[NewsFront] 23:58 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 10/18/2023 to 00:00 10/19/2023
Over the past 24 hours, the Representative Office reported 12 incidents of firing by the Ukrainian forces.
Information was received about the injury of a civilian, a woman, in Verkhnetoretskoye.
Residential buildings in Verkhnetoretskoye were damaged. No damage to civilian infrastructure was recorded.
The areas of three settlements of the Republic were under enemy fire: Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district), Yasinovatsky district, the capital city of Donetsk (Kievsky, Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts).
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out six attacks from 155mm artillery.
On Gorlovskoe one artillery attack from 152mm artillery.
At Yasinovatsky there were five artillery attacks from MLRS and 155mm artillery.
A total of 50 units of various ammunition were fired.
In the previous 24 hours, 35 artillery attacks were recorded from the VFU
21:50 They report about powerful explosions in Nikolaev.
According to Ukrainian monitoring channels, there were at least two powerful arrivals at military and industrial facilities within the city. Presumably, ballistic missiles of an unknown type are used.
21:25 They report about explosions in Pavlograd (Dnipropetrovsk region of Ukraine)
Ukrainian monitoring channels write that at least two strong explosions were recorded. The air raid alert was announced after the first arrival.
20:45 Front-line soldier reports: Kleshcheevka. The Russian Armed Forces storm the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
20:20 “They wanted to destroy us - we destroyed them all”: the commander of the unit that stormed Avdievka told what is now happening in this sector of the front
The wounded commander of one of the units performing tasks in the Avdeevsky direction, with the call sign “Ismiy,” is now undergoing treatment in the hospital. During the assault, he was seriously wounded - for the soldier himself it was the second time in the entire special operation, but he does not lose heart: he plans to heal and go to the front again. Readovka war correspondent Maxim Dolgov met with Ismiy and found out how things are now in Avdeevka.
“Very professional fights are taking place along the entire front line, which the enemy does not take out: he is demoralized and lost. There was a sniper from Izmir: she was surrounded and she shot herself... Artillery and aviation are helping, especially the Solntsepiki. Very high coherence - not like at the beginning of the special operation,”sharedwith Readovka Ismiy.
19:30 Frontline reports: in the Avdeevsky direction there is constant artillery attack with cassettes from the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
The Russian Armed Forces are holding the line.
19:00 RF Ministry of Defense: October 8 this year:
At about 17.40 Moscow time, the Kyiv regime attempted a terrorist attack with anti-aircraft missiles of the S-200 air defense system converted into a strike version on the territory of Crimea.
Russian air defense systems intercepted two Ukrainian missiles in the air.
Fragments of intercepted targets fell in a deserted area with subsequent detonation on the ground.
There are no casualties or destruction.
18:30 Preliminarily, in Sevastopol in the Kara-Koba area shot down missile, the warhead detonated on the ground in a field, no one was hurt, - Governor M. Razvozhaev
“No fire was recorded at the site. All crews have been returned to their deployment points, but continue to be on high alert.”
18:00 Western equipment is shattered into pieces: the commander of a tank platoon spoke about the performance of combat missions in the Rabotino area
Commander of a tank platoon of the 42nd Motorized Rifle Division of the Southern Military District with the call sign “Sova” told about himself, the combat routine of the unit and his subordinates in the course of daily painstaking work to repel attacks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Orekhovsky tactical direction.
17:35 NGP exploration: in the Avdeevsky direction. The telegram continues to disseminate information about the advance of our forces on the northern and southern flanks of Avdievka, this is not true, our forces are in occupied positions, a number of measures are being taken to expand the bridgehead.
To understand the scale of the task: In order to hold Avdievka, the enemy command deployed significant reinforcements, in addition to the forces already available in the direction.
So, units from the 1st brigade arrive to the west of the Karlovskoye Reservoir.
45 Special Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were sent to the direction of the village of Berdychi-Stepovoe, and personnel of the 63 Special Forces of the Armed Forces were transferred from the rear areas of the Chernigov region to Avdievka.
The enemy has concentrated a significant number of guns in the Avdeevsky direction; 155mm howitzers are actively used, the firing range of which does not allow them to be suppressed in a timely manner from cannon artillery.
Our aviation and artillery have again increased the density of fire, however, we ask you not to rush things.
16:55 Front-line soldier reports: The Ukrainian Armed Forces landing force was destroyed in the Kherson direction. Lying in the sun under the bridge.
16:30 Frontline reports: The situation in Kleshcheevka is complicated. APU behind the piece of iron. Heavy fighting is going on
15:30 Frontline reports: in the south of Avdeevka the guys are making progress in advance.
15:05 The Russian Armed Forces knock out the Ukrainian Armed Forces from firing points -video.
