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Current information on the situation on the front line: May 19 (updated)
2024-05-20
Direct Translation Via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 23:59 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 05/19/2024 to 00:00 05/20/2024.

A total of 17 facts of armed attacks by the UFU were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC over the past 24 hours.

Two civilians were reported killed and one civilian was also injured.

DAMAGED:
5 cars

Ten artillery attacks in the Donetsk direction,
Six artillery attacks in the Gorlovka direction,
One artillery attack in the Volnovakha direction,
A total of 42 units of various ammunition were fired.

21:00 Ukrainian troops fired from MLRS at the city of Shebekino in the Belgorod region, reported head of the region Vyacheslav Gladkov.

19:49 Units of the Russian Armed Forces continue to push back the enemy, striking positions -video.

18:57 Several explosions were heard in the Odessa region, Ukrainian channels write. An air raid alert has been declared in most of Ukraine.

18:45 The Russian army broke through the defenses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Pologovsky area and advanced up to one and a half kilometers towards the city of Gulyaypole in the Zaporozhye region, Rogov said.

18:10 Units of the North group of troops as a result of active actions continue to liberate populated areas and advance into the depths of enemy defenses.

The commander of a tank battalion with the call sign “Bure” told how combat work began and continues to liberate settlements on the border of the Khar'kov and Belgorod regions.

17:45 As a result of the artillery attack of the village of Aleksandrovka, located near Donetsk, two people were killed - a man and a woman.

17:20 An explosion occurred in the suburbs of Dnieper in Ukraine.

17:05 The crew of the 200th Artillery Brigade of the Vostok group hit an enemy infantry fighting vehicle -video.

16:40 Guides discovered and destroyed American Stryker infantry fighting vehicle near Volchansk.

16:05 Assault detachments of the “Southern” group of troops carry out combat coordination at training grounds in the rear areas of the Northern Military District.

At the training ground, attack aircraft study the use of tactical techniques of movement during a shooting battle, suppression of firing points and sniper positions using hand assault grenades, anti-tank grenade launchers and small arms in conditions of visual contact with the enemy.

15:47 Bomber aviation of the 11th Air Force and Air Defense Army uses FAB-500 at positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and material warehouses in Makarovka -video.

14:40 VKS bomb New York (DPR, occupied by the Ukrainian Armed Forces).

“NGP RaZVedka” reports that for the second day, without a break, the Russian Aerospace Forces have been carrying out strikes in the area of the settlement of New York (former village of Novgorodskoye) rounds and bombs of special caliber fly in commercial quantities to the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Active work is being carried out on firing positions and places where enemy forces are concentrated.

14:20 Combat Job of scouts from the 2nd Army Corps for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

13:40 UAVs of the Russian Armed Forces track down and destroy enemy equipment in the Khar'kov region -video.

13:15 The main thing from the new briefing of the Russian Ministry of Defense:

The Vostok group of troops occupied more advantageous positions, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 105 military personnel in its area of ??responsibility;

The fighters of the “North” group continue to advance deeper into the defense of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the forces of the “Foreign Legion” were hit;

The “North” group repulsed 5 counterattacks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of Volchansk, Liptsy, Tikhoy, Khar'kov region;

Air defense systems shot down 103 Ukrainian drones, 12 ATACMS missiles and 4 Hammer bombs during the day;

The “West” group of troops occupied more advantageous positions and destroyed up to 440 Ukrainian Armed Forces fighters;

The southern group of troops improved the position along the front line and repelled an attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Novomikhailovka;

The Center group of troops improved the tactical situation and repelled seven Ukrainian counterattacks.

12:34 An explosion occurred in Krivoy Rog in south-eastern Ukraine, reported the publication “Zerkalo Nedeli”.

12:05 About the successes of the Russian Armed Forces in the settlement. Krasnogorovka reports Front Bird.

At least two Ukrainian Armed Forces infantry fighting vehicles were shot down, including Bradley. In addition, the work of our Su-25M of the Russian Aerospace Forces, which is actively using unguided missiles against enemy positions, is also reported.

11:55 An explosion occurred in the suburbs of Khar'kov, reports the Ukrainian publication “Public”.

11:15 Military expert Boris Rozhin reports on Rabotino. There is no enemy in the village. The forward positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces are now north of the outskirts of Rabotino.

There is a rotation of battered units. The enemy continues to strengthen the defense line south of Orekhov, fearing increased pressure from the Russian Armed Forces in this direction.

10:32 Units of the Vostok group of troops occupied more advantageous positions,inflicteddefeat of manpower and equipment of the 58th Motorized Infantry Brigade, 128th Territorial Defense brigade in the Urozhainy and Staromayorsky areas. We repelled four counterattacks by assault groups of the 72nd Mechanized Brigade in the areas of Vladimirovka and Novomayorsky.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 155 military personnel, two infantry fighting vehicles, two cars, an American-made 155mm M198 howitzer, and a 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount.

10:25 Artillerymen destroyed Croatian MLRS RAK-12. After an accurate hit by a projectile, spontaneous launch of rockets occurs.

10:17 In the Black Sea near Crimea fixed the RQ-4 is an American Global Hawk strategic reconnaissance drone that performs aerial reconnaissance.

09:51 RF Armed Forces destroyed American M777 howitzer and German IRIS-T air defense system.

Units of the Dnepr group of troops hit manpower and equipment of the 35th Marine Brigade and the 65th Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Ivanovo and Rabotino. The enemy lost up to 65 military personnel, two tanks, four cars, an American M777 howitzer, a 155mm German FH70 howitzer and a 152mm Msta-B howitzer.

The Russian Armed Forces destroyed the IRIS-T air defense system and a storage warehouse for enemy unmanned boats. Russian fighters also attacked the Ukrainian Armed Forces in 134 districts. Our air defense systems shot down 37 UAVs, Tochka-U, HIMARS and Alder. Two fast unmanned boats of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were also destroyed on the Dnieper.

09:30 Ukrainian Telegram channels reported about the “arrivals” of cabs in the Khar'kov region.

09:25 Situation in Chasov Yar:

98 Airborne Forces Airborne Forces continue to move and carry out assault operations in the village. New and microdistrict Canal.

Fierce fighting is taking place. Several more houses are occupied, they are being cleared, there is some small progress, but very difficult.

There are also advances in the Kanal microdistrict, there are shooting battles. The enemy is actively using FPV and a tank.

08:22 Operators of UAV 795 of a separate special forces detachment of the 36th Army destroyed a machine gun crew of the Armed Forces of Ukraine - video.

08:14 Destroyed in the Artemovsk direction, Ukrainian BMP-2 and an Australian-made Bushmaster PMV armored car.

08:07 Su-25 attack aircraft inflicted a strike against camouflaged enemy equipment and manpower in the zone of responsibility of the Center group of troops. According to the reports of the forward aircraft gunner, all of the indicated targets were successfully hit.

08:00 During the past 24 hours, Ukrainian troops fired at the DPR 31 times, firing 85 rounds of ammunition, the republic’s representative office in the JCCC reported.

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