[YouTube] The Russian invasion of 2022 began with a multi-pronged winter invasion of Ukrainian territory. After a series of reverses in late 2022, the Russian effort to reclaim the initiative in Ukraine seems to have begun...with another multi-pronged winter offensive.
In this episode, I look at the way that offensive has played out, what observations and lessons might come out of the last three months, and what that may mean for the war to come.
Also we're going to talk about the shovels story, because we have to do better than that.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[LB] Yesterday, the occupiers also actively fought in the Zaporizhzhia region.
by Iryna Lysohor
389 days of large-scale Russian invasion began. Despite the human losses, the Russian Federation continues to wage a war of aggression.
The main efforts are focused on attempts to completely capture the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. To achieve its goals, it continues offensive operations in the Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiiv, Marin and Shakhtar directions. During the past day, our defenders repelled 83 attacks on this part of the front. The epicenter of hostilities remains Bakhmut, according to a message of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook .
Last day, the Russian Federation continued to use terror tactics against the civilian population of Ukraine. By shelling populated areas and critical infrastructure facilities, the enemy completely ignores the laws and customs of war.
Over the past day, the enemy launched 11 missile strikes, four of which hit the objects of Zaporizhzhia's civil infrastructure. Also, 16 airstrikes and 99 attacks from rocket salvo systems by the occupiers were recorded.
The probability of further strikes throughout the territory of Ukraine remains high.
The operational situation remains stable in the Volyn, Poliske, Siversk and Slobozhansk directions. During the day, the enemy shelled the areas of the settlements of Oleksandrivka and Klyusy in Chernihiv region, Kharkivka, Starykove, Volfine - Sumy and Chervona Zorya, Veterinarne, Strelecha, Staritsa, Vovchansk and Velikiy Burluk - Kharkiv.
On the Kupyansk and Lymansk directions, the enemy continues to try to break through the defense of our troops. He led unsuccessful offensive actions in the areas of Kreminna, Dibrova, Verkhnokamianske and Spirne settlements. He carried out artillery shelling of the areas of settlements of Putnykovo, Krasne Pershe, Dvorichna, Hryanikyvka, Kup'yansk, Krokhmalne and Berestov in Kharkiv region, Novoselivske, Nevske and Bilogorivka in Luhansk region, as well as Spirne and Fedorivka in Donetsk region.
In the direction of Bakhmut, units of the Defense Forces repelled numerous enemy attacks in the northern part of the city of Bakhmut, as well as in the areas of the settlements of Orihovo-Vasylivka, Hryhorivka, and Bohdanivka. Vasyukivka, Zaliznyanske, Orihovo-Vasylivka, Hryhorivka, Bohdanivka, Bakhmut, Ivanivske, Chasiv Yar, Kurdyumivka, Ozaryanivka, and North of the Donetsk region came under enemy fire.
On the Avdiyivsk, Maryinsky, and Shakhtarsky directions, the enemy carried out unsuccessful offensive actions in the areas of Krasnohorivka, Kamianka, Avdiivka, Vodyane, Pervomaiske, and Maryinka, which the occupiers attacked 15 times. Kamianka, Lastochkine, Avdiivka, Tonenka, Georgiivka, Nevelske, Maryinka, Vugledar and Velika Novosilka of the Donetsk region came under enemy fire.
The enemy is defending in the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson directions . In particular, Olhivske, Chervone, Gulyaipole, Mala Tokmachka, Novodanilivka, Novoandriivka and Kamianske of the Zaporizhzhia region came under fire. The Russians again shelled the city of Kherson and Antonivka.
Given the situation under Vugledar, the Russian military leadership is in a hurry to send reinforcements. Since March 13, the 37th separate motorized rifle brigade of the 36th army of the Eastern Voivodeship has been conducting combat coordination of the "Storm" unit. It is being prepared for shipment to Ukraine on March 24. The brigade is significantly understaffed, so unit commanders are recalling subordinates for treatment and rehabilitation.
Military personnel complain about the low level of security. A very low level of personnel motivation and a large number of attempts to avoid being sent to the area of hostilities are noted.
During the past 24 hours, the Air Force of the Defense Forces of Ukraine carried out 10 strikes on areas where the occupiers are concentrated. At the same time, the "Shakhed-136" UAV was shot down, and our rocket launchers and gunners hit seven areas of concentration of enemy personnel and military equipment.
We will remind you that the occupiers have been actively trying to seize Ugledar since the fall . This city is important for them to continue their advance north.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Korrespondent] 22:37 Putin, in his article for a Chinese newspaper, said that Russia is allegedly "open to a political and diplomatic settlement of the Ukrainian crisis." According to him, "the future of the peace process in Ukraine depends solely on the readiness for a serious conversation, taking into account the current geopolitical realities." At the same time, Putin welcomes China's readiness to "play a constructive role in resolving the crisis."
22:31 Putin wrote an article for the Chinese newspaper Renmin Ribao entitled "Russia and China - a partnership looking to the future." In it, he connects "great expectations" with the upcoming negotiations with China: "There is no doubt that they will give a new powerful impetus to relations." Putin is confident that the "friendship and partnership" between Moscow and Beijing "will grow and strengthen," and Xi Jinping's visit should contribute to this.
21:23 Since the beginning of the full-scale war, pyrotechnics and explosives have already examined more than 100 thousand hectares of territory. More than 400,000 enemy shells were neutralized, more than 200,000 explosive items were seized, Zelensky said.
