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Perspective from the Breakaway Republics: Invasion of Ukraine: May 5th, 2023
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] 23:55 Over the past day Representation reported about 62 facts of firing by the VFU.

In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made 18 attacks from the MLRS, artillery 155mm and 152mm.

On Gorlovsky 29 attacks from MLRS, artillery 155mm and 152mm. On Yasinovatsky 10 artillery attacks from artillery 155mm and 152mm.

On Volnovakhskoye, five artillery attacks from artillery of 152mm and 122mm.

Having fired 358 units of various ammunition.

Under enemy fire were areas of twelve settlements of the Republic: Gorlovka (Central City, Kalininsky, Nikitovsky district), Mikhailovka, Shirokaya Balka, Krasny Partizan, Novobakhmutovka, Vasilyevka, Yakovlevka, Yasinovataya, the capital of Donetsk (Kiev, Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts), Sladkoe, Stepnoe, Vladimirovka.

Over the past day, information was received about the death of three civilians in Yasinovataya.

Wounds of varying severity were received by six civilians in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, Yasinovataya and Krasny Partizan.

Six residential buildings were damaged in the Kievsky district of Donetsk, Nikitovsky and Central City districts of Gorlovka, as well as five civil infrastructure facilities.

A previous 81 artillery attacks were recorded from the side of the VFU per day.

22:00 Pushilin announced an improvement in the positions of Russian troops in the Maryinsky, Avdeevsky and Dzerzhinsky directions.

21:27 Death toll from artillery attack by Ukrainian troops of Yasinovataya increased to five - mayor

19:10 Consequencesartillery attack of the village of Shirokaya Balka (Tsentralno-Gorodskoy district of Gorlovka) from the positions of Ukrainian terrorists.

18:49 Under fire from Ukrainian militants Petrovsky district of Donetsk. According to the DPR JCCC, five rounds with a caliber of 155 mm were fired.

18:30 Ugledar district situation as of 18.00 May 5, 2023

All day yesterday, artillerymen of the brigade-artillery group (BrAG) of the 72nd Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine conducted a massive artillery attack of positions of the RF Armed Forces in the area of Pavlovka and Nikolsky.

After processing the strongholds of the Russian army, two assault groups of the 72nd Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked the positions of the RF Armed Forces near Nikolsky in the area of the forest belt northeast and northwest of the village.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine tried to push the RF Armed Forces out of the advanced strongholds. Russian fighters successfully repelled the attack, and units of the 72nd Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine retreated to their starting lines without advancing further.

At the moment, the efforts of the Ukrainian formations are focused on probing and assessing the defensive capabilities of the RF Armed Forces at the Pavlovka-Nikolskoye line. Such outbursts will continue.

At the same time, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are also concentrating forces in the area of the Vremievsky ledge. To the north of Bolshaya Novoselka, the BrAG and the jet division of the 53rd Brigade, as well as the howitzer-self-propelled division of the 1st Tank Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, are located.

18:17 Russian special forces ATGM destroys dugout of the enemy in the Avdeevsky direction. There is a destruction of the enemy fortifications to move forward and only forward.

18:09 Ukrainian militants fired 40 rockets from the 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS at Shirokaya Balka, DPR representative office in the JCCC

17:47 Ukrainian TG channels report explosions in Kherson.

17:35 Aviation of the RF Armed Forces with an accurate strike struck placement of APU equipment in the settlement Nuts in the Zaporozhye direction. Guidance and fixation of the destruction was carried out by the calculation of the UAV of the 291st Regiment.

17:20 Under fire from Ukrainian militants Petrovsky district of Donetsk and Gorlovka. According to the DPR JCCC, 22 rounds of 155mm caliber and 10 rockets from MLRS were fired.

17:07 Under the aimed fire of Ukrainian neo-Nazis is the village of Shirokaya Balka (Central City district of Gorlovka).

17:00 Artillerymen of the 4th Brigade of the Southern Group of Forces in the settlement Controversial inflict blows on the positions of the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

16:44 Video from the Artyomovsky (Bakhmut) direction: Tula paratroopers on tanks are working on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, preventing the city from being attacked from the flanks. The fire is corrected from the "birds" online - the fighters receive coordinates and messages about hits.

16:30 The Russian Ministry of Defense announced the offensive operations of assault detachments in Artyomovsk (Bakhmut) with the support of the Airborne Forces.

