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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:55 Over the past day Representation reported about 59 facts of firing by the VFU.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made 34 artillery attacks from the MLRS, artillery 155mm and 152mm.
- On Gorlovsky 17 artillery attacks from 152mm artillery.
- On Yasinovatsky two artillery attacks from 152mm artillery.
- On Volnovakhskoye six artillery attack from MLRS, artillery 152mm. By releasing 303 units of various ammunition.
Under enemy fire were areas of seven settlements of the Republic: Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district), Yasinovataya, Yakovlevka, the capital city of Donetsk (Kiev, Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Chervonogvardeysky district), Aleksandrovka, Vladimirovka.
Over the past day, information was received about the death of two civilians in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk.
Four civilians received injuries of varying severity, incl. child born in 2013, in the Petrovsky and Kuibyshevsky districts of Donetsk.
Damaged six residential buildings in the Petrovsky and Kuibyshevsky districts of Donetsk, Aleksandrovka. Damage to civil infrastructure facilities was not recorded.
A previous 62 artillery attacks were recorded from the side of the VFU per day.
21:01 Ukrainian troops at 19.35 fired six rounds of 155mm caliber at Makiivka and Donetsk, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine reported (JCCC).
19:17 Under the fire of Ukrainian formations, the Kuibyshevsky and Petrovsky districts of Donetsk. According to the DPR JCCC, 18 rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired.
19:11 In the Orekhovsky direction in Zaporozhye, it is very loud, according to the Telegram channel "Military Chronicle".
Russian aviation is actively working in the air. In the area of ??Novoandreevka, Shcherbakov, Yurkovka and Yegorovka, warehouses and temporary deployment points are being destroyed. Arrivals are recorded several times a day.
Judging by the activity of the Russian Aerospace Forces, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have accumulated enough equipment and manpower for an offensive in the immediate vicinity of the front line.
The positions of the 110th Territorial Defense Brigade, as well as the 44th Artillery Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, are actively used FAB-500-M62 with universal planning and correction modules. Aviation operates outside the reach of Ukrainian air defense.
19:05 APU shelled Noavaya Kakhovka and nearby settlements. Arrivals are fixed on the energy infrastructure. Therefore, electricity can be lost in the entire district.
19:00 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for May 6, as of 19:00, additional information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Petrovsky district):
Artillery attack at 10:45: - on the lane. Krasnoarmeisky, 7, a woman born in 1937 died.
Artillery attack at 17:40: - on the street. Inguletskaya, 2, a woman born in 1976 died.
Additional information was received about damage as a result of the artillery attack of the VFU cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Petrovsky district):
- st. 40 years of Ukraine, 6 "a" - an apartment building;
- st. Karnavalnaya, 56. 77 - private residential buildings.
18:58 Alyoshka is under fire from Ukrainian militants. Several strikes were reported on the western flank.
18:32 militants of the Kyiv regime fired 10 rockets from the MLRS in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk - DPR JCCC.
18:08 Statement head of the press center of the group "Center":
In the Krasno-Limansky direction, subunits of the grouping of troops "Center" inflicted fire damage on more than 170 targets per day, of which more than 150 artillery subunits were in areas of concentration of manpower and firepower of the enemy. During the counter-battery fight, about 20 cannon artillery positions and more than 10 mortar crews of nationalists were opened and suppressed.
Air defense systems destroyed MLRS missiles of the Hymers type in the areas of the settlements of Kremennaya and Severodonetsk.
In the area of Serebryansky forestry, forces and means of reconnaissance of the Center group revealed the movement of personnel of the 58th Motorized Infantry Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 5th Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine. As a result of fire destruction of artillery, the enemy suffered losses in personnel.
17:16 Personnel destruction in the school of the city of Shebekino, fired upon by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
16:53 Under the fire of Ukrainian formations, the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk. According to the DPR JCCC, three rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired.
16:43 May 4, 2023, in the Kherson region destroyed boat station.
The scouts of the RF Armed Forces discovered a boat station where the Ukrainian military concentrated weapons and ammunition, and also prepared watercraft for another landing attempt on the left bank of the Dnieper.
After clarifying the necessary information, the coordinates of the object were transferred to the gunners. The footage shows the results of the defeat.
16:15 Ukrainian militants once again launched a missile attack from the HIMARS MLRS on the Rubizhne settlement -video.
15:13 The consequences of the Ukrainian artillery attack of the Petrovsky district of Donetsk -photo.
