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[LB] The Avdiyivka offensive operation under the command of the commander of the enemy troop group "Yug" and the defensive operation of the Tavriya anti-aircraft missile defense system led by General Tarnavskyi will still be investigated, but we can already look at the front prospects through the prism of the battles in the Avdiyivka area.
What is it, this Avdiev prism?
Let's start from the end - with the results of the sides of the confrontation: the enemy captured Avdiivka, and our "Tavria", accordingly, retreated.
Why?
by Viktor Kevlyuk
Center for Defense Strategies
The enemy concentrated the troops of the 2nd and 41st Armies, most of the troops of the 8th Army (the 1st AK of the so-called "DPR" a long time ago — a combination of the 8th Army and the 2nd AK " LPR") and the 90th tank division. The number at various stages of the operation was from 65,000 to 80,000 military personnel and about 10,000–12,000 reserves (mainly the formation of the backbone of the mobilization reserve, territorial troops, BARS, etc.).
There was also a significant advantage in the main types of weapons and military equipment: about 450 tanks, 1,300 BBM, 1,200 guns and up to 300 anti-aircraft guns. It is worth noting that the life-giving Javelin taught the enemy - and he created a reserve of equipment to quickly replenish losses: directly in the areas of concentration in the operational direction, the enemy kept up to 100 tanks, 220 BBM, up to 60 guns and 30 self-propelled guns. The choice of the 2nd and 41st armies, which were transferred to Avdiivka from the Lyman direction, can be explained by their relatively light composition - three brigades each, that is, it is much easier to maneuver them and provide them, and it is easier to achieve operational suddenness. Russia began to reorder their army compositions in 2009, after reorganizing their army with the additions of brigades around 1989, something they had not done since WWII.
For comparison, the 90th TD was the last to be deployed (it is difficult to move 300 tanks from one direction to another and not get burned at the same time). Part of the forces of this division remained in the Lyman direction almost until the end of the Avdiiv operation. The 8th Army was near Avdiivka almost from the beginning of the invasion and only needed to restore combat capability.
ABOUT THE DEFENSE OPERATION IN AVDIIVKA. TIME TO DO MORE
For the first time, we saw the creation and implementation of air superiority, including air support for ground troops. Although the latter did not take place in the classic version - there were no advanced air gunners among the attacking infantry, but missile and bomb strikes were carried out clearly in the interests of the ground forces. The aviation component operating in the interests of the Yug Air Force had 182 combat aircraft, 147 helicopters, of which up to 70 were attack aircraft.
In order to cover the groups from our air strikes, an air defense system, echeloned in height and range, was deployed, while the density of means was almost twice the standard requirement.
The operation was materially and technically secured in advance, actively using communications, primarily the railway, which made it possible to create the necessary stocks, and for some items to exceed them by 10-20%. The rate of accumulation was quite high, because well-established logistics, well-laid rolling roads, minimization of the so-called "carriage shoulder", infrastructural facilities and transport hubs saved from destruction by our troops allowed the enemy to provide his troops with everything they needed. A side effect of a well-prepared infrastructure was the freedom to maneuver reserves from the rear to the front, and parallel to it. Our "Tavria" did not find any arguments to prevent this.
The enemy implemented a complex of operational camouflage measures. He moved six brigades and army sets of forces and equipment in a rolling, battalion-by-battalion manner, hiding the scale of the measures. He restored the combat capability of the units in the base areas of the armies in the operational zone of the "Center" military base, which was supposed to mislead the command of the "Tavria" and "Khortytsia" military bases at the same time.
This movement was accompanied by an information operation with a leading narrative about the intensification of the offensive in the Zaporizhzhia direction, where the troops from Luhansk region were allegedly transferred. But this strange "two to the south" was correctly read by our General Staff and the headquarters of Tavria, so in the future the enemy did not achieve operational suddenness of actions, even while simultaneously attacking in 14 directions. However, this happened somewhat later.
Use of the terrain: for the actions of the troops, the enemy command chose areas that allowed the widespread use of armored vehicles and other means of troop mobility (except for some). To this should be added the convenient starting position of the enemy's troops, already at the beginning of the operation they occupied a favorable covering position in relation to our forces. It was precisely to achieve this that a forming operation was carried out, which made it possible to reach the Vodyane-Opytne border and the Krasnohorivka district. In addition, the troops of the 1st AK regularly tried to reach convenient lines to the north and south of Avdiivka - in the direction of Krasnohorivka - Stepove, and from Vodyanyi and Opytny - to the southern outskirts of Avdiivka.
This was a short analysis of the organizational work of the headquarters of the enemy's air force "Yug", which should be evaluated as professional, because the enemy staff managed to create a decisive advantage in forces and means in the chosen directions.
A small interim conclusion — there are enough competent executors with a good vision of the operational zone in the headquarters of the enemy's troop groups, so identifying and destroying such objects is one of the priorities of our reconnaissance and strike systems.
I don't see the point in retelling the progress of the defense of Avdiyivka, we all watched it carefully not long ago, so let's immediately draw some conclusions.
WHY DID THE ENEMY SUCCEED?
— The enemy's command correctly identified the area on which the stability of the defense of the "Tavria" anti-aircraft defense system in the Avdiivka area - AKHZ depended, which the enemy bypassed from the east and southeast, took control of the communications of the defenders of the city. The enemy commander made a risky decision to advance through a narrow corridor between the positions of the "Tavria" self-propelled artillery units on the AKHZ and the sand pit, and, in addition, to engage in assault actions in the conditions of urban development. Subsequently, this decision made it possible to take the shortest route to the key area of defense and achieve the overall success of the operation within two and a half weeks;
— With the experience of fighting in Azovstal, the "Yug" submarine, resting in Koksokhim, understood that it would get bogged down here in the same way as in Mariupol, so it began to look for another solution, how to attack head-on. Viewing the interactive maps allows you to see that the enemy started the operation as an encirclement operation, but his left (southern) flank rested on the AKHZ and stopped. It was this circumstance that prompted him to shift the direction of the main attack from the left flank to the right (northern), in the direction of Stepove — Berdychi and partly to the north of the sand quarry.
This is the first time in two years since the invasion that the enemy command has changed the direction of the main strike directly during the operation. There is an unpleasant feeling that this circumstance was not noticed by the headquarters of the "Tavria" OSUV in time, which is why it did not read the movement of the enemy's 15th and 21st OMBR to the north;
— The headquarters of the "Yug" military brigade managed to hide the regrouping of the 21st, 30th, 114th EMS Brigade and part of the troops of the 90th TD to the southeast of the AKHZ by means of active attacks by the 15th EMS Brigade on Berdychi, which pretended to attack Koksokhim from the north. These actions were supported by a sharp increase in the intensity of bomb attacks on the positions of the "Tavria" anti-aircraft missile defense system in this direction. At the same time, the enemy prevented the "Tavria" anti-aircraft defense system from maneuvering by intensifying the assault actions of units from the 1st AK, in particular, let's mention the well-known sewer breakthrough. Also here, the Russians deployed two-thirds of the available artillery group;
— The enemy clearly tried to penetrate the defense of the "Tavria" anti-aircraft missile defense system in the Avdiyivka region on the flanks, but for some reason the Defense Forces did not have the reserves to strengthen these directions, as well as the reserves to unblock the garrison, which could very well get into a much more difficult situation. The fact that the 3rd OShBr was transferred in time to Avdiivka, where it ensured the withdrawal of troops from the city, was clearly not foreseen by the Tavria defensive operation plan;
— The enemy is ready to pay an excessively high price in order to achieve the goal of the operation: to attack head-on in an unfavorable area, to overwhelm our positions with their own corpses, to advance 10-20 meters with meat assaults, etc.
