[NewsFront] 21:18 The Russian Ministry of Defense is dividedpersonnelthe work of the crews of Mi-28n attack helicopters of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the Kherson direction to destroy strongholds and armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
19:47 Personnel large-scale battle for Avdievka from RT military correspondent Andrei Filatov.
The enemy is desperately firing artillery fire, trying to hit the Russian tanks approaching the city. To no avail.
At sunset, the tank battalion of the 114th Brigade covers the passage of our infantry units. The tankers themselves are in the sights of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and every second they risk “receiving” a shell.
19:29 On October 13, the operational lines of the DPR JCCC received additional information about civilian casualties in the cities of the Donetsk People's Republic:
n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district): - on the street. Stoletova, 10, a man born in 1966 was wounded.
n.p. Stepnoe: - on the street. Molodezhnaya, 8, a woman born in 1954 was wounded.
Additional information has been received about damage as a result of artillery attack by the Air Force in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Kirovsky district):
artillery attack at 14:15:
– st. Abakumova, 91 – direct hit in an apartment building;
– st. Abakumova, 85, 87, 91 – multi-apartment residential buildings;
– st. Prudovaya, 12 – apartment building;
– st. Biryuzova, 16 – multi-apartment residential building.
Power lines along the street were also damaged. Abakumov and st. Dzhankoyskaya, the streets are without power.
artillery attack at 14:20:
– st. Vozdushnaya, 9 – private residential building.
n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district):
artillery attack at 14:10:
– st. Gladkova, 30 – private residential building.
artillery attack at 16:20:
– st. Poletaeva, 72, 75 – private residential buildings.
artillery attack at 18:00:
Five transformer substations are de-energized, without power supply to 226 subscribers in the village of Shirokaya Balka.
18:25 Situationin the South Donetsk direction:
In the Vrem'evsky sector, over the past 24 hours the enemy has not even carried out measures to indicate activity north of Priyutnoye. The losses suffered in two months in the manpower of the defense battalions are having an impact and, probably, the punitive detachments have not yet found an approach to the “refuseniks” who have appeared in large numbers over the past time
On the section from Urozhainy to Novodonetsky the situation is also unchanged. Both sides are taking no action to move forward.
In the Ugledarsky sector, most of the artillery and aviation activity is still on the eastern flank - in the Novomikhailovka-Konstantinovka area.
17:20 Orekhovsky section situation as of 17.00 October 13, 2023
South of Orekhov, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are still trying to expand the zone of penetration into the defensive lines of the Russian Armed Forces. But now the pace of the offensive has slowed down for obvious reasons due to heavy losses.
Yesterday, an armored group of the 12th Tank Battalion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine tried to attack the positions of the Russian Army in the landings northeast of Novoprokopovka, but to no avail.
The village of Rabotino, which the Ukrainian Armed Forces said was captured, is still in the gray zone. Its location is unfavorable for developing an attack, and all approaches are shot from the heights, so there are neither our troops nor the Ukrainian Armed Forces there.
To strengthen the group, a column of the 65th Mechanized Brigade was deployed from Novodanilovka. At the same time, during the movement, one infantry fighting vehicle of an unknown type was blown up by its own mine.
Some ordinariness of the battles on the site should not be misleading. Ukrainian formations are preparing for a new attack. Now their efforts are concentrated on counter-battery warfare. The Arthur, AN/TPQ-36 and -50 radars were pulled to the front line.
And at a short distance from the LBS, nine combined assault detachments with a total number of up to 300 people are formed from the 23rd and 65th Infantry Brigades, 128th Separate Brigade, 71st Brigade, 82nd Airborne Brigade and 15th NSU brigade.
And activation should be expected at approximately the same time as the Kherson direction, where the Ukrainian Armed Forces are trying to interrupt the logistics support of the front line. And the attack on the Rabotino-Verbovoe line, apparently, should be a distraction.
16:55 Soldiers of the 40th Separate Naval Infantry Brigade of the KTOF of the Russian Navy carried out a precise drop of ammunition from a copter to a ammunition base in enemy trenches in the South Donetsk direction -video.
15:35 Kherson direction situation as of 15.00 October 13, 2023
In the Kherson region the situation remains the same. Ukrainian formations are preparing for active operations on the left bank. The intensity of artillery attack is not decreasing, but only increasing.
And now, for the first time in a long time, artillery units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces have begun to hit bridges and crossings, as happened last year during the attack on Kherson. Over the past 24 hours, the bridge to Novaya Kakhovka near the village of Tsukur came under attack, including from HIMARS.