21:16 Charitable platform United24 recently crossed the border of $300 million in donations from people from around the world, Zelensky said in an evening video message. Donors were ordinary people and companies from more than a hundred countries.
20:49 In Mariupol, after Putin's secret visit along Metallurgov Ave. towards Ilyich, a convoy of four tilt trucks with the flags of Armenia and Dagestan and the inscription "Humanitarian mission" was recorded, accompanied by a convoy of cars with flashing beacons and flags of the "People's Front" - political organization "DPR", said the adviser to the mayor of the city Petr Andryushchenko.
19:25 The authorities of the Bryansk region of the Russian Federation announced that 17 additional checkpoints will be built in the border areas.
19:23 Since the beginning of March, 20 Ukrainian military have been trained in Italy to work with SAMP / T systems, writes Il Fatto Quotidiano. The exercises are taking place at the Santa Barbara barracks in Sabaudia in the central part of the country, where the headquarters of the anti-aircraft artillery command of the Ground Forces is located.
18:56 Moldova plans to soon join the EU sanctions against some citizens of the Russian Federation, Foreign Minister Nicu Popescu said. He clarified that it is mainly about a ban on entry into Moldova, blocking bank accounts or assets of those persons who are somehow involved in the aggression against Ukraine. According to the minister, about 25 Russians will fall under these restrictions.
18:50 At least two companies from India and the UAE are helping Russia to circumvent sanctions by providing it with oil tankers - these are Gatik and Fractal, writes Bloomberg. Data collected by the agency suggests that almost all Fractal and Gatik tankers called at Russian ports this year or transshipped Russian products from ship to ship.
18:44 The government of the Republic of South Africa, which Putin is going to visit in August 2023, "took note" of the decision of the International Criminal Court to issue a warrant for the arrest of the head of the Kremlin and "is aware of its legal obligations," said the speaker of the President of South Africa Vincent Magvenya.
18:15 In the occupied Nova Kakhovka, Kherson region, a car with local collaborator Sergei Moskalenko was blown up. According to the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, an unknown person planted explosives under the left wing of the car. As a result of the explosion, "a police officer died on the spot, his wife and daughter were injured," the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation noted.
17:46 The encirclement of Avdiivka is a strategic task of the enemy, said Aleksey Dmitrashkovsky, spokesman for the forces of the Tauride direction: "The enemy was able to attack the positions of our troops four times during the night. Yesterday, the Russians had 37 assault operations. All military operations took place along the Avdiivka-Marinka line. Strategic "The task now for the Russians is to encircle Avdiivka in order to storm Ugledar. So far, all attempts have been futile. The enemy lost almost three companies of personnel killed and wounded yesterday, 46 pieces of equipment, including 15 tanks and nine infantry fighting vehicles."
17:28 Gosspetssvyaz warns that Russian hackers, including special services, are distributing hacked software with malicious code added using torrent trackers. If the victim downloads and installs such files on their computer, the hackers gain access to the content and may go unnoticed for a long time. The use of a hacked operating system is especially dangerous, because in this case, attackers have full administrative access to the computer on which it is installed.
16:39 The Russians attacked from Gradov on the Kamensky Vasilevsky district of the Zaporozhye region - three people were killed, two more were injured, the OVA reported.
15:55 The military administration evacuated all the children from Chasy Yar, Donetsk region, said the head of the GVA Serhiy Chaus.
15:21 The Zaporozhye court sentenced the Gauleiter of Berdyansk Alexander Saulenko to 15 years in prison with confiscation of property. According to the mayor of Melitopol, Ivan Fedorov, before the war he was a little-known businessman, but he was a member of the pro-Russian party Union of Left Forces and traveled to Russia. After the occupation, according to Fedorov, "the Gauleiter was marked by the failure of the pseudo-referendum and the export of Ukrainian grain through the port of Berdyansk to Russia."
14:37 Putin, when asked why he did not start a full-scale war in Ukraine back in 2014, replied that "we hoped that this problem could be resolved peacefully. But, as it turns out now, we see it - we just led by the nose, none of our so-called partners was going to solve anything by peaceful means."
The second reason Putin called Russia's unpreparedness for war at that time - neither from the point of view of the economy, nor from the military point of view: "We did not have hypersonic weapons then, but now we have. There are other modern systems, but in 2014 there was nothing like that was".
13:59 The Russians tactically failed the operation to capture Bakhmut , said Sergey Cherevaty, spokesman for the Eastern Group of Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. According to him, today's actions of the Russians in the Bakhmut region can hardly be called a big strategic offensive operation: “Now they, in fact, tactically cannot complete the operation to capture the Ukrainian regional center Bakhmut. several dozen attacks, but they suffer huge losses."
Cherevaty stressed that the Ukrainian command and headquarters are planning the defense correctly. So, the Defense Forces bleed the enemy, wear down his combat capabilities and break the morale.
13:40 In Europe, there is a shortage of explosives to increase the production of ammunition for Ukraine, writes the Financial Times. Limited stocks of gunpowder, plastic explosives and TNT have prevented the European military industry from quickly fulfilling EU orders for Ukraine, no matter how much European governments are willing to spend, according to officials and arms companies.
13:27 Adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, Petr Andryushchenko, showed what Mira Avenue looks like from above, where Putin supposedly passed at night. "Do you understand now why at night?" Andryushchenko wrote.
12:18 Chairman of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation Alexander Bastrykin instructed the central office of the department "to give the necessary legal assessment of the statements of the Minister of Justice of Germany on the implementation of the illegal requirement of the International Criminal Court to arrest citizens of the Russian Federation in Germany."
