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Current information on the situation on the front line: December 14 (updated)
2023-12-15
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 23:58 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 December 14, 2023 to 00:00 December 15, 2023

Over the past 24 hours, the Representation has recorded 5 incidents of firing from the AFU.

Information was received about the injury of five civilians in the Leninsky and Petrovsky districts of Donetsk

Nine residential buildings were damaged in the Leninsky district of Donetsk, Yasinovataya. No damage to civilian infrastructure was recorded.

The areas of two settlements of the Republic were under enemy fire: Yasinovataya, the capital city of Donetsk (Leninsky, Kyiv, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts).

In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out four attacks from MLRS, 155mm artillery, and an attack UAV.

On Yasinovatsky one artillery attack from 155mm artillery.

A total of 14 units of various ammunition were fired.

22:47 Front bird broadcasts: Avdeevskoe direction. district settlement Krasnogorovka 14.12 22:45

Tactical aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces struck at enemy radar locations.

It is also reported that once again Su-34 aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces struck enemy rear positions using UFABs.

22:00 Russian fighters who proudly hoisted the Russian flag over Marinka on a recently infectedvideo, told the details of the liberation of the city

The guys from the Tiger assault group of the 103rd Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 150th Motorized Rifle Division - comrades Supra and Gypsy - told Readovka military correspondent Maxim Dolgov about the liberation of Mar'inka in more detail. They were the ones who proudly hoisted the Russian flag and the Victory banner in the city. Subsequently, these shots attracted all the attention of the media.

“It was in the morning, I really wanted to sleep, there was terrible ice. Gypsy and I took the flags and ran. At the end of Maryinka there is a green fence, on which they hung the flag of Russia on one side and the 150th division on the other,” Supra explained.

21:05 Front bird broadcasts: Sumy region 14.12 20:20

Local telegram channels report the sound of an explosion on the outskirts of the city.

An air raid alert has been announced in the region.

20:15 New footage of the work of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on the accumulation of Ukrainian Armed Forces militants in Krynki was shown -reportage.

19:35 Russian Ministry of Defense transmits message about nutrition in the NWO zone

Tasty and varied: a tank gunner with the call sign “Moor” spoke about providing food in the Northern Military District zone

Comfortable canteens are equipped for soldiers on the front line, and meals are provided three times a day. Military personnel try to prepare a variety of dishes; the preferences of all soldiers are taken into account.

“Our crews are international, there are representatives of different nationalities. Sometimes Azerbaijani cuisine is prepared, sometimes Russian. Preferences are taken into account. The portions are large, and we give two or three to anyone who needs them,” says a serviceman with the call sign “Moor.”

18:50 Front bird broadcasts: Starokonstantinov. Aerodrome. Explosion. 14.12 17:50

A Kinzhal ballistic missile hit a parking area of ??enemy aircraft.

An explosion was heard and seen.

The enemy's air defense failed.

18:15 Russian Ministry of Defense says: Another Ukrainian Armed Forces military personnel chose to save their lives and surrendered

Rabotino settlement, Zaporozhye direction

Military personnel of the Ukrainian Armed Forces spoke about the lack of proper training and indifference on the part of the Ukrainian command.

Both prisoners of war noted the good attitude of Russian military personnel and stated that they refused the exchange procedure.

17:35 Russian Ministry of Defense transmits Statement by the head of the press center of the "West" group

In the Kupyansk direction, the coordinated actions of units of the “Western” group of troops, artillery fire and heavy flamethrower systems repelled five attacks by assault groups of the 60th and 115th Mechanized, as well as the 57th Motorized Infantry Brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of ??the village of Sin'kovka, Khar'kov region.

The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces amounted to up to 45 military personnel, a tank and two armored combat vehicles.

16:55 Front bird broadcasts: Kupyansk direction. district settlement Sin'kovka 14.12 16:30

It is reported that our fighters destroyed a group for evacuating damaged military equipment using the AGS-17 “Flame”.

Our guys struck while a damaged enemy tank was being transported.

15:55 Good news from the front continues:

"All. Petrovskoye (Stepovoe) in the north of Avdievka is ours.

The guys are gaining ground. This time the front is wide. There will be no attacks on the flanks. Everything was done wisely,” says the Donetsk stringer.

14:55 The front-line bird is broadcasting: Artemovsk (Bakhmut direction) district of the settlement. Kleshcheevka 14.12 14:50

The advance of our troops continues.

This time the opornik was captured from the northwestern side, not far from the village of Kleshcheevka.

Special assault detachments of the Russian Armed Forces knocked out the enemy using AGS and mortars.

14:05 Front bird broadcasts: Chernigov region. 14.12 14:00

Mining of the entire northern border of the region has been reported.

In the morning there was an explosion.

Air defense did not work.

Local channels put forward a version of another unsuccessful mining.

Well, let's confirm.

13:00 Russian Ministry of Defense transmits: “The gun doesn’t let us down”: Far Eastern paratroopers crush the enemy in the Andreevka area

Artemovsk direction

– Reconnaissance units of a separate guards air assault unit from the Primorsky Territory discovered a platoon stronghold with Ukrainian nationalists holed up in it, as well as an enemy mortar that was firing harassingly at our positions.

With a precise strike, crews of 122mm D-30 howitzers destroyed infantry and suppressed an enemy mortar firing point.

12:00 Russian Ministry of Defense transmits statement by the UAV squad commander with the call sign “Kuzya” spoke about combat work in the zone of a special military operation.

