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Current information on the situation on the front line: October 19 (updated)
2023-10-20
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 23:57 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 10/19/2023 to 00:00 10/20/2023

Over the past 24 hours, the Representative Office reported 36 incidents of firing by the Ukrainian Federal Unitary Forces.

Information was received about the injury of a civilian, a man, in Mineralny.

Residential buildings were damaged in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, as well as one civil infrastructure facility.

The areas of four settlements of the Republic were under enemy fire: Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district), Yasinovatsky district, the capital city of Donetsk (Kievsky, Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Chervonogvardeysky district),.

In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out 26 attacks from 155mm artillery.

At Gorlivske there were seven artillery attacks from MLRS and 152mm artillery.

At Yasinovatsky there were three artillery attacks from MLRS and 155mm artillery.

A total of 127 units of various ammunition were fired.

In the previous day, 12 artillery attacks were recorded from the AFU.

21:05 Storm strongpoint of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Avdeevsky direction by fighters of the separate reconnaissance and assault detachment “Cluny”

20:01 The Russian Ministry of Defense showed personnel combat work of airborne artillery units in the zone of a special military operation

20:00 FSB operatives detained a Ukrainian citizen in the Zaporozhye region, who, on instructions from the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, was preparing an explosion at the site of a Russian military convoy.

19:33 Personnel destruction of the Ukrainian Armed Forces electronic warfare station in the area of Seversk

19:33 Effective personnel work against the enemy using the VT-40 drone

18:04 Military personnel of the Dnepr group of troops continue to destroy military facilities of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the right bank of the Kherson region.

This time, they destroyed two boats and a position of Ukrainian Armed Forces militants in the area of Nikolaevka, Berislavsky district. Up to 15 neo-Nazis were eliminated.

18:00 Ukrainian TG channels report explosions in the Nikolaev region

17:07 Ukrainian fighters have become more active: the Russian military destroyed a column of the Ukrainian Armed Forces

The information was provided by retired LPR Lieutenant Colonel Andrey Marochko. He reported that in the Kupyansk direction the enemy tried to carry out a full-scale offensive.

Ukrainian formations with up to three battalion tactical groups attempted to attack our defensive lines on a broad front. A sharp surge in attacks was noted in the Sin'kovka-Sergeevka section, which is more than thirty kilometers of front. During their counteroffensive, the enemy used Western and Soviet armored vehicles, tanks, artillery, various vehicles, and aircraft were also used.

Russian military personnel repelled all attacks, and no breakthrough of the front line was allowed. Marochko noted that such actions on the part of Ukrainian militants, using forces and means, have not yet been observed in this area.

17:00 ATGM operators struck enemy BMP Marder

16:35 Vladimir Rogov reports that today Tokmak was shelled by the Ukrainian Armed Forces twice in a day

At 11:40 and 14:20, the Nazis tried to strike Tokmak, Zaporozhye region.

The air defense system of the Russian Armed Forces successfully worked against targets.

There were no reports of casualties or destruction. The information is being clarified.

16:34 The situation in the Avdeevsky direction fromParatrooper's Diary

On the southern outskirts of Avdievka, the Russian Armed Forces continue to consolidate their positions.

The second destroyed bridge is controlled by our troops. The fortified areas in this area are being cleared.

Also, the Russian Armed Forces in the area of Severnoye are confidently moving forward. To the south of the settlement, fighters discovered and later destroyed an enemy tank with artillery fire.

15:39 Destroyed ZIL-131 truck of Ukrainian Armed Forces militants

15:38 Artillerymen of the “Southern” group of troops destroyed positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Spornoye area

14:47 The main thing from the new briefing of the Russian Ministry of Defense:

-- The Russian Armed Forces repelled two attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Verbovoy area in the Zaporozhye direction;

-- The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 260 soldiers and a tank in the Donetsk direction in one day;

-- The Russian Armed Forces repelled six attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Krasnoliman direction, the enemy lost over 235 military personnel and six pieces of equipment;

-- The Russian Armed Forces repelled 11 attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces per day in the Kupyansk direction;

-- The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the South Donetsk direction per day amounted to 190 military personnel;

-- The Russian Armed Forces hit the personnel and equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of Torskoye, Yampolovka and Grigorovka;

-- The Russian Aerospace Forces shot down a Ukrainian MiG-29 fighter in the Troitsky area in the DPR;

-- Russian air defense shot down a Su-25 attack aircraft and a Mi-8 helicopter of the Ukrainian Air Force within 24 hours;

-- During the day, Russian air defense intercepted 10 HIMARS rounds, two C-200 missiles, a JDAM bomb, and destroyed 61 drones.


