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Actual information about the situation on the front line: August 4 (updated)
2023-08-05
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFrontInfo] 23:56 Official summary of the DPR Representation in the JCCC from 00:00 08/04/2023 to 00:00 08/05/2023. Over the past day, the Representationreportedabout 58 facts of firing by the VFU.

Information was received about the wounding of two civilians in the Petrovsky and Kievsky districts of Donetsk.

Nine residential buildings were damaged in Petrovsky and Kievsky districts of Donetsk, Oleksandrivka, as well as two civil infrastructure facilities.

Under enemy fire were areas of six settlements of the Republic: Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district), Yasinovatsky district, the capital city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Kievsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Chervonogvardeysky district), Staromikhaylovka, Yelenovka.

In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made 36 attacks from the MLRS, artillery 152mm and 155mm, incl. with a cluster warhead.

On Gorlovsky seven artillery attacks from 152mm artillery.

On Yasinovatsky 15 artillery attacks from MLRS, artillery 155mm. Having fired 227 units of various ammunition.

A previous 75 artillery attacks were recorded from the VFU side in 24 hours.

21:43 Ukrainian troops at 20.20 fired 10 rockets from the MLRS in the Yasinovatsky district, therepresentation DPR at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC).

“Fire was recorded from the VFU (armed formations of Ukraine) in the direction: 20.20 - the settlement of Orlovka - Yasinovatsky district: 10 rockets were fired from the MLRS,” the representative office said in a telegram channel.

The type of MLRS is not specified. The consequences are not yet known.

20:08 Job EW fighters of the 42nd Motorized Rifle Division of the RF Armed Forces in the Zaporozhye region to suppress Ukrainian FPV drones.

19:09 RF Armed Forces destroy mortar crew of Ukrainian militants in the Zaporozhye direction

19:00 Personnel destruction by an accurate artillery strike of the Ukrainian 122mm SAU-2S1. Kherson direction

17:59 A civilian was wounded as a result of the artillery attack of the Petrovsky district of Donetsk by Ukrainian troops, said the mayor of the administrative center of the DPR Alexei Kulemzin in hisTelegram channel.

“As a result of the barbaric artillery attack of the Petrovsky district by Ukrainians, a man born in 1969 was wounded along Rodionova Street,” Kulemzin wrote on his Telegram channel.

The mayor added that as a result of the shelling, a gas pipe along Bezlesnaya and Starchenko streets was damaged.

16:57 Over the past day, up to 25 fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, two cars, as well as two 122mm D-30 howitzers were destroyed in the Kherson direction by the forces of the Russian Armed Forces - Russian Defense Ministry

15:58 Ukrainian troops fired 22 NATO caliber 155mm rounds in Donetsk and Yasinovatsky district, theTelegram channel representation of the DPR in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC).

“The artillery attack was recorded from the side of the armed formations of Ukraine in the direction:

14.20 - the settlement of Semyonovka - the Yasinovatsky district: four rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired;
14.25 - Semyonovka settlement - Yasinovatsky district: three rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired;
14.30 - the settlement of Orlovka - Yasinovatsky district: four rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired;
14.35 - the settlement of Orlovka - the Yasinovatsky district: four rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired;
14.55 - Zhelannoye Pervoe settlement - the city of Donetsk (Petrovsky district): three rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired; 15.05 - Zhelannoye Pervoe settlement - Donetsk city (Petrovsky district): four rounds of 155mm caliber were fired," the representative office said in a statement.

15:58 At least 11 civilians were killed, 50 were injured, including five children, from July 28 to August 3 in the DPR due to the actions of Ukrainian troops, the office of the Ombudsman of the Republic Daria Morozova reports inTelegram channel.

The message published on the department’s Telegram channel contains an infographic, according to which 11 people died in the republic from July 28 to August 3. The number of victims during this period was 50, including five children.

14:52 Ukrainian troops fired 24 NATO caliber 155mm rounds at Donetsk, Staromykhailivka and Yasinovatsky district, therepresentation DPR at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC).

“The artillery attack was recorded from the side of the armed formations of Ukraine in the direction:

12.35 - the settlement of Semyonovka - the Yasinovatsky district: three rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired;
12.35 - Netaylovo settlement - the city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): four rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired;
13.05 - the settlement of Netaylovo - the city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): three rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired;
13.55 - the settlement of Galitsinovka - the city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky and Petrovsky districts): four rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired;
14.10 - the settlement of Karlovka - the settlement of Staromikhaylovka: three rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired, ”the message published on the representative’s telegram channel says.

