[NewsFront] 23:58 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 01/20/2024 to 00:00 01/21/2024:
A total of 43 facts of armed attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC over the past 24 hours.
Information was received about the death of 1 civilian. Nine civilians were injured to varying degrees of severity.
Damaged:
- Two buses;
- 44 residential buildings;
- Eight vehicles;
- 21 civil infrastructure facilities.
11 artillery attacks in the Donetsk direction;
27 artillery attacks in the Gorlovka direction;
Five artillery attacks in the Yasinovat direction.
A total of 161 units of various ammunition were fired.
21:08 Assault groups of paratroopers mastered AFU stronghold north-west of Artemovsk
The UAV crew of the paratroopers of the Ivanovo Airborne Forces discovered another strong point. The transmitted coordinates were struck by airborne artillery crews and FPV drones. After this, assault groups of paratroopers captured and cleared a Ukrainian Armed Forces stronghold in a forest plantation.
Approaching unnoticed by the enemy from different directions, the guardsmen of the “winged infantry” attacked the strong point. Having broken the resistance of the Ukrainian military with small arms fire and hand fragmentation grenades, the paratroopers eliminated the Ukrainian Armed Forces militants and occupied a strong point, thereby completing the task and improving the position of our units along the front line.
19:52 Russian fighters raised Russian flag in the center of the village of Bogdanovka.
Russian military personnel continue to crush the enemy in the suburb of Chasov Yar. And from there comes good news - footage has appeared of the installation of the Russian flag in the very center of the village of Bogdanovka.
19:18 There are reports of the retreat of Ukrainian troops from the village of Krakhmalnoye in the Khar'kov region
18:48 An ambulance team that responded to a call to victims of artillery attack in Gorlovka came under repeated fire from the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and a paramedic was injured, the Russian Ministry of Health reports.
17:40 Explosions occurred in the Kyiv-controlled city of Kherson. This was announced by the head of the city administration appointed by the Ukrainian authorities, Roman Mrochko.
16:56 New personnel destruction of enemy equipment and infantry with high-precision FPV kamikaze drones “VT-40”.
15:55 News from the South Donetsk direction is reported by the Front Bird:
It is reported that our units of the Vostok group of troops hit the enemy BTR-4 Bucephalus.
Over the past six months, this vehicle has not been a frequent guest in military casualty reports of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Most likely, the fleet of armored personnel carriers of this type is already very small.
15:40 Personnel consequences of the terrible artillery attack of the Ukrainian Armed Forces of Gorlovka, one death is reported.
15:30 The Front Bird reports about the destruction of the DRG in the Donetsk direction.
It is reported that in the area of the village of Ugledar, Donetsk People's Republic, our fighters from the 39th Motorized Rifle Brigade repelled an attack by an enemy DRG. The enemy is minus a pickup truck and personnel.
15:20 Battle for Avdievka situation as of 15.00 January 20, 2024
Russian troops continue the operation to capture and blockade Avdievka.
On the southern flank, after several months of fighting, Russian units managed to establish control over the fortified area of the Ukrainian Armed Forces at the Tsarskaya Okhota recreation center.
Currently, Russian troops are attempting an offensive to the northwest of the “Tsar’s Hunt” - perhaps in the near future we will see an advance in Avdeevka itself.
There is also information about the liberation of the Skotovataya holiday village, located southeast of the Tsarskaya Okhota and west of the Vinogradniki SNT.
To the north of Skotovataya, according to some sources, the area in the quarry area also came under the control of the Russian Armed Forces.
At the same time, fighting continues in other areas, where Russian troops are also focused on expanding the zone of control. At the same time, so far the main efforts of the Russian Armed Forces are aimed at clearing the dacha sector around Avdeevka and “cutting off” gray zones.
15:06 According to incoming information, the 103rd Territorial Defense Brigade (Lvov region) was driven out of Krakhmalne. The settlement came under the control of the Russian Armed Forces
14:50 The Front Bird reports about the problems of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Krynki.
The weather made its own adjustments. The enemy's airborne activity decreased. This is also influenced by the defeat of enemy boats by our “birds”.
It is reported about yesterday's work of our TOS on enemy positions.
14:30 The main thing from the new briefing of the Russian Ministry of Defense:
The Russian Armed Forces repelled 10 attacks by Ukrainian Armed Forces assault groups in the Kupyansk direction during the day, enemy losses amounted to up to 150 military personnel;
The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donetsk direction per day amounted to up to 320 military personnel, an 152mm MSTA-B howitzer and a 152mm D-20 gun;
Within 24 hours, the Russian Armed Forces repelled four attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Krasnolimansk direction, the enemy lost up to 280 soldiers;
The Russian military repelled four attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of the settlements of Shumy and Belogorovka of the DPR;
The Russian Armed Forces hit the Ukrainian IRIS-T radar station manufactured in Germany;
The Russian Armed Forces repelled 2 attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Rovnopol area in the South Donetsk direction and hit enemy personnel near Konstantinovka DPR;
The Russian Armed Forces shot down 20 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as one HIMARS missile;
The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that the Ukrainian Armed Forces had been defeated in the area of Nesteryanka, Rabotin and Verbovoy.
