[NewsFrontInfo] 23:58 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 08/20/2023 to 00:00 08/21/2023
Over the past day, the Representation reported 30 facts of firing by the AFU.
Information was received about the death of a civilian - a man, in Yasinovataya.
Wounds of varying severity were received by 5 civilians in Yasinovataya and Olginka.
A total of 13 residential buildings were damaged in the Kievsky and Petrovsky districts of Donetsk, Yasinovataya, as well as three civilian infrastructure facilities.
The region of seven settlements of the Republic came under enemy fire: Horlovka (Nikitovsky district), Gol'movsky, Ozeryanovka, Yasinovatsky district, the capital city. Donetsk (Kuybyshevsky, Kirovsky, Kievsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeivka (Chervonogvardeysky district), Ol'ginka.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made 19 attacks from 155mm artillery, incl. with a cluster warhead.
On Gorlovsky seven artillery attacks from 152mm artillery.
On Yasinovatsky three artillery attack from MLRS, artillery 155mm.
On Volnovakhsky one artillery attack from 155mm artillery.
By releasing 99 units of various ammunition.
In the previous day, 31 artillery attacks were recorded from the side of the VFU.
21:50 Satellite snapshot of the destroyed ammunition depot of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of Lysogorya, Khmelnytsky region. The attack was last night.
21:25 OperationallinesThe DPR JCCC for August 20, as of 17:00, received information about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
n.p. Yasinovataya:
As a result of the shelling, a man was killed, personal data is being established.
Four civilians received injuries of varying severity: women born in 1961, born in 1963, a man born in 1959, the personal data of another victim are being established.
Additional information was received about damage as a result of the artillery attack of the VFU cities of the Republic:
n.p. Yasinovataya:
- st. Shchorsa, 65 - a direct hit in a private residential building;
- sq. l. 103, 21 - a direct hit in an apartment building;
- sq. l. 103, 20 - apartment building, the gas pipeline was also damaged;
- sq. l. 100, 1 - apartment building;
- st. Leningradskaya, 13, 14 - multi-apartment residential buildings;
- mr. Tsntral'niy, 18, 22 - apartment buildings;
- sq. l. 102, 10 - an apartment building, a car fire was also recorded.
A total of 25 transformer substations are de-energized, 5,353 subscribers are without power supply.
20:45 "Brave" describes counterattacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Krasnolimansky direction:
In the area of N. p. An armored car of the 21st MBR of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which was trying to rotate the militants on the defensive line, was destroyed on Nevskoye.
In the area of N. p. Yampolovka, a concentration of militants of the 21st MBR of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was opened. Artillery fired on targets.
In the area of N. p. Torskoye repelled an attack by the 63rd Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The enemy was destroyed by artillery fire.
In the area of Serebryansky forest, four attacks of armored groups 42, 67 Separate Mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and 5 Brigade of the National Guard were repelled. The enemy was destroyed by small arms and artillery fire.
An artillery strike was carried out on a cluster of equipment and militants of the 95th Airborne Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
20:00 Our Army this afternoon began a powerful artillery preparation in the Kupyansk direction, military correspondents report.
All types of weapons are used, including: TOS "Solntsepek", 300mm BM-27 MLRS "Smerch, 220mm BM-27 Hurricane". Aviation regularly sends FABs to the heads of the enemy (500,250).
Panic began on the enemy's resources. The Nazis realize that in the near future they will have to leave Kupyansk and liberate Russian land.
19:30 On records from the fighters of the Sudoplatov battalion, a clear illustration of how artillery attack with cluster artillery rounds looks like.
On the recording, the sounds of submunitions flying across the area are clearly audible. According to the cameraman leading the shooting, they did not achieve their goal, and not for the first time.
And yet, cluster rounds pose a great danger to infantry and equipment standing in the fields. Under these conditions, well-equipped and protected shelters become even more relevant.
18:45 Statement of head of the press center of the Vostok group:
The forward subunits of the Vostok grouping of troops, with the support of artillery and aviation, repelled several enemy attacks in the direction of Urozhaynoye. During the battle, strongholds, vehicles and manpower were destroyed, including with the use of strike UAVs.
An attempt by the enemy to conduct reconnaissance in force in the direction of Staromayorsky was thwarted. Having suffered losses, the enemy retreated.
