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Current information on the situation on the front line: October 23 (updated)
2023-10-24
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 23:58 official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 10/23/2023 to 00:00 10/24/2023

Over the past 24 hours, the Representative Office reported 51 incidents of firing by the Ukrainian Federal Unitary Forces.

Information has been received about the death of a civilian, a woman, in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk.

Three civilians were injured of varying degrees of severity in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk.

Eight residential buildings were damaged in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, as well as 1 civil infrastructure facility.

The areas of four settlements of the Republic were under enemy fire: Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district), Yasinovatsky district, the capital city of Donetsk (Kievsky, Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Chervonogvardeysky district).

In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out 33 attacks from MLRS and 155mm artillery, incl. with a cassette warhead.

At Gorlivske there were 17 artillery attacks from 152mm artillery.

On Yasinovatsky there was one artillery attack from 155mm artillery.

A total of 172 units of various ammunition were fired.

In the previous day, 24 artillery attacks were recorded from the AFU.

21:50 Hard reflection of the APU attack near the road to Slavyansk in the Bakhmut direction a couple of days ago -video.

21:25 Heavy fighting at Rabotino: the enemy has been advancing all day, trying to break through the Zaporozhye Front

Direction of the main attack of the Ukrainian Armed Forces: Orekhovsky section of the Zaporozhye Front

In the morning, under the cover of fog, the Ukrainian Armed Forces, with the support of artillery, began an attack on our positions in the fields in the Rabotino and Novoprokopovka areas.

Tanks, American Bradley infantry fighting vehicles and infantry assault groups were thrown into the attack.

The enemy was able to approach our positions, moving along a fog-covered ravine, which greatly hampered the targeted fire of our artillery.

During the battles, several units of armored vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, including a tank, were hit.

Soldiers of the Southern Military District have been conducting heavy defensive battles all day, meeting the enemy with fire, and fierce clashes continue.


20:35 Front-line soldier reports: in the Avdeevsky direction, the Russian Armed Forces advanced and gained a foothold in the southwest of Krasnogorovka.

19:45 105 Airborne Regiment NM LPR reports: Russian paratroopers entered the village of Vasyukovka

The village is located north of Soledar towards Seversk.

Soldiers of the 106th Airborne Division regained some of our positions lost in the summer, took up positions in the forest belt, as well as at the stele and stop at the entrance to the village.

19:05 Zaporozhye Front. Verbovoe. 23.10 18:00, reportsFront bird

The enemy tried once again to break through to our positions. Once again I got hit in the teeth by ATGMs and our artillery.

In this case, artillery fire ceases for no longer than 3-5 minutes.

Sometimes it seems that the Ukrainian Armed Forces militants have an “unlimited” regime for cluster munitions.

18:25 Storm Ukrainian positions near Kreminnaya

In the morning, the assault detachment of group “O” after artillery preparation and during support tanks moved towards the enemy. The armored infantry approached the forest belt, parachuted in and immediately occupied the Ukrainian positions. The enemy tried to shoot back, but was suppressed by small arms fire and bombarded with grenades.

One of the militants tried to escape, but was cut off by machine gun fire (he later tried to crawl away, but he was unable to leave the battlefield; he had to surrender immediately).

At the end, you can see one of the militants throwing out a white flag. After our attack aircraft stopped shooting, he climbed out of the trench and was captured.


17:35 RF Ministry of Defense: On October 23, at about 15.15 Moscow time, 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 was stopped.

On duty air defense systems destroyed a Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle over the territory of the Belgorod region.

17:00 Frontline reports: The Russian Armed Forces returned after the assault near Verbov (without losses). They destroyed Ukrainian Armed Forces militants and mercenaries. They took two surviving Polish prisoners. Accordingly, all this was recorded on a copter, the video will be uploaded soon.

16:20 Telegram channel “Fisherman“: Kherson direction: squeezing out the Ukrainian Armed Forces from Krynok
situation as of 15.00 October 23, 2023

After a rapid advance by the Ukrainian Armed Forces to Krynki, Russian troops counterattacked with the support of artillery and aviation and were able to push the Ukrainian Armed Forces out of a significant part of their positions in the village.

