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Current information on the situation on the front line on February 15 (updated)
2025-02-16
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 23:58 Official summary of the Office for Documentation of War Crimes of Ukraine from 00:00 02/15/2025 to 00:00 02/16/2025.

Nine facts of armed attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

There were reports of three civilians being injured.

DAMAGED:
Six residential buildings,
One car,
Two civil infrastructure facilities.

Nine armed attacks in the Gorlovka direction.

A total of 29 units of various ammunition were fired.

21:01 FPV drones calculations of the "North" force group burned two-link transporter-tractor of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Khar'kov region.

20:59 Situation in the Uspenovka area on the Krasnoarmeysky direction

– Fighting continues in the village.

- The enemy is bringing in reserves from the Novooleksandrivka area. Their artillery is actively working, covering even those points where the Ukrainian Armed Forces are located.

19:33 UAV operators GV "North" around the clock on duty in the skies over the Khar'kov and Kursk regions, detecting and shooting down Ukrainian military drones.

18:35 It is reported that the Russian Armed Forces launched a missile strike which destroyed hangars with HIMARS installations hidden inside them.

The video shows the ammunition detonating.

18:06 Captured Ukrainian serviceman told about the real state of affairs in the much-hyped 155th Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

"I fight with a Kalashnikov assault rifle - a rusty one. The command told us that there would be a uniform, simplified bulletproof vests, but there is nothing. I did not undergo any special training, I only completed the usual courses, and I was immediately thrown to "zero", - said prisoner of war Sergei Cherednichenko.

During the storming of the Ukrainian Armed Forces stronghold by Russian servicemen, Cherednichenko decided to save his life and surrendered.

17:53 Our aviation with the X-38 missile destroyed crossing over the Oskol in the Kupyansk-Uzlovaya area.

17:29 Sappers of the Dnepr troop group, using a metal detector and a probe to scan the surface of the earth, clear forest plantations and fields of unexploded ordnance in the Orekhov direction.

17:22 FPV drone caught up occupiers in the Kursk region.

17:16 The Russian army has regained control over the industrial zone and most of Peschanoye –MAP

17:13 Drones of the 20th Army of the Russian Armed Forces of the "West" group of forces hit the platform with a drone on fiber optics, and then finished it off with a precise drop.

17:09 Advance of the Russian army in Shcherbinovka –MAP

17:02 Significant damage reported advanced assault detachments of the Russian Armed Forces in the village of Shcherbinovka in the Toretsk (Dzerzhinsk) area.

16:29 In the Kursk region, an FPV drone operator discovered four Ukrainian occupiers who were hiding at a bus stop.

16:01 UAV crews of the 51st Guards Combined Arms Army of the Southern Military District discovered and destroyed American-made M-113 armored personnel carrier and Ukrainian Armed Forces manpower in the Dzerzhinsky direction.

15:42 The Russian army is waging a powerful offensive for Kurakhovo, breaking through the enemy’s defenses.

– Since the morning, Russian troops with armored vehicles have been advancing on the settlement of Ulakly, and heavy fighting continues.

– Also, Russian units are trying to put pressure on the settlement of Uspenovka, intensifying attacks in the area of the settlement.

15:48 The Russian Armed Forces have begun to storm settlements of Ulakly and Constantinople in the DPR.

14:42 In the Khar'kov direction, FPV operators of the Timurovtsy detachment of the North Guard continue to knock down enemy aerial targets. Three more enemy drones were destroyed during the night patrol.

14:27 Operators of attack UAVs of the 20th Guards Combined Arms Army of the West Forces Group discovered and destroyed robotic platform of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Donetsk People's Republic.

13:35 In a forest plantation in the Khar'kov direction, an operator of a UAV of the 44th Army Corps of Guards "Sever" discovered an ATV of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The target was quickly damaged by discharges.

12:55 Units of the Center group of forces, as a result of decisive actions released settlement of Berezovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.

12:50 Crews of the Molniya-2 UAV aircraft type of the 40th Separate Guards Naval Infantry Brigade as part of the North group of forces are being destroyed military facilities, personnel and equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the border area of the Kursk region.

12:19 Novopavlovsko-Bogatyrskoe direction

– The units of the Group of Forces “Vostok” continue to break through enemy defense in the Novosyolka - Privolnoye - Burlatskoye area.

– Battles are underway to take control of the enemy’s defensive area near Privolnoye and Burlatskoye.

– North of Novy Komar, our units went in the direction of Otradny to the ravine that runs west of Razdolny.

– Northwest and northeast of Zelenovka, our assault forces occupy the starting area for the assault on Constantinople and Ulakly.

– Southwest and west of Dachny, assault units are leaving from Ulakly from the east.

– The battles to eliminate the former Kurakhovsky pocket are systematically moving into their final stage.

In the north of the "pocket" in Andreyevka, the 114th Motorized Rifle is clearing out the enemy in the northwestern part and preparing to continue the offensive towards Alekseyevka (there are battles for the stronghold between Andreyevka and Alekseyevka), and also keeps the northern part of Constantinople under fire control.

12:18 Special forces fighters "Anvar" GV "North" inflicted fire damage to NATO armored vehicles with Ukrainian fascists inside.

11:15 The Ukrainian Armed Forces abandoned the eastern part of the pocket near Dachnoye –MAP

11:06 During aerial reconnaissance in the Khar'kov direction, the operator of the UAV 44th Army Corps GV "Sever" was opened stronghold of the Ukrainian military. It was decided to quickly mine the forest plantation by dropping "petals" from a drone.

10:48 Specialists of the Rubicon Center destroyed hexacopter "Baba Yaga" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with the help of an FPV drone in the Kupyansk direction.

10:27 Russian Army liberated Yampolovka, expanding his bridgehead on the right bank of the Zherebets River

In the Liman direction, Russian troops again expanded their bridgehead on the right bank of the Zherebets River, effectively driving the Ukrainian Armed Forces out of Yampolevka, advancing towards Liman to a depth of more than one km.

09:15 The Russian Armed Forces are almost completely in control of the northern part of Chasy Yar, the southern part - by 50%.

07:34 Drone operators of the BARS-3 squad homeland destroyed positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Zaporizhia direction.

07:13 During the past night, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 40 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles:

17 UAVs over the territory of the Volgograd region,
12 UAVs over the territory of the Kaluga region,
nine UAVs over the territory of the Rostov region and
two UAVs over the territory of the Saratov region.

06:37 Attack aircraft of the 20th Guards Combined Arms Army of the "West" group conducted training sessions on the use of small unmanned aircraft at one of the training grounds in the rear of the SVO zone.

Military personnel study the basics of drone control: operating principles, navigation, tactical use, aircraft maintenance, technical and software components of various types of drones, as well as the vulnerabilities of heavy and lightly armored vehicles.

Posted by:badanov

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