Also, under fire cover, the transfer of sabotage groups to the island zone continues. The enemy's DRGs are setting up positions and trying to expand the zone of control.
In two days, Russian fighters destroyed four Ukrainian boats: one near Pereyaslavsky (Kazatsky) island, three after leaving Nikolskoye. Another boat went back.
At the same time, in the rear areas, the TRO assault groups and the naval infantry are coordinating. One of the battalions of the 121st TRO was sent to Republican, which may indicate possible attacks on the left bank in that area.
In addition, light motor boats are actively transported from Nikolaev to the vicinity of Kherson. They were tested on reservoirs in the Nikolaev region, and now they are being used to equip brigades of naval infantry.
14:27 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for October 13, as of 14:00, additional information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Donetsk People's Republic:
n.p. Veseloye: - on the street. Embankment, 55, a man born in 1979 was wounded.
13:30 Military personnel of the Dnepr group of forces continue to destroy military installations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the right bank of the Kherson region.
On frames the destruction of warehouses with ammunition and fuel and lubricants, as well as the location of one of the units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces brigade, in the area of ??the village. Berislav.
12:28 Statement of Head of the press center of the Center group:
In the Krasnolimansky direction in the area of the Torsky section and Serebryansky forest, coordinated actions of units of the Center group of troops, artillery fire, and attacks by assault and army aviation disrupted and repelled five attacks by assault groups 63, 67 Mechanized Brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and 5 Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine.
The losses of Ukrainian troops in this direction amounted to about 40 military personnel. The Pickup car was destroyed. During the counter-battery fight, about 15 enemy artillery crews were exposed and suppressed. The crews of the TOS-1A Solntsepek heavy flamethrower system inflicted fire on three enemy strongholds.
Missile forces and artillery from groupings of troops struck a temporary deployment point of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of the village of Zhelannoye, Donetsk People's Republic.
11:35 Consequences of artillery attack of the Petrovsky district of Donetsk by Ukrainian militants using cluster munitions. The school building was damaged as a result of the shelling.
11:27 Statement of Head of the press center of the “West” group:
In the Kupyansky direction, the crews of Su-34 fighter-bombers of the West group of forces carried out five air strikes on an ammunition depot and temporary deployment points of units of the 7th separate rifle battalion, the concentration area of the armored reserve of the 43rd Mechanized Brigade and the stronghold of the 113th Territorial Defense Brigade in the areas of Novolyubovka, Peschany and Petropavlovka.
In addition, crews of heavy flamethrower systems carried out three strikes on the accumulation of manpower in the shelters of the 32nd mechanized brigade in the Timkovka area.
During the counterbattery fight, the group’s artillery destroyed 122mm self-propelled artillery mounts 2S1 “Gvozdika” and “Crab”, a 155mm towed howitzer M-777 and four mortar crews in the areas of Novolubovka, Novosergeevka and Stepovaya Novoselovka.
The total enemy losses amounted to more than two companies of manpower, one tank, one UAV, one minibus, one pickup truck.
11:00 Situation on the Rabotino-Verbovoe section:
At night, the enemy actively launched artillery strikes on our positions. Russian artillery responded by hitting concentrations of Ukrainian Armed Forces infantry.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces attempted to storm the defense line of the Russian Armed Forces near Verbovoy. After the shelling, the enemy infantry launched an attack, but were scattered by small arms and artillery fire.
At Rabotino the enemy also continues to attack in small groups of infantry. Both our UAVs and the Ukrainian Armed Forces are constantly on duty in the air. Artillery is immediately called upon identified targets in forest plantations.
10:39 The criminal Kiev regime continues to fire at the civilian infrastructure of settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired from cannon artillery:
-- n.p. Malaya Lepetikha 14 rounds;
-- n.p. Sergeevka 19 rounds;
-- n.p. Velikaya Lepetikha 12 rounds;
-- n.p. Knyaze-Grigorovka 28 rounds;
-- n.p. Alyosha 11 rounds;
-- n.p. Krynki nine rounds;
-- n.p. Kazachi Lagery six rounds;
-- n.p. Podstepnoe seven rounds;
-- n.p. Heroicheskii eight rounds.
As a result of artillery attack in the village. Heroic, one civilian received moderately severe shrapnel wounds.
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the village. Novaya Kakhovka, n.p. Kakhovka, n.p. Peschanivka, n.p. Sagi, n.p. The Dniepryans fired a total of 31 rounds from cannon artillery. Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being determined.
10:35 During the past 24 hours, the DPR representative office in the JCCC recorded 18 incidents of firing by the Ukrainian Federal Unitary Forces and fired 80 rounds of ammunition.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out six attacks from AGM-88 HARM and 155mm artillery.
