[NewsFront] 19:34 Airborne artillerymen destroyed concentration of enemy manpower in the border area of the Kursk region
Reconnaissance using an unmanned aerial vehicle discovered an equipped stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces with personnel in one of the forest plantations. The data obtained was immediately transmitted to the artillery control point. After receiving the data, the airborne artillerymen inflicted fire damage on the enemy with precise shots, destroying the concentration of Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel.
19:21 Explosions in Odessa region. Before this, there were reports of rockets in the direction of the region.
19:00 Special forces of the Russian Guard prevented sabotage and reconnaissance group entry into one of the forests of the Kursk region.
Special forces of the Russian National Guard used a UAV to detect an unknown vehicle moving in the counterterrorist operation zone. The UAV operator tracked the sabotage and reconnaissance group vehicle along the entire route to the dismounting point determined by the enemy.
The attack on the sabotage and reconnaissance group was carried out using an FPV drone – the enemy was destroyed.
18:44 ATGM operators of the 14th Guards Special Forces Brigade “knock out” enemy manpower in the Dobrovolye area –video.
18:22 Crew of the Inokhodets strike UAV destroyed self-propelled artillery unit of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the border area of ??the Kursk region.
17:45 The Russian army entered Izmailovka and raised a flag, cutting off supplies to the city of Gornyak.
The 114th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade's assault troops installed the brigade banner in Izmailovka at the junction of the Pokrovskoe and Kurakhovskoe directions. It seems that the Ukrainian Armed Forces have already fled the settlement, write the Russian Spring War Correspondents. The liberation of Izmailovka will deprive the Ukrainian Armed Forces units located in Gornyak of one of the main supply routes.
17:20 A bomb attack was carried out on Ukrainian Armed Forces positions in the suburbs of Khar'kov. Local channels reported explosions.
16:11 The Russian flag was raised on one of the multi-story buildings practically in the center of Selidovo –video.
15:55 Russian forces have made significant advances in the city of Selidovo along the Solenaya River to Gogol Street.
15:07 Attack aircraft of the tank regiment of the Center group of forces, carrying out combat missions in the Krasnoarmeysk direction, destroyed and captured a Dutch-made YPR-765 infantry fighting vehicle –video.
12:55 Russian forces made a "dash" from the settlement of Tsukurino and entered the village of Novodmitrovka. The fighting for it has begun.
12:27 The Ukrainian Armed Forces' line of defense in Chasov Yar has collapsed. Russian troops have captured the entire line of trenches along the canal on both sides and have also occupied the Oktyabrsky microdistrict of the city.
12:22 Summary of the Russian Ministry of Defense on the progress of the special military operation (as of October 23, 2024):
Units of the North group of forces in the Khar'kov direction inflicted defeat on formations of the 57th Motorized Infantry and 92nd Airborne Assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Liptsy, Kotovka and Volchansk in the Khar'kov region.
Units of the West group of forces improved their tactical position, defeated the manpower and equipment of the 44th, 60th Mechanized, 74th, 77th Airmobile, 3rd Assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the 125th and 103rd Territorial Defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Boguslavka, Lozovaya, Zeleny Hai, Novoplatonovka, Podliman, Pershotravneve in the Khar'kov region, Terny in the Donetsk People's Republic and Chervona Dibrova in the Luhansk People's Republic. Six counterattacks of assault groups of the 14th, 63rd Mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the 1st National Guard Brigade and the 119th Territorial Defense brigade were repelled.
Fighters of the "Southern" group of forces, as a result of active offensive actions, liberated the village of Serebryanka of the Donetsk People's Republic. They defeated the formations of the 10th mountain assault, 23rd, 54th, 60th Mechanized, 5th and 79th Airborne Assault, 81st and 46th Airmobile brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 37th Naval Infantry Brigade in the areas of the villages of Semenovka, Zvanovka, Vasyukovka, Seversk, Dachnoye, Slavyansk, Chasov Yar and Kurakhovo of the Donetsk People's Republic. They repelled two counterattacks by units of the 56th motorized infantry brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Servicemen of the "Center" group of forces liberated the settlement of Nikolaevka of the Donetsk People's Republic and continued to advance deep into the enemy's defenses. They inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of the 24th, 32nd Mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the 38th Naval Infantry Brigade and the 12th National Guard Brigade in the areas of the settlements of Leninskoye, Dimitrov, Dzerzhinsk, Sukhoi Yar, Kurakhovka and Shcherbinovka of the Donetsk People's Republic. Thirteen counterattacks by the 23rd, 93rd, 100th Mechanized, 68th, 152nd Jaeger, 5th Assault brigades, 49th and 425th Assault battalions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the 37th Naval Infantry brigade and the "Lyut" assault brigade of the national police of Ukraine were repelled.
