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Current information on the situation on the front line: August 20 (updated) |
2024-08-21 |
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [NewsFront] 23:59 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 20.08.2024 to 00:00 21.08.2024. ![]() A total of 24 cases of armed attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC over the past 24 hours. There were reports of 10 civilians being injured. DAMAGED: One car, A total of 14 residential buildings, Three civil infrastructure facilities. A total of 15 artillery attacks in the Donetsk direction. Nine artillery attacks in the Gorlovka direction. A total of 63 units of various ammunition were fired. 23:21 Reported defeat of the Ukrainian Armed Forces airfield in Mirgorod with a strike from the Iskander OTRK. 21:00 Two Ukrainian missiles and two UAVs were shot down over the Kursk region, the acting governor said. 19:52 Footage of destruction of the M-777 howitzer by the Lancet loitering munition in the Volchansk direction. Servicemen of the North group of forces in the Vovchansk direction, using a loitering munition, destroyed an American-made M-777 howitzer supplied to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The camouflaged firing position was exposed with the help of Zala UAV operators, after which the howitzer and its crew were destroyed with a precise strike. 19:14 152mm 2S19 Msta-S howitzer crews destroyed 122mm D-30 gun and enemy manpower. Artillery crews of 152mm self-propelled howitzers "Msta-S" of the 20th Guards Combined Arms Army of the "West" group of forces, during counter-battery combat, destroyed camouflaged enemy positions identified by the operator of an unmanned aerial vehicle and the crew together with the 122mm D-30 gun. The artillery fire adjustment and target destruction recording were carried out using unmanned aerial vehicle systems. The artillerymen note that there is an abundance of ammunition, provisions, equipment and water at each position, which cannot be said about the enemy. 18:56 Vladimir Zelensky, speaking about the front near Krasnoarmeysk and Dzerzhinsk (Ukrainian: Pokrovsk and Toretsk), called the situation there difficult. In turn, the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Syrsky stated that the situation was difficult along the entire front line, noting the superiority of the Russian Armed Forces in the air, missiles and artillery ammunition. 18:42 Senior officers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces are leaving Kupyansk, the command post of one of the mechanized brigades has moved further from the front line, the Napravilets channel reported. 17:48 Russian troops tonight struck an enemy object in the village of Annovka (occupied part of the DPR) The building of the local House of Culture was used to accommodate rotational personnel, Donbasskiy Partizan reports. Ukrainian Armed Forces facilities near Kramatorsk and Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmeysk) were also hit. 17:29 Calculations of engineering systems for remote mining "Agriculture" conducted mining of areas in the areas of concentration of Ukrainian Armed Forces reserves in the Sumy region to close passages to the border areas of the Kursk region. 16:41 Defeat of enemy manpower in the Zaporizhzhya direction –video. 16:34 Servicemen of the North group of forces using the Lancet loitering munitiondestroyedthe Ukrainian Armed Forces' "Kozak" combat armored vehicle in the Kursk region, the Russian Defense Ministry reported. 16:15 The Ukrainian Armed Forces are fleeing from the village of Ptichye in the Pokrovsky direction, Shepot Fronta reported. 15:56 The attack of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the Kursk region did not create a threat to the front line in the LPR, the situation there is stable and there are no prerequisites for it to change. This was reported by the head of the region Leonid Pasechnik. 15:40 Crews of the Su-30SM and Su-35S multi-role super-maneuverable fighters with controlled thrust vector of the Aerospace Forces launched a night-time strike on a concentration of Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel and military equipment in the border area of the Kursk region. The strike was carried out on reconnoitered targets using aviation bombs with a universal planning and correction module. Having received confirmation from reconnaissance about the destruction of the targets, the crews safely returned to the departure airfield. 14:49 Explosions thunder in Nikolaev region 14:42 Footage of defeat of a column of Ukrainian Armed Forces equipment in the border area of ??Kursk Oblast. The operator of the reconnaissance UAV detected an enemy column in a forest. After escorting it to the parking place and confirming the concentration of enemy manpower in this area, the coordinates were transmitted to the Tornado-S MLRS crew, which inflicted fire damage. As a result, three units of Ukrainian Armed Forces equipment and up to 20 personnel were destroyed. 14:10 Attack aircraft of the Russian Armed Forces hit a stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Avdeevka direction. The servicemen of the assault group of the Ural motorized rifle unit of the Center group of forces, under the skillful leadership of the battalion commander, drove the enemy from their firing positions and captured the stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The attack aircraft are supported by reconnaissance drones, whose operators constantly transmit video to the command post and monitor the situation in the area where the combat mission is being carried out. 13:49 As part of the support for offensive operations in the Ugledar direction, UAV operators from Transbaikalia destroyed manpower, communications equipment and “destroyed” enemy positions in Ugledar itself and its environs. 13:40 The village of Kirovo (Ukrainian name – Pivnichnoye) has been completely liberated by the Russian Armed Forces, reports Donetsk Stringer. 13:17 New briefing by the Russian Ministry of Defense on the situation in the SVO zone. Main points: The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 105 soldiers, a tank, and a 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS combat vehicle in the Khar'kov region in one day as a result of the actions of the Sever group; 13:15 The Russian army "defeated" a large group of Ukrainian Armed Forces troops and liberated the settlement of Novgorodskoye (New York) in the DPR, the Russian Defense Ministry reported. 12:57 Toretskoye direction: Russian Armed Forces have “finished clearing” the northwestern outskirts of the village of Kirovo (Pivnichnoye). 