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Current information on the situation on the front line: March 22 (updated)
2024-03-23
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 23:59 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 03/22/2024 to 00:00 03/23/2024.


A total of 34 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 death of two and the injury of one civilian.

DAMAGED:
1 car
3 residential buildings
3 civil infrastructure facilities.

Nine artillery attacks in the Donetsk direction.
A total of 25 artillery attacks in the Gorlovka direction.
A total of 107 units of various ammunition were fired.

22:05 The enemy again attacked Belgorod.

Several enemy rockets from the MLRS are shot down in the air.

As a result of the impact, several cars in the courtyard of the residential complex were damaged.

Information about damage and casualties is being clarified.

21:15 Khar'kov region (border region).

Reported about an air strike by the Russian Aerospace Forces on a military facility of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The military technical workshop was damaged.

Note that tactical aviation operated without entering the enemy’s air defense coverage area.

20:35 The most powerful blow of retaliation was dealt to Ukraine: damaged more than 150 objects.

In response to the attacks on Russian territory, the army launched a powerful retaliatory strike.

Ukrenergo facilities in Zaporozhye, Odessa, Dnepropetrovsk, Vinnytsia, Ivano-Frankivsk and Lviv regions were affected.

Fires at thermal power plants and hydroelectric power stations in several regions have been localized (still not extinguished), and hundreds of thousands of subscribers are without electricity.

“About 20 substations are affected, power plants are affected, including the Dnieper Hydroelectric Power Station,” Prime Minister Shmygal said at a government meeting.

Naftogaz facilities were also attacked this night, there was damage to gas pipelines and loss of power to facilities, said the head of the board A. Chernyshev.

Centrenergo reports that one of their facilities was also damaged.

Map with oriented attack vector.

At 03:34, 13 Tu-95ms launched Kh-101/555/55 missiles from the Volgograd region.

Then five Tu-22M3s struck and seven MiG-31s launched Kinzhal missiles.

Since the beginning of the war, this is the largest missile attack on the Khar'kov region’s energy system facilities. As a result of the strikes, Khar'kov was completely de-energized.

Khmelnitsky, Ivano-Frankivsk, Dnipropetrovsk and Odessa regions are partially without power supply.

19:50 Near the port of Yuzhny continues a strong fire after a strike by the Russian Aerospace Forces.

18:39 Main about new attacks on the territory of Ukraine:

Air raid warnings sounded over most of the country almost all night, and strikes were carried out on targets in many cities.

One of the most large-scale attacks was on facilities in Khar'kov: the underground told RIA Novosti that a tank factory and two thermal power plants were hit there. It was reported that the city was left without electricity.

Two explosions were heard at the Dnieper hydroelectric power station in Zaporozhye, RIA Novosti reported Rogov. The dam itself was not damaged.

After the explosions, according to Ukrainian media, Kirovograd was left partially without electricity. There were emergency shutdowns in Odessa and the Dnepropetrovsk region.

Energy holding DTEK reported that a number of thermal power plants in Ukraine were hit, and as a result of the explosions, the equipment of the stations was seriously damaged.

Ukrainian Railways reported interruptions in train traffic in the Khar'kov region; they are temporarily switching to diesel locomotives.

Ukrenergo said the energy system had suffered the biggest attack “of all time.”

17:22 Enemy propagandist “Bakhmut demon” declares that things in the Artemovsk direction are very bad for the enemy.

According to our data, our army has been conducting a fairly large-scale operation for the second day using a large number of forces and means. There are results in promotion.

15:58 Telegram channel “Fisherman":

Strikes by the Russian Armed Forces on the energy system of Ukraine
on March 22, 2024

Last night, Russian troops carried out the first systematic attack on energy facilities in the so-called territory. Ukraine from spring 2023. Colorful footage on the Internet and the reaction of officials of the so-called. Ukraine clearly demonstrates the surprise of the raid for both Ukrainian and Russian media.

Substations and power plants across the country came under fire from the Russian Armed Forces: hits were recorded in 10 regions of Ukraine. Cruise and ballistic missiles, aircraft, as well as kamikaze drones "Geran-2" were used to engage targets by fire.

13:55 Artemovsk (Bakhmutskoe direction) area of the settlement. Kleshcheevka –map.

It is reported that our attack aircraft struck the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Army aviation aircraft "Su-25" Grach fired unguided missiles at enemy positions without entering the enemy's air defense coverage area.

Our and foreign monitoring resources confirm the progress of the Russian Armed Forces.

12:42 RF Armed Forces completed liberation of the village of Mirnoye in the Gulyai-Polye direction (southwest of Gulyai-Polye). Previously, the Russian Armed Forces sought to advance to the southeast of Gulyai-Polye in the Marthopol area.

n.p. Mirnoye released!

11:26 Russian army successfully comes in the area of Artemovsk and on the eastern shore of the Kherson region.

