[NewsFront] 23:58 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 03/20/2024 to 00:00 03/21/2024.
A total of 20 facts 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. 4 employees of the DPR Ministry of Emergency Situations were injured.
DAMAGED:
One civilian vehicle
Eleven residential buildings
Two vehicles of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the DPR
Three civil infrastructure facilities
Five artillery attacks in the Donetsk direction.
A total of 15 artillery attacks in the Gorlovka direction
A total of 59 units of various ammunition were firced.
21:00 Air defense systems shot down a Ukrainian aircraft-type UAV over the Belgorod region, they reported on Wednesday Ministry of DefenseRF.
19:30 Russian troops ousted Ukrainian militants from the central part of Rabotino and advanced north, reported Vladimir Rogov.
According to him, the Russian military in this area dominates the counter-battery fight, while Ukrainian militants are trying to compensate for the shortage of artillery rounds with the massive use of attack drones, they have also sharply reduced the use of heavy military equipment, throwing groups of infantry “to the slaughter.”
18:27 Personnel from Avdeevsky direction.
In the “Reservoir Dogs” case, the rocket artillery of the 74th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade is at work.
Its fighters took part in the battles for Avdievka, and are now supporting other units on the Donetsk Front in the Berdychi region with fire.
17:32 Calculation of the Buk-M1 anti-aircraft missile system destroyed helicopter of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Avdeevsky direction.
The air target detected by the multi-echelon air defense system was moving at an average speed at an altitude of 500-600 meters. Air defense units of the “Southern” group of forces accompanied the helicopter for 10 kilometers and, as soon as it entered the affected area of the Buk-M1 complex, they launched an anti-aircraft missile.
The helicopter was shot down at a distance of seven to eight kilometers from the line of combat contact over the territory controlled by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
“According to our information, he was flying on body kits.” Most likely, it was an attack helicopter,” said the commander of the Buk-M1 air defense system with the call sign “Tikhiy.”
16:55 Due to the release of GP from a VFU drone onto a car in the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka (turn to Golmovsky)injured a civilian, said the head of the municipality, Ivan Prikhodko.
16:28 After a short pause, our fighters went forward north of Orlovka: they advanced and secured themselves along the forest belt.
In Terny, our troops are attacking at the indicated point, it is not yet possible to catch a bridgehead, but the enemy has retreated from their positions, and a gray zone has formed. Both we and the Ukrainian Armed Forces are pulling up reserves, it seems that very soon there will be serious battles for the village.
16:25 Situation at the front as of March 20, 2024
In total in the area of the village Ugledar suppressed five strong points, destroyed two dugouts and two firing points, destroyed one piece of equipment and two UAV control posts.
Also with artillery in the area of ??the settlement. Urozhaye was destroyed, three strong points were suppressed, three dugouts and a firing point were destroyed, and UAV control points were destroyed. The use of UAVs in the area of the settlement. Velikaya Novoselka two self-propelled guns “Crab” were destroyed.
In the area of the village Maksimovka artillery of group “V” hit two air defense forces, destroyed an ammunition depot and two pieces of equipment. three strong points in the area of the settlement were suppressed. Shevchenko, the dugout was destroyed, one piece of equipment was destroyed.
In areas of settlement Staromayorskoe and Ravnopol Far Eastern soldiers thwarted three attempts to rotate personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In addition, servicemen of the Russian Armed Forces destroyed an enemy engineering group in the area of the settlement. Sheltered. Also, four air defense stations were destroyed, an ammunition depot was destroyed, and six strongholds were suppressed.
In the area of the village Pology of the RF Armed Forces stopped the rotation of personnel, four enemy groups and their equipment were hit. In the area of the village In Gulyai-Polye, three PVDs were destroyed. In the area of the village Komsomolskoye, with the help of a UAV, destroyed a 122mm 2S1 self-propelled gun.
16:23 The situation near Kremennaya is tense - the Ukrainian Armed Forces have been knocked out of the forest belt.
But further progress is hampered by FPV drones and medium-sized UAVs, like the Baba Yaga; the Ukrainian Armed Forces have a lot of them. We take care of our personnel and move extremely carefully.
