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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:23 Again explosion in Zaporozhye.
22:43 Ukrainian telegram channels report on the work of "Geran" and explosions in Zaporozhye.
22:10 Fixed shelling VFU.
21:49 Ukrainian troops fired 10 NATO-caliber rounds of 155mm at Yelenovka near Donetsk, reports representative office of the DPRat the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC).
19:26 Donetsk and Vladimirovka are under fire from Ukrainian militants. According to the DPR JCCC, 36 rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired.
19:10 Ukrainian Nazis purposefully launched a rocketblowcafe "Laguna", located in the city of Tokmak, Zaporozhye region. As a result of this shelling, five people were killed and 15 were injured.
19:01 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for May 2, as of 19:00, information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): - on the street. Kuznetskaya, 29, a man born in 1962 died.
Additional information was received about damage as a result of the artillery attack of the VFU cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): - st. Kuznetskaya, 26, 29, 30 - private residential buildings.
18:18 Video from the site of the defeat of the armored car on the road Chasov Yar - Artemovsk. Major General Tantsyura was allegedly in the car. APU deny its destruction.
“We will continue to work” - Prigozhin reacted to the refutation of the death of the commander of the territorial defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Artemovsk.
18:06 Donetsk, Gorlovka, Vladimirovka, Yakovlevka and Olginka are under fire from Ukrainian militants. According to the DPR JCCC, 36 rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired.
17:30 Artillerymen of the Southern Group of Forces in the area of Spornoye struck at the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine -video.
17:20 Donetsk, Makeevka and Vladimirovka are under fire from Ukrainian militants. According to the DPR JCCC, 33 rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired.
17:00 Zaporozhye direction settingas of 16.00 May 2, 2023:
- In the Zaporozhye region, the preparation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine for the offensive continues. Personnel and equipment are being transferred to the settlements at the forefront. Four special forces detachments of the 71st Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine took up positions along the Kakhovka reservoir.
- On the Orekhovsky section, paratroopers of the 128th Mountain Assault Brigade of the Airborne Forces of Ukraine arrived at the Kamenskoye-Shcherbaki line. To the north, in Grigorovka, a reception point was equipped for those mobilized to replenish the composition of the 128th Brigade.
- To the north of Orekhov and in the vicinity of Tavriysky, firing positions of the jet and self-propelled divisions of the 118th Mechanized Brigade of the 10th Ukrainian Army Corps were equipped.
- And in Slavnoye and Kamyshevakha, cannon artillery crews of 116 Separate Mechanized Brigade 10 Army Corps arrived, which make up the combined-arms strategic reserve of the Ukrainian group in the Zaporozhye region.
- Artillery units of the 46th Separate Airborne Brigade were deployed to the Gulyaipolsky sector in the vicinity of Kolomiytsev. Also, several MLRS launchers operate north of Gulyai-Polye. And the 1st assault company of the 108th troop brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine arrived in Upper Tersa.
- In the Zaporozhye direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are actually ready for the offensive. In connection with the improvement of weather conditions, such attempts by Ukrainian formations should be expected in the coming weeks.
At the same time, a large echelon with heavy armored vehicles arrived in Kremenchug tonight, some of which will be transferred to Zaporozhye, and the other - in an easterly direction.
16:32 Why do Biden and Zelensky need a counteroffensive so much, said Vladimir Rogov.
In his opinion, the answer is obvious - for six months in the United States, the number of those who believe that Ukraine is winning and Russia is losing the war has significantly decreased. Therefore, if the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine do not show activity, they will lose support.
“The United States never bets on the losers – the sheriff does not care about the problems of the Indians,” Rogov wrote in his Telegram channel.
16:26 In the Zaporozhye region, saboteurs involved in the assassination attempt on the deputy head of the regional police department were detained in hot pursuit. The detained saboteurs planned to commit another terrorist attack during the May holidays, the FSB department for the region reported.
16:07 Ukrainian militants fired three rounds with a caliber of 155mm at the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk - DPR JCCC.
