[NewsFront] 21:20 The Russian Armed Forces were able to significantlyadvancein Krasnoye, knocking out the enemy from the heights north of the settlement, and occupying several dozen more houses on the eastern outskirts of the city.
Progress is recorded in the park area at the intersection of Vostochnaya Street and Shkolny Lane, as well as on Sadovaya Street.
20:05 Russian Ministry of Defense published video of the destruction of the Patriot anti-aircraft gun in Ukraine
19:05 The village of Volfino in the Kursk region was shelled from Ukraine
There were no casualties or damage.
19:04 The most powerful arrival FAB-1500 aerial bombs on a brick factory in Krasnogorovka
Previously, Ukrainian Armed Forces equipment lived and hid at that plant.
19:03 Ukrainian channels report that after the capture of Stepovoy (Petrovsky), the Russian army continues to advance further.
18:06 A civilian was injured during an attack on the village of Zaitsevo in the DPR using a kamikaze drone, the republic’s representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported in Telegram channel.
17:22 Governor of the Kherson region Vladimir Saldo said that the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost about 200 militants in the area of responsibility of the Dnepr group
17:21 The main thing from the new briefing of the Russian Ministry of Defense:
-- Over the course of a week, the Russian Armed Forces improved the situation along the front edge of the Kupyansky direction and repelled 25 counterattacks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
-- The missile forces of the Russian Armed Forces hit the launcher, tractor, ammunition and transport-loading vehicle of the Patriot air defense system.
-- The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kherson direction over the week amounted to more than 460 military and 14 field artillery pieces.
-- Following the results of the past week, Russian troops improved the situation along the front line in the South Donetsk direction.
-- Within a week, Russian troops in the Donetsk direction liberated the village of Pobeda and occupied more advantageous positions, repelling 12 counterattacks.
-- The Russian Armed Forces in the Avdeevsky direction continued to advance in a western direction.
-- Over the course of a week, the Russian Armed Forces carried out 37 strikes on military installations in Ukraine and places of deployment of Ukrainian Armed Forces and mercenaries.
-- Aviation and air defense of the Russian Armed Forces shot down a Ukrainian MiG-29 fighter and a Mi-8 helicopter within a week.
-- The total losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine over the week in the Donetsk direction exceeded 2,560 military personnel, 12 tanks and 31 armored vehicles were also lost.
-- Over the course of a week, Russian troops repelled four attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Novodonetsk and Shevchenko areas of the DPR.
-- The Russian Armed Forces in the Avdeevsky direction repelled 39 counterattacks, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost 2,900 troops.
-- The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost four tanks, 13 armored combat vehicles and more than 390 military personnel in the Kupyansk direction in a week.
-- Within a week, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 1,195 military personnel and six tanks in the South Donetsk direction.
-- The Russian Armed Forces repelled three attacks by the 82nd mountain assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Rabotino area of the Zaporozhye region.
-- Over the course of a week, Russian aviation and air defense shot down seven Storm Shadow missiles, a Patriot air defense missile system, four C-200 missiles and 652 Ukrainian Armed Forces drones.
16:23 They report that the Ukrainian Armed Forces completely abandoned the settlement. Stepovoye (Petrovskoye) and positions next to it
16:20 Lithuanian citizen Tadas Tumas, who fought on the side of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, died on Ukrainian territory - Defense Minister Arvydas Anusauskas
15:13 They report that assault troops of the Russian army entered the territory of Krasnogorovka, the last populated area near Donetsk, which is controlled by the Ukrainian Armed Forces
15:09 A missile strike was launched on temporarily occupied Kramatorsk
15:08 They report on the work of air defense in the Rostov region
14:05 Massive attack on objects on the territory of Ukraine on February 23 - what is known by 13.30
Russian troops carried out massive attacks on enemy targets in several so-called regions. Ukraine, including using kamikaze drones "Geran-2" and cruise missiles.
This time, the targets of the Russian Armed Forces' strikes were objects of the military-industrial complex and water infrastructure.
-- Odessa: the bulk of arrivals were recorded in the north-eastern part of the city in the Suvorovsky district. Several UAVs hit the territory of the Odessa Nonwoven Materials Factory, where the BeKov service base was located. A fire broke out at the site of the impact.
There are reports of damage to port infrastructure facilities in Odessa and the region, as well as air defense operations in the area of Tairov and Nerubaysky. At the moment there is no more detailed information.