Artillery fire in the Staromayorsky area destroyed an ammunition depot, as well as an armored combat vehicle and a truck with nationalists in the Ravnopol area, an armored car and accumulations of AFU manpower west of Velika Novoselka.
An attempt by the enemy to carry out a rotation of militants north of Vladimirovka was thwarted. Vehicles with militants were destroyed by artillery fire, the control center for unmanned aircraft of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Makarovka area, and a 122mm D-20 towed howitzer in the area of the Oktyabr state farm were also destroyed.
Howitzer artillery fire destroyed the 152mm Msta-B howitzer in the Zeleny Pole area.
Assault and army aviation hit the places of accumulation of manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of Staromayorsky, Harvest and the Oktyabr state farm.
Air defense systems shot down two UAVs of the Fury aircraft type, one of the Valkyrie and one of the Leleka.
18:20 They report about the blowing up of bridges across the Oskol River right in Kupyansk. 08/20/2023. This is serious news.
17:50 Statementhead of the press center of the group "South":
The crews of Su-34 fighter-bombers of the "Southern" group of forces inflicted damage with guided munitions at the points of temporary deployment of the 45th Separate Artillery Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the settlement of Seversk, the 3rd Separate Airborne Assault Brigade of the enemy in the area of the settlement of Stupochki, 23- 1st Special Purpose Battalion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Krasnoye area.
Also, a missile and bomb air strike was carried out on the command and observation post of a tank company and on the manpower of the 79th Separate Air Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Paraskoveevka area.
The artillery of the grouping inflicted a fire defeat on the point of temporary deployment, the field ammunition depot, the battalion command post and the control post of enemy unmanned aerial vehicles in the areas of Andreevka, Aleksandro-Shul'tino and Ivanovskoye settlements.
During the counterbattery fight, howitzers 152mm D-20 and 122mm D-30 were destroyed, as well as an enemy 120mm mortar in the areas of Antonovka, Krasnogorovka and Grigorovka.
The crew of the Solntsepek heavy flamethrower system hit two concentrations of manpower of the assault groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of Maloil'iinovka.
17:35 After the strike of the Russian Armed Forces on the Chernihiv Drama Theater, information is being disseminated on social networks about the death of the military, volunteers and software engineers.
Circumstances and place are not indicated for everyone.
17:00 Orekhovsky section setting as of 16.00 August 20, 2023:
Assault groups of the 3rd battalion of the 82nd Airborne Brigade, 46th Airborne Brigade and 15th Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine continue to attack the positions of the Russian group at the Rabotino-Verbove line.
On the northern outskirts of Rabotino, infantry groups are still operating, trying to gain a foothold in the village. Russian artillery is actively working on them, which confirms the fact that this part of Rabotino is in the gray zone.
To the west of Verbovoe, after the transfer of two additional detachments on two Stryker armored personnel carriers, the paratroopers of the 82nd Brigade were able to displace the fighters of the RF Armed Forces from a couple of strongholds. Now Ukrainian formations are trying to dig in the area, despite the losses.
In the vicinity of the Chubenkov Balka, there are enemy evacuation squads that promptly remove bodies and damaged equipment from the battlefield. The other day, four Leopard tanks were sent for repairs to Germany, which once again indicates problems in restoring equipment on the spot.
At the same time, English-speaking mercenaries appeared a little to the east in the Pologovsky and Gulyaipol'sky sectors, and artillery pieces and ammunition were moved to Zheleznyanskoye, which indicates a possible activation in the sector.
16:35 Zaporozhye direction, n.p. Rabotino - BMP "STRYKER" decided to storm our positions but was destroyed along with the personnel.
15:55 The blueprint has been taken by the RF Armed Forces. The advance on the Kupyansk front continues.
15:30 August 20 around 14.40 hrs Moscow time stopped an attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack with one aircraft-type UAV on objects on the territory of the Russian Federation.
Russian air defense systems destroyed an unmanned aerial vehicle over the territory of the Belgorod region.
There were no casualties or damage.
14:25 You can't hide from them:
Russian servicemen-operators of FPV drones destroy the armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye direction —video.
14:00 Meanwhile in UkraineIt happenedunprecedented - on the air of a propaganda telethon, the official speaker of the Joint Command "South" Natalia Gumenyuk said that Russia does not run out of missiles, as Ukrainians were convinced of that earlier, and defense plants are loaded in three shifts.
