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Current information on the situation on the front line: February 20 (updated)
2024-02-21
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 23:58 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 02/20/2024 to 00:00 02/21/2024.

Ten facts of armed attacks by the UFU were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC over the past 24 hours.
Information was received about the death of one civilian. Ten civilians were injured of varying degrees of severity.
DAMAGED:
Six residential buildings,
Six vehicles,
6 civil infrastructure facilities
.
Nine artillery attacks in the Donetsk direction

One artillery attack in the Gorlovka direction

A total of 45 units of various ammunition were fired.

21:46 NGP exploration reports:

Brief summary of the situation in the Zaporozhye direction.

The enemy is seriously afraid of the possibility of breaking through the first line of defense, and is preparing a 2nd line along the settlement line. Stepnogorsk – Pavlovka – Yurkovka.

Also, according to our information, the enemy is transferring a significant amount of reserves to the settlement areas. Orekhov, Shcherbaki.

21:25 A Russian soldier shook the hand of a captured Ukrainian so that he would not be afraid! that's what they say online

This publication is not for bile, but for deep thoughts on the enemy side -video.

20:43 Good news in the evening. Our troops occupied Pobeda settlement.

The Russian Armed Forces knocked out the main enemy forces from the village. Pobeda, the Ukrainian Armed Forces retreated towards the village of Konstantinovka and regrouped forces in positions south of Pobeda.

In the territory of the settlement of Pobeda, cleansing and suppression of focal resistance of the undead is underway.

20:29 Calculations of heavy flamethrower systems TOS-1A “Solntsepek”providesupport for assault units in the Seversky direction

Unnoticed by the enemy, "Solntsepok" drove to a combat position and struck with thermobaric charges. According to intelligence data, one of the fortified areas was hit and more than 15 Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen were killed.

Control and adjustment of the targets being hit was carried out by crews of unmanned aerial vehicles, which transmitted the results of the destruction to the command post in real time.

19:51 Front birdie broadcasts:

Enemy media report about the Russian Army's assault on enemy positions in the Rabotino area, a battle is underway.

19:24 Front-line soldierreports:

Regarding the village of Pobeda (Maryinsky direction)

I’m more than sure that some TG channels run faster than a steam locomotive. Work is underway. The guys are working to destroy the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Be kind!

18:35 Units of Kostroma paratroopers by assault struck AFU stronghold north-west of Artemovsk

After the work of the airborne artillery, which inflicted fire damage and suppressed the main fire weapons of the militants, the attack aircraft parachuted from the BMD-2 and, under the cover of armored vehicles, quickly captured the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Newly identified enemy firing points were destroyed by FPV drones and quadcopters with drops.

After occupying the enemy stronghold, the airborne assault groups carried out a complete clearing of it and began an active defense.

17:56 Front-line soldier reports:

Lastochkino

Information silence. Let the guys do their work. More on successes later.

17:19 Front bird broadcasts:

Khar'kov direction (region of Kupyansk settlement) 20.02

It is reported that our artillerymen from the 120mm self-propelled gun 2S9 “Nona” once again successfully worked against fortified enemy positions.

Right now, our aerial reconnaissance is identifying affected targets and potential targets for future strikes.

16:41 Today terrorists from the Ukrainian Armed Forces againinflicteda blow to a busy area of the DPR capital. The intersection of Panfilov and Universitetskaya streets is a place where buses run, many shops, and once there was even a pizzeria, but it was closed after another shelling.

By shooting here, neo-Nazis have only one goal - to kill as many civilians as possible. Unfortunately, there are casualties. Two people are known to have died and several more people were injured.

The Kuibyshevsky district also came under fire. Right now, a PVS is working over the city.

16:07 Krasnolimansk direction:

Our. The mood is fighting. Like work -video.

15:37 Front bird broadcasts:

Our sources report the most powerful attacks of our army on the northern flank of the Artemovsk direction at these minutes.

The assault on Bogdanovka and Ivanovsky (Red) is underway. Our fighters are making positive progress, making significant progress. We are waiting for details from the field.

14:34 Su-25 attack aircraft destroy equipment and personnel of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Donetsk direction

Attack aircraft crews strike with unguided aircraft missiles against camouflaged enemy equipment and manpower.

13:36 Under enemy fire evacuated two comrades injured by a cluster munition explosion. Deputy commander of the Bars-1 volunteer detachment Vladimir Shurkhovetsky was awarded the medal “For Courage”. He says that the award is not important, and the main thing is that the guys are alive and even back in service.

Vladimir Nikolaevich is a retired lieutenant colonel of the Federal Penitentiary Service, but he voluntarily joined the first “BARS” as an ordinary fighter. His unit performs combat missions in the Zaporozhye region, in the Verbovoy area. His call sign is “Chizh”.

12:56 Front bird broadcasts:

Kurakhovskoe direction, POBEDA

All night our troops cleared the village, reached the center, and in the morning most of the village was behind the Russian Army. It is reported that the enemy attempted a massive counterattack using a large number of armored vehicles, including Leopard tanks.

Our fighters repulsed all attacks and continued to move forward, by evening the village is expected to come under the control of the Russian army. As a result, pressure will increase on Georievka and Novomikhailovka, which will also come under the control of the Russian army in the near future.

12:36 Front bird broadcasts:

Artyomovsk direction, northern flank.