10:36 British intelligence believes that the proclamation of the occupied Melitopol "the center of the Zaporozhye region" is a recognition that Russia is unlikely to be able to seize significant territories in the near future.
09:45 German Justice Minister Marco Buschmann said he would execute a warrant for Putin's arrest if he came to the country. According to him, if Putin arrives, the International Criminal Court will quickly turn to Interpol and demand the execution of the warrant, "then Germany will be obliged to arrest President Putin."
Unlike national law enforcement agencies, the ICC can also take action against heads of state, Buschmann added.
09:31 Adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, Petr Andryushchenko, said that during the night visit of Putin (or one of his understudies), the sky was blocked by aviation, and mobile communications were turned off in most of the city. He was brought by helicopter from the Crimea, then he drove along Mira Avenue and along the sea. The head of the Kremlin was shown the Philharmonic Hall, from where the cages that were being prepared for the "tribunal" over the Azov people had been removed before, and they led him through the "Potemkin village" in the quarter under construction by the RF Ministry of Defense. Andryushchenko stressed that the visit took place at night, because during the day it is simply impossible to hide the ruins into which the invaders have turned the city.
09:23 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, three people were killed (two in Kramatorsk and one in Konstantinovka), 18 more were injured. In particular, ten people were wounded in Kramatorsk after shelling with cluster munitions.
In the Kherson region, two people were injured, in the Kharkiv region - one, according to the IVA.
08:41 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of March 19.
personnel - about 164,910 (+710) people liquidated,
tanks - 3532 (+21),
armored combat vehicles - 6853 (+23),
artillery systems - 2568 (+8),
MLRS - 507 (+1),
air defense systems - 268 (+3),
aircraft - 305 (+0),
helicopters - 290 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 2159 (+0),
cruise missiles - 907 (+0),
ships/boats - 18 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 5408 (+4),
special equipment - 262 (+3).
08:19 The Russian army continues offensive operations in the Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky, Maryinsky and Shakhtyorsky directions. Over the past day, the Defense Forces repelled 83 attacks on this sector of the front. Bakhmut remains the epicenter of hostilities, the General Staff said in a morning report .
Considering the situation that has developed near Vuhledar, the Russian military leadership is in a hurry to send reinforcements. So, since March 13, in the 37th separate motorized rifle brigade of the 36th army of the Eastern Military District, combat coordination of the Storm unit has been carried out - it is being prepared for shipment to Ukraine on March 24. The brigade has a significant shortage of personnel, so the unit commanders withdraw their subordinates from treatment and rehabilitation. Soldiers complain about the low level of security. There is a very low level of personnel motivation and a large number of attempts to avoid being sent to the combat area.
05:54 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) believes that Prigozhin is trying to justify the failure of PMC Wagner to achieve his goals in Bakhmut. So, in an interview with the Russian media, he called on the military leadership of the Russian Federation to maintain forces on the eve of the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Prigozhin claims that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are preparing for a counteroffensive in five separate directions: in the area of Kremennaya, Bakhmut, towards Donetsk, in the Zaporozhye region, and allegedly in the Belgorod region of the Russian Federation. Prigozhin said that Ukrainian forces would begin these operations from mid-April and urged Russian troops to prepare by saving ammunition and equipment.
05:28 The Kremlin said that Putin allegedly made a working trip to Mariupol. According to the press service, Putin allegedly flew to Mariupol by helicopter, then driving a car "driving around several districts of the city, making stops." On the trip, he was accompanied by Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Marat Khusnullin, who told the head of the Kremlin about the "beautification" of the city. In the Nevsky microdistrict, Putin allegedly spoke with the "townspeople", he also examined the coastline of Mariupol.
The Kremlin also said that Putin held a meeting at the SVO command post in Rostov, heard reports from the head of the General Staff and a number of military leaders.
Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 21:07 Russian military destroy concentrations of infantry of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the villages of Berestovoye and Belogorovka
Artillery strikes exactly where the enemy soldiers are swarming.
19:58 "I'm wounded, they don't want to evacuate me." Ukrainian action movie- about the bosses who abandoned him
Seriously wounded near Artemovsk (Bakhmut), a Ukrainian militant was left alone in position.
He is silent about the direction in which this is happening.
Meanwhile, Zelensky is puzzled by sanctions against Syria and Iraq and hopes for an early tribunal over the Russian Federation.
18:13 Repair units of the Western Military District continue uninterrupted maintenance of military equipment involved in a special military operation
During the special operation, servicemen of the repair and restoration battalion of the Western Military District continuously carry out repairs and restoration of military equipment and weapons in the field.
To carry out the work, the division's specialists deployed repair points. They involve volunteers, representatives of manufacturers and military personnel, including those called up from the reserve as part of partial mobilization.
Particular attention is paid to the issues of maintenance and repair of weapons and equipment of troops operating at a considerable distance from points of temporary deployment and deployment.
In the field, observing all the principles of camouflage, military personnel carry out restoration work of any complexity in the shortest possible time. Specialists perform their tasks in several shifts, which allows them to work around the clock.
17:03 It is reported that a Russian fighter shot down a Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopter near Kupyansk, Kharkiv region
16:59 In response to the calls of Ukrainian activists to gather on the Maidan to ask questions to the current government, VSUshnik offers to all those who gathered there, an alternative: send everyone closer to the front (women - to make camouflage nets, men - to the trenches)
15:54 Armed forces of Ukraine in the morning are firing on the border settlements of the Kursk region
Attacks were made on Troitsky, Elizavetovka and Krasnooktyabrsky.
