[NewsFrontInfo22:00 Representation of the DPR in the JCCCinformsabout the shelling from the side of the VFU in the direction: n.p. Kurakhovo - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): six shells of 155mm caliber were fired.
22:00 Video– Kursk border guards spotted a nomadic mortar group of Ukronazis
A group of Ukrainian Nazis was recorded in the village of Basovka, Sumy region. two pickup trucks (pumping mortar) and personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were based in the hangar. The coordinates of the place of deployment were transferred to colleagues from the Ministry of Defense.
Thanks to well-coordinated and professional work, as well as accurate coordinates, the artillerymen hit the object from the 122mm D-30 howitzer.
21:27 Video- Fight for a peaceful sky
The driver of the Strela-10 anti-aircraft missile system with the call sign Shilo has been defending the Motherland in the special military operation zone for the seventh month. He recalls: “It happened to me, because of my military position I was not suitable for mobilization. But, I made a decision, with the guys from one village we went to the military registration and enlistment office ourselves, signed up.
“Decided to continue the dynasty. My grandfather in the Great Patriotic War was a tanker, a driver. He reached Berlin, had a lot of awards, ”says the fighter.
Now all military personnel have one desire: “I want prosperity to return to this land, so that they live in peace. And everyone wants a peaceful sky above their heads.
21:02 Video– Statement by the head of the press center of the “South” group
- Aviation of the "Southern" grouping of forces struck at the point of temporary deployment of the 25th battalion of the 5th Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the settlement of Krasnoe.
- The missile unit of the "South" grouping inflicted a fire defeat on the point of temporary deployment of the 67th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kramatorsk.
- Artillery units of the "Southern" group of forces carried out fire raids on the point of temporary deployment of the Azov National Battalion * banned in Russia in the Katerynivka area, as well as on the firing positions of Ukrainian military personnel in Belogorovka and Chasov Yar. As a result, an enemy ammunition depot, seven units of military vehicles, two artillery firing positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and one 120mm mortar were destroyed.
Also, during the counterbattery fight, artillerymen of the Southern Military District formation destroyed one 122mm D-30 howitzer near the village of Pobeda in the Donetsk People's Republic.
20:33 Enemy accelerates another fake that they expanded control south of Kherson, capturing the island of Kruglik - the fighters are on the ground and we do not confirm this information, they cannot even approach it, they are sinking along with the boats.
On the island, units of the RF Armed Forces do not observe the enemy.
20:16 Video– Statement by the head of the press center of the Vostok group
- In the South-Donetsk direction, the advanced units of the Vostok group opened and destroyed a mobile group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on a pickup truck south of Vodiane.
Artillery fire destroyed the Bukovel enemy electronic warfare station in the Katerinovka area and the Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount in the Elizavetovka area.
- The crew of the Osa-AKM air defense missile system shot down the Furia unmanned aerial vehicle.
- In the Zaporozhye direction, the artillery of the group in the Novodanilovka area destroyed the stronghold and observation posts and the temporary deployment point of the enemy, as well as the temporary deployment point in Malinovka, two strongholds in the Dorozhnyanka and Lugovskoye areas, two observation posts in the Novoandreevka and Shcherbakov areas.
- Krasnopol precision-guided munitions destroyed an American-made M-777 howitzer in the Gulyai Polya area, two 152mm Msta-B howitzers in the Novocherevaty and Gulyai Polye areas, as well as a 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled gun in Temirovka.
The crew of the TOS-1 heavy flamethrower system destroyed an enemy stronghold in the Dorozhnyanka area. Calculations of the Tor and Strela-10 air defense systems shot down two Furia UAVs.
19:46 Video- The work of the calculation of anti-tank systems near Orekhov, Zaporozhye region.
19:21 Video- The Ukrainian DRG was exposed and liquidated.
18:45 Video- Wagner was destroyed by the Vushnoks in the Kleshcheevka area, who had previously entered the positions of 4th MSB.
18:32 Video- Resetting the VOG from the copter directly into the open hatch M113.
18:04 Video- Artillery of Donetsk 2nd Army Corps works in the Seversk direction.
