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Current information on the situation on the front line: February 2 (updated)
2024-02-03
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 23:57 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 02/02/2024 to 00:00 02/03/2024

A total of 45 cases of armed attacks by the UFU were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC over the past 24 hours.

Two civilians were reported injured.

DAMAGED:
Nine residential buildings;

Two civil infrastructure facilities.

Eleven artillery attacks in the Donetsk direction.

A total of 32 artillery attacks in the Gorlovka direction.

Two artillery attacks in the Yasinovat direction.

A total of 151 units of various ammunition were fired

21:11 By n.p. Zmievka again arrived FABs with UMPC, guys from the Dnepr group of troops are working.

19:55 Repair Damaged equipment in the South Donetsk direction does not stop for a minute.

Military personnel of the Eastern group of forces work in several shifts to speed up the process of restoring combat vehicles as much as possible. The workshops carry out minor repairs, maintenance and complete replacement of failed components and assemblies. It takes about two days to repair one piece of equipment. Then the combat vehicle is run-in, tested at the training ground and returned to the front line.

18:37 Zaporozhye direction:

North-west of Verbovoe. There is a powerful artillery battle for forest plantations from the north-western part of the village.

The UAV operators discovered an enemy assault group of 9 people; part of the group was destroyed by an artillery strike, and some were forced to flee.

In the area of the village Rabotino, using aerial surveillance, identified armored enemy vehicles.

After transmitting the target coordinates to the artillerymen, a targeted fire strike from the MLRS was carried out, and the Russian Aerospace Forces aviation also worked in this area.

18:30 They arrive messages that on January 29, a missile strike near Seversk hit the location of the Ukrainian Armed Forces battalion “Carpathian Sich”.

The bulk of the personnel was destroyed, literally several people were wounded. The removal of the dead began on January 30.

According to preliminary data, a number of “foreigners” who happened to be at the site of the attack also died along with the Ukrainian military.

18:05 Two destroyed Ukrainian American-made International MaxxPro armored car near the village. Rovnopil, Donetsk People's Republic. Summer 2023.

17:50 Ukrainian militants released in the village. Makeevka (Chervonogvardeisky district) three rounds of 155mm caliber. – representative office of the JCCC DPR

17:10 According to the operational lines of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC on February 2, as of 17:00, information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:

Yasinovatsky district:

– a man born in 1996 was injured as a result of a kamikaze UAV attack on the Yasinovataya-Gorlovka highway.

n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district):

– as a result of the detonation of a previously unexploded cluster submunition, a woman born in 1966 was wounded.

Information has been received about damage as a result of artillery attack by the AFU in the cities of the Republic:

n.p. Gorlovka:

Nikitovsky district:

artillery attack at 01:25: A total of 14 transformer substations are de-energized, 2,848 subscribers are without power supply.

artillery attack at 11:50:

– st. Pobeda, 6 – direct hit on a private residential building;

– st. Pobeda, 10 – private residential building.

Artillery attack at 15:30: – st. Bolotnikova, 5 – direct hit in an apartment building.

Central City District:

– MBOU “Secondary school No. 58” on the street. Glebova.

16:49 Information is received about a breakthrough by the Russian Armed Forces in the area of the “Tsar’s Hunt” and an advance of 1.25 km from the Blue Lakes, which actually means the division of Avdievka into two parts.

14:55 In the Donetsk direction, our fighters significantly pushed Ukrainian units northeast of Novomikhailovka, surrounding the Ukrainian garrison on three sides. At the same time, the advance of Russian troops in the area of Georgievka, Nevelskoye and Pervomaiskoye was noted.

Fierce fighting continues on the southeastern approaches to Avdievka and in the Stepnoye area.

13:49 Situation at the front on February 2:

Krynki (Kherson region). Active hostilities and the exchange of blows from the left bank to the right and back continue. In connection with saving ammunition, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are gradually reducing the use of artillery, transferring the bulk of attacks to FPV drones and quadcopters with drops. However, at critical moments for the Ukrainian Armed Forces, artillery with cluster munitions is used.

Reports from individual channels about the creation of a “new bridgehead” in Krynki do not correspond to reality. In reality, due to large losses, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have changed the routes for transporting supplies by boat and are moving to Krynki through other channels, but there is no talk of any expansion or creation of a “new bridgehead.”

