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Current information on the situation on the front line: March 3 (updated)
2024-03-04
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 23:58 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 03/03/2024 to 00:00 03/04/2024.

A total of 13 facts of armed attacks by the UFU were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC over the past 24 hours.
Information was received about the injury of two civilians, incl. teenager born 2009.

DAMAGED:
3 residential buildings.

Five artillery attacks in the Donetsk direction
Eight artillery attacks in the Gorlovka direction

A total of 40 units of various ammunition were fired.

21:20 “The Brave Ones” are storming. There are heavy battles going on in Orlovka, Tonenkoe and Berdychi beyond Avdievka.

The forces of the Center group with attached units of Donetsk 1 Army Corps continue the offensive after the liberation of Avdiivka, Lastochkino and Severny.

Fierce clashes continue west of Avdievka. The epicenters are Orlovka, Tonenkoye, Berdychi, where there are round-the-clock battles with the active use of all types of weapons.

The Russian Aerospace Forces continue to water the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces with dozens of KABs, the enemy complains.

Ukrainian military propagandists report their data on attacks by the Russian Armed Forces:

The battles for Berdychi, Orlovka and Tonenkoye continue. In the latter, the Russians have success in an area up to 900 m wide and up to 450 m deep.

The Russians are trying to gain a foothold in the southern part of Orlovka and break out from the southeastern part of Tonenkoye, other Kyiv analysts write.

The Russians had successes in the eastern part of Berdychi and in Tonenkoye.

In Berdychi, soldiers of the 30th Motorized Rifle Brigade destroyed another Abrams during the assault, moving forward.

In Orlovka there is actually no clear LBZ. One house is controlled by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the second by the Russians. The third - the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the fourth - the Russians.

Now the Russians in Orlovka partially control the south.

In the Nevel'skoye area, the Russian Armed Forces are trying to launch an offensive southwest of the village, towards Krasnogorovka.
The assault on Pervomaisky also continues - Russian troops control half of the village.


20:25 Telegram channel «Fisherman":

South Donetsk direction: capture of the Church of the Archangel Michael in the center of Novomikhailovka situation as of 20:00 March 3, 2024

In the Yuzhnodonetsk direction, Russian troops are gaining a foothold in the central part of Novomikhailovka: footage is being actively distributed on the Internet of how assault detachments of the 155th Naval Infantry Brigade planted a unit flag on the ruins of one of the buildings.

Part of Shevchenko and Sobornaya streets came under the control of Russian military personnel. The Church of the Archangel Michael, located on the front line of defense of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, came under the control of the Russian Armed Forces.

However, the territory of the temple itself is under fire from the school buildings and the Palace of Culture to the north-west, so it is not yet safe to be there. The enemy has concentrated units of the 79th Assault Brigade here and is trying to cling to every house.

In addition, the situation to the east remains in question: there is no information from there, so there is no clear evidence of the retreat of the Ukrainian Armed Forces from the part of Shevchenka and Sobornaya streets under their control.

A little further south, the enemy was driven back several hundred meters along Academician Timiryazev Street - the territory of the industrial zone of Sintezprodservis LLC was completely taken by Russian marines. Meanwhile, in the area of farms across the road, the presence of Ukrainian formations still remains.

In the northern part of Novomikhailovka, according to some reports, the enemy began to withdraw some troops from Mira Street to the western outskirts, but there is no objective evidence of this yet.


19:40 Telegram channel «Fisherman":

Strikes by the Russian Armed Forces against targets in the so-called territory. Ukraine March 3.

Last night, Russian troops launched a series of attacks on enemy targets in the Kharkov, Sumy, and Dnepropetrovsk regions, as well as in the occupied territory of the DPR.

Temporary deployment points of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the line of combat contact and border areas came under fire - ballistic missiles, rocket and cannon artillery, as well as tactical aviation were used.

Occupied territory of the DPR: a massive strike was carried out on the enemy’s airborne troops in Mirnograd (Dimitrov), located in educational institutions of the city.

Two ballistic missile hits hit the territory of the Harmony Lyceum (former school No. 17), where there were about 100 personnel: at least half of them were eliminated, including two officers from the battalion’s leadership.

School No. 5 was destroyed by two more missiles: 22 members of the Ukrainian formation were killed, and more than 20 people were injured. At the moment, all rescue operations have been suspended and will continue into the dark.

