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Current information on the situation on the front line: April 3 (updated)
2024-04-04
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 23:59 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 04/03/2024 to 00:00 04/04/2024.

53 facts of armed attacks by the UFU were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC over the past 24 hours.
One civilian was reported killed. Three civilians were also injured.

DAMAGED:
Two residential buildings.

A total of 32 artillery attacks in the Donetsk direction
A total of 21 attacks in the Gorlovka direction
A total of 168 units of various ammunition were fired.

21:30 220mm BM-27 MLRS "Hurricane" destroyed strategically important railway bridge near the city of Kurakhovo

This bridge was an important link in the logistics chain of supplying Ukrainian Armed Forces units in the Donetsk, South Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions.

“The division commander set the task to hit the railway bridge by any means, since it is an important strategic node of the enemy. The first two strikes were spotting, and the third hit the railway bridge,” the commander of a platoon of a rocket battalion of a separate guards artillery brigade of the Southern Group of Forces with the call sign “Harness” reported on the result of the combat work.

20:24 Anti-tank crews of the 1st Army Corps destroyed Ukrainian Armed Forces tank in the vicinity of Krasnogorovka

19:20 Artillerymen of the “Center” group of troops provided advance of motorized rifles in the Avdeevsky direction

18:12 Sniper of the 42nd Guards Motorized Rifle Division of the Dnepr group liquidated two Ukrainian Armed Forces snipers in the Rabotino area

17:10 Crews of the 240mm 2S4 “Tulip” mortars of the artillery of the “Vostok” group of forces destroyed Ukrainian Armed Forces strongholds in the Novomikhailovka area

17:09 Ukrainian troops again shelled Donetsk and Gorlovka, firing another 20 rounds of 155mm caliber, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.Telegram channel.

16:42 Tankers of the “Center” group of troops ripped off rotation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Avdeevsky direction.

16:40 A resident of the village of Tetkino, Glushkovsky district, injured as a result of shelling, died in the hospital - Governor of the Kursk region Roman Starovoyt

16:00 The main thing from the new briefing of the Russian Ministry of Defense:

-- The Russian Armed Forces improved the situation along the front line in the Avdeevsky direction, repelled nine counterattacks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and the enemy lost up to 305 military personnel.

-- The “South” group occupied more advantageous positions in the Donetsk direction.

-- Russian air defense shot down 164 Ukrainian UAVs in one day, as well as two JDAM guided bombs.

-- The Vostok group in the South Donetsk direction improved the tactical situation and inflicted fire damage on the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Vodyanoye area in the DPR.

-- The Russian Armed Forces in the Kupyansk direction repelled three attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine within 24 hours, the enemy lost up to 30 people.

-- The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 390 people in the Donetsk direction per day, as well as Kazak and MaxPro armored vehicles.

-- The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 155 military personnel and a Grad MLRS vehicle in the South Donetsk direction.

-- Since the beginning of the special operation, the Russian Armed Forces have destroyed over 18,500 unmanned aerial vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

-- In the Urozhainy area in the DPR, the Russian military repelled a counterattack by an assault group of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.


15:21 Ukrainian troops lost a total of up to 945 people in all directions per day, as follows from the report of the Russian Ministry of Defense.

In the Donetsk direction, the Russian military occupied more advantageous positions, and in the Avdeevsk direction they improved the position along the front line.

A Ukrainian hangar for the production of drones was destroyed, 164 drones were shot down in one day.

15:20 The Russian Armed Forces destroyed a hangar for storing drones and a weapons warehouse of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

14:29 Personnel destroyed observation post and positions of Ukrainian militants

14:25 On frames, published by Iznanka, yesterday’s destruction of the bridge over the Oskol River near the settlement. Kupyansk-Uzlovoy

The bridge was an important artery for supplying the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area.

13:44 Crews of the Solntsepek heavy flamethrower systems destroyed temporary deployment points of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the right bank of the Dnieper

12:46 Statement by the head of the press center of the “West” group

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

Two attacks by assault groups of the 95th Airborne Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were repelled in the area of ??the village of Terny.

During the counterbattery fight, crews of 152mm 2S5 Msta-S self-propelled howitzers under the command of crew commanders Corporal Oleg Alekseev and Senior Sergeant Mikhail Kiriyenko destroyed an American-made M777 artillery gun and a 152mm D-20 howitzer.

The operator of the Lancet loitering munition destroyed the 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount.

Enemy losses in the Kupyansk direction amounted to up to 20 military personnel, three artillery pieces, three vehicles and a field ammunition depot.


11:45 The Russian Armed Forces advanced in several sections of the Avdeevsky direction at once

Bydata “Come and see,” the Russian army continues to develop its offensive in the Avdeevsky direction.