15:53 Another military echelon of Russian Armed Forces with armored personnel carriers BTR-82A on the way to help the brothers of Donbass
14:57 The main thing from the new briefing of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation:
🔷Russian troops destroyed more than 90 Ukrainian soldiers in the Krasnolimansky direction during the day.
🔷The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine amounted to more than 50 servicemen per day in the South-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions.
🔷Russian troops destroyed up to 50 Ukrainian soldiers in the Kupyansk direction.
🔷The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation destroyed more than 80 military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donetsk direction in a day.
🔷Russian troops destroyed two hangars with weapons and military equipment of the 122nd Territorial Defense Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kherson region.
🔷The RF Armed Forces destroyed over 20 soldiers and two Gvozdika howitzers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kherson direction.
🔷Russian air defense systems shot down 10 HIMARS and Vilkha MLRS shells in a day, and destroyed seven Ukrainian drones.
13:40 Defeat enemy targets with guided projectiles "Krasnopol"
12:58 As a result of artillery shelling, withdrawn failure of the Ukrainian BTR-4E in the Donetsk direction
11:53 Combat work of crews of 122mm MLRS BM-21 "Grad" of the Southern Military District for the destruction of objects and positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the special operation zone
Artillerymen in the course of carrying out combat missions dealt a massive blow to the concentrations of enemy manpower, and also destroyed the armored vehicles of Ukrainian nationalists.
After inflicting fire damage, the crew left the firing position, reloaded the gun in a safe area and again advanced to perform combat missions against new targets.
The fire was corrected by crews of unmanned aerial vehicles and advanced artillery gunners, who reconnoiter enemy positions and correct the accuracy of artillerymen’s firing around the clock.
10:40 Work of Russian tank on the positions of the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The result of this work was: the 300th Armed Forces and broken positions
09:27 Resident of Lviv pounced on visiting compatriots from Dnepropetrovsk for speaking Russian.
“Learn the state language!” the Lvov resident demanded from the women.
09:05 Combat firing of grenade and mortar crews -video.
The fighters are working out from the SPG-9 grenade launcher, improving the technique of firing anti-tank systems, strikes from a 120mm mortar. Rosgaardians are also training to shoot using the "roaming mortar" method from 82mm guns.
08:20 Five Finnish mercenaries were wounded in Ukraine, Helsingin Sanomat reported.
According to Kasper Kannosto, chairman of the Your Finnish Friends association that supports Finnish mercenaries in Ukraine, the mercenaries “suffered from shrapnel wounds, concussions and sprained ankles.” Two victims have already been released after a medical examination.
08:10 Russian troops fired from anti-tank missile systems destroyed armored group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, consisting of two infantry fighting vehicles, who tried to conduct reconnaissance in force, in the Donetsk direction. This was reported to us by the head of the press center of the Yug group, Ivan Bigma.
08:04 Calculations of artillery installations 122mm "Gvozdika" and 152mm "Giatsint-B"struck manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye direction.
The crews strike at the identified firing positions of the nationalists, ammunition depots, fortified strongholds and pillboxes. Reconnaissance and adjustment of targets are carried out with the help of drones.
After each projectile fired, the artillery units check the result of the strike and, if necessary, open fire on the enemy again.
Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 21:31 Two people were injured due to mines "Petal" in Donetsk, informs representation of the DPR in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC). 20:55 A civilian was injured due to the artillery attack of Donetsk by Ukrainian troops, reports representation of DPR at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC).
19:47 Chronology of the battle near Novodanilovka (Zaporozhye direction). The enemy attacked in the area of responsibility of the 291st Motorized Rifle Regiment.
10.40 We noticed the advancing of enemy equipment,
At 10.45 the enemy used smoke and two barriers UR77,
11.10 Shooting battle on the right flank of the regiment's defense,
11.23 Enemy aircraft were used against our positions,
11.46 The enemy fired from the MLRS
12.00 Enemy equipment was detected in front of the forward edge - up to 3 units. ATGM crews destroyed two tanks.
12.20 Remote mining was carried out in front of the positions of our units.
12.30 Two fire raids (cannon artillery) on the positions of the 1st motorized rifle company of the 291st Motorized Rifle Regiment.
12.50 UAV crew uncovered three more tanks and two infantry fighting vehicles.
13.03 In front of the positions of the 1st motorized rifle company, ATGM fire destroyed an infantry fighting vehicle, knocked out a tank.
13.10 The enemy's equipment withdrew in the direction of Novodanilovka.
13.20 Using two armored personnel carriers M113, the remains of the personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were evacuated in the direction of NUTS.
Enemy losses: irrevocably 25, sanitary to be specified. three tanks, three infantry fighting vehicles - also irrevocably.
18:47 Ukrainian troops fired at Novotroitskoye and Mineralnoe, firing four rounds with a caliber of 155mm at Novotroitskoye and six 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.
18:35 Consequences of artillery attack by Ukrainian troops of the Petrovsky district of Donetsk.
18:10 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for March 19, additional information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
d. Donetsk (Petrovskiy district): — po ul. Stepana Shchypacheva, 6 wounded male, born in 1954.
17:55 Missile fragments from the American FGM-148 Javelin ATGM on the streets of Avdievka.
