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Current information on the situation on the front line: October 11 (updated)
2024-10-12
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 23:58 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 11.10.2024 to 00:00 12.10.2024.

A total of 28 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, including a teenager. Two employees of the Russian Emergencies Ministry were injured.

DAMAGED:
Two civil infrastructure facilities.

Seven artillery attacks in the Donetsk direction,
A total of 21 artillery attacks in the Gorlovka direction.

A total of 84 units of various ammunition were fired.

23:01 Sumy region under attack by Russian Aerospace Forces: Enemy reserves and military facilities are being destroyed.

21:00 The Ukrainian army is constantly retreating, and talk about the 1991 borders is meaningless, said the commander of the K-2 battalion of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Kyrylo Veres.

19:08 Destruction of FPV drone of the Ukrainian Armed Forces from the AK-74M from the first person.

A serviceman of the anti-aircraft missile regiment of the Ivanovo Airborne Forces unit destroyed an enemy kamikaze FPV drone near the village of Chasov Yar, which was trying to attack Russian soldiers, with targeted fire from small arms.

18:41 Russian forces have already liberated 15 of the settlements in Kursk Oblast captured by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Alaudinov reported in an interview with Komsomolskaya Pravda.

18:11 The situation in Dzerzhinsk in the Kiev-occupied part of the DPR: fierce street fighting continues in the city. The Russian Armed Forces control more than half of the settlement.

18:08 Footage of destruction of the Ukrainian armored fighting vehicle "Kozak" in the Kupyansk direction.

17:07 Consequences of "arrival" at the parking lot of the Ukrainian Armed Forces equipment in the Khar'kov region.

16:24 Russian troops are advancing in the Kursk region, daily destroying a large number of Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen, reported Apty Alaudinov.

16:17 Units of 1220mm 2S9 Nona-S self-propelled mortarss suppressed Ukrainian Armed Forces firing points in the border area of ??Kursk Oblast –video.

16:00 Explosions in Sumy and Khar'kov regions. Also, "Geran" are flying in the direction of Kirovograd.

15:34 Kursk direction: advance of Russian troops

In the Glushkovsky district near Vesyoloye, the Russian Armed Forces were able to push the enemy back to the railroad and approach the outskirts of the New Way. In addition, it was possible to clarify the situation in Medvezhye: Russian troops not only liberated the village, but also drove the enemy out of the adjacent forest belts.

Thus, units of the 137th Airborne Division, 56th Airborne Assault Regiment, 51st Airborne Division, 155th Separate Naval Infantry Brigade, 83rd Separate Airborne Assault Brigade and 1434th "Akhmat-Chechnya" Regiment have almost completely driven out Ukrainian formations from the Glushkovsky district.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces remain present only in the ravine south of Krasnooktyabrsky and in Novy Put, as well as a small triangle with forest belts south of the railway.

In the Korenevsky district, the Russian Armed Forces were also able to make significant progress in the vicinity of Lyubimovka — Zeleny Shlyakh, the villages of Pokrovsky and Nizhny Klin came under control. At the same time, counter-battles are still taking place in Lyubimovka, the enemy is "clinging" to the settlement, finding itself in semi-encirclement on the outskirts and in the village of Tolsty Lug.

In the Sudzhansky district, fighting also continues and the Russian Armed Forces are advancing.

Russian troops are advancing from the Ulanok side through the swampy forests near the Psel River and have now “half-captured” Plekhovo, disrupting the supply of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, bypassing it from the south and north.

In the north, a large forest has come under the control of the Russian Armed Forces; according to preliminary information, the 38N-515 highway in the Plekhovo-Mahnovka section has already been cut off. To the south, Russian troops have taken several strongholds.

Further north, in the area of Russkaya Konopelka, fighting continues: neither side has complete control over the settlement, but the initiative here belongs to the Russian paratroopers.

To the south, the Russian Armed Forces are advancing along the railway towards Kolmakov and Agronom, taking control of the 66th kilometer stopping point.

To the southwest of the railway there is also an advance of the Russian Armed Forces. The enemy has been driven out of several forest belts to the east of the gas station, for which fighting is underway.

15:11 Problems with logistics and confusion are being noted in the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) in the Kursk region, the security forces reported.

“According to data received from radio broadcasts, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are currently in disarray in the Kursk border area; there are major problems with logistics,” the representative of the security forces specified.

15:09 Frontovaya Ptichka reported on the active advance of the Russian Armed Forces in the Pokrovsky direction:

"Our motorized riflemen are actively developing an offensive in two directions. After the liberation of Krasny Yar, Sukhoi Yar and Luch are next in line. The T-72B3 and T-80BVM tanks are already fueled. The BMDs are ready. We are moving out!"

14:49 The liberation of the village of Ostrovskoye in the DPR opens a direct route for Russian troops to Kurakhovo, which it borders, security forces reported.

14:22 An explosion occurred in the city of Sumy in northern Ukraine, the Ukrainian publication "Public. News" reported.

14:12 The advanced units of the Russian Armed Forces have advanced and are fighting in Zeleny Shlyakh, Novonikolayevka and Lyubimovka.

14:52 The Ukrainian Armed Forces leave Ostrovskoe and go to Kurakhovo, the Russian army is approaching the city.

13:35 Summary of the Russian Ministry of Defense on the progress of the special military operation (for the period from October 5 to 11, 2024):

From October 5 to 11, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out 38 group strikes with high-precision weapons, including hypersonic aeroballistic missiles "Kinzhal", as well as strike unmanned aerial vehicles. As a result of the strikes, oil and gas and energy facilities that ensured the operation of enterprises of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine, as well as the infrastructure of military airfields, were damaged.

