[NewsFrontInfo] 22:29 One of the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Zaitsevo voluntarily laid down its arms. The unprepared and poorly armed mobilized Armed Forces of Ukraine, sent by Ukrainian generals to die in Zaitsevo, chose life and took advantage of the offer of the NM DPR to voluntarily surrender their weapons.
21:25 In Lisichansk continues clearing the rubble after the shelling of the Ukrainian fascists.
Ukraine, as always, sought to strike at civilians, so it hit the ambulance station directly - directly at civilians and those who save their lives.
20:31 Lieutenant Colonel of the People's Militia of the LPR Andrey Marochko on the air of the program "There is a Question" on the TV channel "Lugansk 24" told that the armed formations of Ukraine are striking at the civilian infrastructure of cities in order to try to discredit the People's Militia of the LPR.
"From reliable sources, it became known that one of the artillery units was given orders to deliver pinpoint strikes on the settlement of Soledar, specifically on civilian infrastructure, so that there would be as many casualties among the civilian population as possible. Those documents that fell into our hands indicate that this is being done in order to discredit both the servicemen of the People's Militia of the Lugansk People's Republic and the Russian army," he said.
20:31 Personnel from the front line in the Maryinsky direction near Donetsk. Soldiers of the 100th Brigade of the People's Militia of the DPR took the stronghold of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and are conducting a sweep
19:32 Statement by the official representative of the NM DPR on the situation at 19.30 19.08.2022
Over the current day, according to information from the Representative Office of the JCCC in the DPR, the enemy fired more than 80 rounds from BM-21 122mm rocket artillery multiple launch rocket systems, barreled artillery with a caliber of 155mm, 152mm and 122mm, as well as 120mm mortars.
The fire was fired at the areas of nine settlements of the Republic. As a result of shelling, one civilian was injured. Six houses were damaged. Additional information about the injured civilians and damage to infrastructure is being specified.
Currently, a set of works is underway to clear anti-personnel mines PFM-1 "Lepestok" (PFM-1C).
We regret to inform you that while performing military duty in the struggle for independence, five defenders of the Donetsk People's Republic died and seven were injured. We express our sincere condolences to the families and friends of the victims.
18:38 Calculations of the MLRS "Tornado" of the 20th Army of the Western Military District destroy fortified areas of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the forest belt on the outskirts of Slavyansk. Demilitarization of Ukraine is carried out 24/7
18:35 The mayor of Gorlovka Ivan Prikhodko reports about the "arrivals" of Ukrainian rounds in the area of the knitting factory (Central-City district of Gorlovka).
18:29 Artillerymen of the People's Militia of the LPR are firing at Ukrainian nationalists who have settled in Soledar,propaganda rounds.
--In such rounds, instead of explosives, leaflets are placed calling on Ukrainians to stop resistance and surrender.
--This work contributed, among other things, to the fact that, according to the intelligence of the special operation forces in the Soledar direction, soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are deserting en masse.
"Donbass decides"
17:52 The DPR JCCC recorded shelling from the AFU in the following directions:
— n.p. Orlovka - n.p. Makeevka (Chervonogvardeisky district): five rounds of 152mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Orlovka - n.p. Yasinovataya: fired three rounds of 155mm caliber;
— n.p. Orlovka - Donetsk (Kyiv region): three rounds of 152mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Dyleevka - n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district): five rounds of 152mm caliber were fired.
17:36 Hit near Donetsk railway station.
17:15 The Government of the LPR, by its decree, approved the procedure for inspecting capital construction objects damaged as a result of hostilities, with the exception of residential buildings. This was reported by the press service of the Government.
In accordance with the document, the examination is carried out by a commission consisting of representatives of structural divisions of the administrations of the territories and the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the LPR.
According to the results of inspections of objects, the possibility of their restoration is determined. If recognized as unsuitable for reconstruction, they will be included in the Unified Register of Capital Construction Objects Subject to Demolition.
