[NewsFrontInfo] 23:55 Over the past day Representationreportedabout 35 facts of firing by the VFU.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy fired 22 rounds from 155mm artillery.
On Gorlovsky five artillery attacks from MLRS, artillery 152mm.
On Yasinovatsky eight artillery attacks from 155mm artillery. Having fired 214 units of various ammunition.
The areas of four settlements of the Republic were under enemy fire: Ozeryanovka, Mikhailovka, Yasinovataya, the capital city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky, Kyiv, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts).
Over the past day, information was received about the wounding of 8 civilians in the Kirovsky and Petrovsky districts of Donetsk, Yasinovataya andKremenets.
Damaged seven residential buildings in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk and Yasinovataya, as well as three civilian infrastructure.
A previous 33 artillery attacks were recorded from the side of the VFU per day.
21:19 As a result of the artillery attack of Yasinovataya by militants of the Armed Forces of Ukrainedamagedtelecommunications infrastructure of the State Unitary Enterprise DNR “ROS”, due to which the city may experience a partial degradation of voice communication services and mobile Internet.
20:40 Video- Childhood dream - to become a tanker
The gunner-operator Yevgeny dreamed of becoming a tanker since childhood. During his conscription service, he signed a contract. Now fighting in the NWO zone. During this time, the fighter has already received several military awards.
20:14 Video– Tankers of the “Brave” grouping destroyed enemy positions on the front of Svatovo-Kremennaya
Scouts of the “Center” group using UAVs discovered the positions of the 67th Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Krasno-Limansky direction. The crew of the tank received a combat mission, moved into position and destroyed the enemy with a well-aimed shot
19:45 The village of Glushkovo, Kursk region againhitunder enemy fire: according to official figures, at least 16 rounds were fired at the settlement.
Several houses and shops in the market area were damaged. Two civilians were injured - they are receiving all the necessary medical assistance.
Russian troops strike back at the identified firing points of Ukrainian formations.
19:21 Video- A battle ensued: a special group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Urals with Z and in the form of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation tried to penetrate our positions on the Zaporozhye Front
An alarming group of the 4th military base from Ossetia destroyed the militants in a car handed over by our readers.
Near Kamensky in the Vasilyevsky district of the Zaporozhye region, the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, dressed in the uniform of the RF Armed Forces in the Urals with the Z symbol, under the guise of transporting wounded soldiers, attempted to penetrate our territory.
Only the saboteurs did not know that all the wounded soldiers had already been evacuated, on which they pierced.
A battle ensued, the mobile group 4 VB jumped in time and burned the Urals along with the militants.
18:50 Ukrainian formations inflicted strikes on three settlements of the Glushkovsky district of the Kursk region.
A sugar factory in the village of Tetkino was subjected to repeated shelling: one of the fired rounds hit a warehouse with fuel and lubricants, a fire broke out at the facility.
In Glushkovo, residential buildings and power lines were damaged: the settlement was partially de-energized. Popovo-Lyozhachi were also under fire.
According to preliminary data, no victims. Emergency services are on the scene.
18:34 Video- Statement by the head of the press center of the West group.
During the fighting in the Kupyansky direction in the area of ??the settlement. The Old Believer missile forces of the group of troops "West" by the fire of the MLRS "Tornado-S" under the command of Lieutenant Pyotr Shvydkikh struck at the concentration of manpower, weapons, military and special equipment of the 14th Separate Mechanized Brigade.
In the defense zone of the 1st Tank Army, the artillery of the group opened and destroyed the DRG from the 32nd Separate Mechanized Brigade, and also thwarted three attempts to rotate the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at the forefront in the Berestovoe and Stelmakhovka areas.
In addition, in the area of N. p. Kislovka fire from Sanya mortars and T-72B3 tanks hit enemy positions. The total losses of the enemy amounted to a platoon of manpower, one armored personnel carrier and a truck.
The crews of Ka-52 and Mi-28 attack helicopters, Su-25 attack aircraft delivered eight missile and bomb strikes on manpower accumulations, weapons and military equipment of 14 Separate Mechanized Brigade and 103 arr TerO.
