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Actual information about the situation on the front line: August 5 (updated)
2023-08-06
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFrontInfo] 23:51 Another cluster munition was fired by Ukrainian troops in the Kievsky district of Donetsk, the DPR representative office in the JCCC reports.

The artillery attack was carried out at 23:45.

"Donetsk (Kiev region): cluster-type munitions have been fired," the report says.

23:38 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for August 5, as of 23:30, receivedadditionalinformation on damage as a result of artillery attack of the VFU cities of the Republic:

Donetsk (Voroshilovsky district): - a fire was recorded in the building of the Donetsk National University of Economics and Trade named after Mikhail Tugan-Baranovsky on the street. Shchors; - LLC "Grazhdanstroy" on the lane. Oreshkova; - st. Shchorsa, 32, 36 - apartment buildings; – Bohdan Khmelnitsky Ave., 92 – multi-apartment residential building.

n.p. Gorlovka (Central City District): - st. Lemesheva, 32 - a private residential building, the fire of a household building and a car was also recorded.

Information about the consequences of artillery attack continues to arrive.

21:16 Acting head of the DPR Denis Pushilin informed that as a result of artillery attack from Kyiv, two women were killed in Donetsk and Gorlovka, nine more people were injured in Gorlovka, Yasinovataya, Novopetrikovka.

“Today, as a result of enemy shelling, two women were killed (in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk and the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka). Nine people were wounded in Gorlovka, Yasinovataya, Novopetrikovka. All the victims are receiving medical assistance,” Pushilin wrote on his Telegram channel.

19:49 Fighting near Novoselovsky situation as of August 5, 2023

As a result of several days of assault, Russian servicemen managed to liberate the village of Novoselovskoye, which had been fighting for the past few months.

There was practically nothing left of the settlement itself, most of it was in the gray zone. The Armed Forces of Ukraine held the defense on two streets in the west of Novoselovsky.

After the liberation of the village, the main efforts of the RF Armed Forces should be concentrated on the northern and southern outskirts, from where the Ukrainian formations fired at Kuzemovka.

Also to the south there is an important height, from which an overview of Novoselovskoye and adjacent landings opens, beyond which there are also violent clashes.

19:10 Seven civilians were wounded during shelling at Yasinovatoy from the Ukrainian militants, said the mayor of the city Dmitry Shevchenko.

According to Shevchenko, more than 10 people were injured in Yasinovataya this week.

18:50 Zaporozhye direction, where the enemy took try to break through two infantry fighting vehicles were destroyed along with the personnel. There are fights in forest plantations.

17:38 The situation in the Zaporozhye direction near the settlement Rabotino from Archangel Spetsnaz:

The enemy went on the offensive in assault groups. There are fights going on at the moment. The enemy on the vehicle moves to a minimum. quickly throw off the personnel and leave if they have time. Our aviation worked closely in clusters.

17:25 New blows are inflicted on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Kupyansk, writes military chronicle.

The intensity of attacks in this direction has increased: in parallel with the development of the offensive of the RF Armed Forces, ten or more air strikes a week occur

17:00 Consequences of the artillery attack of Yasinovataya by Ukrainian militants -photo.

16:45 In the Orekhovsky direction, the enemy again went on the offensive with assault groups.

In the Rabotino area, the enemy again went on the offensive in assault groups, battles are going on. The enemy on vehicles moves to a minimum, quickly throw off personnel and leave if they have time.

Our aviation worked closely in clusters.

15:40 In the Kherson direction, the situation remains stably tense: the enemy has taken up positions near the Antonovsky bridge and nearby buildings, but is sitting in the basements and is not going further to Alyoshki.

At the same time, Russian troops inflict fire damage on identified targets. Onvideo- a strike with precision-guided munitions on one of the shelters in the dacha area. It is characteristic that two drones conduct surveillance at once: one gives out target designation, the second monitors the situation near the coastline.

15:35 Russian Ministry of Defense published frames from battle in the Kupyansk direction, during the course of the liberation of the Novoselovskoye settlement in the LPR. In the battle, the Russian military captured 11 strongholds of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

15:22 Ukrainian militants fired 10 rockets from the MLRS in the Yasinovatsky district - Representative office of the JCCC DPR.

15:10 On the Zaporozhye front runs armored train "Baikal".

The train is engaged in the transportation of equipment, military cargo, as well as the repair of tracks. The railway from Melitopol to Volnovakha passes in close proximity to the front, so the train fighters more than once came under rocket fire.

There are also frequent cases of the use of drones by the enemy, but all of them are successfully shot down by anti-aircraft guns.