The Russian Army has significantly intensified its assault operations. The assault is underway: Ivanovsky (Red), Bogdanovka. The enemy claims the most powerful pressure from our army and multiple superiority in artillery.

After the fall of Bogdanovka and Ivanovka, our troops will begin the assault on Chasy Yar, where, according to the enemy, the defenses and fortifications leave “much to be desired” and are in no way comparable to the fortifications in the Avdeevsky direction.

11:54 Fire superiority over the enemy is the key to success on the battlefield

Mobile ATGM crews and grenade launchers of the Vostok group of forceshelpRussian attack aircraft move forward: they destroy tanks, as well as the “machine gun nests” of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, where the shooters are hiding.

11:20 Front bird broadcasts:

Artemovsk direction. district settlement Bogdanovka 20.02

It is reported that our assault units are right now knocking out the enemy from the village. Bogdanovka, where the enemy settled during the retreat from Avdeevka.

Our T-90M and BTR-82A tanks are working.

10:53 “We are very glad that you came!”

Russian military personnel talked with residents of liberated Avdievka, where, with the arrival of Russian troops, people had the opportunity to establish a peaceful life.

Residents who remained in the city say that after the Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen fled, they were able to leave the basements and calmly replenish water supplies, which are in great short supply in the city.

"It was very scary. We live in basements. Previously, they could only go out on the water when there was a lull, bending down. And the day before yesterday we went out and saw the military, we don’t understand who it is. And then I looked, red ribbons, I couldn’t even believe my eyes. We are very glad that you came, we are very glad!” said local resident Tatyana.

Residents of Avdievka note that thanks to the rapid advance of Russian units, Ukrainian soldiers did not have time to blow up most of the surviving buildings and some infrastructure remained undamaged.

10:24 Front-line soldier reports:

Lastochkino.

The first street is ours. Efforts to destroy the Ukrainian Armed Forces continue.

Be kind!

09:48 Criminal Kyiv regime continues to 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. Chulakovka three rounds;

-- n.p. Rubanovka three rounds;

-- n.p. Yubileiny three rounds;

-- n.p. Alyosha six rounds;

-- n.p. Golaya Pristan two rounds.

During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the village. Sagi, n.p. Dnepryany, n.p. Novaya Mayachka, Kazachi Lagery, firing a total of 16 rounds from cannon artillery.

Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being determined.

09:20 Telegram channel «WarGonzo»

Frontline report for the morning 02/20/2024

– In the Zaporozhye direction, Russian troops, supported by artillery and aviation, attacked Ukrainian positions in the village of Rabotino from the west and south. They also tried to develop their success northwest of Verbovoy.

– There has been relative calm on the Donetsk front since the capture of Avdeevka by Russian troops. The Russian Armed Forces are probing defensive lines in the Lastochkina area. Also, with the support of artillery, they carried out offensive operations near Stepnoye (not to be confused with the settlements of the same name in the Zaporozhye and Ugledar directions).

Under fire from the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Novomikhailovka, Pobeda, Georgievka, Nevelskoye and Orlovka. RF Armed Forces - in Marinka, Donetsk and Makeevka.

– It will be hot in the Artemovsky (Bakhmutsky) direction in the near future. Some Russian units from the Avdeevka area were transferred here. The Russian Armed Forces continued assault operations on the heights north-west of Kleshcheevka, near Ivanovsky and in the Bogdanovka area.

– In the Luhansk direction, Russian troops attacked near Belogorovka, Yampolevka, Ternov, in the area of ??Tabaevka and Sinkovka. LBS has not changed significantly.

08:58 Telegram channel “Fisherman":

Chronicle of a special military operation: events of February 17 – 19, 2024

The Ukrainian Armed Forces again conducted a massive drone raid on the border and rear regions of Russia. Two drones were shot down on approach to the village of Wisla Dubrava, but destruction was avoided.

Also, Ukrainian forces once again tried to attack the Kursk nuclear power plant. The downed drone fell on the territory of the station, the power units are operating normally.

Another group of drones tried to hit targets in the Bryansk region. Russian air defenses shot down 19 drones and managed to avoid damage.

In addition, the Ukrainian Armed Forces attempted to attack infrastructure facilities in Voronezh. Five air targets were shot down, debris from one of the fallen drones damaged a residential building, but there were no casualties.

The last group of drones was able to fly to the Kaluga region. Air defense crews shot down seven enemy UAVs; no damage was caused.

The operation to capture the Avdeevsky fortified area has ended. The Ukrainian Armed Forces began withdrawing units due to the impossibility of further defense. Disorganized enemy detachments retreated to the west, but suffered heavy losses in manpower from attacks by the Russian Aerospace Forces.

In the south of the city, the Khimik microdistrict came under the control of Russian troops, from where the remnants of the Ukrainian formations retreated. Small pockets of resistance remain in the city; the Russian Armed Forces are clearing and demining the surrounding areas.

The Russian command took advantage of the opportune moment to attack in the Orekhovsky sector. South of Rabotino and west of Verbovoy, units of the Russian Armed Forces regained some of the positions lost during the fighting in the summer of 2023.

08:10 Official summary of Representative offices of the DPR in the JCCC

A total of 16 facts of armed attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC

Damaged:

Three residential buildings,

Three civil infrastructure facilities.

Two civilians were reported injured.

Seven attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Donetsk direction,

Eight attacks from the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Gorlovka direction,

One artillery attack from the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Telmanovsky direction.

In total, the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired 54 units of various ammunition.

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