14:10 “Grad” falls asleep on the right bank of the Dnieper: personnel combat work of MLRS crews near Kherson

In the Kherson direction there is active artillery work on both sides. The enemy is firing at the positions of our fighters with incendiary rounds. Our crews are firing back at the enemy using Grads.

Having quickly transferred the system to a combat position, our fighters release a package at the enemy and instantly move into cover, not giving the Armed Forces of Ukraine a chance to inflict a retaliatory defeat.

14:09 Destruction of Ukrainian 122mm MLRS BM-21 "Grad" with a precise strike by artillerymen of the Western Military District in the area of Obukhovka, Kharkov region.

14:08 Aviation of the Russian Armed Forces strikes FAB-500M-62 with UPMK on clusters of Ukrainian Armed Forces near Orekhov

13:23 The situation in the Kherson direction fromParatrooper's Diary

The dispersion of enemy forces is observed both in the island part and on the left bank: we are increasingly seeing enemy DRGs.

The Russian Armed Forces are displacing the enemy with artillery, and we are delivering a comprehensive strike against the enemy’s rear positions with FABs, missiles and UAVs.

In this direction, during the liquidation of enemy groups, his losses per day were:

-- KIAs – 46 personnel

-- Wounded – about 30 personnel

-- 120mm mortar with ammunition

-- Hangar with equipment and weapons

-- 13 cars

-- 122mm BM-21 Grad system with BC


13:22 Explosions were also reported in the occupied Ukrainian Armed Forces of Zaporozhye

13:22 Ukrainian TG channels report strong explosions in Dnepropetrovsk

12:45 Situation on the Rabotino-Verbovoye section at 11:50

In the Orekhovsky sector of the front, the command of the Ukrainian Armed Forces continues to make unsuccessful attempts to break through our defense line.

Despite serious artillery support, Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers with armored vehicles are unable to advance near Verbovoy.

The artillery of the Russian Armed Forces and the ATGM crew are working with lightning speed on the advancing enemy forces.

12:07 Sources report an explosion in Kharkov

12:06 Information on the Kupyansky direction from Front bird

It is reported that the crews of our Su-34 fighter-bombers attacked temporary deployment points and strongholds of units of the 44th Mechanized Brigade in the Berestovoye area.

12:05 Power lines were damaged in the Nikolaev and Kharkov regions of Ukraine due to explosions, the country's Ministry of Energy reported on ThursdayTelegram channel.

“As a result of a missile strike in the Nikolaev region, a power line was damaged, more than 800 consumers were de-energized. The artillery attack also damaged two 110 kV power lines in the Khar'kov region. At the same time, consumers did not lose power,” says a statement published by the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine.

12:01 A man was wounded as a result of a rocket attack on Thursday morning in the village of Mineralnoye in the Yasinovast district of the DPR, they reported Telegram channel representation of the republic in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC).

12:00 The day before, six Ukrainian aircraft-type drones were shot down with small arms in the Kursk region, which became a record, a representative of the emergency services told RIA Novosti.

11:15 The Russian Armed Forces destroyed up to 100 soldiers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kherson region

By data of “Come and see,” the Ukrainian landing force had previously tried to create a bridgehead in the area of the village of Peschanivka, Kherson region.

“Up to 100 Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers were destroyed. The battle for the bridgehead continues,” the channel’s source said.

According to him, Russian artillery is now firing at the enemy.

Previously, the Ukrainian Armed Forces tried to gain a foothold in the area of the Kazachi Lagery, but failed.

11:15 Arrival at st. Zuevskaya in Kuybyshevsky district of Donetsk

10:42 Early in the morning, Ukrainian militants shelled Gorlovka

At 07:10 Moscow time from the village. In Nelepovka, 10 missiles from the MLRS were fired into the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka in the DPR.

There have been no reports of casualties or damage yet.

10:42 Russian air defense destroyed an air target on approach to the Rostov region - Vasily Golubev

The regional governor said there were no casualties or destruction.

