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Actual information about the situation on the front line: May 29 (updated)
2023-05-30
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

21:03 Ukrainian troops fired four rockets from the MLRS in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk - DPR representative office in the JCCC

19:55 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for May 29 to condition at 19:00 additional information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:

Donetsk (Kirovskiy district): - on the street. Ashkhabadskaya, 10, a boy was wounded - a teenager born in 2006.

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

Donetsk (Kirovskiy district): - st. Ashkhabadskaya, 10 - multi-apartment residential building.

n.p. Ozeryanovka:

- damage was recorded to the building of the Ozeryanovsky rural administration on the street. Richter;
- Fixed damage to the building of the temple on the street. Richter;
- st. Richtera, 17/2 - a private residential building;
- st. Kokorinova, 4 - a private residential building, the gas pipeline was also damaged.

Information about the consequences of artillery attack continues to arrive.

19:47 Video- Western missiles again fell on Gorlovka. This time the housing estate "Komsomolets" was under fire. Alas, again destruction and wounded among civilians. A small News Front report from the scene of the shelling.

19:34 Video- Russian Bakhmut - a special report by Readovka with a real picture from the liberated city. 18+

19:00 Video- Our tankers are in the NVO zone.

18:44 More consequences of shelling Toretsk/Dzerzhinsk DPR.

According to updated information, as a result of the shelling, two people were killed and eight people were injured.

18:34 Video - Hardcore personnel trench battle. Ukrainian stormtroopers are trying to take the trench with Russian fighters, crushing them with fire and bombing from a copter.

At some point, our fighters get injured and the enemy decides that this is a chance to capture the position. Coming up to full height for easy prey, two Ukrainian attack aircraft are cut off by a line of Russian machine gunners, who covered the trench all this time and did not give himself away, and the grenade prepared by our desperate fighter for himself is now going to finish off Ukrainian soldiers.

18:16 Video– A captured soldier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine tells how he was mobilized and sent to the combat zone without preparation.

A detachment of unfired military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was immediately sent to combat positions. Russian troops began shelling the Ukrainian unit and went on the offensive. As a result of the actions of the Russian troops, the Ukrainian fighters realized that they would not wait for support from their command, and, in order to avoid an inglorious death, they voluntarily surrendered.

17:45 Ukrainian TG channels report missiles flying in the direction of the Khmelnytsky region.

17:20 Operational linesThe DPR JCCC for May 29, as of 16:30, received information about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:

n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district): - on the street. Blucher, 59, a man born in 1992 died, a woman born in 1991 was injured.

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

Donetsk (Kiev region): - st. Menzhinsky, 2 - a private residential building.

n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district): - st. Bluchera, 53, 55, 59 - private residential buildings.

Information about the consequences of artillery attack continues to arrive.

17:03 Official summary Representative offices of the DPR in the JCCC from 00:00 05/28/2023 to 00:00 05/29/2023

Over the past day, the Representation reported 43 facts of firing by the AFU.

- In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made 14 attacks from the MLRS, 155mm artillery.

- On Gorlovsky 23 artillery attacks from MLRS, artillery 152mm.

- On Yasinovatsky one artillery attack from 155mm artillery.

- On Volnovakha three artillery attacks from 155mm artillery.

- At Mariupol 1, the attack of Storm Shadow cruise missiles.

By releasing 250 units of various ammunition.

Under enemy fire were areas of nine settlements of the Republic: Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district), Shirokaya Balka, Yasinovataya, the capital city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Chervonogvardeysky district), Vladimirovka, Staromlinovka, Krasnaya Polyana, Yurievka (Mangushsky district).

Over the past day, information was received about the wounding of five civilians in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka and the previously liberated Krasnaya Polyana.

A total of 14 residential buildings were damaged in Kievsky, Petrovsky and Kuibyshevsky districts of Donetsk, Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka. Damage to civil infrastructure facilities was not recorded.

In the previous day, 30 artillery attacks were recorded from the side of the VFU.


