[NewsFrontInfo] 23:59 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 08/19/2023 to 00:00 08/20/2023
Over the past 24 hours, the Representation reported 31 instances of firing by the AFU.
Two civilians were reported wounded in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk and the Nikitovsky district of Horlivka.
Damaged five residential buildings in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, as well as one1 civil infrastructure.
Under enemy fire were areas of seven settlements of the Republic: Svetlodarsk, Luhansk, Gorlovka (Kalinin, Nikitovsky districts), Zaitsevo, Gol'movsky, the capital city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Kievsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Chervonogvardeysky district).
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made 18 attacks from 155mm artillery, incl. with a cluster warhead.
On Gorlovsky nine attacks from MLRS, artillery 152mm.
On Svetlodarskoye four artillery attacks from 155mm artillery.
By releasing 104 units of various ammunition.
In the previous day, 44 artillery attack s were recorded from the side of the VFU.
22:30 The JCCC reported that a woman born in 1951 was injured during the artillery attack of Donetsk by the Ukrainian military.
21:30 Ukrainian formations once again fired upon left bank of the Kherson region.
The following were hit: Bol'shaya Lepetikha, Naked Pier, Gornostaevka, Kakhovka and Novaya Kakhovka. In Dnipro, two private houses were damaged.
In addition, seven settlements, including Obryvka, Maslovka and Korsunka, were temporarily de-energized due to the night artillery attack of the Novokakhovsk urban district.
21:00 Ukrainian formationscontinuestrike from cannon and rocket artillery on the settlements of the Donetsk agglomeration, using, among other things, cluster munitions.
At the moment, seven settlements have come under enemy fire, including Makeevka, Gol'movsky, Zaitsevo, Svetlodarsk and Staromikhaylovka.
Several residential buildings and power lines were damaged in Donetsk, 1.6 thousand subscribers were left without electricity in the Kuibyshev district - at the moment, emergency services are carrying out restoration work.
Civilian objects in Gorlovka also came under fire: one man was injured, he is receiving all the necessary medical assistance.
20:30 Statementhead of the press center of the group "South":
Assault aviation of the Southern Group of Forces delivered strikes against accumulations of manpower and military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Lisichansk, Soledaro-Artemovsky, Aleksandro-Kalinovsky, Avdeevsky and Maryinsky directions.
Mobile groups of unmanned aerial vehicles and FPV kamikaze drones destroyed a Bram combat armored vehicle, four enemy pickup trucks, a dugout and a machine-gun crew in the areas of Andreevka, Kleshcheevka and Vasyukovka settlements.
Loitering ammunition "Lancet" destroyed a 122mm D-30 howitzer with the expectation of a position in the Pazino area.
The artillery of the group hit an ammunition depot and a 152mm D-20 howitzer in the Aleksandro-Shul'tino area, an armored car "Hammer", a BK field warehouse, a short-range reconnaissance station, a stronghold and a temporary deployment point of the enemy in the areas of settlements Andreevka, Chasov Yar and Kleshcheevka.
During the counter-battery fight, five 120mm mortars, an AN/TPQ-50 artillery reconnaissance station and a 152mm D-20 howitzer were destroyed.
19:20 Kupyanskoye direction:
Opponent media claim that today the Russian Army occupied a number of enemy positions and oporniks in the Sin'kovka area.
Our forces continue to advance and actively strike at enemy concentrations along the entire line of contact.
18:40 Aim strikes in Chernigov became a gathering place for military experts in combat drones, disguised as a festival.
18:20 Enemy pays a huge price for the offensive attempts at the Vremevsky ledge:
Soldiers of the Vostok battalion report on the situation on the Vremevsky ledge at the junction of Zaporozhye and the DPR.
“Artillery once again confirmed its status as the god of war. Despite the development of high-precision means of destruction, the value of conventional pieces of iron filled with a lethal composition has not decreased. It is from them that we have the most losses, it is they who plow the soil before the passage of the infantry, and if they have not completed their work to the end, the infantry has practically no chance.
And now, having advanced several kilometers and once again leaning against our defenses, the enemy is trying to force us to retreat, continuously working on us from all barrels. And of all - the concept is not figurative. Apparently, the resources are again aground, and such a disparity is being used, which we have not seen for a long time. If only something flew and exploded. Naturally, we are also squeezing out all the reserves so that the cost of the enemy's efforts only increases. Judging by that
18:00 Artillery of the “Dnepr” grouping destroyed a group of militants in the area of Antonovsky bridge:
Ukrainian fighters, moving in single file from one shelter to another, were spotted by our drone. Artillerymen aptly worked out according to the received coordinates.
