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Current information on the situation on the front line: October 3 (updated)
2024-10-04
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 23:59 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 10/03/2024 to 00:00 10/04/2024.

A total of 51 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 one civilian being killed and four injured. Four employees of the Russian Emergencies Ministry were injured.

DAMAGED:
Nine residential buildings,
Two civil infrastructure facilities.

Five artillery attacks in the Donetsk direction,
A total of 46 artillery attacks in the Gorlovka direction.

A total of 143 units of various ammunition were fired.

21:03 Crews of 152mm howitzers "Msta-B" of the Airborne Forces destroyed a concentration of Ukrainian Armed Forces manpower and a field ammunition depot in the Kursk border area

Artillery units of one of the Airborne Troops units of the North group of forces carry out daily precision strikes on exposed objects, positions, armored vehicles and manpower of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the border area of the Kursk region.

21:00 Ukrainian soldier Anatoly Shumsky told about the training of Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen in England.

19:06 Alaudinov stated that the release of Ugledar is a very strong image blow to Zelensky.

18:45 The aerial reconnaissance units of the North group of forces discovered armored recovery vehicle of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the border area of the Kursk region. After analyzing the intelligence data, a decision was made to fire on the US-made ARV.

The detected target was successfully hit with a direct hit from a Lancet loitering munition.

18:02 Drone operators of the Kaira unit (Russian 68th Army Corps)are being destroyed a YPR-765 APU – video.

17:12 Russian fighters liberated Ugledar in the DPR, the Russian Defense Ministry reported

17:00 The Russian Armed Forces expanded the control zone in the center of Dzerzhinsk (Toretsk) in the area of the executive committee up to Rudnichnaya Street.

In addition, Russian fighters entered Maksimilyanovka from the village of Ostroye. The Russian Armed Forces also made a breakthrough in Ostrovsky.

16:40 Russian Aerospace Forces launched a missile strike on targets in the Odessa region, in the area of Belgorod-Dnistrovsky

16:07 "Lancet" destroyed the Ukrainian anti-aircraft missile and gun system "Tunguska" was deployed in the Kursk border area, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

15:52 "Pantsir-S" shot down Ukrainian UAV in the border area of Kursk region.

15:05 130mm M-46 howitzer crew destroyed platoon stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Donetsk direction

Artillerymen of the separate guards motorized rifle unit of the "Southern" group of forces struck another enemy platoon stronghold.

14:11 RF Armed Forces attacked using a universal planning and correction module on the temporary deployment point of the 106th Separate Territorial Defense Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the village of Velykyi Bobryk, 19 km southeast of the city of Sumy.

As a result of the strike, vehicles and up to 30 enemy personnel were destroyed.

13:40 Russian Aerospace Forces missiles in Kyiv airspace, heading for targets in the city, Ukrainian monitoring channels report.

13:17 Powerful explosions in the Kyiv region, the air defense system is also working, the regional city administration reported.

13:09 Russian paratroopers of the Dnepr group of forces shot down a Ukrainian floating craft at night with a Kornet ATGM in the Ochakov area in the Dnieper estuary, the paratrooper commander with the call sign "Rock" reported –video.

13:00 The entire eastern part of the urban settlement of Tsukurino has come under the control of the Russian army. The Russian Armed Forces managed to drive the enemy beyond the railway track, Donetsk Stringer reported.

12:40 Summary of the Russian Ministry of Defense on the progress of the special military operation (as of October 3, 2024):

Units of the North group of forces in the Liptsov and Volchansk directions inflicted losses on formations of the 57th Motorized Infantry, 92nd Airborne Assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the 113th and 129th Territorial Defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Malye Prokhody, Liptsy, Volchansk in the Khar'kov region and the city of Khar'kov.