16:41 Video– Statement by the head of the press center of the Vostok group

- In the South-Donetsk direction, an American-made ANT/PQ 37 counterbattery station in the Novouspenovsky area and a mortar crew in the Vodiane area were destroyed by artillery fire.

- In the Zaporizhia direction, the crews of 240mm self-propelled mortars "Tulip" hit enemy strongholds in the areas of the settlements of Pyatikhatki and Novodanilovka.

- In the Kamenskoye area, two mortar crews of militants were destroyed by artillery fire.


16:20 Video- They write that it is possible the remains of a Patriot anti-aircraft missile.

15:50 Video- "Mama's pie" head of the GUR MOU Kirill Budanov accuses Russia of terrorist attacks (he's talking about missile attacks on military targets) and threatens that Muscovites will regret seeing the answer. Apparently, new terrorist attacks. It doesn't even make sense to comment. PR clown.

However, since he decided to record the whole video himself, it means that the calibrations were very successful.

15:27 Video– Tula paratroopers destroy enemy equipment in the Artyomovsky direction

- On the northern flank of the Artyomovsky direction, units of the Airborne Forces operate. At their positions, they equipped an extensive network of strongholds with minefields. Every day, day and night, military personnel perform a variety of combat missions.

So, with the help of an unmanned aerial vehicle, Tula paratroopers detected the movement of an enemy tank. To destroy it, an armored group on the BMD-4M advanced to the indicated area. Upon arrival, the servicemen opened fire from a closed position. Correcting the shooting with the help of a drone, they destroyed a tank of the armed forces of Ukraine with an accurate hit.

15:14 Our fighters planted such an enemy Mavic3 in the Kherson region.

Well, all these “NOT FOR SALE” usually go through corruption schemes. Just remember the large number of humanitarian aid that was sold in retail stores in Ukraine.

So don't be surprised if you suddenly see an advertisement for the sale of such copters on the Internet - it only means that Mykola wanted to get money for free

15:00 Video– Yevgeny Prigozhin showed the champagne factory in Artemovsk before handing it over to the Russian armed forces.

14:42 Summary of Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation (05/29/2023)

- Tonight, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation launched a group strike with long-range precision weapons, air-based, against enemy targets at airfields.

The target has been reached. All assigned objects have been destroyed.

As a result of the strike, command posts and radar posts, as well as aviation equipment, storage facilities with weapons and ammunition of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were hit.

- 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 Novomlynsk, Kislovka, Glushkovka of the Kharkov region and Stelmahovka of the Luhansk People's Republic.

- In the areas of the settlements of Sinkovka, Kharkiv region and Rozovka, Lugansk people's republic, the actions of two Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups were stopped.

During the day, up to 65 Ukrainian servicemen, three vehicles, as well as 152mm D-20 and 122mm D-30 howitzers were destroyed.

- In the Krasno-Limansky direction, operational-tactical and army aviation, artillery fire of the group of forces "Center" defeated enemy units in the areas of the settlements of Makeevka, Chervonaya Dibrova of the Luhansk People's Republic and Grigorovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.

Up to 55 Ukrainian servicemen, two pickup trucks, a 152mm D-20 howitzer, and a Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount were destroyed.

- In the Donetsk direction, as a result of active actions of units, air strikes and artillery fire of the "Southern" group of forces, up to 145 Ukrainian military personnel, two armored combat vehicles, two pickup trucks, and a 122mm D-30 howitzer were destroyed during the day.

In the area of the settlement of Orlovka in the Donetsk People's Republic, a US-made AN/TPQ-50 counterbattery radar was destroyed.

- Two warehouses with ammunition of the 79th Airborne Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed in the area of the settlement of Maksimilyanovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.

- In the South-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, air strikes and artillery fire from the Vostok group of troops defeated the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Vugledar of the Donetsk People's Republic, Malinovka, Belogorye and Kamenskoye of the Zaporozhye region.

During the day, up to 140 Ukrainian servicemen, ten vehicles, as well as two 122mm D-30 howitzers were destroyed in these areas.

- In addition, an ammunition depot of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed near the settlement of Otradnoye in the Donetsk People's Republic.

