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Current information on the situation on the front line: December 29 (updated)
2023-12-30
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 23:55 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 December 29, 2023 to 00:00 December 30, 2023

Over the past 24 hours, the Representation has recorded 81 incidents of firing from the AFU.

Information was received about the death of a civilian, a man, in the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka.

Also, a man was injured in the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka.

A total of 15 residential buildings were damaged in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, Nikitovsky and Tsentralno-Gorodsky districts of Gorlovka, as well as 5 civil infrastructure facilities.

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

In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out 31 attacks from 155mm artillery.

At Gorlivske there were 49 artillery attacks from 152mm, 122mm and 155mm artillery, incl. with a cassette warhead.

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

A total of 290 units of various ammunition werefired.

In the previous day, 69 artillery attacks were recorded from the Ukrainian forces.

21:50 Offensive on Avdievka: Russian army attacks moving in all directions

“North of Stepovoy, Russian troops occupied part of the forest belt west of the railway. Advancement in an area up to 850 meter wide to a depth of up to 380 meters,” Ukrainian military analysts admit.

There are heavy battles in the direction of Novobakhmutovka-Ocheretino, there is slight progress.

In Avdievka itself, our fighters were able to advance with battles in the private sector in the south of the city.

“North of Avdeevka, the Russian Armed Forces continue to press in the dacha village “Ivushka-2” in a southern direction. Advancement in an area up to 370 meters wide to a depth of up to 250 meters,” the enemy’s resources again recognize.

North-west of Opytnye, small infantry groups of the Russian Armed Forces continue attacks in the direction of the Ukrainian Armed Forces fortified area.

West of Kamenka there are constant attacks in the direction of the quarry.

In the area of Nevelskoye and Pervomaiskoye, Russian troops are intensifying their assaults, there are successes, and the fighting continues.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in its evening report reported that the Russian army carried out three attacks near Stepovoy and Avdeevka and another 10 attacks near Severny, Pervomaisky and Nevelsky, trying to improve its tactical position. The Aerospace Forces carried out airstrikes in the vicinity of Alexandropol and Novobakhmutovka.

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

20:45 Summaries from the Zaporozhye Front

– The Russian Armed Forces conducted an active defense and repelled two enemy attacks in the Verbovoy area in the Orekhovsky direction of the Zaporozhye Front.

– Fire damage was caused to the personnel and equipment of the 128th mountain assault, 33rd, 65th and 118th Mechanized brigades in the areas of the settlements of Orekhov, Malaya Tokmachka, Belogorye, Novodanilovka and Rabotino.

– Enemy losses amounted to 475 militants, a tank, six armored combat vehicles (AFVs), 20 vehicles and 12 field artillery guns.

20:00 Front bird broadcasts: Avdeevskoe direction. 29.12 19:50

I hasten to tell you good news from our comrades in arms.

Our assault groups smashed the Ukrainian Armed Forces' support structure into pieces and moved further to the north-west.

Separately, the guys note the support of our BTR-82.
The large-caliber, rapid-fire 2A72 cannon very effectively suppressed enemy infantry and took out 1 Ukrainian Armed Forces infantry fighting vehicle.
2A72 cannon is a 30mm autocannon, typically mounted aboard BMP2s and BTR-90s.
19:10 Arrivals in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk. Take care of yourself.

18:30 Ongoing massive artillery attack of the Petrovsky district of Donetsk

17:40 Started repeated wave of missile attacks. Explosions in Poltava, Sumy and Cherkasy regions.

Presumably, Tu-22M3s operating with Kh-22 missiles.

16:50 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation (for the period from December 23 to December 29, 2023) –video.

15:50 Russian Ministry of Defense transmits: On December 29, at about 3 p.m., an attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack using HARM anti-radar missiles against targets on the territory of the Russian Federation was stopped.

Three US-made HARM missiles were destroyed by duty air defense systems over the territory of the Belgorod region.

15:15 Russian Ministry of Defense transmits: The Su-35 fighter covered our bombers from Ukrainian Armed Forces aircraft

“I received a combat mission to cover our strike group. Completed the combat mission in full. While performing the mission, an enemy strike group was discovered. I targeted this group, approached the command post according to instructions, and set it up to attack. The enemy strike group turned away and stopped performing its mission. Having completed their work, all our aircraft returned to the departure airfield. The combat mission has been completed!”