15:53 In the Kherson direction over the past day, the Russian Armed Forces destroyed the ammunition depot of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as two aircraft - Russian Defense Ministry
The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine per day amounted to: up to 30 Ukrainian militants and three cars.
In addition, an ammunition depot of the 124th Territorial Defense Brigade was destroyed near the Antonovka settlement. Also, two aircraft of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed by air defense means. One Ukrainian MiG-29 fighter was shot down in the Mirolyubovka area, and the second Su-25 in the Veletensky area.
15:41 Under fire from Ukrainian militants Petrovsky and Kuibyshevsky districts of Donetsk. According to the DPR JCCC, 8 rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired.
15:32 According to the operational lines of the JCCC DPR for May 2, as of 15:30, information was received about damage as a result of artillery attack of the VFU of the cities of the Republic:
n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district):
- Damage was recorded to the building of the boiler house No. 15 of the State Enterprise "Donbassteploenergo" on the street. Longitudinal;
- st. Lebedeva-Kumach, 35, 39 - multi-apartment residential buildings.
15:17 Another terrorist attack in Melitopol. This morning, as a result of an assassination attempt, the deputy head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Zaporozhye region.
At the gates of the house of the deputy chief of the regional Ministry of Internal Affairs, unknown people planted explosives - it worked when the man opened the door. As a result, he was hospitalized with mine-explosive injuries. Investigators are on the scene and a criminal case has been opened.
15:08 Donetsk and Nikolskoye are under fire from Ukrainian militants. According to the DPR JCCC, 14 rounds with a caliber of 155mm and 122mm were fired.
14:47 The command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine again threw their soldiers onto the left bank. And they were again destroyed by Russian troops. First they found it from a drone, then they aimed artillery and that’s all, Ukrainian soldiers were liquidated again -video.
14:17 Donetsk, Blagodatnoe and Yasinovataya are under fire from Ukrainian militants. According to the DPR JCCC, 40 rounds with a caliber of 155mm and 122mm were fired.
14:06 The work of the "Solntsepeka" in Artemovsk -video.
13:36 Statement of head of the press center of the group "Center":
In the Krasno-Limansky direction, units of the grouping of troops "Center" inflicted fire damage on about 170 targets, of which more than 120 were in areas where enemy firepower and manpower were concentrated.
Operational-tactical aviation attacked eight strongholds of the nationalists.
Air defense systems destroyed a Hymers-type MLRS rocket and an unmanned aerial vehicle of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The positions of the 81st Airmobile Brigade and the 58th Motorized Infantry Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were discovered by forces and means of reconnaissance of the Center group in the Torsky section and in the area of Serebryansky forestry. As a result of fire damage by artillery and attack aircraft, the enemy suffered losses in personnel.
13:34 Ukrainian militants fired at Donetsk and Makeevka. According to the DPR JCCC, 30 rockets were fired from the MLRS.
13:28 In the Soledar direction, Ukrainian militants are actively beat in the area of salt mines, where the fighters of the Wagner group discovered Soviet warehouses with stockpiles of weapons, RIA Novosti correspondents report.
13:13 Ukrainian militants continue artillery attack of Donetsk, Blagodatny and Gorlovka. According to the DPR JCCC, 42 rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired.
12:52 Ukrainian troops have lost more than 15,000 people over the past month - Shoigu.
12:19 Ukrainian militants fired at Donetsk, Makeevka and Vladimirovka. According to the DPR JCCC, 25 rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired.
12:17 Personnel from Makeevka (LPR). The 24th Separate Guards Brandenburg Order of Lenin, Red Banner, Order of the Suvorov Special Purpose Brigade destroys an enemy tank with an anti-tank missile system.
12:00 Statement of head of the press center of the group "South":
Rocket and artillery units of the "Southern" group of troops in the Soledaro-Bakhmut tactical direction struck at the railway unloading station in Kramatorsk. Rockets from the Tornado-S multiple rocket launcher destroyed an ammunition wagon.