14:30 Fighting at the “dragon’s teeth”: special forces and the 42nd Motorized Rifle Division repulse the offensive, destroying Ukrainian Armed Forces militants on the Zaporozhye front
The enemy continues offensive operations on the Kopani-Rabotino-Verbovoe line. The command of the Ukrainian Armed Forces is still sending infantry to attack our positions in the fields. Russian units meet the enemy with fire.
Personnel from the army special forces "Osman" to destroy the assault groups of the Ukrainian Armed Forces together with the artillery of the 42nd Motorized Rifle Division in the Orekhovsky direction.
14:00 Work of the 122mm BM-21 “Grad” crew of the Russian army in the Kherson direction
Soldiers throw missiles at the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the other side of the Dnieper -video.
13:35 Telegram channel “Fisherman“: Kherson direction:
Situation as of 13.00 October 18, 2023
Yesterday, by nightfall, after the passage of assault groups 35 and 36 Infantry Brigades, Russian troops launched an attack on enemy concentration areas. Both the advanced groups and those in reserve at the railway bridge came under fire.
As a result, the enemy suffered heavy losses and lost their combat potential. About 30 people received varying degrees of injury and retreated back to the bridge, where they took shelter while awaiting evacuation.
But the Russian Armed Forces continued to strike on the opposite side of the Dnieper, hitting the battalions of the 36th Infantry Brigade, which were preparing to cross the river, with two missiles from the Iskander OTRK. Despite requests from the advanced groups of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the evacuation was never carried out.
At the moment, one of the sabotage groups with a flamethrower remaining in Peschanovka has been tasked with diverting the attention of Russian troops on the southern outskirts of the village. If successful, a reserve will be deployed to clear the settlement and consolidate in the surrounding area.
At the same time, in the evening and at night, units from the Normandy tactical group continued to be transferred from Tyaginka to Frolov Island to attack the positions of the Russian Armed Forces in Krynki simultaneously with the attack on Peschanivka.
Now the situation has stabilized thanks to massive artillery attack of both the forward and rear lines of the Ukrainian Navy. However, it is still a long way to completely suppress the enemy, since there are reserves, and no one has canceled plans for an offensive in the Kherson region.
13:00 Throwing grenades in the Far Eastern style: UAV operators of the Eastern Military District destroyed Ukrainian Armed Forces militants in the area of the village of Nikol'skoye -video.
12:30 Situationat the junction of Zaporozhye and the DPR: the Russian Armed Forces are keeping the enemy in suspense, undermining his confidence in achieving military success in the direction
Soldiers of the Vostok battalion report on the situation on this sector of the front:
“At night, the enemy attacked one of the flanks with artillery - firing up to 20 mixed-type rounds. Our neighbors are making attempts to move, keeping the enemy’s defenses in suspense. Apparently, he is twitching and trying to work proactively. As the authors describe about the war, this is approximately how the Germans behaved when a turning point came in the war. It’s not entirely obvious yet, but there have been changes in our situation over the past couple of months: the enemy has lost confidence that great military achievements are available to him.”
12:00 They report about strong explosions in the Dnieper and Zaporozhye.
According to Ukrainian monitoring channels, missile strikes have been carried out on Ukrainian Armed Forces facilities in these cities since the morning.
11:35 The neighboring Kursk region alsowas subjected todrone attack: six devices intercepted air defense crews, four more were landed by electronic warfare.
The debris of one of the drones fell on a school building in Kursk: the facade and glazing received minor damage. There were no injuries, the school continues to operate as normal.
10:50 Ukrainian formations again applied drones to attack the border areas of the Belgorod region .
Russian anti-aircraft gunners intercepted six devices in the Yakovlevsky urban district and the Belgorod region. According to preliminary data, there was no destruction or casualties.
In addition, the Ukrainian Armed Forces shelled Novaya Tavolzhanka: a power line was damaged, and the neighboring village of Arkhangelskoye was also left without power supply. Emergency services are at the scene of the incident.
10:30 Frontline reports: Kleshcheevka.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces crossed the railway line at Terrikon. The Russian Armed Forces are smoking them out. There is a battle going on.
10:00 RF Ministry of Defense: Tonight, an attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack on targets on the territory of the Russian Federation using aircraft-type UAVs was stopped.
Air defense systems on duty over the territory of the Belgorod and Kursk regions and the Black Sea intercepted and destroyed 28 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles.
09:16 Official summary of Representative offices of the DPR in the JCCC from 00:00 10/17/2023 to 00:00 10/18/2023
Over the past 24 hours, the Representative Office reported 35 incidents of firing by the Ukrainian Federal Unitary Forces.
There were no reports of civilian casualties.