17:44 Video- The commander of the 4th Motorized Rifle Brigade, Colonel Vyacheslav Makarov (call sign "Barnaul") personally led the battle near the village of Krasnoye. The enemy tried to break through to Artemovsk, but could not break our defenses. The enemy lost here about two hundred servicemen killed and wounded, and withdrew.
Unfortunately, the brave brigade commander died in this battle. Eternal memory to a brave warrior, a real commander and officer!
17:28 Video– “Being a guardsman is honor and glory”: footage of the presentation of the badges “Guards” to servicemen of the Guards Artillery Brigade of the Southern Military District
Privates, sergeants, ensigns and officers of the brigade at the forefront were given badges "Guard".
More than 90 percent of the brigade's servicemen already have state awards for performing combat missions during a special military operation. Every day artillery soldiers destroy the fortifications and command posts of Ukrainian nationalists, columns of military equipment delivering reinforcements and ammunition.
“Being a guardsman today means, first of all, having the highest combat qualifications, mastering weapons and equipment ... I am very proud to serve in this brigade,” said a serviceman of the RF Armed Forces with the call sign “Sarmat”.
17:12 Composition in Khmelnytsky before and after the impact.
16:39 Video- Footage of the work of the Wagners in the Ukrainian fortified area Gnezdo in Bakhmut.
16:20 Video- The Russian Aerospace Forces continue to bomb the Avdeevsky viper and numerous military targets in it.
15:50 Kupyansky section setting as of May 15, 2023
Yesterday a Russian assault group liberated the village of Masyutovka north of Kupyansk. There have been practically no active battles in this area in recent months, the parties exchanged periodic shelling and attacks by reconnaissance groups.
The settlement itself is not of particular importance in tactical terms, as it is located in a lowland. But to the west of Masyutovka, on the opposite bank of the Oskol River, a stronghold of the 20th Infantry Battalion with three 100mm MT-12 Rapira cannons was located.
From these heights, Ukrainian formations easily shot through positions in the area of the village, which did not allow the Russian fighters to advance further.
According to the sources of the military blogger Romanov, as a result of one of the sorties, the Russian DRG crossed the Oskol and, unexpectedly for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, hit the stronghold, establishing control over it and holding it until the forces approached Masyutovka and its environs.
Over the past two days, units of the 20th Separate Rifle Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine tried to counterattack, but the RF Armed Forces held their positions. At the same time, the forces of the 28th Specialized Security Service and the 14th Specialized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kupyansk and Dvurechnaya were put on full combat readiness.
According to the interception of conversations between members of the 14th brigade, the Ukrainian command expects the Oskol River to be crossed in the Dvurechnaya area using pontoon crossings, which are expected to be installed in the near future.
The creation of a bridgehead on the left bank of the Oskol is a significant result that will allow putting pressure on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kupyansky sector. But in order to gain a foothold on it, strikes are also needed in other directions, which, judging by the negotiations, is expected at the headquarters of the 14th Ombr.
15:44 According to preliminary informationsourceRIA Novosti, during the explosion in Lugansk, Igor Kornet, the acting head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the LPR, was injured.
15:25 Video- Statement by the head of the press center of the Center group.
- In the Krasno-Limansky direction, units of the "Center" grouping of troops continue to inflict fire damage on the areas of concentration of manpower and firepower of the enemy.
Bomber aircraft of the Russian grouping attacked four enemy strongholds and an ammunition depot.
- During the counter-battery fight, the positions of cannon artillery and nationalist mortar crews were opened and suppressed.
On the Nevsky site and in the area of \u200b\u200bSerebryansky forestry, the forces and means of intelligence of the Center group revealed the movement of personnel and equipment of the 66th mechanized brigade, 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 the fire destruction of artillery and aviation of the "Center" grouping, the enemy suffered losses in personnel and equipment.
15:00 Video- In the Kyiv region there is some kind of strong fire, which can be seen from the outskirts of the city.
14:37 In the very center of Luhansk, an explosion thundered again.
Personnel from the Luhansk barbershop on Demekhina Street, where the explosion occurred.
Four people were injured in an explosion in the center of Lugansk.
14:24 Video- The road of Hours Yar - Bakhmut. Destroyed Armed Forces BMP-2s and a British FV103 Spartan with the remains of brothers inside.
