[NewsFront] 21:47 Military police liquidated cache of weapons and ammunition in the Zaporozhye region
A cache left by Ukrainian militants was discovered in one of the abandoned buildings. It contained four F-1 grenades, a hand grenade launcher and small arms ammunition. Military police officers seized the explosive find and sent it to the site for destruction.
Every day, military personnel of the military commandant's office ensure the safety of the population of the liberated territories, suppressing the illegal circulation of weapons and theft of vehicles, searching for caches with explosive objects and fighting sabotage and reconnaissance groups of the criminal Kyiv regime.
20:58 Front bird broadcasts:
Nikolaevkskaya area. Explosion. 22.02 20:00
A new explosion is reported at an industrial facility in the Nikolaev region near the port.
It is not known for certain whether the enemy’s air defense worked.
Previously, our tactical aviation struck.
20:19 Telegram channel “Fisherman":
Soledar direction: fighting in Krasnoye
situation as of February 22, 2024
Russian troops pushed through enemy defenses on the northeastern outskirts of Ivanovsky (Red). At the moment, it is known that several dozen houses have been taken under control and landing units of the Russian Armed Forces have been stationed there.
Nevertheless, the exact configuration of the front is hidden by the “fog of war,” especially since at least part of the plantings to the east of the settlement, if not under enemy control, are then a “gray zone.”
To the north, in the area of Chasov Yar, the situation remains without significant changes. The enemy published footage of attacks on the forward positions of Russian units in the area of ??the Valyanovka stopping point, which confirms the lack of success in this direction.
On the section of the O0506 Khromovo - Chasov Yar highway west of the Popovsky forest, the Russian Armed Forces continue to conduct cautious offensive actions. On the northern flank in the Kleshcheevka area, thanks to objective control personnel, the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were established at the Alabaster headquarters.
The advancement of the RF Armed Forces has been continuing to one degree or another for the last two months. At the moment, it is important not to lose the initiative and gain a foothold on the achieved positions: the enemy does not intend to give up settlements without a fight.
19:54 After clearing Avdievka from the south, units of the 1st Slavic Brigade of the Russian Armed Forces made it through to the village of Severnoe, reports Military Chronicle.
The information has not been confirmed at the moment, but if this is so, then the noose over the Ukrainian units retreating to new frontiers continues to tighten.
In parallel, there are very heavy battles for Lastochkino, next to which the Severnoe-Tonenkoe-Orlovka highway passes with further access to the northern front in the area of Semyonovka and Berdychi, where the main part of the surviving garrison of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Avdievka was supposed to roll back.
Northern was defended by units of the 53rd Mechanized Infantry Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces; at the moment, the fate of the garrison remaining in the population is unknown.
18:55 Explosions in the Pokrovsky district (part of the DPR occupied by the Ukrainian Armed Forces)
18:44 Airborne rocket artillery gets enough of the enemy even on the right bank of the Dnieper.
In the Kherson region, crews of the122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS are on combat duty around the clock, systematically destroying manpower and military equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the right bank. Reconnaissance of targets and adjustment of fire are carried out by operators of unmanned aerial vehicles.
17:52 They report about the beginning of the assault on the village of Krasnoye (Ivanovskoye) west of Artyomovsk.
Ukrainian troops retreated there after the loss of Artyomovsk. It would be more logical to call the current actions a continuation of the assault that had already begun, since in recent weeks the Russian Armed Forces have made significant progress along the T-0504 route and occupied a number of advantageous positions.
The village is located in a lowland, but even in this case, the presence of the Armed Forces in it is a problem for the development of a further offensive by Russian forces on Chasov Yar.
If the assault on Krasny (Ivanovsky) is completed in the near future, a semi-circle will gradually begin to take shape east of Chasov Yar, since Russian troops are also approaching the city from the north from Bogdanovka.
16:55 February 22 by military investigators of the Russian Investigative Committee recorded artillery attack of the territory of the DPR.
The VFU carried out artillery attack of the Kuybyshevsky and Kievsky districts of Donetsk, as well as the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka, using 155mm caliber artillery, including with a cluster warhead.
16:34 Enemy in the Urozhainy area lost another ammunition depot. The organizers of the fireworks show are the 2S4 “Tulip” crew of the 30th Artillery Brigade of the 36th Army.