In the Kherson direction, as a result of fire damage, up to 20 Ukrainian servicemen, three pickup trucks, a 122mm D-30 howitzer and two Gvozdika self-propelled artillery installations were destroyed during the day.

- Operational-tactical and army aviation, artillery of groups of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation over the past day hit 87 artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at firing positions, manpower and military equipment in 124 districts.

- In the area of the village of Berislav, Kherson region, a hangar with weapons and military equipment of the 126th Territorial Defense Brigade was hit.

- In addition, in the area of the settlement of Avdievka of the Donetsk People's Republic, the following units were hit: the command and observation post of the unit and the warehouse of rocket and artillery weapons of the 110th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Air defense systems intercepted three Storm Shadow cruise missiles and 13 HIMARS multiple rocket launchers during the day.

- In addition, 14 unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed in the areas of the settlements of Verkhnekamenka, Novodruzhesk, Pshenichnoye of the Luhansk People's Republic, Yasnoye of the Donetsk People's Republic, Vasilyevka, Lyubimovka and Konstantinovka of the Zaporizhia Region.

In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 429 aircraft, 235 helicopters, 4,371 unmanned aerial vehicles, 424 anti-aircraft missile systems, 9,324 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,100 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 4,934 field artillery pieces and mortars, as well as 10,527 units of special military vehicles.


14:22 Video– Statement by the head of the press center of the Center group

- In the Krasno-Limansk direction, assault detachments and aviation of the "Center" group of forces inflicted fire damage on the areas of concentration of manpower, firepower and enemy strongholds in the areas of Serebryanka, Kremennaya, Chervonaya Dibrova.

- As part of the counter-battery fight, the positions of nationalists concentrated in areas of more than fifteen settlements were hit by cannon and rocket artillery of the group.

- In the area of Serebryansky forestry, assault groups on armored combat vehicles of the 67th Mechanized Brigade and the 95th Airborne Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine made three attempts to attack in order to regain lost positions. As a result of an air strike by assault and army aviation, the enemy suffered losses in manpower and equipment.


14:06 Gerashchenko said that arrivals were ballistic missiles. That is, these are Iskanders or Daggers. And as we know from the words of the Ukrainians themselves, “knocking them down is almost impossible.” Well, considering that in numerous photos and videos in the air there were explosions only from missiles, without undermining the targets themselves, we can say that the arrivals were where they needed to be 100%

13:54 Video- The wreckage of missiles fell on the car of a Kiev woman.

This happens when you shoot in all directions from the air defense system.

Old missiles X-55 of Russia with a warhead simulator, used as false goals.

They completed their task.

13:52 In the Kherson region, in the area of dachas, there was undertaken an attempt to disembark from boats of personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, there were two boats.

They write that only boat drivers sailed away from there. The rest are KIA.

13:40 Video– Footage from the center of Kyiv this morning.

13:27 Video– Effective tandem: combat work of artillery units and crews of the Orlan-30 UAV

Artillery units of 120mm self-propelled guns 2S9 "Nona" of the Airborne Forces, in the course of carrying out fire missions, destroyed an enemy sabotage and reconnaissance group, and also inflicted defeat on points of temporary placement and storage of weapons and military equipment of Ukrainian nationalists.

Reconnaissance and targeting were carried out by the crews of unmanned aerial vehicles "Orlan-30". After receiving the data, the gunners occupied advantageous firing lines and fired high-precision projectiles.

Having completed the fire mission, the servicemen quickly changed positions and departed for the waiting area to receive new tasks.

13:05 Video– Statement by the head of the press center of the “South” group

- Artillery units of the "Southern" group of forces attacked the point of temporary deployment of the battalion of the 54th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the settlement of Verkhnekamskoye, enemy ammunition depots in the areas of Belogorovka and Orekhovo-Vasilyevka.

- As part of the counterbattery fight, two 122mm self-propelled guns 2S1 "Gvozdika" were destroyed at the firing positions of Ukrainian units in the areas of Orekhovo-Vasilyevka and Aleksandro-Shultino.