17:37 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for March 19, additional information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Petrovsky district): - on the street. Fedorovsky, 11 wounded man born in 1979
Additional information has been received about the damage caused by the artillery attack of the Ukrainian cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Petrovsky district):
- a direct hit was recorded in the Galaktika shopping center on the street. Dobrovolsky;
- st. Stepana Shchipachev, 12 - apartment building.
n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district):
- st. 40 years of October, 55 - apartment building;
- st. Rubizhnaya, 5, 7 - private residential buildings.
17:29 Fixation of consequences of artillery attack of the Kirovsky district of Donetsk 19.03.2023
Specialists of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC confirmed the artillery attack of the Kirovsky district, and also clarified direction firing and weapons used.
17:15 Eloquently about the fighting spirit of our attack aircraft in the direction of Svatovo-Kremennaya. Video recorded immediately after the cleaning of the APU opornik.
17:07 Personnel consequences of the explosion of the car of the platoon commander of the PPS in the Kherson region, which led to death.
A man with his family was riding it in the Aleshkinsky district of the Kherson region, when an explosion occurred, the platoon commander died on the spot, his wife and daughter were injured.
16:57 Ukrainian troops fired at the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, firing eight 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.
16:47 Fighters of the "Brave" group "zaptur" a group of Ukrainian terrorists in the direction of Kremennaya-Svatovo -video.
16:11 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for March 19, additional information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk:
Petrovsky district: - on the street. Infantry, 30 as a result of an explosion on a mine PFM "Petal", a man born in 1963 was injured.
Kirovsky district: — on str. Biryuzova, 44, a man born in 1963 was injured as a result of an explosion at the PFM "Lepestok".
As of March 19, 2023, 98 cases of explosions of civilians were registered, incl. Nine children, on mines PFM-1 "Petal". Three of the victims died as a result of the wound.
Additional information has been received about the damage caused by the artillery attack of the Ukrainian cities of the Republic:
Donetsk:
Kirovsky district:
- Damage was recorded to the building of the Center for Children's Creativity on Semashko Ave.
Kyiv district:
- 63 Kyiv Ave. - a direct hit in an apartment building;
- st. Artema, 195 - apartment building.
16:08 Ukrainian troops continue artillery attack the Petrovsky district 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.
15:47 On guards Republic - 14th Artillery Brigade "Kalmius" of the 1st Donetsk Army Corps of the RF Armed Forces.
The legendary 14th Kalmius Artillery Brigade of the 1st Donetsk Army Corps of the Russian Armed Forces selflessly fulfills all the tasks assigned to it. The brigade is armed with various artillery systems - towed howitzers and guns, multiple launch rocket systems of various types, self-propelled mortars and anti-tank missile systems. Thanks to personal professionalism and teamwork, the brigade's artillerymen break into fortified areas and bunkers, destroy ammunition depots and enemy concentration areas, helping our assault units develop the offensive, thereby bringing our common victory closer to everyone.
15:42 Two abandoned Danish armored personnel carriers M113G4DK (modification of the American M113) in the Mayorska area in the north-west of Gorlovka -video.
15:20 Ukrainian troops fired on Petrovsky and Kyiv districts of Donetsk. Having fired four rounds with a caliber of 155mm in the Petrovsky district. And in the Kyiv region, the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired six rounds of 155mm, reported the representative office of the DPR in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC).
14:57 Battle for Avdievka situation as of 14:00 March 19, 2023:
After the liberation of Krasnogorovka, Russian units continued their offensive further to the west with the task of bypassing the Avdeevsky fortified area from the north. Over the past few days, control has been established over a hill next to the railway line near Petrovsky.
At the moment, positional battles are underway with the active use of artillery and attack aircraft. Moving further towards Petrovsky will cut off the supply of Avdiivka by rail.
Also, the military personnel of the RF Armed Forces were able to expand the zone of control to the west of Vesyoloye, gaining a foothold in positions near water bodies and completely occupying the road to Krasnogorovka.
To the south, Ukrainian formations attempted to attack the positions of Russian troops near Vodyanoye and Experienced. The fighting went on for several days, but the RF Armed Forces repulsed the attack, and the assault detachments of the 147th battalion of the 116th TRO retreated to the Severny. The losses of the 116th Brigade were seven killed, 14 wounded.
Successes in the Avdievka sector became possible thanks to the massive use of artillery along with aviation. As a result of pinpoint strikes by high-precision projectiles on rear facilities and ammunition depots, significant damage was inflicted on the enemy and a springboard was provided for the offensive of ground forces.
14:20 Ukrainian troops fired at the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka, 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.
14:06 Bakhmut: militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to counterattack -video.
Fierce fighting in Bakhmut does not stop. The enemy introduces new reserves into battle and regularly tries to counterattack. But PMC "Wagner" over and over again reflects the counterattacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and moves closer to the city center.
13:57 Ukrainian troops fired at Vladimirovka, firing 10 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.
13:53 The atmosphere in Bakhmut through the eyes of the servants of the Kyiv regime -video. 18+ contains profanity.
13:51 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for March 19, information was received about victims among civilians in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Kiev district): - on the street. Artem, 197 "in" a woman born in 1961 was wounded.
Additional information has been received about the damage caused by the artillery attack of the Ukrainian cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Kyiv region):
- Damage was recorded to the building of the MBDOU "Kindergarten No. 304 in Donetsk" on the street. Garage;
- st. Artem, 197 "in" - a direct hit in an apartment building.
n.p. Dokuchaevsk: - st. Pionerskaya, 65 - a private residential building.
