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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:44 Defeat supporting point of the Armed Forces of Ukraine by aviation of the Aerospace Forces of the Russian Federation in the Avdeevsky direction.
21:02 Reset ammunition from a copter of the 155th Naval Infantry Brigade of the Pacific Fleet in the Ugledar direction
21:02 Wreckage of Ukrainian helicopter MI-8/17 shot down in the NMD zone
19:50 Ukrainian troops fired at the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, firing three rounds with a caliber of 152mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
19:49 Acting head of the DPR Denis Pushilin with First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation Sergey Kiriyenko visited unit "Somalia," its commander Baikot told how the situation is developing on the front line. "It is not easy, but it inspires optimism," Pushilin wrote in his Telegram channel.
19:21 Ukrainian troops fired at the Kiev and Kuibyshevsky districts of Donetsk, 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.
19:06 National guardsmen discovered a large cache of ammunition of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kherson region. In the ruins of an old agricultural complex in the Kherson region, employees of the Russian Guard found ammunition for small arms, grenades for RPGs and LNG.
18:40 The number of wounded during the artillery attack of the temple area in Donetsk has reached seven, the DPR representative office in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine reported.
18:15 Statement by head of the press center of the group "Center":
In the Krasno-Limansky direction, crews of anti-aircraft missile systems "Tor-M1" and "Strela-10" of the group of troops "Center" destroyed unmanned aerial vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine of the "Fury" type.
In the Chervonopopovsky and Yampolovsky sectors, ground reconnaissance revealed the movement of personnel on armored combat vehicles of the 25th Airborne Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The crews of the 122mm BM-21 Grad multiple launch rocket systems of the artillery regiment of the Center group inflicted a fire defeat, all targets were destroyed.
In the Torsky and Chervonodibrovsky sectors, reconnaissance revealed the movement of assault groups of the 58th Motorized Infantry Brigade of the 81st Airmobile Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The crews of Russian Su-25 attack aircraft carried out missile strikes on the identified targets. The enemy is destroyed.
17:43 Fixation of consequences of artillery attack of the Voroshilovsky district of Donetsk on April 16, 2023
Specialists of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC confirmed the fact of the artillery attack of the Voroshilovsky district, and also clarifieddirectionfiring and weapons used.
17:17 Defeat strong point of the Armed Forces of Ukraine by aviation of the Aerospace Forces of the Russian Federation in the Avdeevsky direction.
17:01 Artillery of the RF Armed Forces destroyed positions of militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Seversk direction.
16:50 Soldiers of the 132nd Brigade destroyed enemy vehicle with the help of ATGMs.
The calculation of the anti-tank missile system of the 132nd Brigade of the 1st Donetsk army corps (formerly the 3rd Brigade of the NM DPR) caught an enemy vehicle that delivered ammunition to the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The car was destroyed by a well-aimed shot.
16:21 Easter morning shelling of Armed Forces of Ukraine Alyoshek, Kherson region, there are wounded.
16:10 On video- the consequences of a night strike by Ukrainian militants on a kindergarten in the center of Donetsk. Two rockets flew there at once.
15:40 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for April 16, additional information was received about damage as a result of artillery attack of the Ukrainian cities of the Republic:
n.p. Yelenovka: - he is. Lenina, 114 - private residential building.
14:35 Ukrainian troops fired at Yelenovka, 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.
14:19 Russian aviation carried out six sorties in the Artyomovsk area in a day, 43 fire missions were completed by missile troops and artillery, the Defense Ministry said.
Also in the DPR and the Zaporozhye region, the command posts of two brigades of the Ukrainian territorial defense were hit.
13:47 Artillerymen of the Southern Military District destroy equipment and personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye direction.
13:16 In the Kherson direction, our fighters destroyed APU ammunition depot.
13:13 Consequences of artillery attack of the oldest temple in Gorlovka by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
12:56 Consequences of artillery attack of the Voroshilovsky district of Donetsk. The building of two kindergartens No. 294 and No. 13 was damaged.
12:48 At night, fighters of PMC "Wagner" from Artemovsk evacuated a group of civilians who refused to leave the city during the occupation and waited for the liberators.
Actually, why are the occupiers now trying to forcibly evict people from Avdievka, Seversk and a number of other front-line cities - because the Svidomites have been screwing out of there for a long time, and the rest are simply waiting for the Russian army, despite the threats associated with hostilities.