14:34 Militants of the Kyiv regime continue to shell the settlements of Donbass. Under aimed fire Donetsk, Yasinovataya, Vladimirovka and Yakovlevka. According to the DPR JCCC, 29 rounds with a caliber of 155mm and 152 mm were fired.
14:20 Statement of head of the press center of the group "South":
Rocket and artillery units of the "Southern" group of forces attacked the unloading station and the point of temporary deployment of the 66th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Slavyansk region, as well as the point of temporary deployment of the 54th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kramatorsk.
Artillery units of the "South" grouping inflicted a defeat on ammunition depots in the areas of the settlements of Kurakhovo and Belogorovka.
In the Maryinsky tactical direction, rockets from the Solntsepek heavy flamethrower system destroyed a platoon stronghold of the 79th Air Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Maryinka region.
The joint actions of special forces groups and artillery of the "Southern" group of forces disrupted the rotation of personnel of enemy units in forward positions in the Alexander-Kalinovsky operational direction.
Also, the actions of the motorized rifle units of the “South” group thwarted the enemy’s attempts to counterattack in the Lisichansky, Soledaro-Bakhmutsky and Avdeevsky directions. The loss of positions was not allowed, the assault groups of the Ukrainian army suffered significant losses in manpower, weapons and military equipment.
14:05 PMC Wagner is already storms the very core of the fortified area in Artyomovsk, the so-called "Nest". Under the onslaught of musicians, units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine blow up buildings and retreat.
13:41 Consequences artillery attack of the city of Rubezhnoye (LPR) by armed formations of Ukraine
As a result of the artillery attack of N. p. Frontier with the use of MLRS HIMARS (the enemy fired four missiles of the M31 GMLRS type) damaged 3 residential buildings.
13:17 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for May 6, as of 13:00, information was received about victims among civilians in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Petrovsky district): - on the lane. Krasnoarmeisky, 8, a woman born in 1993 was injured. and a child - a boy born in 2013
Information was received about damage as a result of artillery attack of the VFU cities of the Republic:
n.p. Alexandrovka: - st. Lenina, 32 - a private residential building.
12:58 Donetsk, Makeevka and Vladimirovka are under fire from Ukrainian militants. According to the DPR JCCC, 19 rounds with a caliber of 155mm and 10 rockets from the MLRS were fired.
12:57 Soledar direction situation as of May 6, 2023:
Today, the head of Wagner PMC, Yevgeny Prigozhin, said that 2.5 km remained to go, and the city would be taken. According to him, the enemy pulls up from 400 to 600 people daily due to heavy losses.
In Bakhmut, assault detachments of PMC "Wagner" are fighting along the street of the Liberators of Donbass. To the northwest, Russian units managed to break through the defenses along Pobedy and Tolbukhin streets.
Units of the 3rd battalion of the 93rd Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are mining areas along the line of contact with anti-personnel mines MON-50. Russian artillerymen and aviation strike at fortified areas in low-rise buildings.
One of the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was withdrawn from Bakhmut due to huge losses. The personnel was sent to Gostomel for resupply via Pavlograd. An unidentified formation from Kramatorsk is expected to replace it.
The command of 93 Mechanized and 5 Assault brigades rotated their subordinates at the Krasnoe-Khromovo line. The units withdrawn from the battles were sent to training grounds in Slavyansk and 15 km west of Bakhmut.
12:17 Artillery of the 88th Brigade of the Southern group of troops in the Seversk direction struckhiton enemy positions.
12:00 Aleksandrovka and Vladimirovka are under fire from Ukrainian militants. According to the DPR JCCC, 12 rounds with a caliber of 155mm and 152mm were fired.
11:17 Donetsk and Gorlovka are under fire from Ukrainian militants. According to the DPR JCCC, 18 rounds with a caliber of 155mm and 152mm were fired.
10:35 RF Armed Forces destroyed boat station of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kherson region.
Our scouts discovered the boat station of the UAF militants in the Kherson direction and handed over the coordinates to the artillerymen, as a result of which an accurate strike was made on the object.
It is reported that Ukrainian militants concentrated their weapons, ammunition and watercraft there in order to attempt to land on the left bank of the Dnieper.
10:20 Kyiv militants fired 10 rockets from MLRS in the Kievsky district of Donetsk - DPR JCCC.
10:13 In Artemovsk (Bakhmut) 2.5 km left to navigate, then the city will be taken - Prigozhin
The head of the Wagner PMC, Yevgeny Prigozhin, said that from 400 to 600 people are being pulled into the city every day by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Approximately the same number of Ukrainian militants are eliminated every 24 hours by Wagner operators. According to him, a large number of foreign equipment and drones have appeared in Artemovsk.
