[NewsFront] 20:27 122mm D-30 howitzer crews of the North group of forces destroyed platoon strongholds with Ukrainian Armed Forces manpower in the special operation zone –Ministry of Defense??
19:37 Flying along the border forest plantation, FPV operator GV "Sever" discovered enemy self-propelled artillery unit. Having flown around the target from all sides, Severyanin noticed that the anti-drone net in the front part of the self-propelled gun was weakly stretched and promptly inflicted fire damage on the self-propelled gun.
18:57 Fighters of the North group of forces take revengefor the woman and her son who died the day before in the Belgorod region.
In the village of Razumnoye in the Belgorod region, a two-year-old child and his mother were killed as a result of a drone attack on a residential building.
There was another child and his father in the house; they were injured.
18:54 Training conditions are close to combat conditions –Ministry of Defense
Drone operators and counter-UAV teams from the Bars-1 unit of the Dnepr military group conduct joint training at training grounds in the Zaporizhia region.
Drone pilots fly along specified and arbitrary routes. In turn, the military personnel of the counter-UAV groups track the enemy "birds" and fire at them.
This interaction creates training conditions close to combat ones.
18:08 Airborne artillerymen disrupted the enemy’s rotation –Ministry of Defense
The crew of the 152mm 2S19 Msta-S self-propelled howitzer of the Airborne Forces artillery unit destroyed Ukrainian militants conducting a rotation in the border area of the Kursk region.
The artillerymen marched to firing positions and with three shots hit the Ukrainian Armed Forces strongholds located in the basements of half-destroyed buildings, thereby disrupting the enemy’s rotation on the line of combat contact.
17:03 Captured Ukrainian serviceman Igor Parfentiev on the lawlessness in the ranks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces –Ministry of Defense
Prisoner of war Igor Parfentiev was mobilized by representatives of the TCC and sent to military service in the Zhitomir region. Various people from nearby regions of the country were brought to the training unit. Then Parfentiev was sent to fight in the Donetsk People's Republic, where he saw the atrocities of his commanders, who were engaged in looting and tormenting civilians.
"When we entered the first village of the DPR, we had to resettle the military, and the commanders gave us the order to evict the local residents onto the street and settle the soldiers into the houses. There were mortar men next door to us, and when they left the apartment, they took all the owner's belongings with them. They borrowed money from the seller at the local store for vodka and did not return it," the prisoner of war said.
From Parfentyev’s story it is clear that the Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel acted without control; the officers tried to control them remotely.
"I reported on the radio about the attack and that we needed support, but the commanders answered us: "Hold on, maybe your own people have confused you." We started shouting "Glory to Ukraine", then a barrage of fire fell on us. We began to retreat, despite the command's prohibition to leave our positions. And then our own FPV drones started working on us," added captive Parfentyev.
16:15 Sakhalin artillerymen of the Vostok group destroyed a command post of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the South Donetsk direction –Ministry of Defense
15:35 Crews of the 152mm Giatsint-B towed guns of the Zapad group of forces strike at the identified camouflaged firing positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, ammunition depots, military equipment, fortified strongholds and concentrations of enemy manpower –Ministry of Defense
15:14 FPV drone crews of the 25th Combined Arms Army of the West Forces Group burned a Ukrainian T-72M1 tank. Objective control footage shows precise hits by attack drones on the tank –Ministry of Defense
14:56 Bogatyrsky direction
After taking Velikaya Novosyolka, units of the Russian Armed Forces in the area of Novy Komar attack in the direction of Novoocheretovaty and further north in the direction of the ravine leading to Razdolnoye.
To the northwest, units of the Russian Armed Forces are attacking in the direction of Bogatyr and Constantinople, outflanking Razliv.
From the south, the Russian Armed Forces managed to push the enemy in the direction of Razliv for about two km, occupying the territory between the Kapitan and Shulicha gullies.
North of the Sukhie Yaly River, units of the Russian Armed Forces have taken up a landing in the southern part of the Sukhaya ravine and are driving out the enemy from the northern side of the ravine, west of the settling ponds.
In Dachny, there is intense fighting in the center, where our forces were able to break through yesterday (in the area of ??the kindergarten-club), and on the northeastern outskirts.
To the south, our units are fighting for a stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
From the area east of Zelenovka, our units are making their way to Ulakly.
In Andreyevka, fighting continues in the central and eastern parts of the village.
14:50 Red Army direction. Central area
The enemy pays special attention to this area. The most motivated enemy units are on the defensive here. The positions here are equipped with engineers as our troops approach.