The Ukrainian occupiers understand this, so recently they began to forcibly evict people, threatening to take away their children.
12:24 Ukrainian troops fired at the Chervonogvardeisky district of Makeevka, firing six 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.
12:05 Work calculation of the 152m Msta-B gun on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye direction.
11:44 Ukrainian troops fired at the Chervonogvardeisky district of Makeevka, firing five 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.
11:40 RIA Novosti correspondent stripped off work on the enemy fighters of the Wagner group, advancing in Artemovsk in the direction of the railway.
11:10 Bright frames assault near Kremennaya: the stronghold of the Armed Forces of Ukraine fell under the onslaught of the "Brave"
The armored group from the "Center" group received the coordinates of the location of the enemy's stronghold and advanced to the assault. Approaching a decent distance to the positions of the enemy, the infantry landed and, under the cover of equipment, went forward.
Our soldiers, conducting heavy fire from a tank, infantry fighting vehicles and small arms, squeezed out the militants from their positions and took the stronghold into their own hands.
In the footage, you can see how the surviving enemies are fleeing.
10:30 Frontline summary on the morning of 16.04.2023:
In the Kherson direction, Russian artillery fired heavily at the regional center, as well as Zelenovka, Sadovoe and Berislav. It is possible that units of the Ukrainian army are concentrated in the area of these settlements for a possible crossing of the Dnieper. The Armed Forces of Ukraine dealt a blow to Alyoshki.
On the Donetsk front, Russian troops conducted assault operations in Maryinka. With the support of artillery, they again attacked in the direction of Pervomaisky and Keramik. In the area of the last of these settlements, there is an expansion of control along a section of the important H-20 highway. Under artillery attack positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Novomikhailovka, Pobeda, Karlovka, Avdievka, New York and Toretsk.
PMC "Wagner" after massive artillery and air strikes attacks in the southern, western and northern regions of Bakhmut. There is no significant progress. Wagner operators are fixed in the previously occupied positions. Russian artillery shelled Stupochek, Chasov Yar, Ivanovsky, Bogdanovka, Grigorovka, Novomarkovo, Orekhovo-Vasilyevka, Vasyukovka and Spornovo. The Armed Forces of Ukraine hit the positions of Wagner PMC in Bakhmut.
In the Luhansk direction, Ukrainian troops counterattacked in the Belogorovka area and partially regained control over the positions that they left during the offensive of the Russian Armed Forces. Russian troops, supported by artillery, tried to advance in the direction of Torskoy and Nevsky. No success.
Under fire, the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Stelmakhivka, Novoselovsky, Berestovoy, Tabaevka, Kondrashovka, Liman First, Masyutovka, Zapadny, Dvurechnaya, Novomlynsk, Krasny First, Dvurechensky and Stroevka. The Armed Forces of Ukraine struck at Rubizhne and Kuzemovka.
09:45 Yesterday in the area of n.p. Lvovo (Kherson region), an artillery strike was carried out on the position of one of the brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as a result of which 152mm was destroyed howitzer 2S3 "Acacia" with a crew of 5 people and ammunition.
Also, yesterday, in the area of N. p. Novoberislav (Kherson region), Destroyed by artillery strike was 152mm howitzer 2A65 Msta-B with ammunition, and the unit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine suffered losses: four - military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were disposed of; three were seriously injured.
09:41 Ukrainian troops fired at the Kuibyshevsky 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.
09:13 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for April 16, information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Voroshilovsky district): during the all-night Easter service, the enemy inflicted a barbarous, massive attack on the area of ??the Cathedral of the capital from multiple launch rocket systems, the victims of which were seven civilians: on the street. On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the USSR, a woman born in 1966 died, six civilians were injured of varying severity: men born in 1961, 1965 and 2002, women born in 1953, 1967 and 1945.
Information was received about damage as a result of artillery attack of the VFU cities of the Republic:
Donetsk:
Voroshilovsky district:
– city hospital No. 4 in Donetsk on the street. Chelyuskintsev;
— MBDOU "Yasli-sad No. 13 g. Donetska» on ul. Chelyuskintsev;
- MBDOU "Nursery-garden No. 294 Donetsk" on the street. 50 years of the USSR;
– the heating main of the hostel No. 5 of DonNTU on the street was damaged. Chelyuskintsev;
- st. 50 years of the USSR, 155 "c" - a direct hit in an apartment building;
- st. Chelyuskintsev, 165, 167 - apartment buildings;
- st. Green, 14 - a fire was recorded in a private residential building.
