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[NewsFrontInfo] 21:04 Artillerymen of the Russian Armed Forces attacked a large stronghold of the Ukrainian military in the Zaporozhye direction, the commander of the artillery crew told reporters.
"Our unit dealt a blow to a large stronghold of the enemy in the Zaporozhye direction. According to intelligence, the opponents suffered losses in personnel and material and technical base. At the moment, the stronghold is in the zone of our fire control,” he said.
19:48 Battle for Bakhmut situation as of 19.00 April 20, 2023:
In Bakhmut, the assault detachments of the Wagner PMC completely cleared the territory of the Transit Hotel, thereby pushing the Ukrainian formations away from the positions near the railway station along the railway. Attempts of unsuccessful counterattacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were noted to the west of the elevator.
To the north, the "Wagnerites" are moving along the streets of Levanevskogo, Oborona and Pobedy. Now the fighting is going on for the area of garages located from Levanevsky Street to Chaikovsky to the south. The territory is equipped with a serious system of engineering barriers, which complicates its assault. Moving from the building of the social office on Pobedy Street, the assault squads expanded the control zone to the south of the reservoir and are moving further towards Khromovo.
Russian fighters successfully penetrated the defense of the 93rd Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the Khromovo-Chasov Yar highway. At the moment, there are fierce battles right on the road and near the nearby forest belt.
The position of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Bakhmut has become seriously complicated, and at the moment, if the current onslaught is maintained and there are no attempts to counterattack from Slavyansk and Chasy Yar, the Armed Forces of Ukraine will be completely driven out of the city.
19:05 The Armed Forces of Ukraine are accumulating reserves that can move to the Zaporozhye direction or under Vuhledar.
Zelensky’s militants are accumulating reserves in the area of ????the Bogatyr settlement in the territory of the DPR controlled by Kiev, which can be transferred to the Zaporozhye or South Donetsk direction. This was reported to TASS by the chairman of the movement "We are together with Russia" Vladimir Rogov.
"In addition to the area of ??the settlement of Solenoye in the Dnipropetrovsk region, where the forces of the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are accumulating, the same thing is happening in the area of the settlement of Bogatyr. Due to its location, they can go both to the Zaporozhye direction and to the South-Donetsk direction," he said.
19:01 Ukrainian troops fired at 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.
18:53 Ukrainian tank padded on the road west of Artemovsk. The road has not yet been physically cut, but fire control over it is being strengthened, the front line is already approaching the road itself. Enemy losses to the west of the city are growing.
18:48 Ukrainian troops fired at the Kirovsky and Kuibyshevsky districts 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.
18:30 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for April 20, additional information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): - on the lane. Khrustalny, 11, a woman born in 1953 died.
Additional information was received about damage as a result of the artillery attack of the VFU cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): - per. Crystal, 11 - a direct hit in a private residential building.
18:17 The artillery attack of a mine in the DPR almost turned into a terrible tragedy. Almost 200 miners were underground in Shakhtyorsk at the moment when the territory of the enterprise came under fire from Ukrainian artillery. One civilian on the surface was seriously wounded. Reportage News Front from Shakhtyorsk.
18:12 Ukrainian troops fired at Vladimirovka, firing 10 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.
17:56 Another captured saboteur told that made more than ten explosions on the territory of Donbass. He cooperated with the SBU. The tasks were to blow up transformers, the commandant's office, power lines and railways.
17:14 Ukrainian troops fired at the Kiev and Kuibyshevsky districts 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.
16:46 It is reported that the Wagner assault detachments approached the road O-0506 Chasov Yar - Khromovo.
It is also reported that when trying to pass this section of the route, a column with equipment of the 24th and 93rd mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as territorial defense units, was covered by artillery fire.
16:15 Ukrainian troops fired at Oleksandrivka, firing six 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.
15:47 Ukrainian troops fired at the Kirovsky and Petrovsky districts of Donetsk, 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.
15:44 Fighting in the Ugledar direction. The combat work of the fighters of the OBTF "Cascade" and ATGM -video.
