[NewsFront] 23:57 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 09/18/2023 to 00:00 09/19/2023
Over the past 24 hours, the Representative Office reported 31 incidents of firing by the Ukrainian Federal Unitary Forces.
Information was received about the death of two civilians in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk and Staromikhailovka.
A man was seriously injured in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk.
Residential buildings were damaged in the Kievsky district of Donetsk, as well as one civil infrastructure facility.
Areas of five settlements of the Republic were under enemy fire: Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district), Zaitsevo, Yasinovatsky district, the capital city of Donetsk (Voroshilovsky, Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Kievsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Chervonogvardeysky district).
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out 23 attacks from MLRS and 155mm artillery, incl. with a cassette warhead.
At Gorlivske there were six artillery attacks from 152mm and 155mm artillery, incl. with a cassette warhead.
On Yasinovatsky there were two artillery attacks from 155mm artillery, incl. with a cassette warhead.
A total of 104 units of various ammunition were produced.
In the previous day, 50 artillery attacks were recorded from the Ukrainian Federal Unitary Forces.
21:02 Pantsir-S1 air defense system works out against air targets in the NWO zone
19:34 Zaporozhye direction, the junction of the Zaporozhye region and the DPR, reports the Northern Military District:
A powerful battle is reported in the area of the village of Priyutino. The enemy is launching a large-scale attack. All types of weapons work. It's a tough fight.
18:58 The crew of a reconnaissance and attack helicopter with a missiledestroyedarmored vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the South Donetsk direction.
18:20 A man was killed when Ukrainian terrorists shelled the Petrovsky district of Donetsk.
17:27 Another terrorist shelling in Voroshilovsky district of Donetsk.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to terrorize the capital of the Donetsk People's Republic. As a result of the artillery attack of the Voroshilovsky district, the administration of the acting Head of the DPR was damaged. According to updated data, the missile attack on the center of Donetsk was carried out using the American Himars MLRS
17:25 Situation in the Kupyansk direction: enemy maneuvers:
In the Kupyansk area, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are active - units are being rotated in a truncated format; the enemy, understanding the complexity of the current situation, is transferring additional forces here, which are clearly not enough. The reason is that the most combat-ready units are deployed in the Zaporozhye (in the Rabotino area), South Donetsk (Vrem'evsky salient), and Soledaro-Bakhmut directions.
Logistically, these sectors of the front are tied to a single rear base of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Dnepropetrovsk region. The transfer is carried out along the front line from Krivoy Rog (exit to the Nikolaevo-Kherson direction) to Pavlograd (exit to Pokrovsk - former Krasnoarmeysk), from where the line diverges further to Slavyansk, Kurakhovo and Konstantinovka. There is no railway connection with Kupyansk, which creates serious difficulties in terms of transferring reserves. The main rotation forces are concentrated in the area of Staroverovka, Blagodatovka, Grushevka and Nechvolodovka, with a minimum of equipment.
As before, the main enemy forces are concentrated on the right bank of Kupyansk - the industrial zone in the area of the Sugar Factory, as well as Kupyansk-Uzlovoy. Headquarters units and logistics support are concentrated in the Internat area (northwestern part of the city). Units performing the functions of barrier detachments are also based here - the National Guard and groups of foreign mercenaries represented by the Germans. On the right bank, in the forest area in the village of Kovsharovka, artillery was mainly concentrated, while the greenery allows for the secret placement of guns and MLRS installations. The enemy also has a stray M142 HIMARS, as well as one Caesar self-propelled gun.
In the event of our frontal attack from the direction of Sin'kovka, there is a chance to run into the enemy’s layered defense in the area of Promka and Kupyansk-Uzlovoy, where the Ukrainian Armed Forces have equipped a chain of fortifications and firing points in multi-story buildings. It has no shortage of 120mm mortars. At the same time, the moral and psychological state of the Ukrainian troops here is at a low level.
The majority believes that the right bank will be able to hold out no more than 2 weeks from the beginning of the offensive of the Russian Armed Forces. Meanwhile, we still believe that pressing the right bank is reasonable, but an assault on fortified positions occupied by even weakly motivated units will lead to unreasonable losses on our part.