Units of the "East" force group improved their position along the front line, inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of the 58th Motorized Infantry, 72nd Mechanized, 46th Airmobile brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the 110th and 113th Territorial Defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Dobrovolye, Alekseyevka, Novoukrainka of the Donetsk People's Republic and Temirovka of the Zaporizhia region.
The Dnepr group of forces inflicted losses on the formations of the 35th Naval Infantry Brigade, the 121st, 124th and 126th Territorial Defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Ponyatovka, Zolotaya Balka, Kamyshany in the Kherson region and the city of Kherson.
Operational-tactical aviation, strike unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces groups damaged the infrastructure of military airfields, fuel depots, unmanned boat storage areas, unmanned aerial vehicle assembly shops, and concentrations of enemy manpower and military equipment in the 141st district.
Naval aviation of the Black Sea Fleet destroyed four unmanned boats of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the northwestern part of the Black Sea.
Air defense systems shot down 14 US-made HIMARS rockets and 78 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles.
11:55 The Russian army entered Selidovo from the northern side.
11:07 In the Kupyansk direction, servicemen from the "West" troop group liquidated British self-propelled artillery unit AS-90 Braveheart.
11:02 In the Krasno-Limansky direction of the Russian Armed Forces occupy important strongholds in the Serebryanskoye forest. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are setting up crossings northwest of Serebryanka to allow units of the 119th Territoril Defense Brigade and the 53rd Separate Brigade to retreat to the right bank of the river due to the threat of being surrounded.
10:52 In Uman, Cherkasy region, at about 7:30 am, powerful explosions were heard in the area of the military airfield.
Ukrainian Telegram channels reported that more than ten ambulances and fire trucks were immediately dispatched to the scene. The airfield is home to a Ukrainian Air Force base, from where combat sorties are carried out.
10:45 Vrem'evsky direction: advance of the Russian Armed Forces near the settlement of Staromayorskoye –map.
10:20 Crews of 152mm 2S19 Msta-S guns of the Dnepr force groupare being destroyedarmored vehicles, fortified positions and boats of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kherson direction.
09:56 Artillerymen of the "North-V" brigade of the volunteer corps, operating as part of the "Southern" group of Russian troops,destroyed an ammunition depot near Chasovy Yar in Donbass.
09:15 Crews of 122mm 2S1 self-propelled howitzers "Gvozdika" of the "North" group of forces performing fire missions torn off delivery of ammunition and personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kursk direction.
08:59 Half of Chasov Yar has been recaptured from the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The industrial zone with the fireproof plant and the western outskirts remain –map.
08:11 Russian special forces unit destroyed a kamikaze drone "Cube" a howitzer and an armored personnel carrier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Svatovsky direction.
08:09 Su-34 crew destroyed personnel and a stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the border area of ??the Kursk region.
08:07 A pinpoint strike by an FPV drone on a Ukrainian militants’ repeater tower near Ugledar –video.
08:05 During the liberation of Mykhailivka, there were discovered British mercenaries, said the battalion's deputy commander for military-political work, Captain Igor Krasilnikov.
08:04 Russian forces have pushed Ukrainian Armed Forces units back 10 kilometers from Stelmakhovka to the LPR, thereby creating a gray zone near the settlement, military expert Andrei Marochko reported.
08:00 Footage of liberation of the settlement of Mikhailovka in the DPR.
The entry into the village was carried out in small groups, moving from cover to cover and using camouflaged dugouts in forest belts. The actions of the attack aircraft were adjusted by unmanned aerial vehicle crews in cooperation with artillery crews, aviation and other units. The attack aircraft received powerful fire support from FPV drone crews, which drove the enemy out of fortifications.