"We move on. Everything blazes and burns. Artillery cannonade from morning to night - it continues without stopping," Prigozhin emphasized.
09:58 Donetsk and Gorlovka are under fire from Ukrainian militants. According to the DPR JCCC, 12 rounds with a caliber of 155mm and 152mm were fired.
09:50 Artyomovsk. Since night, the assault detachments of PMC "Wagner" have been conducting a powerful assault in all directions. The main efforts are aimed at cutting off supply lines. There is an attack on Khromovo and Ivanovskoye.
All night in the western part of the city, our MLRS burned out the remnants of fascism in the city with incendiary charges. In the morning aviation and heavy artillery joined. The enemy continues to retreat on the last lines of defense, suffering colossal losses.
09:15 Zaporozhye direction as of 05/06/23:
Operational control reports that yesterday at about 19:00, in the area of ??the settlement. Gulyaipole, Russian air defense, was destroyed by the Ukrainian Air Force MiG-29 while operating at low altitudes. Other than that, the night passed relatively calmly. Rare work of enemy artillery, as well as mortar crews. There were no attempts to reconnaissance in force.
09:07 The RF Armed Forces destroyed the 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika howitzer and an enemy mortar crew in the Kherson region.
Yesterday in the area of Sadovoye artillery fire destroyed the howitzer "Gvozdika" self-propelled guns 2S1 caliber 122mm with a crew of five people and ammunition.
In addition, a 120mm mortar crew and ammunition for it were destroyed at night near Prydneprovsky — four militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were eliminated, three were wounded.
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 fired from cannon artillery and mortars:
- according to n.p. Golaya Pristan fired seven rounds;
- according to n.p. Aleshki fired six rounds;
- according to n.p. Kazachi Lagery fired three rounds;
- according to n.p. The Kardashians fired three projectiles;
- according to n.p. Staraya Zburyevka fired four rounds;
- according to n.p. Korsunka fired 3 mines;
- according to n.p. Krynki released five mines.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure to be confirmed
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the settlement. Novaya Kakhovka, n.p. Kakhovka, firing a total of 18 rounds from cannon artillery.
08:45 Information on the artillery attack of Horlivka as of 08:00 May 6, 2023
08:25 Under fire from Ukrainian militants, the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka. According to the DPR JCCC, five rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired.
08:14 The Russian military are in full combat readiness in the Zaporozhye region, several lines of defense have been created, Rogov said.
08:03 Military of the Russian group "Center" struck more than 170 targets in the Krasnolimansky direction, the Ministry of Defense reported.
08:02 Frontline summary on the morning of 05/06/2023:
In the Zaporozhye direction, Russian troops fired on Kamensky, Stepnoye, Maly Shcherbakov, Novoandreevka and Malinovka. That is, the artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation fell silent. However, it is a ringing silence. And in the very near future it may explode.
Calm and on the Donetsk front. Russian troops, supported by artillery, tried to attack in the direction of Pervomaisky. No success. Under fire, the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Novomikhailovka, Pobeda, the city of Krasnogorovka, Karlovka, Netaylov, Avdeevka, New York and Zhelezny. The Ukrainian army hit Donetsk, Yasinovataya and Gorlovka.
We can say that it was relatively calm, if it is applied to the city where the most bloody battles were going on, it was in Bakhmut. In the southern, western and northern parts of the Wagner PMC, with the support of artillery, continued assault operations. No promotion. Chrome has oncoming fights. Russian troops fired on Aleksandro-Shultin, Ivanovsky, Chasov Yar, Bogdanovka, Grigorovka, Markov, Novomarkov, Nikiforovka, Vasyukovka, Rozdolovka, Spornoye, Verkhnekamensky and Seversk.
In the Luhansk direction, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation did not attempt offensive actions. Artillery hit the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Belogorovka, Torsky, Nevsky, Makeevka, Grekovka, Andreevka, Stelmakhivka, Berestovoye, Sandy, Starch, Kotlyarovka, Kislovka, Liman Perviy, Western, Dvurechnaya, Novomlynsk, Figolevka, Krasny Perviy, Kamenka and Kolodeznoy.
07:46 At night the Ukrainian fighters subjected to fire Donetsk, Makeevka and Gorlovka. According to the DPR JCCC, 26 rounds with a caliber of 155mm and 152mm were fired.
07:35 artillery attack was recorded from the side of the armed formations of Ukraine:
– 04.00 a.m. Rubezhnoye (LNR) with HIMARS MLRS (4 missiles).
Information about the victims and damage is being specified.