Due to the lack of an equipped shore, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have tried and are trying to probe other landing points near Krynki, but these searches do not improve the situation. In January, Ukrainian Armed Forces losses on the right and left banks: almost 2,000 people killed and wounded, 90 boats, 13 howitzers, 26 self-propelled guns.

Avdievka. The Russian Armed Forces advanced slightly from the southeast in the area of Sobornaya, Chernyshevsky and Sportivnaya streets. While the main forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were distracted to liquidate the breakthrough in the Tsar’s Hunt area, the Russian Armed Forces struck from the north, concentrated fire on the positions of the Ukrainian troops, advanced close to the Ivushka SNT near the sand quarry and went a little further.

The plot between the Khimik microdistrict and Krasnoarmeyskaya street is five square meters. km, which the RF Armed Forces are pressing from the southwest of the industrial zone and from the north, is located on a hill, so the Armed Forces in this area are pushing back to the last. This partly explains the increased activity of Ukrainian Armed Forces tanks in this area. Full-fledged urban battles in Avdievka have actually been finalized and are in full force. The Donetsk filtration station is still under the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Mar'inka - Kurakhovo. Construction equipment has been spotted near Kurakhiv since the end of January, which the Ukrainian Armed Forces will presumably use in the near future to build trenches.
Advancement near Novomikhailovka is difficult, but the Russian Armed Forces have made progress in the area of the Pobeda settlement. The bulk of the work in this area is now being done by artillery and drones. At the same time, the reserves of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the operational depth of the defense are affected.

Kupyansk. On the line Kislovka - Kotlyarovka - Ivanovka, the Ukrainian Armed Forces, fearing a breakthrough by the Russian Armed Forces, transferred fresh reserves of the 32nd and 43rd Mechanized Infantry brigades. There are still no changes on the Tabaevka-Kharkhmalnoe line; the Ukrainian Armed Forces are preparing to defend Peschany, which lies in the lowlands (like Tabaevka). On the Russian side, there is a noticeable increase in the activity of operational-tactical aviation: the intensity of the use of FAB-500 aerial bombs with UMPC has increased significantly.

Flanks of Artyomovsk. In the north, in the Bogdanovka area, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are trying to counterattack. Their main task is to push back the Russian Armed Forces from already occupied positions. In some sections from Bogdanovka to the first streets of Chasov Yar in the area of the bus plant - less than three km.

Adding to the difficulty for the attack aircraft of the Russian Armed Forces are the railway separating Bogdanovka and Chasov Yar, and the topography of the area: Bogdanovka lies below Chasov Yar - and, in fact, you have to attack from the bottom up. In the south, in the Kleshcheevka area, the clearing of Ukrainian Armed Forces positions 500 m west of the railway continues.

Zaporozhye direction. The Ukrainian Armed Forces intensified attacks in the area of the villages of Rabotino and Verbovoye. Fresh reserves are being rushed into battle, but the level of training of new formations is several times lower than that of regular units.


13:38 Dnipropetrovsk region. It is reported that as a result of a night missile strike on Ukrainian Armed Forces facilities, a military workshop for assembling equipment for armored vehicles and a warehouse with parts were hit.

12:50 Another rotation of enemy units struck near Artemovsk. During aerial reconnaissance, a UAV operator of the Ulan-Ude separate guards airborne formation discovered a group of Ukrainian Armed Forces infantry heading towards forward positions. By dropping FOGs, the enemy's manpower was destroyed.

11:55 "Krasnopol" destroyed Ukrainian Armed Forces tank in the Staromayorsky area. The armored target was hit with a direct hit and was identified by Russian soldiers using an unmanned aerial vehicle.

11:35 Units of the Russian Armed Forces advanced east of Opytny and approached the air defense base from the west. The enemy only had the road from the north, under the cover of Cheburashka and the Vinogradniki cottage village.

At the same time, yesterday a TOS was carried out at Vinogradniki, which perhaps indicates an intention to take control of the village. If Vineyards are taken, then, as previously assumed, “Air Defense” and “Cheburashka” will only have a few days left.

In the north of Avdievka, soldiers of the 114th Brigade advanced south, to the Ivushki gardening community. Thus reaching the western side of the sand pit. The enemy is unlikely to be able to hold positions north of the quarry now

If we manage to cut off Avdeevka from AKHZ, then most likely the enemy will soon begin to retreat to the “9th quarter”, and then to Lastochkino.