18:03 Video– Battles for Pyatikhatki: The enemy is knocked out of Pyatikhatki, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are chasing infantry, regardless of losses
Vasilyevsky district, line of defense of Pyatikhatka-Zherebyanka.
Our troops are conducting a mobile defense - letting the enemy get closer, and then working on it with artillery, aircraft and Suns.
According to the latest data, units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which at some point managed to gain a foothold in the settlement of Pyatikhatki, have already been driven back by units of the 58th Army.
17:52 Our Orekhovsky Spartans knocked out the enemy from the advanced trenches occupied by the Armed Forces of Ukraine during the night assault
As we reported, from the night the enemy, using NATO equipment, was actively attacking the positions of the 291st and 70th Regiments on the Rabotino-Verbovoye line near Orekhovo.
In the course of flooding our defensive line with meat, the enemy was able to take advanced advanced positions in the area of Uspenovskaya Balka.
From the night ours began to knock out enemy infantry with tanks, “Solntsepekami” and artillery.
A group of scouts of the 65th Brigade was captured.
During the fire defeat and counterattacks, the enemy was driven out of the positions occupied at night, the soldiers of the 291st Regiment restored the lost line.
The Orekhov Spartans are fighting here: soldiers of the 291st and 70th regiments, 22nd Special Forces brigade, 417th orb, artillerymen and mobilized guys from Moscow and the Moscow region.
17:24 Video- At the forefront of tasks
The commander of an artillery battery with the call sign "Kamal" has been participating in a special military operation from the first days of its implementation. During its stay in the NVO zone, the battery under the command of "Kamal" performed many different combat missions.
Performing one of these tasks in the Lugansk direction, the Kamala artillery battery destroyed several dozen pieces of enemy equipment, disrupting the offensive of Ukrainian nationalists.
For high professionalism, competent and timely actions shown in the performance of a combat mission, "Kamal" was awarded the Zhukov medal.
17:00 Reflections of Deputy head of the National Guard of the Donetsk People's Republic Alexander Khodakovsky in the Zaporozhye direction.
The protracted intrigue with the counteroffensive gave rise to the feeling that somewhere in the dungeons of Mordor unknown forces are being forged, and as soon as they go out to fight, we will encounter something that we have not yet encountered. The wait is over - and we saw a picture that gives reason to say that modern warfare is basically the same as it was in the old days, and the enemy was simply waiting for more foreign tanks and domestic mobilized.
To crush our position with fire, and then try to take it with infantry - the tactics are simple and trivial. Of course, there are missiles and anti-missiles, there are drones and anti-drone guns - there is even Musk with his Starlink - but in the end, all this is only in order to pick out from the earth a few grubby men who block the path to honors and glory.
On our site, there is an intense war abroad all day long, where even the concrete “dragon's teeth” have not reached. They are somewhere behind, like the main strip of mining - and the drama unfolds on the stage of several positions that the enemy seeks to capture at any cost.
Sometimes he succeeds, and he takes possession of one of them, but he cannot gain a foothold, and under the influence of our artillery retreats to the starting line, and we crawl back and restore what was destroyed - until the next fight.
And it becomes completely clear that if our soldier has no intention to retreat, the enemy has no chance to advance.
16:34 Situation in Zaporozhye
On the Orekhov-Rabotino direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine were driven out of their positions previously occupied.
According to sources of the @wargonzo project, the enemy, who this night was able to capture several positions to the right of the Orekhov-Rabotino highway, was driven out by our troops today. Several servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were taken prisoner.
At present, the fighting has shifted mainly to artillery duels.
16:07 Defense of the Svatovo-Kremennoye line: Enemy leaves no attempts to break through defensive lines of the “Brave”
- The enemy mobile armored group 100 Separate Territorial Defense Brigade attempted to break through from Chervonnaya Dibrova. The enemy was driven back by infantry fire with artillery support.
- In the Kuzmino area at night, Ukrainian militants of the 67th Brigade, without the support of armored vehicles, tried to capture one of the strongholds of the RF Armed Forces. During a two-hour shooting battle, the attack was repulsed.
Also, a group of three infantry fighting vehicles of the 67th ombr made an attempt to “jump” to our stronghold. Thanks to the scouts, the enemy was detected and destroyed in advance. One BMP captured.
