than 1500 hp. Thus, the specific power of the tank exceeded 30 liters. s. / t and, as a result, the dynamic characteristics of the "Black Eagle"
significantly exceed the characteristics of third-generation Western tanks with a specific power of 20 - 25 liters. s./t.
12:46 Video— Statement by the head of the press center of the Center group
- In the Krasno-Limansky direction, during combat duty, the means of air defense of the group of forces "Center" discovered and destroyed reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
- During the counter-battery fight, intelligence uncovered artillery units of Ukrainian nationalists. As a result of the fire defeat, the enemy suffered losses in personnel and equipment.
12:04 Official summary Representative offices of the DPR in the JCCC from 00:00 03/31/2023 to 00:00 04/01/2023
Over the past day, the Representation reported 34 facts of firing by the AFU.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made 25 shellings from the MLRS and artillery of 155mm and 152mm. On Gorlovsky nine artillery attacks from artillery 155mm and 152mm. Having fired 171 units of various ammunition.
The region of four settlements of the Republic came under enemy fire: Horlovka (Nikitovsky district), the capital city. Donetsk (Kyiv, Kuibyshevsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeivka (Chervonogvardeysky district), Aleksandrovka.
Over the past day, information was received about the wounding of a civilian - a woman, in Aleksandrovka. Four housing constructions were damaged in Kievsky and Petrovsky districts of Donetsk. Damage to civil infrastructure facilities was not recorded.
In the previous day, 11 artillery attacks were recorded from the side of the VFU.
11:40 Video— Luhansk People's Republic, Makeevka
The enemy began to transfer a column of motorized infantry on NATO vehicles of the MRAP class.
Soldiers of the 24th Separate Special Forces Brigade timely discovered the movement of the enemy, destroyed two armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The rest of the personnel of the ukroreikh fled, abandoning the combat mission.
11:20 Front-line summary for the morning of 04/01/2023 -photo.
- On the Donetsk front, after massive shelling, Russian troops attacked all three large fortified areas of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: in Maryinka, the city of Krasnogorovka and Avdeevka. To the west of the latter, they carried out offensive operations near Severny. And to the north - at Stepnoy.
The units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation tried to advance to Novobakhmutovka (the one to the north-west of the village of Krasnogorovka).
After a fire defeat, they also attacked in the Keramika area. In all sectors of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, they held their positions. Russian artillery shelled Kurakhovo, Ostrovsky, Georgievka, Pobeda, Novomikhailovka, Novoselovka First and Nevelskoy. The Ukrainian army attacked Donetsk.
PMC "Wagner", with the support of artillery and aviation, conducted assault operations in the southern and northern parts of Bakhmut. On the first of these sites, the "orchestrants" managed to push through the defenses of the Ukrainian garrison.
Also, after artillery strikes, they attacked at Orekhovo-Vasilyevka. They didn't have success. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation were shelling Minkovka, Rozdolovka, Seversk and Disputed.
- In the Lugansk direction, Russian troops attacked in the area of Ternov, Stelmakhovka and Berestovoe. Artillery hit the Wells, Zarechny, Nevsky, Novoselovsky, Starch, Kupyansk, Sinkovka, Masyutovka, Western, Dvurechnaya, Krasny First, Dvurechensky and Poplars.
11:08 Ukrainians over the past dayreleasedon the civilian infrastructure of settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, 93 shells from cannon artillery, of which 48 during the day. The following settlements were shelled:
Aleshki - none shells;
Golaya Priston - seven;
Peschanovka - 12;
Pokrovskoe - eight;
Kazachi Lagera - six;
Cardashinka - six.
During the night, the militants of the Kyiv regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the settlement. Novaya Kakhovka, Kakhovka, Holaya Pristan, Kardashinka and Gornostaevka, firing a total of 45 shells from cannon artillery.
10:47 Video- Statement by the head of the press center of the Vostok group.
- In the South-Donetsk direction, the enemy made three attempts to conduct reconnaissance in force of the advanced positions of the Vostok grouping. Motorized rifle units, supported by artillery, repulsed all attacks, killing up to 20 militants.
In the Zaporozhye direction, an enemy reconnaissance group was opened and destroyed, five nationalists were liquidated.
- As part of the counter-battery fight with the help of automatic sound-measuring systems, two enemy howitzers were discovered and destroyed by the crews of the 152mm Msta self-propelled guns in the areas of the settlements of Chervonaya Krinitsa and Preobrazhenka.
10:07 Fighter groups "O" riding on the armor go to congratulate the troops of 404 on the first of April.
09:28 Kyiv regime continues terror of the civilian infrastructure of the left bank of the Kherson region - emergency services
Yesterday, the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired 48 shells from cannon artillery at the settlements: Pokrovskoye, Peschanovka, Kazachi Lagera, Golaya Pristan, Kardashinka, Alyoshki.
At night, the shelling did not stop - Ukrainians fired 45 shells from cannon artillery at Novaya Kakhovka and Kakhovka, Hola Pristan, Kardashinka and Gornostaevka.
09:19 Chronicle of blows and mutual shelling in the NWO zone for the night from March 31 to April 1, 2023
Russian troops worked on targets in Baranovka, Chernihiv region, as well as Katerynivka, Sosnovka, Starikovo, Volfino and Kondratovka in the Sumy region.
In the Kharkiv region, enemy positions were hit in the border Veterinary, Goptovka, Strelechya, Glubokoe and Budarki.
In the Starobelsk direction, Russian artillerymen attacked the concentrations of AFU manpower in Figolevka, Masyutovka, Sinkovka, Krakhmalny and Nevsky.
On the Bakhmut (Artemovsky) direction, the RF Armed Forces hit targets in Bakhmut, Disputed, Vasyukovka, Novomarkovo, Grigorovka and Krasny (Ivanovsky).
In the Donetsk direction, Russian forces inflicted fire damage on the enemy in Stepovoe, Krasnogorovka and on the western outskirts of Maryinka.
Ukrainian formations once again shelled Donetsk, Gorlovka and Makeevka.
In the Yuzhnodonets direction, the RF Armed Forces worked on the concentrations of Ukrainian army manpower in Ugledar, Bolshaya Novoselka, Novomikhailovka and Novoselka.
In the Zaporozhye region, Russian troops hit targets in Gulyaypole, Orekhovo, Olhovsky, Malaya Tokmachka and Stepnogorsk.
On the southern sector of the front, the RF Armed Forces carried out strikes against Ukrainian army facilities in Kherson and its environs.
08:53 Combat operation "Wolves" in the area of Svyatogorsk -video
The fighters of the reconnaissance detachment of the sabotage and reconnaissance brigade during the operation came under enemy fire. One of the guys was injured. Archival footage of the work of a special group of volunteers
08:18 Summary on the morning of April 1, 2023
In the center of Artemovsk (Bakhmut), with heavy fighting, the Wagner PMC is advancing.
Fighting is going on in the north of the Avdiivka direction, our units have managed to expand the zone of controlled territories.
From the Kupyansk direction they report on battles of local importance.
At the Kremennaya-Svatovo sector, they report the intensification of offensive operations of the Russian Armed Forces
In the Maryinsky direction, our units are fixed in their positions in the center of the settlement.
In the Kursk region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired on the Glushkovsky and Korenevsky districts. The Glushkovsky district came under fire twice: Tetkino (without consequences) and Krasnooktyabrsky (out of two attacks on the village, one ended in a direct hit on a private garage).
The enemy fired 171 rounds of ammunition at the DPR. Under enemy fire Gorlovka, Donetsk, Makeevka, Aleksandrovka.