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Current information on the situation on the front line: December 1 (updated)
2023-12-02
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 23:55 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 12/01/2023 to 00:00 12/02/2023

Over the past 24 hours Representative officereportedabout 15 facts of firing from the AFU.

There were no reports of civilian casualties.

Three residential buildings were damaged in the Kuybyshevsky district of Donetsk. No damage to civilian infrastructure was recorded.

Districts of four settlements of the Republic were under enemy fire: Gorlovka, Yasinovatsky district, the capital city of Donetsk (Kyiv, Kuibyshevsky districts), Makeevka (Chervonogvardeysky district).

In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out 12 attacks from 155mm artillery.

At Gorlivske there were two artillery attacks from 155mm artillery.

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

A total of 38 units of various ammunition were fired.

A previous 22 artillery attacks were recorded from the VFU per day.

23:00 According to the operational lines of the Representative Office of the JCCC of the DPR for December 1, as of 23:00, information was received about damage as a result of artillery attack by the Air Forces of the cities of the Republic: Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district):

artillery attack in 19:45:– st. Shakhtyorov Donbassa, 68, 70 “a” – private residential buildings, a gas pipeline and a car were also damaged.

artillery attack in 21:05:– st. Yugoslavskaya, 6 – private residential building. Information about the consequences of the artillery attack continues to arrive.

21:40 Telegram channel “Fisherman“:

A video has appeared on the Internet with soldiers of the 103rd Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 150th Motorized Rifle Division, who report complete control over Mar'inka near Donetsk.

According to some reports, within a day, Russian troops actually managed to crush the defenses of Ukrainian formations in the southwestern part of the city: it was there that the Russian flag was raised over one of the houses.

According to other sources, the Ukrainian Armed Forces still hold positions in the northwestern part of the ruins of the long-suffering settlement. However, if the information about the advance of the Russian Armed Forces to the south is correct, then the enemy’s retreat is a matter of the near future.

In any case, it will be possible to speak with confidence about the complete transition of Marinka to Russian control after the appearance of appropriate personnel for objective control.

21:00 Front bird broadcasts: Nikolaevkskaya area. Air defense. 01.12 20:50

The birds have flown.

The work of small air defense in the Nikolaev region is reported.
Local publics report the movement of a UAV over the area.

20:30 Soldiers of the 103rd Motorized Rifle Regiment stated that they took control of the city of Mar'inka: about the real situation in the regional center near Donetsk

“Dear comrades, today, December 1, the forces of the 103rd Motorized Rifle Regiment took control of the city of Mar'inka.”

According to our data, the Ukrainian Armed Forces militants began to flee from the gray zone, where a few percent of the territory of the settlement remained with them.

Single groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine may still be in fox holes on the outskirts, to which the enemy has stopped clinging.

According to the latest data, all the main surviving forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces have fled, and the enemy command is now relying on artillery and kamikaze drones to prevent Russian troops from occupying the last few percent of the city and gaining a foothold there.

20:00 Front bird transmits: The situation in Krynki.

The enemy is conducting a massive landing and trying to break through.

The RF Armed Forces blocked the enemy in the most populated area, according to incoming information from open sources and from the ground, 60-70% of the populated area is under the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Groups of boats come in, hit on the approaches, but there are too many of them. Now in Krynki, according to our estimates, there are about 300 people.

In terms of enemy losses, we provide him with 15-20 per day, KIAs consistently. The enemy is in no hurry to break into a shooting battle, even though we force it, we have to practice it with drops and artillery. They are trying to hide in houses that are successfully dismantled by our MLRS.

Also, Ukrainian Armed Forces fighters were again seen on fast boats; the evacuation group of this unit was destroyed a few days ago near the Konka River.

The village turned into a point of constant death for the enemy. The Armed Forces of Ukraine are now sitting in basements and in forests where they are being pressed, despite the losses in personnel, they are making further attempts to create bridgeheads.

19:30 Front bird broadcasts: South direction. Let's go geraniums 01.12 19:25

The work of our flower comrades from the southern borders is reported.

Enemy local publics heard a bang in the Odessa region.

19:00 Front bird broadcasts: Khar'kov direction (region of Kupyansk settlement) 01.12 18:30

It is reported that our T-72B3 and T-90M tanks from the First Tank Army successfully destroyed enemy armored vehicles. Comrades Lancet had a hand in everything else.

18:30 “Operational reports“:

Over the past 24 hours, Russian air defense shot down a Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopter in the Kherson region and a MiG-29 aircraft in the Nikolaev region.

In addition, 38 drones, two HARM anti-location missiles and eight HIMARS MLRS rounds were intercepted.