- In the area of Novonikolskoye, air defense forces shot down a HIMARS shell.
- In the area of Serebryansky forestry, the movement of personnel of the 67th Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was discovered. By strikes of army aviation and artillery, the column was destroyed.
Also, a special forces group discovered and destroyed the DRG of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
- Attack and army aviation is actively working, inflicting missile strikes on enemy columns and armored vehicles.
15:33 Video- The 70th Regiment, which has already become legendary, is fighting in the Zaporozhye region.
15:19 Video– Servicemen of the Vostok group of troops show courage and heroism in the performance of combat missions.
The commander of a motorized rifle company of a motorized rifle brigade of the guard group, Private Gadzhi Magomedov, as part of an assault group, engaged in battle with superior enemy forces in one of the sectors of the South-Donetsk direction.
The militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, having a numerical superiority, attempted to encircle the group. Private Gadzhi Magomedov, being directly on the enemy's line of fire, was wounded. Despite this, he continued to fire at the nationalists, covering his comrades.
Thanks to the courage and professionalism of Private Gadzhi Magomedov, the personnel of the assault group got out of the enemy's heavy fire without losses, took advantageous defensive lines and continued the battle. The enemy, having suffered significant losses, abandoned offensive operations. The positions of the Russian troops were held.
15:00 Summary of Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation (as of June 18, 2023)
Over the past 24 hours, the armed forces of Ukraine continued their attempts to attack in the Zaporozhye, South-Donetsk and Donetsk directions.
- The most active actions took place in the Zaporozhye direction.
The enemy, with forces of up to three battalion tactical groups, reinforced with tanks and armored combat vehicles, under the cover of smoke screens, made unsuccessful attempts at offensive operations in several waves in the areas of the settlements of Novopokrovka, Novodanilovka and Malaya Tokmachka of the Zaporozhye region.
Competent and decisive actions of the units of the grouping of forces "Vostok", air strikes and artillery fire, all enemy attacks were repelled.
In addition, as a result of a complex fire engagement of four columns of the reserves of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the settlement of Malaya Tokmachka, Zaporozhye region, nine tanks, ten infantry fighting vehicles and up to ten other combat vehicles were destroyed.
Over 200 Ukrainian servicemen, 33 tanks, 30 infantry fighting vehicles and 35 armored fighting vehicles were destroyed in the course of hostilities in the Zaporozhye direction alone in a day.
- In the South-Donetsk direction, in the area of the Vremevsky ledge, decisive actions of Russian units, air strikes and artillery fire during the day repelled four enemy attacks by forces up to a battalion tactical group in the areas of the settlements of Novodonetskoye, Rovnopol of the Donetsk People's Republic and Novodarovka of the Zaporozhye region.
The total losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in these areas per day amounted to 380 Ukrainian servicemen, 35 tanks, 33 infantry fighting vehicles, including two Bradleys, as well as 38 armored fighting vehicles, including the Striker armored personnel carrier, as well as the 152mm D-20 howitzer.
- In the Donetsk direction, the active actions of the units of the "Southern" group of troops during the day repelled eight enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Kirovo, Pervomayskoye, Krasnogorovka, Nevelskoye and Maryinka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
Air strikes inflicted defeat on units of the 79th Airborne Assault, 110th Mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 129th territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Novgorodskoye, Avdievka and Pobeda of the Donetsk People's Republic.
During the fighting in this area, up to 210 Ukrainian servicemen, an infantry fighting vehicle, an armored personnel carrier, three cars, two pickup trucks, as well as a 122mm BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launcher were destroyed in a day.
In addition, an ammunition depot of the 109th Territorial Defense Brigade was destroyed near the settlement of Sukhaya Balka.
- In the Kupyansk direction, operational-tactical and army aviation, artillery of the "Western" group of forces hit the manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Figalevka, Masyutovka, Kislovka, Timkovka of the Kharkov region and Stelmakhivka of the Luhansk People's Republic.
In the areas of the settlements of Berestovoe in the Kharkov region and Novoselovskoye in the Luhansk People's Republic, the activities of two sabotage and reconnaissance groups were suppressed.
