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[Vesti] March 15 is the 385th day of the war between Russia and Ukraine. Briefly about the main thing that is happening in the country on this day, about the situation in the regions, the exchange of prisoners, losses, as well as all the relevant information from key departments - online Vesti.ua .
07:00 . Donetsk region. In Gorlovka, the Russians want to mobilize 500 men unfit for service, they say in the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. We are talking about those categories that previously received a reservation for reasons of limited or complete unsuitability for military service.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine repulsed more than 90 Russian attacks, they say in the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The main goal of the enemy remains attempts to reach the administrative borders of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. To do this, he concentrated his efforts on conducting offensive operations in the Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky, Maryinsky and Miners directions.
08:00 . Kharkov region. During the day, the Russian Federation massively shelled the border settlements of Kharkov, Chuguevsky and Kupyansky regions. In Volchansk, the building of the fire and rescue unit, civil industry facilities and shops were damaged. In the village of Kolodeznoye, private houses and infrastructure facilities were damaged. Two people died, two were injured.
Kherson region. During the day, Russian troops carried out 78 attacks, firing 396 shells from heavy artillery and Grads . The enemy fired on Kherson seven times, while 27 shells hit residential areas, private and apartment buildings, and the territory of the enterprise. Four people were injured.
Donetsk region. During the day, the Russians killed 1 person in Kramatorsk. Another 16 people were injured.
10:00 a.m. Kharkov region. Kharkiv and the regionareunder fire, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the Regional State Administration. A blow to the city's civilian infrastructure was recorded. Previously, no casualties.
11:00 am . Donetsk region. The defense forces destroyed about three companies of Russians overnight, said Alexei Dmitrashkovsky, head of the joint press center of the defense forces of the Tauride direction. During the night, the Russian Federation tried five times to storm the positions of our troops in the Avdeevsky and Shakhtyorsk directions. A fairly large number of Russian vehicles and UAVs were destroyed.
Kharkov region. During the shelling of one of the districts of Kharkov, the boarding school was damaged. There were no wards in the building, the workers were not injured.
12:00 . Donetsk region. The Russians launched a missile attack on Kramatorsk - one person was killed, nine were injured. At night and in the morning, the Russians fired along the entire front line from Ugledarskaya to Limanskaya bulk.
14:00 . Kharkov region. As a result of a missile attack on Kharkov, an educational institution was partially destroyed, windows were broken in residential buildings around, cars were damaged.
15:00 . The tenth meeting (online) of Ukraine's allies in the Rammstein format has begun. Topics on the agenda at Ramstein 10 are likely to be the provision of munitions and air defense systems. It is also a priority to continue the supply of tanks and heavy armored vehicles for the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
15:30 . Kherson region. Explosions in Kherson.
16:00 . Nine countries have pledged to provide more than 150 Leopard tanks to Ukraine, US Secretary of Defense Austin said. He added that the number of countries that transfer tanks and air defense systems to Ukraine continues to grow.
17:10 . Chernihiv region. Russian troops once again shelled the border area. Mortars were aimed at the Semyonovskaya bulk. The military recorded approximately 18 hits. There is no information yet on civilian casualties.
17:44 . The Security Service of Ukraine detained its former employee, who called on Ukrainian defenders to desert. This was reported by the press service of the department on Wednesday, March 15. Before the full-scale invasion, he went abroad, from where he called the SBU employees and urged them to desert from Kyiv.
18:18 . The Armed Forces of Ukraine are conducting reconnaissance in combat using armored vehicles in the Pohovsky district, a battle is underway - the "authorities" of the Zaporozhye region appointed by the Russian Federation.
18:51 . The Russian Federation continues the offensive, regardless of losses, in the Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky, Maryinsky and Miners directions. On the Kupyansk and Limansk directions, the enemy is unsuccessfully trying to break through the defenses of our troops. He led unsuccessful offensive operations in the areas of the settlements of Belogorovka and Spirna. This is reported by the General Staff.
19:10 . The Russian military hit Marganets in the Dnepropetrovsk region. Two women died - 62 and 57 years old. Four more women and one man were previously wounded. seven multi-storey and four private houses were damaged, as well as an outbuilding. Currently, the information is being specified, - Dnepropetrovsk Regional State Administration.
19:44 . During the day, the Aviation of the Defense Forces of Ukraine inflicted 8 strikes on the areas of concentration of personnel and military equipment of the occupying forces. Also, on this day, our soldiers shot down an enemy Su-25 aircraft. During the day, missile and artillery units hit the command post, three enemy personnel and military equipment concentration areas, as well as two radar stations, an electronic warfare station and an anti-aircraft missile system at a firing position. Operational summary of the General Staff as of 18:00.
20:14 . Kherson direction: after an effective fire defeat on March 12-13, the invaders are stepping up security measures, now they are moving in civilian vehicles taken from local residents. Also on March 14, the movement of the column of occupiers towards the Crimea was noted. It is reported by OK "South"
20:50 . A couple is being rescued in Dnipro, who was going to get married, but was extremely seriously injured in the Luhansk region. As a result of the explosion, Stanislav's arm was torn off, and his stomach was riddled with debris. Elena, with wounds to her neck, arms and legs, was able to pull her beloved out from under enemy fire and save his life.
21:11 . SBU exposed eight more pro-Kremlin agitators who called for the seizure of power in Ukraine
21:48 . Denmark will send a new $140 million military aid package to Ukraine - Danish Ministry of Defense. These will be, first of all, ammunition for small arms and machine guns, anti-tank mines and missiles for air defense.
22:10 . Ukrainians most of all trust the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the president, volunteers, border guards and the SBU. This is evidenced by the new results of a survey by the sociological service of the Razumkov Center.
22:50 . In the Bakhmut direction, the Russian Federation continues to storm the city of Bakhmut, our defenders repelled attacks in the areas of the settlements of Orekhovo-Vasilovka and Bogdanovka. On the Avdeevsky, Maryinsky and Mining directions, the enemy carried out unsuccessful offensive operations in the areas of the settlements of Stepnoye, Kamenka, Severnoye, Maryinka and Vugledar. The enemy is on the defensive in the Zaporozhye and Kherson directions. Operational summary of the General Staff as of 18:00.
[Korrespondent] 22:46 Canada will transfer about 8,000 155 mm munitions to Ukraine, as well as 12 anti-aircraft missiles to support air defense systems, Defense Minister Anita Anand said following the Ramstein meeting.
22:42 Zelensky said in an evening video message that Russia's aggression is close to "overstraining": "A regular meeting was held in the Ramstein format... there are decisions. This is especially important now - when it is felt that Russian aggression is approaching the moment when it can overstrain. There is no such terrorist who could build up his potential in confrontation with the free world ... The more pressure there is, the faster will be the movement towards the restoration of our territorial integrity and the international legal order."
22:31 The Netherlands and Belgium will give Ukraine two minesweepers. Defense Minister Alexei Reznikov announced the creation of a "ship coalition" in support of our country, which already includes three countries. More details - in the material What boats will Ukraine get .
22:04 Since the beginning of the full-scale war in Ukraine, 106 military women have died, said the representative of the Ministry of Defense, Lyubov Gumenyuk. According to her, women make up 4% of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, or 60,538 women, of which 42,898 are military personnel. Among the military personnel, 7865 people have officer ranks. About 5,000 military women are involved in the fighting. Compared to 2014, the number of female servicemen in the Armed Forces of Ukraine has increased by 2.5 times.
21:56 The Italian edition of Il Foglio writes, citing the country's intelligence, that Dmitry Medvedev offered PMC Wagner a $15 million reward for the assassination of Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto. According to Italian intelligence, the Wagner group has at least two cells in Europe - one in the Balkans that moves between Serbia and Albania, and another in Estonia.
Intelligence believes that the murder of Crosetto was ordered because of his recent statements about a significant increase in the arrival of illegal migrants by sea from North Africa, which was provoked by the PMC Wagner in response to support for Ukraine.