“This (the production of missiles) is the most important factor in the fact that they do not end. Yes, this is not the same pace as it was at the beginning of the invasion, but the enemy should not be underestimated. They produce missiles and the best mechanism to stop this is to tighten sanctions,” the official said.
Gumenyuk also complained that Russia still has a very large supply of Caliber.
Recall that last winter, Ukrainian propagandists every time after the next massive strike of the Russian Aerospace Forces reassured the Commonwealth with insiders that Russia had only two to three missiles left. What happened on television does not mean that the propagandists of the Armed Forces of Ukraine began to tell the truth, most likely this turn in the coverage of the situation is connected with some "grounding" of the audience's expectations in order to set it up for the prolongation of hostilities for the next year. And for this you need to dampen some overly optimistic forecasts.
13:30 TG-channel Kharkiv direction writes about a large number of “tourists” in Kupyansk:
“Kupyansk is now a multinational city. Who is not there:
Colombians, French, Germans, Moldavians, Poles, Americans, British…”
Wherever these “tourists” come from, they will still run home later. Whole, maybe not so much.
12:44 Media reported about the death of French Army General Jean-Louis Georgelin. The general went on a campaign in the Pyrenees and fell off in the area of the Faustin Pass, which is located at an altitude of 2650 meters. He went to the mountains alone and did not return, after which the workers of the mountain base raised the alarm.
Grandfather, 74 years old, went alone on a campaign in the Pyrenees. OK.
I did not know that the Pyrenees near Chernigov.
12:35 Statement of officer of the press center of the group "West":
During the hostilities in the Kupyansk direction, the assault detachments of the Zapad group of troops continued their offensive in the direction of the settlement of Olshana. They took possession of a stronghold, four dugouts with personnel and destroyed over 40 enemy servicemen.
In addition, during the day, the enemy carried out 5 counterattacks by units of the 14th, 115th Separate Mechanized Brigades and the 95th Separate Air Assault Brigade against our positions using armored vehicles. All counterattacks were successfully repelled. Enemy losses from artillery and mortar fire amounted to up to a platoon of manpower and one infantry fighting vehicle.
In the area of the settlement of Novoselovskoye, the enemy carried out two attacks on the positions of our troops by assault groups of the 25th Separate Airborne Brigade. The enemy was exposed in a timely manner, with preemptive fire damage by artillery and army aviation, the attack group was thwarted, and more than 20 Ukrainian servicemen were killed.
During the counterbattery fight, the self-propelled guns "Crab" were destroyed in the Kupyansk region, a mortar crew in the Stel'mahovka region and an ammunition point for a mortar unit in the Kamenka region.
11:55 The enemy is suffering heavy losses at the Vremevsky ledge:
Soldiers of the battalion "Vostok" report about the situation on the Vremevsky ledge at the junction of Zaporozhye and the DPR.
"Good morning. After yesterday's day, saturated with fire exchanges, the night passed relatively calmly. Yesterday we managed to successfully work out on the positions of the enemy - we observed the detonation of the BC and the fire. The enemy then tried to recoup for a long time, but had no success.
In general, another day of the war has passed, in some ways it has already become familiar .... Just as people go to a shift at a factory, so we take up rotation as if it were our own workplace: we grumble at colleagues for leaving garbage behind or not correcting the firing point, on which a bag of soil has spread from old age, we clarify the changes that have occurred in the situation , we check the remaining fuel for the generator ... Full of its own specifics, but life.
11:30 Ukrainian formations for the second time in the last three days used a drone to attack Moscow: electronic warfare equipment suppressed the device over the Stupinsky district.
The drone lost control and fell in a deserted place, there were no injuries or damage. Vnukovo and Domodedovo airports have temporarily suspended the reception and departure of aircraft - at the moment they are operating normally.
Beyond Moscow, the Ukrainian drone attacked Kursk: a drone crashed into the roof of a railway station building, after which a fire broke out on it.
The façade, the waiting room, the pedestrian tunnel and the first platform were also damaged, which is currently temporarily closed until all the consequences are eliminated.
Five people received minor injuries from glass fragments - three of them are already at home after being examined by doctors, two refused medical care. In total, 50 passengers were in the building at the time of the attack.
