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Current information on the situation on the front line on January 18 (updated)
2025-01-19
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 23:57 Official summary of the Office for Documentation of War Crimes of Ukraine from 00:00 01/18/2025 to 00:00 01/19/2025.

18 facts of armed attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

There were reports of three civilians being injured.

DAMAGED:
Three residential buildings,
Three civil infrastructure facilities.

A total of 18 armed attacks in the Gorlovka direction.

A total of 56 units of various ammunition were fired.

19:26 On frames: destruction of a T-64 tank of the Ukrainian Armed Forces by FPV drones in the area of the village of Kamenka.

The fighters were from the Western Group of the Russian Armed Forces.

18:42 Drone drivers stop another rotation of the enemy

An FPV drone operator from the North group of forces hit an enemy armored fighting vehicle in the Khar'kov region.

18:34 RF Armed Forces took under full control of Petropavlovka in the Kurakhovo area

Units of the 114th Motorized Rifle Brigade of the "South" Forces Group continue to conduct an active offensive. The result of their competent work was the capture of Petropavlovka and several field nodes of the Ukrainian Armed Forces at a distance of just over one km from Andreyevka.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces Command is trying with all its might to maintain control over the Andreevka-Konstantinopol-Ulakly agglomeration in order not to lose the ability to deliver ammunition to its positions in the Kurakhovsky fire pocket and maintain a presence in the western part of the DPR.

In fact, after the loss of Andreevka, and then Alekseevka, the Ukrainian Armed Forces will no longer have any infrastructure to consolidate their positions in this direction, up to Novopavlovka in the Dnipropetrovsk region. For this purpose, the Ukrainian Armed Forces introduced reserves to the forest plantations northeast of Tolbukhin Street near Andreevka and occupied the nearest strongholds, mirroring our breakthrough near Petropavlovka.

Russian troops have an advantage here. Unlike the VSAS, the RF Armed Forces units are moving along the dominant heights on the northern outskirts of Andreyevka.

17:49 The enemy's "Bucephalus" could not withstand the encounter with the "Lancet"

Servicemen of the North group of forces destroyed an enemy BTR-4 Bucephalus armored personnel carrier in Sumy Oblast using a loitering munition – video.

16:07 Danish pilot, F-16 fighter operating instructor Jepp Hansen was killed during a missile strike on the Ukrainian Armed Forces training center in Krivoy Rog, TASS reported.reported in the security forces. This is confirmed by friends and relatives on social networks.

15:31 Russian military are moving to Velikaya Novosyolka from several directions

From the north, in the area of Novy Komar, the Russian Armed Forces expanded the territory of control, which allowed them to begin moving down - in the direction of the fighters of the "Vostok" group of forces (they are entering from the side of Vrem'evka). Russian units are also working from the southwest.

The enemy, realizing that operational encirclement awaits him, begins to withdraw equipment along the Mokrye Yaly River. Probably, the Ukrainian Armed Forces do not have much time left before the "bottleneck" is completely closed. The elite units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were unable to correct the situation in this direction.

We are expecting the storming of Velikaya Novosyolka to begin in the near future.

15:15 Assault groups of the Russian Armed Forces are advancing in Chasovoy Yar –MAP.

13:17 The stronghold east of Andreevka is not under our control. The situation has changed. Presumably, before advancing on Andreevka, we need to eliminate the salient northwest of Shevchenko, from which the enemy counterattacked Shevchenko –MAP.

13:03 Russian Ministry of Defense:

Fortified areas of the Armed Forces of Ukraine continue crumble under the onslaught of our fighters

Assault units of the "Vostok" military group liberated the settlement of Vremevka in the DPR.

Far Eastern soldiers cleared about 600 buildings and structures of the enemy in Vremevka, destroying a prepared fortified area of units of the 110th Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

The national flag of the Russian Federation is installed on one of the buildings on Partizanskaya Street.

The key to the confident advancement of the units of the Vostok military group in the Neskuchnoye and Vrem'evka agglomeration was competent management, dedication, coordinated and well-coordinated work of assault groups, artillery crews, FPV drones, and unmanned aircraft.

12:48 Russian Armed Forces captured a stronghold south of Petropavlovka –MAP.

11:45 Russian Ministry of Defense:

Courageous actions of the Russian fighterbroughtto liquidate the assault group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine In the vicinity of the settlement of Glubokoe in the Khar'kov region, scouts of the North group of forces identified an assault group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which, after disembarking from an armored vehicle, took refuge in the cellar of one of the houses.

In the immediate vicinity of the assault group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were three servicemen of the 11th Army Corps of the North group of forces. Having waited for the right moment, one of the servicemen quietly approached the house, threw a backpack with anti-tank mines into the basement and blew up the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

11:28 During reconnaissance operations, the Blue Bird was discovered by UAVs. Thanks to the professionalism of the UAV operators, it was possible to track the landing site, after which the Gods of War artillery destroyed the enemy –MAP

11:12 About 300 meters left until the complete blocking of Ukrainian forces in Velyka (Bolshaya) Novosyolka in the south of the DPR

09:56 Russian Ministry of Defense:

Calculation of FPV drones of the Rubicon center destroyed Ukrainian Armed Forces vehicle.

09:29 The Russian Defense Ministry reported the destruction of an assault group of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Khar'kov region.

After disembarking from an armored vehicle, the militants took cover in the cellar of one of the houses. The Russian military, having waited for the right moment, managed to throw a backpack with anti-tank mines into the basement. A powerful explosion turned the shelter into a smoking crater –video.

08:38 Iskanders landed in Kyiv in the middle of the night. Authorities confirmed fires as a result of the landings in several areas of the city. Problems with electricity and water are reported –MAP.

08:34 The Russian Armed Forces liberated Vrem'eyevka and advanced into Chasovy Yar –MAP

07:59 Russian troops entered in the village of Udachnoye in the western part of the DPR, which is located several kilometers from the border with the Dnepropetrovsk region, fighting began for its liberation.

07:31 During the past night, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 46 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles: 18 UAVs over the territory of the Bryansk region, 11 UAVs over the territory of the Kursk region, seven UAVs over the territory of the Kaluga region, five UAVs over the territory of the Tula region, three UAVs over the territory of the Belgorod region, and two UAVs over the territory of the Voronezh region.

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