The operational art of the commander of the enemy air defense system "Yug" allows us to state that the encirclement operation is today the main form of offensive operation and this experience is scaled to all other enemy air defense systems. The goals of the operation can be achieved in two ways — by pushing through the flanks (Bakhmut) or by a decisive strike in the direction of the gravity point, an area that ensures the stability of the entire defense system in the direction (Avdiivka).
NOW LET'S LOOK AT THE MAP:
- Kupyansk - continuous attempts of the enemy to attack our flanks in Synkivka and Tabaivka. Bakhmut script. A special feature is the Oskil River, on which the "Khortytsia" OSUV relies;
— Siversk — the pressure is still in three points: Dibrova, Bilogorivka, Spirne, but the enemy is deploying the main forces of the 2nd AK from Bakhmut in the direction of Siversk;
— Toretsk — two flanks, Bakhmut and Avdiivka (more precisely, Ocheretyne). As at the beginning of the Avdiyiv operation;
— Orikhov direction: flanks — Robotine and Verbove.
All this is either happening now or will start in the near future.
If you look into the prism from a certain distance, you can see the following:
— the encirclement of the Slavyansk-Kramatorsk agglomeration — for a long time, at the end of the summer - in the fall, most likely, and as the direction of another strike in a strategic offensive operation. It will not be possible to take this area cheaply, but it is easy to bind a bunch of our troops there;
- Ugledar - to bypass from the north and develop success in the flank of the "Tavria" OSUV, crushing our entire southern front. I think at the end of the summer, simultaneously with the battles for Sloviansk — Kramatorsk.
But the purpose of all these actions is still not completely clear: the Russians have promised more than once to seize Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhia, Dnipropetrovsk and Kherson regions within their administrative borders, but such an operation will allow taking only Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhia and Kherson regions, that is, not all, what they wanted Then why? Negotiations and peace on their terms? Maybe.
ABOUT STRATEGY. IT'S TIME FOR LIONS TO RISE
From there, there are two more points - there will be a mobilization in Russia, because more troops are needed. Our mobilization is already delayed by at least a month, and if the amendments to the legislation are adopted in May, the risk of losing and sitting down at the negotiating table not on our terms is growing before our eyes and many times over.
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 22:17 In the Vinnytsia region, a Russian drone hit a residential building, three people were injured, said the head of the OVA Sergei Borzov.
22:14 France will never take the initiative in military operations in Ukraine, Macron said. According to him, France is “a force for peace” and is not at war with Russia. However, the West, according to the French president, should not allow the Russian Federation to win. Macron also called the situation at the front in Ukraine “fragile.” “Today we are not in a situation where we need to send troops to Ukraine, but we do not exclude such a scenario,” the French president added.
21:53 Russia has already launched about 50 North Korean-made missiles in Ukraine, said the head of the Kharkov Regional Prosecutor's Office Alexander Filchakov.
Did they stop for food at the nearest 7-11 before going on to hit their targets?
21:50 Zelensky in an evening video message announced “even more of our weapons, shells, our drones, our electronic warfare systems”: “Today I met with employees of one of these enterprises - defense ones. We don’t talk about this officially. Now, during the war, we don’t "We can openly show everything that we really can. After the war, of course, we will express our gratitude openly."
21:34 The US Department of Defense will not be able to allocate a new package of military assistance to Ukraine, said Pentagon Deputy Speaker Sabrina Singh. She called the provision of the latest $300 million aid package to Ukraine a “unique case.” Singh also added that military assistance to Kyiv is related to the need for emergency support of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. According to Singh, the Pentagon has no data on the possibility of its repetition.
21:29 In the morning, the Russians fired mortars at the town of Seredina-Buda, Shostkinsky district, Sumy region, four people were wounded, the prosecutor’s office reported. At least seven private homes were damaged.
21:26 Head of the Presidential Office Andriy Ermak said that he had a telephone conversation with Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjártó, during which the parties agreed to hold a bilateral meeting between the teams at the government level next week.
21:12 Ukraine and Latvia have begun negotiations on concluding a bilateral security agreement, the Presidential Office reported.
21:04 The third day a raid of Russian volunteers is taking place in the Kursk and Belgorod regions. In these regions of the Russian Federation, active battles and explosions are recorded. In Belgorod itself, two people were killed and 17 more were injured as a result of several shellings. All shopping centers in the city have been closed, and the local population is trying to evacuate on their own. More details about what is happening can be found in the material Fighting for the Russian Belgorod region.
20:47 Repair crews of Ukrenergo have restored the reliability of power supply to the Zaporozhye NPP, the company said. A 330 kV high-voltage line connecting the station with the main network is included in the work. Now the supply of electricity for the ZNPP’s own needs occurs through several high-voltage lines, which significantly enhances the safety of the station’s operation.
20:31 Russia has lost 350 thousand of its soldiers killed and wounded in Ukraine since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, said NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. He clarified that this assessment is based on data from Western intelligence services. According to Stoltenberg, Russian casualties in Ukraine have “increased significantly” recently.
20:18 Bulgaria sent Ukraine the first batch of promised armored personnel carriers, the country’s Ministry of Defense reported. The operation to transport armored vehicles began on January 29, and the first convoy of 30 cars departed on March 7.
19:53 Sweden has joined the Czech initiative to supply artillery shells to Ukraine and will allocate 30 million euros for it, Defense Minister Paul Johnson said.
19:37 Ukraine will probably still receive assistance from the United States, which has not been voted on in Congress for six months. Only it can be in the form of a loan. This idea was voiced by House of Representatives representative Mike Johnson, who, in fact, blocked the earlier vote. About what this means, see the material Not help, but credit.
19:01 In Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk region, the number of wounded has increased to six, among them a seven-year-old child, said the head of the OVA Sergei Lysak. During the day, Russian troops attacked the city three times with kamikaze drones and four times with heavy artillery. Almost ten high-rise buildings, five private houses, two educational institutions, cafes and shops, three administrative buildings, and a pharmacy were damaged.
18:50 The German defense concern Rheinmetall plans to build at least four factories in Ukraine, said CEO Armin Papperger. The enterprises will produce shells, military equipment and air defense systems. “Ukraine is now an important partner for us, and we see a potential of 2 to 3 billion euros per year,” Papperger noted.
18:46 The Pope, with his statements about the war in Ukraine, “entered a garden into which no one invited him,” said the head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell: “His Holiness, the Pope entered a garden into which no one invited him. Call on Ukraine "surrender is more than a wish for peace. I believe that now is not the moment when we need to ask Ukraine to surrender. On the contrary, this is the moment when we need to continue to help."
18:43 The leader of the faction of the ruling SPD party in the Bundestag, Rolf Mützenich, stated the need to “freeze” the war in Ukraine: “Why can’t other European countries provide more funds after all their statements? Isn’t it time for us not only to talk about how to wage a war ", but also to think about how to freeze the war, and then end it? In October 2022, the American government feared the use of tactical nuclear weapons in Ukraine. This should give us pause." Earlier today, the Bundestag for the third time rejected a draft resolution from the opposition on the supply of Taurus to Ukraine.
18:40 Le Monde writes, citing sources, that Macron announced in a closed circle on February 21 that he would send the military to Odessa. The newspaper clarified that at that moment he was holding a glass of whiskey in his hands. “In any case, next year I will have to send some guys to Odessa,” said the French president. Five days later, in a conversation with reporters, he said that “nothing can be ruled out.”
According to the publication, the French authorities have been considering the possibility of sending troops to Ukraine since at least June 2023, when this issue was raised at a meeting of the National Defense and Security Council.