13:50 The work of the BTR-82A of the 150th Motorized Rifle Division of the Southern Military District on firing points, which are located in the dilapidated building of Maryinka -video. 18+ contains profanity.
13:04 Consequences of artillery attack of the Kievsky district of Donetsk by Ukrainian militants.
12:45 After the unsuccessful attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye direction, there were lost four BTR M113. But this is not the end, they made another attempt, which was unsuccessful.
12:38 As a result of artillery shelling, withdrawn out of action Ukrainian BTR-4E in the Donetsk direction.
12:33 Consequences of night artillery attack of the Donetsk region, as a result of which a 20-year-old boy was killed.
12:17 Investigators of the Russian Investigative Committee will investigate the facts of the artillery attack of Donbass
It was reported that as a result of artillery attack by the armed formations of Ukraine in Donetsk, the settlements of Khartsyzsk, Staromikhaylovka, Shakhty and Mineralnoe, several civilians were killed and injured.
It was also reported about the death of a man as a result of a mine explosion on the Donetsk-Mariupol highway, near the village of Andreevka.
11:50 Russian Ministry of Defense showed frames the work of Russian sappers on the banks of the Kakhovka reservoir.
The footage published by the Ministry of Defense shows the process of destroying an anchored river mine by detonating an overhead explosive. The sapper walks around the shore using a metal detector and a probe. Having found an explosive object, the engineer sets the charge and detonates it, having retired to a safe distance.
11:31 Yesterday an artillery strike was carried out in the area of the settlement. Kamyshany (Kherson region), as a result of which 120mm was destroyed. mortar crew and ammunition for it, six servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were disposed of, two were seriously injured.
11:07 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for March 19, additional information was received about damage as a result of artillery attack of the Ukrainian cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Petrovsky district): - st. Romodanovskaya, 36 - a private residential building.
10:58 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.
10:48 At night in the area of N. p. Pottery (Kherson region) 122mm was destroyed by artillery strike. SAU 2S1 "Gvozdika" with a crew of five people and ammunition.
10:05 Ukrainian troops fired at Yasinovataya, 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.
10:02 Frontline summary on the morning of 19.03.2023:
In the Zaporozhye direction, after the recent attempt by the Ukrainian army to carry out offensive operations, the activity of Russian artillery has significantly increased. Kamenskoye, Stepnoe, Malyye Shcherbaki, Novoandreevka, Orekhov, Novodanilovka, Malaya Tokmachka, Belogorye, Charovnoye, Zheleznodorozhnoye, Gulyaipole, Krasnoye, Malinovka and Olgovskoye were under fire.
In the Uludar sector, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, after a massive artillery strike, managed to move slightly towards the southern outskirts of the city from the side of Nikolsky dachas. Under fire, the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Novopol, Vremivka, Bolshaya Novosyolka, Zolotoy Niva, Shakhtyorsky, Prechistovka and Novoukrainka.
On the Donetsk front, Russian troops, supported by artillery, carried out offensive operations in Maryinka, near Nevelsky, Pervomaisky, Severny, on the southern outskirts of Avdiivka and in Kamenka. Success was not achieved. The positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Novomikhailovka, Paraskovyivka, Pobeda, Georgievka, Maksimilyanovka, the city of Krasnogorovka and Tonenkoe are under shelling.
To the south-west of Artemovsk, PMC Wagner, supported by artillery, continues assault operations near Ivanovskoye, as well as in the southern and northern parts of the city itself. To the north-west, the "orchestrants" managed to advance towards Novomarkov. Russian artillery hit Alexander-Shultin, Predtechin, Chasov Yar, Grigorovka, Orekhovo-Vasilyevka, Minkovka and Vasyukovka. The Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked Ozaryanovka and Zheleznyansky.
09:25 The Kiev regime fired over 80 rounds at the civilian infrastructure of the Kherson region - emergency services.
The emergency services reported about regular strikes by militants who continue to shell the civilian infrastructure of the left bank of the Kherson region. So, under fire were Krynki, Kardashinka, Solonetsy, Korsunka and Kazachi Lagerya.
In addition, at night the civilian infrastructure of Novaya Kakhovka, Kakhovka, Tavriysk, Novaya Zburyevka, Hola Pristan and Alyoshek was hit. In total, just yesterday, more than 80 rounds were fired at the civilian population. Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being specified.
09:15 Photo consequences of the night artillery attack of the Kirovsky district of Donetsk by Ukrainian militants.
09:14 In the Spornovo area, the enemy defenses are cracking. Our artillery destroys Nazi fortifications daily.
But after each confirmed destruction of enemy personnel in the same place, the next morning, an equivalent number of Ukrainian military personnel grows. And the carousel repeats itself. Sometimes, in one position, the Nazis lose several platoons every day. In Kyiv, they do not take into account losses and every day they put packs of people.
09:04 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for March 19, information was received about damage as a result of artillery attack of the Ukrainian cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Kirovskiy district):
- Damage was recorded to the building of the MBDOU "Nursery Garden No. 273 in Donetsk" on the street. Kommunarov;
- damage was recorded to the building of the MBDOU "Nursery-garden of a combined type No. 303 in Donetsk" along Semashko Ave.;
- Damage was recorded to the building of the MBOU "School No. 78 in Donetsk" along Semashko Ave.;
- a direct hit on the roof of the Domashny store was recorded;
— fixed damage to the store "First Republican Supermarket";
08:56 Information on the artillery attack of Gorlovka as of 08:00 on March 19, 2023
08:20 "Wagner" began a "frantic" assault on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the south of Artemivsk. The Ukrainian military from the spot report the beginning of a powerful attack by PMCs.