As a result of fire damage, up to 60 Ukrainian servicemen, three pickup trucks, an Msta-B howitzer and a Polish-made Krab self-propelled artillery mount were destroyed in this direction in a day.
- In the Krasno-Limansky direction, air strikes, artillery fire of the "Center" group of troops defeated enemy units in the areas of the settlements of Nevskoye, Chervonopopovka, Kuzmino of the Lugansk People's Republic and Serebryanka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The activities of two Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups were suppressed in the areas of the settlements of Chervonaya Dibrova in the Luhansk People's Republic and Grigorovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
During the day, up to 70 Ukrainian servicemen, an infantry fighting vehicle, two vehicles, an 152mm Akatsiya self-propelled artillery mount, and a 122mm D-30 howitzer were destroyed in this direction.
- In the Kherson direction, as a result of the fire damage, the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine amounted to more than 30 servicemen, two vehicles, the US-made M777 artillery system, the 152mm Msta-B howitzer, and the 152mm Giacint-B gun.
An ammunition depot of the 123rd Territorial Defense Brigade was destroyed near the village of Kizomys in the Kherson region.
Operational-tactical and army aviation, missile forces and artillery of groups of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation during the day defeated 113 artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at firing positions, manpower and military equipment in 124 districts.
In the area of the village of Maksimilyanovka in the Donetsk People's Republic, a US-made AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery radar was destroyed.
During the day, air defense intercepted: a long-range cruise missile Storm Shadow and two rockets of the HIMARS multiple launch rocket system.
In addition, 18 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed in the areas of the settlements of Yegorovka, Vladimirovka, Spornoe, Rivnopol of the Donetsk People's Republic, Topolevka, Rubizhne, Melovatka of the Luhansk People's Republic, Sandy of the Kherson region, Marfopol, Pshenichnoye, Removka and Podgornoe of the Zaporozhye region.
In total, since the start of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 444 aircraft, 239 helicopters, 4,686 unmanned aerial vehicles, 426 anti-aircraft missile systems, 10,156 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,125 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 5,149 field artillery pieces and mortars, as well as 11,028 units of special military vehicles.
14:30 During the heavy defensive battles on the Zaporozhye Front, our troops left most of the settlement. Pyatikhatki and departed to the line of defense on the outskirts
Two days ago, the enemy launched an offensive in the Vasilyevsky district of the Zaporozhye region. After the reserves were drawn up and the armored vehicles were transferred, waves of attacks began from Kamensky-Lobkovy to step up efforts to capture the settlement. Pyatikhatki and Foals.
On the morning of 16.06. company tactical groups of the 128th Mountain Assault Brigade on infantry fighting vehicles with the support of tanks began offensive operations.
The 429th Vladikavkaz Motorized Rifle Regiment, infantry and tankers of the 4th military base from South Ossetia fought for two days, repulsing waves of enemy attacks. With the support of tanks and artillery, the 128th Guards Rifle Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, despite significant losses, was able to first occupy the western part of the village.
Fighters of the Ossetian 19th Division repeatedly knocked out the enemy with counterattacks, but new waves again managed to enter Pyatikhatki. During the battles, the enemy lost several dozen pieces of military equipment here, including tanks. During the counter-battery fight, howitzers and MLRS of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed at firing positions.
Our gunners, chemists on the "Solntsepyok", mortars, tankers and army aviation pilots destroyed significant enemy forces.
After heavy losses in equipment, the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine began to send infantry on foot to “meat assaults”. Our infantry fought stubbornly, sometimes repulsing attacks, sometimes turning into counterattacks. As a result of the battles, only ruins remained from Pyatikhatki, our fighters retreated to the outskirts, to the prepared line of defense.
Heavy fighting continues.
14:00 Video– Statement by the head of the press center of the Vostok group.
- In the South-Donetsk direction, units of the group of forces "Vostok", with the support of artillery and aviation, inflicted fire damage on the enemy, who is trying to conduct offensive operations.
The attack of the enemy in the Harvest area was thwarted.
Motorized rifle units, with the support of artillery, destroyed: an armored personnel carrier, four armored vehicles and manpower.
During the counterbattery fight, an M-777 howitzer was destroyed by artillery fire in the Shakhtyorsky area.
