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Russian Perspective: Operation to Denazify Ukraine: Operational Brief April 23rd (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] 23:39 Air alert announced in the north-eastern regions of Ukraine  Sirens roar in Kharkiv, Poltava, Sumy and Dnepropetrovsk regions. 21:24 Destroyed SAM "Osa" VSUshnikov somewhere at the front. The barely living air defense forces of Ukraine are becoming even weaker. 21:23 Patrol police officers will fight against fans of night races with the help of military commissars. "Drive loaded cars into the city center, roaring engines, drifting the streets - this is a farce during the war. And near these charged motors, thugs are spinning, who, due to their age and state of health, could, for example, hold a machine gun," writes Beloshitsky, deputy head of the Patrol Police Department. In general, as a rule, those who can afford to arrange night “afterburners” will be able to pay off from the military commissars. They just have to carry a lot more money with them. And so, everything remains in its place. 20:50 Pskov paratroopers destroyed American howitzer The operator of the Lancet kamikaze drone discovered the firing position of an enemy gun and hit it. The 155mm M777 howitzer delivered from the USA became a victim of the “drone pilots” of the 76th Airborne Assault Division. 19:57 Russian military destroyed armored car of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with troops "Here they are, trying to break through. Nothing happened, four more prisoners," says a soldier of the RF Armed Forces. 18:40 Russian Armed Forces snipers continue to "remove" patrol officers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine along the entire front. This time, a militant in the Zaporozhye direction was denazified. 17:47 Result of the arrival of a Russian high-precision bomb with planning and correction modules (IPC) at the positions of the 40th Separate Rifle Battalion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Judging by the destruction and comments of the VSUshnik, there are a lot of KIAs and wounded. 16:46 Statement by the head of the press center of the Vostok group: In the South-Donetsk direction, the crews of the Buk anti-aircraft missile system shot down two rockets of the MLRS "Haymars". The forces and means of reconnaissance revealed the accumulation of enemy manpower in the area of the settlement of Vremevka, on which the calculations of self-propelled artillery installations 152mm "Msta" fired. According to radio intercepts, two pickup trucks and up to 10 militants were destroyed. Also, two enemy strongholds were destroyed by artillery fire. In the Zaporozhye direction, the Irony reconnaissance complex was discovered and artillery fire destroyed an enemy stronghold in the area of the Novodanilovka settlement. Eliminated six militants. As part of the counterbattery fight, the crew of the 152mm Akatsiya self-propelled artillery mount destroyed an enemy mortar crew in the area of the settlement of Lugovskoye. 15:25 Combat Job of Russian crews of the 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS for the destruction of objects and camouflaged positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in one of the direction of the NMD 15:25 Our gunners startled another APU supporter. Zaporozhye direction 14:36 Highlights from the briefing of the Russian Defense Ministry: -- Up to 95 Ukrainian servicemen were killed in the Kupyansk direction. 13:50 In Kharkov amazed workshops of the aviation industry enterprise working on the repair and testing of the Strizh UAV. 13:49 Statement by the head of the press center of the Yug group In the Lisichansk direction, aviation of the Southern Military District destroyed an ammunition depot and a temporary deployment point for the 54th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the settlement of Verkhnekamensk, as well as an unloading station for ammunition and fuel and lubricants in the Krasnoarmeysk region in the Aleksandro-Kalinovsky direction. In the Avdeevka direction, artillery units of the First Army Corps hit mortar firing positions and two groups of enemy infantry in the area of the Tonenkoye settlement, one 120mmr mortar was destroyed. The fire of the Solntsepek TOS destroyed the stronghold of the 129th territorial defense brigade in the area of bthe settlement of Avdievka. Special forces disrupted the rotation of enemy units in the Belogorovka area. 12:33 Statement by the officer of the press center of the Zapad group In the Kupyansk direction, the army aviation of the group of troops "West" in the area of the settlement. Ogurtsovo and Krugloye, two platoon strongholds and three personnel shelters south of the settlement were destroyed. Olshany. Two enemy DRGs were opened and destroyed in the area of the settlements of Molchanovo and Krakhmalnoye. Two rotation attempts were thwarted near the villages of Sinkovka and Timkovka. In n.p. Petropavlovka was destroyed by fire from the 152mm 2S19 Msta-S artillery gun under the command of Corporal Alexei Leshukov, the 152mm 2S3 Akatsiya self-propelled guns. The enemy suffered losses in manpower and equipment. 12:33 Personnel training of mobile fire support units of the Airborne Forces at one of the training grounds in the rear zone of the NWO Servicemen in the mobile fire support units of the Airborne Forces practice the procedure for using fire weapons in combat to support assault units conducting offensive operations. The crews are armed with automatic grenade launchers AGS-17 "Flame" and 12.7mm heavy machine guns "Kord", which are mounted on the back of the car. The paratroopers quickly go to the firing line and, after determining the range to the target, open fire to kill. Having destroyed the enemy, the crews quickly change positions so as not to fall under return fire. In addition, as part of practical exercises, airborne troops practice skills in classifying targets, adjusting fire, and determining the distance to the target. 11:23 Mobile anti-tank reserve of Russian Airborne Forces units on ATVs destroyed accumulation of enemy manpower Servicemen from the mobile anti-tank reserve of the Airborne Forces, having received the task of destroying the accumulation of infantry of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, promptly moved to the indicated area to conduct reconnaissance and destroy the indicated targets. Paratroopers make daring raids and get close to enemy positions. Upon arrival in a given area, the reconnaissance officers of the Airborne Forces, using thermal imaging equipment, discovered a cluster of personnel of Ukrainian formations. The calculation strikes the nationalist infantry with rocket launches from the Fagot anti-tank missile system. 10:36 Destroyed in the Artemovsk (Bakhmut) area, a Ukrainian BTR-4MB1 and an American Humvee armored vehicle 10:36 Personnel of the destroyed armored car Humvee, American production, in the zone of the NWO 09:35 Special Forces brought artillery on Ukrainian fighters near Avdievka. Scouts of a special forces unit of the RF Armed Forces, during night-time surveillance, discovered the movement of an enemy detachment. Artillery fire was corrected on the identified target, the enemy suffered heavy losses. 08:49 Artillery of the RF Armed Forces in the Disputable areaspreadsinto the chips of the positions of the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. During the NWO, artillerymen became just snipers. 08:15 Military personnel of the engineering and sapper unit of the Western Military District discovered and destroyed about 200 mines of German production, set by Ukrainian nationalists in the residential areas of one of the cities in the zone of the special military operation. This was reported in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. 08:10 Artillery units of the Russian grouping of troops "Center"startledmore than 150 targets of the Armed Forces of Ukraine per day. This was reported to us by the head of the group's press center Alexander Savchuk. 08:06 Paratroopers successfully struck fortified positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the forest. 08:00 At the Ministry of Defense told about the successes of the “West” grouping in the Kupyansk direction. Posted by: badanov 2023-04-24 |
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