17:30 Fighting on the flank of Artyomovsk: 88 Brigade destroys enemy positions.
Artillerymen of the 88th Brigade of the Southern Group of Forces are destroying Ukrainian militants in the Seversk direction.
16:30 "Brave" lead active defense in the Krasnolimansky direction
At the turn of Raigorodka - Karmazinovka, six attempts to transfer reserves of the 68th Separate Jaeger Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were thwarted. UAV crews in close cooperation with artillery worked perfectly.
In the area of N. p. Torskoye repelled an attack by the 63rd Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. As a result of the fire damage of the enemy, an armored car with a landing force was destroyed.
Three strikes of army aviation and artillery were inflicted on clusters of equipment and militants of the 63rd brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
In the area of Serebryansky forest, four attacks of assault detachments of 42, 67 Separate Mechanized Brigades and 5 Brigade of the National Guard of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were repelled. The enemy was driven back by artillery and army aviation strikes.
16:00 Statement of officer of the press center of the group "West":
In the course of hostilities in the Kupyansk direction, assault detachments of the 6th Army continued their offensive in the direction of the settlement Ol'shana. They captured a strong point, an observation post and destroyed more than an enemy platoon.
In addition, during the day, the enemy carried out five counterattacks by units of the 14th Separate Mechanized Brigade and the 95th Separate Air Assault Brigade against our positions. All counterattacks were successfully repelled. The losses of the enemy amounted to a platoon of manpower.
By means of air defense, the calculation of the BUK-M3 anti-aircraft missile system destroyed the Haimars rocket in the Tokarevka area.
The enemy assault groups of the 25th Separate Airborne Brigade carried out one attack on the positions of our troops in the area of the settlement. Novoselovskoe. The enemy was exposed in a timely manner, pre-emptive fire damage by artillery and army aviation of the attack group was thwarted, 10 militants were destroyed.
During the counter-battery fight, the artillery of the group destroyed two artillery pieces M-109 "Paladin" in the area of Kucherovka and M-777 in the area of Zeleny Gay, as well as two mortars in the area of the settlement. Berestovoye.
15:30 Statement of head of the press center of the group "Center":
In the course of active defense of the occupied borders of the Krasnolimansky direction in the area of the Torsky ledge and Serebryansky forest, advanced units of the "Center" group of forces, supported by artillery fire and air strikes, thwarted and repelled six attempts to attack by assault groups of 63, 42 Mechanized Brigades and 95 Air Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine . The losses of the enemy amounted to more than 40 militants, an infantry fighting vehicle and a Pickup vehicle were destroyed.
As part of the counterbattery fight, more than 30 enemy artillery positions were opened and suppressed, a 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount and a 120mm mortar were hit.
The aviation of the group carried out 12 missile and bomb strikes on the command and observation post, three points of temporary deployment and enemy firepower in the areas: Nevskoye, Serebryanka, Chervonaya Dibrova.
15:00 August 19 around 14.00 Moscow time crossed an attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack by an aircraft-type UAV on objects on the territory of the Russian Federation.
Russian air defense systems detected and destroyed an unmanned aerial vehicle over the territory of the Belgorod region. There were no casualties or damage.
14:00 Chronicle of the special military operations: events on August 18, 2023.
In the southwestern part of the Black Sea, a Ukrainian unmanned boat tried to attack Russian patrol ships.The enemy apparatus was destroyed by airborne weapons fire.
Ukrainian formations again used drones to attack rear Russian targets.
Four devices were intercepted at the moment of crossing the state border.
One of the drones was able to break through to Moscow, where it was suppressed by electronic warfare.
Its fragments fell on the eighth pavilion of the Expocentre exhibition complex, slightly damaging the facade of the building.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to shell the settlements of the Donetsk agglomeration with cluster munitions.
Residential buildings and civilian facilities were damaged. Three people were killed and at least five others were injured.
- At the Vremyevsky section of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, they are regrouping and trying to attack in the forest belts east of Harvest.
Russian troops destroy advancing units with artillery and small arms fire.
- To the west, the enemy, after a series of unsuccessful attacks on Priyutnoye, reduced the activity of hostilities.
Russian troops are reinforcing defensive positions and striking at regrouping units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
- On the Orekhovskaya sector of the front, the enemy continues to try to gain a foothold on the northeastern outskirts of Rabotino.
Russian troops repel the attacks, preventing the transfer of heavy equipment to the village.