14:07 Wreckage in an apartment in the center of Gorlovka - during the night artillery attack of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, they miraculously did not hit sleeping children
Pieces of metal flew into the guys' room while they were sleeping peacefully. Fortunately, everything worked out fine. The kids' mother noted that now they have their “second birthday.”
13:56 Russian troops broke through the defenses of Ukrainian forces in a number of areas near Donetsk - adviser to the head of the DPR Yan Gagin.
13:31 Statement of Head of the press center of the Vostok group:
Units of the Vostok group of troops continue to carry out combat missions in the South Donetsk direction.
Bomber aviation strikes, artillery fire and heavy flamethrower systems hit temporary deployment points, strong points and places where manpower accumulated of the 72nd Mechanized and 79th Air Assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of Novomikhailovka, Katerynivka, Elizavetovka and Konstantinovka, and destroyed three temporary deployment points, an unmanned aircraft control center, an ammunition depot and an electronic warfare station “Nota”.
During the day, six attempts by the enemy to reinforce forward positions in the areas of Staromayorsky and Novomikhailovka were stopped.
The group’s artillery, Lancet loitering ammunition, and FPV drones destroyed M777 and FH-70 howitzers in the Kurakhovo and Vremevka areas, five units of automotive equipment and five mortar crews.
The enemy's manpower losses amounted to up to 220 military personnel.
12:55 Statement of Head of the press center of the "South" group:
Units of the “Southern” group of forces successfully repelled a counterattack by assault units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Bogdanovka area. With the support of aviation strikes, artillery fire and heavy flamethrower systems, they defeated enemy personnel and equipment in the areas of Belogorovka, Sporny, Andreevka, Kleshcheevka, Kurdyumovka and Georgievka.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 230 military personnel, two infantry fighting vehicles, a Kozak armored combat vehicle, seven pickup trucks, and five trucks in the Donetsk direction as wounded and killed.
During the counterbattery fight, a 152mm D-20 howitzer and five 120mm mortars were destroyed.
Artillery and attack unmanned aerial vehicles hit five ammunition depots, two control points for unmanned aerial vehicles, an electronic warfare station, and 13 enemy dugouts.
Air defense and electronic warfare systems shot down 10 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in the areas of the settlements of Topolevka, Belogorovka, Otradovka, Donetsk and Spornoye of the Donetsk People's Republic.
11:50 Situation at the front as of 01/20/2024:
Artillery inflicted a defeat on the accumulation of enemy manpower and equipment in the Konstantinovka area, 11 strong points were suppressed in the Novomikhailovka area and north of Vladimirovka. South-west of Novomikhailovka heavy flamethrower systems struck enemy strongholds.
As a result of artillery fire, two temporary deployment points in the Ugledar area and south of Vodyanoye were destroyed, three concentrations of manpower and weapons and military equipment were scattered west of Elizavetovka, northwest of Dobrovolye and southwest of Vodyanoye, and five strong points in forest belts north of Nikolskoye were suppressed.
Artillery fire destroyed a concentration of enemy manpower and weapons and military equipment in the Zolotaya Niva area, suppressed four strong points in forest belts west of Novodonetsk, and destroyed the crew of a heavy machine gun.
West of Staromayorsky, the enemy attempted to strengthen itself and suffered losses of manpower. Artillery dispersed the concentration of manpower in the Vremevka area, suppressed four strong points in the forest belts west of Staromayorsky.
10:45 Artillery paratroopers of the Dnepr group of troops destroyed 122mm self-propelled artillery mount 2S1 "Gvozdika" of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the right bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson direction.
During the counter-battery fight, the crew of the 152mm Msta-B howitzer of the Airborne Forces fired high-precision ammunition at a range of up to 20 kilometers. Detection of the enemy self-propelled gun position, as well as further adjustment of howitzer fire, was carried out using UAVs.
As a result of the joint combat work of UAV operators and airborne artillerymen, an enemy self-propelled artillery mount was hit and subsequently destroyed by the detonation of its transportable ammunition.
10:18 Situation on the Rabotino-Verbovoe section at 10.15:
Russian troops continue to attack the enemy south of Rabotino and near Verbovoy. The Ukrainian Armed Forces have brought in fresh reserves and are trying to counterattack our fighters. The Russian Armed Forces repulse attacks by attack aircraft of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in a shooting battle and call in artillery strikes.