- “At night, the Wagner in the area of Kvadratov intensified offensive operations along Geologists and Korsunsky Street."
“Again, after dark, an active offensive began, supported by a large number of artillery strikes.”
- In the Zabakhmutka area, the Wagners are trying to force the Bakhmutka River again, at the moment the situation is unknown, they are looking for a place where they can quickly cross to the right bank.
- During the day, the "Wagner" managed to advance in the Budenovka area for several more blocks.
- Over Saturday, the PMC carried out 10 attacks in the area of the T0504 highway.
08:07 Consequences of artillery attack of the Kirovsky district of Donetsk by Ukrainian troops. A young man was killed, he was mortally wounded while he was in the car.
07:20 Colors near Kherson: Crimean intelligence against the special group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, who landed on the islands.
Positional battles do not subside in the area of the islands on the Dnieper near Kherson.
Another special group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine sailed and disembarked from the boats and entered the houses, our scouts followed them, and then brought artillery, only one boat with survivors sailed back.
07:05 Calculation of the 120mm SAO "Nona" of the Russian Airborne Forcesdestroysenemy on the right bank of the Dnieper.
06:50 At night, Ukrainian troops fired at the Kirovsky district of Donetsk, firing 25 rockets from the MLRS and 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.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[REGNUM] Barbashov: a concentration camp was organized near Odessa for those who do not want to fight with Russia
A concentration camp for Ukrainians who do not want to fight with Russia and refuse to join the Armed Forces of Ukraine operates in the Odessa region. This was announced by the head of the administration of the Snigirevsky district of the Nikolaev region Yuri Barbashov.
According to him, in the Nikolaev, Odessa and Kherson regions, there is a large-scale forcible mobilization, people are literally kidnapped from the streets. Those who refuse to fight the fraternal Russian people are deprived of their liberty.
"We are aware of the formation of a real concentration camp in the Odessa region, where people are kept in prison conditions because they do not want to take up arms and die in the war with Russia somewhere near Bakhmut," Barbashov told RIA Novosti .
He added that people in this concentration camp are in difficult conditions, they have meager rations, in fact they are tortured to force them to fight against Russia. Such people are sent without training to the battle zone, where they die in about a day.
Ukrainians are now not only afraid to appear on the street, they do not know how to hide from mobilization. It is difficult to hide in the village. Citizens try not to leave their homes, but they are mobilized during door-to-door rounds.
In these areas, people panic. People do not want to die for the interests of the Kyiv regime, but they see no way out. In fact, these regions have been turned into concentration camps, Barbashov added.
He urged the mobilized Ukrainians to surrender to the Russian military by any means and thereby save their lives.
As REGNUM reported , the Snigirevsky region was part of the Nikolaev region of Ukraine, but joined the Kherson region after a referendum on joining Russia. After the withdrawal of the RF Armed Forces from the right bank of the Dnieper and the evacuation of a significant part of the civilian population, Snigirevka was under the control of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Commentary by Russian military blogger Andrey Chervonets.
So, they let the Boss take the wheel...
By the way, Shary threw up an interesting thought. Putin in Mariupol, at night, without a total coverage of the city, with minimal security, driving alone, passing a stream of cars on the main road, arriving by helicopter, talking to ordinary people, this is Putin of the year 2000 (the model of zero) And this is a bad sign for Ukraine and the world community. Shary is likely Russian journalist Andrey Shary.
Before Putin-2000, the world community discussed how many pieces Russia would collapse into in the foreseeable future and how it would safely seize control over nuclear weapons and nuclear power plants in new territories. And I'm not kidding at all. In August 1999, no one seriously doubted that we had lost Dagestan.
P.S. Putin in 2000 was the fulfilled hope of Russia and Russians. Citizens knew that a worthy person and patriot was at the helm of the country. And his deeds were close to everyone. If it is true that that Putin has returned, it means that there will be serious changes in the upcoming events.
I really want to believe that. But the environment will not change, it remains to be hoped that the GDP will find new points of support. And Shoigu and Gerasimov will go to a well-deserved retirement.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:
[ColonelCassad] Chronology of the battle near Novodanilovka (Zaporozhye direction)
The enemy attacked in the area of responsibility of the 291st Motorized Rifle Regiment.
10.40 We noticed the advancing of enemy equipment,
10.45 The enemy used smoke and 2 installations of obstacles UR77,
11.10 Shooting battle on the right flank of the regiment’s defense,
11.23 Enemy aircraft were used at our positions,
11.46 The enemy fired from MLRS
12.00 Enemy equipment was found in front of the front line - up to three units. ATGM crews destroyed two tanks.
12.20 Remote mining was carried out in front of the positions of our units.
12.30 Two fire raids (cannon artillery) on the positions of the 1st motorized rifle company of the 291st Motorized Rifle Regiment.
12.50 UAV crew uncovered three more tanks and two infantry fighting vehicles.
13.03 In front of the positions of the 1st motorized rifle company, ATGM fire destroyed an infantry fighting vehicle, knocked out a tank.
13.10 The enemy's equipment withdrew in the direction of Novodanilovka.
13.20 Using two armored personnel carriers M113, the remains of the personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were evacuated in the direction of NUTS.