Despite this, the presence of the enemy still remains, but now the fighters of the Russian Armed Forces have managed to clear several landings, practically pushing the Ukrainian Armed Forces to the shore.

But the command of the Katran strike group at night transferred additional units to the islands of Melky and Frolov under the cover of mortar crews of the 35th Naval Infantry Regiment.

Also, four assault groups of the 88th battalion of the 35th Naval Infantry Regiment of the Ukrainian Navy were transported from Nikolskoye to the northeastern part of Aleshkinsky Island, where they dispersed and equipped observation posts.

Another advance group of the 36th Brigade arrived at the railway bridge. From there, together with the forces of the 35th Naval Infantry Brigade to the east, another attempt is planned to break through to Peschanivka and Podstepnoye.

Apparently, despite the losses, the enemy plans to continue to push through the defenses of the Russian Armed Forces on the left bank. Judging by the activity of the naval infanry both in the Krynok sector and at Peschanivka, the attack will be coordinated with the goal of sharply capturing a larger settlement, such as Radensk
.

15:15 NGP exploration reports: Avdeevskoe direction

In the area of the waste heap, the enemy rotated 129 Territorial Defense Brigade to 25 baht of the 47th Separate Mechanized Brig. And, with fresh forces, he attempted assault operations in the period from 12:50 to 13:17 today. But after the operational training of our aviation, he abandoned this idea, falling back to his original positions and suffering losses.

14:35 Special forces are working!

On the eve of the holiday - Special Forces Day -show combat work of army special forces units of the Central Military District in the special operation zone.

A special forces group arrives in the combat area and secretly goes into the forest belt to conduct raids and sabotage on the line of contact with units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. A sniper pair works closest to the front line, conducting reconnaissance of firing points, sniper beds and drone take-off sites.

Sometimes snipers have to work at a distance of up to 250 meters from the enemy, which significantly increases the efficiency of completing assigned tasks. Including disruptions to the rotation of Ukrainian nationalist units on the front line.

Also, reconnaissance drones and “kamikaze drones” are actively used as part of the army special forces brigade. Groups of unmanned aerial vehicles are among the first to enter the mission area, reconnaissance of the area, accompanying assault groups, and also destroying enemy equipment and strongholds.

14:05 Front-line soldier reports: Kleshcheevka. The Ukrainian Armed Forces militants are again trying to gain a foothold on the piece of iron.

They have huge losses today. Just a lot. The surges continue.

13:35 Avdeevka. AKHZ territory last night -video.

13:05 Reaction in one MiG

Crews of MiG-31 aircraft continue to carry out air patrol tasks during a special operation.

The flight personnel fly combat missions, providing cover for troops and facilities. When air targets are detected, Russian Aerospace Forces crews guide and launch missiles to destroy the enemy.

12:30 Criminal Kyiv regimecontinuesto 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. Velikaya Lepetikha 24 rounds;
-- n.p. Knyaze-Grigorovka 12 rounds;
-- n.p. Malaya Lepetikha 12 rounds;
-- n.p. Sergeevka 14 rounds;
-- n.p. Alyosha 10 rounds;
-- n.p. Krynki 13 rounds;
-- n.p. Kazachi Lagery eight rounds;
-- n.p. Peschanivka eight rounds;
-- n.p. Dnepryan six rounds.

As a result of artillery attack of the village. Knyaze-Grigorovka, one civilian died

As a result of artillery attack by Ukrainian Armed Forces militants on the Aleshki-Peschanovka highway, two civilians were injured of varying degrees of severity

During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the village. Novaya Kakhovka, n.p. Kakhovka, n.p. Lyubimovka, n.p. Gornostaevka, n.p. Rybalche, n.p. Kardashinka, firing a total of 25 rounds from barrel artillery

Civilian casualties and infrastructure damage are being determined

12:00 Frontline summary from Kherson direction on the morning of October 23, 2023.

Over the past 24 hours:

As a result of fire damage by formations of the Dnepr group of troops in the island zone, the following were destroyed:

– 122mm howitzer D-30 with ammunition;

Losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the railway station: three KIAs; four wounded.

As a result of fire damage by formations of the Dnepr group of troops in the Kherson direction, the following were destroyed:

-boat in the river bed Dnieper.

Losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the railway station: five KIAs.