The enemy's communication via Oskol has been disrupted. The crossing is not operational in the area of the TV tower; traffic from the city center to the sugar plant is also limited. The bridge is seriously shabby, they are constantly trying to patch it, but it is only suitable for small-tonnage vehicles. The crossing to Uzlovaya from the Kantsedalovka side (the so-called Western) operates more reliably, but its capacity is not high, and the descent from the mountain leads through open terrain, which makes the transfer risky due to the possibility of fire control on our part.
In the city itself (as the locals call the left bank part) there are no fortification works; the enemy is building the main lines of defense to the west - outside the city. If we discard the assumption that the enemy is deliberately creating the impression of a weak defense of Kupyansk, then it is quite logical to assume that he does not count on our further advance - even if the city is taken.
17:05 Situation at the front on September 18:
Flanks of Artyomovsk:
Andreevka - Kleshcheevka in the gray zone. Statements about the complete control of the Ukrainian Armed Forces over Kleshcheevka are still untrue. The Ukrainian Armed Forces have too few forces to control and hold the village.
Russian artillery has been actively attacking units of the Ukrainian troops for the second day: the Ukrainian Armed Forces tried to accumulate troops in the south and closer to the center of Kleshcheevka, but retreated under artillery fire from the Russian Armed Forces and aviation.
Equipment is not used in large quantities, the Ukrainian infantry travels most of the way on foot, losses are heavy, full control of the village was not discussed initially, now the situation is gradually starting to worsen: the low-lying village is in ruins, it is difficult to gain a foothold in this area. In the Andreevka area, the situation is similar to Kleshcheevka: most of the village is in the gray zone, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are trying to accumulate in nearby plantings, Russian artillery is actively working.
Zaporozhye:
A difficult situation for the units of the 82nd Separate Airborne Brigade and the 47th Mechanized Infantry Brigade "Magura" in the plantings in the Rabotino - Verbovoe - Novoprokopovka section. There was an attempt to move forward, but the minefields were activated. The equipment was lost, the infantry was scattered throughout the plantings.
After several days of continuous grinding of the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ manpower in the area of the village of Rabotino, several counterattacks followed, as a result of which the neck of the fire bag into which the Ukrainian Armed Forces fell began to gradually shrink, which complicates the actions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in this area. In the Pyatikhatki area the situation does not change: the Ukrainian Armed Forces suffer losses and retreat, regroup and suffer losses again.
South Donetsk direction:
The situation is steadily tense. The 36th Naval Infantry Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces tried to occupy several forest belts and carried out at least four serious assaults, three of which the infantry carried out without equipment cover, and during the fourth they lost two Finnish armored personnel carriers and a T-80 tank. Priyutnoye, Novodonetskoye, Novomayorskoye - the situation is unchanged.
16:25 Consequences of artillery attack of the Voroshilovsky district of Donetsk by Ukrainian militants -photo.
16:15 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for September 18, as of 16:00, additional information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Petrovsky district): - on the street. Velyaminova, 46, a man born in 1991 was injured as a result of an explosion on the PFM “Lepestok” mine.
As of September 18, 133 cases of bombing of civilians were registered, incl. Eleven children, on PFM-1 Lepestok mines. Three of the victims died as a result of their injuries.
Information has been received about damage as a result of artillery attack by the AFU in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk:
Voroshilovsky district: – direct hit on the roof of the administrative building on Blvd. Pushkin.
Kyiv district: - st. Vzletnaya, 85 – direct hit on a private residential building, followed by fire.
15:40 According to preliminary data, there were no dead or injured during the artillery attack of the center of Donetsk. About itstatedActing head of the republic Denis Pushilin.
15:25 Explosions in the border areas of the Sumy region.
15:15 The mayor of Donetsk, Alexey Kulemzin, confirmed the information that the city center, in particular the administration, is under fire - Pushkin Boulevard is in the risk zone.
15:10 A shell from Ukrainian militants hit the DPR Administration building. There is no information about casualties -video.
15:05 Control of villages as of 09/18/2023
Zaporozhye direction:
– Pyatikhatki is a gray area.
– Rabotino – the north and part of the center of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the southern outskirts – the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Part of the gray area.
– Verbovoe – RF Armed Forces.
– Priyutnoe – RF Armed Forces
– Urozhaynoye – APU
– Staromayorskoe – 2/3 for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the rest is a gray area
– Novodonetskoe – RF Armed Forces
– Novomayorskoe – RF Armed Forces
Artemovsk direction:
– Kleshcheevka – south and part of the center under the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the remaining part is a gray zone, positions of the Russian Armed Forces on the northern outskirts and behind the railway.