In Pokrovsk, as a result of a missile landing from a Ukrainian fighter, residential buildings in the Yuzhny microdistrict were damaged, several civilians were slightly injured.

Kharkov region: near the village of Verkhnyaya Pisaervka, the NSU training center was hit, which was used by the foreign legion of the Main Intelligence Directorate, as well as by the Russians from the RDK and the “Legion of Freedom of Russia” for the training and education of personnel. The strike killed about 40 people.

Also under fire was one of the schools in Volchansk, where personnel of rotated Ukrainian units from the Kupyansky direction were temporarily stationed.

18:50 After the defeats at Avdievka, Ukraine is now urgently digs huge fortifications in the Donbass and Zaporozhye region, - OSINT analysts.

Also today, the Cabinet of Ministers allocated 1.3 billion hryvnia for the construction of fortifications in the Zaporozhye direction.

17:30 Russian Army destroyed another American Abrams tank in Ukraine.

This happened in the village of Berdychi in the Avdeevsky direction. The guys first hit the track with a grenade launcher, and then the car was finished off by attack aircraft from the 30th motorized rifle brigade from Samara.

16:51 Advance of Russian troops –photo.

1. Belogorovka.
2. Novomikhailovka.
3. Krasnogorovka.

16:10 South Donetsk direction –video.

Our fighters occupied the center of Novomikhailovka. This settlement is quite an important enemy fortification in this direction. The capture of which opens the way for our army in the direction of the main supply route for the “Ugledar enemy group.”

Fierce fighting continues in the west and north of the village. The enemy is constantly sending reserves and trying to slow down the advance of our troops.

14:25 Telegram channel “Fisherman":

Massive drone raid on Feodosia.

This night, air defense units in Feodosia repelled another attack by Ukrainian formations. For the first time in a long time, the enemy carried out a massive raid of drones launched from the Zaporozhye region.

With 38 drones that crossed the path, skirting the location of air defense systems in the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions, the Ukrainian Armed Forces intended to strike an oil depot in Feodosia.

As a result of the joint work of the assets of 31 divisions, including crews of the S-400 air defense system, the Pantsir-S1 air defense system, and rifle detachments of the Crimean defense group, 36 drones were shot down.

One of the UAVs hit a pipeline at an oil depot. It was this sound that was mistaken for the arrival in the tank. The resulting fire was extinguished without serious damage to the infrastructure.

Another drone, having lost its course, fell on the Tavrida highway near Feodosia. According to Two Majors, a civilian vehicle was damaged, and the area of ??the fall was cordoned off.

One important feature should be noted in the recent missile attack on Crimea and today’s raid: the Ukrainian Armed Forces are once again increasing their efforts to hit targets in Crimea.

It was quite expected that on the eve of the presidential elections in Russia, the Ukrainian authorities would try to create chaos and panic. And the closer the election date, the more intense the attempts will be. And the final goal is the Crimean Bridge.

13:50 Statement by the head of the press center of the Center group -video.

The Center group of troops continues to carry out combat missions in the special military operation zone.

The group's units, supported by artillery fire and air strikes, defeated concentrations of manpower and equipment of units of the 107th Territorial Defense Brigade in the Tonenky area.

Eight counterattacks by assault groups of the 24th Mechanized, 3rd Assault and 25th Airborne brigades were repelled in the areas of the settlements of Petrovskoye, Leninskoye and Orlovka.

The enemy lost up to 160 troops, five armored fighting vehicles, including a Bradley infantry fighting vehicle, and a 152mm 2A65 Msta-B howitzer.


13:15 Statement by the head of the press center of the “West” group -video.

Units of the West group of forces continue to carry out combat missions in the Kupyansk direction.

Motorized rifle units, in cooperation with artillery and aviation, repelled six counterattacks by assault groups of the 57th Motorized Infantry and 95th Air Assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Sinkovka and Terny.

During the counter-battery fight, the group’s artillery destroyed two 1222mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mounts, a 152mm 2S3 Akatsiya self-propelled artillery mount, and 152mm Msta-B and 152mm D-20 howitzers.

The group's air defense and electronic warfare systems destroyed and suppressed six unmanned aerial vehicles: three Furies, two Leleki-100s and a Baba Yaga.

Enemy losses in the Kupyansk direction amounted to up to 55 military personnel, a T-64 tank, two armored personnel carriers, a mortar crew, an AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery station and two pickup trucks.