UAV operators, led by a commander, adjust the work of artillery and attack drones - they conduct reconnaissance of the enemy’s targets and plans.

The squad commander notes that with drones, the effectiveness of defeating the enemy has increased significantly: “Previously, it took a lot of time to find a target, and until you saw the target with your eyes, you would not be one hundred percent sure that it was there. And now, when traces are discovered, you simply establish a long-term observation, and as soon as a target appears there, work immediately begins on it.”

“The last thing we had,” says a serviceman about one of the episodes of combat work, “was a machine gun nest, which created problems for our team. We found it, observed it, determined its operating mode, how many people were in the calculation. The target was given. And when the command gave us the go-ahead to destroy us, they struck us.”

11:20 Front bird broadcasts: Kupyansk direction. district settlement Sin kovka 14.12 11:10

Active shooter battles reported.

Our special units use heavy machine guns and grenade launchers.

Armored vehicles also provide fire support.

10:40 Over the past 24 hours, Ukrainian Nazis fired at civilian population of the DPR using artillery and drones.

As a result of artillery attack of a service station in the Kuybyshevsky district of Donetsk, a man born in 1951 was killed, seven public transport buses and three civilian cars were destroyed.

In addition, as a result of airborne discharges from drones in the Petrovsky and Kirovsky districts of Donetsk, seven civilians were injured.

In Gorlovka, residential buildings and social facilities were damaged. In total, 135 arrivals of various ammunition at civilian targets in the DPR were recorded.

09:50 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. Krynki 25 rounds;

-- n.p. Aleshki 16 rounds;

-- n.p. Kazachi Lagery five rounds;

-- n.p. Dnepryan three rounds;

-- n.p. Obryvka of three rounds;

-- n.p. Podlesnoe two 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 46 rounds from cannon artillery.

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

09:25 Telegram channel “Two majors“: Summary for the morning of December 14, 2023.

– A few hours ago, the enemy’s rear was attacked by missiles and a Geranium UAV. Explosions were heard in Snigirevka (a logistics hub in the rear of the Kherson direction), and the Danube cities of the Odessa region: Reni and Izmail.

– On the outskirts of Avdievka, the Ukrainian Armed Forces tried to counterattack in the area of the street Kolosova. Enemy positions in the Vinograndniki cottage village are under constant fire pressure. The enemy has retreated to the outskirts of this development, and heavy fighting is taking place.

– The Russian Armed Forces, after success in Mar'inka, are developing an offensive in the area of the settlement. Victory to the south. There are reports of Ukrainian military personnel sabotaging orders for counterattacks.

– On the Zaporozhye front, another attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces infantry was repelled near Verbovoy; the enemy tried to advance to our positions and attacked with cluster munitions. They report the advance of our troops at Rabotino. Our aviation worked, destroying concentrations of enemy forces FAB-500.

– Fighting continues in the Kherson direction, the enemy is experiencing difficulties with supplying personnel on our shore, but does not stop replenishing manpower in Krynki. Our troops are trying to drive the enemy out of the populated area.

– The Russian Ministry of Defense reported the destruction of nine UAVs of the Ukrainian Armed Forces over the Kaluga and Moscow regions at night. In the Bryansk region yesterday, the enemy shelled the village of Zabrama, Klimovsky district, and the power supply was disrupted. artillery attack of border areas continues in the Belgorod region; the governor announced the use of five drops from UAVs by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Belgorod region.

Near the village of Vysoky, a car with civilians was blown up by a mine, three were wounded. The enemy intensified artillery attack of the civilian population of the DPR, firing 135 rounds. A civilian was killed in Donetsk, and seven civilians were also injured as a result of UAV drops.

08:40 Telegram channel “Fisherman“: chronicle of a special military operation for December 13, 2023

– The Russian Armed Forces are building on their success after the capture of Mar'inka, moving towards the village of Pobeda and the Zverinets fortified area. Near Bakhmut, Russian forces also managed to achieve certain successes, advancing in the Bogdanovka and Kleshcheevka areas.

– In the Zaporozhye direction in the Rabotino area, Russian units pushed back the enemy, advancing almost a kilometer after a series of unsuccessful enemy attacks. In the Verbovoy area, the Ukrainian Armed Forces took the initiative, but the attacks were unsuccessful.

– Near Krynki in the Kherson direction, the fighting became somewhat routinized. Ukrainian formations additionally transfer personnel, who are systematically knocked out by artillery and aviation.

– At night, the Russian Aerospace Forces attacked enemy targets in Kyiv and the Odessa region. In the latter, the port infrastructure of Odessa was hit several times a day, as well as hangars near the runway in the Malinovsky district of the city.

08:10 Official summary of Representative offices of the DPR in the JCCC from 00:00 December 13, 2023 to 00:00 December 14, 2023

Over the past 24 hours, the Representation has recorded 41 incidents of firing from the AFU.

Information has been received about the death of a man in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk.

As a result of airborne discharges from UAVs, seven civilians were injured of varying degrees of severity in the Petrovsky and Kirovsky districts of Donetsk.

Three residential buildings in the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka, as well as three civil infrastructure facilities, were damaged.

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

In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out 14 attacks from 155mm artillery and attack UAVs.

On Gorlovsky there were 25 artillery attacks from 152mm and 155mm artillery, incl. with a cassette warhead.

On Yasinovatsky there were wo artillery attacks from 155mm artillery, incl. with a cassette warhead.

A total of 135 units of various ammunition were fired.

In the previous day, 10 attacks were recorded from the Ukrainian Federal Unitary Forces.

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