On Gorlovsky - Seven artillery attacks from 152mm and 155mm artillery, incl. with a cassette warhead.
On Yasinovatsky - five attacks from MLRS, 155mm artillery. The enemy fired at Donetsk, Yasinovatsky district, Gorlovka, Golmovsky, Zaitsev.
Over the past 24 hours, information has been received about the death of two civilians in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk. Two people were injured of varying degrees of severity in the Kirovsky and Petrovsky districts of Donetsk.
10:30 Voenkor RT Vlad Andritsa conveysfrom Orekhovsky direction:
Soldiers of the 1430th Motorized Rifle Regiment, while clearing a support area in forest plantations in the Rabotino-Novoprokopovka area, captured a Ukrainian Armed Forces infantry fighting vehicle.
The car was stuffed with duffel bags and sleeping bags, among which the military found a NATO machine gun and a Swedish Carl Gustaf grenade launcher.
10:15 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for October 13, as of 10:00, information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Donetsk People's Republic:
n.p. Gorlovka (Central City district):
– a man born in 1963 was wounded on the Gorlovka-Donetsk highway.
Information has been received about damage as a result of artillery attack by the AFU in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Petrovsky district):
– a direct hit on the MBOU “School No. 114 in Donetsk” on the street. Stakhanov.
10:10 Brief summary on the Avdeevsky direction from NGP exploration:
The night passed quite loudly. The artillery and aviation of the Russian army works almost non-stop. In the morning, activity continues, and offensive operations continue. There are heavy, bloody battles.
Yesterday, an enemy column on the march was destroyed. The Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to draw up reserves.
So, last night the enemy again tried to carry out a charge in the area of Ozoryanovka (Kurdyumovsky district), rocket artillery and air defense were working. The attempt was unsuccessful, the enemy was thrown back to their original positions.
09:48 Statement of Head of the press center of the Vostok group:
In the South Donetsk direction, the forward units of the Vostok group of forces, with artillery support, thwarted four attempts to rotate units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Urozhainy and Staromayorsky areas. Cars containing nationalists were destroyed.
A reconnaissance group of the Ukrainian Armed Forces west of Novodonetsk was discovered and liquidated.
Artillery fire destroyed an ammunition depot in the Staromayorsky area. Loitering ammunition "Lancet" destroyed: the M-109 "Paladin" self-propelled artillery mount and the 122mm BM-21 "Grad" multiple launch rocket system in the Elizavetovka area, the 152mm D-20 artillery gun in the Novoukrainka area, the 152mm "Akatsia" self-propelled artillery mount in the Novoivanovka area. A UAV strike destroyed a mortar crew in the Staromayorsky area.
Aviation strikes and artillery fire hit the concentration areas of manpower and equipment of units of the 79th Air Assault Brigade in Novomikhailovka, including the communications center of the 72nd Mechanized Brigade in Konstantinovka, Vodian and Ugledar, the 128th Territorial Defense Brigade in the Staromayorsky area, 58th Motorized Infantry Brigade in the Urozhayny area.
09:45 Kharkov direction (area of Kupyansk settlement) 13.10, 09:20
Our aerial reconnaissance and mortar crews have been actively working since early morning, Front Bird reports.
Last night MLRS were used from both sides. Artillery is now working on identified positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
09:15 Lightning hit winged infantry: combat work of the crew of an anti-tank guided missile system.
A reconnaissance group of paratroopers discovered an observation post of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in a forest area. A crew of the Fagot anti-tank missile system was sent to destroy it.
The crew arrived at a position where a camouflaged launcher was already located. The paratroopers brought it into combat position and launched an anti-tank guided missile at enemy equipment and enemy personnel.
08:17 Frontline summary on the morning of 10/13/2023:
In the Zaporozhye direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces, with artillery support, carried out offensive operations near Novoprokopovka. The Russian Armed Forces again counterattacked at Verbovoy. Ukrainian positions in the settlements of Novoandreevka, Rabotino, Novodanilovka and Malaya Tokmachka are under attack. Russian - in Kopany, Il'chenkovo, Novopokrovka, Novofedorovka and Novokarlovka.
In the Ugledarsky sector, the Russian Armed Forces carried out offensive operations from Novodonetsk in the direction of Zolotaya Niva. Russian troops also carried out a ground attack at Nikolskie Dachas south of Ugledar.
