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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:05 Reportedexplosionsin the Sumy region.
22:26 Fixed shelling from the VFU.
21:00 Artillerymen of the 132nd Brigade Donetsk 1st Army Corps beat on the enemy
WWII vintage 152mm D-1 artillery crews of the 132nd Brigade of the 1st Donetsk Army Corps (formerly the 3rd NM Brigade of the DPR) fire daily at the enemy’s manpower and fortifications. Fire with 152mm rounds is corrected with the help of a quadrocopter, and in the intervals between firing, the gun is carefully camouflaged.
19:52 Destruction of a tank of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the forest near Kremennaya -video.
19:48 Ukrainian troops fired on Makiivka, 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.
19:16 Ukraine is spreading misinformation about the "successful offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine" in the Gulyaipol area. About it informed military expert Boris Rozhin.
According to the expert, there were no significant changes on the front line after the Russian Armed Forces ate part of the neutral line near Orekhov and Gulyaipol in the Zaporozhye region. The last significant activity was the attempts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to advance in the Orekhov area, which ended in heavy losses in people and materiel, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation confidently repelled them. After that, positional battles and mutual artillery attack continue at the front.
"From a territorial point of view, nothing has changed. Including today. Virtually began to advance, virtually won, virtually admitted that they were not advancing anywhere. In reality, the positions of the parties in the Gulyai-Pole area remained the same. This is approximately the same as with the "landing on the Kinburn Spit" and "the encirclement of 20,000 Russian soldiers near Kherson." Purely information stuffing," Rozhin explained.
18:46 Artillerymen of the Russian Armed Forces in the Seversk directiondestroyedBMP Ukrainian nationalists.
18:40 Ukrainian troops shelled the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, firing six rounds with a caliber of 155mm. Makiivka is also under fire from the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Ukrainian militants fired three rockets from the MLRS, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
17:53 Ukrainian troops fired at the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, firing seven 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.
17:50 Eight rounds per minute, automatic aiming at the target - this is the Msta howitzer, which works in the special operation zone.
Gun smashes positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Marinka (DPR) in the southern direction, in order to ensure safe advance in this area and create a deadly “pocket” for the enemy to Staromikhaylovka.
17:43 Fixation the consequences of the artillery attack of N. p. Yasinovataya 14.04.2023
Specialists of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC confirmed the artillery attack of the settlement. Jasinish and also refined direction firing and weapons used.
17:39 Residents of Nova Kakhovka told about the artillery attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the eve of Easter
"Every day. We leave the house at 10 in the morning. As soon as we leave, the artillery attack begins. Back and forth. Now we are going home and we don’t know if our house is intact or not, because it was heard in our area, ”one of the local residents shared with Izvestia correspondent Natalia Grafchikova.
As a result of another artillery attack by Ukrainian militants in Novaya Kakhovka on April 13, a civilian was killed. The shell fell next to the school building, a large crater formed in the yard. The victim accidentally passed by and came under fire.
16:42 Ukrainian troops fired at the Petrovsky and Kievsky districts of Donetsk, firing 18 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.
16:32 Aviation of the "Eastern" group dilutes the gray everyday life of Ukrainian militants in the Ugledar direction -video.
16:14 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for April 15, additional information was received about damage as a result of artillery attack of the Ukrainian cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Kiev district): - st. Panas Mirny, 22, 24 - private residential buildings.
15:47 Ukraine continues to strike at the territory of the Russian Federation. In Yasinovataya, four people were killed and 10 injured from artillery attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. A huge number of apartment buildings, cars and infrastructure facilities were affected. The News Front film crew visited the site of these tragic events -video.
15:14 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for April 15, additional information was received about the damage as a result of artillery attack of the Ukrainian cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Petrovsky district): - st. Magnitnaya, 34 - multi-apartment residential building.
15:05 Consequences of night artillery attack of the kindergarten "Zhuravushka" in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk.
14:55 Report of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation (04/15/2023). The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to conduct a special military operation.
