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Current information on the situation on the front line: September 4 (updated)
2024-09-05
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 23:59 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 09/04/2024 to 00:00 09/05/2024.

A total of 17 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 three civilians killed and 11 injured.

DAMAGED:
Two cars,
Two buses,
One1 civil infrastructure facility.

Ten artillery attacks in Gorlovka and seven artillery attacks in the Donetsk direction.

21:02 Airborne artillery crews destroyed the command post of one of the Ukrainian Armed Forces units with personnel.

19:44 Ukrainian Armed Forces militants in Krasnogorovka (DPR) tried to escape from drones by hiding behind civilians, but did not have time to run inside the house.

19:24 The Russian army launched a missile strike on targets in the Odessa region.

19:07 Explosions in the city of Novomoskovsk (Dnipropetrovsk region). Preliminary, the strikes were carried out on targets on the territory of the Novomoskovsk Pipe Plant.

18:49 Servicemen from the 18th Army uncovered and destroyed an enemy UAV control point, as well as a gathering place of Ukrainian militants in the village of Sadovoe.

18:37 Explosions in Pavlograd (Dnipropetrovsk region)

18:34 Explosions in Dnepropetrovsk. Before this, there were reports of rockets in the direction of the city.

18:05 Advancement of the Russian Armed Forces. 04.09.2024:

– The Rabotin salient has been practically eliminated after the recent offensive actions of the Russian Armed Forces.

- In the Ugledar direction, Prechistovka has been liberated, battles are underway in the direction of Zolotaya Niva. Battles for Vodyanoye and the Yuzhnodonbasskaya mine complex are also continuing.

– In the Dzerzhinsk area, there is an advance near the liberated village of Druzhba.

– In the Nevelskoye area, the enemy continues to retreat to the west due to the threat of operational encirclement that arose due to the difficult situation for the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of Ukrainsk and Pervye Zhelanny.

17:50 "Rooks" continue to "knock out" the enemy from the border areas of the Kursk region.
Rook is the informal name for the Russian Su-25 ground interdiction fighter
The Su-25 crews launched air-launched missiles at the Ukrainian Armed Forces' personnel and military equipment. After using air-launched weapons, the crews performed an anti-missile maneuver, released heat traps, and returned to their departure airfield. Intelligence reported that all specified targets had been destroyed.

17:20 The situation in the Krasnoarmeysky (Pokrovsky) direction is reported by "Whisper of the Front"

The Ukrainian Armed Forces are trying to counterattack and gain a foothold in the village of Galitsynovka. Russian fighters are holding their positions.

The Russian Armed Forces have taken up several positions north of the Novogrodovskaya No. 1 mine.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces have a very difficult situation in the area of ??the city of Ukrainsk. Russian troops are constantly storming it.

16:46 UAV units of the Dnipro group of forces daily destroy objects and personnel of the Ukrainian Armed Forces with FPV drones in the Kakhovka direction – video.

16:34 Destruction of positions and soldiers of the 5th assault brigade by fighters of the 4th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade and the AKHMAT special forces in Chasov Yar.

16:10 Crews of 152mm Giatsint-B towed guns are conducting counterbattery fire, destroying armored vehicles, fire weapons and manpower of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the border areas of the Kursk region.

15:37 The Russian Armed Forces, using the Lancet munition, destroyed the Malakhit-M radar station of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Sumy Oblast.

15:16 The 11th Air Force and Air Defense Army struck a temporary deployment point of one of the units of the 58th Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the settlement of Shakhtarskoye with a half-ton aerial bomb. The enemy's losses amounted to 15 militants killed and wounded.

14:40 Units of the 58th Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces fled chaotically during the liberation of Prechistovka in the DPR by Russian troops – video.

14:24 Destruction of two armored vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces by FPV drone crews of the Sever group in the Kursk border area. One armored vehicle was destroyed on the approaches to the settlement of Olgovka, the second in the area of the settlement of Slavgorod in the Sumy region.

13:47 Destruction of another pickup truck and Ukrainian Armed Forces militants holed up in houses in the Pokrovsk direction – video.

12:50 Russian tricolor over Konstantinovka - footage of the liberation of the settlement.

For courage and heroism in carrying out combat missions in Konstantinovka, the personnel of the 57th Motorized Rifle Regiment were awarded state awards.

12:11 Summary of the Russian Ministry of Defense on the progress of the special military operation (as of September 4, 2024):

On the morning of September 4, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out a group strike with long-range precision weapons, including the Kinzhal hypersonic aeroballistic systems and attack unmanned aerial vehicles, against enterprises of the Ukrainian defense industry located in the city of Lviv, where the production and repair of electronic components of aircraft and missile weapons of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was carried out. The strike targets were achieved, all designated objects were hit.

