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Current information on the situation on the front line: January 31 (updated)
2024-02-01
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 22:00 Front birdbroadcasts: Khar'kov region 31.01 21:30

A second explosion was reported in the eastern part of the region.
The air raid warning did not sound.

Our rocket scientists first worked out using ballistics.

21:10 Front bird broadcasts: Sumy region 31.01 20:30

It is reported that tactical aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces carried out several strikes on enemy rear positions using air-to-ground missiles.

The enemy's air defense did not work. There were no air raid alarms.

20:10 Russian Ministry of Defense transmits: servicemen of the Vostok group of troops undergo an engineering training course at a training ground in the Special Military Operational zone

Soldiers, under the guidance of experienced instructors, study various types of anti-tank and anti-personnel mines, methods and techniques for their neutralization, and also practice the installation of minefields in positions. These skills are necessary both to ensure the advancement of our troops and to maintain occupied lines, said an engineering instructor with the call sign “Ares.”

“The work of a sapper is very important during an offensive. We need to clear the roads, conduct engineering reconnaissance, remove anti-personnel and anti-tank mines, and tripwires so that our troops can move forward,” says Ares.

19:20 Telegram channel «WarGonzo": Slowly but surely our troops are approaching Avdievka, squeezing the enemy out of his positions.

Our artillerymen support the infantry not only during assaults, but also thwart enemy attempts to return the strongholds captured by our guys.

18:20 We improve positions along the front line: Ivanovo paratroopers stormed the Ukrainian Armed Forces stronghold north-west of Artemovsk

During aerial reconnaissance of the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the paratroopers uncovered the main enemy firing points and shelters with a concentration of infantry.

After the work of the airborne artillery, which inflicted fire damage and suppressed the main fire weapons of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, paratroopers from several directions, under the cover of armored vehicles, quickly captured the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Having occupied the enemy stronghold, the airborne assault groups carried out a complete clearing of it.

17:35 Front bird broadcasts: Krivoy Rog. Explosion. Ballistics. 31.01 17:30

A second powerful explosion occurred in the industrial area. enterprise in the suburbs of Krivoy Rog.

Local public pages write about a bright flash.

16:20 Summary of Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation (as of January 31, 2024) The main thing:

– The RF Armed Forces took more advantageous positions and positions in the Krasnoliman direction

The Armed Forces of Ukraine lost up to 115 military personnel in the South Donetsk direction per day;

– The Russian Armed Forces improved the situation along the front line in the Donetsk direction, the losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces per day amounted to 310 military personnel;

The total losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasnoliman direction amounted to up to 280 military personnel, three attacks by assault groups were repelled;

Russian air defense shot down 9 HIMARS MLRS rounds and 81 Ukrainian drones in one day;

– The Russian Armed Forces in the Kupyansk direction repulsed six attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in one day, the enemy lost up to 80 people and 6 pieces of equipment;

– Russian troops destroyed a warehouse of missile and artillery weapons of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kherson direction;

– The Russian Armed Forces destroyed the Ukrainian IRIS-T anti-aircraft missile system manufactured in Germany;

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 80 military personnel in the Zaporozhye direction per day.


15:20 Front bird broadcasts: Khar'kov region 31.01 14:30

A loud explosion was reported in the eastern part of the area.
The air raid warning did not sound.

Our rocketeers performed preliminary training by using a high-precision missile against an enemy fortified area and an armed forces workshop.

14:30 Telegram channel «Colonelcassad»: Current state of the village of Krynki. View from a drone.

13:40 Russian Ministry of Defensetransmits: “I know my stuff. I know why I'm here"

The gunner of the AGS-17 “Flame” grenade launcher crew talks about love for the Motherland and the peculiarities of combat work in the Northern Military District zone.

“We are working with AGS-17 “Plamya” grenade launchers. Scouts using drones notice observation posts and enemy personnel. Then, with the help of spotters, we work on the enemy in a certain area. We work in sectors. We try to work as quickly as possible. The enemy is very afraid of our AGS... I know my business. I know why I'm here. And I will go to the end. Because the Motherland is a second mother,” said the gunner of the AGS-17 grenade launcher crew with the call sign “Fox”.

12:40 Front bird broadcasts: Avdeevskoe direction. District settlement Step dance 31.01 12:20

The work of our attack and tactical aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces is reported.

Su-25 Grach and Su-34 attack aircraft struck with unguided missiles without entering the enemy’s air defense coverage area.

11:35 Russian Ministry of Defense transmits Statement by the head of the press center of the Center group

The troops of the Center group continue to carry out combat missions of a special military operation in the Krasnolimansk direction. The active actions of the units improved the position along the front line.

The group's motorized rifle formations, supported by artillery and aviation, repelled three attacks by assault groups of the 60th and 63rd Mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Torsky and Chervonodibrovo sectors.

Artillery crews inflicted fire on more than 200 targets, including two strong points, four areas where equipment was concentrated, and more than 100 areas where enemy manpower and fire weapons were concentrated in the areas of Yampolovka, Grigorovka, Dronovka and Serebryanka.