16:15 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for May 5, as of 16:00, information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:

n.p. Yasinovataya:

- on st. School, 32 killed three civilians: women born in 1953 and 1956. and a man born in 1958;

received injuries of varying severity:

- on the street. Nekrasova, 12 “a”, male, born in 1960

- in the 3rd Microdistrict, 5 women, born in 1997, were injured. and a man born in 1983

n.p. Red Partizan: - on the street. Gagarin, one wounded woman born in 1976

Information was received about damage as a result of artillery attack of the VFU cities of the Republic:

d. Donetsk (Kyiv district): - str. Bashkirskaya, 77 - private residential building.

n.p. Gorlovka:

Kalininsky district:

– fixed damage to the building "LLC Gifts of Nature" on the street. Gorlovskaya Division;

- damage to the building of the store "DecorStroy" on the street. Vavilov.

Nikitovsky district:

- st. 40 years of October, 55 - apartment building;

- st. Yasnaya, 13, 15 - private residential buildings.

n.p. Yasinovataya: - fixed damage to the service station on the street. Communal.

16:07 APU launched a missile attack on the city of Rubizhne using MLRS HIMARS -video.

15:56 Consequences of artillery attack of the city of Rubezhnoye (LPR) by the armed formations of Ukraine

As a result of yesterday's shelling, N. p. Frontier using MLRS HIMARS (the enemy fired one rocket type M31 GMLRS) destroyed seven garages in the garage cooperative and two cars.

15:52 Under fire from Ukrainian militants Petrovsky district of Donetsk and Gorlovka. According to the DPR JCCC, 26 rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired.

15:10 From Artyomovsk they report that the Armed Forces of Ukraine have begun to undermine the bridges in Chasov Yar.

According to preliminary data, this bridge across the Seversky Donets-Donbass Canal (coordinates: 48.592699819783526, 37.86783353938514) connected two parts of Chasov Yar and, in good weather, allowed Ukrainian troops to transport supplies and reinforcements in small batches across the fields. There is another bridge to the north of the explosion site, but the Ukrainian troops practically do not use it.

Judging by the undermining of key communications, the Armed Forces of Ukraine finally refuse to supply Artyomovsk through the fields and switch to the supply of ammunition only along the T-0504 highway in the Ivanovsky (Krasny) area. Vital supply bridges were previously blown up by Ukrainian troops before retreating from the eastern part of Artyomovsk.

15:05 Under fire from Ukrainian militants Petrovsky district of Donetsk and Sladkoye. According to the DPR JCCC, nine rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired.

14:19 Russian military destroyed artillery mount of Ukrainian troops near Avdievka (DPR)

14:15 One of the detainees in the Zaporozhye region confessed in the preparation of a terrorist attack on the instructions of the Kyiv special services, the second detainee admitted to keeping a certain package - FSB

14:12 Control zones in Artemovsk on May 5, 2023.

14:05 Appeared frames of consequences of the artillery attack of Yasinovataya this afternoon. Two people died, one injured.

13:47 The FSB prevented a terrorist attack by agents of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine against one of the leaders of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, we were told at the Center for Public Relations of the FSB of Russia.

According to the FSB, the criminal activity was coordinated by employees of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, both directly and through an intermediary located in Finland.

An explosive device ready for use was confiscated, as well as automatic small arms, ammunition for them, and explosives. Two members of the sabotage-terrorist group were arrested, a criminal case was initiated on the preparation of a terrorist attack, the CSO added.

13:41 Under fire from Ukrainian militants Petrovsky district of Donetsk. According to the DPR JCCC, three rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired.

13:24 Ukrainian Nazis again inflicted strike exclusively on the civilian infrastructure of Donbass.

This time, one of the meat processing plants in Alchevsk came under enemy fire. Investigators of the Investigative Committee of Russia recorded the destruction and will talk with the owner of the enterprise.

Luckily, there were no casualties. The rockets detonated at the beginning of the fifth morning. The damage was caused in the form of complete destruction of storage facilities and spoilage of raw materials.

13:15 Fierce battles for the western part of Artemovsk.Kindfrom space. May 4, 2023.

13:04 Donetsk, Yakovlevka and Red Partizan are under fire from Ukrainian militants. According to the DPR JCCC, 16 rounds with a caliber of 155mm and 152 mm were fired.

13:00 Personnel combat work of the crew of the T-80 tank near Artemovsk.

Paratrooper units with assigned tank crews continue to destroy the enemy in the Artyomovsk direction. They hold down the actions of Ukrainian militants, covering the assault squads from the flanks.

The calculation of the UAV of the Airborne Forces discovered a group of militants who sat in a dilapidated house in a private building. The civilians have long abandoned it, and the Ukronazis have converted the building into a well-fortified stronghold.