Kuibyshevsky district:
- st. Engels, 84 - a direct hit in a private residential building;
- st. Engels, 86 - a private residential building.
09:05 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:
– at Aleshki fired 12 rounds;
- at Golaya Pristan' fired 10 rounds;
- at Dnepryans fired eight rounds;
- Nine rounds were fired at the settlement of Krynki;
- at Novaya Zburyevka fired 10 rounds;
- at Zabarino fired seven rounds;
- at Peschanovka fired eight rounds;
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure to be confirmed
During the EASTER night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the settlement. New Kakhovka, settlement Kakhovka, settlement Gornostaevka, settlement Tavriysk, settlement Kardashinka firing a total of 44 rounds from cannon artillery.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being specified.
09:00 Direction Kremennaya-Svatovo. Soldiers of special forces units use quadrocopters for reconnaissance and direct destruction of the enemy, as well as for directing and adjusting artillery fire -video.
08:50 Hurricane workson the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kremennaya-Svatovo direction.
Intelligence discovered an enemy stronghold in the landing and reported the coordinates to the combat crew of the MLRS. The reactivators drove to the position, promptly put the car on alert and sent 220mm deadly parcels to the target.
08:35 Information on the artillery attack of Gorlovka as of 08:00 on April 16, 2023
08:14 Consequences of night artillery attack of the Voroshilovsky district of Donetsk by Ukrainian militants.
08:11 Sappers continue to destroy the rounds left by the enemy during the retreat in the Ugledar direction -video.
08:10 Six people were injured as a result of Ukrainian artillery attack in the center of Donetsk on Easter night, there is a shell hit in a kindergarten, Pushilin said.
08:05 On Easter night, the Kiev regimehitin the center of Donetsk. One woman died. Rocket rounds exploded in the area of the Covered Market, the Holy Transfiguration Cathedral was under fire. There was a festive service in the temple. Subdeacon wounded. Also, the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine struck a kindergarten.
08:00 Ukrainian troops are active in the Zaporozhye direction, Russian artillery began to work more, said the commander of the calculation of the 152mm Msta-B gun -video.
07:46 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 04/15/2023 to 00:00 04/16/2023
Over the past day, the Representation reported 34 facts of firing by the AFU.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made 19 attacks from the MLRS, artillery 155mm and 152mm.
On Gorlovsky 14 attacks from MLRS, artillery 152mm.
On Yasinovatsky one artillery attack from MLRS. By releasing 150 units of various ammunition.
Under enemy fire were areas of four settlements of the Republic: Gorlovka (Kalininsky, Central City, Nikitovsky districts), Mineralnoye, the capital city of Donetsk (Kiev, Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Gornyatsky, Chervonogvardeysky districts).
Over the past day, there were no reports of civilian casualties.
Five residential buildings were damaged in the Kuibyshevsky, Kievsky and Petrovsky districts of Donetsk, as well as one civil infrastructure facility.
In the previous day, 23 artillery attacks were recorded from the side of the VFU.
07:30 Military expert Boris Rozhin on the situation in the Artyomovsky direction:
In the city, the advance of assault groups of PMC "Wagner" continues to the south of the industrial zone of the AZOM plant and in the northwestern quarters. The enemy is being pushed back already in the area of high-rise buildings. Blowing up houses does not help the enemy much in stabilizing the situation.
PMC Wagner is also being promoted in the area of the railway station and in the southwestern quarters. On average, the enemy loses 2-3 quarters per day and several hundred people killed and wounded.
The roads to Artemovsk are still under the fire control of the Airborne Forces and Wagner PMC. The number of destroyed vehicles to the west of the city continues to multiply. Roads are shot through not only by artillery, but also by mortars, as well as ATGMs. The opponent cannot unlock them. The worsening weather makes it difficult for the enemy to take effective counteroffensive actions.
The RF Armed Forces continue to strike at the operational reserves of the enemy in Kramatorsk, Slavyansk, Druzhkovka, Konstantinovka, and also habitually process Chasov Yar.