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Current information on the situation on the front line: February 9 (updated)
2024-02-10
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 23:59 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 02/08/2024 to 00:00 02/09/2024.

A total of 40 facts of armed attacks by the UFU were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC over the past 24 hours.

Four civilians were reported injured.

DAMAGED:
Eight residential buildings.

A total of 14 artillery attacks in the Donetsk direction

A total of 24 artillery attacks in the Gorlovka direction

One artillery attack in the Yasinovat direction

One artillery attack in the Volnovakha direction

A total of 134 units of various ammunition were produced.

23:00 The front bird is broadcasting: South of Ukraine. Geraniums work. 09.02 22:50

Information is being received about the work of our flying flower Geraniums on enemy positions. Ukrainian Armed Forces facilities in the Odessa region were hit.

The work of enemy air defense is also reported.

21:01 Strike on Ukrainian Armed Forces militants in a boat reset projectile from a UAV somewhere in the area. Tyaginka village

19:50 Avdievka. Frontis selected to a block of high-rise buildings. Russian troops continue to move deeper into the city, and there are fierce street battles in the southeastern and northern parts of the city.

18:40 One of the victims of the artillery attack of a bakery in Lisichansk died - Minister of Health of the LPR Pashchenko.

A man wounded in an APU strike on a bakery died in hospital. The 36-year-old man was in extremely serious condition and could not get out - the nature of the injuries he received as a result of the artillery attack turned out to be incompatible with life, said LPR Health Minister Pashchenko.

Thus, as a result of the Ukrainian strike on Lugansk, 28 people were killed, including a child. Three victims remain in the Lugansk hospital - their condition is stable.

18:20 A missile strike on positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was carried out in the area of Volchansk, Khar'kov region

Iskanders were launched from the territory of the Belgorod region.

18:05 Over the past week, the armed formations of Ukraine produced artillery attack of populated areas of the Donetsk People's Republic using UAVs and artillery, including cluster warheads. Weapons supplied by NATO countries were predominantly used. In addition, the enemy continues to terrorize the citizens of the DPR by dropping explosive objects from UAVs.

As a result of the criminal actions of Ukrainian militants among the civilian population, one person was killed and eight people were injured, including five employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations.

In total, more than 320 cases of armed attacks by the UFU using UAVs and artillery were recorded.

In total, 22 residential buildings were damaged, as well as six civil infrastructure facilities.

17:47 Tankers of the Southern group of troops they smash enemy in the Donetsk direction

Using the terrain, the crews of modern modernized T-90M Proryv tanks advance to the line of opening fire, destroy the manpower of Ukrainian formations in shelters, and also suppress their firing points, allowing our assault troops to advance deeper into the enemy’s defenses.

16:58 From the Khar'kov direction they report successes in battles:

Berestovoe, Peschanoye, Kislovka - there are advances of the RF Armed Forces.

16:19 Another cache of ammunition discovered by fighters of the Russian Guard in the LPR.

The cache was found in a basement in one of the settlements based on information from local residents. 2,500 cartridges, 40 grenades with fuses, grenade launcher rounds and powder charges were seized.

16:12 Two explosions were heard in the city of Nikolaev in southern Ukraine. This was reported by the RBC-Ukraine agency. No details provided. Local authorities did not comment on the situation.

15:40 Our military, with the help of an ATGM, destroys a Nazi tank in the Donetsk direction -video.

15:00 Explosions in the Yunakovka area ofthe Sumy region. The Russian Aerospace Forces used guided bombs against Ukrainian Armed Forces facilities.

14:51 It is reported that at night in Zmiev (Khar'kiv region) the Ukrainian Armed Forces again arrived at the location with foreigners.

Among the dead were Italians and French, and presumably several Germans were also caught. The ambulances were loaded with 15-20 bags of corpses. The number of wounded is still unknown.

At the same time, it flew into some building like a hostel. In it, ordinary Ukrainian military personnel were targeted.

14:40 Situation in the Avdeevsky direction

Avdievka north:

The situation for the enemy continues to deteriorate; our troops are fighting on 50 Let AKHZ Street. Fighting also continues on Lesi Ukrainka Street, Sapronova Street, and Independence, Zheleznodorozhny lane and st. Donetsk

Our army managed to gain a foothold west of the railway and create a bridgehead for advancing to the main supply line on Industrialnaya Street.