14:00 Summary of Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation (05/15/2023)
- In the Kupyansk direction, air strikes and artillery fire from the "Western" group of forces hit enemy units in the areas of the settlements of Berestovoe and Sinkovka in the Kharkov region.
- During the night, thanks to the coordinated actions of the units of the 138th motorized rifle brigade, the actions of three sabotage and reconnaissance groups were stopped in the area of the settlement of Dvurechnoye, Kharkov region.
Enemy losses in this direction amounted to 145 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, three vehicles, two 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mounts, and a 152mm D-20 howitzer.
- In the Krasno-Limansky direction, operational-tactical and army aviation, artillery fire of the group of forces "Center" defeated the manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the settlement of Nevskoye of the Luhansk People's Republic.
- Subdivisions of the 76th Airborne Assault Division in the area of the settlement of Chervonaya Dibrova of the Luhansk People's Republic liquidated two sabotage and reconnaissance groups.
During the day, more than 75 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, three pickup trucks, one 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount, as well as a 122mm D-30 howitzer were destroyed.
- In the Donetsk direction, the most fierce battles continued to be fought by assault detachments on the western outskirts of the city of Artemovsk, as well as units of the 4th Motorized Rifle Brigade in the area of the settlement of Krasnoe of the Donetsk People's Republic.
- The strikes of operational-tactical and army aviation, artillery fire of the "Southern" group of troops hit enemy units in the areas of the settlements of Chasov Yar and Bogdanovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
Over the past day, seven sorties were carried out in this area by aviation. Artillery of the grouping completed 72 fire missions.
During the day, the enemy’s losses amounted to 235 Ukrainian servicemen and mercenaries, one tank, four armored combat vehicles, seven vehicles, as well as D-20, D-30 and Msta-B howitzers.
- In the South-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, air strikes and artillery fire from the Vostok group of forces inflicted a defeat on the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Vodiane and Vuhledar of the Donetsk People's Republic. Enemy losses per day amounted to over 150 Ukrainian servicemen, as well as five vehicles.
In the Kherson direction, as a result of fire damage, up to 30 Ukrainian servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, and four vehicles were destroyed during the day.
- Operational-tactical and army aviation, artillery of groups of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation hit 68 artillery units in firing positions, manpower and military equipment in 97 districts.
In the area of the settlement of Krivaya Luka of the Donetsk People's Republic, a US-made AN/TPQ-37 counter-battery radar was destroyed.
- Fighter aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the areas of the settlements of Selidovo and Brusovka of the Donetsk People's Republic shot down Mi-24 and Mi-8 helicopters of the Ukrainian Air Force.
Air defense systems intercepted seven HARM anti-radar missiles, one Storm Shadow long-range cruise missile, and ten HIMARS multiple rocket launchers during the day.
- In addition, twenty-one Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed in the areas of the settlements of Novopokrovka, Vodiane, Rabotino of the Zaporizhia region, Lyubimovka, Novaya Kakhovka of the Kherson region, Gorlovka, Peski, Volodino of the Donetsk People's Republic, Kremennaya and Novokrasnyanka of the Luhansk People's Republic.
Since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 425 aircraft, 233 helicopters, 4,156 unmanned aerial vehicles, 421 anti-aircraft missile systems, 9,169 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,100 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 4,821 field artillery pieces and mortars, as well as 10,214 units of special military vehicles.
13:53 Video– Commentary by Evgeny Prigozhin about stuffing about him from the Washington Post.
13:25 Above the Donbass Arena stadium in Donetsk worked air defense forces, presumably, parts of the downed missile fell on the stadium and nearby, the mayor of the city said.
13:12 Photo– Consequences of the shelling of Yasinovataya by Ukrainian militants.
12:47 Video- Russian artillerymen simply do not allow the poor fellow chubaty to lean out of his kennel.
12:32 Photo- Consequences of the night shelling of Kramatorsk in the DPR.
12:16 Video- Do not fly here.
Tunguska of the 110th Brigade of the 1st Donetsk Army Corps shoots down the Ukrainian reconnaissance UAV "Furia".