Air defense systems shot down two unmanned aerial vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine “Leleka” and “Furiya” in the area of the village of Kremennaya.

Enemy losses per day amounted to 290 military personnel, three tanks, four armored combat vehicles and five cars.


10:50 Front bird broadcasts: district settlement Marinka 31.01 10:45

It is reported that our assault units carried out a successful attack and captured enemy trophies.

Thus, a special assault congratulation of the Russian Armed Forces recaptured several strongholds of the Armed Forces and captured enemy weapons, in particular, several Javelin ATGMs, anti-personnel mines and many rifles were obtained.

Our artefacts 152mm "MSTA-B" and 122mm 2S34 "Khosta" were worked on preventively.

09:50 Criminal Kyiv regime continuesto 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. Dnepryan three rounds;

-- n.p. Alyosha 10 rounds;

-- n.p. Obryvka of two rounds;

-- n.p. Kazachi Lagery four rounds;

-- n.p. Podlesnoe three rounds.

During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the village. Podstepnoye, n.p. Korsunka, n.p. Aleshki, n.p. Golaya Pristan, firing a total of 20 projectiles from cannon artillery.

Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being determined.

09:20 Telegram channel «WarGonzo": frontline report for the morning of 01/31/2024

– In the Ugledarsky sector, Russian troops managed to advance north of Priyutnoye. Mainly in the “gray zone”. But this forced the Ukrainian Armed Forces to abandon a number of positions occupied during their summer-autumn offensive.

– On the Donetsk front, Russian troops concentrated their efforts to storm Novomikhailovka from the northeast, where they had previously managed to break through the defensive formations of the Ukrainian garrison. They also carried out active offensive operations at Nevelskoye and Pervomaiskoye.

In the last of the listed settlements we reached the outskirts of the village, moving along the M-04 highway. This facilitates the logistics of Russian assault units. The Ukrainian Armed Forces, in turn, continued counterattacks on the southeastern outskirts of Avdeevka, where the Russian Armed Forces had established a foothold. Ukrainian troops were unable to regain their lost positions. Russian units advanced slightly at the coke plant northeast of Avdeevka. In the Stepnoye area (not to be confused with the settlements of the same name in the Zaporozhye and Ugledar directions) there were oncoming battles.

– In the Artemovsky (Bakhmutsky) direction, the Russian Armed Forces attacked Ukrainian positions on the heights northwest of Kleshcheevka, in the area of Ivanovsky and Bogdanovka. No advance.

– In the Lugansk direction, Russian troops conducted offensive operations near Belogorovka. We took several new positions. They also tried to build on the success of Ternov. The Ukrainian Armed Forces held their defense lines. Fierce oncoming battles near Berestovoy, Krakhmalny, in Tabaevka and in the Kislovka area.


08:50 Telegram channel «Fisherman":

Chronicle of a special military operation for January 30, 2024

– Throughout the day, the Russian Armed Forces carried out strikes on the rear and border areas of the so-called. Ukraine. In Zmiev, Kharkov region, drones attacked a local oil storage facility, and explosions were heard in Khar'kov and Korotych. In Krivoy Rog, a substation of one of the enterprises was hit, emergency work is underway.

– In Shostka, Chernihiv region, a drone attacked one of the factories in the industrial zone. The deployment points of Ukrainian formations in Bolshoy Burluk, Kharkov region, Uman, Cherkasy region and Mirnograd were also hit.

– After a long pause, the Ukrainian Armed Forces attempted to attack military and civilian targets on the Crimean peninsula using drones. All drones were intercepted by Russian air defense and electronic warfare systems.

– There was also unrest in the border area: many settlements in the Belgorod and Kursk regions were once again under attack, there was damage to vehicles and civil infrastructure.

-In the Avdeevsky direction, fighting continues in the area of the Donetsk filtration station, the approaches to which are a powerful fortified area of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. In the south of the city, the Russian Armed Forces are repelling the attacks of Ukrainian formations in the area of Sobornaya and Sportivnaya streets.

– The enemy, trying to divert the attention of the Russian command from Avdievka, carried out an attack in the area of an abandoned gas station west of Gorlovka. However, the activity of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in this area is limited.

– In the Kherson direction, under Russian artillery fire, the enemy was able to transfer several boats with landing troops to the Krynok area. Here, as before, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are making attempts to expand the bridgehead, but so far without success.


08:10 Official summary of Representative offices of the DPR in the JCCC:

A total of 45 AFU attacks were recorded by the DPR representative office in the JCCC over the past 24 hours

Information has been received about the death of a civilian. Another person was injured.

Damaged:

Nine residential buildings,

Four civil infrastructure facilities.

In the Donetsk direction there were three artillery attacks from the VFU

In the Gorlovka direction there were 41 artillery attacks from the VFU,

In the Yasinovaty direction there was one artillery attack from the VFU.



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