The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donetsk direction have increased significantly, where, during six attempts to attack, the enemy lost up to 300 military personnel killed and wounded, as well as four units of heavy artillery equipment. In the Kherson direction, the enemy lost another 105 militants, as well as the P-18 radar station for detecting and tracking air targets.

In other sectors of the front, the losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces amounted to up to 225 personnel, as well as the Bukovkl-AD radar station and two American M777s. In the Kirovograd region, a warehouse of aviation weapons was also hit, and in the Zaporozhye region, a center for the training and use of UAVs of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

17:30 Front bird broadcasts: Avdeevskoe direction. district settlement Krasnogorovka 01.12 16:50

The work of our front-line aviation is reported.

Russian Aerospace Forces aircraft attacked enemy rear positions using UFAB-500.

The enemy greatly dislikes the above deadly bombs.

15:50 Front bird broadcasts: URGENT South Donetsk direction 01.12 15:30

It is reported that units of the Vostok group of troops gave the 58th Motorized Infantry Brigade and the 72nd Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces a good lightening with the help of a new MLRS (we’ll talk about it later).

The guys on the ground also report on the work of our front-line Su-34M bombers with guided bombs.

15:00 Telegram channel “Fisherman“: situation as of 14:00 December 1, 2023

Battle of Mar'inka: Russian flag on the western outskirts of the city

– A few hours ago, reports appeared about a complete clearing of Marinka: the reason was a morning video

(https://t.me/creamy_caprice/3392) with a Russian flag hoisted over a house on Komsomolskaya Street on the westernmost outskirts of the city.

Coordinates: 47.9455520, 37.4847957

– However, it is very premature to talk about the capture of Mar'inka - the enemy still holds positions in the northwestern part. And to completely destroy Ukrainian forces in this area, a lot more work needs to be done.

– The difficulties for carrying out assault operations are still the same: the city is now complete ruins, which are perfectly visible from the air from all sides. The fighting actually goes from basement to basement - there are simply no other shelters in this area. This creates difficulties for consolidation at the taken boundaries.

– The Armed Forces of Ukraine, however, have similar problems with the addition that as the Russian Armed Forces slowly advance, it will become more and more difficult for them to supply their centers of defense in the ruins of Mar'inka.

14:30 According to the operational lines of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCCarrivedadditional information on civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic on November 30:

Donetsk:
Budennovsky district:
- on the street. Bekhterev wounded a man born in 1971.

Kalininsky district:
- unfortunately, a woman born in 1957. who was wounded yesterday (https://t.me/DNR_SCKK/17823) on the street. Krasina 15 “a”, died.

Thus, the total number of civilian casualties from VFU attacks on November 30 was 3 people (one killed, two injured). Information continues to flow.

13:50 The Russian Ministry of Defense conveys the opening remarks of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Army General Sergei Shoigu, at a thematic conference call -video

12:50 Zaporozhye Front transmits:

Maryinsky direction

– It is reported that as a result of active offensive actions, the enemy began to withdraw the rest of his unit from the western part of Mar'inke. Our attack aircraft are currently clearing the village.

– Our army continues to actively move south of Novomikhailovka. We are waiting for details in the evening.

12:00 Russian Ministry of Defense transmits Statement from the head of the Vostok group’s press center:

– Units of the Vostok group of troops continue to carry out combat missions in the South Donetsk direction.

– During the active defense, the group’s motorized rifle units, supported by artillery fire, thwarted three attempts to rotate units of the 79th Air Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Novomikhailovka area.

– The group’s artillery hit the temporary deployment points of the 72nd Mechanized Brigade and the 58th Motorized Infantry Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of Konstantinovka and Novoukrainka.

– The enemy’s total losses amounted to up to 100 military personnel, a tank, two armored combat vehicles, and three cars.

11:25 Front bird broadcasts: Donetsk direction. Ugledar.01.12 11:20

In the area of the village of Ugledar, Donetsk People's Republic, our guys from the 39th Motorized Rifle Brigade and other units repelled several attacks by Ukrainian Armed Forces militants and mercenaries.

It is noteworthy that there were more attackers than our soldiers conducting defensive actions.

After suffering losses in manpower and the loss of on armored car, the enemy had to retreat to their positions.

10:50 Russian Ministry of Defense transmits Statement from the head of the press center of the "South" group:

– Units of the “South” group of troops continue to carry out the tasks of a special military operation in the Donetsk direction.

“With the support of aviation and artillery fire, the group’s units successfully repelled two attacks by assault groups of the enemy’s 79th Air Assault Brigade in the Mar'inka area.

– Artillery inflicted fire on concentrations of manpower and equipment of the 93rd Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Andreevka area.

– The enemy lost up to 270 troops, two armored combat vehicles and three pickup trucks were destroyed.