12:02 Russian Armed Forces have lost tactical heights and departed in the direction of the Berkhovsky reservoir, which is located in a lowland.
The stronghold of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, passing through the Bakhmut-Chasov Yar highway, which first occupied the Wagner and then lost the military, was at an altitude of 190 meters. The shore of the Berkhovsky reservoir, to which the units of the RF Armed Forces retreated - at 110 meters. The total drop is 80 meters.
Thus, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are now in an advantageous tactical position, which allows them to conduct reconnaissance and effectively use any type of weapons.
11:42 Video– Near Artemivsk (Bakhmut) militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were ambushed. This is reported by Ukrainian military propagandists.
11:26 Video- Combat work of the crews of attack helicopters Ka-52 of the Russian Aerospace Forces.
During combat sorties, army aviation pilots launched missiles at the discovered fortified points of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
As a result of combat use, the enemy control center and armored vehicles were destroyed.
11:05 Video- The Russian Ministry of Defense publishes footage of the combat work of the Iskander OTRK crew, after the launch, on the footage, as stated, the ammunition depot of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed.
10:48 Operational lines on May 15, the DPR JCCC received information about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
n.p. Yasinovataya:
- on st. School, 34, a woman born in 1963 died.
- on st. Communal, 4 wounded woman born in 1956
Information was received about damage as a result of shelling of the VFU cities of the Republic:
n.p. Yasinovataya:
- st. Shkolnaya, 34 - an apartment building.
Information about the consequences of shelling continues to arrive.
10:26 Video– Statement by the head of the press center of the Zapad group
- In the course of hostilities in the Kupyansk direction, the operational-tactical aviation of the Zapad group of forces in the Kupyansk region shot down a Mi-8 helicopter with a missile attack from a Su-35 fighter.
- Attack and army aviation inflicted eleven strikes on the accumulation of manpower, weapons and military equipment of the 14th Ombr and on TerO units.
With high-precision ammunition "Krasnopol" artillery crews of howitzers 152mm "Msta-S" and 152mm "Msta-B" destroyed the command post 122 arr TerO in the area of the settlement. Gatishche, two 152mm artillery guns "Acacia", "Carnation" and one anti-aircraft gun on a truck in the area of the settlement. Petropavlovka, Pershotravneve, Artyomovskoe.
- The calculation of the Tor air defense system destroyed the Elf reconnaissance UAV.
10:02 Photo and video- The consequences of the strike on Lugansk.
09:44 In Lugansk atareathere were two arrivals from the bus station - Rodion Miroshnik in his telegram channel.
He writes that most likely these are the same missiles that were used earlier, they work according to the same scenario (probing the rear).
“The first explosion is deaf, perhaps the blank fell, and the second is rolling like a 100% arrival.”
It is possible that the target of the strike was the territory of the former aviation school for navigators (LVVAUSh).
09:31 A fighter of the Southern Military District of the Russian Armed Forces with the call sign “Student” spoke about the detachments of Ukrainian militants -video
According to him, there is one member of the detachment for every four nationalists. He also noted that they usually consist of three lines of defense. It is the members of the Ukrainian detachments who are the first to flee from the battlefields during the retreat:
“They (the military of the Armed Forces of Ukraine) control them. They came on purpose and realized that we were starting to cover them from this side, they began to retreat, retreat to themselves. They have, it turns out, three lines of defense, between each of them - 500 meters. If we take one line, then they move to another. While we are shooting, throwing artillery, they are crossing, ”says “Student”.
09:29 Representation of the DPR in the JCCC informs about 90 facts of firing by the VFU per day
The enemy fired from MLRS, 155mm and 152 mm artillery, firing 516 units of various ammunition across the territory of the DPR.
Under the fire of the VFU were: Gorlovka, Golmovsky, Zaitsevo, Yasinovataya, Donetsk, Aleksandrovka.
Over the past day, information was received about the death of a civilian in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk.
Seven civilians received injuries of varying severity. Also, 11 employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the DPR were injured during the performance of tasks as intended.
09:27 The strike of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Luhansk, most likely, was inflicted rocket Storm Shadow of Anglo-French production - Marochko
In the morning, the UAF fighters attacked Lugansk, presumably the target was the former aviation school (LVVAUSh).