Our powerful fire impact on enemy fortifications continues. Active work continues: aerospace forces, MLRS and heavy artillery.

The so-called enemy “military analysts” say that if the situation cannot be reversed within a few days, then the threat of complete encirclement of the enemy’s Avdeevka garrison will be realized


14:20 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 strongholds and places where manpower accumulated in the 58th motorized infantry brigade, 72nd Mechanized Brigade and the 128th Territorial Defense Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of Urozhainy, Ugledar, Vodyanoy and Staromayorsky, two temporary points were destroyed deployments and four control points for unmanned aircraft.

During the day, five enemy attempts to carry out rotations at forward positions in the areas of Novodonetsk, Staromayorsky and Ravnopol were thwarted.

Enemy losses included two armored combat vehicles, three artillery pieces, two pickup trucks, two aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles and more than 155 military personnel.

13:47 It is reported that urban (street) fighting has intensified on the eastern flank of the Avdeevka direction.

Assault units of the Russian Armed Forces continue to actively attack the enemy in the area of the railway bridge and Sapronov and Lesya Ukrainka streets.

Armored units are actively covering the advancing forces of the Russian Armed Forces.

12:41 It is reported that Russian troops in Avdievka have advanced four blocks along Lesi Ukrainka and Sapronov streets.

12:15 Personnel from the village of Veseloye, where our paratroopers stormed an enemy stronghold

The Tula paratroopers spent several weeks practicing the elements of the upcoming assault based on the intelligence data provided; the fighters knew in advance the map of the enemy’s terrain and their routes.

Acting boldly and decisively, showing courage and bravery, the paratroopers completed the assigned task, occupied a strong point, cleared it of Ukrainian Armed Forces infantry and handed it over to reinforcement units.

11:49 Statement Head of the press center of the "South" group:

Units of the “Southern” group of forces, supported by artillery fire and heavy flamethrower systems, occupied more advantageous lines and positions, inflicted fire damage on the manpower and equipment of the 22nd and 92nd Mechanized brigades in the areas of Kleshcheevka and Andreevka. The enemy in the Donetsk direction lost up to 310 military personnel wounded and killed.

A tank and four vehicles were hit by anti-tank guided missiles and loitering ammunition.

During the counterbattery fight, a 155mm M777 howitzer, a 155mm Krab self-propelled artillery mount, a 152mm D-20 howitzer, a 122mm D-30 gun and a 100mm MT-12 anti-tank gun were destroyed.

Air defense and electronic warfare systems shot down 36 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in the areas of Novomikhailovka and Nikolaevka settlements of the Donetsk People's Republic.


11:30 TOS-1A “Solntsepek”. Volley.

Ugledar area.

Another successful reportworkcrews of heavy flamethrower systems TOS-1A "Sontsepek" of the RKhBZ troops unit of the 29th combined arms army of the "Vostok" group of forces.

So, as a result of the TOS strike, a strong point and auxiliary equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were destroyed.

10:54 Statement of Head of the press center of the Center group.

The troops of the Center group continue to carry out combat missions in the Krasnolimansk direction.

The coordinated actions of units of a motorized rifle regiment, with the support of artillery crews, repelled two attacks by assault groups of the 60th Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Yampolovka area. Units of the 12th Special Forces Brigade “Azov”* were hit by fire in the Serebryansky forest area.

In total, during the day, about 140 identified targets of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were hit, of which more than 80 areas where manpower, equipment and fire weapons were concentrated, four strong points and about 50 artillery positions.

Enemy losses amounted to up to 230 Ukrainian troops. Five vehicles and three armored combat vehicles were destroyed. Air defense systems shot down two unmanned aerial vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the village of Kremennaya, Lugansk People's Republic.

09:47 The criminal Kiev 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:

-- n.p. Alyosha five rounds;

-- n.p. Staraya Zburevka two rounds;

-- n.p. Kazachi Lagerya three rounds;

-- n.p. Dnepryan four rounds;

-- n.p. Novaya Mayachka two rounds;

-- n.p. Korsunka three rounds.

During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the village. Aleshki, n.p. Peschanivka, n.p. Korsunka, n.p. Dnepryany, n.p. Golaya Pristan, firing a total of 19 rounds from cannon artillery.

Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being determined.