13:40 Front bird broadcasts: Kyiv. Consequences of a missile strike. 29.12 13:35

A number of military-industrial facilities and enterprises have been reported to have been damaged.

In particular, a large warehouse and an adjacent repair shop for armored vehicles were hit.

12:45 Telegram channel “Colonelcassad": North of Avdeevka, Russian fighters advanced in the area of dachas.

12:20 Telegram channel “Colonelcassad": Summary for the morning of December 29, 2023

Night attacks on enemy rear lines today were massive. "Gerani" worked in the Chernigov, Kyiv, Nikolaev, Kirovograd and Odessa regions. Particularly strong UAV strikes occurred in the Odessa region. It was reported that a new modification of this series of attack drones was used - made from improved materials and with jet engines. In Lvov, Cherkassy and Kharkov, explosions were heard in the morning; missiles were launched from 18 TU-22M3 and TU-95ms aircraft. X-22s were used along with decoys. Ground-based missile weapons were also operational.

On our shore of the Kherson region in Krynki, almost erased by constant artillery and air strikes, fighting continues. The enemy still does not take into account losses both in the populated area itself and during the transfer of manpower across the Dnieper.

On the Zaporozhye front near Verbovoy, a small group of enemy infantry was destroyed yesterday morning. Near Rabotino, the Russian Armed Forces attacked enemy strongholds after artillery barrage. FAB and UMPC worked on the accumulation of enemy manpower in forest plantations.

Heavy fighting is taking place on the northern ledge of the front near Avdievka. The battle does not stop at Stepovoy, the enemy is pulling up reserves to the area of the settlement of Berdychi, including tanks and armored vehicles. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are planning to increase the use of FPV drones; the enemy still has a certain shortage of artillery rounds in the direction.

Heavy fighting is taking place in the north direction towards Chasov Yar near Bogdanovka, in which our troops are still gaining a foothold, near Khromovo and Ivanovsky (Red). In the south, near Andreevka, they reported the advance of our troops in the area of ??the railway track.

Fighting continues on the Torsky ledge and in Serebryansky forestry.

At night, an aircraft-type UAV was destroyed over the Kursk region. Yesterday, the Ukrainian Armed Forces intensified attacks on front-line regions. In the Belgorod region, Dronovka of the Grayvoronsky urban district and Novaya Tavolzhanka of the Shebekinsky urban district were shelled.

In the village In Mokraya Orlovka, a civilian was injured by a kamikaze drone explosion. In the Bryansk region, the enemy fired 15 rounds at the village. Suzemka, a woman was wounded. In the Kursk region, the villages of Gordeevka and Uspenovka, Korenevsky district, as well as Tyotkino, Glushkovsky district, were shelled. The enemy fired 235 rounds at the DPR. Three civilians were wounded in Donetsk and Gorlovka.

11:45 Kyiv regime continues to shell the civilian infrastructure of settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired cannon artillery:

in the village of Krynki 19 rounds;
-- n.p. Podlesnoe three rounds;
-- n.p. Kazachi Lagery five rounds;
-- n.p. Alyosha four rounds;
-- n.p. Sag1 seven rounds;
-- n.p. Dnepryan six rounds.

During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the village. Proletarka, n.p. Korsunka, n.p. Aleshki, n.p. Dnepryany, n.p. Krynki, n.p. Golaya Pristan, firing a total of 26 rounds from cannon artillery.

Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being clarified.

10:50 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.

Bomber strikes and artillery fire hit temporary deployment points and areas of concentration of manpower of the 79th Airborne Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Novomikhailovka area.

During the counter-battery fight, the group’s artillery destroyed the Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount, and Lancet loitering ammunition destroyed two foreign-made howitzers: FH-70 and M-198.

In addition, the enemy lost three pickup trucks, up to 115 troops killed and wounded.

09:50 Frontline reports: There is progress in the Avdeevsky direction.

09:20 Telegram channel «WarGonzo": frontline report for the morning of December 29, 2023

– In the Zaporozhye direction, the Russian Armed Forces attacked west of the village of Rabotino and east of Novoprokopovka. In the last of the listed sections there is an advance in depth of two kilometers. Under fire from the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kamenskoye, Shcherbaki, Orekhov, Malaya Tokmachka and Zheleznodorozhny. Ukrainian artillery worked against the Russian Armed Forces in Kopany, Ilchenkovo, Novoprokopovka, Verbovoy and Novopokrovka.