21:50 Winter is over, Ukraine has not frozen, moreover, Russia has failed to create some kind of large-scale blackout with its missile strikes. In fact, Ukraine has won a historic battle, engineers are repairing the system faster than it can be destroyed, states The Economist. For more details, see What Russia Has Achieved .
21:18 The head of the Pentagon, Lloyd Austin, said that Kiev itself decides what to do with Bakhmut. At the same time, he expressed confidence that the loss of Bakhmut would not mean the defeat of Ukraine.
21:09 The incident with the American drone in the Black Sea could be unintentional, but it doesn’t matter, State Department spokesman Ned Price said: “It may have been the result of the deep incompetence of one of the Russian pilots. But, in the end, it doesn’t matter, because the important thing is what actually happened: a Russian plane shot down an American aircraft, which could have caused a much larger incident if it were not for favorable weather conditions ... By the way, when you hear the Russians talking about the approach of this drone to their airspace in Crimea, then Crimea is Ukraine. And we carry out these operations in close coordination with our Ukrainian partners."
20:38 Sweden will transfer ten Leopard tanks to Ukraine, and Norway - two NASAMS air defense systems , US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said following the Ramstein-10 meeting.
20:20 Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu held talks with Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin. The conversation took place at the initiative of the American side, the RF Defense Ministry reported. Russian media reported, citing sources in the Pentagon, that the parties discussed the incident with a drone over the Black Sea.
19:29 Zaluzhny said that he had a telephone conversation with the head of the Joint Staff of the French Armed Forces, Thierry Burkar. He said that the attacks of the Russians do not stop along the entire front, but "the situation is under control, despite the complexity." They also discussed issues of strengthening air defense and training of the Ukrainian military.
19:25 The main way to complain about your compatriot in Russia has become a denunciation. In the first six months of 2022 alone, Roskomnadzor received almost 145,000 such requests, and their number is growing every day. Denunciations in the Russian Federation have become the norm and most often relate to reports of a war against Ukraine and demands to remove "pro-Ukrainian propaganda." More details - in the material They even knock on children .
18:59 Reznikov said that the results of the 10th meeting of the Contact Group for the Defense of Ukraine in the Ramstein format "inspire optimism." “Strengthening air defense, supply of ammunition, training and formation of an “armored fist,” the minister wrote.
18:16 Polish special services have detained six foreigners working for Russia, RMF24 reports. They were probably preparing sabotage on the railway tracks in the Podkarpackie Voivodeship - this is a fundamental transshipment point for Western weapons and ammunition for Ukraine.
18:11 The Russians hit the Marganets of the Dnipropetrovsk region, said the head of the OVA Serhiy Lysak. According to preliminary information, two people were killed and five injured. Seven high-rise and four private houses were damaged.
17:59 Spain will soon hand over six Leopard 2A 4 tanks to Ukraine, and a little later - four more such vehicles, Defense Minister Margarita Robles said. According to her, "literally yesterday" the training of 55 Ukrainian servicemen, who will be part of the crew and the repair team of these tanks, was completed.
17:46 Denmark will give Ukraine a new package of military assistance worth 134 million euros, the country's Ministry of Defense announced. It will include, in particular, ammunition for small arms, heavy machine guns, air defense missiles, anti-tank mines, etc.
17:40 Slovakia, in the case of the transfer of MiG-29 fighters to Ukraine, will receive from the allies financial compensation in the amount of $ 900 million or military equipment and spare parts for it for this amount, Defense Minister Yaroslav Nagy said.
17:38 India called on the G20 to "move away" from the topic of Russia's war against Ukraine and focus on global poverty, the country's representative Amitabh Kant said at the G20 summit. He, in particular, compared "one war" with the fact that 200 million people are on the verge of poverty. Kant added that "the world must move on" and Europe must find a solution to its problems.
17:26 Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, at a meeting with Putin in Moscow, supported Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
17:00 Zelensky approved the dismissal of the heads of three regional military administrations: Serhiy Gaidai - from the post of chairman of the Luhansk OVA, Maxim Marchenko - Odesa OVA and Serhiy Gamaly - Khmelnitsky OVA.
16:56 The European Parliament adopted a resolution condemning Lukashenka's repressions against civil society in Belarus and calling for tougher sanctions against the Belarusian regime. The document also contains a call for the release of all political prisoners.
16:45 China supports Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda said: "Unfortunately, I see that China's goal is to continue this war, make it even more bloody. In this situation, China is secretly or openly supporting Russia... It is very difficult to believe that China can play the role of an intermediary between the two countries.If it were at least neutral, I could imagine such a status, but now I do not see such a possibility.At the moment, I evaluate and see the role of China as rather destructive than constructive.”
16:24 The mayor of Melitopol, Ivan Fedorov, told Radio Liberty that collaborator, director of the City Transport enterprise Ivan Tkach, was probably blown up by the occupiers themselves: "Because they are starting to clean up their own traitors. The weaver had information about which of the military moved where. At the same time time, all places of collaborators are very well known to our residents and resistance forces."
15:48 Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Nikolai Patrushev said that the situation with the American drone confirmed the alleged direct participation of the United States in the hostilities in Ukraine. According to him, Russia will try to get the wreckage of an American drone that fell into the Black Sea.
15:19 Prime Minister of Latvia Krisjanis Karins said that after the end of hostilities, Ukraine should become a member of NATO in order to prevent a new war.
15:11 Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin, in his opening remarks at the Ramstein meeting, which started online, said that the allies should transfer more than 150 Leopard tanks to Ukraine: "The coalition of countries that provides Ukraine with Leopard tanks continues to grow. Now nine countries have committed provide more than 150 Leopard tanks."
14:48 The Slovak government has not agreed on the transfer of MiG-29 fighters to Ukraine, international negotiations are still ongoing, Defense Minister Yaroslav Nagy said.
14:43 Transneft announced that it had found explosive devices at the Novozybkov oil pumping station of the Druzhba pipeline in the Bryansk region. They were allegedly dropped from a drone, the station was not damaged.
14:22 Warsaw has received "clear statements" from several countries that want to supply Ukraine with MiG-29 fighters, said Polish government spokesman Piotr Muller. And the Slovak publication Pravda writes that the Slovak government has begun discussing the issue of transferring its old MiG-29 fighters to Ukraine.
13:51 The Supreme Court of Great Britain ruled in favor of Ukraine in the case of the so-called "Yanukovych's debt" for $3 billion.
Zelensky commented on the decision: "Ukraine won another victory over the aggressor - in the Supreme Court of Great Britain in the case of Eurobonds in the amount of $ 3 billion. The court decided that the defense of Ukraine on the basis of the facts of threats of Russian aggression should receive a full procedure. Justice will be ours!"
13:27 Estonia, Lithuania and Poland have proposed to reduce the marginal price of Russian oil by almost $10 - from $60 per barrel to $51.45. The European Union will discuss changing the price ceiling on March 15. The EU needs the unanimous support of 27 national governments to approve such a decision, writes Bloomberg.
12:48 The space company from Luxembourg Spacety Luxembourg SA is suspected of transferring satellite images for the needs of PMC Wagner in January of this year, Euractiv reports. The Ministry of Economy and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the country have already applied to the prosecutor's office, because they believe that the company also violated EU sanctions. Spacety Luxembourg has already been terminated from contracts to rent offices in Luxembourg, and at least two universities are ending their cooperation with it. The company denies all allegations.
Spacety Luxembourg SA is a subsidiary of China's Spacety China, which has been blacklisted by the US Treasury. She also transmitted satellite images to PMC Wagner.
12:37 Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said negotiations are underway to extend the grain deal for 120 days.
12:13 SBU detained a former employee of one of the structural units of the special services, who called on Ukrainian defenders to desert. On the eve of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation, he quit his job and left for one of the EU countries, and from there he called his former colleagues and urged them to desert from Kiev, promising that in this case "everything would be fine" with them. In case of refusal, he threatened to transfer their personal data to representatives of the Russian special services. In March 2023, the attacker crossed the state border of Ukraine, where he was immediately detained.