Barrel and rocket artillery of the Russian Armed Forces strikes at enemy positions and concentrations of manpower.
10:10 Consequences of the artillery attack of Gorlovka by Ukrainian militants -photo.
09:39 The enemy confirms advance of RF Armed Forces in the eastern part of Avdievka in the “Tsar’s Hunt” area.
There are also reports that the Russian Armed Forces have advanced in the Krakhmalny area in the Kupyansky direction.
09:15 Statement of Head of the press center of the “West” group:
Units of the West group of forces continue to carry out operational missions in the Kupyansk direction.
The group's motorized rifle formations, in cooperation with artillery and army aviation, repelled four counterattacks by assault groups of the 115th Mechanized Brigade and the 103rd Territorial Defense Brigade, reinforced with armored vehicles in the areas of Tabaevka, Krakhmalny and Sin'kovka. Enemy losses in this direction amounted to up to 30 manpower and three pickup trucks.
The crew of the 152mm self-propelled gun 2S19 "Msta-S" under the command of the gun commander, junior sergeant Vladimir Kaznacheev, using high-precision ammunition "Krasnopol" destroyed two enemy T-64 tanks in the Peschany area.
Crews of heavy flamethrower systems carried out six strikes on platoon strong points of the 44th, 115th Mechanized brigades and 103rd Separate Territorial Defense Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of Berestovoy and Krakhmalny.
In addition, the group’s missile forces struck the Tornado-S MLRS at the temporary deployment point of the 41st Mechanized Brigade in the Glushkovka area.
08:17 Storm AFU stronghold north-west of Artemovsk.
During active combat work to the north-west of Artemovsk, a crew of unmanned aerial vehicles of the Ivanovo paratroopers discovered another Ukrainian Armed Forces stronghold with a unit of Ukrainian formations.
The transmitted coordinates were struck by airborne artillery crews and FPV drones. After this, assault groups of Yaroslavl paratroopers captured and cleared a Ukrainian Armed Forces stronghold in a forest plantation.
Approaching secretly and unnoticed by the enemy from different directions, the guardsmen of the “winged infantry” attacked the strong point. Having broken the resistance of the Ukrainian military with small arms fire and hand fragmentation grenades, the paratroopers eliminated the Ukrainian Armed Forces militants and occupied a strong point, thereby completing the task and improving the position of our units along the front line.
08:12 In the area of the settlement. The Kakhmalnoye (Kupyansk direction) offensive of the Russian Armed Forces is developing. In recent daysadvancedmore than two kilometers and reached the section of the highway to Kupyansk. The enemy urgently transfers reserves there.
08:07 Morning summary January 20, 2024:
In the Kherson direction, weather conditions continue to affect the reduction in the intensity of enemy airborne troops across the Dnieper.
On the Zaporozhye Front, the Russian Armed Forces, in local battles, are carrying out the task of recapturing the positions occupied by the Armed Forces of Ukraine last year in Rabotino and Verbovoy. The enemy organizes counter-deployments of personnel, strikes with artillery and drones.
At Mar'inka near Novomikhailovka and Georgievka, despite heavy fighting, there are practically no changes in the line of combat contact, while enemy resources are increasingly calling the position of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Novomikhailovka “critical.” The actions of our troops indicate a desire to cut the Novomikhailovka-Ugledar road.
On the Avdeevsky sector of the front, the main efforts of the Russian Army take place in the southern sector near Pervomaisky, in the Stepovoy area on the northern ledge, and also at the coke plant.
North of Soledar, the Russian Armed Forces are expanding the zone of control after occupying the ruins of the settlement. Vesyoloye, they report successes in heavy battles in the direction of Belogorovka (south of Kremennaya).
Against the backdrop of constant artillery attack of the border areas of the Belgorod, Kursk, Bryansk regions, the military command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kharkov and Sumy regions of Ukraine hastily erects fortified areas close to urban buildings and is trying, under the guise of evacuation, to expel the local population from small settlements for the quartering of personnel. A similar practice is used in the Kupyansk direction, where the Ukrainian Armed Forces are finding it increasingly difficult to supply the group at Sinkovka.
In the Bryansk region, tanks at the Klintsovsk oil depot were burning yesterday due to attacks by UAVs of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The village of Kurkovichi, Starodub municipal district, was shelled. In the Belgorod region, enemy artillery attack is regular and most intense. In Donetsk, a grandmother born in 1949 was injured from artillery attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
08:00 The Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked the center of Gorlovka in the DPR. As a result of shelling, three civilians were injured, city mayor Ivan Prikhodko reported on his Telegram channel.
According to Prikhodko, the Rodina Hotel, the Teremok kindergarten, a number of houses on Pushkinskaya Street were also damaged, and the Kvartal 245 microdistrict (Tsentralno-Gorodsky district of Gorlovka) was also de-energized.