– position of one of the units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, in the area of the settlement of Dneprovskoe .

Losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the railway station: seven KIAs; two wounded;

– position of one of the units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, in the area of the settlement. Concept .

Losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the railway station: five KIAs; three wounded.

As a result of fire damage by formations of the Dnepr group of troops in the Kakhovka direction, the following were destroyed:

– 122mm Self-propelled gun “Gvozdika” with ammunition

Losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the railway station: three KIAs; two wounded.

11:30 Smashed column of militants with reinforcements

During the Guard's offensive, Corporal Denis Maltsev, as part of the crew of a self-propelled artillery installation, carried out the task of destroying strongholds and fire weapons of the defending enemy.

Promptly adjusting the fire, the self-propelled gun crew suppressed several nationalist firing points.

Ukrainian artillery concentrated fire on the positions of the Russian self-propelled guns, but Denis Maltsev’s crew continued to work, thanks to which a convoy of enemy vehicles with reinforcements was destroyed.

Enemy units were forced to abandon their positions, which allowed Russian attack aircraft to occupy important enemy strongholds.

11:00 NGP exploration reports: according to the situation in the Avdeevsky direction

Over the past 24 hours: aviation continued to operate in the areas of Ocheretino and New York, it sounds, of course, good - the Russians are bombing New York.

A significant number of factories arrived on the territory of AKHZ.

On the northern flank, the Ukrainian Armed Forces infantry continues to cling to the western side of the railway, trying to hold onto strong points; during the day the enemy was on the defensive and did not show offensive activity.

In the South, no significant changes.

Now the weather is foggy, which each side will certainly take advantage of.


10:30 Telegram channel “Fisherman“: chronicle of a special military operation: events of October 20-22, 2023.

In the village of Korotych, Khar'kov region, the innovative terminal of Nova Poshta was struck: one of the eight advanced centers responsible for the logistics of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Ukrainian formations once again tried to attack the territory of the Rostov region. Air defense systems intercepted two air targets in the area of the Aksai Bridge.

In the Kupyansky sector, the Ukrainian command stabilized the front line thanks to the transfer of reserves. Russian troops are striking at the locations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and are preparing to resume the offensive.

Ukrainian formations are not giving up attempts to gain a foothold in Kleshcheevka and continue the operation to envelop Bakhmut from the south. Over the past weekend, Russian special forces units and FPV drone operators disrupted forays into the railway track several times.

In the Avdeevsky sector southwest of Krasnogorovka, Russian troops cleared the waste heap and leveled the front line along the railway. The fighting shifted to the eastern outskirts of Petrovskoye. The Russian Armed Forces are knocking out suitable enemy reserves.

To the south, assault troops are trying to break through the defenses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces towards Severny and Tonenky.

Ukrainian formations do not stop striking the cities of the Donetsk agglomeration. Residential buildings and infrastructure were damaged: one person was killed and four were injured.

In the Vrem'yevsky sector, Russian troops expanded the zone of control north of Priyutnoye. Ukrainian formations counterattack, trying to occupy the heights to the northeast.

In the Kherson direction, enemy sabotage groups managed to create a bridgehead on the left bank of the Dnieper. If in the Peschanivka area the Russian Armed Forces pushed the enemy beyond the Konka River, then the center of the village of Krynki is still under enemy control.

On Friday and Sunday, Ukrainian formations did not give up attempts to hit Russian Armed Forces targets in the Kherson region and Crimea. In total, over 15 targets were shot down
.

10:00 Frontline reports: The Russian Armed Forces are making progress in the area of the Berkhovskoye Reservoir. The guys destroyed the positions of the crests and took the forest belt

09:15 Calm, rhythmic, without fuss. This is how our troops solve all assigned tasks, this is how the next week of the Northern Military District begins. Step by step - to Victory -video

09:13 Official summary of Representative offices of the DPR in the JCCC from 00:00 10/22/2023 to 00:00 10/23/2023

Over the past 24 hours, the Representative Office reported 24 incidents of firing by the Ukrainian Federal Unitary Forces.

Information was received about the injury of a civilian, a woman, in the Chervonogvardeisky district of Makeyevka.

Two residential buildings were damaged in the Kirovsky and Petrovsky districts of Donetsk, as well as two civil infrastructure facilities.

