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Current information on the situation on the front line: September 21 (updated)
2024-09-22
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 21:00 Ukrainian Armed Forces militants launched several strikes on the territory of the Kakhovka District

Ukrainian militants sent four UAVs to the territory of Malokakhovka. As a result of the attack, the drone damaged the roof of a residential building, said the head of the Kakhovka district Pavlo Filipchuk.

In addition, three attacks from the Ukrainian Armed Forces were recorded in Lyubimovka in the morning. The militants used mortar rounds in the areas of summer cottages. Kakhovka was also subjected to artillery attack throughout the day.

19:50 Artillery strikes and subsequent “FAB” of the Ukrainian Armed Forces positions in a forest plantation near the village of Plekhovo, south of Sudzha –video.

19:23 Kursk direction, Korenevsky district: assault on the Kalinnik tract near Lyubimovka.

Footage of the work of our paratroopers during the assault on the Kalinnik tract, where the enemy had concentrated serious forces: three 120mm mortar crews, three UAV crews (10 people in total) and about 30 infantry.

18:45 Artillerymen of the "North" group in the Khar'kov region destroyed self-propelled artillery unit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

Aerial reconnaissance by one of the units of the North group of forces in the Khar'kov region discovered a firing position of a self-propelled artillery unit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The artillery was immediately directed with the help of the UAV. During the counter-battery battle, the self-propelled gun of the Ukrainian Armed Forces militants was destroyed along with its ammunition by a direct hit.

17:55 RF Armed Forces erected flag over Nevsky in the Krasnolimansky direction.

17:45 The armored group of Ussuri tigers is “working” on enemy strongholds in the Kursk direction –video.

17:00 Snipers of the "Southern" group of troops intercepted rotation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Donetsk direction.

Reconnaissance revealed hidden firing points of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. One of the sniper units was tasked to move to a designated square and destroy the enemy. As soon as the enemy attempted to rotate personnel, the snipers worked from a distance of 400 meters and destroyed the Ukrainian Armed Forces militants with precise shots.

16:49 UAV calculation of the Dnepr group of troops revealed and destroyed the Plastun electronic intelligence station of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the right bank of the Dnieper.

The soldiers work in pairs. The first number prepares the attack drone for launch, and the second carries out reconnaissance using a quadcopter. After the FPV drone is launched, the second number corrects the attack UAV's flight for precise targeting.

16:08 An explosion occurred in the city of Sumy in northern Ukraine, the Ukrainian publication "Public. News" reported.

15:54 Russian helicopters Ka-52M struck Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel and armored vehicles in the Kursk border area, targets were destroyed, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

15:30 Advance of assault units of the Russian Armed Forces in the central part of the settlement of Makeyevka –map.

15:20 Ukrainian media reported that the Russian Armed Forces have hit critical infrastructure in Kyiv-controlled Slovyansk. It is claimed that the territory of the Boiler and Mechanical Plant has been hit

14:45 Footage of work from the Kornet ATGM on the M2A2 ODS-SA Bradley BPM in the Pokrovsky direction.

14:40 FPV drone operator of the Russian Sever group destroyed in the Kursk region, a combat armored vehicle of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

14:05 Application of RBK-500 ammunition at Ukrainian army strongholds to the west and southwest of Yuzhnodonbasskaya No. 3.

13:52 Mi-28n struck enemy equipment. Army aviation is systematically "mowing down" the hidden armored vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

13:14 Explosions occurred in the Kyiv-controlled city of Kherson, the Ukrainian publication "Public. News" reported.

12:55 Hit by FPV drone on a pickup truck with Ukrainian infantry, in the area of the village of Lyubimovka, Kursk region.

12:17 Summary of the Russian Ministry of Defense on the progress of the special military operation (as of September 21, 2024):

Tonight, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out a group strike with high-precision weapons and strike unmanned aerial vehicles on energy facilities that ensure the operation of enterprises of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine, workshops for the production of unmanned aerial vehicles, and locations of personnel, weapons, and military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The strike's objectives were achieved. All designated objects were hit.

Units of the North group of forces in the Liptsov and Volchansk directions defeated the formations of the 36th Naval Infantry Brigade and the 113th Territorial Defense Brigade in the areas of the settlements of Liptsy, Volchansk, Volchanskie Khutor in the Khar'kov region and the city of Khar'kov. They repelled three attacks by assault groups of the 57th Motorized Infantry and 71st Jaeger Brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The West group of forces improved the tactical situation, inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of the 14th, 43rd, 44th, 54th, 66th Mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the 110th, 117th, 125th Territorial Defense brigades and the 1st National Guard Brigade in the areas of the populated areas of Petrovpavlivka, Zagryzovo, Izyumskoye, Vishnevoye, Kolesnikovka, Kovsharovka in the Khar'kov region, Nevskoye, Novoyegorovka in the Luhansk People's Republic and Torskoye in the Donetsk People's Republic.