17:09 Allied forces are fighting for the settlements of Krasnogorovka and Tonenkoe in the DPR, control over which will allow taking Avdievka into pincers - Basurin.
16:53 The DPR JCCC recorded shelling from the AFU in the following directions:
-- n.p. Orlovka - city Donetsk (Kyiv district): five rounds of 155mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Orlovka - Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): three rounds of 152mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Ceramic - n.p. Novobakhmutovka: fired eight mines in 120mm caliber;
— n.p. Dyleevka - n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district): 10 rounds of 122mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Dyleevka - n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district): six rounds of 152mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Marinka (western) - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): 10 mines fired with a caliber of 120mm;
-- n.p. Makeivka (Kirovsky district): five rounds of 152mm caliber were fired.
16:19 The residential area "Komsomolets" (Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka) and adjacent settlements are being shelled from the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Also, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are firing at the village of the Rumyantsev mine (Kalinin district of Horlivka), according to the mayor of the city Ivan Prikhodko.
15:34 Servicemen of the NM DPR continue to increase your efficiency at the landfills of the Republic
On the training grounds of the Republic, training, combat coordination of units and practical development of the acquired knowledge in conditions of imitation of urban battles are taking place in order to increase the efficiency of units participating in the Special Military Operation. "People's Militia of the DPR"
15:08 Tankers of the 9th Marine Regiment of the NM DPR worked near Avdievka.
According to the coordinates from intelligence, they worked out a square with enemy manpower and equipment.
14:55 In the Donbas, Russian troops liquidated Ukrainian politician Yuriy Karakay, who fought in the ranks of the Ukrainian of territorial defense.
14:31 Kyiv district of Donetsk - under the fire of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Kirovsky, Kuibyshevsky districts are also under fire.
14:25 The allied troops left the Soledar industrial area in the DPR and entered the city, several streets are already under control - the people's militia of the LPR.
14:15 A school on the outskirts of Soledar has been turned into the location of the Armed Forces of Ukraine - the territory is littered with abandoned ammunition.
Despite the tearful assurances of Ukrainian propaganda that the Russians are bombing civilian targets where there is no military presence, evidence to the contrary continues to be found at every turn. Military correspondent Readovka Anastasia Elsukova visited at another "peaceful facility" on the outskirts of Soledar - in a dilapidated school.
14:09 Consequences of shellingof Kirovsky district of Donetsk. Injured local resident.
13:15 The DPR JCCC recorded shelling from the AFU in the following directions:
— n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Kirovskiy district): five rounds of 152mm caliber were fired;
-- n.p. Makeivka (Kirovsky district): five rounds of 152mm caliber were fired;
-- n.p. Orlovka - city Donetsk (Kyiv district): five rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.
13:03 Kyiv district of Donetsk. The Armed Forces of Ukraine fired from the Grad MLRS.
12:06 Head of the administration of Stakhanov Sergey Zhevlakov told about the consequences of the shelling of the city by the armed forces of Ukraine in the evening of August 18, 2022.
12:04 Representation of the LPR in the JCCC fixed the consequences of the shelling of the city of Stakhanov (LPR). As a result of the shelling of the city of Stakhanov using the American MLRS M142 HIMARS (in total, the enemy fired three missiles of the M31 GMLRS type into the city), two residential buildings and the Stakhanov Automobile School of the DOSAAF LPR were damaged.
Representation of the LPR in the JCCC.
11:55 The DPR JCCC recorded shelling from the AFU in the following directions:
— n.p. Novgorodskoye - n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district): six mines fired with a caliber of 120mm;
— n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Kirovskiy district): six rounds of 152mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Orlovka - n.p. Makeevka (Chervonogvardeisky district): five rounds of 152mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Orlovka - n.p. Yasinovataya: fired three rounds of 155mm caliber;
-- n.p. Dzerzhinsk (South mine) - n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district): issued seven mines caliber 120mm;
-- Orlovka - city Donetsk (Kyiv district): five rounds of 152mm caliber were fired.
