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Current information on the situation on the front line: January 3 (updated)
2024-01-04
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 23:58 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 01/03/2023 to 00:00 01/04/2024

?Over the past 24 hours, the Representative Office has recorded 75 cases of firing by the Ukrainian Federal Unitary Unit.

Information was received about the injury of two civilians in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk, Yasinovataya.

Eight residential buildings were damaged in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, Yelenovka, Tsentralno-Gorodsky, Nikitovsky districts of Gorlovka, as well as three civil infrastructure facilities.

Areas of five settlements of the Republic were under enemy fire: Gorlovka (Tsentralno-Gorodskoy, Nikitovsky districts), Yasinovatsky district, the capital city of Donetsk (Kievsky, Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Kirovsky, Chervonogvardeysky districts), Yelenovka.

In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out 42 attacks from MLRS and 155mm artillery, incl. with a cassette warhead.

At Gorlivske there were 25 artillery attacks from 152 and 155mm artillery, incl. with a cassette warhead.

At Yasinovatsky there were eight artillery attacks from 155mm artillery.

A total of 257 units of various ammunition were fired.

In the previous day, 51 artillery attacks were recorded from the AFU.

22:10 Front bird broadcasts: Sumy region. Arrival. 03.01 22:00

Local telegram channels report an explosion in an industrial area.
The Russian Aerospace Forces continues to destroy enemy military infrastructure.

20:40 Blank cartridges and wooden grenades: captured Ukrainian soldier told about training in the UK

Prisoner of war Yevgeny Kirillov was trained in Great Britain. There, servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as Kirillov said, were trained in clearing trenches as part of small assault groups and in medicine, but the training was mainly carried out using blank cartridges and wooden grenades.

“They didn’t teach normal shooting ranges or defense,” said the prisoner of war

Kirillov said that during the battle, during which his group was captured, the servicemen requested permission from the command to retreat, but they were ordered to take up a perimeter defense and wait for reinforcements. However, no one came to help. The Ukrainian Armed Forces group found itself surrounded by Russian troops and decided to surrender.

19:40 Front bird broadcasts: Kharkov region 03.01

A second explosion was reported in the eastern part of the region.

The air raid warning did not sound.

Our rocketeers performed preliminary training by using a high-precision missile against an enemy fortified area and an armed forces workshop.

18:40 Front bird broadcasts: Kupyansk direction. district settlement Sin'kovka 03.01

Front-line aviation units struck deep into the enemy's rear positions.

It is reported that an enemy stronghold and an artillery crew of the Ukrainian Armed Forces have been hit.

With the forces of our two assault companies, we managed to occupy several enemy defensive fortifications.

17:40 Frontline reports: in the Krasnolimansky direction, the Russian Armed Forces established a foothold in forest plantations east of the village of Makeevka.

16:40 Frontline reports: Most of the NATO garbage “leopards” in Hochland are no longer combat-ready.

15:40 Telegram channel «Fisherman» about the night attack of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on Crimea

That night, loud pops of air defense operations were heard throughout Sevastopol. Exactly after a massive strike by the Russian Armed Forces, Ukrainian forces tried to strike back at the peninsula.

Two S-200 anti-aircraft missiles were fired from the vicinity of the Alibey test site in the Odessa region. One of them was shot down on approach to Sevastopol, and the second fell in the area of Mount Kara-Boba without causing any damage.

Apparently, the Ukrainian Armed Forces again tried to attack the warehouses and infrastructure of the Black Sea Fleet on the northern side of Sevastopol and in the vicinity of Inkerman.

At the same time, units of the 31st Air Force and Air Defense Divisions marked up to six air targets. Presumably, two more S-200s fell into the water west of Cape Fiolent, before reaching Crimea.

And two more missiles (based on the speed and flight path we can conclude that these were anti-ship Neptunes) flew past Sevastopol and their signal was lost in the direction of Novorossiysk.

Apparently, the Ukrainian Armed Forces were aiming at some other objects, but the missiles, either due to a failure in the system or due to the active operation of electronic warfare, strayed from the trajectory and subsequently fell into the water.

As a result, the enemy attack failed. And, looking at the nature of its conduct, it seems that the Ukrainians were in a hurry, trying to interrupt the information feed, but to no avail. However, repeated attempts are possible in the coming days, including with the use of cruise missiles.

13:40 Front bird broadcasts: Khar'kov direction 03.02 13:30

Aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces attacked the enemy with several UVAB 250 and UVAB 500 aircraft.

Powerful explosions were heard and seen.

12:30 Front bird broadcasts: Avdeevskoe direction. district settlement Krasnogorovka 03.01

Assault units of the Russian Armed Forces smoke out the enemy from their positions.

Early in the morning we processed the identified enemy points using AGS and 82mm. mortar.

11:40 Front bird broadcasts: Sumy region 03.01

By tradition, local telegram channels report the sound of an explosion in the southern part of the region.

There were no reports of enemy air defense operations.

Apparently our tactical aviation has worked.

10:20 Criminal Kyiv regimecontinuesto fire at the civilian infrastructure of settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired from cannon artillery:

-- n.p. Krynki 27 rounds;

-- n.p. Kazachi Lagery five rounds;

-- n.p. Alyosha nine rounds;

-- n.p. Novaya Mayachka three rounds;

-- n.p. Obryvka of four rounds;

-- n.p. Dnepryan four rounds;

-- n.p. Podlesnoe three rounds;

-- n.p. Korsunka two rounds.

During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the village. Krynki, n.p. Podstepnoye, n.p. Korsunka, n.p. Aleshki, n.p. Dnepryany, n.p. Golaya Pristan, firing a total of 33 rounds from cannon artillery.

Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being determined.

09:40 Telegram channel Fisherman: chronicle of a special military operation: events of December 29, 2023 – January 2, 2024

Russian troops launched a series of combined strikes against targets in the territory of so-called Ukraine. In the Lviv region, the house-museum of the odious German collaborator Roman Shukhevych was destroyed.

In Khar'kov, industrial enterprises, warehouses and a tram depot were hit. At the same time, objects on the territory of the Malyshev tank plant received significant damage.

The enemy's targets in the Ukrainian capital were subjected to the most massive attack. One of the targets hit was the Mayak plant, which produces firearms.

Ukrainian forces responded by launching missile attacks on crowded areas in the center of Belgorod. Civilian objects were damaged, 24 people were killed and 131 civilians were injured.

Meanwhile, in the Northern Military District zone, fierce fighting continues along the entire line of contact. In the Svatovsky direction, Russian troops hit several Leopard 2A5 tanks east of the village of Terny.

In the Donetsk direction, Russian troops continue the operation to cover the Avdeevsky fortified area. In recent days, units of the Russian Armed Forces have managed to slightly expand the zone of control in the direction of Ocheretino and Novokalinovo.

In the Orekhovsky sector, Russian troops resumed their offensive at the Rabotino-Verbovoye line. In recent days, servicemen of the Russian Armed Forces have managed to occupy most of the Krivaya ravine.

09:10 Official summary of Representative offices of the DPR in the JCCC from 00:00 01/02/2023 to 00:00 01/03/2024

Over the past 24 hours, the Representation has recorded 51 incidents of firing from the AFU.

There were no reports of civilian casualties.

No damage to residential buildings and civil infrastructure was recorded.

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

In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out 29 attacks from 155mm artillery, incl. with a cassette warhead.

On Gorlovsky there were 21 artillery attacks from 152mm and 155mm artillery.

On Yasinovatsky one artillery attack from 155mm artillery.

In total, 160 units of various ammunition were fired.

In the previous day, 58 artillery attacks were recorded from the Ukrainian forces.

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