Army aviation forces destroyed armored combat vehicles and manpower of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of ??Novodonetsk.
The crew of the Osa anti-aircraft missile system shot down the Valkyrie UAV.
- In the Zaporozhye direction, an enemy attack was thwarted, advancing with forces up to a company with the support of tanks in the Levadny area. Two tanks, two armored fighting vehicles and up to 70% of the advancing manpower of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed.
The attack on the settlement of Pyatikhatki was repulsed. More than a dozen tanks, armored vehicles and manpower of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed.
Army aviation forces destroyed armored combat vehicles, armored personnel carriers, and also inflicted fire damage on the places of accumulation of militants in the areas of Levadnoe and Pyatikhatki.
Air defense systems shot down Valkyrie and Leleka unmanned aerial vehicles.
13:48 Video– Destruction of armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the South-Donetsk direction
The crew of the Ka-52 helicopter, having detected the movement of two enemy armored personnel carriers with personnel, used guided missiles. As a result of the strike, enemy equipment moving at high speed was destroyed along with the crews.
13:29 Regarding the fighting in the Pyatihatki area need to understand the following.
- A flexible line of defense was invented in order to concentrate and apply forces in the most convenient way.
- The previous weeks of the counter-offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have shown that the entry or advance of several hundred meters does not guarantee consolidation.
- Each site such as Pyatikhatki is complicated by the fact that it is actually an open field, in which it is impossible to dig in. As soon as the Armed Forces of Ukraine enter certain positions, artillery immediately works on them. After that, the positions are returned back, and the Ukrainian infantry rolls back to their original positions.
- The tactics of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have changed, but there are still no qualitatively new, breakthrough solutions. Everywhere "meat assaults", and not intelligence work or sending powerful armored groups into battle.
- German Leopard 2 tanks are practically not used, which means that an order has been given to protect this equipment at any cost.
– Last night alone, the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost a platoon of infantry fighting vehicles, two tanks, up to five armored cars and about 50 people killed. The total losses compared to the previous week have seriously increased and exceeded 1,000 people per day killed and wounded.
12:54 Video- Statement by the head of the press center of the "South" grouping.
The units of the "Southern" group of forces successfully repulsed the attacks of the assault groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Mayorsk, Novokalinovo, Bortsy.
The group's aviation carried out missile and bomb strikes against enemy strongholds and accumulations of weapons and military equipment in the Soledaro-Artemovsk direction.
Artillery units destroyed an ammunition depot of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of Belogorovka and a pickup truck with enemy manpower in the area of Spornoye.
As part of the counterbattery fight, a combat vehicle of the 122mm BM-21 Grad multiple launch rocket system was destroyed near the settlement of Krasnogorovka.
12:34 Ukrainian formations launched massive strikes onpopulatedpoints of the Kherson region of Russia.
During the night, the enemy fired at least seven missiles at Lazurnoye in the Skadovsky district: five rounds intercepted the anti-aircraft defenses. According to our information, one person was killed and three others were injured.
The Partisans were hit, presumably, by two Storm Shadow missiles, one of them was shot down. A large fire broke out at the landing site.
During the night, Novaya Kakhovka, Kakhovka, Vasilyevka and Tavriysk were also fired from barrel artillery. During the day, a temporary accommodation facility in Golaya Pristan came under fire: the facility was destroyed, and there were no casualties.
12:18 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 cannon artillery and MLRS:
-- n.p. The Dnieper fired six rounds;
-- n.p. Sagas fired seven projectiles;
-- Nine rounds were fired at the village of Korsunka;
-- on the settlement Kazachi Lagery fired six rounds;
-- n.p. Peschanovka fired eight rounds.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being
specified Kakhovka, n. p. Vasilyevka, n. p. Lazurnoye 7 missiles from the MLRS "HIMARS", five missiles were shot down by means of air defense;
According to n.p. Partisans 2 missiles presumably “Storm Shadow”, one missile was shot down by means of air defense.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure to be confirmed
12:03 Situationin the zone of responsibility of the group [V]
“In the Orekhovsky sector, the enemy made numerous attempts to attack our positions, including under the cover of smoke in the areas of Malaya Tokmachka, Novodanilovka and Rabotino. He did not take into account the losses - as a result of small arms battles, the work of our artillery and army aviation, he continued to lose armored vehicles and personnel. It is reported about the destruction of the demining group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which acted in the direction of the settlement. Canopies. Since morning activity in this direction continues.