09:43 Kherson region, reports Call sign Ossetian:

The night went very well, we tried several times to advance in the area of the railway Antonovsky another area, but our wing lads came from all over, there was no progress, there were wounded, dead, requesting evacuation. That side was not silent; before the landing, they worked along our shore with tanks and multiple rocket launchers. Unfortunately, there are losses.

Advancement in depth is not allowed, the boys get a solid five.

09:38 The commander of TOS-2 with the call sign “Snake” spoke about the use of a combat vehicle in the Northern Military District zone -video

“TOS-2 Tosochka,” he says, “is designed to destroy enemy fire groups, dugouts, shelters and buildings. This vehicle is on a wheeled chassis, which makes it more mobile.”

“Tosochka” has a significantly increased range of destruction – over twenty kilometers. Inflicts damage with high-power thermobaric projectiles.

“The crew is always ready to carry out tasks. Victory will be ours!" - the fighter is confident.

08:28 Summary on the morning of October 19, 2023

In the Kherson direction, the Russian Armed Forces yesterday opposed the attempt of the Ukrainian Armed Forces to increase its presence on our bank of the Dnieper in the area of the settlement. Peschanivka and Podstepnoe.

The enemy who advanced to the villages was covered with artillery fire and pressed against the Dnieper in the area of the railway bridge; the losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces amounted to more than 60 people on our bank alone. To defeat the enemy on the other side of the river, the Iskander tactical missile system was used. However, the enemy is increasing his efforts, skillfully trying to exploit our weaknesses.

In the Verbovoye area on the Zaporozhye front, enemy activity was stopped by a strike from our artillery and anti-tank missile systems. An armored fighting vehicle of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a pike with personnel were destroyed. Mutual artillery artillery attack continues, the Ukrainian Armed Forces do not experience a shortage of ammunition, using 203mm 2S7 Pion cannons to destroy our field positions.

The enemy transferred the 1st Separate Tank Brigade, 45th and 63rd Separate Rifle Brigades to the Avdeevsky direction. Our troops are increasing the density of artillery fire and air strikes.

Yesterday evening, the Ukrainian Armed Forces tried to attack targets in the Sevastopol area with Grom-2 and S-200 missiles. In the Belgorod region, an aircraft-type UAV was shot down, and villages were under fire. Dronovka of the Grayvoronsky urban district and Novaya Tavolzhanka. In the DPR, a civilian was wounded as a result of artillery attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.


08:07 Frontline summary for the morning of 10/19/2023

The Kherson-Crimean direction has become more active. Marines of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, with the support of artillery, are trying to gain a foothold on the final left bank of the Dnieper near Peschanivka and Podstepnoye. On their side, units trained by the Royal Marines of Great Britain take part in the battles. At the moment, it is difficult to say whether we are talking about a large-scale operation to cross the Dnieper, or whether this is just a diversionary maneuver to resume offensive operations on other sectors of the front. Russian artillery and aviation are hitting the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Kherson, Antonovka, Pridneprovsky, Novotyaginka and Berislav. The positions of the Russian Armed Forces in Gola Pristan, Alyoshki, Kazachi Lagery, Krynki, Korsunka, Dnepryanakh, Novaya Kakhovka and Kakhovka are under fire.

In the Zaporozhye direction, Russian troops, supported by long-range weapons, again counterattacked on the western approaches to the village of Rabotino. No success. Similar actions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Novoprokopovka and Verbovoy ended with the same result. The Russian Armed Forces also tried to push back the enemy in the Novopokrovka area. Ukrainian positions in Malye Shcherbaki, Shcherbaki, Novoandreevka, Novodanilovka and Malaya Tokmachka are under fire. Russian - in Nesteryanka, Kopany, Rovny, Sladkaya Balka, Il'chenkovo, Novopokrovka and Novofedorovka.

On the Donetsk Front, with the support of artillery, the Russian Armed Forces carried out offensive operations near Novomikhailovka, in Mar'inka, in the Severny region (a settlement west of Avdeevka), as well as on the southern, western and northwestern approaches to Avdievka. The Ukrainian Armed Forces counterattacked near the village of Krasnogorovka.

In the Luhansk direction, Russian troops tried to break through the Ukrainian defenses near Makeyevka and Nadezhda. No promotion. They had tactical success at Ivanovka (a settlement east of Kupyansk). In the Sinkovka area, the Ukrainian Armed Forces held their positions.


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