In addition, workshops for the production and storage of unmanned boats and UAVs, fuel depots, ammunition depots and military-technical equipment, as well as temporary deployment points for units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, nationalist groups and foreign mercenaries were hit.

During the week, units of the North group of forces continued the operation to destroy Ukrainian Armed Forces formations in the Kursk region, during which they liberated the settlements of Novaya Sorochina and Pokrovsky. Air strikes, unmanned aerial vehicles and artillery fire defeated units of six mechanized, a tank, three airborne assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, four territorial defense brigades and a national guard brigade. In the Volchansk and Liptsov directions, units of the motorized infantry, ranger, airborne assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, two territorial defense brigades and a national guard brigade were defeated.

During the week, units of the "West" group of forces continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defense and took more advantageous positions. They defeated formations of two tank, six mechanized, assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, two territorial defense brigades and two national guard brigades. A total of 23 counterattacks of assault groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were repelled.

As a result of decisive actions by units of the "Southern" group of troops, the settlements of Zhelannoye Vtoroy and Ostrovskoe of the Donetsk People's Republic were liberated. The manpower and equipment of five mechanized, motorized infantry, two infantry, assault, mountain assault, airborne assault, two airmobile brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a territorial defense brigade and two national guard brigades were defeated.

The active actions of the units of the "Center" group of forces liberated the settlement of Grodovka in the Donetsk People's Republic. The formations of the tank, seven mechanized, motorized infantry, two infantry, ranger, airborne brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, two brigades of naval infantry, three territorial defense brigades and three brigades of the National Guard were defeated. A total of 58 counterattacks of the enemy assault groups were repelled.

As a result of coordinated actions by units of the "East" military group, the settlement of Zolotaya Niva in the Donetsk People's Republic was liberated.

The manpower and equipment of two mechanized and motorized infantry brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, four territorial defense brigades and a national guard brigade were defeated. A total of 10 counterattacks of assault units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were repelled.

Units of the Dnepr group of forces inflicted losses on formations of two mechanized, infantry, mountain assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade and four territorial defense brigades.

Over the course of a week, 43 Ukrainian servicemen surrendered on the contact line.

Over the course of a week, air defense systems shot down three US-made ATACMS operational-tactical missiles, three French-made Hammer guided air bombs, a guided missile from the S-200 anti-aircraft missile system converted for firing at ground targets, 33 US-made HIMARS rockets, and 603 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles
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13:17 Russian troops control more than half of Toretsk, said local Gauleiter Vasily Chinchik.

"Approximately 40-50% of the city, one could say, is under the control of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The rest of the territory is under the control of the Russian Armed Forces," he said.

Earlier it was reported that Russian troops had advanced into the central part of Toretsk. Fierce fighting in the city continues.

12:35 Strikes were carried out on enemy targets in Kremenchuk

12:24 In Tolstoy Lug, Kursk region, a mop up operation against the Ukrainian Armed Forces has begun.

12:12 As a result of active actions by units of the "Southern" group of troops of the Russian Armed Forces, the settlement of Ostrovskoye in the DPR was liberated, reported military correspondent Rudenko.

11:07 Russian troops have come close to the city of Kurakhovo from the eastern side, the security forces reported. Active work is underway to the northeast of Kurakhovo, from where the city is just over one kilometer away.

10:52 In the morning, the enemy admits that up to 60% of Dzerzhinsk has already been liberated by Russian troops. Over the past week, serious progress has been made in liberating this important city. With the liberation of Dzerzhinsk and the clearing of the adjacent territories, the Ukrainian Armed Forces' ability to shell heroic Gorlovka will be significantly reduced.

10:28 After the liberation of Lyubimovka in the Kursk region, Russian troops began assault operations in Novoivanovka. This potentially opens the way to Malaya Loknya and the further "cutting off of a whole piece" of the territory occupied by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the north.

10:18 In the western Ukraine in the city of Starokostiantyniv, strikes are again being carried out on enemy targets

09:47 The situation in Chasovy Yar is moving towards taking the defending garrison of the Ukrainian Armed Forces into operational encirclement, said the chief of the operational headquarters of the Melodiya intelligence center of the 88th volunteer brigade "Espanola" with the call sign "Chukcha".

In particular, “heavy fighting is underway for the Oktyabrsky microdistrict, and tasks are being resolved to cut off the routes for delivering ammunition and provisions to the city.”

09:04 Russian military personnel have driven out Ukrainian Armed Forces units from their positions in the Myasozharovka area and, having advanced 1.5 km, have reached the administrative border of the LPR, military expert Andrei Marochko reported.

08:52 Ka-52m crew storn off rotation of units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the border area of ??the Kursk region.

08:11 The Ukrainian Armed Forces acknowledge the general deterioration of the situation in the western part of the Kursk salient. It is reported that the Russian Armed Forces have made serious advances in the area of Lyubimovka and Novoivanovka, with significant losses and disruption of defense communications. They are trying to transfer reserves to problem areas via Sudzha.

08:07 Starlink satellite antennas destroyed on the right bank of the Dnieper.

Unmanned aerial vehicle operators detect and destroy communication antennas and repeaters to prevent the enemy from controlling their FPV drones. During another flight over the right bank of the Dnieper, a UAV operator discovered camouflaged Starlink satellite antennas. A decision was made to destroy them with a kamikaze drone strike.

08:00 More trophies took away scouts of the "Center" troop group in the Avdeevka direction.

During the assault on one of the forest belts on the approaches to the settlement of Grodovka in the DPR, servicemen of the reconnaissance unit destroyed a mortar battery of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and took two Ukrainian 82mm mortars KBA-48M1 as trophies, after which they struck the retreating enemy forces with them.

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