18:23 The European Commission is preparing to put forward a proposal to confiscate billions of euros of income received from Russian sovereign assets frozen in Europe in support of Ukraine, writes The Guardian. An unnamed EU official told the publication that Russian assets frozen in Europe are likely to generate between 15 and 20 billion euros in after-tax profits between now and the end of 2027, depending on movements in global interest rates.
17:44 In the Sumy region over the past two days, 800 explosions occurred - this is the six-month “norm” of shelling in the region, said the head of the OBA Vladimir Artyukh. According to him, the enemy has increased the use of KABs, including cluster ones.
17:18 Zelensky said that he had a telephone conversation with Scholz, they discussed further political, economic and defense cooperation, the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine for armored vehicles, artillery and air defense. The President thanked Germany for joining the Czech initiative to purchase artillery shells for Ukraine. In addition, they discussed the organization of the Conference on the Restoration of Ukraine, which will be held in Berlin in June.
16:50 Governor of the Belgorod region Vyacheslav Gladkov said that another 11 air targets were allegedly shot down on approach to Belgorod, two people were injured as a result of the shelling.
16:27 Due to Ukrainian drone strikes, three oil refineries stopped in Russia. In particular, the country's largest oil refinery is the Ryazan plant of Rosneft PJSC near Moscow, the slightly smaller Novoshakhtinsky plant in the south of the Rostov region and another one - Norsi of Lukoil PJSC in Nizhny Novgorod. As Bloomberg notes, in two days of attacks in the Russian Federation, 12% of oil refining capacity was damaged. About what consequences this will have for the country's economy, see the material Impacts on refineries: gasoline is already becoming more expensive in Russia.
16:09 A guardian family, in which three orphans and children deprived of parental care, aged 11 to 17 years, are being brought up, was returned to the territory controlled by Ukraine, said the head of the Kherson OVA, Alexander Prokudin. During the occupation, children were forced to go to Russian school, and if the mother refused, they were threatened that the children would be taken away.
15:12 The Russians attacked the Kharkov region with an S-300 missile, no casualties were reported, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA.
14:38 Speaker of the US House of Representatives Mike Johnson announced the development of a new bill to help Ukraine, which will differ significantly from what the Senate approved. According to him, the United States should provide military assistance to Kyiv not for free, but on credit, or transfer weapons under Lend-Lease. Thus, the assistance will not be financed by American taxpayers. Johnson also suggested that frozen assets of the Russian Federation could be used for financing.
14:26 Syrsky said that he continued to work in the brigades that hold the defense in the Zaporozhye direction. According to him, the operational situation in this area is under the control of the Defense Forces; the enemy continues to attack in the Rabotino and Verbovoy areas, “but without much success.” The commander-in-chief also noted that “the confrontation between drones and electronic warfare has come to the fore, and only the one who is the first to achieve a separation from the enemy in this competition will have a chance to win.”
Syrsky also called it positive that it was possible to launch the process of rotation and replacement of units and subunits that have been performing combat missions on the front line for a long time. “This will stabilize the situation and have a positive impact on the moral and psychological state of our soldiers,” he added.
13:43 Since the very morning, the Russians have been shelling Nikopol, Dnepropetrovsk region - there are already five casualties in the city, including a seven-year-old child, said the head of the OVA Sergei Lysak.
13:10 The Air Force uses “all available means and instruments” to counteract enemy tactical aviation and keep it at a distance, and, if necessary, destroy the enemy, said the commander of the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Nikolai Oleshchuk. He emphasized that “anti-aircraft missile units, including Patriot, continue to carry out missions in certain areas of the front-line territories.” Earlier, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced another alleged destruction of the Patriot air defense system.
12:32 The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that the Russian military allegedly thwarted an “attempt by the Ukrainian Armed Forces” to break into Russian territory in the Sdaryushino area in the Belgorod region.
12:23 Governor of the Belgorod region Vyacheslav Gladkov said that the air defense allegedly shot down ten air targets on approach to Belgorod, while one person was killed and three were injured.
12:19 In Sumy, the number of deaths as a result of the strike on a five-story building on March 13 increased to three - rescuers released another body, the State Emergency Service reported. Work continues.
11:51 Employees of the Russian Guard, together with the military and employees of the FSB border department, are fighting, “repelling an attack by enemy saboteurs” in the Kursk region, the law enforcement agency reported. In turn, the Legion of Freedom of Russia stated that two warehouses with ammunition were destroyed in Tetkino, Kursk region.
11:07 The governor of the Kursk region, Roman Starovoit, said that the “Ukrainian DRG” allegedly did not give up attempts to enter the territory of the region, but they were not allowed to do so.
10:52 The Russians carried out missile and air strikes on radio engineering facilities in the Sumy region, the OVA reported. Television and radio broadcasting transmitters in Sumy, Shostka, Belopolye and Trostyanets were temporarily disabled. As a result of the damage, part of the region's territory is temporarily unable to receive Ukrainian television and radio signals. There may also be interruptions in mobile communications.
10:18 At a meeting of EU ambassadors on March 13, representatives of Malta, Luxembourg and Hungary opposed the purchase of ammunition from Ukraine at the expense of frozen Russian assets, Politico writes. Earlier, a similar plan was proposed by the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen.
09:40 The Russian Volunteer Corps appealed to residents of the Kursk and Belgorod regions to immediately evacuate: “Your leadership has not taken any measures for your protection or evacuation, and the shelling of peaceful cities and villages in Ukraine continues as before. We are forced to return fire on military facilities in border regions."
09:07 Russian public pages write about a missile attack on a test site near the village of Trekhizbenka in the occupied Lugansk region. At least ten Russian servicemen were killed.
08:49 The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that air defense systems allegedly “intercepted and destroyed” 11 drones over the territory of the Belgorod region and three over the Kursk region at night. In addition, eight rockets were allegedly destroyed over the Belgorod region. Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said that one person was killed and three were injured in Belgorod. In Grayvoron, one person was injured and several apartment buildings were damaged.
08:35 At night, the Russians massively fired attack drones at television infrastructure facilities in the Kharkov region. Restoration work continues on some of them, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA. In addition, the enemy fired an S-300 missile at the Shevchenkovsky district of Kharkov. No casualties were reported; non-residential civilian premises were damaged.
08:04 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of March 14:
personnel - about 427,840 (+970) people,
tanks - 6757 (+5),
armored combat vehicles - 12,938 (+17),
artillery systems - 10,565 (+11),
MLRS - 1017 (+0),
air defense systems - 717 (+2),
aircraft - 347 (+0),
helicopters - 325 (+0),
UAV of operational-tactical level - 8220 (+15),
cruise missiles - 1920 (+1),
ships/boats - 26 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 13,959 (+27),
special equipment - 1708 (+9).
07:46 The number of victims as a result of the missile attack on Krivoy Rog has increased to 50, five were killed, said the head of the Dnepropetrovsk Air Force Sergei Lysak. 17 people remain in hospitals, seven of them are children. Today is a day of mourning in the city.
07:31 At night, the Russians attacked Ukraine with 36 Shahed-type attack drones, of which 22 UAVs were destroyed, the General Staff reported in its morning report.
Over the past 24 hours, 79 military clashes took place at the front. In particular, the enemy tried 29 times to break through the defenses of Ukrainian troops in the Novopavlovsk direction - in the areas of Krasnohorivka, Georgievka, Novomikhailovka and south of Zolotaya Niva in the Donetsk region. Another 20 enemy attacks were repelled in the Avdeevsky direction - in the areas of the settlements of Berdychi, Orlovka, Tonenkoye, Pervomaiskoye and Nevelskoye in the Donetsk region.
