[NewsFront] 23:50 According to the operational lines of the DPR Representation in the JCCC for January 13, as of 23:30 receivedadditionalinformation about damage as a result of artillery attack by the Air Forces of the cities of the Republic: n.p. Gorlovka (Kalininsky district): – st. Volkova, 14, 15 – multi-apartment residential buildings. The area is partially without power.
Information about the consequences of the artillery attack continues to arrive.
21:57 Ukrainian terrorists fired at the village. Ilek-Penkovka and Zadorozhny in the Belgorod region
Preliminary, no casualties.
20:52 Paratroopers of the 108th Guards Airborne Regiment successfully are storming positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye direction
19:51 They report that the Russian army is advancing in the Avdievka direction.
As a result of the advance, our soldiers entered the Ivushki holiday village.
19:05 The Russian Armed Forces advanced 500 meters in the area o the settlement. Verbovoe in the Zaporozhye direction, reports Whisper Front.
18:45 Expert of the Center for Military-Political Journalism Boris Rozhin reported on the advance of Russian troops in the Zaporozhye direction:
“Over the past 24 hours, the Russian Armed Forces have advanced well to the southeast of Rabotino (advancement of just under a kilometer), as well as to the west of Verbovoy, continuing to clear the Rabotinsky ledge. At the current rate of advancement, the issue of direct battles for Rabotino will become actual by the end of the month. The enemy is preparing for this by strengthening the defenses at the base of the Rabotinsky ledge and south of Orekhov.”
17:55 The school building in Makeyevka was damaged as a result of artillery attack of the settlement by Ukrainian troops, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
16:49 The Front Bird writes about the “arrival” at the Ukrainian Armed Forces facility in Kyiv during the morning shelling:
“In addition to the enemy military enterprise hit by our ballistics, the repair shop of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was also destroyed. The command of the Ukrainian Armed Forces will continue to try to hide all facts of target destruction.”
15:47 In the area of Volchansk and Bogodukhov, concrete “dragon’s teeth” pyramids and additional minefields are being installed.
Personnel with special equipment were deployed to carry out engineering work. Utility workers have also been forcibly recruited.
14:47 The situation in the Kleshcheevka area (South of Artemovsk) reports Two Majors:
“It felt much quieter; the military personnel in the direction also noted a significant decrease in enemy activity.
The enemy's counterbattery work is weaker. They no longer target walking groups. During the six hours I was there the day before, I did not hear a single arrival, only the exits of our artillery.
The soldiers attribute this both to the Ukrainian Armed Forces' lack of rounds and to the fact that attention is focused on other sectors of the front.
The line of contact remained virtually unchanged. Ours approached the fortification behind Kleshcheevka from the northeast, and that’s all for now.
In Kleshcheevka itself, the Armed Forces of Ukraine maintain a nominal presence; they do not send large groups there, because they die there.
FPV drones continue to operate on the roads around Golma/Svetlodarsk/Artemovsk/Soledar, and they fly quite far.”
14:17 The Front Bird reports about the defeat of the airfield in the Khmelnitsky region.
Explosions were reported in the area of ??the airfield after being hit by a dagger missile. The administrative building of the Ukrainian Armed Forces airfield was previously hit.
13:45 The main thing from the latest briefing of the Ministry of Defense:
This morning, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out a group strike on Ukrainian military-industrial complex facilities producing rounds and UAVs. The target of the strike has been achieved. All designated targets are hit.
In the Kupyansky direction, near the village of Sinkovka, the enemy lost up to 35 military personnel, a tank, five vehicles, a Krab self-propelled artillery mount and a US-made M777 artillery system. In addition, in the area of the city of Volchansk, Kharkov region, an ammunition depot of the 27th Rocket Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was destroyed.
In the Krasnolimansky direction, near the village of Chervonaya Dibrova, Lugansk People's Republic, as well as Serebryansky forest, more than 280 military personnel, three armored combat vehicles, nine cars and a 122mm D-30 howitzer were destroyed.
In the Donetsk direction, in the areas of the settlements of Georgievka, Kleshcheevka and Kurdyumovka, the enemy lost up to 320 military personnel killed and wounded, four tanks, two infantry fighting vehicles, eight pickup trucks, a launcher for the Strela-10 anti-aircraft missile system, and a 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer and two 122mm D-30 howitzers.
In the South Donetsk direction in the areas of the settlements of Novodonetskoye and Novomikhailovka, enemy losses amounted to over 110 military personnel, three vehicles and a D-20 howitzer.
In the Zaporozhye direction, in the areas of the settlements of Rabotino and Zherebyanki, the enemy lost up to 50 military personnel, four vehicles, a 122mm D-30 howitzer, as well as a US-made AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery radar station.
A total of 107 artillery units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in firing positions, manpower and military equipment in the 131st region were hit.
During the day, air defense systems shot down: 21 UAVs, as well as eight rockets from the HIMARS multiple launch rocket system.
12:50 Today at 9:00 two explosions were heard in Berdyansk, Zaporozhye region. According to preliminary information, the city came under rocket fire from Ukrainian Armed Forces militants.
“The Russian air defense system shot down two missiles in the port area,” reports Vladimir Rogov.
At the moment, there has been no information about casualties or damage.