15:33 Ukrainian troops fired at the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, firing 40 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.
15:11 Destruction by system of 122mm MLRS "Grad" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine by artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the direction of Kremennaya.
14:52 Tanks T-90 M "Breakthrough" beat enemy in the Donetsk direction.
A young mechanic-driver talks about the tanks supplied from Europe and America to the Armed Forces of Ukraine “we know that they are supplied with something there, it never skipped a beat, we know that our tanks are the best and their tanks cannot be compared with ours”
14:42 Ukrainian troops fired at the Kirovsky district of Donetsk, firing 20 rockets from the MLRS, the DPR office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
14:19 Consequences of another strike of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Aleshki: the house was razed to the ground
"We are now in Aleshki at the site of the artillery attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. At this place there was a residential building, which was built by a large family. Fortunately, at the time of the shelling, the family was not at home, everyone remained intact. The house burned to the ground, there was nothing left," said a military commander who visited the site of the shelling.
It is reported that they are again firing at Aleshki from Kherson. The Nazis mounted guns on pickup trucks.
13:13 On personnel- the consequences of the artillery attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, as a result of which a woman died.
"We sleep. At 5.15 an explosion was heard somewhere, glass everywhere and the smell of gunpowder. Mom is lying near the toilet, the children are scared," said a local resident, whose house was hit by a shell.
Also, the woman said that the village has recently been shelled very often, almost every day, and hit residential buildings.
13:10 Artillerymen of the 5th Brigade beat on the enemy in Marinka.
152mm D-20 artillery crews of the 5th Brigade of the 1st Donetsk Army Corps fire daily at the infantry and enemy equipment, which is trying to move in the area of the settlement. Marinka. In order to ensure the safety of the crews, the guns in position are carefully camouflaged to avoid detection from the air.
12:52 Consequences of artillery attack of the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk by Ukrainian militants.
12:44 Zaporozhye direction after arrival a shell from the Nazis blew up the position along with the BC.
12:40 Personnel combat work of artillery units of the Airborne Troops on the right bank of the Dnieper.
Artillery units of the 120mm self-propelled guns "Nona" of the Airborne Forces daily conduct combat work to destroy the manpower of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Reconnaissance, fire correction and control of target destruction is carried out by crews of complexes with unmanned aerial vehicles.
Along the perimeter, gunners are covered by crews with anti-drone guns and man-portable anti-aircraft missile systems.
12:14 From Artyomovsk they report that there is a battle on the O-0506 highway towards Chasov Yar.
According to the Military Chronicle, when trying to “slip” into Artyomovsk, Wagner operators covered a convoy with equipment of the 24th and 93rd mechanized brigades, as well as territorial defense units, with artillery fire.
11:45 Statement of head of the press center of the Vostok group
In the South-Donetsk direction, an attempt by the enemy to launch an air strike on the advanced positions of the Vostok grouping was thwarted. The operator of the Igla portable air defense system of the Pacific Fleet Naval Infantry in the Ugledar region shot down a Su-25 aircraft of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
By means of aerial reconnaissance, an enemy reconnaissance group was discovered and destroyed by fire from a mortar battery, and four militants were eliminated.
As part of the counterbattery fight, with the help of the Zoo artillery reconnaissance complex, an enemy mortar crew in the Ugledar area was detected and the calculation of the 152mm Msta-B gun was destroyed. Also, an armored car and five militants were destroyed by artillery fire near the Novomikhailovka settlement.
In the Zaporozhye direction, the crew of the Tor air defense system shot down an enemy aircraft-type UAV. The destruction of an enemy ammunition depot in the area of the settlement of Kamenskoye, as well as an armored car in Stepovoe and a pickup truck in Shcherbaki, were confirmed by artillery fire, more than 10 militants were eliminated.
As part of the counterbattery fight, the Penicillin complex discovered and the crew of the 152mm Msta self-propelled artillery mount destroyed an enemy howitzer in the area of the settlement of Novoselovka.
11:13 It is reported that Russian aviation is working on the positions of Ukrainian militants on the right bank of the Dnieper occupied by the Kyiv regime.