09:25 Kherson direction
The criminal Kiev regime continues to shell the civilian infrastructure of the settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region
-- Korsunka fired eight shells;
-- in the village of Dnepryans fired five shells;
-- in the village of Krynki fired six shells;
-- n.p. Kardashinka fired seven rounds;
-- n.p. Staraya Zburyevka fired seven shells;
-- n.p. Golaya Prystan fired eight shells;
-- n.p. Aleshki fired seven shells.
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, settlement Vasilievka, settlement Kazachi Largery firing a total of 26 shells from cannon artillery.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure to be confirmed
08:30 Frontline summary on the morning of 15.05.2023
In the Zaporozhye direction, after massive artillery and air strikes, Russian troops advanced in the Maly Shcherbakov area. Armed Forces positions in Kamenskoye, Novoandreevka, Novopavlovka, Novodanilovka, Malaya Tokmachka, Belogorye, Gulyaipole, Calm and Malinovka are under fire. The Ukrainian army launched rocket attacks on Molochansk and Tokmak.
On the Donetsk front, units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation conducted assault operations in Maryinka. Russian artillery hit Pobeda, Georgievka, Pervomaisky, Karlovka, Avdeevka, Toretsk, Yuzhny, Severny (a settlement northwest of Gorlovka) and Druzhba. Ukrainian Armed Forces shelled Donetsk, Yasinovataya and Horlivka.
To the south-west of Bakhmut, with artillery support, Russian troops counterattacked in the direction of Belaya Gora, seeking to regain their previously lost positions. No success. PMC "Wagner" after artillery strikes led assault operations in the western and northern parts of Bakhmut. There is some progress on the last stretch. Khromovoy has fierce oncoming fights.
With the support of artillery, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation tried to recapture the abandoned lines in the area of Bogdanovka and Grigorovka. The goals were not reached. Russian troops shelled Konstantinovka, Chasov Yar, Novomarkovo, Orekhovo-Vasilyevka, Kramatorsk, Vasyutinskiy, Vasyukovka, Fedorovka II, Disputed and Verkhnekamenskiy. Artillery of the Armed Forces of Ukraine worked in Kurdyumivka, areas of Bakhmut and Donetsk Belogorovka controlled by PMC Wagner.
In the Luhansk direction, units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation conducted assault operations near Stelmakhivka, Novosyolovsky and Masyutovka. No advance. Under the blows of the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Luhansk Belogorivka and Makeevka.
08:19 300mm Tornado day and night: crews of multiple launch rocket systems launched fire strikes on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine -video
Having received the coordinates of the targets, the calculations of the 300mm MLRS "Smerch" of the Central Military District advanced to the area of combat use. Having taken up firing positions, the military personnel hit targets with high accuracy at distances of more than 20 km, as a result of which lightly armored vehicles were destroyed, as well as the personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine located in the rear of the defensive formations.
Fire strikes were delivered both in the light and in the dark.
The high accuracy of 300mm rockets makes it possible to destroy ammunition storage bases, equipment concentration areas, command posts and enemy logistics hubs.
08:09 Summaryon the morning of May 15, 2023
On the Artyomovsky direction, PMC "Wagner" is fighting for the western outskirts of the city in the area of high-rise buildings. On the southern flank of the city, the positions of the Russian Armed Forces, lost to the west of Kleshcheevka, could not be returned.
Northwest of Svatovo (an area near Kuzemovka) appeared in the news feed. The enemy took offensive actions.
In the Avdeevsky direction, the Russian Armed Forces carried out a counterattack in the area of the settlement. May Day.
From under Ugledar they report that in the area of Nikolskoye, the Russian Armed Forces have lost one of their positions, retreated 150 meters.
In the Zaporizhzhya direction, the enemy is forming a strike force, fresh troops are being pulled in from the western regions. In the near future, the enemy will be ready to attack.
The enemy fired 516 ammunition at the civilian population of the DPR. Gorlovka, Golmovsky, Zaitsevo, Yasinovataya, Donetsk, Aleksandrovka were under fire. A civilian was killed, seven were wounded.