The areas of two settlements of the Republic were under enemy fire: Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district), the capital city of Donetsk (Kyiv, Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts).

In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out 10 attacks from 155mm artillery.

At Gorlivske there were 14 artillery attacks from 152mm artillery.

A total of 90 units of various ammunition were fired.

In the previous day, 62 artillery attacks were recorded from the AFU.

08:06 Summary on the morning of October 23, 2023

At night, the Russian Armed Forces launched UAV and missile attacks on enemy targets in the Kirovograd and Odessa regions. The enemy air defense system operated in the Dnepropetrovsk and Khmelnytsky regions.

In the Kherson direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are not abandoning plans to cross the Dnieper in the near future. Enemy positions at the Antonovsky and railway bridges are maintained, and the enemy is being destroyed in the center of Krynoki. Against the background of the accumulation of enemy personnel on its bank of the Dnieper, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports that the Russian Armed Forces carried out air strikes on Olgovka, Lvovo, Tyaginka, Tokarevka, Poniatovka, Barvinka in the Kherson region within 24 hours. Artillery and mortar strikes were carried out on Ivanovka, Stanislav, Kherson region and the city of Kherson.

On the Zaporozhye front at Verbovoy there was the strongest artillery fire on our forward positions. The enemy is raining cluster munitions and long-range artillery. However, the enemy's attempts to break through to the populated area were unsuccessful. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are also trying to advance at Rabotino.

In the Avdeevsky direction there are the heaviest battles. On the northern flank near the railway, our troops are rushing forward; reports of the advance of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of ??Peski and Opytnoye have been denied on the ground.

South of Artemovsk, our troops knock out the enemy from positions near the railway near Kleshcheevka. Encounter battles are reported in Andreevka.

In the Kherson region, three missiles were shot down over the Genichesk municipal district, flying to Crimea. Missile launches from the Odessa region on the peninsula were also recorded. Tyotkino was shelled in the Kursk region. In the DPR, Gorlovka and Donetsk are under fire from the Ukrainian Armed Forces. A civilian was wounded.


08:04 Frontline summary for the morning of 10/23/2023

In the Zaporozhye direction, Russian troops counterattacked northwest of the village of Rabotino and in the Verbovoye area. Ukrainian positions in Pyatikhatki, Malye Shcherbaki, Novoandreevka, Orekhov, Novodanilovka, Malaya Tokmachka and Belogorye are under attack. Russian - in Nesteryanka, Kopany, Sladkaya Balka, Il'chenkovo, Novoprokopovka, Verbovoy, Novopokrovka and Novofedorovka.In the Ugledarsky sector, the Russian Armed Forces counterattacked in the area of Novodonetsky and Novomayorsky. Long-range fire weapons operated against the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Blagodatny, Urozhaynoy, Zolota Niva, Prechistovka, Ugledar and Vodyanoy (not to be confused with the settlement of the same name north-west of Donetsk). Ukrainian artillery hit the Russian Armed Forces in Priyutny, Zavetny Zhelanie, Staromlynovka, Novodonetsky, Novomayorsky and Pavlovka.

On the Donetsk front, Russian troops carried out assault operations at Novomikhailovka, in Marinka and at Nevelskoye. The last of the listed settlements has progress. With the support of artillery and aviation, they also attacked in the area of Severnoe (a settlement west of Avdievka), on the southern approaches to Avdievka, near Stepnoe (not to be confused with the settlements of the same name in the Zaporozhye and Ugledar directions) and Novokalinov. At Stepnoye they managed to advance in the waste heap area and to the north. Ukrainian positions in Tonenkoye, Orlovka and New York are under fire. Russian ones - in Staromikhailovka, Donetsk, Opytny and the village of Krasnogorovka.

In the Bakhmut direction, the Russian Armed Forces, with the support of artillery, tried to recapture positions from Andreevka. They also counterattacked at Khromovoy and in the direction of Bogdanovka. Under attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Konstantinovka (not to be confused with the settlement of the same name southwest of Donetsk), Kleshcheevka, Ivanovsky, Kalinovka, Vyemka and Sporn. RF Armed Forces - in Kurdyumovka, Otradovka and Bakhmut.

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