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

The Russian command is forming reserves capable of strengthening current offensive operations in Ukraine.

The Russian offensive will put increasing pressure on Ukraine's defenses.

On the night of March 20–21, Russian forces launched a larger series of missile attacks on Kyiv.

Russian troops are successfully advancing in the Artemovsk area and on the eastern shore of the Kherson region.

10:35 Situation on the Rabotino-Verbovoye section at 10.20

Heavy fighting continues in Rabotino. The enemy is again trying to counterattack, trying to regain lost positions, but to no avail. The Russian Armed Forces have expanded the zone of control in the center of the village and are slowly moving forward.

Northeast of Verbovoy, our fighters advanced forward, repelling several attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The enemy suffered heavy losses.

A counterbattery fight was conducted along the entire front line of the Russian Armed Forces. FPV drones were actively working, striking Ukrainian units.

The Russian Aerospace Forces delivered a powerful blow to military targets and critical infrastructure facilities in Ukraine in Kyiv, Kharkov, Dnieper, Odessa, as well as in Vinnitsa, Khmelnytsky, Zhytomyr and Ivano-Frankivsk regions.

In particular, the Dnieper Hydroelectric Power Station was hit, the damage to which is close to critical. There are disruptions to the Internet and train services in a number of areas.

09:42 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. Kakhovka five rounds;

-- n.p. Kazachi Lagery five rounds;

-- n.p. Alyosha six rounds;

-- n.p. Dnepryan four rounds;

-- n.p. Peschanivka four rounds.

During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the village. Aleshki, n.p. Podstepnoye, n.p. Kardashinka, n.p. Kakhovka, firing a total of 19 rounds from cannon artillery.

Ukrainian terrorists also damaged a gas distribution station in the Kakhovka municipal district with artillery artillery attack . The city of Kakhovka, the villages of Malaya Kakhovka, Lyubimovka, Korobki, Kamenka were left without gas supply.

A 79-year-old bus passenger was injured in Kakhovka. A shell fired by Ukrainian terrorists exploded at a bus stop near the Kakhovka central district hospital - they fired at the medical facility. The victim was promptly hospitalized with moderate leg wounds.

09:19 Telegram channel «WarGonzo":

Frontline report for the morning of 03/22/2024

- Zaporozhye Front. The fight for the remains of Rabotino continues. Long-range weapons are actively working on both sides. North-west of Verbovoy - positional battles.

– On the Donetsk front, as a result of assault operations, there were small tactical successes of the Russian Armed Forces in Novomikhailovka. In the area of Pobeda and Nevel'skoye there are positional battles. In Pervomaisky, the assault on a populated area by Russian troops continues. There are advances, but they are being achieved with great difficulty; the Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to offer fierce resistance in this locality. The main news was the liberation of the settlement. Thin, from where the Ukrainian Armed Forces had to retreat after Orlovka. Encounter fighting continues in Berdychi.

– Artemovskoe (Bakhmutskoe) direction. Encounter battles in the Kleshcheevka area, in Bogdanovka and Ivanovsky (Krasny), in the area of the first settlement. there are advances. Russian troops continue to develop their offensive towards Chasov Yar.

– In the Khar'kov and Sumy directions, the activity of hostilities has noticeably decreased, but it is too early to say that the Ukrainian Armed Forces will no longer attempt sabotage in the border area. Artillery artillery attack of the Kursk and Belgorod regions continues.

08:54 Telegram channel “Fisherman":

Chronicle of a special military operation for March 21, 2024

– For the first time since winter, Russian troops carried out a massive raid on enemy targets in Kyiv and the region, including using cruise and hypersonic missiles: the targets were industrial and warehouse facilities. The Russian Armed Forces also attacked one of the enterprises in Nikolaev.

– In the Slobozhansky direction, the enemy continues to withdraw forces from the border after the failure of the offensive in the direction of the Belgorod region. However, Ukrainian formations continue to shell settlements in the region.

– In the Artemovsky (Bakhmutsky) direction, the RF Armed Forces were able to occupy the territory of the former railway station on the right bank of the Alabastrovoy headquarters south of Kleshcheevka. At the same time, given the lack of visible successes in the rest of the area along the reservoir, it will not be easy for Russian units to gain a foothold.

– In the Avdeevsky direction, the enemy was driven out of Tonenkoye, the settlement itself came under the complete control of Russian troops. At the moment, there are battles for forest belts to the north and south of the village, after the capture of which the path to the Umanskoye-Semyonovka line will open for the Russian Armed Forces.

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

A total of 39 facts of armed attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC,

Information has been received about the death of a civilian,

Damaged:

Two residential buildings,
Two cars,
One civil infrastructure facility.

A total of 13 attacks were recorded from the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Donetsk direction.

A total of 26 attacks were recorded from the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Gorlovka direction.

In total, the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired 120 units of various ammunition.

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