Thus, we managed to make serious progress in Berdychi. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are gradually withdrawing their units from the populated area and are trying to gain a foothold on new frontiers.

The Russian Armed Forces are also advancing in Semenovka. Russian units managed to gain a foothold on the southern outskirts of the village. The counterattacks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were repulsed.

In some sectors of the front, the advance of the Russian army reaches several kilometers. The situation for the Ukrainian Armed Forces at the moment is, if not critical, then quite difficult.

Nevertheless, the Ukrainian command continues to transfer reserves, including armored vehicles, to the Avdiivka direction.

11:43 Statement by the head of the press center of the Vostok group

In the South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok group of troops improved the tactical situation and inflicted fire damage on the personnel and equipment of the 58th Motorized Infantry and 1st Tank brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Urozhainy and Makarovka areas. We repelled a counterattack by the assault group of the 128th Territorial Defense Brigade in the Nikolskoye area.

Enemy losses amounted to more than 140 military personnel, two tanks, four vehicles, a 155mm M777 howitzer, a Polish-made 155mm self-propelled artillery mount "Crab" and a 152mm D-20 howitzer.


10:48 Crews of T-80BVM tanks of the Vostok group of troops using direct fire destroyed stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the South Donetsk direction of the Northern Military District.

10:47 In the Artemovsk direction, Russian air defense forces destroyed the Mi-35 helicopter recently delivered to Ukraine by the Czech Republic, reports a Belarusian security officer.

09:54 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 four rounds;

-- n.p. Novaya Mayachka two rockets;

-- n.p. Dnepryan four rounds;

-- n.p. Alyosha six rounds;

-- n.p. Sagi three rounds.

As a result of the artillery attack of the settlement. Kakhovka, three civilians were moderately injured.

During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the village. Novaya Kakhovka, n.p. Proletarka, n.p. Peschanivka, n.p. Aleshki, firing a total of 14 rounds from cannon artillery.

Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being determined.

09:23 Telegram channel «WarGonzo":

Frontline report for the morning 04/03/2024

– On the Zaporozhye Front along the entire line, there are mainly positional battles. LBS unchanged.

- Donetsk front. In Novomikhailovka, Russian troops bypass the enemy from the southern and northern sides of the settlement, which, if the maneuver is successful, puts the Ukrainian garrison in a very difficult position. Fierce fighting continues in Pervomaisky, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are clinging to every meter, and the Russian Armed Forces are not weakening the onslaught.

In the Tonenkoye area, Russian troops are trying to develop an offensive in the direction of Umansky; the Ukrainian Armed Forces are putting up serious resistance. Heavy fighting continues on the outskirts of Semyonovka and in Berdychi.

– Artemovskoe (Bakhmutskoe) direction. The Russian Armed Forces are getting closer and closer to the outskirts of Chasov Yar. Aviation and artillery are actively operating throughout the city, preparing the ground for a future assault. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are preparing to defend the settlement. In parallel, the RF Armed Forces are trying to reach the approaches to Chasov Yar from Bogdanovka and from the western outskirts of Ivanovsky (Krasny), but such a maneuver will take time.


08:57 Telegram channel «Fisherman":

Chronicle of a special military operation for April 2, 2024

– For the first time since the beginning of the Northern Military District, Ukrainian formations carried out a drone raid on the territory of Tatarstan: the targets of the attack were oil refineries in Yelabuga and Nizhnekamsk, as well as an industrial facility in the special economic zone “Alabuga”.

– At the same time, the Russian Armed Forces launched strikes on targets in the rear areas of the so-called. Ukraine. In particular, explosions occurred in Dnepropetrovsk, and one of the attacks hit a substation in Kirovograd.

– In the Avdeevsky direction, units of the Russian Armed Forces fought along the Durnaya River and gained a foothold on the southern outskirts of Semenovka. They also advanced to Berdychi, and the Ukrainian Armed Forces withdrew part of their forces to Novobakhmutovka.

– In the Artemovsky (Bakhmutsky) direction, Russian troops are advancing on Chasov Yar, the construction of which is several hundred meters away in a straight line. Near Krasny, the Armed Forces of Ukraine attempted to destroy the bridge using a mined tracked robotic platform.

– In the Ugledar direction there are battles on the first line of dacha development in the Mashinostroitel gardening partnership in the north of Novomikhailovka.

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

Nine facts of armed attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC.

There were no reports of civilian casualties.

Damaged:

Four residential buildings,

One car.

Five attacks were recorded from the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Donetsk direction.

Four attacks were recorded from the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Gorlovka direction.

In total, the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired 27 units of various ammunition.

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