11:46 Denmark has agreed on the creation of a $1 billion fund for civil, military and economic assistance to Ukraine, the country's Finance Ministry said.
11:29 Moldovan investigative journalists, in cooperation with ten publications from Europe and the United States, learned about the Russian strategy of influencing the country, developed in the Kremlin about two years ago. The strategy defines 2030 as the "deadline" for taking Moldova under political control and distancing it from Western partners. The document was probably prepared in the Office of the President of the Russian Federation for cross-border cooperation - the same place where similar plans for the absorption of Belarus are made.
11:22 The EU is finalizing an agreement on ammunition for Ukraine, writes Politico. The EU ambassadors are expected to discuss the agreement during their March 15 meeting. The agreement includes two elements: 1 billion euros will be allocated as a partial refund to countries that can immediately supply ammunition from their own stocks, another 1 billion - for the joint purchase of new ammunition by EU countries.
The publication notes that Russia spends daily from 20 to 60 thousand shells, while Ukraine - from 2,000 to 7,000. In total, the EU countries provided Ukraine with 350,000 155-mm shells during the war.
10:47 The Russians have just hit the civilian infrastructure of Kharkiv, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said. According to preliminary information, there were no casualties. Kharkiv Mayor Igor Terekhov clarified that there is not a single military or infrastructure facility in the area of the missile attack site - only residential buildings and urban infrastructure.
10:21 British intelligence predicts tighter travel restrictions for an increasing number of public sector workers in the Russian Federation. Analysts note that since the beginning of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Russian government officials and workers have been subject to increasingly stringent restrictions on travel abroad. Some officials may have had to hand over their passports to the Federal Security Service.
This is an extension of existing measures taken back in Soviet times. Travel restrictions were tightened after Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014. Such measures are likely intended to prevent increasingly disgruntled officials from fleeing, the intelligence said.
09:38 Heavy fighting awaits Ukraine in the spring and summer, but the allies will do everything possible to solve the problem of the shortage of ammunition, said US Department of Defense spokesman Pat Ryder. According to him, today's meeting in the Ramstein format will be devoted to urgent needs, in particular, the supply of ammunition for Ukraine.
09:06 Eight senators from both parties of the United States require the Pentagon to send F-16 aircraft to Ukraine, writes Politico with reference to the document. According to the authors of the appeal, the conflict between Russia and Ukraine "is at a critical stage", and fighters are "a significant opportunity that can change the rules of the game on the battlefield."
09:02 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, one person was killed (in Kramatorsk), 16 more people were injured. In the Kherson region, four people were injured. In the Kharkiv region, two people died (in Volchansk and in the Kupyansky district), two more were injured, according to the IVA.
08:53 In Russia, from April 1, a new recruitment of contract soldiers into the army will begin - for this, the Ministry of Defense sent orders to the regions indicating the number of people with whom the relevant documents should be signed. Several regional media at once publish the total number of contract soldiers, with whom, according to the plans of the Russian Defense Ministry, it is necessary to replenish the troops - 400,000, Radio Liberty reports.
08:45 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of March 15.
personnel - about 161,520 (+980) people liquidated,
tanks - 3492 (+8),
armored combat vehicles - 6799 (+10),
artillery systems - 2528 (+9),
MLRS - 502 (+7),
air defense systems - 262 (+2),
aircraft - 304 (+0),
helicopters - 289 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 2132 (+12),
cruise missiles - 907 (+0),
ships/boats - 18 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 5377 (+10),
special equipment - 257 (+1).
08:24 The Russian army is concentrating its efforts on conducting offensive operations in the Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky, Maryinsky and Miner directions. Over the past day, the defense forces have repelled more than 90 enemy attacks in the indicated directions, the General Staff said in the morning summary .
In Gorlovka, Donetsk region, the invaders received an order to conduct another wave of mobilization. It is planned to mobilize about 500 people from categories that previously received reservations due to limited or complete unfitness for military service.
02:35 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the first time held a discussion on Israel's policy regarding the provision of military assistance to Ukraine, writes The Times of Israel. According to the publication, the option of providing military assistance to Kyiv was discussed, but no decisions have been made yet.
02:09 Russia continues to develop biological weapons contrary to the provisions of the Biological Weapons Convention, said US State Department spokesman Ned Price. At the same time, Moscow is trying in every possible way to divert attention in this matter from itself - for this, Russian propagandists have been promoting false information about the so-called "biological weapons laboratories" on the territory of Ukraine for many years.
00:12 Danilov denied The Washington Post's information about the alleged deterioration in the quality of the Ukrainian army due to the loss of qualified fighters, which jeopardizes the spring counteroffensive: "Yes, there is a difficult situation. We have been waging war against a large country for a year, but not against But to loosen the situation by providing information that does not correspond to reality is not a very pleasant thing. "
Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontinfo] 22:21 Ukrainian public report that Russian troops changed direction from Svatovo-Kremenskoye to Krasnolimanskoye. 21:54 In this video, footage of the death of an entire brigade of Ukrainian nationalists. The shots are extremely candid, but they need to be seen.
The other day, soldiers of the elite 25th Airborne Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine challenged Russia. In the Kremennaya-Chernopopovka area, they entered into battle with units of the 41st Army from Novosibirsk. The result is the complete defeat of the enemy. The few survivors fled leaving NATO weapons, their KIAs and even WIAs -video
21:51 Preliminary results of the Nazi attempt to break through in the Zaporozhye direction -video
According to preliminary data, the UGI soldiers suffered significant losses in personnel, five tanks and two armored personnel carriers were destroyed.
The surviving Nazis, who are part of the breakthrough group, were forced to roll back to their original positions.
Today the express train to Bandera is full.
20:58 They started to take from the Armed Forces of Ukraine consent for burial in the war zone. Prior to this, the liquidated zakhisniks, who were buried near the line of contact, were listed as missing.
In the area of the settlement of Khromovo, where the Wagner PMCs are now approaching, the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has hidden a whole cemetery of “missing” zakhisniks.
20:55152mm D-20 of 1st Brigade continuously beat the Nazis in the Avdievka direction -video
Artillerymen of the 1st Donetsk Army Corps of the Russian Armed Forces do not stop working on targets in the Avdievka direction, helping our assault units move forward. Under the fire of 152mm D-20 guns, Ukrainian nationalists are almost 24 hours a day.
19:57 Ukrainian armored personnel carrier M113 destroyed at the crossing near Bakhmut -video
19:36 The Nazis hit the doctors -video
Another analysis of violations by the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine of the provisions of the Geneva Convention regarding aggression against ambulances and medical personnel.
18:55 A building was hit in Kharkivspecializedboarding school (ul. Architects 36-A), which was used by the enemy to accommodate personnel.
A photograph of the building that got into the network indicates a partial defeat of the object.
18:41 Already in 2023, the Kiev regime sold at auction two Ukrainian sea trade ports.
- Belgorod-Dnestrovsky for $5.9 million and
- Ust-Dunaysk for $5.4 million.
This is 10 times less than the cost of one MQ-9 Reaper drone (~ $57 million)
An unequivocal zrada, but presented to the citizens of Ukraine as a victory.
18:07 Instead of tractors - weapons -video
In Zaporozhye, a large cache of ammunition was discovered in the warehouse of a tractor brigade.
Police officers received operational information that a large cache of ammunition may be located in the village of Mikhailovka, Zaporozhye region.
During the operational-search activities, the police, together with colleagues from the local division of the Russian Guard, found and seized more than 50 high-explosive fragmentation mines of 120mm caliber, 11 rounds for a grenade launcher and about 30 large-caliber cartridges in one of the warehouses of the tractor brigade.
Everything found was handed over to specialists for destruction.
Currently, an audit is being carried out, the issue of initiating a criminal case under Article 222 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation is being decided.