16:18 The Russian army gained a foothold in the village. Krasnoye on the Bakhmut (Artyomovsky) direction. Fierce fighting is taking place in the village Ozhestochennie of the Front and some other TG channels write about this.
15:52 Direction to Chasov Yar, west of Artemovsk. NGP Razvedka reports:
Since early morning there have been fierce battles for the liberation of the village of Krasnoye (Ivanovskoye), our troops have gained a foothold in the area of the northern and north-eastern outskirts of the settlement and are moving further.
The Russian Armed Forces are advancing on the section of the road leading to Chasov Yar, in the area of the northern part of Krasny, the enemy is putting up desperate resistance, trying to prevent such a scenario.
14:57 Morning “Lancet” on a Ukrainian tank. South Donetsk direction. Scouts of the 36th army of the Vostok group of the Russian Armed Forces are working -video.
13:55 The main thing from the briefing of the Ministry of Defense:
In the Kupyansk direction, enemy losses amounted to up to 30 military personnel, two armored personnel carriers and three vehicles, the M777 system, the M198 howitzer, the 152mm 2S19 Giatsint-S self-propelled gun and the 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled gun.
In the Donetsk direction, units of the “Southern” group of troops liberated the village of Pobeda. The enemy lost up to 145 troops, five infantry fighting vehicles, two M113 armored personnel carriers, 26 vehicles, as well as an M777 artillery system.
In the South Donetsk direction, enemy losses per day amounted to up to 155 military personnel, a tank, two armored personnel carriers, a Strela-10 air defense missile system combat vehicle, three vehicles, a 152mm MSTA-B howitzer, an 130mm M-46 cannon, and an electronic warfare station.
130mm M-46 gun was developed from a naval cannon.
In the Kherson direction, the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine amounted to up to 50 military personnel, two tanks, two armored combat vehicles and seven cars, the M109 Paladin self-propelled gun, the 152mm MSTA-B howitzer, and the 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled gun.
Affected: US-made Patriot air defense systems, as well as Ukrainian Armed Forces in 114 regions.
Air defense systems shot down eight HIMARS missiles and destroyed 95 UAVs.
13:07 Orekhovsky area: fighting in the center of Rabotino: situation as of 13:00 February 22, 2024
Russian troops are developing an offensive in the Rabotinsky salient area: at the moment they have managed to level the line of control in a five km long area to a depth of about a kilometer.
In Rabotino itself, battles are taking place near the ruins of a school in the center of the village, from where gunfire opens into the surrounding area. If Russian units are able to maintain control over it, the Ukrainian Armed Forces will be forced to retreat to the northern outskirts of the village.
To the east, the Russian Armed Forces knocked out the enemy from several strong points near Verbovoy, pushing Ukrainian formations away from the Krivoy ravine. In addition, they regained control over the Shirokaya gully: here the enemy was also forced to retreat under the pressure of Russian troops.
In general, the situation is not going well for the Ukrainian group. The shortage of personnel and the successes of the Russian Armed Forces south of Marinka force them to “spray” manpower into several directions, preventing the Armed Forces of Ukraine from concentrating forces for a counterattack.
12:52 There was not enough oxygen in the pipe through which our fighters reached the rear of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Avdievka, and they had to walk 3.7 kilometers along it. But in the end, the maneuver was a success, and the enemy was stunned by the appearance of Russian troops under his nose - for another day the Ukrainian commanders could not understand anything. About this to the Zvezda correspondenttolda fighter with the call sign “Sheep”, he was one of the first to enter this pipe:
“The work was done, the pipe did its job,” he said.
The fighter does not know how long this cunning maneuver was prepared, but in the end everyone successfully completed the task.
12:44 Statement Head of the press center of the "South" group
Units of the “Southern” group of forces, supported by air strikes and artillery fire, improved the situation along the front line and defeated units of the 93rd Mechanized, 81st Airmobile brigade and 241st Territorial Defense brigade in the areas of Belogorovka, Kleshcheevka and Razdolovka.
The enemy in the Donetsk direction lost over 425 military personnel wounded and killed.
Anti-tank guided missile systems and loitering ammunition hit two tanks, four infantry fighting vehicles, two armored combat vehicles, and 20 vehicles.