12:34 Sightseeing summary as of March 3, 2024:

At the moment, the Russian Armed Forces are developing success west of Avdievka: battles are taking place near Berdychi, Semyonovka, Orlovka, Tonenkoye. The enemy holds the lines and skillfully takes advantage of our mistakes: either our motorized rifles found themselves without grenade launchers against the lightly armored Bradley, or the headquarters draw maps based on beautiful video reports with flags in villages that have not yet been cleared.

At Chasov Yar, the Russian Army continues to advance through Ivanovskoe (Krasnoe). Heavy fighting ensues, but the enemy manages to be pushed to the outskirts.

From Maryinka, our troops are attacking in three directions: to the west - towards Kurakhovo through Georgievka, to the south - through the settlement. Pobeda and Novomikhailovka for access to Ugledar, to the north - towards Krasnogorovka.

On the Zaporozhye front, there were the heaviest bloody battles in Rabotino. Again a week ago we rushed to report, but the enemy is conducting a maneuverable defense. The village, located in a lowland, is pitted with trenches and communication passages, which allows the enemy to move. From the flanks, our troops are seriously preparing for a strike.

Fighting continues in Krynki in the Kherson direction. In addition, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are sitting in small groups near the Antonovsky Bridge in “dachas”.


11:10 Air defense systems last night stopped in the skies over Crimea there was a terrorist attack by 38 Ukrainian drones, - Russian Ministry of Defense.

All Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed by air defense systems on duty over the territory of the Republic of Crimea.

It is worth noting that this is one of the most massive attacks by the Kyiv regime on Russian territories.

10:34 Russian Army comes on the Kremensky and Avdeevsky directions.

The main conclusions of the American Institute for the Study of War:

Russian troops advanced in the Kremennaya area amid ongoing positional battles along the Kupyansk-Svatovo-Kremennaya line on March 2. Geolocation videos published on March 1 and 2 show that the Russian Armed Forces fought east of Terna (west of Kremennaya) and south of Belogorovka (south of Kremennaya).

Russian troops advanced near Avdeevka. Geolocation videos released on March 1 and 2 show the Russian Army advancing into central and eastern Orlovka (west of Avdeevka). Geolocation video published on March 2 shows that the Russian Armed Forces also fought their way into Tonenkoye (west of Avdeevka).

09:54 Front bird broadcasts:

Avdeevskoe direction. District settlement Ocheretino 03.03

It is reported about the work of our MLRS in the rear areas of the enemy.

Our UAVs of various types, including attack ones, are actively operating in the area of the settlement of Ocheretino.

09:29 Criminal Kyiv 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. Novaya Kakhovka two rounds;

-- n.p. Podstepnoye four rounds;

-- n.p. Alyosha three rounds;

-- n.p. Staraya Zburevka three rounds;

-- n.p. Golaya Pristan twp rounds.

During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the village. Sagi, n.p. Golaya Pristan, Kazachi nLagery, firing a total of 19 rounds from cannon artillery.

Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being determined.

08:57 Telegram channel «Fisherman":

Chronicle of a special military operation
for March 2, 2024

During the day, Ukrainian formations tried to attack St. Petersburg twice: early in the morning, one of the drones hit a residential building in the north-eastern part of the city, and closer to night, air defense systems intercepted targets over the water area and the coast of the Gulf of Finland.

– On the Artemovsky (Bakhmutsky) sector of the front, Russian units are gaining a foothold on the eastern outskirts of Krasny (Ivanovsky), and in the area of Bogdanovka and Kleshcheevka they repelled enemy counterattacks.

– To the west of Avdievka, fighting continues in Berdychi, Tonenkoye, and Orlovka. The enemy does not stop trying to regain previously lost positions: the most difficult situation is developing in Tonenkoye.

– In the Zaporozhye direction in Rabotino there are oncoming battles, the enemy is trying to stabilize the front by transferring reserves to the village. Meanwhile, the Russian Armed Forces are moving from Verbovoy towards Malaya Tokmachka.


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

Tweve armed attacks were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC over the past 24 hours.

Information was received about the death of two civilians.

Damaged:

Three residential buildings,

Two cars,

One car destroyed

One civil infrastructure facility.

Five artillery attacks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were recorded in the Donetsk direction,

Seven attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine were recorded in the Gorlovka direction.

In total, the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired 34 units of various ammunition.

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