14:47 The main thing from the new briefing of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation:

The Armed Forces of Ukraine lost more than 210 soldiers in the Yuzhno-Donets direction in a day;

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation liberated the settlement of Novoselovskoye in the Kupyansk direction;

The Armed Forces of Ukraine lost more than 175 servicemen in the Zaporozhye direction in a day, two Krab gun mounts, four 152mm D-20 howitzers and one 122mm D-30 gun;

The RF Armed Forces destroyed an ammunition depot and a radar station for detecting air targets of the Armed Forces of Ukraine;

Air defense systems intercepted eight HIMARS rockets during the day, destroyed 22 Ukrainian drones;

Assault detachments of the RF Armed Forces during the offensive on a broad front improved the position along the front line in the Kharkov region;

Near Sinkovka, Zaguirivka and Berestovoye in the Kharkiv region, the RF Armed Forces successfully repulsed three counterattacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine;

The RF Armed Forces successfully repulsed ten attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donetsk direction, including those near Belogorivka, Avdeevka and Staromikhailivka;

The RF Armed Forces in the Krasnolimansky direction successfully repelled three attacks by assault groups of the Armed Forces brigade in the area of Serebryansky forest.


13:49 Report about a new series of explosions in Kherson.

Ukrainian monitoring channels report that attacks on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been inflicted since the very morning. It is noteworthy that the destruction of objects of the Ukrainian army on the right bank of the Dnieper has been going on since last week, and reports of hitting targets appear almost every day.

The main goals are the location of personnel, as well as ammunition depots both in the depths of positions and on the coastline.

Most actively used for strikes are barrel (with the Krasnopol UAS) and rocket artillery, as well as FAB-500-M62 bombs with planning and correction modules.

13:38 Assault detachments of the RF Armed Forces, in the course of conducting offensive operations on a wide front, improved the position along the front line in the areas of the settlements of Olshana and Pershotravnoye.

In addition, in the areas of Sinkovka, Zagoruykovka and Berestovoye, three counterattacks by units of the 14th Mechanized and 25th Airborne Brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were successfully repelled.

13:20 Consequences of the artillery attack of Gorlovka by Ukrainian militants, as a result of which a civilian was killed -photo.

12:57 The enemy is advancing near Orekhov again: heavy fighting is underway on the Zaporozhye Front

- The command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine does not stop throwing waves of infantry into the attack on our positions in the fields at the turn of Kopani-Rabotino-Verbovoye.

- The enemy is actively using cluster munitions, supporting the offensive actions of the infantry.

- Assault groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are constantly moving under fire on landings without armored vehicles, trying to break through to our trenches.

- Fierce shooting battles are going on in a number of areas.

- Our artillery actively covers the advancing enemy forces.

- The Armed Forces of Ukraine constantly suffer tangible losses, but they continue to shove.


12:50 One civilian was killed, three more were injured as a result of anothershellingKremennaya from the side of the Kyiv security forces. The administration of the Kremensky district announced this on its Telegram channel.

11:45 The situation in the South-Donetsk direction:

In the Vremevsky sector, the enemy remains active in the area of Urozhaynoye, seeking to open vulnerable areas in the defense of our troops. In the course of repulsing these encroachments, the units of the RF Armed Forces managed to destroy one pickup truck and one armored vehicle of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

In the Staromayorsky area, a high intensity of enemy artillery fire remains, holding back the advance of assault groups of the RF Armed Forces from the southern outskirts of the settlement (what is left of it) to the north.

In the Ugledar sector, as a result of a counter-battery fight west of Katerinovka, howitzer fire destroyed the enemy’s 152mm self-propelled guns “Gyatsint” and 122mm BM-21 MLRS “Grad”. The enemy did not conduct active offensive operations in this direction over the past day, statements by pro-Ukrainian sources about any advance north of Nikolsky are not true.


11:05 Paratrooper's Diary reports from the Kherson direction:

The situation is stably tense, the active work of artillery and mortar crews throughout the day.

During aerial reconnaissance, speedboats were identified. The enemy is attempting to land the DRG on the islands. The intensity of the transfer of enemy manpower in the area of ????the Antonovsky bridge is increasing.

According to operational data, the enemy is transferring a large number of manpower to the Nikolaev and Kherson regions.

10:40 Statement of head of the press center of the group "Center":

In the Krasnolimansky direction, in the areas of the Torsk sector and Serebryansky forest, artillery fire and air strikes from the Center group of troops thwarted attempts to attack assault groups of mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

10:10 Front-line summary for the morning of 08/05/2023:

In the Zaporizhia direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine unsuccessfully attacked near the village of Rabotino. Russian artillery shelled Ukrainian positions in Stepnogorsk, Stepnoe (not to be confused with the settlements of the same name in the Ugledar and Donetsk directions), Maly Shcherbak, Novoandreevka, Malaya Tokmachka and Gulyaipole.

On the Ugledar sector, the RF Armed Forces counterattacked near Staromayorsky and Urozhayny. AFU under artillery attack in Levadny, Novosyolka, Rivnopol, Makarovka and Vremevka.