10:37 During the past 24 hours, the DPR representative office in the JCCC recorded 66 incidents of firing by the Ukrainian Federal Unitary Forces, and 222 rounds of ammunition were fired.

In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out 13 attacks, in the Gorlovka direction - 52, in the Yasinovatsky direction - 1.

Information was received about the death of one civilian in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, and another was wounded. 10 residential buildings in Gorlovka were damaged.

10:00 In the Krasno-Limansk direction, our troops continue to push back the enemy. This was reported by a military expert, retired Lieutenant Colonel of the LPR NM Andrei Marochko.

“In the vicinity of the village of Kremennaya, the Russian Armed Forces have once again improved the situation along the front line. The most progress was made in the Ternov region. Using natural cover and the terrain, our units advanced more than two km inland. In Serebryansky Forest, with the support of the Aerospace Forces and artillery, the line of combat contact was leveled in an area of up to 3.5 km. In the Belogorivka area, during active hostilities, a stronghold of Ukrainian militants was destroyed,” Marochko wrote in the Telegram channel.

09:31 The criminal Kiev regime continues to 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. Alyosha five rounds;

-- n.p. Kardashinka two rounds;

-- n.p. Podstepnoye two rounds;

-- n.p. Novaya Zburevka three rounds;

-- n.p. Golaya Pristan three rounds.

During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the village. Kazachi Lagery, n.p. Novaya Mayachka, n.p. Dnepryany, n.p. Korsunka, firing a total of 15 rounds from cannon artillery.

Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being determined.

08:17 The Russian Armed Forces launched strikes tonight on military targets in Krivoy Rog, Dnepropetrovsk region and Kropyvnytskyi in Ukraine - local media

08:12 Calculation of the 152mm 2S5 Msta-SM1 self-propelled howitzer destroyed eight enemy vehicles in the Kupyansk direction.

Having received intelligence information, the artillerymen of the “Western” group of forces fired a series of shots at identified targets. The self-propelled gun's fire was adjusted by UAV operators.

“We're on fire. We were told there were three more rounds there. As a result, all targets - eight pieces of equipment - were hit,” said the commander of the self-propelled artillery installation.

08:07 RF Armed Forcesadvancednorth of Georgievka on the Maryinsky direction.

08:05 Appeared personnel breakthrough of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' defense by soldiers of the "Veterans" brigade in Avdievka.

The assault brigade is working in the fortified areas of Ukrainian militants surrounding the Avdievka industrial zone. As the military notes, the work is under difficult conditions, but they are used to it.

“Most of the time you walk, you endure. This is a battle of characters. Shooting is not as difficult as enduring it all - the cold, the dirt,” notes one of the attack aircraft.

Stormtroopers and tank crews of the Russian Armed Forces cleared all fortified areas of the industrial zone. The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost about 70 militants, and a little more than 30 left their positions. The fighters knock out the enemy from there and also strike other positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces around the industrial zone.

08:00 Frontline summary on the morning of 02/02/2024:

In the Zaporozhye direction, west of the village of Rabotino, the fighting again took on a counter character. The Ukrainian Armed Forces have advanced slightly northwest of Verbovoy. The Russian Armed Forces attacked from Novofedorovka.In the Ugledarsky sector, Russian troops managed to occupy new positions north of Priyutnoye. Advancement to a depth of more than a kilometer.

On the Donetsk Front, the Russian Armed Forces seriously pushed the Armed Forces of Ukraine northeast of Novomikhailovka. The Ukrainian garrison in this locality is actually surrounded on three sides, but is not retreating. Attempts by the Russian Armed Forces to advance at Georgievka, Nevelskoye and Pervomaiskoye. On the southeastern outskirts of Avdeevka, fierce oncoming battles continue. The situation is the same in Stepnoye (not to be confused with the settlements of the same name in the Zaporozhye and Ugledar directions).

In the Bakhmut direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces counterattacked on the heights northwest of Kleshcheevka and regained several previously lost positions. The Russian Armed Forces continued offensive operations near Ivanovsky. In the Bogdanovka area there are oncoming battles.

In the Lugansk direction, Russian troops advanced to Terny. The Russian Armed Forces are about two kilometers away from this key settlement, through which the Ukrainian group on the left bank of the Zherebets River is supplied. Berestovoy, Khrakhmalny and Tabaevka had tough oncoming battles. Russian troops continued attacks in the Sin'kovka area.

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