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Frontline situation update: October 2 (updated)
2024-10-03
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 23:58 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 10/02/2024 to 00:00 10/03/2024.

A total of 43 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 being injured.

DAMAGED:
One official vehicle,
Nine residential buildings,
One civil infrastructure facility.

A total of 12 artillery attacks in the Donetsk direction,
A total of 31 artillery attacks in the Gorlovka direction.

A total of 139 units of various ammunition were fired.

23:10 Russian Aerospace Forces strike Ukrainian Armed Forces facilities in Khar'kov, Dergachevsky district of Khar'kov region and Slavyansk.

21:00 The paratroopers-artillerymen of the Dnepr group of forces continue to fulfill fire missions to destroy artillery systems of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, destroy defensive structures, suppress command posts, destroy enemy fire weapons, weapons, military equipment and manpower.

19:05 Artillery of the Russian 2nd Separate Artillery Brigade of the Southern group of forces destroyed the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ communications center in the Seversky direction –video.

18:35 Crews of 152mm Giatsint-B towed guns of the Zapad group of forces during fire missions suppressed firing points, destroyed guns and inflicted losses on the Ukrainian Armed Forces manpower in the area of the special military operation.

18:02 The 122mm 2S1 self-propelled howitzer Gvozdika of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was destroyed by a direct hit from artillerymen of the Sever group of forces. Objective control means recorded the target being hit –video.

17:40 In Maksimilyanovka in the Kurakhovsky direction, the Russian army has advanced almost to the center of the village.

17:07 The Russian Armed Forces have completed the mop up in Nelepovka and entered Leonidovka. The enemy was also driven out of a number of fortified areas west of Nelepovka.

16:46 Near Dzerzhinsk (Toretsk), Russian troops have practically taken control of the village of Leonidovka. At the moment, fighters of the Russian 9th Motorized Rifle Brigade are fighting for the Obzornaya railway station.

16:04 Footage of destruction of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' VOP and Ukrainian Armed Forces' PVD in the settlement of Plekhovo in the Kursk region, the Ukrainian Armed Forces' crossing in the settlement of Kurilovka

15:19 Russian troops were able to enter the village of Obukhovka in the Kursk region and force some of the Ukrainian Armed Forces units to retreat to the border to the village of Novy Put. In Obukhovka itself, battles are currently underway with the remaining enemy units. There are no Ukrainian Armed Forces in Veseloye.

15:01 Russian Armed Forces advance in Toretsk. In the central part of the city, Russian fighters, advancing along the highway to Konstantinovka, occupied a block of multi-story buildings along Mayakovsky Street. Russian Armed Forces continue fighting in the northwest direction with the goal of "cutting" the Ukrainian garrison into two parts and reaching the "Central" mine from the northwest and north.

14:02 Calculation of the Kornet ATGM of the Dnepr troop group destroyed a tower with Ukrainian Armed Forces repeaters in the Orekhov direction in the Zaporizhia region.

13:52 The Russian Armed Forces struck the Camelot Hotel in the Slavyansk region, which was previously used as a temporary deployment point for Nazis from Kraken militia unit.

13:07 The Armed Forces of Ukraine officially confirmed their withdrawal from Ugledar, the Ukrainian publication Strana reported.

Operational Command "Khortytsia" stated that after Russian attacks on the flanks, "which exhausted the defense" of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, "there was a threat of the city being cordoned off."

12:20 Summary of the Russian Ministry of Defense on the progress of the special military operation (as of October 2, 2024)

Units of the North group of forces in the Liptsy and Volchansk directions inflicted losses on formations of the 57th Motorized Infantry, 80th Airborne Assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 5th Border Detachment of the border service of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Liptsy, Volchanskie Khutor and Volchansk in the Khar'kov region.

The fighters of the "West" group of forces occupied more advantageous lines and positions. The manpower and equipment of the 28th, 30th, 116th Mechanized and 4th Tank brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Petrovpavlovka, Kupyansk, Kruglyakovka and Boguslavka in the Khar'kov region. The counterattack of the assault group of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was repelled.

Servicemen of the "Southern" group of troops successfully liberated the settlement of Verkhnekamenskoye of the Donetsk People's Republic. Formations of the 24th Mechanized and 5th Assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Konstantinovka and Chasov Yar of the Donetsk People's Republic.