The Donetsk front is the most active. After the airstrikes, the Russian Armed Forces attacked the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Novomikhailovka area. We resumed the offensive at Pobeda. With the support of artillery and the VKS, they carried out assault operations in Marinka. Ground attacks near Pervomaisky, Severny (a settlement west of Avdeevka) and Stepnoy (not to be confused with the settlements of the same name in the Zaporozhye and Ugledar directions).
Under massive attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Konstantinovka (not to be confused with the settlement of the same name southwest of Bakhmut), Avdiivka, Lastochkina, Orlovka (the main logistics hub of the Ukrainian garrison in Avdievka passes through it) and Keramika. Ukrainian artillery worked against the Russian Armed Forces in Donetsk, Vodyanoy, Opytny, Yasinovataya, Vasil'yevka and the village of Krasnohorivka.
In the Bakhmut direction there is another counterattack by Russian troops near Andreevka, where the Ukrainian Armed Forces managed to gain a foothold near the railway line. Russian artillery and aviation are hitting them. Their positions in Kleshcheevka, Stupochki, Chasovoy Yar, Minkovka, Vasyukovka, Sporny and Seversk are also under fire. Russian ones are in Ozaryanovka, Kurdyumovka, Bakhmut, Berkhovka and Dubovo-Vasilievka.
In the northernmost direction - Lugansk - it is also hot. From Kuzmin, with the support of artillery, the Russian Armed Forces attacked in the Serebryansky forest area towards Serebryanka. The goal is to break through to the Seversky Donets. Torsky has similar actions. Here the task of the Russian troops is to cut off the supply route of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the left bank of Oskol in this area.
The Russian Armed Forces also attack near Makeyevka and much further north near Ivanovka. After massive attacks they are trying to enter Sin'kovka. Here the goal is access to Kupyansk. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are holding their positions. The Russian Armed Forces attacked Ukrainian units in Belogorovka, Peschanoye and Petropavlovka.
08:15 At night, militants of the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired 5 rockets from the MLRS at the Kuibyshev and Kyiv regions of Donetsk - representative office of the DPR JCCC.
08:10 Ukrainian militants, in violation of the very foundations of international humanitarian law, attacked a hospital in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk. Two people died, incl. medic and one wounded.
The territory of the State Budgetary Institution “City Hospital No. 25 of Donetsk” was struck by 155mm rounds. Western production.
An employee of a medical institution, a woman born in 1969, and a man, born in 1956, were killed; a woman, born in 1956, was injured.
08:07 Summary on the morning of October 13, 2023:
In the Avdeevsky direction, the Russian Armed Forces continue offensive operations. Heavy fighting is taking place near Berdychi and Stepovoy; from the waste heap occupied the day before on the northwestern outskirts of Avdeevka, reconnaissance and adjustment of artillery and aviation fire are being carried out on enemy positions in the city center. In the south of the Avdveevsky fortified area - battles near Opytny and the railway.
The situation is being clarified and the weak points of the enemy's defense are being identified. The Ukrainian Armed Forces blew up the bridge between Gorlovka and Yasinovataya, increasing the logistics leverage of the Russian Army. The enemy is transferring reserves to the Avdeevsky direction.
In the Kherson direction, our aviation is actively using FAB-1500 with UMPC against Nazi positions. The targets become accumulations of enemy manpower and equipment. At night, further attacks were reported.
On the Zaporozhye Front, the Ukrainian Armed Forces do not stop attacks on the Rabotino-Verbovoye line. Yesterday, near Verbovoy, an attempt by enemy infantry to break through was again thwarted.
The Russian Armed Forces are holding the defense south of Artemovsk: the Kleshcheevka-Andreevka section still remains one of the most difficult, and there are battles for positions near the railway.
In the Svatovo-Kremennaya direction, the Russian 25th Army, recently brought into battle, is conducting a creeping offensive. The lack of experience in such actions is reflected; characteristic errors in their organization also negatively affected the implementation of the senior commander’s plans.
What an odd thing to admit in a military communique!
In the Bryansk region, Azarovka and Demyanki of the Starodub municipal district were shelled; on the outskirts of Bryansk, electronic warfare was suppressed by an aircraft-type UAV, which detonated when falling. In the Belgorod region, an enemy UAV was shot down in the Yakovlevsky urban district. In Donetsk, two civilians were killed and two were injured from Ukrainian Armed Forces fire.
08:01 The Ukrainian Armed Forces transferred reserve forces from the Artemovsk direction to strengthen the group in Avdievka. Advisor to the head of the DPR, Yan Gagin, told us about this.
He noted that this will not affect the hottest parts of the front.
“The action is reckless and almost useless. Dragging reserves from direction to direction will not lead to victories, but will only give rise to new losses of personnel,” Gagin added.