In the Kupyansk direction, air strikes and artillery fire from the "Western" group of troops defeated units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Timkovka, Kharkov Region, and Stelmakhivka, Luhansk People's Republic. Up to 40 Ukrainian servicemen, an armored personnel carrier and two vehicles were destroyed.
In the Krasno-Limansky direction, attack aircraft strikes, artillery fire from the "Center" group of troops hit enemy units in the areas of the settlements of Chervonopopovka of the Luhansk People's Republic, Terny and Torskoye of the Donetsk People's Republic. During the day, more than 60 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, one pickup truck, as well as 152mm D-20 and 122mm D-30 howitzers were destroyed in this direction.
In the Donetsk direction, the most fierce fighting continued in the area of the city of Artemovsk. In the course of active operations, the Wagner assault detachments successfully moved forward, capturing two blocks on the northern and southern outskirts of the city. The units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine remaining in Artemovsk, retreating, purposefully destroy urban infrastructure and residential buildings to slow down the advance of our troops.
Subdivisions of the Airborne Troops pin down the enemy on the flanks and support the actions of the assault detachments to capture the city.
In the areas of the settlements of Krasnoe, Kalinovka and Bogdanovka of the Donetsk People's Republic, units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were hit by operational-tactical aviation, missile troops and artillery fire from the "Southern" group of troops. In the interests of the actions of the troops in this area, aviation carried out six sorties, and the rocket troops and artillery carried out 57 fire missions.
The total losses of the enemy per day in this direction amounted to more than 315 military personnel and mercenaries, two armored combat vehicles, three vehicles, 152mm D-20 and 152mm Msta-B howitzers, as well as a 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS combat vehicle.
In the South-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, air strikes and artillery fire from the Vostok group of troops defeated enemy units in the areas of the settlements of Novomikhailovka and Vuhledar of the Donetsk People's Republic. During the day, up to 30 Ukrainian servicemen, a pickup truck, as well as 152mm Msta-B and 122mm D-30 howitzers were destroyed in these areas.
In the Kherson direction, up to 15 Ukrainian servicemen, two vehicles, and three Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mounts were destroyed during a fire attack. Operational-tactical aviation, missile troops and artillery of groups of troops (forces) of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation defeated the 73rd Artillery unit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at firing positions, manpower and equipment in 95 districts.
In the area of the city of Slavyansk of the Donetsk People's Republic, a warehouse of fuel and lubricants of the 81st Airmobile Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed.
Air defense systems intercepted five rockets of the HIMARS multiple launch rocket system per day. In addition, three Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed in the areas of the settlements of Experimental of the Donetsk People's Republic, Rubizhne and Chervonopopovka of the Luhansk People's Republic.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 407 aircraft, 228 helicopters, 3,756 unmanned aerial vehicles, 415 anti-aircraft missile systems, 8,677 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,085 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 4,593 field artillery and mortar guns, as well as 9,513 units of special military vehicles.
13:50 The fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine remaining in Artyomovsk (Bakhmut), retreating, purposefully destroy infrastructure facilities and residential buildings to slow down the advancement of the Russian Armed Forces, the Ministry of Defense reported.
13:27 Russian troops are advancing on the fronts of Donbass, making many attacks - the main thing from the summary of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
--The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to focus their main efforts on conducting offensive operations in the Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Maryinsky directions. Over the past day, 56 attacks have been recorded.
--The fiercest battles go for Bakhmut and Marinka, there are numerous attacks.
--There are heavy battles for the city of Bakhmut. Under fire areas n.p. Vasyukovka, Orekhovo-Vasilyevka, Novomarkovo, Grigorovka, Bogdanovka, Ivanovskoye, Chasov Yar, Stupochki, Dilievka, Toretsk and New York.
--In the Limansky direction, over the past day, Russian troops have been advancing near Dibrova and Belogorovka.
--In the Avdeevsky direction, the Russian army is advancing in the areas of Novokalinovoye and Pervomaisky.