11:00 Statementhead of the press center of the group "Center":
In the Krasnolimansky direction in the area of ????Serebryansky forestry, advanced units of the "Center" group of forces, supported by artillery fire and strikes by assault and army aviation, thwarted and repelled four attempts to attack by assault groups of the 67th mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 5th brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine. The enemy's losses amounted to more than 60 militants, an infantry fighting vehicle, an armored vehicle, and two pickups were destroyed.
As part of the counter-battery fight, about 40 enemy artillery positions were opened and suppressed, two 152mm D-20 guns and a 122mm D-30 gun of the Ukrainian troops were hit by Lancet loitering ammunition.
Su-34 multifunctional fighter-bombers carried out strikes with the use of guided bombs at command and observation posts and a temporary deployment point of the enemy in the areas of the settlements of Druzhelyubovka, Nevskoye, Serebryanka.
10:40 After the attack in Chernigov.
Apparently, the meeting of UAF drone pilots, which was attended by both manufacturers and operators, was hit by a blow. The event was announced by the Ukrainian manufacturers of the UAV “Furious Birds”. According to Turkish military analysts, the building where the event was held could be used as a warehouse for storing Beaver drones, which the Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to use across Russia. It is also reported that with a difference of several minutes, an arrival at the SBU building in Chernigov was recorded.
10:30 Additional hospitals for counteroffensives are being deployed in the Khar'kov region.
It is reported that recently one of the hospitals was deployed in the city of Lozovaya, where wounded soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are now brought daily.
In the spring, Khar'kov hospitals increased the number of beds in traumatology and intensive care units. The protracted counter-offensive requires the search for additional places.
10:20 Criminal Kyiv 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 fired from barrel artillery:
-- n.p. Kazachi Lagery 14 rounds;
-- n.p. Aleshki 12 rounds;
-- n.p. Nova Kakhovka 12 rounds;
-- n.p. Korsunka nine rounds;
-- n.p. Staraya Zburyevka 11 rounds.
As a result of the artillery attack of the settlement of Aleshki, the settlement of Kazachi Lagery, two civilians were injured of varying severity Novaya Kakhovka, n.p. Kakhovka, settlement Vasil'ievka, settlement Gornostaevka, Sagi village, firing a total of 36 rounds from cannon artillery
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure to be confirmed
10:02 Front-line report as of the morning of August 20 from military commissar Yevgeny Lisitsyn (https://t.me/evgeniy_lisitsyn):
On the Zaporozhye front, the main battles continue to develop at Rabotino. The enemy is making attempts to gain a foothold on the northern outskirts of the settlement, and they are trying to do this at the expense of lightly armored vehicles. They report from the field that, despite the fact that the Armed Forces of Ukraine have brought their reserves here, the enemy’s forces are slowly running out, and the attacking potential is fading away.
According to the accumulation of enemy forces and armored vehicles in this sector of the front, our artillery and aviation are already traditionally working.
In the South-Donetsk direction, the main battles are now taking place in the area of Staromayorsky and Urozhayny. Everyone understands that the APU-shniks are now concentrating all their efforts on a breakthrough to the Staromlynovka area, but they failed to quickly break through the defense of the Russian units. Still, minefields play a decisive role here.
So far, our positions are being probed by small groups, but this does not bring results to the enemy. The RF Armed Forces are also trying to counterattack on previously lost positions, but so far without progress.
The situation in the Artemovsk direction is stably tense. The enemy is already traditionally carrying out his attacks in the direction of Kleshcheevka, Kurdyumovka and Andreevka, but all of them are suppressed by units of the RF Armed Forces. The enemy also activated in the area of ??the reservoir near Berkhovka, but failed to advance.
In the Kupyansk direction, Russian units continue their offensive. In recent days, a cleansing of Sinkovka, which is the last frontier on the way to Kupyansk, has been carried out. One by one, the fortified areas of Ukrainian militants are being opened. Also, Russian units are fighting for the heights near Petropavlovka and also, although not quickly, they are gradually moving forward.
09:40 Situation on Kupyansky direction
At night, the RF Armed Forces continued offensive operations.
Settlement Sin'kovka in a tactical environment. The supply route is completely cut and is under our control. Soon the settlements of Kislovka and the settlements of Kotlyarovka will be taken in pincers. At night, arrivals of FABs along Petropalovka were observed.