- In the Vremevsky area, Ukrainian units also make a fuss, in particular in the Novodonetsky area. Enemy drones are operating, as well as assault and sabotage groups.
Armored vehicles are expected to play a smaller role in subsequent assault attempts. Most likely, a large amount of equipment will be introduced only in the case of effective actions by attack aircraft operating under the cover of artillery.
11:45 Situation along the Zaporozhye front.
In the Vasilyevsky direction, our troops left the settlement of Pyatikhatki. Our artillery continues to strike at the enemy infantry, entrenched in this village. It is reported from the field that the Armed Forces of Ukraine have concentrated large reserves on the approaches to Pyatikhatki.
This is mainly infantry, but heavy armored vehicles have also been seen. It is only a matter of time when they will put the reserves into action. At the moment, the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are in a semicircle, and, most likely, the main blow will fall on one of the flanks in order to expand and secure the bridgehead from which it will be possible to start moving towards Vasilyevka.
Fighting continues in the Orekhovsky direction.
As we reported, yesterday afternoon the enemy attacked our positions to the left of the Orekhov-Rabotino highway, but was stopped and retreated.
By late night, the AFU again advanced along this route - this time to the right of it and were able to take several positions. Our troops responded with strikes from heavy flamethrower systems "Solntsepyok", tanks and artillery.
11:20 Video- Statement by the head of the press center of the "Center" grouping.
- In the Krasno-Limansky direction, artillery crews of the "Center" group of forces inflicted fire damage on two areas of accumulation of equipment. In addition, two 120mm mortar crews and an ammunition transport vehicle were destroyed.
– Assault and army aviation of the group of troops carried out missile strikes on eight areas of concentration of manpower and fire weapons of Ukrainian troops.
- In the area of Serebryansky forestry, the movement of personnel was discovered with the support of infantry fighting vehicles of the 67th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. As a result of the attack by the army aviation and artillery of the Russian group, an infantry fighting vehicle was destroyed, the enemy suffered losses among the personnel.
11:04 Offensive APU: everything goes as in the old days
Deputy Head of the National Guard for the DPR A. Khodakovsky on the offensive on the South Donetsk front:
“The protracted intrigue with the counteroffensive has given rise to the feeling that somewhere in the dungeons of Mordor, unknown forces are being forged, and as soon as they go out to fight, we will encounter something that we have not yet encountered. The wait is over - and we saw a picture that gives reason to say that modern warfare is basically the same as it was in the old days, and the enemy was simply waiting for more foreign tanks and domestic mobilized.
- Crush our position with fire, and then try to take it with infantry - the tactics are simple and trivial. Of course, there are missiles and anti-missiles, there are drones and anti-drone guns - there is even Musk with his Starlink - but in the end, all this is only in order to pick out from the earth a few grubby men who block the path to honors and glory.
- In our area, there is an intense war abroad all day long, where even the concrete “dragon's teeth” have not reached. They are somewhere behind, like the main strip of mining - and the drama unfolds on the stage of several positions that the enemy seeks to capture at any cost. Sometimes he succeeds, and he takes possession of one of them, but he cannot gain a foothold, and under the influence of our artillery retreats to the starting line, and we crawl back and restore what was destroyed - until the next fight.
And it becomes completely clear that if our soldiers has no intention to retreat, the enemy has no chance to advance.
10:34 On Orekhovsky direction the enemy continuously attacked the positions of the 71st Regiment for 28 hours. During the battle there was a breakthrough, but it was stopped. At 9 am, the front line stands, the enemy suffered heavy losses and could not achieve what he wanted.
10:05 Frontline summary on the morning of 06/18/2023
In the Zaporozhye direction, Ukrainian troops, supported by artillery, carried out offensive operations in the area of ??Pyatikhatki and Rabotin. They were partially successful. Under artillery attack positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kamenskoe, Maly Shcherbak, Novoandreevka, Novodanilovka, Belogorye, Charovny, Gulyaipolsky, Zheleznodorozhny, Poltavka and Olgovsky.