Twp residential buildings were damaged in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk. No damage to civilian infrastructure was recorded.
Areas of five settlements of the Republic were under enemy fire: Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district), Golmovsky, Yasinovatsky district, the capital city of Donetsk (Kievsky, Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Chervonogvardeysky district).
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out 22 attacks from 155mm artillery, incl. with a cassette warhead.
At Gorlivske there were eight artillery attacks from 152mm artillery.
At Yasinovatsky there were five artillery attacks from 155mm artillery, incl. with a cassette warhead.
A total of 107 units of various ammunition were fired.
In the previous day, 19 attacks were recorded from the Ukrainian forces.
09:14 Guys are not timid -video
The soldier with the call sign “Arnie” is the commander of the assault unit. Its main task is to capture enemy strongholds and gain a foothold in them. He and his subordinates perform risky work in direct contact with the enemy.
It was for the capture of the oporniks that the platoon commander received his second combat award.
“We then took over the entire forest belt,” he says. – The battle lasted two and a half hours, we were already running low on ammunition. We managed to take the “opornik” from them. We became so entrenched in it that it is still ours to this day.”
“Arnie” in that battle covered his comrade with himself during the arrival and shrapnel hit him in the chest. “The treatment took place in a hospital in St. Petersburg. As soon as the stitches were removed, I immediately returned here, to my company, to the front line, to my comrades,” he said.
08:20 Summary on the morning of October 18, 2023
The Russian Armed Forces attacked the occupied Ukrainian Armed Forces of Zaporozhye at night. Footage of a destroyed residential building has appeared online, which can traditionally be the result of the mediocre work of the Ukrainian air defense, whose missiles have more than once caused destruction on the ground.
In the Kherson direction, there are concrete signs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine preparing to cross the Dnieper. During the day in the area of the village In Peschanovka (eight kms east of the Antonovsky Bridge), an enemy drg was operating and killed two elderly civilians.
By nightfall, information was received about the capture of several houses on the outskirts of the village by small enemy forces. In addition, the Ukrainian Armed Forces marines occupied the village by midnight. Floodplain (6 km east of Antonovsky Bridge). The Armed Forces of Ukraine are preparing marine units to rush across the Dnieper to reach the line Podstepnoye - Kazachi Lagery - Krynki. Previously, the enemy fired at bridges over canals on our side of the Dnieper to disrupt logistics. At night, urgent air strikes by our aircraft were planned on the islands.
On the Zaporozhye Front, an attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the village was repelled. Verbovoe, retreating groups of enemy infantry were covered by our artillery. In the Novoprokopovka area there are the “usual” enemy attacks: infantry and up to five units of equipment. The Ukrainian Armed Forces infantry was destroyed on the approach. In the rear of the site is an attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the airfield in Berdyansk with the much discussed ATACMS and GLSDB, supplied from the United States. Our helicopters were damaged or destroyed.
In the Avdeevsky sector, our troops consolidate in previously occupied positions and destroy the enemy with artillery and aviation.
At night, 28 Ukrainian UAVs were destroyed over the Belgorod and Kursk regions and the Black Sea. In the evening, in the Black Sea, naval aviation of the Black Sea Fleet destroyed an unmanned enemy boat.
08:07 Frontline summary for the morning of 10/18/2023
In the Zaporozhye direction, the Russian Armed Forces are trying to seize the initiative. With artillery support, they counterattacked from Kopanei to Novodanilovka and from the southwest near the village of Rabotino. They also sought to push Ukrainian units away from Verbovoy. Under attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Shcherbaki, Novoandreevka, Malaya Tokmachka, Charovny and Gulyaypole. RF Armed Forces - in Nesteryanka, Rovny, Kopany, Sladkaya Balka, Il'chenkovo, Ocheretovaty, Verbovoy, Novopokrovka, Novofedorovka and Dorozhnyanka.On the Donetsk front, Russian troops, with the support of artillery and aviation, managed to expand the zone of control near Pervomaisky and Severny (a settlement west of Avdievka). Similar actions near Stepnoye (not to be confused with the settlements of the same name in the Zaporozhye and Ugledar directions) encountered the intractability of the Ukrainian units. Under attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Novomikhailovka, Mar'inka, Avdeevka, Lastochkino and Keramika. RF Armed Forces - in Donetsk, Vodyanoye, Opytny and the village of Krasnogorovka.
In the Bakhmut direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces managed to advance northeast of Kleshcheevka. The Russian Armed Forces took up positions behind the railway track here. Ukrainian units in Andreevka, Kleshcheevka, Ivanovsky, Chasovy Yar and Orekhovo-Vasilevka are under attack. Russian ones are in Ozaryanovka, Kurdyumovka, Bakhmut and Dubovo-Vasilievka.