Enemy losses: irrevocably 25, sanitary to be specified. Three tanks, three infantry fighting vehicles - also irrevocably.
Our losses: sanitary - two people
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Commentary from the Telegram channel of Varjag2007. Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin is in italics.
[ColonelCassad] Zelensky instructed Shmygal to study the issue of renaming Russia to "Muscovy".
To be fair, a year ago President Putin renamed Ukraine “Little Russia”. Sauce for the goose, and all that.
All this has already happened ... I will cite material from the book by Sergei Chernyavsky "Act of June 30. Anatomy of the Bandera adventure." Denys Anatoliyovych Shmyhal is the current Ukrainian prime minister And the name Russia should be replaced by the old names. It is necessary to encourage rivalry between races ... The more we encourage the self-consciousness of individual peoples, the less political difficulties we will have in the future "[Cit. Quoted from: Burleigh M. Germany Turns eastwards: A Study of Ostforschung in the Third Reich. London: Pan Books, 2002. P. 202].
Resche's ideas were subsequently recorded in guidelines for the propaganda services of the Reich in March 1942. The use of the terms "Muscovy" and "Moscow State" instead of "Russia", "Belarus" instead of "Belarus", "Idel-Urals", "Crimean Tatars" instead of Tatars, "Bolshevism" or "communist" to refer to the Soviet system, etc. was encouraged. (Ibid. P. 203).
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The enemy is the same, so the manuals are identical.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:
[ColonelCassad] March 19, 2014, the detention of the commander of the Naval Forces of Ukraine, Admiral Sergei Gaiduk, by the Senezh group of the Russian SOF in the building of the fleet headquarters in Sevastopol.
The next day, Admiral Gaiduk would be released in the Chongar region on the border with the then Ukrainian Kherson region.
Commentary by Russian blogger Donetsk
[DonRF] I think it is not a secret and not discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation that in Russia the system of power is peculiar. Ever since the 19th century. The king is not responsible for defeats. Basically. There were, of course, exceptions, but mostly ... Basically, the king is on the sidelines.
Nicholas II had nothing to do with the Russo-Japanese War, it was lost by bastards like Alekseev, Kuropatkin, Rozhdestvensky, and Witte signed the peace at all. On January 9, this is not the king, he just wasn’t in the city, and the First World War was not him for a long time.
Under the Bolsheviks, in principle, this system has changed little. Boyars are building, fighting, reforming. They are bad. The king is the highest judge, he is good. And defeats are suffered by different Timoshenkos, Pavlovs and other Kozlovs. In what it is correct. For a country tied to the authority of power, there is probably no other way. So the system has been preserved in the Russian Federation. Fully. Therefore, in the NWO, all gestures of goodwill and difficult decisions came from others. The king also informed that the wheat was earing peacefully, the bulls were covering the cows, goods were circulating, and the economy was growing. And just do it, he is above it. One floor up.
And so:
Vladimir Putin flew to Mariupol by helicopter. Driving a car, he traveled around several districts of the city, examined the coastline in the area of the yacht club, the theater building, memorable places,
after which the Supreme Commander-in-Chief went:
Vladimir Putin held a meeting at the command post of the special military operation in Rostov-on-Don. The Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Armed Forces heard reports from the Chief of the General Staff - First Deputy Minister of Defense Valery Gerasimov and a number of military leaders,
which in fact demonstrated precisely the command of the troops. Not Marshal Shoigu, not Chief of Staff Gerasimov, but the president. And interesting conclusions follow from these two trips. Firstly, the now difficult decision on Mariupol, without cutting heads, is impossible. To some extent, the new territories were equated with the old ones. The era of cries that the DLNR, Zaporozhye and Kherson region of the Russian Federation, but not quite :
"The new regions of the Russian Federation are a territory disputed with Ukraine"
performed by the Zatulins and other "media experts" has come to an end. They will fight for new lands. There will be no gestures of patience.
Secondly, the President took responsibility. Which, in the history of Russia, has always been followed by a life-giving kick. The results were different, but the processes were always accelerated. Because such things fell into the focus of attention of the state apparatus. With everything that follows. And this is very good. It's good that the illusions about the implementation of modalities are over. We have a war here. Either we them or they us. No halftones. The decision of the organized criminal group "IUS" gave its result. Bloody. But there is no other way out in principle.
In general, of course, there is nothing special to rejoice at, we will not win the war from the visit of one person to Mariupol. The state wins or loses. And the exam, which will be taken by the NATO proxy group, is coming soon. But there was certainty. And that's good. And other ways have been exhausted, which is doubly good. Because such conflicts do not go away on their own. And any semi-peaceful decisions only increase the total number of victims. The dog can be euthanized, or you can chop. From the tail. So as not to take the sin of murder upon yourself. And all the same, the first is better, reluctance to pass this on to children and grandchildren, which is clearly not their merit.
We are waiting for Vladimir Vladimirovich in the hero-city of Donetsk. This gesture will be much stronger
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[YouTube] The Russian invasion of 2022 began with a multi-pronged winter invasion of Ukrainian territory. After a series of reverses in late 2022, the Russian effort to reclaim the initiative in Ukraine seems to have begun...with another multi-pronged winter offensive. 
And the name Russia should be replaced by the old names. It is necessary to encourage rivalry between races ... The more we encourage the self-consciousness of individual peoples, the less political difficulties we will have in the future "[Cit. Quoted from: Burleigh M. Germany Turns eastwards: A Study of Ostforschung in the Third Reich. London: Pan Books, 2002. P. 202].
