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Current information on the situation on the front line: September 18 (updated)
2024-09-19
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 23:58 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 09/18/2024 to 00:00 09/19/2024.

Eight 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 two civilians being injured.

DAMAGED:
One residential building.
Four artillery attacks in the Donetsk direction,
Fou artillery attacks in the Gorlovka direction.

A total of 20 units of various ammunition were fired.

21:35 The Russian Armed Forces have expanded the control zone north of Vodyanoye –map.

20:56 Kupyansk – Peschanoye.

Positional military operations in the Kupyansk area. The forward position of the Russian Armed Forces north of Peschanoye is under fire from a Ukrainian Armed Forces drone. The advance of the Russian Armed Forces is more than 1.5 km in the direction of Kupyansk.

20:02 Kherson direction. Right bank.

Russian Aerospace Forces struck with several FAB-500 aerial bombs from the UMPK on a concentration of Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel and equipment. Su-34Ms were used. Operational control confirms the target has been hit and enemy forces have been eliminated.

19:54 Svatovo – Makeyevka.

Positional military operations in the Svatovo area. A serviceman of the Russian Armed Forces came under fire from the Ukrainian Armed Forces during a rotation in agricultural buildings in Makeyevka. The expansion of the Russian Armed Forces control zone is about 500 meters to the south on the eastern bank of the Zherebets River.

19:27 Infographics on tanks transferred to Ukraine. Since 2022, Kyiv was promised 864 MBTs, 589 were delivered by partners.

18:42 Powerful airstrikes on temporary deployment points of the Ukrainian Armed Forces using FAB in the area of ??Urozhayne, Stepne and Novorayske on the right bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region –video.

18:12 Novomikhaylovka – Ugledar – Vodyanoye.

Active military operations in the Novomikhaylovka area. Attack of the Russian Armed Forces by a motorized rifle unit north of Vodyanoye under fire from the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Landing of troops, assault group takes up position. Withdrawal of the landing vehicle. Advancement of the Russian Armed Forces up to 1 km on the Katerinovka – Vodyanoye line.

17:35 In the Kurakhovsky direction, the Russian Armed Forces entered Gornyak from the north –map.

17:11 Special military operation. Situation as of September 18 –map.

16:49 The Su-34 crew destroyed a concentration of personnel and military equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the border area of ??the Kursk region –video.

The strike was carried out on reconnoitered targets using modernized aviation bombs with a universal planning and correction module.

16:05 Gulyaipole – Marfopol.

Positional military operations in the Gulyaipole area. Forward positions of the Russian Armed Forces in a gardening area near Marfopol are under fire from the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The Russian Armed Forces have expanded their control zone north of Marfopol, advancing about 700 meters along the front.

15:49 An enemy infantry fighting vehicle was destroyed by an FPV drone in the border area of the Kursk region –video.

During reconnaissance activities in the border area of ??the Kursk region, servicemen of the "North" group of troops identified an infantry fighting vehicle of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of a forest belt. As a result of a direct hit from an FPV drone, the IFV of the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed.

15:21 Advance of the Russian Armed Forces to the south of Durovka, as well as towards Nikolayevo-Daryino –map.

14:38 Dzerzhinsk - Microdistrict No. 1.

Positional military operations in the Gorlovka area. Russian Armed Forces servicemen came under fire from the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Microdistrict No. 1 near the Central City Hospital of Dzerzhinsk. Expansion of the Russian Armed Forces control zone to 500 meters in Dzerzhinsk.

14:09 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS crews of the South group of forces destroyed camouflaged positions, strongholds and concentrations of personnel of the Ukrainian Armed Forces units in the Donetsk direction –video.

13:44 Today, September 18, 2024, at about 05:20 by Russian troops struck the industrial area in Druzhkovka (DPR), where, according to information, the enemy’s deployment point was located.

According to preliminary data, four hits were recorded. Three of them were on the territory of PAO Druzhkovka Porcelain Factory (coordinates: 48.6167377, 37.4862649), and one hit occurred at ChP Orkhideya on Nakhimov Street (coordinates: 48.6152400, 37.4813105).

