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Perspective from the Breakaway Republics: Invasion of Ukraine: February 6th, 2023
2023-02-07
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] 23:58 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 02/06/2023 to 00:00 02/07/2023

Over the past day Representationreported about 18 facts of firing by the VFU.

In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made 10 attacks from the MLRS, 155mm artillery.

On Gorlovsky 6 artillery attacks from artillery 155mm and 152mm.

On Yasinovatsky 2 artillery attack from 155mm artillery.

Having fired 97 units of various ammunition.

Under enemy fire were areas of five settlements of the Republic: the capital city of Donetsk (Kyiv, Kirov, Petrovsky districts), Gorlovka (Kalinin, Nikitovsky districts), Shirokaya Balka, Yasinovataya, Makeevka (Chervonogvardeisky district).

Over the past day, information was received about the death of a civilian - a man who was wounded on February 4th in the Central City district of Gorlovka.

Two civilians received injuries of varying severity in the Kalininsky district of Gorlovka and Yasinovataya.

A total of 10 houses were damaged in Petrovsky and Kirovsky districts of Donetsk, Kalininsky and Nikitovsky districts of Gorlovka, as well as four civil infrastructure facilities.

Previously 25 artillery attacks were recorded from the VFU side in 24 hours.

21:07 In the area of Artemovsk, on February 1, a militant of the 101st Separate Security Brigade of the General Staff of Ukraine Petr Bubble was eliminated.

19:49 Ukrainian troops fired on Yasinovataya, 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 on Monday.

19:40 Tanks and mortars of the 5th Brigade support offensive in Marinka.

Crews of tanks and crews of 120mm mortars of the 5th Brigade of the Donetsk Army Corps support the advancement of assault groups in Maryinka with their fire, which is corrected with the help of UAVs.

19:00 The Armed Forces of Ukraine fired eight rounds of 155mm caliber at Makiivka, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported on Monday.

18:55 According to the situation in the Artyomovsky direction.
Krasnaya Gora has not yet been taken. There is progress both in the village itself and to the south of it. The situation for the remaining Ukrainian garrison is deteriorating.

There is also an advance along the northern outskirts of Artemovsk. Here the Russian troops are striving, on the one hand, to advance in the direction of the last road to Artemovsk and, having pulled up artillery, take it under fire control.

On the other hand, actions to the north and south of Krasnaya Gora demonstrate the desire to cut the supply lines of the enemy forces defending in Krasnaya Gora and Paraskovievka, forming a kind of mini-cauldron in the style of Gorsky and Zolotoy, which can force the enemy to abandon positions in these villages and roll back to Chasov Yar .

The fall of Paraskovievka and Krasnaya Gora will make the abandonment of Artemovsk by the enemy inevitable, since the threat of an operational encirclement will become an overwhelming factor.

It is also worth noting that the pressure of the Russian troops in the direction of Chasov Yar and Krasny is increasing. The road through Krasnoye is not accessible for use due to constant artillery fire.


18:35 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC on February 6, additional information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:

n.p. Yasinovataya: - on the street. Kutuzova, 19, a woman born in 1969 was wounded.

18:25 Effective work of artillery of the 35th Army of the grouping of Russian troops at enemy strongholds in the Zaporozhye direction.

17:59 122mm MLRS BM-21 "Grad" of the RF Armed Forces hit accumulation of infantry of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Seversk direction.

17:32 Evening summary of Headquarters of the Territorial Defense of the DPR on February 6, 2023.

17:23 Ukrainian troops shelled the Kirovsky 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 on Monday.

17:18 Under fire from the Armed Forces of Ukraine Wide Beam. Ukrainian militants fired eight rounds with a caliber of 155 mm at the settlement, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) said on Monday.

17:01 Ukrainian troops shelled the village of Yasinovataya, 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 on Monday.

16:41 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC on February 6, additional information was received about damage as a result of artillery attack of the Ukrainian cities of the Republic:

Donetsk (Kirovskiy district):

- st. Mogilevskaya, 31, 33 - private residential buildings;
- st. Tretyakova, 29, 31, 33 - private residential buildings; the gas pipeline was also damaged.