13:12 The Russians came close to Belogorovka, - said the Kiev gauleiter of the Severodonetsk regional military administration Vlasenko.
"The situation remains difficult. The intensity of hostilities is not decreasing. The greatest activity is the Kremensky forests, this is Belogorovka. The Russians had some success in the direction of Belogorovka, they came close to the settlement. The intensity of artillery artillery attack does not subside, air strikes continue,"
Vlasenko explained.
13:04 Ukrainian troops fired at the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, firing 10 rockets from the MLRS, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
12:56 Western sources report that the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Bakhmut are losing up to two quarters a day.
12:21 Ukrainian troops fired at the Petrovsky and Kirovsky districts of Donetsk, firing 18 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.
11:53 There are reports of the advance of Wagner PMC in Artyomovsk. According to preliminary data, the "orchestra" is actively moving forward in the area of the village, in the north-west of the city.
According to the Military Chronicle, in this area, after the retreat to the west of the railway and the Bakhmut-2 station, there were units of the former 3rd Operational Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine, as well as parts of the 241st Territorial Defense Brigade.
Also, artillery and tanks are actively working on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine between the city blocks of Artyomovsk between Khromov (Artyomovsky) and st. Liberators of Donbass.
11:25 Crews of attack helicopters Ka-52 of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the sky of Donbass -video.
11:11 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for April 15, additional information was received about the damage as a result of artillery attack of the Ukrainian cities of the Republic:
d. Donetsk (Kuybyshevsky district): — str. Luzina, 114 "g", 116 "b" - private residential house.
10:57 Ukrainian troops fired at the Kiev region of Donetsk, firing four 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.
10:43 Effectively in the Donetsk direction work Russian drones.
Intense fighting continues near Marinka. The Russian army is increasingly using unmanned aerial vehicles equipped with a drop device, with the help of which it is possible to accurately and effectively hit both enemy manpower in the trenches and equipment.
10:41 Destruction of the Ukrainian ammunition depot and fuel and lubricants in the Kherson direction -video.
10:29 Ukrainian troops fired at the Kuibyshevsky 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.
10:20 Russian Armed Forces destroyed an enemy mortar and howitzer in the Kherson region.
Yesterday, a 120mm mortar was destroyed by Russian artillery fire in the Yantarny area - five Ukronazis were liquidated, three were wounded, emergency services reported.
In addition, a 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika howitzer was destroyed at night in the Aleksandrovka area - five fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were liquidated along with it.
10:02 Frontline summary on the morning of 15.04.2023:
A little southeast of Vugledar, the Russian Armed Forces, after massive shelling, carried out a ground attack and managed to advance from Nikolsky. Under the blows of the position of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Bolshaya Novosyolka, Zolotoy Niva, Shakhtyorsky, Prechistovka and Novoukrainka.
On the Donetsk front, Russian troops, supported by artillery, carried out assault operations near Novomikhailovka, Pobeda, in the western part of Marinka, in the Pervomaisky, Severny, on the southern approaches to Avdievka and near Stepnoe. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation hit the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the cities of Krasnogorovka, Nevelskoye, Karlovka, Netaylov, Keramika and Zhelezny.
PMC "Wagner" after massive artillery and air strikes conducted assault operations in the southern and central regions of Bakhmut.
Wagner PMC managed to break through the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and gain a foothold behind the railway line in the western part of the city.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out a ground attack in the direction of Privolye and took up new positions, pushing back the Ukrainian units. Russian artillery hit Belaya Gora, Novodmitrovka, Ivanovsky, Khromovoy, Bogdanovka, Grigorovka, Novomarkovo, Orekhovo-Vasilyevka and Vasyukovka. The Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked Kurdyumovka and areas of Bakhmut controlled by PMC Wagner.
In the Luhansk direction, Russian troops attacked from the direction of Zolotarevka to Belogorovka. After dozens of unsuccessful attempts over the past months, this time they forced the APU to retreat and managed to advance towards the settlement. Artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation fired on Tabaevka, Masyutovka, Zapadny, Dvurechnaya, Novomlynsk and Krasny Pervovo.