Ukrainian units attacked in the direction of Rivnopol in the Uludar sector. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation held their positions. And to the east of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, they managed to advance in the Urozhainy area. Russian troops attacked Novopol, Novoselka, Blagodatny, Vremevka, Zolotoy Niva, Prechistovka and Ugledar.
On the Donetsk front, units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation conducted assault operations near Novomikhailovka, and with the support of artillery and aviation, in the city of Maryinka. They also counterattacked from Vodyanoy. After the air strikes, they launched an offensive on the southwestern approaches to Avdiivka. They also launched a ground attack near Stepne (not to be confused with the settlements of the same name near the line of contact in the Zaporozhye and Uhldar direction).
On all sites without advance. Under shelling, Ukrainian units in Konstantinovka (not to be confused with the settlement of the same name southwest of Bakhmut), Pobeda, Georgievka, Maksimilyanovka, the city of Krasnogorovka and Karlovka. The Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked Donetsk and Vesely (a settlement north of Avdievka).
09:25 Soldiers of the Dnipro group of troops destroyed equipment and manpower of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kherson region
In the island zone, damage was inflicted to the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine during the day:
- the ammunition depot was destroyed;
- an M-777 howitzer with ammunition was destroyed, five fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were killed, three were injured of varying severity.
In the Kherson direction, damage was inflicted to the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine during the day:
- the place of temporary deployment of one of the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of ??the settlement was destroyed. Antonovka, seven servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed; ten were injured of varying severity, and two vehicles were disabled;
- an 152mm MSTA-B howitzer with ammunition was destroyed, five servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed, two were injured of varying severity.
In the Kakhovka direction, the following units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were damaged during the day:
- the position of one of the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, five militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed; six received injuries of varying severity.
09:22 Official summary of Representative offices of the DPR in the JCCC from 00:00 06/17/2023 to 00:00 06/18/2023
Over the past day, the Representation reported 33 facts of firing by the AFU.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made 15 artillery attacks from 155mm artillery.
On Gorlovsky 11 attacks from MLRS, artillery 152mm.
On Yasinovatsky 7 artillery attack from MLRS, artillery 155mm.
Having fired 199 units of various ammunition.
Under enemy fire were areas of six settlements of the Republic: Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district), Panteleymonovka, Yasinovataya, the capital city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky, Kievsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Chervonogvardeisky, Kirovsky districts), Aleksandrovka.
Over the past day, information was received about the death of a civilian - a man, in Yasinovataya.
Three civilians received injuries of varying severity, incl. child born in 2023 #ChildrenNotTarget, in the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka, the Chervonogvardeysky district of Makeevka and Yasinovataya.
A total of 11 residential buildings were damaged in the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka, Aleksandrovka and Yasinovataya, as well as two civil infrastructure facilities.
In the previous day, 31 attacks were recorded from the side of the VFU.
08:24 The Russian military thwarted all the attacks of militants in the Zaporozhye direction -video
In the Zaporozhye direction, the Russian military thwarted an attack by a company of Ukrainian nationalists in the Levadne area. According to him, two armored combat vehicles, two tanks and up to 70% of the advancing manpower were destroyed.
08:15 Their vocation is to save lives: how the medical staff of mobile hospitals in the Kupyansky direction work -video
During the special operation, military doctors daily provide the necessary assistance to servicemen and injured civilians. Patients are accepted, including without leaving their positions, which makes it possible to prevent complications from injuries and diseases.
Easy-to-build compartments-tents of mobile hospitals are equipped with everything necessary: X-ray, ultrasound machines, anesthesia machines, sterilization systems for instruments and rooms, operating and dressing tables.
The primary task of the hospital is to provide emergency care to wounded servicemen. Here fragments are removed, wounds are sutured, dressings are made. Patients are then distributed to various military medical facilities, depending on the severity and nature of the injuries.
In addition to helping the wounded, specialists also help children with “civilian” diseases. Acute neurological diseases, heart diseases, exacerbations of chronic diseases are stopped here, injuries, bruises and fractures are treated.