In the Kupyansk direction, the Defense Forces repelled four enemy attacks in the areas of Tabaevka, Kharkov region and Stelmakhovka, Luhansk region; in Limansky - 11 attacks in the areas of Belogorivka, Lugansk region, as well as Ternov, Yampolevka and Verkhnekamensky, Donetsk region; on Bakhmutsky - three attacks in areas east of Chasov Yar, Bogdanovka and Kleshcheevka of the Donetsk region; on Orekhovsky - seven attacks in the Staromayorsky district of the Donetsk region, west of Verbovoy and Rabotino of the Zaporozhye region; on Kherson - two attacks.
05:52 At night, the Russians attacked the civilian infrastructure of four cities in the Sumy region with attack drones: Sumy, Shostka, Trostyanets and Belopolye. Missile attacks were also carried out on Shostka and Trostyanets. The consequences of the attack are being clarified, OVA reported.
04:24 The United States plans to open in Australia the first foreign plant for the production of GMLRS long-range guided missiles for HIMARS, which will be sent to Ukraine, The Wall Street Journal writes, citing American and Australian officials. The first batch of 12 GMLRS missiles is scheduled to be tested in late 2025, and the country expects to produce thousands of munitions annually by 2030.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Korrespondent] Ukrainian defenders courageously hold back the enemy's onslaught.
In particular, in the Avdeevsky direction, our defenders repulsed 18 enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Berdichi, Orlovka, Tonenkoye, Pervomaiskoye and Vodyanoye in the Donetsk region.
The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces published operational information about the Russian invasion as of Thursday evening, March 14.
During the day, 68 military clashes were recorded.
“In general, the enemy carried out 14 missile and 103 air strikes, carried out 45 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems on the positions of our troops and settlements. As a result of Russian terrorist attacks, unfortunately, there were wounded among the civilian population. High-rise buildings and private houses, as well as other infrastructure facilities,” says the General Staff report.
In the Kupyansk direction the enemy did not conduct offensive (assault) operations.
In the Liman direction, our soldiers repelled 16 enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Terny, Yampolevka, Razdolovka in the Donetsk region and Belogorovka in the Luhansk region, where the enemy, with the support of aviation, tried to break through the defenses of our troops.
In the Bakhmut direction, the Defense Forces repelled 5 enemy attacks in the areas of Bogdanovka, Ivanovsky and Klishchievka of the Donetsk region, where the enemy tried to improve its tactical position.
In the Avdeevsky direction, our defenders repulsed 18 enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Berdich, Orlovka, Tonenkoye, Pervomaiskoye and Vodyanoye in the Donetsk region.
In the Novopavlovsk direction, the Defense Forces continue to contain the enemy in the Krasnohorivka, Georgievka, Novomikhailovka areas of the Donetsk region, where the enemy, with the support of aviation, tried 18 times to break through the defenses of our troops.
In the Orekhovsky direction, the enemy, with the support of aviation, attacked the positions of our defenders 6 times in the areas of Staromayorsky, Donetsk region, Robotinoy and west of Verbovoy, Zaporozhye region.
In the Kherson direction, within 24 hours the enemy made an unsuccessful attempt to storm the positions of our troops.
During the day, Defense Forces aviation carried out strikes on 4 areas where enemy personnel, weapons and military equipment were concentrated.
Earlier, Commander-in-Chief Syrsky announced the threat of the advance of the Russian army.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Victoria Nikiforova
[RIA] Our Western opponents are stretched out in a paradoxical split. On the one hand, they are pushing the Ukrainians to fight with us, providing them with money, weapons and even NATO troops posing as Chevek soldiers and mercenaries. On the other hand, they demand that Russia enter into peace negotiations.
And okay, we would lose. But the Russian army is moving forward every day, Kiev openly admits that it has no one to fight with. The remaining VSEushniks have the alternative of either dying at the front or surrendering. It’s no wonder that they increasingly choose the latter.
The best evidence of panic in the ranks of the enemy is the split in the ranks of NATO: half of the alliance, led by France, Britain and Poland, dreams of intervention in Ukraine, the other half is pulling them away from this disastrous enterprise. Victories always unite, only the prospect of imminent defeat can split allies so much.
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That is, everything is fine in Russia - both at the front and in the rear. Economic growth is evident - thanks to the sanctions. Political stability - God grant to everyone, the people are united and are not at all inclined to "Maidan". In this format, you can fight not only for years, but for decades, which is quite in the traditions of our great empire: we conquered the Caucasus for almost half a century, the British and French grumbled, of course, but did not interfere.
So why do we need peace talks at all? Unless to save from final destruction an alternatively gifted nation, which for some reason decided in a single impulse to commit suicide against the Russian army.
Ukrainians, of course, are not strangers to us, but this humanitarian mission is possible only after the final capitulation of the Kyiv regime.
Deputy Chairman of the National Security Council Dmitry Medvedev has just made a similar humanitarian proposal. In his telegram channel, he wrote his own formula for peace, an alternative to the one Hetman Zelensky is running around with.
Medvedev's proposals are distinguished by true humanism. If his formula is adopted, many Ukrainians will save their lives, peaceful construction will begin in the war-ravaged territories, the economy will begin to flourish, refugees will return home and in general everything will be fine.
Naturally, the first point of Medvedev’s peace formula is the demand for the complete and unconditional surrender of Ukraine. This simply reflects the situation at the front: the former Ukrainian SSR has already lost more than 20 percent of its territories, the loss of the rest is a matter of time. Timely surrender will save a large number of human lives.
After this, the “former Ukraine,” as Medvedev calls it, should be demilitarized with a complete ban on the creation of any paramilitary forces.
The second point requires the forced denazification of the Kyiv regime and all authorities of the “former Ukraine”.
Next, the UN must recognize the loss of international subjectivity by the “former Ukraine”. The territory cannot enter into any military alliances without Russia's consent.
After this, all constitutional bodies of the “former Ukraine” resign and elections to a provisional parliament are held. The first decision of parliament is to pay large-scale reparations to Russia; all citizens of our country whose relatives were injured or died during the SVO should receive compensation.
Then the provisional parliament officially recognizes the entire territory of the “former Ukraine” as the territory of the Russian Federation - and dissolves itself. The UN approves the act of reunification of the “former Ukraine” and Russia. A curtain.
There are only seven points in Medvedev’s peace formula; it is clear, logical and stems from the real state of affairs, as they say, “on earth.” Yes, two years ago Moscow agreed to much more lenient conditions, which was recorded in Istanbul. However, times have changed, the train has left, the front line is moving closer and closer to Kyiv. Probably, it was necessary to fight “better”.
So, the cards are laid out on the table. Before us - and before the world community - are two formulas for peace. Zelensky’s proposal is that Russia should give up Crimea, DPR, LPR and restore the territorial integrity of Ukraine within the 1991 borders. We also have to withdraw our troops, pay a lot and repent often.
President Putin called Zelensky’s formula “wants after the use of psychotropic drugs.” There is no doubt that Dmitry Medvedev's initiative will cause indignation in the former Ukrainian SSR. It would seem that the approaches of Moscow and Kyiv are diametrically opposed. As they say, we have resolved all the issues, except for the land issue - who will bury whom.
However, one point in these formulas of peace - and the most important one - coincides almost literally. Zelensky wants a Ukraine within the borders of 1991. Medvedev demands the complete reunification of Ukraine and Russia. But for almost the entire 1991, right up to December, the RSFSR and the Ukrainian SSR were parts of one country called the USSR.
So no contradictions. We give Zelensky what he wants and take Ukraine for ourselves.