09:32 Operators of the “Zal” drones and the “Lancet” loitering ammunition of the “South” group jointly destroyed the American-made M-777 howitzer of the Ukrainian Armed Forces -video.

08:22 Front-line report from military commander Lisitsyn:

South Donetsk direction:

Russian troops near Mar'inka continue their assault operations, attacking Novomikhailovka from three sides. Interacting with aviation, the Vostok group inflicted fire damage on the manpower and equipment of units of the 72nd Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the 128th Air Defense Brigade in the Ugledar and Makarovka regions of the Donetsk People's Republic.

Enemy losses included more than 155 military personnel, two armored combat vehicles, four vehicles, a 152mm 2S3 Akatsiya self-propelled artillery mount, a 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled gun and a 152mm D-20 howitzer.

Advance from different directions:

The assault on Novomikhailovka continues by Russian forces, with the support of armored vehicles, attacking from the southeast, east and northeast. The breakthrough was made in an area up to 1.3 km wide and up to 620 m deep. Information from the enemy underestimates the success of our breakthrough by half.

During military operations, naval infatry, acting as infantry units, unfurl the Russian flag in the northeastern part of Novomikhailovka, taking assault actions.

Maryinsky direction:

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports 22 attacks by the Russian army in the areas of Pobeda, Novomikhailovka, Georgievka and Krasnogorovka in the Maryinsky direction in one day.

Kherson direction:

In the Tokarevka and Zolotaya Balka areas of the Kherson region, units of the 35th Naval Infantry Brigade and the 121st Terroritorial Defense Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were defeated. Enemy losses: up to 25 military personnel and three vehicles.

08:20 Over the past 24 hours, the armed formations of Ukraine carried out further shelling territory of the DPR.

As a result of artillery attack using 155mm artillery in the village. Two men born in 1989 were wounded in Verkhnetoretsk. and born in 1990, a woman born in 1953 was wounded in the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka.

In addition, as a result of a kamikaze UAV attack in the village. Vladimirovka, a man born in 1970 was wounded.

In total, eight residential buildings were damaged by artillery attack in the DPR.

08:16 During the assault on a strong point near the village of Veseloe, Russian paratroopers took possession of two Browning heavy machine guns of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and used them against Ukrainian military personnel—video.

08:05 Mortars of the Vostok group of forces complete combat training in the rear area of the Northern Military District zone.

During the training, servicemen improved their actions as part of crews, honed their shooting skills from 82mm Vasilek mortars and learned the basics of tactics. After completing the full course of training, the mortarmen will go to the front line and begin performing combat missions.

08:00 Summary on the morning of February 9, 2024:

The situation in the Kherson direction has not changed. The Russian Armed Forces are fighting on the ground in Krynki, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are trying to replenish personnel by transporting manpower on boats across the Dnieper. There is a war of drones, electronic warfare equipment, UAV software, and mutual artillery shelling. The Ukrainian Armed Forces carry out strikes with FPV drones on civilians; yesterday such facts were noted in Novaya Kakhovka and near Gornostaevka.On the Zaporozhye front, the enemy is striking with cluster munitions, many drones, gathering equipment and personnel, opposite Verbovoy and Rabotino, preparing for defense. A change of units and an increase in the potential for using UAVs is noted in the Kamensky direction. Our units at the forefront note the low level of effectiveness of counter-battery warfare and electronic warfare.

There is heavy fighting south of Marinka in Novomikhailovka, where the Russian Armed Forces have recently established a foothold on the outskirts and are attacking with the support of armored vehicles from the southeast, east and northeast.

In Avdievka, the most intensive advance of our troops is noted by the Ivushka gardening partnership. The Russian Armed Forces are advancing in Avdievka in the area of Independence Street, Sapronov Street and Zheleznodorozhny Lane. West of the railway bridge, our advanced units are trying to gain a foothold, the enemy is launching counterattacks. The infantry is supported from the air by our aviation; dozens of powerful high-explosive bombs were reported dropped on the heads of the Nazis.

Near Artemovsk there are battles near Ivanovsky (Red). West of Kleshcheevka, our troops recently advanced a little more, the enemy is offering fierce resistance.

Near Belogorovka (south of Kremennaya), the Russian Army occupied an industrial zone and a mill plant in heavy battles; the enemy writes about the cunning maneuver of our assault groups, which took the Ukrainian Armed Forces by surprise.

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