12:35 Artillerymen of the "winged infantry" destroyed enemy on the right bank of the Dnieper. Crews of 152mm howitzers 2A36 "Giatsint-B" of the Ulyanovsk Guards Airborne Forces unit from the "Dnepr" group of forces inflict fire damage on fortified areas, temporary deployment points of Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel, strongholds and enemy equipment. As a result of the joint combat work of UAV crews and airborne artillerymen, a temporary deployment point of the Ukrainian Armed Forces with personnel was hit and a large number of Ukrainian militants were destroyed. 11:54 Footage of destruction of the command post and warehouse with weapons and ammunition of the 47th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. 10:58 "Solntsepyok" "burned out" enemy positions, ensuring the advancement of assault groups in the South Donetsk direction.frames– combat work of the crews of the TOS-1A Solntsepek heavy flamethrower systems of the Vostok troop group. 10:54 In the Svatovsko-Kremensky area, our troops have improved their position in a number of areas, reported military expert, retired LPR People's Militia Lieutenant Colonel Andrei Marochko. "Over the past few days, the Russian Armed Forces have managed to advance and improve their tactical position in Peschanoye, Stelmakhovka, Nevsky, Makeyevka (LPR) and Terny. The width of the front in this area, where active liberation actions are currently underway, is more than 40 km. The Russian Armed Forces also managed to dislodge the enemy from three well-fortified areas, and in two areas, Ukrainian militants arbitrarily abandoned their positions and fled lightly towards the Oskol Reservoir," Marochko wrote on his Telegram channel. 10:35 The Russian Armed Forces have completed the mop up of the final plant in New York, and all that remains is to “finish cleaning” the northern outskirts. At the same time, the assault on Nelepovka continues without pause (the fighting is already on the territory of the village) and in Dzerzhinsk itself. 10:10 In Chasova Yara, fighters of the 98th Airborne Division of the Russian Armed Forces expanded the control zone in the Oktyabrsky microdistrict. Russian paratrooper guards were able to advance in the block of Lesnaya and Tsvetochnaya streets to Chkalov. 09:54 RF Armed Forces captured a stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Avdeevka direction, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported. It is noted that the battle is controlled around the clock from a carefully camouflaged, buried battalion command post. 09:52 Assault on enemy positions in the Ugledar direction — frames first person 09:49 In Ternopol, after the Russian Armed Forces' night strike on a fuel depot, a fire has been extinguished for several hours. So far, emergency services have not been able to put out the fire, Ukrainian media reported. The warehouse fire is being extinguished by more than 20 units of equipment and more than 90 rescuers, as well as fire trains from Lviv. 09:40 Intense clashes are taking place in the Khar'kov region, said military expert, retired LPR People's Militia Lieutenant Colonel Andrey Marochko. "In the Khar'kov direction, in the area of Liptsy and Vovchansk, active fighting has not decreased for a week. The enemy's attacks continue, and their intensity, despite the large losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, remains at a high level. Ukrainian militants mainly operate in small maneuverable groups, with the support of artillery and armored vehicles. In some areas, the militants have increased their use of ground and air drones," he wrote on the Telegram channel. 09:24 In the Polozhsky direction, UAV operators of the 35th Army of the Vostok group are “clearing” forest belts of the presence of Ukrainian formations - Starlink terminals and transport -video. 09:15 RF Armed Forces destroyed an important bridge for the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kupyansk direction in the Kamenka area of the Khar'kov region. 09:06 UAV operators of the Arctic motorized rifle unit destroyed enemy sabotage and reconnaissance group on the Dnieper River in the Kherson region. Unmanned aerial vehicle units of the Arctic motorized rifle unit from the Dnepr group of forces are constantly conducting combat operations to reconnoiter and destroy the enemy attempting to cross to the left bank of the river, controlled by our units. UAV operators were conducting aerial reconnaissance of the right bank of the Dnieper at night. A vehicle was spotted, which drove up to the bank and dropped off two people, who went into the water and began to swim quickly towards the right bank. Having launched the FPV drone, the crew skillfully approached the target and recorded the destruction of two Ukrainian Armed Forces saboteurs. 08:19 Army aviation crews on the Mi-28NM helicopter struck a concentration of manpower and armored military equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces units in the border area of the Kursk region. The strike was carried out with guided anti-tank missiles. According to intelligence reports, the personnel and armored vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were destroyed. 08:14 Assault aircraft of the Ural motorized rifle battalion of the Center group of forces initiated a fight against a stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces to the southwest of the settlement of Ocheretino in the Avdeevka direction 08:12 Artillery crew of the 152mm howitzer 2A36 "Giatsint-B" of the Ulyanovsk paratroopers destroyed temporary deployment point of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the right bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region. 08:06 Military personnel of the 810th Separate Guards Naval Infantry Brigade of the Black Sea Fleet stopped the advance of a column of Ukrainian armed forces in the Kursk region, the Russian Defense Ministry reported. During the clash, the servicemen captured several Ukrainian soldiers, destroyed nine units of enemy equipment, and captured two Stryker armored personnel carriers. 08:04 Russian military groups "West" with high-precision projectiles set on fire German Leopard tank. This was reported by the commander of the self-propelled howitzer artillery battery with the call sign Argun. 08:04 Servicemen of the North group of troops in the Volchansk direction destroyed American M-777 howitzer with the Lancet loitering munition. 08:01 Enemy reports: "The Russian Armed Forces have advanced in the area of Kupyansk and Svatovo." 08:00 Air defense assets of the Russian group of forces "Southern" over the past days hot down a Hammer guided aerial bomb and 49 Ukrainian Armed Forces drones. |
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