In Kupyansk, the Armed Forces of Ukraine completely evacuated the hospital. There is practically nothing left. At night, our DRG said "hello" to the residents of Kupyansk.
Also, the Armed Forces of Ukraine carry out incomprehensible maneuvers. From the zero-first line - they ask for evacuation and try to escape on their own, as the command throws them to certain death. At the same time, new forces are entering the Kupyansky district.
09:39 Night FABization of the enemy on Zaporizhzhye front.
Our tactical aviation is working out with FABs-500 in places of accumulation of militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the concentration of their heavy equipment on the Zaporozhye Front.
The main application of efforts at the moment is in the Orekhovskoye direction in the area of ????the city of Orekhovo and the settlement. Malaya Tokmachka.
A very effective prophylactic against an attack of a counterattack in the Rabotino area.
08:29 Fast, accurate, well-coordinated: the combat work of the crews of the 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS of the Western Military District -video
Kupyanskoe direction
Artillery units of the Western Military District continue to carry out fire missions to destroy artillery batteries of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, ammunition depots, destroy camouflaged defensive structures, suppress command posts, and destroy enemy weapons, weapons and military equipment.
Accurate aiming plays an important role in striking. In this, the artillerymen of the Western Military District are assisted by crews of unmanned aerial vehicles. The collected data is promptly transmitted to the field headquarters and commanders of rocket-artillery batteries.
The crews of combat vehicles are on duty around the clock. Tasks require quick response and maximum composure. Often you have to work in conditions of counter-battery combat.
08:08 Summary on the morning of August 20, 2023
Over the past day, the warring parties exchanged blows on the rear areas. The Russian Armed Forces attacked the drama theater in Chernihiv, where the candidate for the post of Minister of Defense of Ukraine, Maria Berlinskaya (Reznikov, amid constant scandals, had already announced his readiness to resign) organized a gathering of UAV developers, which was previously written on social networks.APU drone attack damaged one of the aircraft at our air base in the Novgorod region. An enemy UAV was shot down in the Moscow region at night. In Kursk, five civilians were slightly injured by a drone explosion that detonated on the roof of the railway station. In the Belgorod region in the afternoon, an UAV of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was shot down by air defense systems. Daily artillery attack by the enemy of the DPR led to the injury of two civilians.
The Russian army continues its offensive in the Kupyansk direction. Without introducing reserves into battle, they manage to advance in the Sinkovka area. Our heavy flamethrower systems and high-explosive aerial bombs are used against enemy concentrations.
Heavy fighting is going on in the Vremevsky direction, both sides are trying to make the most of their artillery, they report "constant fire from all types of guns."
In the Orekhovsky direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to gain a foothold in the northern part of the settlement. Rabotino, bringing up personnel in light armored vehicles. Soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to survive in the houses and basements of buildings on which the Russian Armed Forces are firing.
The use of FPV drones with charges against enemy infantry groups on the march or in forest plantations has become stable, which may indicate a certain level of saturation of troops in this sector of the front with these types of weapons. A similar level of equipment of troops throughout the front will increase the effectiveness of the destruction of the enemy
From the Kherson direction, they reported on the battles on the islands in the floodplain of the river. Dnieper, inflicting artillery strikes on the enemy near the Antonovsky bridge.
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Whose Rabotino?
The information that this settlement came under enemy control is not true.
I specifically checked this information in severalsources, three of which are physically located at the forefront of the Orekhovskoye direction.
They all refute it.
Russian soldiers continue to hold positions in Rabotino, massive artillery strikes are constantly inflicted on Nazi positions, as well as front-line aviation strikes, including arrivals of FAB-500 "smart" bombs.
Our Spartans are grinding the elite, which the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine kept in reserve for the main stage of the counteroffensive.
The number of destroyed and damaged enemy equipment is estimated in many tens, the destroyed manpower of the enemy is evidenced by the "express trains to Bandera" leaving without stopping.
At the moment: the enemy has already tried several times to gain a foothold in the north of Rabotino, but was driven out of there.
I specifically give an enemy illustration, made a couple of weeks ago, as an example of the quality work of the enemy CIPSO, when, thanks to one photograph, hastily taken on the outskirts of the settlement, the illusion of capturing this settlement is created.
Heightened alarmism harms our cause no less than obsequious guarding.
Heavy battles of ultra-high intensity continue.
We work, brothers!
Vladimir Rogov