– Andreevka – most of the destroyed village is a gray zone. Our positions are near the railway. APU in adjacent plantings and on the western outskirts.
– Kurdyumovka – RF Armed Forces.
– Berkhovka – RF Armed Forces
– Zheleznodorozhnoe – RF Armed Forces
14:58 Ukrainian militants fired three MLRS missiles at the Voroshilovsky district of Donetsk - representative of the DPR JCCC.
14:55 Explosions were heard near the administration building of the head of the DPR in the center of Donetsk - RIA Novosti.
14:40 Sumy region and the border region in the report of the channel Paratrooper’s Diary:
“Since the morning, the enemy has been artillery attack the Kursk region, in particular, artillery attack the settlement. Tyotkino and settlements of the Sudzhansky district. Our artillery and aviation did not delay long in responding, and are processing military facilities behind enemy lines in the Sumy region. The defeat of the enemy's military arsenal by UFABs has been confirmed.”
14:00 Destruction of armored vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces by aviation of the Southern Group -video.
13:21 Scary personnel consequences of the artillery attack of Svetlodarsk in the DPR.
Eyewitnesses report that artillery attack has become much more frequent. In addition to the tire shop and market, the building of the city Ministry of Emergency Situations and a residential apartment building were damaged. Several floors were destroyed.
12:58 Another Ukrainian Armed Forces armored vehicle has become a pile of metal in the South Donetsk direction –video.
The crew of a reconnaissance and attack helicopter destroyed enemy armored vehicles with a precise hit from a guided missile.
12:34 Live hit into an Ukrainian Armed Forces tank with an unguided artillery shell, and even in motion.
The fire was carried out by the crew of the 152mm Msta-B howitzer of the GADn 228th Regiment in the Krasnolimansk direction.
12:27 Situation in the South Donetsk direction:
Calm remains at the Vrem'evsky site. The enemy is regrouping forces and, according to radio intercepts, units of the 37th Naval Infantry Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces are already beginning to fall under artillery strikes north of Novomayorsky, although recently at the same positions their “brothers” from the 35th Naval Infantry Brigade were asking for help and evacuation on the air.
To the east of Urozhayny, the 37th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade discovered an attempt by the 36th Naval Infantry Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to occupy a forest belt in the “gray zone”, after which artillery and tanks with PDO effectively worked on the enemy.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces again tried to attack units of the 5th Combined Arms Army southwest of Staromayorsky, and again lost people without achieving success.
North of Priyutny, the enemy suffered serious losses and, as far as can be judged, is again going on the defensive, having failed to recapture what the soldiers of the 5th Army occupied at the beginning of the month.
In the Ugledarsky sector north of Vladimirovka, an attempt to rotate the enemy was stopped, as a result of which a pickup truck and three units of manpower were destroyed. The artillery of the Russian Armed Forces is still actively working along the front of the Ukrainian Armed Forces from Ugledar to Novomikhailovka.
12:15 Deflected Ukrainian Armed Forces attack on Crimea:
Yesterday, Ukrainian formations again tried to attack Crimea. Since noon, there was an active transfer of troops on boats to Zmeiny from Vilkovo, which at around 15-16 hours headed towards the Crimea through gas production installations and fields.
The movement of the landing forces of the Ukrainian main steering and special forces on 14 boats was detected in advance. Su-24 naval aviation aircraft of the Black Sea Fleet were sent to the area of their movement, which at 19.39 and 19.40 struck with four RBK-500 cluster munitions.
As a result, several watercraft were damaged, and the rest turned around and departed in the opposite direction. At the same time, the DRG sortie was planned to be coordinated in time with the launch of drones on the peninsula.
Units of the 31st Air Force and Air Defense Division, together with electronic warfare crews, shot down and suppressed five aircraft-type drones: two were landed by electronic warfare at Cape Fiolent, two were destroyed on approach to the Belbek airfield, and another one was over the southwestern part of Sevastopol.
12:10 The widely publicized Ukrainian counter-offensive has been going on for three and a half months. Briefly about "successes» APU for the last 1.5 months:
– Zaporozhye Front:
– Pyatikhatki/Lobkovoe section: 0.9 sq. km.