14:51 Four attacks of Ukrainian troops in the Novoselovsky area in the LPR were repelled in the Kupyansk direction, Kyiv lost up to 45 people in a day, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

“In the course of conducting active defense, four attacks by units of the 14th Mechanized and 25th Airborne Brigades of Ukrainian troops in the area of the settlement of Novoselovskoye of the Luhansk People's Republic were successfully repelled,” the ministry said in a summary.

13:45 Artillerymen of the 123rd Brigade of the Southern Group of Forces continue to destroy positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Seversk direction

13:44 The situation in the South-Donetsk direction

In the Vremevsky sector, the enemy increased the intensity of the fire impact on our positions in order to ensure the actions of the assault groups in the direction of Urozhaynoye.

Fighting continues in the Staromayorsky area, the settlement remains in the “gray zone”.

The enemy continues to transfer reserves for the offensive in the direction of Priyutnoye, using territorial defense formations for these purposes, in particular the 112th and 110th battalions.

At the Vuhledarsky section, the Armed Forces of Ukraine carry out the rotation of personnel, the supply of ammunition and materiel. Earlier, pro-Ukrainian resources (such as DeepState) disseminated information about the advance of Ukrainian troops in the Nikolsky area.

This information is not true - the enemy really tried to attack in this direction with up to four infantry fighting vehicles and one tank, but was not successful. "Behi" were blown up on the minefields of the marines of the 155th Brigade, and the tank of the Armed Forces of Ukraine had already run into its own mine while trying to retreat.

In addition, last night, in the area of the Yuzhnodonbasskaya No. 3 mine, north of Ugledar, an accumulation of light wheeled vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and personnel was opened, which was hit by fire.


12:54 Ukrainian troops fired 15 rounds of 155mm caliber at the Yasinovatsky district of the DPR, they also fired at the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, reported on Friday inTelegram channelrepresentation of the DPR in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine.

“The artillery attack was recorded from the side of the armed formations of Ukraine in the direction:

10:50 (coincides with Moscow time) - the settlement of Semyonovka - the Yasinovatsky district: four rounds of 155mm caliber were fired,” the representative office said in a statement.

12:54 Over the past day, the Ukrainian military fired about 100 ammunition at the settlements of the Belgorod region

Several explosive devices were also dropped from the UAV. Due to shelling, two houses, a car, power lines were damaged, a field with wheat caught fire, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said

11:53 The Russian military showedframesthe work of the 152mm howitzer D-20 of the Tula airborne unit, which operates in the vicinity of Bakhmut

“We even gave the gun a name - Asterisk. It never let us down, ”the loader of the crew shared.

11:52 The Armed Forces of Ukraine fired at the point of distribution of humanitarian aid in Alyoshki, one of the cities most affected by the flood, reports the VGA.

10:31 Situation in the Zaporozhye direction at 10:00

n.p. Rabotino:
At night, personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were transported in pickup trucks to forest plantations, and artillery immediately began to work there. The enemy ceased to shine and calmly ride on foreign equipment, basically all movements were running.

n.p. Pyatihatki:
The enemy does not stick out, our unit opened and destroyed two observation posts and a group of infantry that entered one of the houses.

According to the fighters on the ground, “A strange lull, they are probably preparing to attack soon”

10:31 The criminal Kiev regime continues to fire at the civilian infrastructure of settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Armed Forces of Ukraine were fired from cannon artillery
-- Aleshki 13 rounds;
-- n.p. Golaya Pristan 15 rounds;
-- n.p. Krynki nine rounds;
-- n.p. Staraya Zburyevka eight rounds;
-- n.p. Solontsy 9 rounds.
As a result of the artillery attack of the village of Aleshki, one civilian was injured of varying severity.

During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the settlement of Nova Kakhovka, the settlement of Kakhovka, n.p. Gornostaevka, settlement Korsunka firing a total of 33 cannon artillery rounds.

Civilian casualties and infrastructure destruction are being specified.