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[KavkazUzel] Police officers have been holding Pyatigorsk resident Roman Mirkin for the second day, accusing him of displaying prohibited symbols in personal correspondence on Telegram. Mirkin also published posts in support of Navalny on the social network, human rights activists reported.
In Pyatigorsk on the evening of March 13, local resident Roman Mirkin was detained while giving an explanation. According to his wife, the reason for the detention was statements in support of Alexei Navalny, the human rights project OVD-Info reported.
Mirkin is charged with demonstrating prohibited symbols (Article 20.3 of the Administrative Code) due to a voice message in a personal correspondence on Telegram. In addition, he published posts in support of the politician on Facebook**.
Mirkin has been in the Pyatigorsk Ministry of Internal Affairs department for the second day, but the police refused to accept the transfer for him.
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[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
In Kupyansk direction, as a result of active actions by units of the Zapad Group of Forces, the situation on the front line has improved, Russian troops have inflicted a fire defeat on enemy units close to Ivanovka (Kharkov region) and Terny (Donetsk People's Republic).
One counterattack by the AFU 47th Motorised Infantry Brigade has been repulsed near Pershotravnyovoye (Kharkov region).
The enemy losses were up to 30 servicemen, one tank, four motor vehicles, one U.S.-made M777 artillery system, one U.S.-made M109 Paladin self-propelled artillery system, and one 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system.
In addition, as a result of preemptive actions by Russian units, another attempt by the AFU to break through into the border territory of the Russian Federation has been foiled foiled near Spodariushino (Belgorod region).
Aviation and artillery have destroyed up to 195 troops, five tanks, four armoured fighting vehicles, three UR-77 self-propelled mine clearing rocket systems, and three engineer obstacle-clearing vehicles.
In Donetsk direction, units of the Yug Group of Forces have occupied more favourable lines and positions and defeated enemy formations close to Georgievka, Kleshcheyevka, and Nevelskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU lost over 240 servicemen, three tanks, and five motor vehicles.
During the counter-battery warfare, one U.S.-made M777 artillery system, one U.S.-made M198 howitzer, and one UK-made FH-70 gun.
In addition, one ammunition depot has been destroyed.
In Avdeyevka direction, units of the Tsentr Group of Forces have hit manpower and hardware concentration areas of the 107th Territorial Defence Brigade near Tonenkoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
Eight counterattacks by assault groups of 24th, 47th, 59th Mechanised, 3rd Assault, and 78th Air Assault brigades of the AFU have been repulsed near Novgorodskoye, Novobakhmutovka, Berdychi, Semyonovka, and Orlovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy losses were up to 410 troops, three armoured fighting vehicles, including one U.S.-made Bradley IFV, nine motor vehicles, one 122mm D-30 howitzer, and one AN/TPQ-36 counter-battery radar station.
In South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok Group of Forces have defeated and repelled three attacks by assault groups of the 72nd Mechanised Brigade and the 128th Brigade of the AFU close to Vladimirovka and Staromayorskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy losses were up to 125 troops, one tank, and two motor vehicles, and two 122mm D-30 howitzers.
In Kherson direction, as a result of coordinated actions by the units of the Dnepr Group of Forces, the situation along the front line has been improved, the fire has been inflicted on manpower and hardware concentration areas of the 118th Mechanised Brigade of the AFU, the 35th Naval Infantry Brigade, the 23rd Brigade of the Ukrainian National Guard, and the 121st Territorial Defence Brigade near Rabotino (Zaporozhye region), Vysshetarasovka (Dnepropetrovsk region), and Mikhailovka (Kherson region).
The AFU losses were up to 30 servicemen and two motor vehicles.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Groups of Forces of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have neutralised manpower and military hardware in 108 areas.
Air defence facilities have shot down 136 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles, one French-made Hammer guided aerial bomb, four U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles, and four Grad MLRS shells.
In total, 577 airplanes, 269 helicopters, 15,498 unmanned aerial vehicles, 485 air defence missile systems, 15,481 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,238 fighting vehicles equipped with MLRS, 8,406 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 19,731 special military motor vehicles have been destroyed during the special military operation.
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[NewsFront] 23:59 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 03/14/2024 to 00:00 03/15/2024.
Five facts of armed attacks by the UFU were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC over the past 24 hours.
There were no reports of civilian casualties.
DAMAGED:
No damage to residential buildings and civil infrastructure was recorded.
One artillery attack in the Donetsk direction.
Four artillery attack s in the Gorlovka direction.
A total of 16 units of various ammunition were fired.
23:52 Border region: Active hostilities continue along almost the entire border of the Kursk and Belgorod regions.
The enemy is trying to probe our defenses in different places. The main emphasis is on the Grayvoronsky district. At the moment, it is in the area of Kozinka and Spodaryushino that the most violent clashes continue.
Meanwhile, our troops continue to deliver powerful attacks on enemy concentrations in adjacent territory. Tons of “cast iron” destroy the enemy. Russian mortar shells are made with a cast iron casing, which when detonated spreads thousand of burning, round shards everywhere. 23:15 Belgorod region. The village of Kozinka. 14.03 23:10
Border guards and special units, together with the forces of the Russian Defense Ministry, carry out activities to search for and destroy enemy DRG groups. Fierce battles with nationalists in this area were also previously reported.
21:49 About 208 arrivals and 23 attacks using UAVs were recorded in the Belgorod region per day by the Ukrainian Armed Forces - Governor Gladkov.
21:46 At airfields near Khar'kov and Sumy increased aviation activity: seriously wounded militants are being transported en masse from the border with Russia - Military Correspondents of the Russian Spring
20:20 Scouts of the Dnepr group of troops destroyed Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel at the stronghold using mobile Metis anti-tank systems. The crew of ATGM operators moved out in buggies to the designated area and with precise hits successfully destroyed the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces from a distance of about 1,200 meters.
19:26 RF Armed Forces blocked ways for Ukrainian saboteurs in the Sumy region
Our fighters blew up a bridge over the Vorskla River, located near the border with the Belgorod region. Ukrainian DRGs actively used it as a crossing point for attempts to break through the border with Russia.
19:25 Three people, including two children, were injured during artillery attack of the village of Belovskoye in the Belgorod region, the governor said
18:10 In the Krasnolimansky direction, the Russian Armed Forces are advancing in the Belogorovka area
According to preliminary military information service Kitten, the “road of life” of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has been cut. On our side, FPV drones are actively working, which greatly demoralizes the enemy and increases manpower losses. In the near future, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are likely to withdraw to the west from the village.
18:09 For the third time this day, our air defense system worked over Belgorod and the Belgorod region - 11 air targets were shot down on approach to the city
Operational services are clarifying information about the consequences on the ground. According to preliminary data, there are two victims. All operational services are in place, door-to-door visits continue, information is being clarified, said Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov.
18:08 Kupyansk direction, situation as of 17:00 March 14, 2024
Over the past 24 hours, the Russian military destroyed three Ukrainian Armed Forces warehouses with ammunition in the Kupyansk direction,reportsAntiseptic. The Ukrainian military also stored weapons at civilian sites.
Civilian infrastructure located near warehouses and civilian homes was used to store ammunition. When they detonated again, these buildings were damaged. Also, a Ukrainian Air Force helicopter was destroyed on the line of combat contact. According to preliminary data, none of the crew survived.
Prior to this, the Russian military, with the help of artillery, disrupted the rotation of Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel near the village of Petropavlovka. It is reported that the Ukrainian Armed Forces suffered heavy losses as a result of the operation.
18:05 Ukrainian militants fired at the Kakhovka central district hospital in the Kherson region
No harm done. The garage was destroyed, the ambulance building was damaged, and neighboring hospital buildings were damaged, Governor Vladimir Saldo said.
