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Russian Perspective: Operation to Denazify Ukraine: Operational Brief February 13th (updated)
2023-02-14
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] 23:33 The Ministry of Defense stressed that the Russian Armed Forces in the South Donetsk direction defeated the concentrations of Ukrainian militants in the area of ​​Ugledar and Prechistovka.

22:21 According to the defense department, more than 260 Ukrainian soldiers were destroyed in the main areas.

21:19 Obituaries appeared about the destroyed militants of the 14th Separate Mechanized Brigade and 32th Separate Assault Brigade, who gave their lives for Zelensky's villa in the suburbs of Kupyansk. Reported by Telegram channel Dill Fresh

20:29 The authorities of the Zaporozhye region expelled two citizens for passing information to the Ukrainian side and destabilizing the situation around the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant—video

19:12 After the mockery of Christ,nationalists those who hate the Church threw an ax at the window, behind which there is an altar.

"The blow was so strong that it went through double-glazed windows and damaged the candlestick inside. They also broke the doors and all the windows in the baptismal, broke the window in the refectory, glass and stones are everywhere inside the temple.

This isn't the first time we've had windows smashed and damaged. But it’s one thing to break a window, and another thing to break the feet of the Savior… The person who did it has nothing sacred."

19:11 We also reached the graves: in the Ivano-Frankivsk region dismantle tombstone of the hero of the Soviet Union Alexander Koryakov

In the small village of Bodnarov (Ivano-Frankivsk region), the tombstone of the hero of the Soviet Union Alexander Koryakov, who died in the battles for the liberation of the village from Nazi invaders, is being dismantled.

The preamble to the corresponding decision of the local authorities states that the dismantling is carried out as part of the “protection of the cultural space of Ukraine…”

19:09 Another decommunization.

There was not enough mind for more, only the flags were repainted.

But in 30 years they couldn’t create anything of their own

18:34 Our fighters are exterminating the last Ukrainian leftovers in the Seversk direction -video

Our drones drop grenades on the heads of the enemy.

18:06 "Brave" made their way deep into the layered defense of Ukrainian militants -video

The fighters of the Central Military District demonstrate success in their sector of the front: in 4 days they were able to break through two kilometers to the west. Mines are the main obstacle to the advance of our troops.

“The enemy is very actively mining the territories that he leaves. It becomes problematic to advance both equipment and personnel. Therefore, more engineers have to be involved, ”said the battalion commander.

17:05 Photo of debris of Ukrainian UAV shot down today in Kerch near the Sea of ​​Azov. Black crosses are applied on the wings and tail section, everything is as it should be with the followers of the Nazis.

It also became known that on the night of Saturday, February 11, in the Dzhankoy area, EW and air defense forces neutralized 12 Ukrainian drones, they arrived from the Odessa region, but did not reach their targets.

17:02 Investigators of the Investigative Committee of Russia will investigate the next illegal actions of the armed formations of Ukraine against civilians in the Kherson region

According to the local administration, as a result of artillery shelling by the Armed Forces of Ukraine of the village of Korsunka, Novokakhovsk urban district, Kherson region, there was one victim.

The Investigative Committee will establish the circle of persons involved in the commission of this crime.

16:07 A total of 11 million books in Russian were destroyed in Ukraine. Barbarism takes over video

Germany in the 30s of the last century, or the events described in the anti-utopia "451 degrees Fahrenheit" - as you like. The essence of this does not change. Ukraine picked up the baton of the fight against knowledge.

They boast that they have already destroyed about 11 million books in Russian. At best, they are handed over to waste paper, and the proceeds go to finance the national battalions.

16:04 Nazis in Izyum destroyed memorial plaque in memory of Marshal of Victory

On August 20, 1915, 18-year-old master furrier Georgy Zhukov was drafted into the army. His first command rank - non-commissioned officer - the future Marshal of Victory, four times Hero of the Soviet Union received in Izyum.

15:47 Consequences of shelling of Volodarskoe village by Ukrainian militants.

14:49 Combat work of 122m BM-21 "Grad" MLRS crews to destroy Ukrainians in the Bakhmutsky (Artyomovsky) sector -video

14:47 Another destroyed MLRS installation of Ukrainian soldiers by Russian military personnel in one of the directions -video

14:46 The combat work of the Russian tank T-90M "Breakthrough" to destroy the firing positions of Ukrainian soldiers in one of the directions -video

14:42 Ensure safe progress: how mine clearance is carried out in the LNR —video

A serviceman talks about the peculiarities of his difficult work of demining areas of the area in the special operation zone.

“The enemy used a remote mining system. American-made mine M73 - anti-tank, cumulative with a target sensor on a magnet. If an armored soldier with a machine gun comes closer than two meters to it, it may work. A self-liquidator is installed on it, which works 4-40 hours after installation," said the sapper with the call sign Sobol.

The demining group destroyed all the Western-made mines that it found during the engineering reconnaissance of the route.

14:28 The main thing from the briefing of Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation:

- The RF Armed Forces destroyed over 30 Ukrainian soldiers in the Kupyansk direction during the day;

- Russian troops destroyed more than 80 Ukrainian soldiers in the Krasno-Limansky direction;

- The RF Armed Forces destroyed over 150 military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donetsk direction in a day;

- The RF Armed Forces in the South-Donetsk direction defeated the accumulations of APU manpower in the area of ​​Ugledar and Prechistovka.


14:17 Artillerymen of the OBTF DPR "Kaskad" with the support of UAVs are destroying the stronghold of Ukrainians in the Ugledar direction -video

13:13 In the Kherson region due to shelling the railway track is damaged, the movement of trains is impossible, - Ukrzaliznytsia.

