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Current information on the situation on the front line: May 7 (updated)
2024-05-08
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 23:58 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 05/07/2024 to 00:00 05/08/2024.

A total of 11 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 a civilian being injured. 4 employees of the DPR Ministry of Emergency Situations were injured.

DAMAGED:
Four residential buildings damaged by fire tanker

Five artillery attacks in the Donetsk direction
Five artillery attacks in the Gorlovka direction
One artillery attack in the Svetlodar direction.

A total of 39 units of various ammunition were fired.

23:30 Russian Strategic Aviation went for takeoff.

22:41 Kharkov region (border region). Precision strikes.

A new attack on a military facility of the Ukrainian Armed Forces is reported. The Ukrainian Armed Forces' electronic warfare system was damaged. Military equipment was damaged.

Our tactical aviation worked without entering the enemy’s air defense coverage area.

It is reported that about six Tu-95 missile carriers took off to carry out a combat mission. Cruise missiles are expected to be launched at enemy positions.

21:04 Telegram channel “lpr1 ” reports:

We are recording cases when in Kyiv, Zaporozhye and Krivoy Rog (possibly in several other cities) the Ukrainian Armed Forces began to deliver ammunition to bomb shelters, where civilians hide during an alarm.

19:56 Ukrainian channels report a “difficult situation” in Krasnogorovka.

19:52 Personnel assault on the village of Kislovka in the Kharkov region.

19:39 Defeat by a strike from the Lancet loitering munition of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' radio reconnaissance complex Khortitsa-M in Kamyshevakha.

19:14 Fighters of the “North” group destroyed the Czech installation “Vampire” -video.

18:50 Crews of FPV drones of the “Southern” group of forces “smash» Ukrainian Armed Forces facilities.

Operators of attack FPV drones of the “Southern” group of forces destroyed a dugout, equipment and personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donetsk direction of the Northern Military District.

Aerial reconnaissance detected enemy movements in one of the dugouts, as well as the movement of enemy equipment towards the line of combat contact. The professional work of the crews of FPV drone operators made it possible to strike the identified targets as quickly and effectively as possible. Objective control confirmed the destruction of a dugout, two armored combat vehicles and a concentration of manpower of the Ukrainian Armed Forces during an attempt to carry out rotation.

18:29 Compilation of personnel combat work of fighters of the 80th Arctic Brigade of the Russian Armed Forces in the Kherson direction.

17:55 Destruction of self-propelled guns of the Ukrainian Armed Forces with an accurate hit from the Lancet loitering ammunition performed by operators of the 83rd Guards Air Assault Brigade in the direction of Chasov-Yar.

17:49 Another destroyed M1A1 Abrams tank of the Ukrainian Armed Forces -video.

16:57 “Archangel of Special Forces” reports on the successes of the Russian Armed Forces in the Avdeevsky direction

Development of the attack towards the settlement. Novopokrovsky led to the fact that the Russian Armed Forces reached the southern outskirts of the village. The assault on the village is a matter of time. Previously, an M1 Abrams of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was shot down in this area.

15:50 Calculation of 122mm BM-21 MLRS "Grad" struck areas of concentration of manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The crew arrived at a pre-reconnaissance position at night, aimed the vehicle at the target and struck enemy positions with rockets at a distance of about 10 km.

14:40 The Archangel of Special Forces reports the situation in the direction of Chasov Yar:

“The situation remains difficult. Assault operations are underway in the forest to capture strongholds, because of the greenery it is difficult to fight. On the southern outskirts of the Channel, three servicemen of the 41st Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were captured, which once again confirms the presence of foreign specialists. The enemy is trying to organize a rotation and remove the wounded. Artillery forces fire at a suitable enemy.

There was no capture of Chas Yar and no entry, there are very heavy battles on the outskirts, the enemy bites seriously and uses a large number of FPV.”

14:15 Explosion in Chernomorsk, Odessa region.

14:05 The main thing from the new briefing of the Russian Ministry of Defense:

The Russian Armed Forces repelled a counterattack of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Ocheretin area in the DPR;

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 335 military personnel and a Leopard 1 tank in the area of responsibility of the Russian group of forces “West”;

Units of the Center group improved their tactical position, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 395 military personnel and an Abrams tank;

During the day, Russian air defense shot down 32 UAVs of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, seven Hammer bombs, seven Vampire MLRS shells;

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 600 soldiers and one tank in the area of responsibility of the Russian group “South”;

Units of the Vostok group occupied more advantageous positions within 24 hours, and the losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces amounted to up to 170 military personnel
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13:57 The Russian Armed Forces reached the outskirts of Novopokrovsky. Fighting for the village is expected to begin soon.