Units of the North group of forces in the Vovchansk and Liptsov directions inflicted losses on formations of the 23rd and 25th Mechanized, 82nd Airborne Assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 3rd National Guard brigade in the areas of the settlements of Zolochiv, Goptovka, Aleksandrovka and Velyki Prokhody in the Khar'kov region.

The servicemen of the "West" group of forces improved their tactical position, defeated the manpower and equipment of the 44th, 66th Mechanized, 63rd Motorized Infantry brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the 1st National Guard Brigade in the areas of the settlements of Petrovpavlivka, Kolesnikovka in the Khar'kov Region, Makeyevka and Chervona Dibrova in the Luhansk People's Republic. They repelled the counterattack of the 3rd Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The fighters of the "Southern" group of forces improved their tactical position along the forward edge, defeated the manpower and equipment of the 23rd, 24th, 30th Mechanized, 46th Airmobile, 143rd Infantry brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the 101st territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Zaliznyanske, Georgievka, Chasov Yar and Konstantinovka of the Donetsk People's Republic. Two counterattacks of assault groups of the 116th Territorial Defense Brigade were repelled.

Units of the "Center" group of forces have actively liberated the settlement of Karlovka in the Donetsk People's Republic. The manpower and equipment of the 32nd, 100th Mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the 119th Territorial Defense brigade, the 15th National Guard brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Shcherbinovka, Dzerzhinsk, Ukrainsk, Dimitrov and Selidovo in the Donetsk People's Republic. Seven counterattacks of assault groups of the 53rd Mechanized, 71st Jaeger, 25th Airborne brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the 37th Naval Infantry brigade, the 14th National Guard brigade and the "Lyut" assault brigade of the national police of Ukraine were repelled.

As a result of successful actions, servicemen of the "East" group of forces liberated the settlement of Prechistovka of the Donetsk People's Republic. The formations of the 58th Motorized Infantry brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 117th Territorial Defense brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Shakhtarskoye, Dobrovolye of the Donetsk People's Republic and Priyutnoye of the Zaporizhia region. They repelled a counterattack by the assault group of the 72nd Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Units of the Dnepr group of forces inflicted losses on formations of the 37th Naval Infantry Brigade and the 39th Coastal Defense Brigade in the areas of the settlements of Berislav, Tokarevka, Verovka in the Kherson region and Tamarino in the Nikolaev region.

Operational-tactical aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces groups inflicted damage on concentrations of enemy manpower and military equipment in 129 areas.

Over the course of a day, air defense systems shot down 11 US-made HIMARS rockets and 30 unmanned aerial vehicles.

11:54 Naval infantry of the 810th Naval Infantry Brigade of the Black Sea Fleet destroyed a Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group in the Kursk region, a representative of the Russian security agency reported

11:52 Footage of the destruction of unmanned boats of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the northwestern part of the Black Sea.

10:52 Russian military launched a missile strike on a concentration of Ukrainian equipment near Sumy, destroying seven trucks, four armored combat vehicles, nine cars and up to 80 Ukrainian Armed Forces militants.

10:25 The Russian Armed Forces continue their focused advance on the flanks to create a threat of encirclement of Ugledar.

10:05 The situation on the front line for the Ukrainian Armed Forces is rapidly deteriorating, which is connected to Kiev’s attempts to lift restrictions on strikes on Russian territory, Maria Zakharova reported at a briefing on the sidelines of the EEF.

09:52 Footage of objective control of a missile strike on a HIMARS and M270A1 MLRS position in the area of the settlement of Khrapovshchyna in Sumy Oblast.

As a result of the strike, the following were destroyed:

– PU MLRS MLRS
– HIMARS MLRS launcher
– Two escort vehicles
– up to 20 Ukrainian Armed Forces militants.

08:17 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS crews of the Zapad group of forces destroyed a concentration of manpower, a takeoff point and a control point for Ukrainian militants' UAVs. Objective control means confirmed the targets were hit.

09:39 Consequences of a β€œhit” on one of the facilities in Krivoy Rog, the building was used as a location for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

09:20 Video of one of the explosions in Lviv. It is reported that the railway station, which was a major supply hub for the Ukrainian Armed Forces, was hit.

08:14 Enemy reports:

"The Russian Armed Forces took control of Prechistovka and advanced near Vodyanoye."

08:04 Russian military set fire to and blew up a Humvee armored vehicle of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Khar'kov region – video.

08:00 The Russian Armed Forces are building on their success in the Kupyansk direction, military expert Andrey Marochko reported.

"In the area of the settlements of Sin'kovka, Peschanoye and Stelmakhovka, the Russian Armed Forces are advancing further. Offensive actions are being conducted on a section of more than 30 km. Over the past 24 hours, in some areas, the advance of our troops into the depth of the enemy's defense was about 1.5 km. Due to panic in the ranks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, loss of control, the number of losses among Ukrainian militants has also increased in this area," Marochko wrote on his Telegram channel.

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