16:05 Summary from the Ministry of Defense, the main thing:
During the day, the Russian Armed Forces repelled seven counterattacks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Avdeevsky direction and improved the situation along the front line;.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine lost up to 110 military personnel in the South Donetsk direction per day;
Enemy losses in the Belgorod direction amounted to up to 650 militants, two armored vehicles, two Vampire MLRS vehicles;
The Armed Forces of Ukraine lost up to 395 military personnel in the Avdeevsky direction per day;
The RF Armed Forces improved the situation along the front edge of the Kupyansky direction, repelled two counterattacks of the National Guard of Ukraine;
Russian air defense shot down 145 Ukrainian drones and 22 missiles in one day;
The Vostok group of the Russian Armed Forces has improved the tactical situation in the South Donetsk direction;
Within 24 hours, the Russian Armed Forces occupied more advantageous lines and positions in the Donetsk direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost up to 420 military personnel;
Russian troops repelled a counterattack of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of the Belogorovka settlement in the Donetsk direction
15:29 The Russian Armed Forces have completely cleared Kozinka in the Belgorod region of Ukrainian militants, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
15:01 Ukrainian militants attempted to seize settlements in the Belgorod and Kursk regions - Sergei Shoigu.
“All enemy attacks were successfully repelled, he was driven back beyond Russian territory. The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces during eight days of combat operations amounted to 3,501 people, of which 790 were irretrievable losses,” said the Russian Minister of Defense.
Shoigu noted that 23 tanks, 34 armored vehicles, including 11 Bradleys, five Vampyr MLRS launchers, and an MI-8 helicopter were destroyed.
14:35 They report from Kharkov that the explosion took place in the Ivanovka area, and now a fire is breaking out there.
14:19 An explosion occurred in Kharkov, local authorities report. There, as well as in a number of other regions of Ukraine, an air raid alert was announced today.
14:15 Since the beginning of the year, four Abrams tanks, five Leopard tanks, and 27 Bradley vehicles have been destroyed in the Special Military Operation zone. Also destroyed were six HIMARS launchers and 11 SAM launchers, including five Patriots. This was announced by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.
14:06 In the village Gorlovka (Tsentralno-Gorodskaya district) as a result of the release of high explosives from a UAV, four employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations were injured - the representative office of the JCCC in the DPR.
13:40 Scouts from the “Center” group of troops showed destroyed American Abrams tank
The servicemen managed to get to the damaged equipment, inspect it and remove all the necessary samples of equipment. An American Abrams tank was destroyed in the Avdiivka direction using an FPV drone.
In the village of Berdychi, scouts discovered the movement of enemy tracked vehicles and, having tracked down the target, struck, immobilizing the combat vehicle. With the second strike of the FPV drone, our fighters destroyed an American tank, on which Ukrainian militants had high hopes.
“There is nothing unusual about this tank, as the West and Ukraine praise it. Having sat inside it, I can even say that it is worse than our models - the same T-90. He left a bad impression and expected more. We completed the commander's task perfectly. Our command is pleased that we are alive and unharmed. We will continue to work for the benefit of our country,” said the intelligence officer with the call sign “Izay.”
13:37 Around 1230 hrs in the forest to the east of the settlement. Verkhnyaya Pisarevka and to the west of the village. In Losevka, Kharkov region, the Vampire MLRS installation, which fired at Belgorod and managed to leave the launch position into the forest, was destroyed.
13:28 Slobozhansky direction: reduction in the pace of attacks and partial retreat of the Ukrainian Armed Forces from the border. Situation at 13:00 March 20, 2024
Since yesterday evening, in several areas there has been a decrease in the activity of Ukrainian formations, which have been launching attacks in the border area throughout the week.
During the fighting, Russian military personnel completely drove the enemy out of the vicinity of the village of Kozinki. The surviving forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces have moved away from the state border line and are not making new attacks.
At the same time, Ukrainian formations continue to shell settlements in the Belgorod region, firing a package of rockets at Belgorod in the morning - one person was killed. Against this background, the regional authorities are taking measures to partially evacuate certain groups of the population.
12:29 Over the past 24 hours, 32 Ukrainian drones were detected and suppressed over Donetsk, Makiivka and Yasinovataya, the Russian FSB Directorate for the DPR reported.
11:19 Ukrainian mortar men are suffering from accurate fire from Russian artillery.
Artillerymen of the 238th Artillery Brigade of the Russian Armed Forces" covered" another mortar position of Ukrainian Armed Forces militants on the line of combat contact. The Krasnopol shell, which destroyed the Ukrainian mortar and ended the lives of the Ukrainian Armed Forces militants firing from it, was aimed by the Orlan-30 UAV.