17:40 Destroyed by a precise hit by a Russian calculation of a 120mm mortar, the evacuation vehicle of the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in one of the directions -video
16:14 War of drones: our bird shot down the enemy one in the Kremensk direction —video
The Mavic Akhmata was flying to reconnoiter the fortifications of the Armed Forces of Ukraine when it noticed an alien drone that was dragging a projectile from the VOG to our positions. The operator quickly got his bearings, the enemy has minus one. Given that the enemy also knows how to accurately throw all sorts of rubbish on his head, this one movement saved more than one life.
Well, as you can see, our drone is intact, flew further on the task.
16:11 "Oh****but, f**!" —video
Footage of the exact hit of the Russian ATGM missile in the BTR-4E of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has appeared on the network. As a result of the impact, as seen in another video, the car was destroyed.
Where and when the video was filmed is unknown.
16:07 Air raid alert for the third time in a day announced throughout the territory of Ukraine.
15:10 The alleged organizer of the terrorist attack in the Bryansk region Denis Nikitin (Kapustin)introduced in the list of terrorists and extremists - Rosfinmonitoring.
15:07 Every day, the cemeteries of Ukraine are replenished with fresh graves of those who refused to lay down their arms and raise their hands up -video
14:48 "YOU'RE NEXT RUS ZOLDAT" - chevrons with a threat to Russian soldiers did not help the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine -video
Chevrons with the inscription “You are next, Russian soldier” were removed from the liquidated Ukrainians in the Kherson region.
Apparently, something went wrong, and they were next
14:09 For the second time in a day throughout Ukraine announced air raid alert
13:15 From peremoga to zrada, 1 step: Ukrainians rejoice at the invulnerability of their BTR-4E, on which an ATGM flew in, and Ukrainians are angry that the APC is on fire -video
The missile hit the armored personnel carrier, the militants from the landing and the Kyiv media are delighted that it is intact, but then a second video appears.
The road and the landscape outside the window of a passing car speak of what was filmed in one place.
13:13 The New York Times writes that situation with a UAV over the Black Sea, which Russian pilots shot down without the use of weapons, stunned the US military, who were watching the drone from the Ramstein base in Germany. Senior US officials are concerned that the incident over the Black Sea could lead to a direct confrontation between Russia and the US.
It is high time to liquidate all the means by which the actions of the AFU are coordinated and reconnaissance of territories is carried out. Now it's the turn for satellites over Ukraine. There is a lot of debris in space, a lot of debris can damage delicate equipment.
13:11 Subversive and reconnaissance group of Ukrainian nationalists destroyed in the Zaporozhye region - the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation
12:17 The bridge in Artemovsk (Bakhmut) destroyed by aircraft, along which the Ukrainian soldiers were evacuatedvideo
12:16Ukrainians continue to use the apartments of civilians as positions in the Bakhmut (Artemovsky) section -video
12:14 Actor and his role.
Zelensky's face "distorted by flour"accepts the chevron of the destroyed Nazi "Da Vinci", from the elimination of which they made an international show.
Meanwhile, in the background sits Danilov, who "no losses."
11:34 Ukrainian military convicted for 12 years in a strict regime colony for crimes against the civilian population of Severodonetsk
On May 25, 2022, Andrey Neznamov, a serviceman of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, threw a grenade through the window of a residential building, according to the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation. As a result of the explosion, a woman living there was injured, and property damage was also caused to her.
The defendant fully admitted his guilt and repented of his deed.
11:33 Citizen of Ukraine Pavlo Zaporozhets, who was accusedof attempted terrorist attack in Kherson on May 9, pleaded guilty to the crimes he was charged with - the court
11:31 According to Ukrainian servicemen, the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine forbids commanders on the ground to take or exchange the bodies of killed servicemen from the Russian side.
The news is certainly not new. The Bandera leadership pursues two goals:
- saving on payments for the families of the victims;
- Postponement of the moment of sobering up of the population. There are fewer funerals for heroes, a more stable social situation, the second-hand authorities say.
Bandera! Stray unfortunate in the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine! Know that your body, like your soul, is not needed by the bloody clown and his Western masters. Although it's probably best for you to be buried in a special cemetery on the Russian side.
After the defeat of the Artemov group, the number of killed Bandera will multiply. And the best way to avoid graves is to go over to the Russian side and surrender!
10:49 All over Ukraine announced air raid alert
10:04 Near Artyomovsk was eliminate dVitaliy Kaplin from the Ukrainian Volunteer Corps "Right Sector." As you know, in the DUK he served as deputy commander of the 3rd battalion of the 67th Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
09:27 The crew of the assault aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces works in the zone of the special operation.
08:47 Combat crews 122mm BM-21 "Grad" from the group "Brave" incinerated pickup trucks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine -video.
08:20 Combat work crews of artillery mounts 152mm 2A65 "Msta-B" of the Airborne Troops in one of the directions in the special operation zone.
07:45 Combat work of T-90M tank crews in the area of the special operation -video.
The crews of the T-90M "Breakthrough" tanks carry out the tasks of providing fire support to the advancing assault detachments of the Airborne Forces and destroying enemy infantry in strongholds.
07:30 At night, three missiles were shot down by the air defense system over Belgorod and the Belgorod region, Governor Gladkov said.
According to him, there are destructions in several private houses and one apartment building, windows and roofs are mostly damaged, there are damages to cars. There were no casualties.
07:01 At the Russian Ministry of Defense told about the successes in the Kupyansk direction on March 14.
Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 23:05 Soldiers of the 291st regiment of 42nd Division of the recaptured attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye direction. 21:58 Soldiers of the 291st Regiment of the 42nd Division of the 58th Army repelled an enemy attack in the Zaporozhye direction today. Three (according to other sources - four) enemy tanks were burned. Some of the militants were destroyed, the rest rolled back to their previous positions -video
20:49 Assault on Maryinka: Russian army tanks advance through the ruins, destroying the enemy -video
The Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to lose a large number of their militants in Marinka, but again and again they replace them with reserve ones in an attempt to keep the regional center near Donetsk.
20:28 Battle for Avdievka setting as of 20.00 March 15, 2023
North of Avdievka, Russian troops completely cleared Krasnogorovka. The settlement came under the control of the RF Armed Forces. At the moment, the military personnel of the Russian Army are advancing west of the village and securing themselves in the liberated areas.
Due to the loss of Krasnohorovka, Ukrainian formations have been actively transferring ammunition and essential products to Avdiivka in the past few days in case the defense is breached. In addition, 15 people from the 116th troop unit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine arrived at the front line.
To the south of Avdievka, several units of armored vehicles and assault detachments from the 53rd Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were deployed to the area of Тоnenkovo and Severny.
In the area four km northwest of Pervomaisky and 1.5 km north of the village, firing positions of 155mm M777 howitzers are equipped, and in Pervomaisky itself, at least one MLRS launcher.
Over the past day, the Armed Forces of Ukraine with the forces of 53rd Separate Mechanized Brigade and 145 and 147 separate battalions conducted reconnaissance in force, advancing from the outskirts of Severny. As a result, the Ukrainian formations managed to recapture one position, but they could not advance further than the Armed Forces of Ukraine, losing eight people wounded.
With the liberation of Krasnogorovka, the situation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Avdievka worsened, but so far it is too early to talk about the encirclement and the attack on the fortified area itself. Before that, it is necessary to create a favorable foothold by cutting the supply lines, which, among other things, run from the south from Lastochkino and Orlovka.
19:52 Ukrainian troops fired at the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, firing three rounds with a caliber of 155mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
19:46 There is a battle under Pologi in Zaporozhye. According to the wargonzo project, the 219th Motorized Rifle Regiment is currently fighting Ukrainian troops in the Pologovsky district. It is reported about the use of armored vehicles by the enemy.
19:37 Consequences artillery attack of the Petrovsky district of Donetsk. The shell hit an apartment building, completely destroying a residential apartment.
