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Russian Perspective: Operation to Denazify Ukraine: Operational Brief March 18th (updated)
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level. [NewsFrontInfo] 21:22 “Every day, 13 killed and wounded” – AFU militant complains about the situation near Avdiivka  For this supportin the Avdievka direction, the Ukrainian and his comrades-in-arms arrived quite recently, but they have already been told about the brutality of the clashes here. Making a video “for memory”, the defender honestly shared the plight of the Ukrainian army and the heavy losses among the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, saying that up to 13 KIAs and WIAs are recruited here per day. 20:07 Russian aviation destroyed strongholds of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the vicinity of Avdievka 20:07 Russian paratroopers continue advance in the direction of Svatovo-Kremennaya 19:05 Air alert announced in Kyiv, as well as in Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy and Poltava regions 19:04 Personnel combat work of anti-aircraft gunners of the Marine Corps of the Pacific Fleet near Ugledar Every day, with Igla portable anti-aircraft missile systems, naval infantry advance to where, according to intelligence, enemy drones can appear, and conduct a circular search for targets in a given sector, providing air cover for advancing units. MANPADS "Igla" is capable of hitting air targets at ranges from 500 to 3,500 meters. An anti-aircraft gunner with the call sign “Beter” told how he recently managed to shoot down a Ukrainian reconnaissance UAV “Furia”: “They shot down the Furia, hid in the forest belt so that they would not find us, were close to the front. They noticed her through the branches, reported to the headquarters, opened fire on her and shot her down. Fighting in the Ugledar direction continues with high intensity. The main assault force is made up of naval infantry of the Pacific Fleet, as well as units of the OBTF "Cascade". The battles are going hard, but our troops are gradually pushing through the defenses of the enemy, who is suffering colossal losses. 17:57 Personnel combat work of the calculation of the MLRS 220mm BM-27 "Hurricane" on the accumulation of equipment and manpower of the enemy in the Donetsk direction 17:57 Combat work of Su-25 attack aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forcesin the zone of the special operation Attack aviation crews carried out rocket air strikes on military facilities and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Missile launches were carried out in pairs from low altitudes 17:55 "ATO warrior, war invalid" drawsto Zelensky with a call to restore order in the country, since it was the president’s rule that led to a mess in the country 16:56 Explosions in Kramatorsk and Konstantinovka - media Presumably, Russian missiles flew at the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Earlier it was reported that the reserves of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are located in this direction to try to hold the defense of Artemovsk (Bakhmut). They have already been hit multiple times. 16:53 Armed Forces of Ukraine shelled the village of Krasnooktyabrsky, Belgorod region, recorded 10 arrivals - Governor 15:32 The main thing from the new briefing of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation: 🔹The troops of the Russian Federation destroyed up to 60 military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kupyansk direction; 14:43 Destroyed artillery fire Ukrainian 122mm self-propelled guns 2S1 "Gvozdika" in the zone of the SVO. 13:28 Ukrainian troops attempted a tank breakthrough in the Zaporozhye direction. On available RIA Novosti personnel, filmed by a drone operator, one can observe Ukrainian equipment hit by Russian units. 12:42 Combat Job of Russian crews of 152mm artillery mounts 2A36 "Hyacinth-B" when performing fire missions to destroy artillery and camouflaged fortified positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in one of the directions in the zone of the NMD 11:42 Soldier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the 102nd Battalion of the 108th Separate Territorial Defense Brigade tells that the command wants to take disciplinary action against him because of the video in which he told the unpleasant truth about his battalion. 11:41 Here is the amount of wounded Armed Forces of Ukraine are evacuated daily from Artemovsk (Bakhmut) 11:40 Air raid alert announced in all regions of Ukraine 10:22 The Ministry of Defense showed for the first time personnel destruction by the Lancet kamikaze drone of the Czech RM-70 MLRS. The combat vehicle was discovered by the crews of an unmanned aerial vehicle in the Avdiivka direction and destroyed by high-precision loitering munitions. 09:22 Ramzan Kadyrov appointed a reward of 5 million rubles for the liquidation of the Ukrainian military, who burned pages from the Quran. And he promised 10 million rubles for taking him alive. “Whenever it happens – today, tomorrow, in a year – the money will be waiting. And it doesn’t matter who does it: a platoon, a group, a loner, a neighbor in a trench, the money will be transferred in full,” Kadyrov wrote. 08:15 "With an understanding of responsibility": combat Job of crews of T-80 ZVO tanks at the forefront in the special operation zone. In one of the directions in the NVO zone, in order to support motorized riflemen, the crews of T-80 tanks delivered a powerful fire strike on the front line of the enemy’s defense. First of all, gunners-operators destroyed the positions of anti-tank weapons and armored vehicles of the enemy. There are reports of a UAV flying in the direction of Lvov. Explosions in Volyn. Earlier, the Gauleiter of the Dnepropetrovsk region confirmed that two UAVs hit a critical infrastructure facility in Novomoskovsk. There is serious destruction. 0:30 Explosions are reported in the Zhytomyr region. Explosions also thundered in the Rivne and Khmelnytsky regions. 0:12 RF Armed Forces inflict control strikes on an object in Novomoskovsk, Dnepropetrovsk region. Immediately after a fire flared up as a result of the arrival, presumably at the oil depot, in the Novomoskovsk region, the Russian army launched a second control strike with the help of the Geranium. Posted by: badanov 2023-03-19 |
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