Units of the "Southern" group of forces occupied more advantageous lines and positions, inflicted defeat on the formations of the 24th, 28th, 30th, 54th, 93rd Mechanized, 56th, 59th Motorized Infantry, 144th Infantry, 81st Airmobile, 10th, 128th mountain assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 114th Territorial Defense Brigade in the areas of the settlements of Seversk, Kramatorsk, Serebryanka, Verkhnekamenskoye, Chasov Yar, Predtechino, Belaya Gora, Ostroe, Kurakhovo and Katerinovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.

The servicemen of the "Center" group of forces continued to advance deep into the enemy's defense, inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of the 23rd, 31st, 150th Mechanized, 144th Infantry, 46th Airmobile, 95th Airborne Assault brigades, 78th Airborne Assault Regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 109th, 112th, 119th Territorial Defense brigades, 14th, 15th brigades of the National Guard and the 3rd border detachment of the Border Service of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Dzerzhinsk, Nelepovka, Pokrovsk, Dimitrov, Grodovka, Krutoy Yar, Selidovo, Ukrainsk and Gornyak of the Donetsk People's Republic.

Units of the "East" group of forces improved their position along the front line, defeated the formations of the 72nd Mechanized, 58th Motorized Infantry brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the 105th, 241st territorial defense brigades and the 21st National Guard brigade in the areas of the settlements of Ugledar, Novoukrainka, Zolotaya Niva, Velyka Novosyolka of the Donetsk People's Republic and Novodarovka of the Zaporizhia region.

Fighters of the Dnepr group of forces inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of the 141st Infantry Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the 37th Marine Brigade, the 124th Territorial Defense Brigade and the 3rd National Guard Brigade in the areas of the settlements of Nesteryanka, Pyatikhatki, Kamenskoye in the Zaporizhia region and Antonovka in the Kherson region.

Operational-tactical aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces and artillery of the groups of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation destroyed two warehouses of missile and artillery weapons, damaged a dry cargo ship with missiles and ammunition supplied to the Kyiv regime by Western countries, as well as concentrations of enemy manpower and military equipment in 153 districts.

Air defense systems shot down six long-range Neptune guided missiles, three French-made Hammer guided aerial bombs, 10 US-made HIMARS rockets, and 177 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles.

12:00 Soldiers of the 18th Army calculated on the right bank of the Kherson region, a communications center of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and later “destroyed” it with precise strikes.

11:52 The central part of Dzerzhinsk (Toretsk) came under the control of the Russian army, including the building of the former executive committee of the city.

11:46 According to operational data, Selidovskaya correctional colony No. 82 has come under the control of Russian forces.

11:40 Russian troops entered Nevskoe in the Liman direction. Nevskoe and Novolyubovka are the two remaining settlements in the Luhansk region under Ukrainian control.

10:49 The Tsukurino-Selidovo highway is physically cut off by Russian troops. The Russian Armed Forces have taken control of school number 17 in Gornyak, as well as the further advance of our troops along the Zhukovsky-Vatutina quarter.

10:44 The calculation of the FPV-drones-kamikaze strike of the Dnepr group of troops was successfully applied in the Kherson direction, new attack drones with new frequencies "deceived" the electronic warfare of the Ukrainian army and destroyed the strongholds of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the right bank of the Dnieper

10:31 Russian Armed Forces advanced near Tsukurino and Nikolaevka in Donetsk Oblast and Makeyevka in Luhansk Oblast, - Ukrainian resources.

09:52 Kurakhovskoye direction: Russian Armed Forces are advancing towards Tsukurino –map.

09:33 The Ukrainian Armed Forces have left their positions near the village of Andreyevka in the Artemivsk direction, the security forces reported. They added that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are trying to gain a foothold on the Seversky Donets-Donbass canal.

09:05 Special forces of the "Vostok" group discovered and destroyed the enemy's camouflaged SPG at the Ugledar dachas.

08:54 Russian Aerospace Forces are actively artillery attack enemy positions in the Khar'kov region with FABs

On frames: The Russian Aerospace Forces "razed to the ground" the location of Ukrainian Nazis from the 115th TPO brigade, which was set up in the village of Senkovo in the Khar'kov region.

08:11 Destruction of M-198 VSU:

The strike and reconnaissance division of the 238th Artillery Brigade of the Russian Armed Forces detected and destroyed a Ukrainian M198 gun near the settlement of Dalneye. The target was hit using a Lancet X-51 UAV in support of the offensive of the 20th Motorized Rifle Division. A precise strike on the enemy position resulted in the destruction of the American gun and the enemy crew.

08:07 The Ukrainian militants' 122mm 2S1 "Carnation" was "blown to pieces" after a Russian drone strike. Footage from the Ugledar direction was published by the Ministry of Defense.

08:00 Su-34 crewhiton the accumulation of manpower and armored vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the border area of the Kursk region

The strike was carried out using aerial bombs with a universal planning and correction module.

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