19:10 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for March 15, additional information was received about the damage as a result of artillery attack of the Ukrainian cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district):
— fixed damage store "Luck" on the street. Tumanyan;
- st. Tumanyan, 19 - a direct hit in an apartment building;
- st. Tumanyan, 16, 17 - apartment buildings;
- st. Stepnaya, 150 - a direct hit in a private residential building;
- st. Stepnaya, 32, 33 - private residential buildings.
18:43 The head of Nova Kakhovka said that Ukrainian DRGs are trying to penetrate the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station.
According to him, first they cross the Dnieper. And then they try to climb the hydroelectric power station. Moreover, they make their attempts very often. However, Russian fighters destroy them faster.
"Such attempts are constantly being made, it is obvious that they are stopped immediately. It’s even hard for me to understand for what purpose they are being carried out, because these groups are immediately destroyed," commented the head of Nova Kakhovka.
18:18 Soldiers of PMC "Wagner" arecolorsin the dungeons of the AZOM plant (Artemovsky non-ferrous metal processing plant).
In order to knock out units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the lower floors, assault groups have to descend to a depth of 320 m. AZOM was built in 1954. The area of the enterprise is about 1.5 square meters. km, this is more than 200 football fields.
The plant was built with an eye to work even in the event of a nuclear conflict, so the workshops are built of strong concrete blocks 3-4 m thick. There are also huge underground shelters to accommodate people and store ammunition and equipment.
The situation at the Artyomovsk plant is reminiscent of the battles for Azovstal in Mariupol, where the Russian military had to exterminate the Armed Forces of Ukraine step by step from the dungeons.
An interesting fact: it took a little more than three months to clean up the east of Artyomovsk and the plant. On December 20, Ukrainian President Zelensky visited AZOM, where he awarded medals to soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Now this complex is under the control of the Wagner PMC.
17:55 Destruction of Ukrainian T-72 tank near Avdievka with a Krasnopol projectile.
17:05 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for March 15, additional information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): - on the street. Bialystokskaya, one wounded boy born in 2015
Additional information has been received about the damage caused by the artillery attack of the Ukrainian cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district):
- st. Novoshakhtinskaya, 13 - a direct hit in an apartment building;
- st. Tumanyan, 9 - apartment building;
- st. Lenkoranskaya, 9 - apartment building;
- st. Belostokskaya, 1, 2, 3 - private residential buildings.
17:01 Artillery of the RF Armed Forces continues to deliver fire defeat on the positions of Ukrainian nationalists in the Kremensk direction.
17:00 Battle for Artemovsk situation as of March 15, 2023
The liberation of Zaliznyansky opens the way for a simultaneous attack on the Bondarnoe-Vasyukovka line to the north from two sides: from Zaliznyansky and Krasnopolye. This will level the front line and improve the situation before a further assault on the Seversk agglomeration.
To the south, fighting continues in Orekhovo-Vasilevka, where consolidated formations of the 30th Brigade, 71st Brigade and 17th Brigade, as well as the defense forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, are involved in the defense. Ukrainian units withdrew mortar and artillery crews to Malinovka due to the approach of the front line to the Minkovsky triangle, which includes Privolye and Golubovka.
In the north-west of Artemovsk, the Wagnerites advanced a little towards Bogdanovka from the side of Dubovo-Vasilevka. In addition, separate reconnaissance and sabotage groups of Wagner PMCs are already operating between Bogdanovka and Khromovo.
Information about the release of Khromovo is not yet true. The forces of the 93rd Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine left the village in full strength due to heavy losses, however, Russian units did not enter the settlement due to the massive artillery attack of its environs by Ukrainian artillery.
In Artemovsk, the "Wagnerites" continue to clean up the territory of the "Artemovsky plant for the processing of non-ferrous metals." After the liberation of the Vostokmash building, advancement deep into the complex is noted.
In the south, the assault detachments crossed Korsunskogo Street and reached the center of the Samolet district. Fights are marked in the direction of the Bakhmut Industrial College.
16:22 Servicemen of the Russian Armed Forces in the Kremensk direction destroy manpower of the Ukrainian troops.
15:56 Ukrainian troops fired at the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, firing 16 rounds with a caliber of 155mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
15:44 Personnel the consequences of a direct hit by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in an apartment building in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk. As a result, a teenager born in 2009 was injured, in addition, the gas pipe and the adjacent territory were damaged.
15:43 Ukrainian troops fired on Panteleymonovka, firing 8 rounds with a caliber of 155mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
14:50 Ukrainian troops fired at the Kirovsky and Kuibyshevsky districts of Donetsk, firing two rounds with a caliber of 155mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
14:25 Reconnaissance of the OBTF "Cascade" in the Ugledar direction made a "Double". Destroying one firing point in the house they found in one of the dachas the second. An accurate shot of the scouts mined another firing point of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
14:15 Ukrainian nationalists launched a missile attack on the center of Bryanka from the MLRS "HIMARS" -video.
14:04 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for March 15, additional information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
n.p. Mineralskoye : - a man born in 1999 was wounded.
13:47 The main thing from the new briefing of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation:
- Losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donetsk direction were delivered to 160 military personnel per day;
- The Russian Armed Forces destroyed about 75 military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as the Acacia self-propelled guns, in a day in the Yuzhno-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions;
- Russian troops destroyed more than 235 Ukrainian soldiers in the Krasnolymansk direction during the day;
– The Russian Armed Forces destroyed three ammunition depots of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Dachnoe, Galitsinovka and Novoselovka Pervaya in the DPR;
- The Russian Armed Forces destroyed a sabotage and reconnaissance group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye region;
- Air defense systems of the Russian Federation shot down 15 MLRS HIMARS, "Alder" and 220mm BM-27 "Uragan" rounds and 7 drones of the Armed Forces of Ukraine per day;
- The RF Armed Forces destroyed up to 35 Ukrainian soldiers and a 122mm D-30 howitzer in the direction of Kherson;
– The Russian Aerospace Forces shot down a Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopter in the Zaporozhye region;
- The RF Armed Forces destroyed three radar stations of the S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the DPR.
13:35 The Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked the Petrovsky district of Donetsk. INresultartillery attack injured two people: a 12-year-old child and a woman. As civilians said, the boy is now in a state of moderate severity, he was hospitalized.
In addition, due to Ukrainian rounds in the area, two apartment buildings were partially destroyed.
13:32 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for March 15, additional information was received about the damage as a result of artillery attack of the Ukrainian cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Petrovsky district):
- st. Sotsgorodok, 14/1 - a private residential building; direct hit in the outbuilding.
n.p. Makeevka (Sovetsky district):
- Damage was recorded to the building of the Athlone Road Enterprise on the street. Engels.
13:31 Ukrainian troops fired at the Kirovsky and Kuibyshevsky districts of Donetsk, firing five rounds with a caliber of 155mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
13:24 PMC "Wagner" took control of Zaliznyanskoye in the DPR - Prigozhin
12:52 Consequences of artillery attack of the Petrovsky district of Donetsk by Ukrainian militants.
12:34 Ukrainian troops fired at the Kirovsky and Kuibyshevsky districts of Donetsk, firing six rounds with a caliber of 155mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
12:14 In the Aleshkovsky district found a large cache of ammunition in the basement of an abandoned building.
The operatives confiscated and handed over to the servicemen of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation 83 mine fuses, 63 anti-tank and 23 anti-personnel mines, as well as six grenade launchers.
Measures to detect and suppress the illegal circulation of weapons and ammunition continue.
12:10 This morning, the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired at New Camps. Now this village and also Sandy were left without electricity. The utilities are already trying to restore everything.
11:56 Destroyedby Russian aviation, the bridge in Artemovsk (Bakhmut) along which the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were evacuated.
11:37 Ukrainian militants continue to use apartments of civilians as positions.
