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2023-01-17 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Russian Perspective: Operation to Denazify Ukraine: Operational Brief January 16th (updated)
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.

[NewsFrontInfo] 23:23 Air defense and the Black Sea Fleet shot down 10 Ukrainian drones, the governor of Sevastopol said.

22:32 Peskov about the collapse of a residential building in Dnepropetrovsk: the Russian military does not strike at residential buildings and the social infrastructure of Ukraine. He also drew attention to the fact that some representatives of Kyiv have already called the air defense work the cause of the tragedy.

21:43 Report about explosions in the Kharkov region.

20:54 An air raid alert was announced on Monday in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine and the Kyiv-controlled part of the Zaporozhye region, testify to data online maps of the Ukrainian Ministry of Digital Transformation.

19:25 Umbrella Salt completely released subdivisions of PMC "Wagner".

This is an important transport hub, control over which eliminates the possibility of direct communication between Bakhmut and Seversk, two major defense hubs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

In addition, the liberation of Salt will have a positive effect on the current ongoing offensive towards the northern outskirts of Bakhmut.

Reports about the capture of Kleshchievka (Kleshcheevka) have so far turned out to be premature. PMC "Wagner" is engaged in heavy fighting for this settlement with the support of its own aviation and artillery.

19:17 Seven more defenders of the DPR, released from Ukrainian captivity, returned to the Republic.

This was announced by the Commissioner for Human Rights in the DPR Daria Morozova.

18:27 Soldiers of PMC "Wagner" took under control Kleshcheevka near Artemovsk, military correspondents report.

Previously, Wagner PMC attack aircraft knocked out the Armed Forces of Ukraine from Kleshcheevka in the south of Artemovsk, WarGonzo military correspondents reported.

Probably, now the RF Armed Forces have opened the way to enter Artemovsk, exit to Ivanovsky, as well as fire control over the Artemovsk-Konstantinovka highway.

16:37 Reconnaissance and attack helicopter Ka-52 "Alligator" in the sky over the Donbass -video

16:36 Destroyed Ukrainian armored car "Kozak" in the Bakhmut (Artyomovsk) direction -video

16:25 The result of hitting the Vushnikov car, which was hidden in the garage of civilians -video

Probably, the Ukrainian soldiers themselves arranged for themselves a position inside a civilian house

16:21 DPR special forces scouts destroyed the enemy crew SPG-9 -video

Scouts of the 3rd Guards Special Purpose Battalion, during reconnaissance, using a thermal imager, discovered a crew of an SPG-9 (“boot”) recoilless rifle, which was shelling our positions and a camouflaged enemy car. The identified group target was destroyed with the help of ATGMs.

15:41 Over Sevastopol shot down in a day ten Ukrainian drones, Governor Mikhail Razvozhaev said.

According to him, all of them were shot down over the sea; as a result, no one was injured, including objects in the city and the Black Sea that were not damaged.

15:20 The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation recognized terrorist organization of the international neo-Nazi movement MKU (“Maniacs. The cult of murders”) and banned its activities on the territory of the Russian Federation.

The organization was founded in 2017 by a citizen of Ukraine Yegor Krasnov, who is currently wanted on suspicion of murder. The stated goal of the movement's participants is "racial cleansing". They also practice their own "Religion of Murder", according to which death is ascended by a god-like entity that drives the supporters of the organization with a thirst for murder, thereby performing racial cleansing.

15:10 In the capable hands of the medical special forces: in the special operation zone, the military doctors of the medical battalion of the Western Military District continue to provide medical assistance to servicemen and injured civilians -video

Soldiers and civilians who cannot be provided medical assistance on the spot are evacuated to military doctors by helicopters and vehicles.

The main goal of operations performed by doctors is to stop bleeding, remove fragments and create all conditions for wound healing. Only after that the patient is subject to further evacuation.

Military doctors are able to save the life of the victim, even with hopeless wounds.

14:50 Army and Navy reflected massive attack on Sevastopol.
Governor Razvozhaev: “The result of today's enemy attack on Sevastopol: the air defense and the Black Sea Fleet shot down 10 out of 10 UAVs over the sea.

No objects either in the city or in the water area were damaged. Everything is calm in the city.”

14:18 Summary of Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation on the territory of Ukraine (16.01.2023)

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to conduct a special military operation.

In the Kupyansk direction, the army aviation and artillery of the Western Military District defeated units of the 92nd Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 103rd Territorial Defense Brigade in the areas of the settlements of Sinkovka and Berestovoe in the Kharkiv region. More than 30 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles and three vehicles were destroyed.

In the Krasno-Limansky direction, artillery units of the Central Military District, during the fire destruction of accumulations of manpower of the 95th Air Assault Brigade and the 125th Territorial Defense Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of Serebryanka and Terny settlements of the Donetsk People's Republic, destroyed over 75 Ukrainian servicemen, three tanks, five armored fighting vehicles and a pickup truck.

In the Donetsk direction, units of the Southern Military District, in cooperation with units of the Airborne Forces, continue offensive operations. During the day, more than 50 Ukrainian servicemen, an armored personnel carrier and eight vehicles were destroyed in this direction.