16:14 Battle for Ugledar. Destruction of two enemy infantry fighting vehicles with T-80BVM using ATGMs of the 155th Marine Guards Brigade.

16:06 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC, on February 6, additional information was received about damage as a result of artillery attack of the Ukrainian cities of the Republic:

Donetsk (Petrovsky district): - st. Krasnogorovskaya, 20 - a fire in the garage was recorded.

n.p. Gorlovka (Kalinin district): - damage to the building of the Palace of Culture named after Gaevogo on the street. Miner.

16:02 Duel on ATGMs - scouts of 56 Special Forces destroyed calculation of the anti-tank complex of the enemy.

Scouts of the 56th Separate Special Purpose Battalion of the 1st Donetsk Army Corps (previously 1 Special Forces NM DPR) during reconnaissance at night revealed the calculation of the enemy’s anti-tank missile system. The target was destroyed by ATGMs.

15:50 Refugee from Soledar tells that the Ukrainian military suffered heavy losses in the city and abandoned their wounded and dead brothers.

15:26 On photographs- a dormitory destroyed as a result of night artillery attack by Ukrainian militants at the address: st. Shakhterskaya, 3 (Kalinin district of Gorlovka).

15:03 Ukrainian troops again fired on the Kirovsky district of Donetsk, firing five rounds of 155mm caliber, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported on Monday.

14:42 Supreme Council of the Russian Federation known Weaknesses of western tanks - leaflets are distributed among the military near Seversk, which indicate where it is better to aim when meeting with Leopard or Abrams.

Soldiers told RT Arabic military officer Sargon @Sargon_Hadaya about this. They added that after the loss of Soledar, the Armed Forces retreated, relieving pressure on Russian units.

"The enemy is very much weakened, that is, in terms of ammunition, he has some incomprehensible things going on - there is not enough ammunition, people. A lot of KIAs, and wounded. They are already driving old people and young guys who have not been fired upon. What happened in Soledar, the fact that the Russian Armed Forces are advancing well in Artyomovsk (Bakhmut), naturally, all this helps us move towards Seversk," added one of the military.

14:20 Artillerymen of the Russian Guard hit nine enemy targets in the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions. Among the affected objects is a communication center and a foreign-made radar station.

13:55 Ukrainian troops fired at the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, firing five rounds with a caliber of 155 mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported on Monday.

13:49 Storm stronghold of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Svatovsky direction.

13:10 Consequences of artillery attack of the Kuibyshevsky district of the city of Donetsk by the Armed Forces of Ukraine with the use of MLRS.

The impact hit residential buildings. One of the rockets exploded in the courtyard of a residential building where the owner was at that moment.

As a result of the shelling, the man was injured. On the spot, this crime against civilians was recorded by investigators of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation.

12:35 Scouts 58 Special Forces destroyed enemy armored car with ATGM.

Scouts of the 58th Separate Special Purpose Battalion (formerly 3 Special Forces of the NM of the DPR), during reconnaissance at night, discovered the movement of an enemy armored car. The identified target was destroyed with the help of an anti-tank missile system.

11:52 Ukrainian troops shelled the Kirovsky district 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 on Monday.

11:28 Offensive in the direction of Seversk continues. The sniper of the 2nd Army Corps lay in ambush for a long time and waited for the enemy. I waited: an accurate hit on the target at a distance of 1,200 meters.

11:22 Afternoon summary of Headquarters of the Territorial Defense of the DPR on February 6, 2023.

10:38 Additional information on civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic was received on the operational lines of the DPR JCCC on February 4 and 5:

February 4:

n.p. Gorlovka (Tsentralno-gorodskoy district): - unfortunately, a man born in 1958. wounded 02/04/2023 on the street. Tolstoy, 74 - died.

February 5th:

Donetsk (Petrovsky district): - on the street. Krasnogorovskoy, 12, a woman born in 1986 suffered.

Information about the consequences of artillery attack continues to arrive.

10:31 Ukrainian troops fired at the Petrovsky 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 on Monday.

10:28 Russian Armed Forces units destroy enemy tank in the Seversk direction.

09:56 Civilian facilities on the left bank of the Kherson region were again under fire by militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine - emergency services.