17:17 Artillerymen of the Central Military Districtripped offrotation of Ukrainian Armed Forces troops in the Avdeevsky direction
17:16 The Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked a car in the Belgorod region with the help of a drone
Two people were injured - one man had a concussion, the second had a concussion and a shrapnel wound to his arm. They were taken by an ambulance to the central regional hospital, Governor Gladkov said.
16:42 A massive strike was carried out on the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Sumy region
16:40 Crews of the 2S5 152mm Giatsint-S self-propelled guns of the Vostok group of troops destroy manpower and fortified positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Ugledar
16:30 Situation in the border area in report channel Summaries and Analytics SVO
-- The enemy continues to attack after attack in the Grayvoronsky district. Attempts to break through to Sdaryushino continue.
-- At these moments, the enemy is carrying out another regrouping of forces and means, pulling up new armored vehicles from the depths of the Sumy region.
-- Our troops continue to carry out intensive strikes against enemy concentrations, using the full range of weapons.
15:41 Statement by the senior officer of the press center of the “South” group
-- In the Donetsk direction, units of the “Southern” group of troops occupied more advantageous lines and positions and defeated enemy formations in the areas of the settlements of Georgievka, Kleshcheevka and Nevelskoye of the Donetsk People’s Republic.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 240 military personnel, three tanks and five vehicles.
During the counterbattery fight, the following were hit: the M777 artillery system made in the USA, the M198 howitzer made in the USA, as well as the FH-70 gun made in the UK. In addition, an ammunition depot was destroyed.
15:40 Statement by the head of the press center of the “West” group
-- In the Kupyansk direction, the active actions of units of the “Western” group of troops improved the situation along the front line, inflicted fire damage on enemy units in the areas of the settlements of Ivanovka, Kharkov region and Terny, Donetsk People’s Republic.
-- A counterattack by the 47th Motorized Infantry Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was repelled in the area of the village of Pershotravnevoe, Khar'kov region.
The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine amounted to up to 30 military personnel, a tank, four vehicles, an M777 artillery system made in the USA, a self-propelled artillery mount M109 “Paladin” made in the USA, and a 122mm 2S1 self-propelled artillery mount “Gvozdika”.
-- In addition, the preemptive actions of Russian units thwarted another attempt by the Ukrainian Armed Forces to make a breakthrough into the border territory of the Russian Federation in the area of the settlement of Spodaryushino, Belgorod Region.
As a result of air strikes and artillery fire, up to 195 military personnel, five tanks, four armored combat vehicles, three UR-77 self-propelled rocket mine clearance systems and three engineering clearance vehicles were destroyed.
15:39 Personnel destruction of personnel of the DRG of Ukrainian terrorist formations
As a result of preemptive strikes by aviation and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces, the enemy suffered losses in killed and wounded in the border zone near the settlement of Spodaryushino, Belgorod Region.
14:28 Explosions occurred at Ukrainian Armed Forces positions in Sumy and Khar'kov regions
14:27 Personnel objective control of the destruction of Ukrainian Armed Forces equipment during an attempt to break through to the border territory of the Russian Federation in the area of the settlement of Spodaryushino, Belgorod Region.
14:25 At least 40 saboteurs liquidated when trying to break into the territory of the Belgorod region. In addition, several pieces of equipment were destroyed.
13:29 The main thing from the new briefing of the Russian Ministry of Defense:
-- The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces per day in the Donetsk direction amounted to more than 240 military personnel, three tanks;
-- The Russian Armed Forces repelled three attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the southern Donetsk direction;
-- Russian units thwarted another attempt by the Ukrainian Armed Forces to make a breakthrough into the border territory of the Russian Federation in the Spodaryushino region;
-- The Armed Forces of Ukraine lost up to 125 servicemen in the South Donetsk direction per day;
-- During the day, Russian air defense shot down 136 Ukrainian UAVs, a Hammer bomb, four HIMARS MLRS rounds and four 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS rounds;
-- The Russian Armed Forces destroyed up to 195 Ukrainian soldiers trying to break into Russian territory, as well as 5 enemy tanks;
-- The Russian Armed Forces in the Kupyansk direction occupied more advantageous positions and repelled one attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
13:28 Statement by the head of the press center of the Vostok group
Units of the Vostok group of troops continue to carry out combat missions in the South Donetsk direction.
During active operations, counterattacks of assault groups of the 58th Motorized Infantry Brigade in the Novodonetskoye area were repelled, an engineering group was destroyed in the Charivnoye area, and enemy attempts to reinforce and rotate at the front lines in the Staromaiorskoye, Ravnopol, Chervonoye and Lugovskoye areas were thwarted.
Bomber strikes, artillery fire, and heavy flamethrower systems hit strongholds and manpower concentration areas of the 102nd and 128th Territorial Defense brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of Malinovka, Urozhainy and Staromaiorsky.
Over the course of 24 hours, up to 150 enemy military personnel, two armored personnel carriers, two vehicles, and six aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed.
12:11 Commander of a UAV unit with the call sign “Steppe” told about combat work in the Northern Military District zone.
“The experience of special operations has shown that combat operations have become much more mobile, more dynamic, and we must constantly adapt to changing situations. It is no secret that our troops receive most of the information thanks to the aerial reconnaissance operator.
Well, the enemy is under our constant surveillance. That is, our work is organized in such a way that if a UAV runs out of battery power or runs out of fuel, then this “drone” is immediately replaced by another so that aerial reconnaissance is not interrupted.”
12:10 Near the village of Sporadyushino, Grayvoronsky district, Belgorod region coming the battle.
Ukrainian formations are trying to break through the border. Up to 50 personnel supported by up to eight armored vehicles.
12:08 The governor of the Kursk region reported that the Ukrainian DRGs are not giving up attempts to enter the territory of the region, Russian fighters did not allow them to do this
11:12 This night the Russian Armed Forces inflicted a powerful combined missile strike on enemy military targets in Sumy, Khar,kov and both regions. They used Geran-2 (Sumy, Shostka, Trostyanets and Belopole, about 40 units), Iskanders (Shostka, Trostyanets), KAB-500, MLRS.
UAV launch sites, enemy deployment sites, accumulations of armored vehicles, firing points, and other important infrastructure facilities used by the enemy were destroyed.
But the most important result is hits on electronic warfare and radio electronic warfare centers, which were used by the enemy for reconnaissance operations and are of irreplaceable strategic importance - television centers and television towers were hit in both Kharkov and Sumy.
Also in Khar'kov, a defeat was recorded at the airport hotel, in which, according to local reports, mercenaries lived.
11:10 Artillerymen of the “Center” group of troops destroyed mortar crew of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Avdeevsky direction
10:46 Statement by the head of the press center of the Center group
The Center group of troops continues to carry out combat missions in the special military operation zone.
During the day, artillery fire and air strikes hit about 360 identified targets of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, including more than 50 points of temporary deployment and accumulation of equipment, 12 strong points and up to 100 field artillery positions.
Bomber, attack and army aviation carried out about 40 air strikes in the Novgorodskoye, Kirovo, Leninskoye and Berdychi areas.
Enemy losses amounted to 460 military personnel. A T-72 tank, three command and staff vehicles, 17 vehicles, an ammunition depot, and two unmanned aircraft control posts were destroyed.
During the counterbattery fight, a British AS-90 self-propelled artillery mount, a 152mm Msta-B howitzer and an American-made M119 gun were hit.
10:45 Today, the village of Tetkino, Glushkovsky district, Kursk region, and the village of Prigorodnyaya Slobodka, Rylsky district, were shelled from the Ukrainian side. None of the residents were injured.