10:00 Telegram channel “Fisherman“: chronicle of a special military operation: events of November 30, 2023

Russian troops again carried out strikes with Geranium drones on military installations in Ukraine. According to preliminary data, in the Khmelnitsky region, the territory of the Shepetivka repair plant, used for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, was hit.

– In the Kupyansky sector south of Liman Pervy, Russian troops have entrenched themselves in the forest and continue to advance in the Sinkovka area. At the same time, the Russian Armed Forces are attacking in the direction of the Petropavlovsk Headquarters east of the village of Petropavlovka.

– In the Soledar direction, Russian military personnel are expanding the zone of control south of the Berkhovskoe reservoir and moving towards the nursery. At the same time, fighting continues along the O0506 highway north of Khromovo.

– On the southern flank of Artemovsk (Bakhmut) there are fierce clashes for the dominant heights north of Kleshcheevka. The situation in this area has not actually changed; neither side can achieve any decisive advantage.

– In the Orekhovsky sector, the enemy does not stop attacking, despite the heavy rains and snow. The Ukrainian Armed Forces made another unsuccessful attempt north of Verbovoy, but received severe rebuff from Russian troops, who then launched a counterattack.

– In the Kherson direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces still hold a bridgehead in Krynki, without abandoning attempts to expand the zone of control towards landings south of the village. However, Russian artillery and aviation are constantly attacking the positions of Ukrainian forces, as a result of which they had to retreat to the northern outskirts of the village.

At the same time, the Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to regularly shell settlements on the left bank of the Dnieper. Air defense systems intercepted an enemy missile near Skadovsk. In addition, Novaya Kakhovka, Gornostaevka, Golaya Pristan, Korsunka, Aleshki and others came under attack.

09:30 Criminal Kyiv 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. Krynki 27 rounds;
-- n.p. Aleshki 17 rounds;
-- n.p. Kazachi Lagery five rounds;
-- n.p. Dnepryan four rounds;
-- n.p. Obrybka of three rounds;
-- n.p. Podlesnoe three rounds;
-- n.p. Novaya Mayachka two rounds;
-- n.p. Korsunka two rounds.

During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the village. Novaya Kakhovka, n.p. Kakhovka, n.p. Podstepnoye, n.p. Korsunka, n.p. Aleshki, n.p. Dnepryany, n.p. Krynki, n.p. Golaya Pristan, firing a total of 35 rounds from cannon artillery.

As a result of the shelling, one civilian was killed, the destruction of infrastructure is being clarified.

08:55 Frontline summary for the morning of 12/01/2023

– In the Kherson-Crimean direction, oncoming battles continued in Krynki. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are trying to gain a foothold in forest plantations. The Russian Armed Forces are trying to prevent them from doing this. Ukrainian positions in the village are under heavy attacks from Russian long-range weapons.

– In the Zaporozhye direction, the Russian Armed Forces, with the support of artillery, are putting pressure on the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the western outskirts of the village of Rabotino. Ukrainian assault units are conducting similar operations northwest of Verbovoy.

– On the Donetsk Front, the Russian Armed Forces, with the support of artillery and aviation, carried out assault operations near Novomikhailovka, in Mar'inka, near Pervomaisky, Severny (a settlement west of Avdievka), in the industrial zone on the southeastern approaches to Avdievka, at the coke plant northeast of the city , Stepnoy (not to be confused with the settlements of the same name in the Zaporozhye and Ugledarsky directions) and Novokalinov. LBS has not changed significantly.

– In the Artemovsky (Bakhmutsky) direction, Russian troops, after artillery shelling, continued attacks northeast of Kleshcheevka in order to knock out the Ukrainian Armed Forces from the heights. No success. From Khromovy and Berkhovka they are attacking Bogdanovka.

– In the Lugansk direction – oncoming battles in the Serebryansky forest and near Sin'kovka. In the last of the listed areas, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are trying to regain lost positions.

08:10 Official summary Representative offices of the DPR in the JCCC from 00:00 11/30/2023 to 00:00 12/01/2023

Over the past 24 hours, the Representative Office reported 22 incidents of firing by the Ukrainian Federal Unitary Forces.

Information was received about the injury of two civilians in the Kalininsky and Kirovsky districts of Donetsk.

Eight residential buildings in the Kalininsky district of Donetsk, as well as five civil infrastructure facilities, were damaged.

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

In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out 12 attacks from MLRS, 155mm artillery, and attack UAVs.

On Gorlovsky there were eight artillery attacks from 152mm and 155mm artillery, incl. with a cluster warhead, an attack UAV.

On Yasinovatsky there were two artillery attacks from 155mm artillery.

A total of 65 units of various ammunition were fired.

In the previous day, 15 artillery attacks were recorded from the Ukrainian forces.

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