10:02 Fighting in the Seversk direction. On personnel Russian gunners destroy two tanks, one fuel truck and an enemy light vehicle.
10:50 Ukrainian troops fired at the Central City district of Gorlovka, 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.
10:43 Fighter PMC "Wagner" showed recaptured Artyomovsk city court - and told a little about the habits of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The court building came under the control of Russian forces quite recently, before soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine took refuge there. The Russian fighter said that the "residents" of the location were suppressed, although they strongly resisted.
According to him, the Ukrainian military take off their uniforms and try to get lost among the civilians. They understand that our people are not going to shoot at civilians, unlike the "zahists."
10:15 The RF Armed Forces destroyed an enemy howitzer and mortar in the Kherson direction.
Yesterday the fire of Russian artillery in the area of the settlement. Veletenskoe was destroyed 152mm howitzer 2S3 "Acacia" with a crew of five people and ammunition.
In addition, at night, a 120mm mortar crew with ammunition was destroyed in the Zarechny area - together with it, four militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were liquidated, three were wounded.
10:10 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:
- according to n.p. Novaya Zburyevka fired 14 rounds;
- according to n.p. Zabarino fired eight rounds;
- according to n.p. Golaya Pristan fired 10 rounds;
- Six rounds were fired at Peschanovka settlement;
- Seven rounds were fired at the Solontsy settlement;
- according to n.p. Podlesnoye fired four rounds;
- according to n.p. Kazachi Lagera fired two rounds;
- according to n.p. Krynki fired six rounds;
- according to n.p. Kardashinka fired 14 rounds;
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure to be confirmed
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the settlement. New Kakhovka, n.p. Kakhovka, settlement Gornostaevka, settlement Krynki, n.p. Kardashinka firing a total of 46 rounds from cannon artillery.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being specified.
09:25 Works 152mm SP artillery "Acacia" in the Maryinsky direction - one of the hottest sectors of the front.
Artillery duels happen regularly here. Work from howitzers is carried out at observation posts, opornika, clusters of equipment and manpower of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
“We have the means of objective control to correct and confirm the destruction [of the enemy]. We are ready for the physical advance of the enemy - on foot, in formation or advancement on vehicles, ”says the division commander to RT correspondent Ilya Vasyunin.
Such work of the Russian artillery, in fact, paralyzed the supply of ammunition and the supply of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Artyomovsk (Bakhmut). The Ukrainian military are forced to move in small groups.
09:10 Ukrainian troops fired at the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, firing five 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.
09:04 The DPR representative office in the JCCC reports 23 facts of firing by the AFU per day
The enemy fired from MLRS, 155mm and 122mm artillery, firing 108 units of various ammunition across the territory.
Under the fire of the VFU were: Gorlovka, Yasinovataya, Donetsk, Makeevka, Shakhtersk.
Over the past day, information was received about the wounding of a civilian in Shakhtersk.
09:02 On the Zaporozhye direction shot down aircraft-type UAV, enemy armored vehicles and howitzers were destroyed. This was reported by the head of the press center of the Vostok group, Alexander Gordeev, in a summary for April 20, 2023.
“In the Zaporozhye direction, the crew of the Tor air defense system shot down an enemy aircraft-type UAV. It was confirmed that the enemy's ammunition depot was destroyed by artillery fire in the area of the settlement.
Kamenskoye, as well as an armored car in Stepovoe, a pickup truck in Shcherbaki, more than 10 militants were eliminated. As part of the counter-battery fight, the Penicillin complex detected and the calculation of the 152mm Msta self-propelled guns destroyed an enemy howitzer in the area of the settlement. Novoselovka,” Gordeev reported.
08:53 Pushilin told RIA Novosti that fierce fighting continues in the western quarters of Artemovsk, Wagner fighters are advancing.
He expressed confidence that people will return to Artemovsk, there are enterprises there, and it is expedient to restore the city.
08:43 Information on the artillery attack of Gorlovka as of 08:00 on April 20, 2023
08:30 Employees of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation continue to inspect the massed shelling of civil infrastructure of the city of Novaya Kakhovka, Kherson region.