– Rabotino site: 34.8 sq. km.
– Donetsk Front
– Bolshaya Novoselka plot: 15.7 sq. km.
– South Bakhmut front section: 8.4 km.
In total, in 1.5 months, the Ukrainian Armed Forces were able to recapture about 59.8 square meters, which is slightly less than the successes achieved during the second month of the counteroffensive. Many Ukrainian and Western media outlets are triumphantly reporting on the Ukrainian army's achievements this month, declaring that Russia's defense line has been breached and our troops are in a "difficult situation."
Judging by the general appearance of the front, it has not changed significantly; the Armed Forces of Ukraine never reached the Sea of Azov, the borders of Crimea and the city of Tokmak in the Zaporozhye region.
The depletion of the Ukrainian army shows that achieving the goals of this summer counteroffensive was impossible. Although it cannot yet be said that the Ukrainian army has lost its offensive potential, it has enough resources to maintain the pace of hostilities for several more months.
The defenses built on the southern flank (and which even today are still being built) were prepared specifically to stop this type of attack; in fact, between the main lines of defense there are numerous trenches and defensive lines, making up a complex system that cannot be overcome so easily .
Forecast for the remainder of the fourth month of the offensive: the Ukrainian army will continue to be depleted, launching attacks in the southern and Bakhmut directions, but without significant advances. The Russian army will be on the defensive for some time, mobilized soldiers and volunteers will continue to gain experience.
12:05 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for September 18, as of 12:00, information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
n.p. Staromikhailovka: - on the street. Chkalova, 18 “b” a man born in 1952 was killed as a result of the detonation of a previously unexploded cluster submunition.
11:27 The enemy reported that last night, in addition to attacks on Kherson and the Odessa region, the Russian Aerospace Forces againbombedguided bombs on Zmeiny Island, where the Ukrainian Armed Forces remain active.
10:44 Situation in the Zaporozhye direction at 10:00:
At night the enemy tried to advance in the area of the settlement of Rabotino with the help of heavy equipment in the amount of two tanks and a platoon of infantry. The tanks were blown up on pre-equipped minefields, the infantry, without the support of equipment, immediately scattered across the plantings and were covered with mortar fire.
In the area of the village of Verbovoe paratroopers entered the battle and attempted to advance the Azov MTR and the Ukrainian Armed Forces infantry.
10:24 Businessman David Sachs posted map of military operations in Ukraine and noted that the territories occupied by the Ukrainian Armed Forces during the counteroffensive are so small that they are barely visible.
10:00 During the day, the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC recorded 50 incidents of firing by the Ukrainian Federal Unitary Forces, and 166 ammunition were fired.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out 35 attacks from 155mm artillery, incl. with a cassette warhead.
On Gorlovsky - 15 artillery attacks from 122mm and 155mm artillery, incl. with a cassette warhead.
On Svetlodarsky - One artillery attack from 155mm caliber artillery. The enemy fired at Donetsk, Makeevka, Gorlovka, Mironovsky.
Over the past 24 hours, information has been received about one person being injured in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk. Seven residential buildings and two civil infrastructure facilities in Donetsk were damaged.
09:29 The Ministry of Defense published personnel destruction of armored vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the South Donetsk direction. The crew of a reconnaissance and attack helicopter destroyed an armored vehicle of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with a guided missile strike.
09:24 The Russian Armed Forces are striking targets in the Sumy region. Earlier, the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired at the border village of Tetkino (Kursk Region) from the territory of the region.
09:20 The criminal Kiev regime continues to shell the civilian infrastructure of settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired cannon artillery:
-- in the village of Kardashinka nine rounds;
-- n.p. Peschanivka eight rounds;
-- n.p. Novaya Zburevka nine rounds;
-- n.p. Krynki six rounds;
--o n.p. Solontsy 12 rounds;
-- n.p. Dnepryan seven rounds;
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the settlement of Novaya Kakhovka, settlement. Kakhovka, Podstepnoe, Korsunka, Sagi, firing a total of 30 rounds from cannon artillery.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being determined.
09:13 Due to artillery attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Novaya Kakhovka, a water pipe in one of the residential buildings was broken
An enemy shell hit the basement of a house at 134 Zaporozhtsev Street. As a result of the attack, a water pipe was broken.