On the Donetsk front, the Russian Armed Forces, with the support of artillery, again conducted assault operations in Maryinka. There was also an attack at Pervomaisky. Under the blows of the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Novomikhailovka, Georgievka, Maksimilyanovka, Ostrom, the city of Krasnogorovka, Nevelsky, Lastochkino, Avdeevka, Stepnoy (not to be confused with the settlements of the same name in the Zaporozhye and Ugledarsky directions). Ukrainian troops were attacking Donetsk.

In the Bakhmut direction, the RF Armed Forces again counterattacked near Kleshcheevka. From Bakhmut they moved to Ivanovskoye. Russian artillery worked on the Armed Forces Predtechina, Ivanovo, Chasovoy Yar, Grigorovka, Vasyukovka, Disputable and Verkhnekamensky. Ukrainian beat on Kurdyumovka, Andreevka, Kleshcheevka and Bakhmut.


10:00 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for August 5, as of 10:00, information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:

Donetsk (Kiev district): - on the street. Artem, a man born in 1955 was wounded.

n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district): - on the street. High-rise, 1, a woman born in 1955 died.

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

n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district):

- st. High-rise, 1 - a direct hit in a private residential building;

- per. Clean, 81 - a direct hit in a private residential building;

- per. Clean, 88 - a private residential building.

09:46 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:

-- n.p. Kairo nine rounds;

-- n.p. Nova Zburyevka eight rounds;

-- n.p. Golaya Pristan nine rounds;

-- n.p. Aleshki 12 rounds;

-- n.p. Kardashinka eight rounds;

-- n.p. Kazachi Lagery seven rounds;

During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the settlement of Nova Kakhovka, the settlement of Kakhovka, n.p. Velyka Lepetikha, n.p. Peschanovka, n.p. Dnepryans firing a total of 35 rounds from cannon artillery.

Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being specified.

09:17 The front-line bird reports from the Kupyansky direction:

“Our aerial reconnaissance, including FPV drones, has been working since early morning. All attempts by the enemy to carry out a counterattack end with “two hundredths” and “three hundredths” for them. Now we have worked on the fortified positions of the enemy with artillery fire. We keep moving forward."

09:14 There is information that the RF Armed Forces managed to gain a foothold in the Novoselovka area

Advance per day - 300-500 meters, according to the Perviy Kharkov. Fighting continues in the Sinkovka area, our artillery is actively working at night. Just the same at night, the Nazis are active and try to get out of their rat holes, but to no avail.

09:10 In the Oskol area, the Russian Armed Forces began to strike at the Stallion River, as well as at the Kupyansky and Torsky lines

Ukrainian reinforcements deployed to the area are under heavy fire and casualties in a series of endless attacks on Russian defenses, writes Militarist.

Mutual attacks in Artyomovsk continue, there are no special changes.

In Zaporozhye, the Ukrainian army attacked yesterday at the Orekhov-Rabotne sector with up to a company of forces, but was stopped by artillery and MLRS, FPV drones and Lancets.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine launched new attacks in the Ugledar region and advanced into no man's land and to the defense line of the RF Armed Forces. The Russian army is also intensively bombing troops moving out into the open.

With a new strike in the Avdievka direction, the RF Armed Forces captured three lines of fortifications in the northeast of this sector.

The operational rear of the Ukrainian army continues to be hit by air strikes and long-range guided missiles by MLRS.

Kyiv is also trying to prepare for new larger strikes.


08:25 Yesterday, as a result of artillery attack by the enemy, three people were injured of moderate severity in Petrovsky and Kievsky districts of Donetsk, two of them - when a cluster munition exploded. This was announced in his Telegram channel by the Acting Head of the Republic Denis Pushilin.

Nine residential buildings were damaged in Donetsk and Oleksandrivka, as well as two civilian infrastructure facilities in the Petrovsky district of the capital of the Republic and the Nikitovsky district of Horlivka.

The enemy fired 58 attacks, fired 227 ammunition, used 122mm rocket artillery, as well as 152mm and 155mm cannon artillery, incl. with a cluster warhead during the artillery attack of the Kyiv region of Donetsk and Yasinovataya.

08:17 Chronicle of the special military operation: the events of August 4, 2023. Intensity: The fighting in the Bakhmut area has noticeably decreased in recent days.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to make up for losses by pulling up new reserves to the front line, while Russian artillery strikes at the rear areas of the enemy.

Under Ugledar, units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, with the support of armored vehicles, attacked Russian positions near Nikolsky dachas. During the battle, several armored vehicles and a tank covering the failed attack were disabled.

On the Vremievsky sector of the front, heavy fighting continues on the outskirts of Urozhaynoye and Priyutnoye. Russian aviation and artillery strikes at the identified groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, not allowing to concentrate enough forces for the assault.

In the Zaporozhye direction, positional battles were fought in the Gulyaipol and Orekhovsky sectors. The command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine did not take active offensive actions, carrying out a regrouping of forces.

In the Kherson direction, there is an increased number of sabotage groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine operating in the Dnieper Delta.


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