11:38 Yesterday an artillery strike was carried out in the area of the settlement. Gavrilovka (Kherson region), as a result of which 120mm was destroyed. mortar crew and ammunition for it, five servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were disposed of, three were seriously injured
11:32 Ukrainian troops fired at Shirokaya Balka, firing seven rounds with a caliber of 155mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
11:20 Consequences of artillery attack of the city of Bryanka (LPR) by the armed formations of Ukraine
As a result of the artillery attack of N. p. Bryanka with the use of the American MLRS M142 HIMARS (the enemy fired two missiles of the M30A1 GMLRS type equipped with shrapnel) injured a civilian born in 1987, seven multi-storey residential buildings, six administrative buildings, the Bryankovchanka garment factory, the central city were damaged in the city center clinic and retail outlets.
11:08 Artemovsk. In the morning, it is reported about the successful advance of PMC "Wagner" in the industrial zone of the AZOM plant (where Vostomash was released yesterday).
There is also progress in the city from Zabakhmutka towards the city center.
South of the city is still unchanged. Fierce fighting continues at Krasny.
To the north of the city, battles are going on near Zaliznyansky (there are even reports that they have already entered - we are waiting for confirmation). Pressure is also increasing in the direction of Bogdanovka, Khromovo and Orekhovo-Vasilyevka.
The enemy continues to announce the transfer of additional forces to the Artemovsk direction - we are waiting for him to try to make his move. Missile strikes are carried out on suitable reserves in the area of Konstantinovka and Chasov Yar. Covered at least two columns.
10:47 Ukrainian troops fired at the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, firing seven rounds with a caliber of 155mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
10:32 At night in the area of N. p. Solonchaky (Kherson region) an artillery strike was carried out on the position of one of the brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as a result of which 152mm was destroyed, howitzer 2S3 "Acacia" with a crew of 5 people and ammunition.
10:27 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for March 15, information was received about victims among civilians in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Petrovsky district):
- on the street. Saltykov-Shchedrin, 20 wounded teenage boy born in 2009
- on the street. Composers, a woman born in 1963 was injured.
Information was received about damage as a result of artillery attack of the VFU cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Petrovsky district):
- st. Composers, 28 - apartment building;
- st. Saltykova-Shchedrin, 20, 26 - multi-apartment residential buildings;
10:15 As a result of artillery attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Aleshki, a residential building was destroyed -video.
At night, the AFU militants fired 43 rounds at settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, including Aleshki, where a residential building was damaged as a result.
10:05 About 60 mines were found in Svatovo after remote mining of the city by Ukrainian armed forces. This was announced by a military expert, retired lieutenant colonel Andrei Marochko in his Telegram channel.
09:26 Ukrainian troops fired at Yasinovataya, firing eight rounds with a caliber of 152mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
09:20 AFU fired at the peaceful infrastructure of the left bank of the Kherson region from cannon artillery - emergency services.
Ukrainian militants attacked Aleshki, Kardashynka, Krynki, Korsunka, Dnepryan and other settlements. According to emergency services, the artillery attack was carried out from cannon artillery. In total, during the day, the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired about 49 rounds at the peaceful infrastructure of the left bank of the Kherson region.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being specified.
09:17 Ukrainian troops fired at the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, firing four rounds with a caliber of 155mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
09:05 Information on the artillery attack of Gorlovka as of 08:00 on March 15, 2023
08:25 Ukrainian troops fired at the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, firing five rounds with a caliber of 152mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported
08:12 In the Kremensk direction, our artillery destroys Nazis settled in the forests.
08:05 Russian missiles hit the rear of the Bakhmut group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine - explosions thundered in Kramatorsk, Slavyansk and Konstantinovka.
That night, the Russian military attacked the rear of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which, presumably, was supposed to go to Artemovsk (Bakhmut). Explosions were heard in Kramatorsk and Konstantinovka. In Slavyansk, Russian rockets flew in near the railway station, they are transmitting from the field.
08:00 Summary of the LPR Representation in the JCCC for the past day, March 14
From the side of the armed formations of Ukraine, two2 artillery attacks were recorded on the settlement. Krasny Luch and Bryanka using HIMARS MLRS (eight missiles).
As a result of the attacks:
– in n.p. Bryanka was wounded by a civilian born in 1987;
– in n.p. Krasny Luch damaged the buildings of the inactive mine dispensary named after the Izvestia newspaper and the Yubileiny children's camp.
Additional information about the victims and damage is being specified.
07:50 Frontline summary on the morning of 15.03.2023:
On the Donetsk front, units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, with the support of artillery, resumed offensive operations near Novomikhailovka. A little to the north, they seek to establish control over Pobeda. Russian artillery is working closely on the western part of Maryinka, providing a ground attack. Also, under fire escort of the RF Armed Forces, assault operations are carried out near Nevelskoye.
The same situation is in the area of Pervomaisky and Severny. Many arrivals in the fortified area of ??the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Avdiivka. Russian troops are advancing on the city itself from the south of Experienced, from the east of Yasinovataya. And to the north they attack at Kamenka. And also with fire support. Russian artillery fired on Georgievka, Krasnogorovka, Svitovo and New York. The Armed Forces of Ukraine carried out strikes on Donetsk and Horlivka.
To the south-west of Artemovsk, the Wagner PMC, supported by artillery, is conducting assault operations in the area of Ivanovsky and is successful. Wagner PMC advanced to the highway to Konstantinovka and actually went to the south-western outskirts of the city, which is subjected to massive strikes.
From the north, Wagner operators from the side of Yagodnoye are storming the industrial zone. There are fierce battles. To the north-west of Artemovsk, PMC "Wagner" is advancing on Grigorovka. With the support of artillery, he pushes back Ukrainian units from Orekhovo-Vasylivka. Attacks towards Minkovka.
After a fire defeat, it advances near Vasyukovka. The APU is artillery attack Kurdyumovka and Dubovo-Vasilyevka. Russian artillery hits Belaya Gora, Konstantinovka, Predtechin, Bondarny and Disputable. The Armed Forces of Ukraine attempted a counterattack from Verkhnekamensky to Verkhnekamenka.
In the Lugansk direction, Russian troops again tried to reach Belogorovka. The offensive was carried out from two sides: from Zolotarevka and Novodruzhesk. APU hold positions. But to the north-west of the RF Armed Forces advanced to Yampolevka. They also attacked in the Nevsky area. And with the support of artillery, they carried out offensive operations in the direction of Makeyevka.
07:40122mm MLRS BM-21 fire of the RF Armed Forces on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kremennaya-Svatovo direction -video.
07:20 Mortarmen of the 5th Tank Brigade of the Air Defense Forces of the Russian Armed Forces shared cadres his work on enemy strongholds at the dachas of Ugledar.
07:00 Result of the arrival of a kamikaze drone at the warehouse with ammunition of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Artyomovsk direction.
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[REGNUM] The United States blamed Russia for the loss of an American MQ-9 Reaper drone off the coast of Crimea. Conflicting versions are being issued in Washington. According to one of them, an expensive drone crashed literally “because of a bucket of kerosene” - fuel that was accidentally drained by the Russian Su-27. What was the “Reaper” (as the name of the drone is translated as) tracking down at the Russian borders?
The US Department of Defense announced the loss of the MQ-9 Reaper reconnaissance and strike drone in the Black Sea. According to the American version, Russian Su-27 fighters were raised to intercept the drone, which, actively maneuvering in the air, knocked the drone off course, after which it deviated from the route and fell. According to the Pentagon, during the incident, the fighters carried out an emergency fuel dump on the MQ-9 route, which led to the loss of control over the drone.
Another version, which does not quite coincide with the first, was presented by the European Command of the US Armed Forces. They claim here: one of the two Russian Su-27 aircraft hit the propeller of an American drone, which led to its crash in the waters of the Black Sea, TASS reports.
According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the American reconnaissance and strike drone MQ-9, whose route passed in the region of the Crimean peninsula, performed unsafe actions near the coast, turning off the transponders. Due to sharp maneuvering, the device went into uncontrolled flight with a loss of altitude and collided with the surface of the water. The Russian Aerospace Forces did not use airborne weapons, did not come into contact with the drone, and returned safely to their home airfield.