During the counterbattery fight, the 122mm D-30 howitzer and the AN/TPQ-36 counterbattery radar were destroyed. Air defense and electronic warfare systems shot down 35 unmanned aerial vehicles in the areas of the settlements of Yampolovka, Verkhnetoretskoye, Staromlynovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
12:10 Military personnel of the 55th Guards Brigade of the Central Military District spoke about cleaning up Avdievka from Ukrainian nationalists.
The fighters showed the path along which the assault groups made their way to the city center, demonstrated the fortified positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and foreign-made weapons abandoned by Ukrainian units during the retreat.
As the servicemen who liberated the city said, the fiercest battles took place in the area of the railway station, where the most combat-ready units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were concentrated. The 55th Guards Brigade was tasked with moving towards the city center. The assault groups attacked from several directions. The main forces made their way along Sobornaya Street.
There were enemy firing points in almost every house. Nearby there are networks of trenches and shelters, and among the houses there is military equipment. Now the soldiers are finding mortar mines, hand grenade launchers, zinc with cartridges and grenades for under-barrel grenade launchers left by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in positions. Most of the weapons and ammunition discovered were imported.
Also, servicemen from the Center group of troops noted that during the flight the enemy left behind a huge amount of evidence confirming the direct participation of mercenaries from the USA, Canada and EU countries in the nationalist units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
11:50 Military correspondent Alexander Kots reports the situation in the Avdeevsky direction:
“I worked yesterday from the north, from Koksokhim. And here are a few observations.
We continue to crush the enemy with all available means. Front-line aviation works as usual. Every half hour, pairs of Rooks came in, sending missiles somewhere beyond Koksokhim, towards Lastochkino.
Rooks refer to the Russian built Su-25 ground interdiction fighter.
Our artillery has already moved and is working behind Lastochkino.
Bomber aircraft drop cast iron on the heads of those digging in at heights from Ocheretino to Umansky. This is the line to which the enemy will cling after leaving Lastochkino, Tonenky, Orlovka.
The enemy came to his senses slightly and began to snap back. At least, UAF drones are already operating in Avdievka and its suburbs. It’s time to stop driving cars around the city during the day – FPVs are already flying around with might and main.
On the approaches to Avdievka there are a huge number of unexploded Baba Yaga discharges. I don’t know what this says or if it says anything at all. I've just never seen anything like this before.
Our guys are in a fighting spirit. Success is always inspiring."
10:49 Statement of Head of the press center of the "Center" group
Units of the Center group continue to carry out combat missions in the Avdeevsky direction.
During the day, the group’s units repelled seven counterattacks by the 71st Jaeger, 3rd Assault and 53rd Mechanized Brigades in the Krasnogorovsky sector, west of Avdievka and Lastochkina.
Air defense systems shot down four unmanned aerial vehicles and a HIMARS MLRS missile.
Enemy losses amounted to up to 450 troops, a T-72 tank, four infantry fighting vehicles, six armored vehicles, including a British-made Sparta armored personnel carrier, and five vehicles were destroyed. FPV drone crews hit the 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS and the 122mm D-30 howitzer.
10:40 Active assault operations of the Russian Army are reported in Georgievka in the area of the holiday village "Urozhay" south of Georgievskie Ponds.
10:15 Over the past 24 hours, the DPR representative office in the JCCC recorded 51 incidents of firing by the Ukrainian Federal Unitary Forces, and 181 ammunition were fired.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out 11 attacks, in the Gorlovka direction - 37, in the Yasinovatsk direction - 3.
Information was received about the injury of two civilians in the Kalininsky district of Donetsk. Three residential buildings and three civil infrastructure facilities were damaged in Donetsk and Gorlovka.
09:47 In the Zaporizhzhya direction using radar reconnaissance of the SOU 35 Army of the Vostok group discovered air target. A medium-range aircraft-type attack UAV was hit.
09:40 Telegram channel “Condotierro” reports the situation in the Ugledar direction:
The Ugledar operation of the Russian Armed Forces is still a sluggish reconnaissance in force.
The RF Armed Forces are testing the enemy’s forces “to the teeth” from Nikolskoye and the dacha settlements 1 and 3 have mines on the southern outskirts of the city.