The area directly covers Krasnoarmeysk (Pokrovsk) and Dmitrov (Mirnograd). Enemy units operate here relying on the urban development of the agglomeration, i.e. command posts, command posts, UAV control posts, air defense posts of enemy units, places for equipment shelters, at a minimum, have greater protection than in small settlements.
In addition, the enemy’s main defensive positions in this area are located on commanding heights, which also gives him certain advantages.
Enemy units in this area are constantly being replenished with personnel and reserves.
In the center, the enemy is conducting generally successful defensive battles, relying on advantageous positions in the area of Sukhoi Yar, Lysovka, on the heights and along two railway lines on the flanks.
Despite the active work of our artillery in this area, the “big and small sky”, every advance here is achieved with great effort.
Some of our fpv drones are working, reaching the depths of the enemy's defense, up to Rodinsky. In the area of Lysovka and Sukhoi Yar, the enemy, introducing reserves, periodically shows activity, undertakes counterattacks.
Based on the above, judging by the developing situation, our command has concentrated its main efforts on enveloping the agglomeration on the flanks: in the area of Dmitrovo (Kotlino), where our units are attacking and advancing in the direction of the M30 (E50) highway and Vozdvizhenka, north of which our units are gaining a foothold in the area of the road junction of the highway to Konstantinovka.
The situation in the area itself is relatively static. Fierce battles are underway for Lysovka, where, by introducing reserves, we are pushing the enemy out of the northern part, behind the stronghold north of Zeleny, west of Chunishino and Novoukrainka and in the direction of Sukhoi Yar along the railway lines.
14:47 Two Tu-95MS strategic missile carriers of long-range aviation carried out a planned flight in the airspace over the neutral waters of the Sea of Okhotsk and the Sea of Japan –Ministry of Defense
The flight lasted more than 8 hours. Fighter escort was provided by the crews of Su-35S and Su-30SM aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces.
All flights of aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces are carried out in strict accordance with international rules for the use of airspace.
13:41 Advance of Russian attack aircraft in Andreyevka –MA
13:34 Russian Armed Forces improved positions north of Yantarny –MAP
13:16 Russian army expanded control in the Dachnoye area –MAP
13:08 Russian Armed Forces advance south of Razliv –MAP
12:40 Correction of LBS in the area of the village of Nadiya –MAP
12:12 Tank crews of the 80th Tank Regiment of the 90th tank Division of the Center group of forces hit the Ukrainian Armed Forces fortifications with direct fire –Ministry of Defense
After the destruction of the main firing points of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, small groups of attack aircraft took the settlement of Novoyelysovetovka in the DPR.
11:00 In Zaporizhia region organized training of mobilized personnel of the 102nd Separate Brigade of the Territorial Defense Forces at a training ground in the vicinity of Rizdvyanka.
Also, from January 20 to February 4, combat training sessions are underway with servicemen from one of the unidentified mechanized brigades at a training ground code-named “Adaptation” near Novonikolaevka.
Another large training ground is located northeast of Zaporozhye in Volnyansk on the basis of the old territory of the logistics troops. The ground is located next to the railway line, which simplifies the delivery of personnel for training.
10:35 FPV drone crew from the Rubicon center destroyed a Ukrainian combat armored vehicle in the Kursk direction —Ministry of Defense
10:35 Advance of the Russian Armed Forces in the settlement of Verkhnekamenskoye —MAP
10:11 Precise strike on Ukrainian Armed Forces fighters by FPV drone on fiber optics. Kursk region —MAP
09:36 Fighters of the Gorlovka 132nd Mootorized Rifle Brigade of the "Center" force group hunt for infantry and equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the city of Dzerzhinsk (Toretsk), attack and eliminate them with precise fire.
09:07 Russian troops have come close to the Ulakly/Constantinopol area, where the Kurakhovo garrison of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was retreating. Earlier, this area was closely processed by aviation, and now, it seems, the active phase on the ground is beginning —MAP
08:42 FPV operators GV "North" hit kamikaze drones at two M-113 armored personnel carriers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Khar'kov direction.
08:20 Su-25 crews destroyed camouflaged armored vehicles and personnel of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the border areas of the Kursk region —Ministry of Defense
07:23 During the past night, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed five Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles: three UAVs over the territory of the Belgorod region and two over the territory of the Bryansk region. Ministry of Defense
05:10 A 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS crew from the Center group of forces destroyed a strong point and a field ammunition depot of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasnoarmeysk direction —Ministry of Defense