Units of the Center group of forces improved their tactical position. Manpower and equipment of the 32nd Mechanized, 68th Infantry Brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the 12th, 109th National Guard Brigades, the 112th and 119th Territorial Defense brigades were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Shcherbinovka, Svetloe, Aleksandropol and Kurakhovo of the Donetsk People's Republic. Three counterattacks by assault groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were repelled.

The "East" group of forces occupied more advantageous lines and positions. The manpower and equipment of the 72nd Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were defeated in the area of the settlement of Dobrovolye in the Donetsk People's Republic. Two counterattacks of assault groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were repelled.

Units of the Dnepr group of forces inflicted losses on formations of the 31st Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 35th Naval Infantry Brigade in the areas of the settlement of Mala Tokmachka in the Zaporizhia region and the city of Kherson.

Operational-tactical aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces groups have damaged energy infrastructure facilities supporting the operations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the command post of the operational-tactical group "Lugansk", and concentrations of enemy manpower and military equipment in 135 districts.

Air defense systems shot down a French-made Hammer guided aerial bomb and 32 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles.

12:04 The Russian flag has been installed at the Ugledar administration, but it is too early to talk about the capture of the city; a cleanup is underway, and scattered units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces remain there, said Pushilin's advisor Yan Gagin.

12:01 Artillerymen of the Sever-V brigade of the volunteer corps, operating as part of the Southern Group of Forces,destroyed a Ukrainian Armed Forces ammunition depot near Chasovy Yar.

11:57 The Russian Armed Forces continue to cover Tsukurino from the south. The waste heap dominating the area southeast of the settlement was taken.

11:40 Novoselovka has been liberated in Kursk Oblast. Fighting continues for the settlement of Plekhovo and other areas of the Kursk front.

11:06 The Ukrainian Armed Forces group in Ugledar has been virtually cleared, the security forces reported. Kyiv suffered "enormous losses" due to its refusal to withdraw its forces from the city while it was possible.

11:04 Russian Army Launches Missile Attack on Targets in Kramatorsk

11:02 The Russian Armed Forces expanded the control zone in the central part of Dzerzhinsk in the area of Mayakovsky, Torgovaya and Tsentralnaya streets.

10:51 Calculation of the 122mm BM-21 MLRS "Grad" of the group of forces "South" struck an area of concentration of manpower and equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kurakhovsky direction of the special operation.

10:07 Airborne artillerymen from the Dnepr group destroyed Ukrainian Armed Forces command post. Footage of combat work by the crew of the 152mm artillery gun "Msta-B" in the Kherson direction.

10:01 Another Russian flag is raised over one of the multi-story buildings in Ugledar, the city continues to be cleared –video.

09:44 Mine No. 40 between the villages of Gornyak and Tsukurino has come under the control of the Russian army. This location is an important height of great operational significance.

09:04 Su-34 crew at night inflicted strike on a concentration of personnel and military equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the border area of the Kursk region

Having received confirmation from intelligence about the destruction of the personnel and military equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the crew safely returned to the departure airfield.

08:50 Kornet calculation destroyed a tower with Ukrainian Armed Forces repeaters in Zaporozhye at a distance of almost eight kilometers.

08:34 DPR special services discovered a large cache of explosives in the southeast of the region, the regional FSB department reported.

In particular, two hand-held grenade launchers and more than 160 rounds for them, 140 hand grenades, 92 fragmentation grenade launcher rounds and more than 35,000 rounds of small arms ammunition were seized.

08:09 In the Kupyansk direction, the Russian Armed Forces have advanced in the direction of three settlements, reported military expert, retired LPR People's Militia Lieutenant Colonel Andrey Marochko.

"Over the past 24 hours, our troops have been actively engaged in liberation operations. During intensive combat operations, we managed to advance in the direction of the settlements of Kurilovka, Novoosinovo, and Glushkovka. In some areas, the enemy has been pushed back more than one km.

The Russian Armed Forces have managed to reduce the distance in the Glushkovka area the most. The distance between the settlement and the advanced units of the Russian troops has been reduced to about 3 km," Marochko wrote on his Telegram channel.

08:04 Russian forces have struck an ammunition depot in the suburbs of Khar'kov, said Lebedev, coordinator of the Nikolaev pro-Russian resistance.

08:00 The 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS crews of the Separate Guards Marine Brigade of the North Forces Group continue to fulfill combat missions to destroy military equipment and concentrations of Ukrainian Armed Forces manpower in the border area of the Kursk region.

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