11:47 Statement of Head of the press center of the "South" group
Units of the “Southern” group of forces, supported by strikes from operational-tactical, army aviation and artillery fire, successfully repelled four counterattacks by assault groups of the 22nd and 24th Mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Bogdanovka and Novgorodskoye, and defeated the manpower and equipment of the 22nd Mechanized, 10th Mountain brigades. assault, 1st Presidential brigade in the areas of Vesely and Kleshcheevka. The enemy lost up to 265 military personnel wounded and killed in the Donetsk direction.
Artillery, anti-tank missile systems and FPV drones hit an enemy infantry fighting vehicle, two pickup trucks, an unmanned aerial vehicle control center, a strong point and 25 dugouts.
During the counter-battery fight, four 120mm mortars were destroyed. Air defense and electronic warfare systems shot down four Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in the areas of the settlements of Belogorovka, Trudovaya and Spornoye of the Donetsk People's Republic.
11:36 “Road of Death” with destroyed equipment of Ukrainian formations in the area of the settlement Verbovoe in the Zaporozhye direction –video.
11:05 Statement of senior officer of the press center of the Center group:
Over the past 24 hours, within the boundaries of responsibility of the “Center” group of troops in the Krasnolimansky direction of the special military operation, the ground forces of the Ukrainian troops have not shown activity.
Artillery fire and air strikes from the Russian group hit more than 150 identified targets of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of Dronovka, Serebryanka and Seversk.
Special forces units opened more than 20 targets of nationalist units, confirming the defeat of about 10. Enemy losses per day amounted to 70 people and two vehicles.
10:35 It is reported that Russian military personnel have recaptured previously abandoned positions from the Ukrainian Armed Forces west of Verbovoy in the Zaporozhye direction.
09:50 Crews of the 152mm Msta-B howitzers of the Kostroma artillery paratroopers destroyed Western-made self-propelled howitzer of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
In the Artemovsk direction, units of the Airborne Forces from the “Southern” group of forces continue active combat operations, successfully advancing north-west of Artemovsk.
A big role in this is played by the artillerymen of the Kostroma Guards Regiment, who constantly support groups of paratroopers with their fire during the assault on enemy strongholds.
Artillery paratroopers successfully conduct counter-battery combat against the enemy.
The day before, reconnaissance using a UAV discovered a self-propelled howitzer of the Armed Forces of Ukraine manufactured by NATO countries in a forest plantation. After receiving the data, the artillerymen took up a firing position, prepared the gun for use and destroyed the enemy self-propelled gun with accurate shots.
09:15 Over the past 24 hours, armed formations of Ukraine have committed further crimes against civilians of the DPR.
So, as a result of massive artilleryshellingOn the part of the VFU Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka, during emergency work, a woman energy worker was killed, three employees of the energy organization and two civilians were injured.
In addition, Ukrainian militants deliberately dropped ammunition from a UAV onto an ambulance, as a result of which a paramedic was killed, and two paramedics and a driver were injured.
Another person was injured in the Chervonogvardeisky district of Makeyevka as a result of rocket fire from Ukrainian nationalists.
In total, 17 residential buildings, as well as two civilian infrastructure facilities, were damaged by DPR shelling.
08:07 Morning summary January 13, 2024:
In the evening, the Russian Armed Forces launched missile strikes and Geranium UAVs. Explosions were heard in Kyiv, Dnepropetrovsk, Kharkov, Sumy and Kherson regions. By morning, the enemy announced 10 of our Tu-95MS strategic bombers in the air in the area of ??the launch lines, and after 6:00 they reported the launch of air-launched missiles.In the Kherson direction, the movement of small enemy landing groups on boats on the water is hampered by freezing areas of the water surface. The Russian Armed Forces have concentrated their efforts on destroying enemy personnel and watercraft from the air; at subzero temperatures in the wind, it is almost impossible to survive in the water.
On the Zaporozhye Front, combat operations took place in the Rabotino-Novoprokopovka-Verbovoe area, our aviation with FAB and UMPC were used. In the Nesteryanka area (west of Rabotino, a new direction in which offensive operations have been intensified), the tactical success of units of the Russian Armed Forces, which took the enemy’s positions after artillery barrage, is reported.
In the Mar'inka area, the Russian Armed Forces are conducting offensive operations in the direction of Kurakhovo in Georgievka, to the south our units have expanded the zone of control at the Zverinets fortified area, and the battle at Novomikhailovka continues.
In the Avdeevsky direction, the Russian Armed Forces advanced to the southern ledge of the front near Pervomaisky. Fighting also continues near Stepovoye and east of the coke plant on the territory of gardening partnerships.
North of Soledar, the Russian Armed Forces advanced along the railway in the direction of the village of Vyemka, which came as a surprise to the enemy. West of Artyomovsk (Bakhmut), our advanced units operate on the outskirts of Ivanovsky (Krasny). There are battles going on near Kleshcheevka: to the south of the remains of the village and to the north – in the area of ??the heights.
Fighting continues in the area of ??the Torsky ledge, Serebryansky forestry, in the Sin'kovka area in the Kupyansky direction.
In the Belgorod region, Kozinka and Glotovo of the Grayvoronsky urban district came under artillery and drone attacks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. In the DPR, two civilians were killed and nine were injured from Nazi artillery attack of civilians.