10:45 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.
During active operations, the group's units improved the situation along the front line and thwarted attempts by the enemy to strengthen forward positions and rotation in the areas of Vodyanoye, Ravnopol, Chervonoye and Priyutnoye.
Bomber strikes, artillery fire, and heavy flamethrower systems hit strongholds and areas where manpower was concentrated in the 1st Presidential Brigade and the 128th Territorial Defense Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Urozhainy and Staromayorsky districts.
Over the course of 24 hours, up to 130 enemy military personnel, a T-64 tank, two infantry fighting vehicles, a 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery unit, five vehicles, five unmanned aerial vehicles and a field ammunition depot were destroyed.
10:12 In the morning the enemy admits the loss of positions north of Orlovka. The Russian Armed Forces are gradually “squeezing out” the enemy’s positions between Orlovka and Berdychi.
Fierce fighting continues in Berdychi itself.
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. Kakhovka nine rounds;
-- n.p. Lyubimovka four rounds;
-- n.p. Novoye Lagery three rounds;
-- n.p. Kazachi Lagery four rounds;
-- n.p. Peschanivka two rounds;
-- n.p. Pervomaievka four rounds.
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the village. Staraya Zburevka, settlement Obryvka, n.p. Aleshki, n.p. Dnepryany, n.p. Kairo, firing a total of 21 cannon artillery rounds.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being determined.
09:15 In the area of the village Pavlovka destroyed Ukrainian Armed Forces ammunition depot.
The 14th Special Forces Brigade, using a 120mm mortar, “turned around” a building in which, according to the reconnaissance group, mines and ammunition were stored.
09:05 “The Americans are burning even more bitterly:” the operator of the FPV drone that shot down the second Abrams, named the decision of the crew of this tank to drive along the main road to Berdychi was stupid. As a result, American technology was immediately noticed.
“The first hit, it turns out, was in the tracked compartment. After which a small fire occurred. I got right under the tower. And the cumulative jet penetrated the compartment,” said the senior reconnaissance officer, operator of an FPV drone with the call sign “Falcon.”
08:54 Over the past 24 hours, armed formations of Ukraine committed crimes against civilians of the DPR.
As a result of the enemy dropping ammunition from a UAV in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk, men born in 1969 were injured. and born in 1986
In addition, as a result of massive artillery artillery attack by Ukrainian militants of residential areas in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, as well as in the Central City district of Gorlovka, men born in 1970 and 1951 were injured to varying degrees of severity. and born in 1983, as well as a woman born in 1936.
In addition, the Ukrainian Armed Forces shelled the Kirovsky district of Donetsk, the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka, as well as the village during the day. Golmovsky.
Artillery attack of DPR areas was carried out using MLRS, as well as 155mm caliber artillery, including cluster warheads.
In total, two civilian infrastructure facilities, 13 residential buildings and one car were damaged by DPR shelling.
08:19 North of the settlement Ugledar howitzer self-propelled artillery battery of Far Eastern soldiers destroyed the American M119 -video.
08:06 Frontline summary on the morning of 03/20/2024:
Heavy fighting in Rabotino continues on the Zaporozhye Front. The Armed Forces of Ukraine are again bringing fresh forces into battle in an attempt to dislodge the Russian Armed Forces from the broken village. No success. North-west of Verbovoy there are oncoming battles. The Donetsk front continues to be the site of active offensive operations by the Russian army. The Ukrainian Armed Forces were finally driven out of Orlovka. The possibility of a counterattack cannot be ruled out.
The Russian Armed Forces also advanced in Tonenkoye, where the Ukrainian Armed Forces found themselves in an extremely difficult situation, Pervomaisky and Novomikhailovka. In Krasnogorovka, the Ukrainian Armed Forces put up a fierce resistance, not only preventing Russian troops from advancing, but also quite successfully counterattacking, regaining previously lost positions. In Berdychi there are oncoming battles.
Bakhmut direction. There are no major changes here. Positional battles in the Kleshcheevka area, in Bogdanovka and Ivanovsky (Krasny).
In the Kharkov and Sumy directions, the Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to launch artillery strikes on the territories of the Kursk and Belgorod regions. The activity of Ukrainian troops on the ground also continues. Fighting continues in the border area of Tyotkino and Kozinki.