WHERE DO THE SCOUTS COME FROM?
Our specialists have had the opportunity to observe the flights of Reaper vehicles near our borders on numerous occasions. American drones have been making reconnaissance flights to the borders of Crimea for the past eight years. According to the Flightradar service , which monitors air traffic, American reconnaissance drones, as a rule, operate in conjunction with radar and/or electronic intelligence aircraft.
Reaper reconnaissance and strike drones (literally translated as “Reaper”) also operate in conjunction with the heavier RQ-4 Global Hawk drones with the callsign Forte11. The devices take off from US Air Force bases in Crete, Sicily, and also from NATO bases. As a rule, one RQ-4 and several MQ-9s are involved in one sortie, which disable the transponders.
The downed MQ-9 took off from an air base in Romania on Tuesday morning for a scheduled reconnaissance mission that typically lasts 9 to 10 hours with a 24-hour airborne time limit for the drone. This data is provided by The New York Times, citing a senior Pentagon official.
The drone, according to the source, was not armed, but carried out reconnaissance tasks at an altitude of about 7,600 meters with a maximum flight altitude of up to 13,000 meters. Such sorties are carried out regularly, said a representative of the US military department.
WHAT DID THE "REAPER" COLLECT
The Pentagon refused to disclose what equipment the Reaper carried. "I won't go into details about the characteristics of this drone," Pentagon spokesman Patrick Ryder said.
Washington does not advertise what tasks their reconnaissance aircraft perform in the Black Sea, so they will seek to cover their tracks, Alexei Chadayev, a public figure and head of the Dronnitsa movement, commented to REGNUM.
Specifically, the apparatus that fell into the Black Sea had reconnaissance equipment on board in the form of a payload, the expert believes. “I think that they mainly detected missile launches and aircraft takeoffs to warn the Ukrainians when missile strikes were taking place.
If you talk about what he was carrying on board, it turns out that the United States is thus participating in the conflict on the side of Ukraine. And they don’t want to admit this, ” Chadaev pointed out.
The decision to fly closer to our airspace could be dictated by the desire to "look deeper," the expert noted. For example - "to study the area, conditionally, the left bank of the Dnieper." A deliberate provocation is not excluded as a way to check how our air defense systems will react, Chadayev added.
"Now there is information that the Americans tried to blow it up remotely at the bottom, but ours jammed the control signal. I don’t know if they managed to undermine it, the signal goes so-so under water. So it can be disassembled and studied." the expert believes.
ASSASSIN OF GENERAL SOLEIMANI
"Actually, Reaper is a drone of rather large dimensions: 11 meters long and with a wingspan of 20 meters. It was adopted by the US Air Force in the early 2000s. It is used both for reconnaissance and for strike purposes, like the same Turkish Bayraktar. It is capable of carrying military weapons in the form of AGM-114 Hellfire missiles and, as a rule, is used for targeted elimination of conditional "terrorists," Chadayev said.
It was with the help of the "Reapers" that the leaders of various groups were eliminated, as well as the Iranian General Qassem Soleimani.
"These drones can be effectively used against an enemy that does not have air defense systems. Because with the existence of a powerful air defense system, it is immediately destroyed. So, in fact, it happened with the Bayraktars in the first months of the NMD, when they were constantly shot down," the expert said.
The fact that the "Reapers" are vulnerable to air defense, it became clear during the wars in Libya and Yemen. In 2019, two MQ-9s were shot down by Libyan anti-aircraft gunners, Defense News reported. In both cases, Russian-made Pantsir-S1E installations transferred from the UAE were used. In August 2021, another Reaper was shot down in the skies over Yemen by anti-aircraft fire from Houthi rebels.
In 2020, Forbes reported that the US Air Force generally considers the MQ-9 Reaper drones obsolete and plans to replace them with new models by 2030. But this is a tested product for export - in February, the idea was voiced in the United States to transfer several "Reapers" to the Ukrainian Air Force. Ukraine can join the number of countries operating American combat UAVs, along with France, Japan, Spain, India, Italy and the Netherlands.
Now Washington is using the MQ-9 incident as an excuse to put pressure on the Joe Biden administration - and force him to give the go-ahead to send F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine "to increase defense capability."
"It’s definitely not worth expecting them to stop their flights," Chadaev predicts. "They have dozens, if not hundreds of such drones in service, so nothing critical has happened to them. But the damage was done to them in the media field - a device worth $57 million was lost "due to a bucket of kerosene" - jet fuel dropped. Americans look stupid." Now Washington is developing a possible response to inflict comparable damage on us, the expert added.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin
[ColonelCassad] Despite statements by the Pentagon that Russia did not recover the equipment of the MQ-9 Reaper reconnaissance and strike UAV that fell in the Black Sea, fears are expressed in the United States (including by officials) that Russia has already gained access to the wreckage of the drone, which may be of technological value to study and subsequent reverse engineering.
The recording of the recovery of engine fragments, published yesterday, aroused serious interest among experts, who admit that sufficiently large fragments of the drone may be in an acceptable state for study after recovery.
Despite the fact that Russia has previously gained access to fragments of the MQ-9 technology (downed vehicles in Libya, alleged familiarization with technologies that fell into the possession of Iran, etc.), of course, it is not the hull and engine that are of key importance, but the electronic filling of the machine, which is periodically updated by the Americans (due to which the cost of these drones is growing). Considering that Russia may share such information with Iran (which often comes into contact with the MQ-9 in its hybrid wars), the question can be much more important than just familiarizing yourself with the wreckage.
Hence the obvious desire of the Biden administration to put a brake on this issue (not only we are laughing at the accusation of violating the environment) and the simultaneous attacks on it by the Trumpists, who have seized on another joint of the Biden administration.
American senator Lindsey Graham said the need to shoot down Russian aircraft in neutral airspace if they approach American ones.
Does he propose to shoot down Russian aircraft in neutral airspace near the borders of Russia? I wonder how the Americans will do it?
Okay, over the Gulf of Mexico. But over the Black Sea, if the Yankees attack, they will follow the drone. And the Russians will be in their full international law. This, uncomrade, is tantamount to declaring war on a nuclear superpower. According to international law. So, better slow down for now. Then the Americans will not fly in neutral space either ...
And what is most interesting. Nobody shot down an American drone.
So, we just peed in the sky ;) Your American drone fell by itself, crashing into space.
Only one drone was turned, and how farts exploded in Washington. And he's not alone, this senator. Yesterday I read the comments of the Americans on YouTube, they are directly splashing in hysterics. As so, they got bread. Particularly moronic ones demand to bill Russia for the drone)
P.S. And about the senator. That's what it means - a person grew up overseas in safety and impunity. And if there was a cracker in the studio, he would put 100% in his pants
Shoigu: non-compliance with the Russian restricted flight zone was the cause of the incident with the US drone.
The Russian side considers the US attempts to conduct reconnaissance in the Black Sea near the Russian borders as a provocation. This was announced on March 15 during telephone conversations between the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, General of the Army Sergei Shoigu and the head of the Pentagon, Lloyd Austin .
According to the Russian Defense Ministry, during the conversation, Shoigu stressed that he sees the reason for the incident with the UAV as the fact that the aircraft violated the boundaries of the flight zone determined by Russia due to a special operation. The representative of the Russian department also noted the strengthening by the Americans of intelligence activities directed against the interests of Russia.
“ It was noted that the flights of American strategic unmanned aerial vehicles off the coast of Crimea are of a provocative nature, which creates prerequisites for an escalation of the situation in the Black Sea zone ,” the Defense Ministry said in a statement.
It is emphasized that Russia intends to respond proportionately to such attacks by the United States. The states were also reminded of the responsibility of the nuclear powers in their actions.
As REGNUM reported , the United States is on the verge of a direct conflict with Russia , and the case of an American drone in the Black Sea increases the risks of its start, Republican member of the US House of Representatives Matt Goetz said earlier .