The enemy dug in. Its supports are strengthened and strengthened. And here all hope lies in VKS and FABs. Since the Ukrainian Armed Forces grouping is insignificant, they will not last long under the barrel and FABs. They will come out on their own.
And while the weather allows them to run, then going out through the fields with black soil will be useless.
09:36 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. Peschanivka five rounds;
in the village of Novaya Mayachka three rounds;
-- n.p. Dnepryan five rounds;
-- n.p. Staraya Zburevka six rounds;
-- n.p. Alyosha seven rounds.
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the village. Obryvka, n.p. Korsunka, n.p. Proletarka, n.p. Aleshki, firing a total of 20 rounds from cannon artillery.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being determined.
09:18 Consequences of artillery attack of the hospital. Kalinin in the Kalininsky district of Donetsk. The strike was carried out on an exclusively peaceful civilian target. Presumably the artillery attack was carried out from a foreign-made MLRS.
08:17 Russian paratroopers knocked out Ukrainian Armed Forces from positions on the Zaporozhye sector of the front. The tank crew commander with the call sign “Spartak” spoke about the situation in this direction.
08:14 Abandoned Starlink and more than 20 grenade launchers: Russian Armed Forces soldiers found a whole onearsenalNATO weapons on one of the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ support forces in liberated Avdiivka.
There were also a Baba Yaga drone, over 200 Polish mines, American hand grenades and several thousand Italian rounds of ammunition.
08:07 Frontline summary on the morning of 02/22/2024:
In the Zaporozhye direction to the south and west of the village of Rabotino, the fighting took on a fierce oncoming character. At the moment, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have enough ammunition and personnel here. An additional advantage for them is the commanding heights and well-fortified positions of the Russian Armed Forces occupied during the summer offensive.
The village itself is heavily shelled by Russian artillery. Also under attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Malye Shcherbaki, Novoandreevka, Malaya Tokmachka, Zheleznodorozhny and Gulyaypole. RF Armed Forces - in Kopany, Novoprokopovka and Verbovoy.
On the Donetsk front, Russian troops stormed Novomikhailovka. No success. The Russian Armed Forces gained a foothold in Pobeda and advanced to Georgievka. The first of the listed settlements is important both from the point of view of logistics (there is a paved highway here), and in terms of the further offensive of Russian units along it, entering the rear of the Ukrainian garrison in Ugledar.
Under fire, Ukrainian positions in Ekaterinivka, Elizavetovka, Kurakhov, the city of Krasnogorovka, Nevelskoye, Pervomaisky, Netaylov, Karlovka, Tonenkoye, Lastochkino, Orlovka, controlled by the Armed Forces of Ukraine Novobakhmutovka (a settlement of the same name east of the Russian Armed Forces), Ocheretin, Alexandropol (a settlement north of Donetsk) and New York. Russian ones - in Mar'inka, Donetsk and the village of Krasnogorovka.
In the Bakhmut direction, the Russian Armed Forces attacked near Ivanovsky after artillery shelling. They also tried to break through the defenses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Bogdanovka. No promotion. Ukrainian positions in Belaya Gora, Konstantinovka (not to be confused with the settlement of the same name southwest of Donetsk), Chasovy Yar, Verolubovka and Vasyukovka are under attack. Russian ones are in Bakhmut and Khromov.
In the Lugansk direction - attacks by the Russian Armed Forces at Yampolevka and Ternov. LBS has not changed significantly. Under fire from the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Glushkovka, Peschany, Kucherovka, Petropavlovka and Sin'kovka.
08:00 On frames- the path along which Russian assault groups made their way to the center of Avdievka. This is what the center looks like now after being cleared of militants. The fighting here was fierce.
“For every house and piece of land. Our brigade was advancing, working with the “heavy” ones. Grenade launchers, flamethrowers, ATGMs. This is a fight in the city, you understand. There are a lot of small arms, machine guns, machine guns and sniper rifles,” shared “Mengili”.
While retreating, the nationalists left a large amount of evidence indicating the presence in their ranks of mercenaries from the USA, Canada and the European Union.
Each basement has been turned into an ammunition warehouse. Our soldiers find mines, hand grenade launchers, zinc with cartridges, and grenades for under-barrel grenade launchers there. Russian military personnel discovered a whole range of weapons produced by NATO countries and ammunition for them.