Also, the missile unit of the “South” group hit the temporary deployment points of the 24th Separate Mechanized Brigade and special operations forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near the village of Konstantinovka.
In the Avdievka tactical direction, as a result of counter-battery combat, artillery units of the “Southern” group of forces destroyed three firing positions of artillery platoons of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a firing position of a mortar crew, inflicted fire damage on two areas of concentration of enemy manpower numbering up to 10 Ukrainian military personnel.
11:41 Russian Federation destroyed a warehouse with ammunition and the headquarters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Belozerka area in the Kherson direction.
As a result of the Russian air strike, an ammunition depot and the location of the personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Belozerka area in the Kherson region were destroyed. According to preliminary information, ten militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were liquidated, 13 were wounded.
11:38 Russian servicemen beat on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye direction.
11:17 It is reported that Russian aviation is working on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the right bank of the Dnieper.
11:09 In Zaporozhye discovered caches with ammunition and maps of the area. During the operational-search activities in the village of Novonikolaevka, Tokmak district, Zaporozhye region, on the territory of a former farm, security forces discovered a cache of ammunition.
More than 650 rounds of 5.45mm caliber, TNT cartridges, grenades, geographical maps of the area and camouflage uniforms of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were seized from the hiding place of law enforcement officers.
Currently, this fact is being checked, the issue of initiating a criminal case under Article 222 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation is being decided.
10:51 Ukrainian militants fired on Blagodatnoye, according to the DPR JCCC, eight rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.
10:18 Ukrainian militants fired at Sladkoe, according to the DPR JCCC, six rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.
09:31 The criminal Kiev regime continues to shell the civilian infrastructure of settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired from cannon artillery and mortars:
- n.p. Golaya Pristan fired 12 rounds;
- n.p. Staraya Zburyevka fired six rounds;
– n.p. Aleshki fired eight rounds;
- n.p. Krynki fired 10 rounds and six mines;
- n.p. Peschanovka fired four rounds and eight mines;
- n.p. Korsunka released eight mines.
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, n.p. Kakhovka, n.p. Krynka, firing a total of 34 rounds from cannon artillery.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being specified.
09:19 Informationon the artillery attack of Gorlovka as of 08:00 on May 2, 2023
09:10 Under the fire of the VFU, the Gorlovsky village of the mine named after. N. A. Izotova.
09:08 The RF Armed Forces destroyed the 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled guns and a mortar crew in the Kherson region.
Yesterday, in the Antonovka area, a self-propelled gun 2S1 "Gvozdika" with a caliber of 122mm and ammunition for it were destroyed by artillery fire - five militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were liquidated.
In addition, at night, in the area of Dneprovsky, artillery fire destroyed a mortar crew with a caliber of 120mm and ammunition for it - three militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were liquidated, four were wounded.
09:06 Ukrainian militants fired at Novotroitskoye and Ozeryanovka, according to the DPR JCCC, 10 rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired.
08:58 The DPR representative office in the JCCC reports 64 facts of firing by the AFU per day.
The enemy fired from MLRS, artillery 155mm, 152 and 122mm, firing 293 units of various ammunition across the territory of the DPR. Under the fire of the VFU were: Gorlovka, Mikhailovka, Ozeryanovka, Panteleymonovka, Vasilyevka, Yasinovataya, Donetsk, Makeevka, Aleksandrovka, Yelenovka, Petrovskoye, Blagodatnoye, Stepnoye, Nikolskoye, Vladimirovka.
Over the past day, information was received about the wounding of a civilian in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk.
08:44 The Russian army is storming Marinka near Donetsk: the Armed Forces of Ukraine are retreating deeper into the ruins of the private sector. Ukrainian military analysts report this in reports.
- The main part of the city is occupied by Russians, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are entrenched in the western regions, but there are mostly ruins of the private sector.
- The Russians continue active offensive operations in Marinka in several directions.
- From the territory of the tire repair plant and the enterprise of PJSC "Agroresurs", Russian troops attack in two directions and were able to move forward.