The Russian Defense Ministry noted that the MQ-9 UAV of the US Armed Forces fell on March 14 into the Black Sea due to its own sharp maneuvering. Russian fighters did not come into contact with him.
Mark Milley: US Department of Defense remotely destroyed information on a UAV that fell into the Black Sea
Representatives of the Department of Defense of the United States of America erased all valuable information from an unmanned device that fell in the Black Sea. This was told to journalists by the chairman of the Committee of Chiefs of Staff of the US Armed Forces, General Mark Milley, during a press conference.
He stated that the United States intends to take action to return the wreckage of the drone to American territory, but so far no such decision has been made. At the same time, Milli stated that there was nothing special to return, since the device, most likely, "fell apart,"
Nevertheless, the wreckage is the property of the States, he stressed. Raising the aircraft will be very difficult, as it is at a depth of 4,000 to 5,000 feet (1.2-1.5 km), the general also said.
"As for the return of the wreckage, then, indeed, we do not have ships in the area. But we have many allies and friends in this region," Milli said.
He also talked about taking "appropriate measures" to ensure that the drone data is no longer of interest.
As REGNUM reported , the Russian Defense Ministry noted that the MQ-9 UAV of the US Armed Forces fell into the Black Sea on March 14 due to its own sharp maneuvering. Russian fighters did not come into contact with him.
The Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation discussed with the representative of the structure of the US Armed Forces the situation with the American UAV
It became known about a telephone conversation between First Deputy Minister of Defense of Russia Valery Gerasimov and Chairman of the Committee of the Chiefs of Staff of the Armed Forces of the United States of America Mark Milley . The conversation between the generals took place on March 15, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
During the discussion, the topic of the incident with the American drone was raised, follows from the information of the department. A telephone meeting between representatives of the American and Russian defense structures was the development of negotiations on this issue.
Earlier, the incident was already discussed by the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Sergei Shoigu and the head of the Pentagon, Lloyd Austin.
As REGNUM reported , the Russian side considers US attempts to conduct reconnaissance in the Black Sea near the Russian borders as a provocation , Shoigu said during the conversation. He also stated that the Americans are strengthening intelligence activities directed against the interests of Russia.
Attempts to get fragments of the American MQ-9 Reaper drone from the Black Sea are definitely needed, said Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Nikolai Patrushev in an interview with journalist Pavel Zarubin .
"I don’t know whether we will be able to get [the wreckage] or not, but the fact that we need to do this and we will do it is a must," Patrushev said.
According to the head of the Foreign Intelligence Service , Sergei Naryshkin , Russia has the appropriate technical capabilities.
As REGNUM reported , on the morning of March 14, an American drone entered the area of the temporary regime for the use of airspace over the Black Sea, established for the period of the special operation. His transponders were off. Russian fighter jets were sent to the intruder to identify him. The drone, as stated in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, went into uncontrolled flight and fell into the sea . Russian pilots did not use weapons.
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Representatives of the Department of Defense of the United States of America erased all valuable information from an unmanned device that fell in the Black Sea. This was told to journalists by the chairman of the Committee of Chiefs of Staff of the US Armed Forces, General Mark Milley, during a press conference
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Russian pilots participated in Korea. We killed a lot of Russians in Afghanistan. There was the Cuban Missile Crisis. There was the Pueblo. We were flying an intel drone in waters were we assisted in the sinking of an iconic Russian war vessel. This has been going on since after WWII.
It says something that Joe Biden is acting more rational than Lindsey Graham. He is a worse actor than Jossie Smollett. He is not acting in our interests. Reagan was not an idiot.
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If we really want to freak out the Russians, just tell them we're giving the Ukrainians the "Assault Breaker" system (BLU-108 Submunitions). Watch how fast they crap their pants.
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Can some smart bubblehead here at the burg advise if we have submarine launched munitions capable of making the Reaper just a pile of scrap before Russkies dredge it up and give it to the Iranians to reverse engineer?
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#14 Correct. The Russers acted with upmost restraint, where we used high tech to shoot down balloons. For those keeping score - we lose the next round. 'just how it goes.
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if we have submarine launched munitions capable of making the Reaper just a pile of scrap before Russkies dredge it up
Maybe we could get the guys that did the Nordstream job. Unless they are busy working on something new...
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:
[ColonelCassad] PMC "Wagner" today liberated the village of Zaliznyanskoye to the north-west of Artemovsk. The fighting there continues to move towards Kramatorsk.
The battles for Orekhovo-Vasilyevka, Bogdanovka and Khromovo also continue (reports of the complete capture of Khromovo are ahead of events).
Roads from Artemovsk are under constant fire control. The enemy there is suffering increasing losses in manpower and equipment.
[NYPOST] It’s a particularly deadly time to be on Russian President Putin’s bad side — 39 bodies, piled up since war broke out in Ukraine, collectively underscore the point.
Just this month, two former bigshots bit the dust.
Sergey Grishin, a financial fraudster and oligarch who sold Harry and Meghan their Montecito, California, mansion for $14.7 million, perished from sepsis on March 6.
Coincidence or not, this happened after he criticized Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Virologist Andrey Botikov — who helped develop the controversial Sputnik V Covid vaccine — went in a less subtle manner on March 1: He fell victim to a belt around his neck.
Energy bosses, politicians and outspoken critics are among those who have paid the ultimate price.
Putin and leaders of Russia’s bloodthirsty Kremlin, according to Russian expert Jon O’Neill, have their fingerprints on at least some of the deaths that range from the mysterious to the gruesome to the seemingly accidental.
“Putin does not want to murder people directly,” O’Neill, co-author of “The Dancer and the Devil: Stalin, Pavlova and the Road to the Great Pandemic,” told The Post. “If he does, he gets exposed all over the world. He wants people appearing to kill themselves or seeming to die from unusual diseases. Putin wants to kill people on a deniable basis.
“At the same time, everyone in Russia knows that these people are being murdered. It sends a message to those associated with Putin: You better stay in line.”
Suspicious deaths since March of 2022 include Colonel Vadim Boyko, the Ukraine War’s chief of mobilization, who was said to have committed suicide. Just one problem: He was shot five times.
Meanwhile, Marina Yankina, a Russian defense official, plummeted 16 stories to her death from her apartment window.
Although the St. Petersburg news outlet Mash maintained that she had committed suicide and notified her husband before leaping to her death, O’Neill believes that the death of Yankina and other military officials can be tied to failures Russia is experiencing in Ukraine.
“It can’t be a mistake Putin made,” said O’Neill. “It has to be bad execution. Those people know too much about what really happened. That is why they are dying.”
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Compared to the Arkansas Mafia, Putin's a two-bit amateur!
[Shafaq News] The British and German air forces carried out their first joint interception of a Russian aircraft near NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Originally it was a mutual defense pact directed against an expansionist Soviet Union. In later years it evolved into a mechanism for picking the American pocket while criticizing the cut of the American pants... airspace, the BBC reported Wednesday.
The U.K. Royal Air Force and the German Air Force reportedly scrambled two Typhoon fighters to intercept an Il-78 refueling plane near Estonian airspace Tuesday.
The Il-78 was said to fail to communicate with air traffic control in Estonia, a former Soviet republic that has been a NATO member since 2004.
"The interception itself was routine, but it is the first time such an operation has been carried out together by the two countries," the BBC wrote.
The British and German jets were then redirected to intercept a Russian An-148 regional jet airliner that was allegedly flying close to Estonian airspace.
Russia has not yet commented on the interceptions.
The reported interceptions are part of NATO’s Baltic air policing mission that member countries carry out on a four-month rotational basis.
There was no immediate evidence of any link between the interception and Tuesday’s incident between a Russian Su-27 fighter jet and a U.S. MQ-9 Reaper drone.
The reported collision marks the first publicly known direct contact between Russian forces and the United States since Moscow invaded U.S. ally Ukraine last February.
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[NYPOST] It’s a particularly deadly time to be on Russian President Putin’s bad side — 39 bodies, piled up since war broke out in Ukraine, collectively underscore the point.