As a result of the attack, four units of heavy armored vehicles were recorded to have caught fire. According to preliminary data, the destroyed vehicles included a Marder infantry fighting vehicle, two German-made Rheinmetall HX military trucks, and about three units of Panzerhaubitze 2000 self-propelled howitzers were damaged.

13:17 Russian Aerospace Forces struck a temporary deployment point of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of the settlement of Zvanovka in the territory of the DPR temporarily occupied by Ukrainian nationalists.

Objective monitoring means recorded critical destruction of the building used by the enemy. At the same time, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 20 personnel and four vehicles.

12:23 A Tor-M2 air defense missile system crew shot down a Storm Shadow missile in one of the areas of the special operation zone –video.

The servicemen of the Tor-M2 anti-aircraft missile system crew of the Center group of forces covered the location of troops and liberated settlements from enemy air attacks.

"We had to work on different targets: drones, cruise missiles. The last target was "Storm Shadow". Before the strike, it rises, and at that moment we captured it, launched it and hit it," said the commander of the Tor-M2 air defense missile system crew with the call sign "Sayan".

11:41 Operation of the 752nd Motorized Rifle Regiment with FPV drones "VT-40" against enemy UAVs of the "Baba Yaga" type –video.

11:09 Video of destruction of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' BEK in the Black Sea.

10:52 Our troops continue to destroy enemy armored vehicles in the Kursk region.

On video the destruction of an all-terrain vehicle, an infantry fighting vehicle and an armored car is shown.

10:17 During the past night stopped an attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack using an aircraft-type UAV against targets on the territory of the Russian Federation.

Air defense systems on duty destroyed 54 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles. Twenty-seven were destroyed over the territory of the Kursk region, sixteen were destroyed over the territory of the Bryansk region, seven were destroyed over the territory of the Smolensk region, three were destroyed over the territory of the Belgorod region, and one was destroyed over the territory of the Oryol region.

09:47 Kursk direction, the equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was “tested” by Russian fighters —video.

09:24 The enemy fell silent –are working calculations of the ACS 152mm 2S3 "Acacia"

The crews of the Akatsiya self-propelled howitzer of the Zapad group of forces destroyed camouflaged platoon strongholds and the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ manpower.

Self-propelled artillery units hit targets at various ranges. Shooting can be done both from closed firing positions and direct fire.

08:56 Telegram channel «WarGonzo»:

Frontline report for the morning of 18.09.2024

- Zaporizhzhya Front. Positional battles with the use of long-range weapons continue. No significant changes in LBS.

- Donetsk Front. The Russian Armed Forces continue to fight in the area of Ugledar. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are actively defending and attempting to counterattack in several areas. Battles for the mines are underway.

In Maksimilianovka - no significant changes, heavy fighting continues. There are tactical successes of the Russian Armed Forces in Grodovka. Information is coming in about the liberation of the settlement of Ukrainsk.

- Chasov Yar direction. No significant changes. Fighting is underway in the eastern part of Chasov Yar. Pressure on the positions of Ukrainian troops on the flanks continues.

- Khar'kov Front. Counter battles continue in Volchansk and in the area of Glubokoe. The Ukrainian Armed Forces have made several attempts to counterattack, but without success.

- Kursk region. In the Glushkovsky district, Ukrainian troops continue to pull together reserves and do not abandon attempts to advance deep into our territory. Over the past 24 hours, several repelled attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces have been reported.

The forces and resources accumulated by the Ukrainians are sufficient for active combat operations on the border, but so far not enough for a full-fledged advance; however, the Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to accumulate personnel and equipment in this area
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08:05 Telegram channel «Fisherman»:

Chronicle of the special military operation for September 17, 2024

– Russian troops used drones to strike multiple enemy energy facilities in Konotop, Sumy and the Akhtyrsky district and carried out a bombing attack on an aircraft plant in Khar'kov.– In Kursk Oblast, Russian troops are repelling enemy attacks in Glushkovsky District. They have also liberated the village of Borki in Sudzhansky District.

– In the Pokrovsk direction, the Russian Armed Forces took control of most of Grodovka and also liberated the city of Ukrainsk, which had been under battle for the past week and a half.

– In the Yuzhnodonetsk direction, active clashes continue northwest of Vodyanoye, as well as in the area of ??the Yuzhnodonbasskaya mines No. 1 and No. 3.

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