- The crew of the Solntsepek heavy flamethrower system of the radiation, chemical and biological defense unit of the Southern Military District destroyed the accumulation of manpower of the 56th Separate Motorized Infantry Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Orekhovo-Vasilyevka area.

- The units of the grouping repulsed two attacks of enemy sabotage assault groups in the Alexander-Artemovsky and Avdeevsky directions.


12:40 Video– Statement by the head of the press center of the Zapad group

- In the course of hostilities in the Kupyansk direction, the RCB units of the protection of the group of troops "West" with strikes from the TOS "Solntsepyok" destroyed to a platoon of enemy servicemen from the 103rd Arr of territorial defense in the area of the settlement of Novoselovskoye.

- Artillery fire from 152mm Msta-S and 122mm D-30 howitzers destroyed two mortar crews in the area of the settlements of Starye Virki, Novoselovskoye and a field depot of artillery ammunition in the area of the settlement of Stelmakhovka.

- In addition, a group of special forces with anti-tank weapons, in cooperation with a mortar crew, destroyed a group of enemy servicemen in three pickup trucks in the area of the settlement of Kudeevka.

- Crews of Su-34 multipurpose fighter-bombers carried out missile and bomb strikes on temporary deployment points and areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment of the 92nd Separate Mechanized Brigade.


12:25 Video– A captured fighter of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: “We are sent here like cannon fodder”

The Ukrainian serviceman urges not to be led to the provocations of military registration and enlistment offices and not to go to a fratricidal war. He is sure that the Western elite has already divided Ukraine, and the Ukrainian people are acting as slaves, who are not sorry.

The serviceman of the Armed Forces of Ukraine notes the good attitude towards him in captivity. “I am treated politely, fed, drunk, allowed to smoke, everything is fine,” he says.

12:07 Just air defense knocked downd rone of the Armed Forces of Ukraine over the village of Martyanovka, Klintsovsky district, Bryansk region. Previously, no casualties.

11:43 Information is spreading that it is there were Western air defense systems, including Patriot.

11:38 Report that smoke is visible in the area of the Kyiv Zhuliany airport.

11:33 Russian army inflicts sudden massive attack on Kyiv

There have been 12 explosions in the capital in the last three minutes.

A powerful blow to Kyiv is delivered by hypersonic and ballistic missiles, it caught the air defense by surprise.

11:22 “The attack on Kyiv continues. Don't leave your hiding places!"urgedMayor of Kyiv

Klitschko said that emergency services left on a call near the center of the capital.

10:50 Enemy leads artillery attack of Shebekino, Belgorod region, a column of smoke over the city after shell explosions.

10:47 In Kharkov aerial anxiety.

10:24 Video- The Governor of the Belgorod region Vyacheslav Gladkov, on the air of the Russia-24 TV channel, called the annexation of Kharkov and the Kharkov region to the problem of artillery attack the territories of the region.

10:02 Video- The RF Ministry of Defense publishes footage of an interview with the platoon commander of the Shturm-S anti-tank missile system, as well as footage of the combat operation of this vehicle.

09:50 Kherson direction

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 barrel artillery:

-- n.p. Korsunka fired nine rounds;
-- 12 rounds were fired at Novaya Zburyevka;
-- seven rounds were fired at the Solontsy settlement;
-- n.p. Peschanovka fired eight rounds;
-- n.p. Kardashinka fired nine rounds;
-- Dnepra fired 19 rounds;
-- n.p. Naked Pier fired nine rounds;
-- n.p. Aleshki fired 11 rounds;
-- n.p. Sagas fired seven projectiles.

Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being specified.

During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the settlement. Novaya Kakhovka, n.p. Kakhovka, n.p. Vasilievka, Kardashinka, firing a total of 32 rounds from cannon artillery.

Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being specified.

During the day, artillery fire in the area of the settlement. Chernobaevka was destroyed by 122mm self-propelled guns 2S1 "Gvozdika" with a crew of five people and ammunition

At night, an artillery strike was carried out at the parking lot of one of the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the industrial zone of the city of Kherson, as a result of which: 14 servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were killed; 10 - received injuries of varying severity, 10 units. automotive equipment - disabled.