09:43 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. Golaya Pristan five rounds;
-- n.p. Sagi five rounds;
-- n.p. Alyosha six rounds;
-- n.p. Kardashinka for rounds;
-- n.p. Kazachi Lagery six rounds.
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the village. Dnepryany, n.p. Peschanivka, n.p. Gornostaevka, n.p. Aleshki, n.p. Solontsy, firing a total of 15 rounds from cannon artillery.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being determined.
09:25 Telegram channel «WarGonzo":
Frontline report for the morning 03/14/2024
– The Zaporozhye front continues to burn on the Rabotino-Verbovoye line. Between these populated areas, Russian troops attack, capturing enemy positions. The Ukrainian Armed Forces periodically counterattack. In Rabotino itself, heavy oncoming fighting continues. The Armed Forces of Ukraine are bringing up reserves to the direction, but it is not possible to dislodge the Russian Armed Forces from the positions occupied in the village. LBS remains unchanged.
– On the Donetsk Front in the area of Novomikhailovka and Pobeda, oncoming battles continue with the active use of long-range weapons. The situation is similar in the Nevelskoye area. Beyond the settlement, all the way to Karlovka, there are only fields, so the Armed Forces of Ukraine are not going to leave Nevelskoye just like that.
In Pervomaisky, the Russian Armed Forces are slowly but surely advancing in the populated area.
In Georgievka, Russian troops are also conducting assault operations, trying to improve their positions. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are putting up serious resistance. There are fierce oncoming battles on the Tonenkoye-Orlovka-Berdychi line.
– In the Artemovsky (Bakhmutsky) direction there are oncoming battles in the area of Kleshcheevka and Ivanovsky (Krasny). Russian aviation and artillery are actively working on targets in Bogdanovka and Chasov Yar. LBS has not changed significantly.
– On the Lugansk front there are oncoming battles at Yampolevka, Ternov and in Sin'kovka. Russian troops carried out assault operations in the Tabaevka area. LBS without significant changes.
– In the Khar'kov and Sumy directions, the Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to launch strikes using long-range weapons on the territory of the Belgorod and Kursk regions. The Russian Armed Forces respond with strikes against enemy equipment and manpower. From time to time, Ukrainian troops try to probe the border defense line, but to no avail - the detected enemy is destroyed by artillery strikes of the Russian Armed Forces.
08:47 Telegram channel “Fisherman":
Chronicle of a special military operation
for March 13, 2024
– At night, Ukrainian formations once again attacked elements of critical fuel and energy infrastructure in different regions of Russia. At the same time, the Russian Armed Forces launched a successful strike on the airfield of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the east of the Dnepropetrovsk region.
– In the Slobozhansky direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are not abandoning attempts to cross the state border in the Belgorod region, concentrating forces in several areas. At the same time, the enemy has not yet been able to achieve even media success.
– In the Donetsk direction in Pervomaisky, Russian units advanced to the center of the village within 24 hours at a distance of up to a kilometer, and in Georgievka they managed to knock out the enemy from a strong point north of the village.
– In the Zaporozhye direction of the front, fierce fighting is taking place in Rabotino and its environs, where the enemy is trying to dislodge Russian units from positions on the south-eastern outskirts of the village. At the same time, the Russian Armed Forces were able to take one of the heights near Verbov during the attack.
08:10 Official summary of Representative offices of the DPR in the JCCC:
Six facts of armed attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC.
There was information about one person being injured.
One infrastructure facility was damaged.
One artillery attack was recorded in the Donetsk direction.
Five attacks were recorded in the Gorlovka direction.
A total of 20 units of various ammunition were fired.
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It's Siberia.
[Regnum] On March 14, an Mi-8 helicopter crashed in the Magadan region.
According to a REN TV source, the Mi-8 was transporting 20 workers from one of the mines in Kolyma.
“Two people died, the fate of the others is unknown,” emergency services said.
The helicopter belongs to Dalnerechensk Avia.
The governor of the Magadan region, Sergei Nosov, confirmed the accident. In the Telegram channel, the head of the region reported that rescuers and doctors went to the North Evensky district, where the emergency occurred.
As Regnum reported, a Mi-8 helicopter of the Federal Security Service crashed in the Sosnovsky district of the Chelyabinsk region, killing three people.
The cause of the helicopter crash was a technical failure. The Mi-8 was performing a training flight.
Six people died and nine were injured in a Mi-8 helicopter crash in the village of Tungur in the Altai Republic. The helicopter crashed during landing. It touched electrical wires, caught fire and fell.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin.
Medvedev doesn't want much.
[ColonelCassad] 1. Recognition by the former (hereinafter referred to as “Ukraine”) of defeat in the military component of the conflict.
Complete and unconditional surrender b. “Ukraine” represented by the neo-Nazi clique in Kyiv. Demilitarization b. “Ukraine” and the ban on the creation of paramilitary forces on its territories in the future.
2. Recognition of the Nazi character by the international community b. the Kyiv political regime and the forced denazification of all government bodies under UN control b. "Ukraine".
3. UN statement of loss b. “Ukraine” of international legal personality and the impossibility of any of its legal successors joining military alliances without the consent of Russia.
4. Resignation of all constitutional authorities b. “Ukraine” and the immediate holding of elections to the provisional parliament of the self-governing territory b. "Ukraine".
5. Adoption by the provisional parliament of laws on the payment of all required compensation to Russia, including payments to the relatives of the dead citizens of our country and payments for harm to the health of the wounded. Establishing a procedure for compensation for property damage caused to constituent entities of the Russian Federation.
6. Official recognition by the interim parliament b. “Ukraine”, that its entire territory is the territory of the Russian Federation. Adoption of an act of reunification of territories b. "Ukraine" with Russia.
7. Self-dissolution of the provisional parliament. UN recognition of the act of reunification.
A peaceful resolution of the conflict can be achieved either if there is a mutual will of the parties based on a reasonable compromise, or through the capitulation of one of the parties to the conflict, said Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev.
Since, according to him, the will of the Kyiv regime to negotiate is not visible, Medvedev said that he had constructed a Russian peace formula.
“For them, reality is the Mozkoklyuy “peace formula” of a provincial clown in green tights. And nothing else. It looks so artificial that the only way out is to construct your own Russian formula, calm and quite realistic. Humane for everyone,” he wrote on the Telegram channel.
So, this formula includes seven points. The first of them is Kiev’s recognition of defeat in the conflict, complete and unconditional surrender, demilitarization and a ban on the creation of paramilitary forces on its territories in the future.
The next point is the recognition by the international community of the Nazi character of the Kyiv political regime and the forced denazification of all government bodies of Ukraine under UN control.
The third point is the UN’s statement of Ukraine’s loss of international legal personality and the impossibility of any of its legal successors joining military alliances without Russia’s consent.
The fourth is the resignation of all constitutional authorities of Ukraine and the immediate holding of elections to the interim parliament of the self-governing territory of this country under the auspices of the UN.
The fifth is the adoption by the provisional parliament of laws on the payment of all required compensation to Russia, including payments to the relatives of dead Russian citizens and payments for harm to the health of the wounded. Establishing a procedure for compensation for property damage caused to constituent entities of the Russian Federation.
The sixth is the official “recognition by the provisional parliament of Ukraine that its entire territory is the territory of the Russian Federation.” Adoption of an act on the reunification of territories with Russia.
And the last, seventh, is the self-dissolution of the provisional parliament and the UN recognition of the act of reunification.
“This may be the soft Russian formula for peace. This is a compromise position, right? I think it is precisely on this basis that we can seek a benevolent consensus with the international community, including the Anglo-Saxon world, and hold productive summits, counting on the mutual understanding of our close friends—Western partners,” concluded the Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council.