11:52 Gorlovka Mayor Ivan Prikhodko reports: as a result of night shelling of the village of Russky Kray (Kalinin district of Gorlovka), a house, a chimney and a greenhouse at the address: st. Gudkova, 13, damaged power lines at the address: st. Barabinskaya, 78.
As a result of the armed aggression of Ukrainian militants, the house at the address: st. Parkhomenko, 58. Gorlovsky village Bayrak is partially de-energized, without electricity 175 subscribers.
11:38 Consequences of shellingArmed Forces of Ukraine Petrovsky district of Donetsk, Volochaevskaya st., 4-6.
11:32 The headquarters of the DPR TeroO reports that as of August 19, 2022, on the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic, a group of troops of the DPR and LPR, with fire support from the RF Armed Forces, liberated 270 settlements, including Zaitsevo and Dacha.
11:24 Russian troops continue to advance in the Slavic direction
In particular, it became known about the active advance of the Russian army in the direction of the settlement. Barvenkovo, along the axis Karnaukhovka - Novaya Dmitrovka - Dibrovnoe. The liberation of Barvenkovo will allow Russian and allied troops to create a springboard for further assault on Slavyansk and Kramatorsk and force the UAF militants to withdraw their forces from the area in order to avoid operational encirclement.
11:19 It is reported that the Liberation Forces in the DPR have taken control of the village of Pavlovka near Vuhledar. There has been no official confirmation of the information.
10:39 Consequences of shelling of the settlement of the Izotov mine in Gorlovka.
10:32 Statement by the official representative of the NM DPR on the situation at 10.30 19.08.2022
The Ukrainian side continues to terrorize the civilian population of the Republic, inflicting massive artillery strikes on residential areas and civilian infrastructure, which in turn do not pose a danger to the enemy and are not military targets.
Over the past day, according to the Representative Office of the JCCC in the DPR, the enemy fired 375 ammunition from BM-21 rocket artillery multiple launch rocket systems, 155mm, 152mm and 122mm cannon artillery, 120mm mortars, and 80mm unguided rockets .
The fire was fired at the areas of twelve settlements of the Republic. As a result of shelling, six civilians were killed and twenty-three were injured. Twenty-one residential buildings and three civil infrastructure facilities were damaged. Additional information about injured civilians and damage to infrastructure is being specified.
Joint actions of the military personnel of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation destroyed enemy weapons and military equipment: a D-30 howitzer, a mortar crew firing position, an armored personnel carrier. Losses among the enemy personnel amounted to more than 15 people.
Currently, a set of works is underway to clear anti-personnel mines PFM-1 "Lepestok" (PFM-1C).
10:30 "Better than lying in the field" - a serviceman of the Armed Forces of Ukraine completely realized it's better to lay down your arms than die.
10:10 In the morning VKS RF hit the barracks, the enemy, which was located in a school in the city of Toretsk (Dzerzhinsk). The Armed Forces of Ukraine suffered heavy losses in manpower.
10:03 Statement by the official representative of the NM of the LPR, Captain Filiponenko I.M. as of August 19, 2022
Over the past 24 hours, during the active offensive operations of the units of the People's Militia of the LPR, the enemy suffered heavy losses in manpower and military equipment. Destroyed:
- up to 45 personnel;
- five armored personnel carriers;
- two artillery installations;
— three units of special automotive equipment;
The enemy continues shelling civilian infrastructure facilities in LPR settlements. Over the past day, the armed formations of Ukraine fired at the settlement. Svetlodarsk, Lisichansk and Stakhanov using American-made M 142 HIMARS MLRS, BM-27 Uragan MLRS and 155mm artillery mounts, firing three rockets and 17 rounds.