In the South-Donetsk direction, units of the Eastern Military District inflicted a complex defeat on the 65th Motorized Infantry Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of ​​​​the settlement of Stepovoe, Zaporozhye region and the 108th Brigade of territorial defense in the area of ​​​​the settlement of Novoselka of the Donetsk People's Republic. Up to 30 Ukrainian servicemen, an armored combat vehicle and two pickup trucks were destroyed.

Operational-tactical aviation, missile troops and artillery of groups of troops (forces) of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation hit a warehouse of weapons, military and special equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near the settlement of Krasny Liman of the Donetsk People's Republic, a hangar with military equipment of the 9th Special Purpose Regiment of the National Guard of Ukraine in near the settlement of Malokaterinovka, Zaporozhye region, as well as 79 artillery units in firing positions, manpower and military equipment in the 101st district.

In the course of a counter-battery fight, the following were destroyed during the day:

Ukrainian combat vehicle 122mm MLRS "Grad" and howitzer 152mm 2A36 "Hyacinth-B" near the village of Avdievka of the Donetsk People's Republic;
howitzer 122mm D-30 near the village of Antonovka, Donetsk People's Republic;

152mm howitzer 2A65 "Msta-B" and self-propelled howitzer 152mm 2S3 "Acacia" in the areas of the settlements of Zaliznichnoe and Orekhovo, Zaporozhye region;


Self-propelled howitzer 122mm 2S1 "Gvozdika" near the village of Inzhenernoe, Kherson region.

In addition, two US-made counter-battery radars were destroyed: AN/TPQ-37 in the area of ​​​​the village of Karmazinovka in the Luhansk People's Republic and AN/TPQ-50 in the area of ​​​​the village of Avdiivka in the Donetsk People's Republic.

During the day, three Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed by means of air defense in the areas of the settlements of Novoselovskoe and Sofiyivka of the Luhansk People's Republic.

Seven HIMARS and Uragan multiple rocket launchers were also intercepted in the areas of the settlements of Surovtsevka in the Luhansk People's Republic, Fedorovka in the Donetsk People's Republic and Vasilyevka in the Zaporozhye Region.

In total, since the start of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 372 aircraft, 200 helicopters, 2,885 unmanned aerial vehicles, 401 anti-aircraft missile systems, 7,537 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 983 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 3,841 field artillery and mortars, as well as 8,066 units of special military vehicles.

14:10 Combat work of the army aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces to destroy firing points and positions of ukrofashists in the area of ​​the special operation -video

13:32 Ukrainian truck destroyed by precise hit by Russian artillery -video

13:30 Army aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the area of ​​the special operation -video

13:28 Heavy fleet snipers destroy enemy militants and equipment at long distances in the DPR —video

An experienced shooter with precision weapons is an important tactical unit on the battlefield. A group of fighters with large-caliber rifles strikes enemy infantry and lightly armored vehicles at distances up to two km.

An officer of the heavy sniper group of the Pacific Fleet of the Russian Navy with the call sign “Yary”, who destroyed more than 100 fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, spoke about his combat work on one of the sectors of the front in the DPR.

12:51 KA-52 gunship "Alligators" "Brave" destroy equipment and manpower of the Armed Forces of Ukraine -video

Attack helicopters Ka-52 regularly cover the fortified positions of Ukrainian militants and hit their equipment and manpower. Our helicopter pilots approach at extremely low altitudes and launch missiles from a pitch-up, which makes it possible to hit the enemy from a long distance without entering his air defense zone. The onboard complex of the helicopter allows you to conduct accurate shooting in this way.

12:49 Legendary "ghosts" of Mozgovoy destroy the fortified areas of the Armed Forces of Ukraine -video

Artillerymen of the 2nd Army Corps of the LPR from 14 armored personnel carriers, founded by our fallen comrade Alexei Mozgov, are destroying enemy positions in the battles in the Donbass.

12:47 Sevastopol Governor Mikhail Razvozhaev announced seven downed drones.

12:45 Tank T-90 "Breakthrough" is working on the enemy. Adjustment is carried out using a drone -video

12:03 Over the sea in Sevastopolshot down3 UAVs - Governor of Sevastopol Mikhail Razvozhaev

11:53 In Sevastopol again air defense works.

09:35 In the Dnipropetrovsk region, the distribution of summons for conscription for military service continues -video
Summons are handed to Ukrainians anywhere - in public transport or just on the street.

09:15 RF Armed Forces are working on Ukrainian positions in a constant mode, not letting them raise their heads -video

08:34 Plans were thwarted: tankers of the Southern Military District destroy objects and positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine - video

The tank crews of the Southern Military District once again frustrated the enemy's plans to attack the fixed positions of the Russian troops.

The servicemen of the tank unit destroy the enemy with direct fire and using a modern fire control system.

“We are fulfilling the tasks of destroying the Ukrainian militants of the National Battalion… The mood of the enemy is generally deplorable, they are slowly starting to give up. The day before yesterday, five people came themselves - they crawled. Crawled first. We thought that they were going on the offensive, but it turns out they just raised their hands up and went to surrender to ours, ”explained a serviceman of the Russian Armed Forces with the call sign “Businessman”.

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