09:24 Photo- Consequences of the artillery attack of the Kyiv region.

09:03 Frontline summary on the morning of 05/29/2023
- In the Vuglodar sector, Russian artillery shelled Bolshaya Novosyolka, Shakhtyorsky, Prechistovka, Novoukrainka and the city itself. The Armed Forces of Ukraine launched a missile attack on Yuryevka on the shores of the Sea of Azov.

- On the Donetsk front, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation conducted assault operations in Maryinka, in the direction of Pervomaisky and Severny (a settlement west of Avdievka). Under artillery attack positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Novomikhailovka, Pobeda, Georgievka, Avdeevka and Severny (a settlement north-west of Gorlovka). The Ukrainian army struck at Donetsk and Gorlovka.

- On the Bakhmut direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine advanced towards Kleshcheevka. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation attacked near Khromovoe. Artillery hit the positions of the Ukrainian army in Predtechina, Stupochki, Ivanovsky, Chasovoy Yar, Bogdanovka, Grigorovka, Kramatorsk, Orekhovo-Vasilyevka, Privolye, Vasyukovka, Disputable and Verkhnekamensky. APU fired at Bakhmut.

- In the Luhansk direction, Russian troops, with the support of artillery, managed to advance towards Belogorovka. This time from the northeast. Thus, they are trying to encircle the Ukrainian garrison in this settlement.

Also, after artillery strikes, units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation conducted assault operations from Masyutovka. No progress here. Under artillery attack positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Torskoy, Nevsky, Berestovoy, Kotlyarovka, Kislovka, Zapadnaya, Dvurechnaya, Novomlynsk, Figolevka, Krasny Pervoi and Kolodeznoy.


08:34 Video- The command post, together with the very command of one of the battalions of the 92nd Separate Mechanized Brigade, in the area of Berestovoye, was destroyed by the FAB-500 with the UMPC.

08:10 Summaryon the morning of May 29, 2023

- At night, the Russian Armed Forces delivered massive strikes with missile weapons and Geran UAVs against enemy targets in Kiev, Lvov, Zhytomyr, Khmelnytsky, Odessa, Nikolaev, Vinnitsa, Kirovohrad, Cherkasy, Poltava regions. By 6 am, most of the air alerts were canceled, but breaks began in Snigirevka, Mykolaiv region, which is used as a logistical point for the transfer of the Armed Forces to the Kherson direction.

- On the Avdeevsky sector, the Russian Armed Forces stormed Pervomaiskoye, took up positions in the south of the village. In Marinka, fighting continues on the western outskirts.

- In the east of the Zaporizhia Front, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are using the HIMARS MLRS in our near rear areas. At night, in the front-line villages, one of the blows hit the civilian population, there are dead. Displays cannon artillery to LBS. In order to disrupt logistics, the Russian Armed Forces strikes with Storm Shadow missiles at Mariupol, but our air defense does not allow the enemy to hit the target.

- Enemy drones and DRGs are active in the Kherson direction. South of Davydov Brod, the enemy is concentrating forces in plantations and small villages, forming a rear foothold for a strategic reserve from among the units of the 10th Army Corps, the main part of which is being brought to the LBS on the Zaporozhye Front

– The enemy continues chaotic massive artillery attack of the Belgorod region. Under fire Bezlyudovka, Novaya Tavolzhanka, Belyanka, Murom and Shebekino. In the neighboring Kharkiv region, there is a hidden accumulation of enemy troops.

- In the LPR, it was fired at the settlement. Diamond from MLRS HIMARS (3 missiles of the M31 and M30A1 GMLRS types). Three civilians were killed, incl. male, born in 1953 and a woman born in 1955 7 civilians were injured of varying severity, including a ten-year-old child. One residential building was destroyed, 7 one-story residential buildings were damaged.

The enemy fired 250 rounds of ammunition into the DPR. Gorlovka, Shirokaya Beam, Yasinovataya, Donetsk, Makeevka, Vladimirovka, Staromlinovka, Krasnaya Polyana, Yurievka are under fire. Five civilians were wounded.


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