Yesterday, the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired nine rounds at Novaya Kakhovka, damaging the infrastructure of the yacht club and civilian boats. The Ukrainians fired 18 rounds at Aleshki, 15 at Podlesny, 13 at Korsunka, six at Kardashinka, and four4 at Pechanovka.

At night, the artillery attack did not stop - Ukrainian militants fired 26 rounds at Novaya Kakhovka, Cossack Camps, Vinogradnoye and Krynki.

09:40 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC on February 6, information was received about victims among civilians in the cities of the Republic:

n.p. Gorlovka (Kalinin district): - on the street. Miner, three wounded woman born in 1965

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

n.p. Gorlovka (Kalinin district):

- a direct hit was recorded in the hostel building on the street. Miner's;
— fixed damage to the building of the boiler house on the street. Miner's;
— fixed damage to the building of the store on the street. Nogina.

Information about the consequences of artillery attack continues to arrive.

09:31 Daily summary of the Headquarters of the Territorial Defense of the DPR on February 6, 2023.

As a result of the artillery attack of the VFU on the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic, two people were killed and five more civilians were injured.

According to the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC, the enemy opened fire on the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic using MLRS, 15mm5 and 152mm cannon artillery. The areas of six settlements of the Republic fell under the artillery attack of the VFU. A total of 15 housing constructions and one civil infrastructure facility were damaged. The total number of ammunition used by Ukrainian militants is 126 units.

09:25 Russian Armed Forces rocket artillery successfully beats enemy in the Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions.

220mm BM-27 rocket artillery "Hurricanes" and 122mm BM-21 "Grads" effectively destroy the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, working both singly and in pairs. Range of defeat - up to 30 km.

The deployment of jet installations takes a matter of minutes. The crew of each machine works as a single organism. Artillerymen understand each other perfectly.

09:12 Over the past week, the Representative Office of the LPR in the JCCC recorded:

Nine artillery attack of the territory of the Republic by the armed formations of Ukraine with the use of heavy weapons on the settlement. Alchevsk, Stakhanov, Bryanka, Pervomaisk, Svatovo, Kremennaya, Bulavinovka.

During the shelling, the enemy used: HIMARS MLRS (22 missiles), 155mm artillery pieces (four rounds).

During the above period, 10 people became victims of the AFU aggression, of which three were killed and seven civilians were injured, incl. one child.

A total of 87 housing constructions and eight civil infrastructure facilities were destroyed and damaged, incl. one medical and two educational institutions.

08:55 Information on the artillery attack of Gorlovka as of 08:00 06.02.2023

08:20 Gorlovka Mayor Ivan Prikhodko said that a civilian was wounded during Ukrainian artillery attack of the Kalininsky district of the city.

08:17 Destruction of BMP of the enemy east of the settlement. Yampolovka.

08:10 During the day, two people were killed on the territory of the DPR, five more were injured.

Over the past 24 hours, from 00:00 on February 5 to 00:00 on February 6, as a result of artillery attack of the VFU in the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic, 2 people were killed and 5 more civilians were injured.

08:00 APU struck a hostel in the city of Gorlovka in the DPR, there are victims. This was announced by the mayor of Gorlovka Ivan Prikhodko.

07:50 Summary of the LPR Representation in the JCCC for the past day, February 05:

From the side of the armed formations of Ukraine, one artillery attack was recorded at the settlement. Flint with the use of artillery guns 155mm (four rounds).

As a result of the shelling, seven civilians were injured, incl. one child, and nine houses were damaged.

07:49 Ukrainian troops fired on Donetsk and Gorlovka on Monday, firing eight rounds of 155mm caliber at them, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported on Monday.

06:38 Detailed explanation of situations in the Ugledar direction as an officer of the OBTF "Cascade".

The enemy concentrated almost all his forces in this direction with a shock fist. At the same time, due to the active work of the Russian forces, the personnel of the enemy are demoralized. Artillery is constantly working on arriving reserves and accumulations of forces and means. The enemy is hiding near the houses from which the civilians did not leave, this makes it very difficult to work on them. Intelligence monitors all movements of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

06:00 Artillery 254 msp 144th Motorized Rifle Division,destroys soldier of the 81st Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Everyday life of the war, Svatovo-Kremennaya front.

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