As a result of the attacks:
- in the settlement of Svetlodarsk, two civilians were killed, including one child, and 12 people were injured, as well as four multi-storey residential buildings and the city hospital were damaged;
— in n.p. Lisichansk destroyed a residential building and damaged an ambulance station;
— in n.p. Stakhanov damaged driving school.
Peaceful life is being restored in the territories of the Lugansk People's Republic liberated from Ukrainian nationalists: engineering and sapper units of the People's Militia of the LPR continue demining. During August 18, they cleared more than five hectares of territory from explosive objects left by Ukrainian nationalists in the areas of the settlements of Shipilovka and Novodruzhesk.
The NM of the LPR, together with public organizations, is delivering humanitarian aid to the residents of these areas.
09:55 The DPR JCCC recorded shelling from the AFU in the following directions:
— n.p. Novomikhailovka - n.p. Yelenovka: five rounds of 155mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Dyleevka - n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district): five rounds of 152mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Dyleevka - n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district): five rounds of 152mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Zhovanka - n.p. Zaitsevo (southern): fired five mines in 120mm caliber;
-- n.p. Orlovka - city Donetsk (Kyiv district): five rounds of 152mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Orlovka - n.p. Makeevka (Chervonogvardeisky district): five rounds of 152mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Orlovka - Donetsk (Kalinin district): one shell fired with a caliber of 155mm.
08:55 Adviser to the head of the DPR told on the training of UAV pilots on the territory of the Republic. RIA Novosti reports.
08:51 Telegram channel Joker DNR reports that before the arrival of the UN representatives, Ukraine is preparing a war crime with the use of the poisonous warfare substance Iprit and the victims in order to blame the Russian side.
According to the channel, in the coming days Mustard gas will be used against Ukrainian soldiers who are now in Maryinka.
08:49 Battle for Marinka
The liberation of Marinka continues successfully, as a result of which more than 2/3 of the city is already under the control of the allied forces.
Servicemen of the 107th battalion of the NM DPR showed fortifications and strongholds recaptured from the enemy.
07:00 Summary of the Luhansk People's Republic Representation in the JCCC for the past 24 hours, August 18.
From the side of the armed formations of Ukraine, three shellings were recorded on the settlement. Svetlodarsk, Lisichansk and Stakhanov using the American MLRS M142 HIMARS (three missiles), MLRS BM-27 "Hurricane" (12 rounds) and 155mm artillery (five rounds). As a result of the attacks:
- in the settlement of Svetlodarsk, two civilians were killed, including one child, and 12 people were injured, as well as four multi-storey residential buildings and the city hospital were damaged;
-in n.p. Lisichansk destroyed a residential building and damaged an ambulance station;
-in n.p. Stakhanov damaged driving school.
Representation of the LPR in the JCCC.
06:50 The DPR JCCC recorded shelling from the AFU in the following directions:
— n.p. Dyleevka - n.p. Gorlovka: nine each 152mm rounds fired;
— n.p. Novgorodskoye - n.p. Panteleymonovka: seven each 152mm rounds fired;
— n.p. Dyleevka - n.p. Gorlovka: six rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.
— n.p. Leonidovka - n.p. Novobakhmutovka: six rounds of 152mm caliber were fired.
06:27 Gorlovka Mayor Ivan Prikhodko reports: Elena Vladimirovna K. died in Gorlovka this morning. She is an employee of the Gorlovka City Management Company. The woman was at her workplace, performing her professional duties.
05:55 RIA Novosti correspondent transmits from the positions of the DPR in the Avdievka direction. The commander of a howitzer battery with the call sign "Bear" talks about the work of artillery.
05:10 The Russian Armed Forces and the People's Militia of the DPR are gradually pushing the national formations a step back.
Thus, the artillery battalion of the 1st Slavic Brigade actively supports the offensive of the foot troops, which, in turn, transmit intelligence to the artillerymen. It is at these points that art strikes, freeing up a further path for advancement.