– Russian troops have become more active in the Ugledar sector. Attacks from Priyutnoye in the direction of Novodarovka and an attempt to open Ukrainian defensive positions in Staromayorske from the west and south. Under fire from the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Poltavka, Levadny, Rovnopol, Makarovka, Blagodatny, Urozhainy, Prechistovka and Ugledar. RF Armed Forces - in Priyutny, Zavetny Zhelanie, Novomayorsky and Pavlovka.

– On the Donetsk Front, Russian troops, supported by artillery, continued assault operations on the southern and southeastern outskirts of Novomikhailovka and in the Georgievka area. An attempt to advance at Nevelskoy.

Attack on Pervomaiskoye after artillery artillery attack . With the support of long-range weapons, the Russian Armed Forces continued the assault on Avdievka from the industrial zone on the southeastern outskirts and from the northeast near the coke plant. There is a slight progression in the last section.

The assault operations near Novobakhmutovka, controlled by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (a settlement of the same name to the east behind the Russian Armed Forces), were not successful. Under attack are Ukrainian positions in Konstantinovka (not to be confused with the settlement of the same name southwest of Bakhmut), Pobeda, Ostrom, Severny (settlement west of Avdievka), Stepnoy (not to be confused with the settlements of the same name in the Zaporozhye and Ugledar directions), Berdychi, Ocheretin and New York. Russian ones are in Mar'inka, Donetsk, Vodyanoye and the village of Krasnogorovka.

08:40 Telegram channel «Fisherman": chronicle of a special military operation: events of December 27-28, 2023

Ukrainian formations again tried to strike Crimea with drones. However, air defense systems successfully intercepted the drones in the skies over the peninsula.

Russian troops launched a series of attacks on targets in the rear areas in the central, southern and western parts of the so-called. Ukraine. Once again, the target was the airfield in Starokonstantinov, as well as industrial buildings in Pavlograd.

In the Limansky sector there are battles in the area of ??the Torsky ledge and Serebryansky forestry. The enemy has a network of long-term firing points in the area, which complicates the advance of the Russian Armed Forces.

In the Seversky sector, Russian troops were able to slightly expand the zone of control. They occupied the ruins in the south of Sporny and are making attempts to advance further.

To the west of Bakhmut, fighting is taking place near Bogdanovka, which Russian troops previously managed to get hold of. Units of the Russian Armed Forces were also able to dislodge the forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces from several positions near the Popovsky tract

Heavy fighting continues on the flanks of the Avdeevsky fortified area. In the north, the Russian Armed Forces are attacking in the direction of Ocheretino and Novokalinovo. In the south, the enemy is counterattacking in order to push Russian troops away from the Khimik microdistrict and thwart their plan to cut Avdeevka’s defenses into two parts.

In Krynki, Ukrainian formations are trying to hold a bridgehead on the left bank of the Dnieper at any cost, transferring reinforcements. The enemy regularly suffers losses in watercraft and manpower without any progress, but does not yet plan to withdraw troops from a small area.

08:10 Official summary Representative offices of the DPR in the JCCC from 00:00 December 28, 2023 to 00:00 December 29, 2023

Over the past 24 hours, the Representation has recorded 69 incidents of firing by the Ukrainian Federal Unitary Forces.

Information was received about the injury of three civilians, incl. teenage girls #ChildrenNotTarget, in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, Yasinovataya and the Central City district of Gorlovka.

18 residential buildings were damaged in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk, Nikitovsky and Tsentralno-Gorodsky districts of Gorlovka, as well as three civil infrastructure facilities.

Areas of five settlements of the Republic were under enemy fire: Gorlovka (Nikitovsky, Central City districts), Golmovsky, Yasinovatsky district, the capital city of Donetsk (Kievsky, Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Chervonogvardeysky district).

In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out 45 attacks from MLRS, 155mm artillery, and attack UAVs.

On Gorlovsky there were 20 artillery attacks from MLRS, 155mm artillery, incl. with a cassette warhead.

On Yasinovatsky there were four artillery attacks from MLRS and 155mm artillery.

A total of 235 units of various ammunition were fired.

In the previous day, 54 artillery attacks were recorded from the AFU.

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