As Regnum reported, Russian President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly stated Moscow’s readiness for negotiations with Kiev, but, according to the head of state, they must be based on reality. Moreover, Russia did not abandon the negotiation process, the head of state noted.
In November 2023, the leader of the Servant of the People faction in the Verkhovna Rada, David Arakhamia, admitted that the Russian-Ukrainian conflict could have ended in the spring of 2022 if Kiev had agreed to neutrality. He explained that Russia would agree to a peaceful resolution of the conflict if Ukraine abandoned the idea of joining NATO.
A meeting of the working groups of Russia and Ukraine on the peaceful resolution of the conflict took place in Istanbul on March 29, 2022. Assistant to the Russian President Vladimir Medinsky then said that following the results of the head-to-head round, Kiev expressed its readiness to abandon attempts to return Crimea and Sevastopol by military means. Ukraine refused further action. Arakhamia added that former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson also intervened in the situation. He came to Kyiv and insisted on continuing hostilities.
On February 24, the Swiss Foreign Ministry announced that in the summer of 2024 it is planned to organize a summit on the peaceful resolution of the Ukrainian crisis, which was previously requested by the leaders of the Kiev regime.
On March 13, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that Russia would refuse to participate in the Swiss summit on Ukraine, even if it received an official invitation. According to the diplomat, holding the forum in the proposed format does not make sense, since the event will be dedicated to promoting the ultimatum “Zelensky formula”. In addition, Switzerland can hardly serve as a platform for a peacekeeping summit; this presupposes a neutral status. Bern lost it by openly taking a pro-Ukrainian position, voting for anti-Russian resolutions, considering the possibility of confiscating frozen assets of the Russian Federation and joining anti-Russian sanctions, Zakharova added.
Text taken from the Telegram account of @belarusian_silovik
To this moment, not certain about the reference to Mommy's pie.
A video at the link purports to show Ukrainian, Ukrainian allied dead and wounded in the operation
[ColonelCassad] Mommy Pie finally made his best tik tok.
Popovka area near the border with Russia. The fields are littered with killed VSU soldiers and destroyed equipment.
It remains to be hoped that the GUR MOU will continue to dispose of its personnel at the same pace until the end of the Russian presidential elections.
There are details of yesterday's attack by the Russians from the "RDK" on the border of the Belgorod and Kursk regions.
The enemy groups were formed mainly from non-citizens of Ukraine. Moreover, they included most of the escaped Russians and Belarusians (!). Almost the majority of them remained KIAs. There are wounded.
According to the source, he supervised all groups of the State Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine, specially recruiting groups from foreigners. The Ukrainian Armed Forces were tasked with providing fire cover and supplying heavy equipment, since formally the “RDK” and the “Kalinovsky Regiment” do not exist on paper; they are part of various Ukrainian military units. Using foreigners as a forward element in offensive operations was something the separatists did during the Debaltsevo Defensive Operation in 2015, and likely before.
The new generation of commanders of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is sending military personnel to positions that are not prepared for defense, which leads to high losses, said a serviceman of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, writing on social networks under the name Evgeniy Sharovarov.
“Sit here,” another officer points his finger at a point on the tablet. “What's there? Is there shelter? Was there someone there? — for me, these questions make the difference between life and death. For him, we are only two “pencils,” he described the situation in a post published on Facebook (an organization whose activities are banned in the Russian Federation; owned by Meta, which is recognized as extremist and banned in the Russian Federation).
According to Sharovarov, officers do not visit the positions to which they send fighters, but control them using drones and often do not know what is happening in reality.
He remembered the company commanders who had held these posts previously, some of them had already died. According to the military man, those officers refused to carry out orders that involved the senseless death of personnel.
“Those officers were inconvenient and were quickly replaced. Now a new generation is in charge. The officers were replaced by Akhvitsers. The ahvitsers do not go to positions because “I have already done so in my time,” he concluded.
As reported by Regnum news agency, earlier Russian President Vladimir Putin, in an interview with journalist Dmitry Kiselyov, said that the Ukrainian command sent its people to be slaughtered in the village of Krynki on the left bank of the Dnieper.
Commenting on the actions of the commanders of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in certain areas of the left bank of the Dnieper, including the area of the village of Krynki, Putin emphasized that they, “like a meat grinder, threw their people there.” Ukrainian fighters, according to him, were “running barefoot” there, left without ammunition.
Also, a previously captured Ukrainian special operations forces fighter Evgeniy Gorin said that his squad was thrown to slaughter on the Tendrovskaya spit in the Kherson region for the sake of a “picture”.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] The UN Security Council will discuss on March 14, at Russia’s request, the need to conduct an international investigation into the terrorist attacks on the Nord Streams, said First Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the organization Dmitry Polyansky.
“On March 14, we will once again raise in the UN Security Council the issue of the need for an international investigation into the terrorist attacks on the Nord Streams,” Polyansky wrote on the Telegram channel.
He added that after Denmark and Sweden stopped their investigations, their futility and focus solely on gaining time and trying to bring out the main and obvious suspect in this terrorist attack became even more clear.
In Stockholm and Copenhagen, “apparently, they could no longer “pull the tires”; in Berlin, “they are still pushing, but this does not change the picture,” the diplomat added.
As Regnum reported, explosions on the Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines occurred in September 2022 in the exclusive economic zones of Sweden and Denmark.
Russian President Vladimir Putin indicated the United States' interest in these bombings. Washington not only officially threatened to prevent the launch of SP-2, but ultimately, due to the terrorist attack, expanded the prospects for the sale of American liquefied natural gas in Europe.
Danish authorities said on February 26 that they had stopped their investigation into the attacks. Danish law enforcement officers confirmed that the explosions on gas pipelines were the result of deliberate sabotage, but there is allegedly no reason to suspect the involvement of Danish citizens in it. Earlier, the Swedish prosecutor's office explained the suspension of its investigation using a similar scheme.
The decision of the Danish authorities to terminate the investigation into terrorist attacks on both lines of the Nord Stream gas pipeline confirms their disinterest in identifying the real customers, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova previously said.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Alexey Vasiliev
[REGNUM] Amid the conflict in Ukraine, especially in the last year, not a day goes by without information about various drones appearing. First of all, we are talking about FPV quadcopters. FPV, i.e. First Person View, translated means “from the first person”. This means that such devices are completely controlled directly by the operator from the remote control. This is their difference from industrial drones, which perform the tasks of stabilizing the position in the air independently; the operator only sets the required movement. This difference is important because the FPV control principle allows for a dramatic simplification of the design. And given the mass production of components, FPV drones have become available for production in virtually any conditions and with minimal preparation.
Text taken from the Telegram account of @rosich_ru.
[ColonelCassad] Kalashnikov began deliveries of the updated VKPO 3.0 in digital colors
Triada-TKO LLC has begun shipping more than 100,000 all-season sets of field uniforms VKPO 3.0 model 2023 in the “Digital” color scheme to the customer. The kit was developed by the company with the participation of the customer’s specialized division.
The updated VKPO 3.0 includes eight clothing items.
The correct combination of kit elements ensures effective thermoregulation at varying degrees of user activity and comfortable all-weather use in temperate climates in the temperature range from -25c to +40c degrees.
VKPO 3.0 model 2023 is distinguished by improved ergonomics, the use of new materials, and the presence of integrated protection for the elbow and knee joints in the main elements. The updated version of the set has shoulder straps, the summer and insulated suits have been slightly modified.
At the same time, Triada-TKO LLC continues to supply over 200,000 sets of updated VKPO 3.0 in Multicam colors to the customer.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