The coordinates of the enemy positions were immediately transferred to the command post, after which it was decided to destroy it with fire from the standard armament of the T-80 tank.

Promptly advancing to the indicated area, the crew of the tank requested the coordinates of the fortification of the Ukrainian military and destroyed the target with accurate fire from a 125mm cannon. The militants did not have time to leave the shelter and remained under the rubble of the building.

12:49 Statement of head of the press center of the group "South":

In the Lisichansk operational direction in the area of the settlement of Belogorovka, the artillery of the "Southern" group of forces during the counter-battery fight destroyed a 120mm mortar and one vehicle of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

In the Aleksandro-Kalinovskoye operational direction, an artillery unit of the "South" grouping in the area of the settlement of Ocheretino launched a fire raid on the point of temporary deployment of the 110th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. As a result, an ammunition depot and up to 10 servicemen of the Ukrainian army were destroyed.

Also, the artillery crews of the "Southern" group of troops struck at the accumulation of weapons and military equipment of the first battalion of the 110th Brigade of the enemy in the Avdiivka area.

12:30 AFU fired at a school in Nova Kakhovka. An hour and a half ago, militants of the Ukrainian army inflictedblowat school number 6. All school employees managed to hide in the basement, so there were no casualties, but the school building itself was damaged.

12:15 Nova Kakhovka was subjected to mortar shelling.

On May 5, at 7:00 am, Novaya Kakhovka was fired upon with mortar fire by militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the right bank of the Dnieper. As a result of the shelling, a house on the street was damaged. Sosnovaya, 67 in the Osnova area. At the time of the arrival of the enemy mine, the owner of the house was not there, no one was hurt.

11:58 Petrovsky district of Donetsk under attack -video.

11:49 Yasinovataya DPR under fire from the Nazis -video.

11:46 Donetsk, Vladimirovka, Gorlovka and Yasinovataya are under fire from Ukrainian militants. According to the DPR JCCC, 69 rounds with a caliber of 155mm and 152 mm were fired.

11:20 News from the front line, Ugledarskoe direction, area Nikolskoye:

Aviation is actively working, the movement of the Armed Forces of Ukraine towards Ugledar - Nikolsk. The situation is controlled but tense. On Vladimirovka (which is behind Nikolsky) the Armed Forces of Ukraine are firing artillery. Don't let the town rest. A civilian died.

11:00 Exclusive RT military correspondent Murad Gazdiev from Artyomovsk (Bakhmut). Russian military continue move to the western part of the city. Yesterday, the Ministry of Defense reported that two quarters had passed under the control of our forces in a day.

“These two houses, two skyscrapers, six floors, they are under us, under the fighters of the Wagner PMC, the next house - just meters from them - is now under the Armed Forces of Ukraine, under the nationalists. And this is how the battle takes place here: house after house, floor after floor, apartment after apartment is cleared, ”said Murad.

10:57 Yesterday in the area of n.p. Sadovoye in the Kherson direction, Russian artillery attacked the position of one of the brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as a result of which a 152mm 2S3 Akatsiya howitzer with a crew of five people and ammunition was destroyed.

10:49 Under fire from Ukrainian militants Petrovsky district Donetsk and Yasinovataya. According to the DPR JCCC, 17 rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired.

10:22 Under the aimed fire of Ukrainian terrorists, the village of Komarova (Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka).

10:00 Tonight on the Kherson direction in the area of ??the settlement. Youth, 122mm was destroyed by Russian artillery strikes. SAU 2S1 "Gvozdika" with a crew of five people and ammunition

09:58 Information on the artillery attack of Gorlovka as of 08:00 05/05/2023

09:27 The criminal Kiev regime continues to shell the civilian infrastructure of the settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired from barreled artillery and mortars:

- n.p. Golaya Pristan fired four rounds;

- n.p. Peschanovka fired 14 rounds;

- n.p. Podstepnoye fired seven rounds;

- n.p. Podlesnoye fired nine rounds;

- n.p. Korsunka fired five rounds;

- n.p. Kazachi Lagery fired three rounds three mines;

- n.p. Solontsy fired four mines;

- n.p. Krynki fired four mines.

Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure to be confirmed

During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the settlement. Noaya Kakhovka, n.p. Kakhovka, n.p. Peschanovka, firing a total of 26 rounds from cannon artillery.

Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being specified.

08:48 Under fire from Ukrainian militants, the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka. According to the DPR JCCC, eight rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired.