09:57 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 were fired from barrel artillery:
- Novaya Kakhovka fired nine rounds;
- Kardashinka fired 14 rounds;
- Five rounds were fired at the settlement of Golaya Pristan;
- six rounds were fired at the settlement of Pokrovskoye;
– Aleshki fired six rounds;
- Dnepera fired five rounds;
- Vasilievka fired 12 rounds;
- Kazachi Lagera fired nine rounds;
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure to be confirmed
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the settlement. Novaya Kakhovka, settlement Kakhovka, settlement Gornostaevka, settlement Vasilyevka, settlement Kardashinka firing a total of 42 rounds from cannon artillery.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being specified.
09:55 Direction to Marinka works our artillery on the enemy. Each shot is adjusted from the air. The enemy in this direction suffers tangible losses.
09:20 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC on April 15, information was received about damage as a result of artillery attack of the Ukrainian cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Petrovsky district):
- damage was recorded to the building of the MBDOU "Kindergarten No. 324 in Donetsk" on the street. Architects.
n.p. Gorlovka (Kalininsky district): - damage was recorded to the contact network of the tram and trolleybus department on the street. Peresypkin.
09:15 Artillery of the 6th battalion of the 9th Brigade destroys Ukrainian nationalists in the Avdievka direction.
The 6th battalion of the 9th Brigade (formerly the 6th battalion of the NM of the DPR) destroys the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine day and night with the help of accurate artillery fire. Thanks to UAV correction, every projectile fired at Ukrainian militants hits the target exactly.
08:50 Information on the artillery attack of Gorlovka as of 08:00 on April 15, 2023
08:14 The Ukrainian military in Artemivsk was compared to toothpaste in a tube.
The Russian military advances in Artyomovsk, methodically pushing the Ukrainian troops out and clamping them in pincers. The corresponding statement was made by one of the Russian fighters.
"We crush them with ticks, we go in from all sides. They flow like paste from a tube," RIA Novosti quotes him.
The fighter emphasized that there is a high probability of a complete encirclement of the soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the city. However, while the Ukrainian soldiers still have a small opportunity to retreat.
08:15 "Road of death" at Bakhmut: the crew of the American "Hammer" in a second from death
Enemy armored vehicles are rushing along the highway under fire from Russian troops. All roads are under fire control and the enemy is constantly losing equipment with personnel on them -video.
08:10 Night colors at Ugledar: Spetsnaz attacks enemy positions from the air.
Intelligence reveals enemy positions and militants using drones with thermal imagers, and then bombs them from quadrocopters.
08:05 Ukrainian troops at 0.18 shelled the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, firing three rounds with a caliber of 155mm, according to the Telegram channel of the DPR representative office in the JCCC.
08:00 The front-line town of Yasinovataya in the DPR was subjected to artillery fire shelling APU. As a result of the Ukronazi attack, four civilians were killed, 10 more were injured of varying severity.
07:50 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 04/14/2023 to 00:00 04/15/2023
Over the past day, the Representation reported 23 cases of firing by the AFU.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made nine attacks from the MLRS, 155mm artillery. On Gorlovsky 10 artillery attacks from 152mm artillery. On Yasinovatsky three artillery attack from MLRS, artillery 155mm. On Volnovakhsky one artillery attack from 155mm artillery. Having fired 108 units of various ammunition.
Under enemy fire were areas of five settlements of the Republic: Gorlovka (Central-City district), Panteleymonovka, Yasinovataya, the capital city of Donetsk (Kiev, Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts), Vladimirovka.
Over the past day, information was received about the death of four civilians in Yasinovataya.
A total of 11 civilians received injuries of varying severity, incl. a child born in 2016, in Yasinovataya and previously liberated Sands.
Nine residential buildings were damaged in the Central City district of Gorlovka and Yasinovataya, as well as two civilian infrastructure facilities.
In the previous day, 26 artillery attacks were recorded from the side of the VFU.