North of Ocheretino the fighting shifted towards Kalinovo. To the north-west of Ocheretino - in the direction of Novoaleksandrovka there are battles on the outskirts.

13:20 A British reconnaissance aircraft RC-135W Rivet Joint has arrived on the shores of Crimea. Car with call sign RRR7207 runs in the southwestern part of the Black Sea.

13:10 Kharkov direction, settlement Russian Tishki, Northern Wind reports: Lancet operator GV Severamazedan American armored Humvee car hiding in a destroyed building.

12:48 During the day, units of the Dnepr group of troops applied fire defeat of concentrations of manpower and equipment of the 141st Infantry, 65th Mechanized brigades, 35th Naval Infantry Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of Stepnoy, Rabotino and Tokarevka.

The enemy lost up to 40 military personnel, four 155mm M777 howitzers, a 152mm D-20 howitzer, a 122mm D-30 howitzer and the Nota electronic warfare station.

11:50 Russian troops entered the outskirts of Novopokrovsky in the Avdeevsky direction.

10:57 Units of the Vostok group of troops occupied more advantageous positions, defeated the formations of the 58th Motorized Infantry and 72nd Mechanized brigades in the areas of Vodyanoye, Makarovka and Prechistovka. We repelled an enemy counterattack in the Urozhayny area. The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces amounted to up to 160 military personnel, two tanks, three cars, a US-made M198 howitzer and three 122mm D-30s.

10:18 Destruction of the 100mm MT-12 “Rapier” anti-tank gun in the Kherson direction, operators of the 126th brigade worked -video.

10:05 Ukraine is pulling reserves to Konstantinovka to strengthen the flanks of the Ukrainian group in the Chasov Yar area, retired LPR Lieutenant Colonel Andrey Marochko said.

09:34 The Russian Armed Forces have advanced in the Novopokrovsky area, enemy analytical resources recognize it. Progress is also noted in Netailovo and south of Pervomaisky.

The high pace of hostilities continues in the area of Kislovka and Krakhmalny in the Kupyansky direction, the Military Correspondents of the Russian Spring clarified.

08:17 Personnel destruction of a Western-made Ukrainian Armed Forces howitzer from 152mm Msta-B

Reconnaissance discovered a howitzer in the Seversky direction of the Northern Military District zone. The command decided to hit the target with the 152mm Msta-B gun. The Msta-B crew of the Tula paratroopers completed the task using a drone, which adjusted the fire and then recorded the hit. After this, the fighters camouflaged the gun and went for cover.

08:14 Military personnel from the crew of the 122mm BM-21 Grad multiple launch rocket system of the Southern Group of Forces struck areas of concentration of manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Seversky direction. This was reported to the Russian Ministry of Defense.

08:11 Frontline summary for the morning of 05/07/2024:

Zaporozhye Front. LBS without any major changes. There are battles in Rabotino and north-west of Verbovoy.

Donetsk front: fighting along the entire front is in full swing. Fierce fighting continues in Krasnogorovka. The Russian Armed Forces are trying to gain a foothold in their positions. In Neiailovo and in the Umansky area there are oncoming battles, and the situation is similar in the Semyonovka and Berdychi areas. In the Ocheretino area, Russian troops continue to advance towards Aleksandrovka.

There are no significant changes in the LBS in the Chasovoyarsk direction. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are throwing reserves into battle to prevent the advance of Russian troops in the suburb of Chasov Yar. The Russian Aerospace Forces and artillery continue to actively work on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Encountering battles on the flanks in the Bogdanovka area and west of Ivanovsky (Krasny).

08:09 About 500 Ukrainian drones intercepted in Donetsk and its immediate surroundings in a week, the press service of the FSB department for the DPR reported.

08:04 The T-72B3 crew “destroyed” the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ ammunition depot on the right bank of the Dnieper.

On video– destruction from a closed firing position of a UAV control center and a field ammunition depot of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kherson region. Our tank crews fired from the T-72B3. The targets were discovered by UAV units during aerial reconnaissance. The command decided to destroy them with tank fire. The T-72B3 crew, using the terrain, quickly arrived at the firing position. Having completed the task, the tankers left the position.

08:00 Su-25 attack aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the zone of responsibility of the Vostok group of forces. According to the reports of the forward aircraft gunner, all of the indicated targets were successfully hit. The flight went as usual.

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