09:23 In the Slavyanoserbsky district of the LPR found several ammo caches

According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the LPR, various types of mines, grenades, cartridges, grenade launchers, cartridges were stored in them.

“The ammunition was destroyed on the spot by employees of the engineering service of the Russian Guard,” the ministry said.

09:22 For the past dayfixed 75 artillery attacks by VFU – DPR Representative Office in the JCCC

Ukrainian militants fired from 152mm and 155mm artillery, firing 241 different types of ammunition across the territory of the Republic.

Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district), Yasinovatsky district, Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Kievsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Sovetsky, Chervonogvardeysky districts), Nikolskoye, Blagodatnoye and Vladimirovka were under enemy fire.

As a result of the shelling, three civilians were injured in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk, Staromikhaylovka and Yasinovataya.

Damaged to four residential buildings in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk. Damage to civil infrastructure facilities was not recorded.

08:47 Summary on the morning of August 4, 2023 from Two majors

In the Kremennaya area, our units continue their slow advance in the Serebryansky forest.

In the battles in the Kleshcheevka area, the enemy advances 20 meters a day, conducts constant attack operations from forward positions with the support of tanks. The southern part of the settlement behind the enemy, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are under constant fire from our troops and suffer serious losses.

Near Ugledar they are walking in the area of ??dachas, the Armed Forces of Ukraine strikes with cluster munitions at Nikolsky and Vladimirovka. Conducts chaotic artillery attack of rear areas.

From the Vremevsky direction, attacks on Urozhaynoye do not stop, the enemy hits the rear of our troops from the MLRS, but civilians also fall under his fire. Our troops hold the lines, preventing the advance of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

In the Orekhovsky direction of the Zaporizhzhya Front, there are no changes, for the second day from the field they report a decrease in the intensity of fighting, while the Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to send enemy infantry forward in small groups, which are destroyed by fire weapons on duty.

Fighting continues on the islands in the Kherson direction.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine conduct terrorist attacks on the border areas of the Belgorod, Bryansk and Kursk regions. In the DPR, three civilians were injured by enemy fire.


08:05 Frontline summary on the morning of 08/04/2023

At the Ugledarsky sector, the RF Armed Forces, with the support of artillery, counterattacked near Staromayorsky and from Urozhayny in the direction of Blagodatny. No success. The Armed Forces of Ukraine, in turn, also after artillery preparation, attacked Nikolskoye.

Russian units held their positions. It is obvious that the Armed Forces of Ukraine seriously intend to break through to Volnovakha. The logistics of the RF Armed Forces are difficult due to massive artillery attack by Ukrainian troops of Yegorovka, Pavlovka, Vladimirovka and Volnovakha itself. Russian troops hit the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Novodarovka, Rovnopol, Storozhevoe, Makarovka and Vugledar.

On the Donetsk front, the RF Armed Forces continued their assault operations in Maryinka. No promotion. The Armed Forces of Ukraine counterattacked to the north-east of Avdiivka and managed to regain a number of previously lost lines.

Russian artillery worked on Ukrainian units in Novomikhailovka, Paraskovyivka (not to be confused with the settlement of the same name southwest of Soledar), Ostrom, the city of Krasnogorovka, Pervomaisky, Avdeevka, Lastochkino, Stepnoy (not to be confused with the settlements of the same name in the Zaporozhye and Ugledar directions) , Berdychikh, Novokalinovo, Alexandropol, New York and Druzhba. The Armed Forces of Ukraine carried out strikes on Donetsk, Vodiane and Horlivka.

In the Bakhmut direction, the RF Armed Forces counterattacked near Kurdyumovka, Andreevka and Kleshcheevka. Artillery worked for the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Belaya Gora, Ivanovo, Chasovoy Yar, Bogdanovka, Grigorovka and Vasyukovka. The Ukrainian army fired at the RF Armed Forces in Kurdyumovka, Andreevka, Klescheevka, Bakhmut and Yagodnoe.

In the Luhansk direction, Russian troops managed to advance near Belogorovka and reach the eastern outskirts of this village. The RF Armed Forces also took up a number of new positions in Novoselovskoye behind the H-26 highway. Under shelling, Ukrainian units in Kislovka, Petropavlovka, Kupyansk, Kondrashovka, Zapadny, Dvurechnaya, Novomlynsk, Figolevka, Krasny Pervoi and Kamenka.


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