It was established that the nationalists shelled the city of Novaya Kakhovka using at least 20 artillery rounds of various types.
As a result of the artillery attack of the settlement, one person was killed, and there are also wounded among the civilian population. At least eight houses were damaged. Three rounds hit the water utility.
08:17 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for April 20, information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): - on the street. Romanian, 2, a woman born in 1968 died.
Information was received about damage as a result of artillery attack of the VFU cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): - st. Romanian, 2 - a private residential building.
08:10 Uran-6 robot in action: Russian sappers destroyed more than 180 anti-personnel mines in the village of Zolote in the LPR.
Sixteen mines per square meter have to be cleared by Russian sappers in the Donbass. They are clearing the way for specialists who are pulling electricity and gas to settlements so that normal life can be restored there as soon as possible. The newest Uran-6 robotic complex helps in demining. It not only saves the lives of engineering troops, but also speeds up the solution of an important task at times.
08:02 Frontline summary on the morning of 04/20/2023:
In the Uludar sector, the RF Armed Forces, with the support of artillery, attacked in the direction of Prechistovka. The Armed Forces of Ukraine conducted reconnaissance in combat on the outskirts of Pavlovka. The RF Armed Forces fired on Bolshaya Novosyolka, Novoukrainka and Vugledar. (Fig. 1)
On the Donetsk front, Russian troops, after massive artillery strikes, attacked on the southern and northern outskirts of Maryinka, trying to encircle the Ukrainian garrison. Resumed assault operations at Nevelskoy. After artillery preparation, they continued the offensive on Pervomaiskoye. These areas were not successful. But the ground attack on Severnoye from Vodyany forced Ukrainian troops to retreat from a number of positions.
With massive support from artillery and aviation, units of the RF Armed Forces launched an offensive on the southwestern approaches to Avdievka. To the north of the fortified area of ??the Armed Forces of Ukraine, they attacked in the direction of Stepnoy and Berdychi in order to establish control over the railway line.
There is no progress in all these areas. Russian artillery shelled Novomikhailovka, Pobeda, the cities of Krasnogorovka, Netaylov, Thin, Novokalinov and New York. The Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked Donetsk. (Fig. 2)
To the south-west of Bakhmut, Russian troops, supported by artillery, tried to advance towards Stupochki, and in the city itself, Wagner PMC continued to assault the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the southern, central and northern regions.
Also, Wagner operators attacked near Khromovoe and managed to advance to the route along which the Ukrainian garrison was supplied. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation struck at Konstantinovka, Ivanovsky, Chasov Yar, Grigorovka, Novomarkovo, Orekhovo-Vasilyevka, Minkovka, Vasyukovka and Disputed. (Fig. 3)
In the Lugansk direction, units of the Russian army advanced in the Serebryansky forest area in the Shipilovka area. With the support of artillery, they attacked in the direction of Tersky, Ternov and Nevsky. No success. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation were artillery attack Belogorovka, Grigorovka, Stelmahovka, Western, Dvurechnaya, Krasny Pervoi and Kamenka. (Fig. 4)
07:50 Tense situation remains in the Kremensky direction.
The weather changed, and the enemy changed tactics. The militants are gathering additional forces. But our artillery paratroopers are on the alert both day and night, an artillery salvo is a new position, reloading. Victory in the next round of counterbattery combat, and again into battle. Reliable equipment plus the iron nerves of our paratroopers.
07:40 Ukrainian troops fired at the Petrovsky and Kuibyshevsky districts of Donetsk, firing 20 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.
07:30 Personnel combat work of Wagner attack aircraft in Artyomovsk (Bakhmut), including footage shot on GoPro.
07:00 Russian military shot down Ukrainian Su-25 attack aircraft in the area of Vogledar, RIA Novosti was told in the Russian Defense Ministry.
06:50 Russian artillery and aviation destroyed pontoon crossing and destroyed two warehouses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Lisichansk direction. This was reported to us by the head of the press center of the Yug group, Ivan Bigma.