08:45 Employees of the Investigative Committee of Russia fix consequences of the first strike in Alchevsk.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine delivered two strikes from the HIMARS multiple launch rocket system on the territory of the LPR, firing three rounds. This was reported by the representative office of the LPR in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine.

08:30 The Russian military fired defeat on over 150 targets of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Krasno-Limansky direction.

Thus, units of the "Center" grouping of troops hit over 150 enemy targets. Of these, about 100 are in the areas of concentration of manpower and firepower, as well as in 45 artillery positions.

In addition, the aircraft of the "Center" struck at three points of temporary deployment and five strongholds of Ukrainian militants. In the Torsk sector and in the area of Serebryansky forestry, intelligence revealed the movement of units of Ukrainian militants. As a result of the fire damage, the Armed Forces of Ukraine suffered losses.

08:16 Frontline summary on the morning of 05/05/2023:

Russian artillery was actively working on the Uludar site. Under artillery attack Novopol, Novosyolka, Vremevka, Zolotaya Niva, Shakhtyorskoye, Prechistovka, Novoukrainka, Bogoyavlenka and the city itself.

On the Donetsk front, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation conducted assault operations in the Novomikhailovka area and in the city of Maryinka. With the support of artillery, they tried to advance to the North (a populated area west of Avdiivka). A new direction appeared to the northeast.

After artillery strikes, Russian troops attacked on the outskirts of New York. Everywhere without success. Under artillery attack positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Karlovka, Netaylov, Thin, Lastochkino, Avdiivka, Berdychi, Yuzhny and Severny (a settlement north-west of Gorlovka). The Ukrainian army struck at Donetsk and Gorlovka.

In Bakhmut, PMC Wagner, with the support of artillery, continued assault operations in the southern, western and northern parts of the city. The Armed Forces of Ukraine counterattacked in the area of Bogdanovka and Grigorovka. Russian artillery hit Belaya Gora, Chasov Yar, Ivanovsky, Orekhovo-Vasilyevka, Vasyukovka, Controversial and Verkhnekamensky.

In the Lugansk direction, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, after artillery strikes, again tried to advance towards Belogorovka, in the area of Torskoye and Makeevka. Unsuccessfully. Armed Forces positions in Krakhmalny, Kislovka, Liman Pervy, Zapadnaya, Dvurechnaya, Novomlynsk, Figolevka and Topolnoye are under fire.

08:00 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC:

Over the past day, the Representation reported 81 instances of firing by the AFU. In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made 30 attacks from the MLRS, artillery 155mm and 152mm. On Gorlovsky 38 artillery attack from artillery 155mm and 152mm. On Yasinovatsky 6 artillery attacks from artillery 155mm, 152mm and 122mm. On Volnovakhskoe seven artillery attacks from artillery 155mm, 152mm and 122mm. Having fired 456 units of various ammunition.

Under enemy fire were areas of sixteen settlements of the Republic: Gorlovka (Central City, Nikitovsky districts), Mikhailovka, Ozeryanovka, Shirokaya Balka, Novoselivka Second, Mineralnoe, Yakovlevka, Yasinovataya, the capital city of Donetsk (Budennovsky, Kievsky, Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts), Aleksandrovka, Yelenovka, Petrovskoye, Egorovka, Stepnoye, Nikolskoye, Vladimirovka.

Over the past day, information was received about the death of a civilian - a man, in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk. Wounds of varying severity were received by seven civilians, incl. boy born in 2017, in Budennovsky, Petrovsky and Kuibyshevsky districts of Donetsk, Mineralny.

A total of 17 residential buildings were damaged in Budennovsky, Kuibyshevsky and Petrovsky districts of Donetsk, Nikitovsky and Central City districts of Gorlovka, Mineralny, as well as three civil infrastructure facilities.

In the previous day, 76 artillery attacks were recorded from the side of the VFU.

07:00 Summary of the Representative Office of the LPR in the JCCC for the past day, May 4:

From the side of the armed formations of Ukraine, 2 artillery attacks were recorded on the settlement. Alchevsk and Rubizhnoye using MLRS HIMARS (3 missiles).

As a result of the attacks:

– in n.p. Alchevsk, two premises of the meat processing workshop were destroyed, and the glazing of three multi-storey residential buildings was damaged;

– in n.p. Rubizhnoye destroyed seven garages in the garage cooperative.

04:19 AFU fired 10 rounds from the MLRS in Donetsk, the DPR representative office in the JCCC reported. The strike was delivered at 04:05 Moscow time, Petrovsky district was under fire.


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