In addition, due to artillery attack by Ukrainian militants, some settlements were urgently cut off from power supply. There is currently no electricity in the villages of Raiskoye and Topolevka.
All operational services continue to work and eliminate the consequences of inhumane artillery attack by Ukrainian Armed Forces militants.
09:07 The Armed Forces of Ukraine may lose five to six units of wheeled vehicles per day in the Rabotin-Verbovoy area. The commander of an intelligence unit with the call sign Bekas, who is now working in this sector of the front, told RT military correspondent Vlad Andritsa about this.video.
08:35 The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine stated that the battles for the village of Kleshcheevka near Bakhmut continue.
Let us recall that yesterday the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Andriy Ermak, followed by President Vladimir Zelensky, announced the capture of this settlement by Ukrainian troops.
08:17 Frontline summary on the morning of 09/18/2023:
In the Zaporozhye direction, Ukrainian troops, after artillery preparation, attacked at Novoprokopovka and Verbovoy. No success. The Russian Armed Forces attacked positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the settlements of Orekhov, Rabotino and Malaya Tokmachka. They themselves found themselves under fire in Kopany, Tokmak, Il'chenkovo and Novopokrovka.
In the Ugledarsky sector, Russian troops counterattacked from Priyutnoye. The Russian Aerospace Forces worked on the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Staromayorsky and Prechistovka. Ukrainian artillery hit Russian troops in Zavetny Zhelanie, Staromlynovka and Novodonetsk.
On the Donetsk front, the Russian Armed Forces again carried out assault operations in Marinka and tried to recapture previously lost positions in the Opytnoye area. Under fire from the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Novomikhailovka, the city of Krasnogorovka, Severny (a settlement west of Avdeevka) and Avdievka. Ukrainian artillery worked on Russian positions in Donetsk and Opytny.
In the Bakhmut direction, the Russian Armed Forces counterattacked near Andreevka. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are trying to oust Russian troops from positions near the railway line, and the Russian Armed Forces are counterattacking. The enemy also carried out offensive operations along the M-03 highway in the Dubovo-Vasilievka area, trying to seize the initiative in this area.
08:15 The Armed Forces of Ukraine are almost no chance to approach Artemovsk (DPR) undetected, since it is surrounded by fields and forest belts for several kilometers, and the likelihood of a direct attack by Kyiv on the city is extremely low. This was reported by an intelligence officer from the Southern Group of the Russian Armed Forces.
08:06 Summaryon the morning of September 18, 2023:
At night, the Russian Armed Forces hit the port of Kiliya in the Odessa region on the border with Romania with “Geraniums”. Two waves of missile attacks are reported on a military airfield in Starokonstantinov (Khmelnitsky region), where carriers of Storm Shadow missiles and their analogues are based.
To the south of Artemovsk (Bakhmut), battles continue at Kleshcheevka and Andreevka. Populated areas have been wiped off the face of the earth; neither side controls these villages, near which there are critical heights. However, a small group of enemy infantry stood in the ruins with a flag so that Zelensky could make statements about the “capture” of one of the villages.
In the Vremevsky direction, enemy attacks were repelled at Novodonetsky and Staromayorsky.
In the evening, an enemy UAV attack on Crimea was repelled, and information was received about the destruction of two surface targets off the western coast of the peninsula. Preliminarily - high-speed boats with landing forces.
In the Belgorod region, the Valuysky and Grayvoronsky urban districts were under fire, and an aircraft-type drone was shot down in the Belgorod region. In the Kursk region, in Uspenovka, Korenevsky district, three wounded civilians (one seriously), a village was shelled. Tetkino.
07:37 Regular trophies of western production:
“We again got samples of AT4 and NLAW anti-tank grenade launchers from the enemy...” says the serviceman.
“They shot everything Russian, but they simply didn’t even touch the foreign stuff, because they simply don’t know how to use it,” noted our fighter.
07:10 Explosions were heard all night in Ukraine - Russian Geraniums and missiles worked on strategic targets
The Russian army worked at facilities located, including in the Odessa and Khmelnytsky regions. Explosions were heard in Kiliya and Izmail, where port facilities are located.
In the Khmelnytsky region, a possible target for our fighters could be the military airfield in Starokonstantinov - according to some sources, the carriers of Western Storm Shadow and SCALP EG missiles are located there.