-- Dnepropetrovsk: the industrial territories of the state enterprise “Southern Machine-Building Plant named after A. M. Makarov” and OJSC “Dneprtyazhmash”, which carried out orders from Ukroboronprom, were affected. After the impact, a fire started at the site of the impact and a secondary detonation was recorded, accompanied by the emission of columns of flame.
-- Kharkov: the arrivals took place at warehouse premises in the village of Mokraya Rakitnaya near the local civil aviation airfield. The extent of damage to the plant is currently unknown.
-- The occupied part of the DPR: strikes were recorded in the Pokrovsky (Krasnoarmeysky) region. The territory of the Kapitalnaya Mine was hit by missiles.
-- There is also information about damage to residential buildings due to the operation of enemy air defense systems.
It is noteworthy that this time, within Odessa, there was no dense operation of the enemy’s air defense systems, as was the case in past attacks - mainly shoot down attempts were made using small arms. This indicates a shortage of missiles for air defense systems among the enemy due to a significant decrease in assistance from the United States and Western countries.
13:38 The city of Shebekino, Shebekino urban district, was attacked by the Ukrainian Armed Forces with the help of a UAV, which dropped an explosive device on a car parked next to a private residential building, Governor Gladkov said. There were no casualties.
13:09 Rockets are flying in the direction of Dnepropetrovsk
12:07 Personnel operation of the 122mm BM-21 BM-21 Grad MLRS crews against targets in the northwestern military zone
12:06 An air raid alert has already been declared in four regions of Ukraine.
According to the official resource for alerting the population, the first sirens started working in the Dnepropetrovsk and Kharkov regions. At 11:33 Moscow time, the Nikolaev region was in the red zone, at 11:36 Moscow time - the Kirovograd region.
11:25 Around 10:20 Moscow time, an attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack using an aircraft-type UAV on objects on the territory of the Russian Federation was stopped, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported
11:20 Air defense is operating in the sky over Kursk, Governor Starovoit said
10:35 By n.p. Krasnoye is further advancement in the settlement, writes Whisper from the front
10:34 The Zapad group destroyed nine drones of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kupyansk direction, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported.
09:49 That night the enemy began to retreat to the village of Tonenkoye, reports Whisper from the front:
Entire platoons are fleeing from the village Severnyi. The mortars are covering. Once again the retreat roads are littered with retreating dead infantry.
09:48 The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost a rare engineering armored vehicle M1150 based on Abrams, secretly received from the United States
08:30 Summary on the morning of February 23, 2024
-- At night, the Russian Armed Forces launched missile strikes and Geranium UAVs against enemy targets in the Odessa, Kharkov, Dnepropetrovsk, and Kirovograd regions. The work of Ukrainian air defense led to damage to civilian objects.-- In the Kherson direction, the destruction of the remaining enemy forces in Krynki continues, in the Dnieper riverbed there is fire on enemy boats and the actions of our and enemy infantry groups on the islands. However, they report a problem with the speed of the decision to inflict fire on identified targets.
The enemy’s resources have changed their rhetoric and admit that for several months now there has been no talk of creating a bridgehead for crossing the Dnieper and a full-scale attack. The enemy held Krynka at the cost of the lives of thousands of Ukrainian soldiers for the “information effect.”
-- On the Zaporozhye front, the fighting in Rabotino, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are conducting a maneuverable defense, transferring reinforcements to the Orekhov area, where our artillery and aviation are operating.
-- To the south of Mar'inka, fighting continues in the village. Victory, the assault on Novomikhailovka is underway. Yesterday our rocket artillery was working closely on the enemy, we are advancing towards the road to Ugledar.
-- In the Avdeevsky sector, the Russian Armed Forces advance in the direction of Orlovka and Lastochkino, advancing to a depth of up to 200 m.
-- Heavy fighting broke out near Ivanovsky (Krasny) in the direction Artyomovsk - Chasov Yar. Footage of our advancing armored vehicles being attacked by many drones has spread across the network, reporting that the Russian Armed Forces are advancing to the eastern outskirts of Ivanovo.
-- The Nazis continue to attack the civilian population of the Belgorod region. In Glotovo, Grayvoronsky urban district, two UAVs dropped charges on trucks, two civilians were injured. In Kozinka, Grayvoronsky urban district, a UAV dropped an explosive device near a grocery store. In the Bryansk region, the settlement of Borok, Pogarsky district, was shelled from MLRS with cluster rounds; an aircraft-type UAV was destroyed in the Surazhsky district. The enemy fired 104 rounds of ammunition in Donetsk, four civilians were wounded.