- Over the past few days, Russian troops have been conducting active offensive operations to the west of Druzhba Avenue. Fights along sections of Polygraphic, Chestnut and Shakhtyorskaya streets.
08:40 Ukrainian militants fired upon two civilians who were killed in Tokmak, and one more was wounded.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine launched a strike from the HIMARS MLRS on Tokmak in the Zaporozhye region. One of the eight missiles hit the private sector, killing two civilians and injuring one. According to the chairman of the movement “We are together with Russia” Vladimir Rogov, the doctors who arrived at the scene also came under fire.
Four houses were also damaged as a result of the shelling. According to Rogov, two Ukrainian missiles hit the railway station. The artillery attack was carried out by rockets stuffed with striking elements - tungsten balls.
08:32 Frontline summary on the morning of 02.05.2023:
On the Donetsk front, oncoming battles began in Maryinka. The Armed Forces are trying to seize the initiative. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, with the support of artillery, continued assault operations in the Pervomaisky area. In turn, the Ukrainian troops, after shelling, counterattacked in the direction of Vodiane. They were partially successful.
On the southwestern approaches to Avdievka, Russian units were already advancing after massive artillery and air strikes. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation hit the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Novomikhailovka, Pobeda, the city of Krasnogorovka, Karlovka, Netaylov, Thin, Severny (a settlement west of Avdiivka), Novokalinovo, New York, Zhelezny, Yuzhny and Severny (a settlement northwest of Gorlovka). The Ukrainian army shelled Donetsk and Gorlovka.
To the south-west of Bakhmut, Russian troops attacked in the direction of Aleksandro-Shultin after artillery strikes, and PMC Wagner near Ivanovsky. In the city itself, with the support of artillery and aviation, Wagner operators continued the assault on Ukrainian positions in the southern, western and northern parts. They also tried to advance at Bogdanovka.
In all sectors of the Armed Forces of Ukraine hold positions. Russian troops shelled Belaya Gora, Konstantinovka, Chasov Yar, Grigorovka, Novomarkovo, Orekhovo-Vasilyevka, Vasyukovka, Rozdolovka, Spornoye and Verkhnekamensky.
In the Lugansk direction, after artillery strikes, Russian troops tried to attack in the area of Belogorovka, Torskoy and Nevsky. Artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation worked on Kolodezy, Novoselovsky, Berestovoye, Kislovka, Liman First, Dvurechnaya, Novomlynsk, Krasny Perviy and Kamenka.
08:30 Units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at once in several sectors of the front in the zone of special military operation began to use guns of the Soviet caliber 152mm more often, rather than NATO 155mm artillery. Retired Lieutenant Colonel of the People's Militia of the LPR Andrey Marochko told us about this.
According to him, the opposite situation is developing in the Kherson and Zaporozhye directions.
08:16 Artillery of the Southern Group of Forces destroyed the communication center of the 54th Separate Mmechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near the village of Verkhnekamenskoye, DPR. The defeat of the communication facility made it possible to disrupt the control of the enemy grouping in the Seversk direction.
08:15 Personnel the consequences of the artillery attack of Mikhailovka, Zaporozhye region, by the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
08:10 Aviation of the RF Armed Forces group "Center" inflicted blows at eight strongholds of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Krasno-Limansky direction.
08:05 Fighter of the Southern Group of Forces with the call sign “Korean” reported that he heard the talk of Ukrainian militants that they want to leave their positions in Maryinka (DPR).
08:00 Artillery crew of the 152mm Akatsiya self-propelled howitzer of the Yug group of troopsstrucka stronghold of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donetsk direction. The calculation of the gun is mixed, it consists of both contract soldiers and mobilized ones.
07:23 Ukrainian militants launched artillery attacks on the village of Mikhailovka (Central City district of Gorlovka).
07:00 Destroyed Ukrainian launchers 5P85S together with a stock of missiles and a command post 5N63S from the S-300PS air defense system in the Kherson region.
06:28 Under the fire of the VFU, the Gorlovsky village of the mine named after. N. A. Izotova.