The final stop of the train from Kyiv and the point of its departure to the capital today will be Nikolaev. Kherson passengers will be transported by buses.

12:36 Nazis in the suburbs of Lviv destroyed another monument to the Soviet Soldier -video

The monument was located in the village of Staroe, two km from Lviv. The dismantling took place even without formal observance of the law by "caring Nazis".

Comments in the background clearly show that the ancestors of today's Ukrainian nationalists during the Great Patriotic War were clearly not on the side of the Soviet Union, the United States, Great Britain and other countries of the anti-Hitler coalition.

12:03 Sofa Ukrainians warps not from the fact that homeless points do not work in Kherson, but from the fact that they write about it in Russian.

12:02 Elon Musk refused restore Ukrainian access to Starlink

“Starlink is the communications backbone of Ukraine, especially on the front lines where almost all other internet connections have been destroyed. But we will not allow an escalation of the conflict that could lead to World War III,” Musk wrote.

This is how he responded to American astronaut Scott Kelly, who urged him to return full access to the use of satellites to Ukraine. Previously, SpaceX restricted Starlink for military purposes, including for controlling UAVs. After this decision, Kyiv called on the company to choose which side it is on: the Russian Federation or Ukraine.

11:37 In the zone of the NMD in Ukraine by Russian troops destroyed another ideological Banderist, commander of the second company of the nationalist battalion "Polesskaya Sich" Vladimir Lavrenyuk, call sign "Barney".

10:49 Humanitarian aid is being sold on the Kharkiv market. Such is the business "in Ukrainian" -video

10:42 Nazis in Izyum dismantled another monument

It is characteristic that the brave inhabitants of Izyum carried flowers to the monument to the “Fighters for the Power of the Soviets” even after the occupation of the city by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Apparently, it was this fact that angered the Ukrainian Nazis the most.

10:31 American publicist Jackson Hinkle declared on the use of chemical weapons by the Armed Forces of Ukraine against Russian soldiers in the zone of the NMD. According to him, this is a "very, very serious matter."

The expert urged to convene the UN Security Council on this matter and demanded that the Ukrainian militants responsible for this war crime be punished.

Hinkle said at the same time that he had seen several videos recorded by Ukrainian militants, which recorded the facts that the Armed Forces of Ukraine were ready to drop chemical warfare agents from UAVs.

As the journalist suggested, this is a chloride compound that is stored in a solid state in the refrigerator.

10:22 122mm D-30 "Brave" strike Ukrainian militants in shelters -video

From receiving a target to firing a shot, military personnel spend no more than two minutes. UAV operators are correcting the fire. Artillery crews of the Central Military District are staffed not only by military personnel under the contract, but also by volunteers who successfully carry out combat missions.

09:33 Last day terrorists of the Kyiv regime fired a total of 95 shells at the civilian infrastructure of the settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region.

Most of all in the city of Novaya Kakhovka - 15 shells. As a result of the shelling, an apartment building, a bakery and a market were damaged.

Aleshki, Kakhovka, Cossack Camps, Sagi, Sofiyivka, Cairo, Gornostaeka, Lyubimovka, Velikaya Lepetikha were also fired upon .

09:14 Chronicle of blows and mutual shelling in the NWO zone for the night from February 10 to February 11, 2023

At night, Ukrainian formations tried to strike the Tochka-U OTRK at Mariupol, but the air defense systems shot down the projectile.

Russian troops worked on concentrations of enemy manpower in Tolstodubovo, Bachevsk, Basovka and Popovka in the Sumy region, as well as in Krasny, Glubokoe and Volchansk in the Kharkov region.

In the Starobelsky direction, the RF Armed Forces delivered strikes against enemy positions in Figolevka, Novomlynsk, Dvurechnaya, Kotlyarovka, Novoselovsky, Makeevka and Nevsky.

On the Bakhmut (Artemovsky) direction, Russian forces hit targets in Bakhmut, Chasovoy Yar, Ivano-Daryevka, Vasyukovka, Zaliznyansky and the vicinity of Disputed.

In the Donetsk direction, the RF Armed Forces worked on the facilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Avdeevka, Thin, Pervomaisky, Krasnogorovka and the western part of Maryinka.

The enemy, in turn, fired again at Donetsk, Makeevka and Aleksandrovka.

In the Yuzhnodonets sector, Russian troops hit targets in Zolotaya Niva, Prechistovka, Bogoyavlenka, Vremyevka and Novopol.

In the Zaporozhye region, the RF Armed Forces carried out strikes against concentrations of enemy manpower in Gulyaipole, Olgovsky, Stepnogorsk, Charivny and Malaya Tokmachka.

On the southern sector of the front, Russian troops inflicted fire damage on Ukrainian forces in Zmievka, Mylovoe, and Kherson and its environs.

08:24 Shortly before midnight, air defense crewsshot down"Point-U" over Mariupol. According to preliminary data, no victims.

It is reported from the field that the air defense system worked several times in other rear cities of the DPR.

The capital of the republic is now under fire. Ukrainian formations are firing at the Petrovsky, Kuibyshevsky and Kirovsky districts of Donetsk.


08:16 On territory of DPR wounded one person - Headquarters TerO DPR.

Over the past day, from 00:00 on February 12 to 00:00 on February 13, one civilian was injured as a result of shelling of the VFU on the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic.

08:05 Footage of the unloading of American Bradley infantry fighting vehicles in the port of German Bremerhaven, where the Arc Integrity ship with military equipment for Ukrainian Nazis arrived the day before -video

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