The fighters of the "West" group of forces took up more advantageous lines and positions. They defeated the manpower and equipment of the 44th, 63rd, 66th Mechanized, 143rd Infantry, 3rd Assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the 114th Territorial Defense brigade and the 1st National Guard brigade in the areas of the settlements of Kupyansk, Novoosinovo, Kruglyakovka, Lozovaya, Zeleny Gai of the Khar'kov region, Nevskoye of the Luhansk People's Republic, Torskoye of the Donetsk People's Republic, as well as Serebryanskoye forestry. They repelled three counterattacks of the assault groups of the 14th, 53rd and 116th Mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Units of the "Southern" group of forces improved their tactical position. They defeated the formations of the 22nd, 30th, 54th, 93rd Mechanized, 56th Motorized Infantry, 144th Infantry and 46th Airmobile brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Seversk, Nikiforovka, Kramatorsk, Markovo, Verolyubovka, Stupochki, Predtechino, Belaya Gora, Maksimilyanovka and Katerinovka of the Donetsk People's Republic. They repelled three counterattacks of assault groups of the 24th Mechanized, 5th Assault and 81st Airmobile brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The Center Group of Forces continued to advance deep into the enemy's defenses. It defeated the manpower and equipment of the 31st, 32nd, 101st, 110th, 151st Mechanized, 1st Tank, 142nd Infantry, 95th Airborne Assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the 109th, 112th Territorial Defense Brigades, the 12th and 14th National Guard Brigades in the areas of the settlements of Dzerzhinsk, Druzhba, Sukhaya Balka, Krasny Yar, Grodovka and Gornyak of the Donetsk People's Republic. It repelled eight counterattacks by assault groups of the 53rd, 100th, 150th Mechanized, 144th Infantry, 25th Airborne Brigades and the 425th Assault Battalion of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

The servicemen of the "East" group of forces improved the situation along the front line. They defeated the manpower and equipment of the 72nd Mechanized, 58th Motorized Infantry brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the 118th, 125th, 241st Territorial Defense brigades and the 21st National Guard brigade in the areas of the settlements of Dobrovolye, Zolotaya Niva, Velyka Novosyolka of the Donetsk People's Republic and Levadnoye of the Zaporizhia region. They repelled two counterattacks of the assault groups of the 110th territorial defense brigade.

The Dnepr group of forces defeated the formations of the 141st Infantry Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the 35th Naval Infantry Brigade, the 103rd and 108th Territorial Defense Brigades in the areas of the settlements of Mala Tokmachka, Nesteryanka in the Zaporizhia region, Stepnoye, Kazatskoye and Kizomys in the Kherson region.

Operational-tactical aviation, strike unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces groups inflicted damage on Ukrainian energy facilities that supported the actions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, as well as concentrations of enemy manpower and military equipment in 146 districts.

Air defense systems shot down four ATACMS operational-tactical missiles and five US-made HIMARS rockets, as well as 144 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles, including 122 outside the special military operation zone.

12:04 In the Kursk direction, fighting is taking place in several areas. In the area towards Glushkovo, the Russian Armed Forces were able to take the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of the village of Vesyoloye. At the moment, clashes are continuing on the approaches to the village.

There are clashes in the Novoselovka area, located several kilometers north of Malaya Loknya, which the Russian army has taken under control. The Russian Armed Forces are also advancing in the Plekhovo area, trying to "encircle it and cut off" the Ukrainian Armed Forces from supplies.

11:05 Servicemen of the sniper units of the "West" group of forces carry out combat missions on the front line - destroying especially important targets and enemy manpower in "free hunt" mode, and also supporting the combat work of motorized rifle and tank units -video.

10:07 The Ukrainian Armed Forces have left their positions near the railway station in the village of Tsukurino in the DPR, the TASS agency reported, citing military personnel. It is noted that Russian troops are also increasing pressure on the enemy in the Selidovo direction.

09:15 Warehouse of the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed in the DPR: in the area of the settlement of Razliv, aerial reconnaissance of the Russian Armed Forces discovered a warehouse of ammunition and military-technical property of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

09:00 Russian servicemen have formed a “fire bag” for the Ukrainian Armed Forces group stationed near Lisichansk in the LPR, military expert Andrey Marochko reported.

08:54 Russian 68 Army Corps destroys air defense vehicles and Ukrainian Armed Forces vehicles in Katerinovka –video.

08:14 Airborne artillerymen around the clock rain fire on targets in the Kursk region, said the gun commander, call sign Smely.

08:06 Russian forces have taken up more advantageous positions near Terny and have come close to the Torsk DPR, military expert Andrey Marochko reported.

08:00 Calculation of the220mm BM-27 MLRS "Uragan" destroyed area of concentration of military equipment and manpower of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Avdeevka direction.

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