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Perspective from the Breakaway Republics: Invasion of Ukraine: August 22nd, 2022
2022-08-23
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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:14 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for August 22, additional information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:

Donetsk, Kuibyshevsky district:
- a man born in 1971 was wounded.
- as a result of an explosion on a mine PFM "Petal", a man born in 1960 was wounded.

As of 20:00 on August 22, 48 cases of undermining civilians have already been registered in the Republic, incl. two children, on mines PFM "Petal". One of the injured died in the hospital.

Information about the consequences of shelling continues to arrive.

22:16 Ukrainian Nazis hide behind civilians as a "human shield" during the battles for Artemovsk, on August 22, the press service of the Russian Defense Ministry reports.

According to the agency, in Artemovsk, Ukrainians placed their artillery positions, including MLRS, between private houses, which put civilians in great danger.

21:57 Ukrainian militants placed artillery in residential buildings and mined a bridge near a school in the DPR

20:57 Over Azovstal hung out huge Russian flag. The 200-meter tricolor was raised to a height of 100 meters. In addition, the largest flag of 2.4 thousand square meters was unfurled in Kupyansk.

The action was carried out by activists of the Young Guard of United Russia and the "Volunteer Company"

19:33 Statement by the official representative of the NM DPR on the situation at 19.30 on 22.08.2022

Over the current day, according to information from the Representative Office of the JCCC in the DPR, the enemy fired more than 130 units of ammunition from barreled artillery with a caliber of 155mm, 152mm and 122mm, as well as 120mm mortars.

The fire was fired at the areas of seven settlements of the Republic. As a result of shelling, two civilians were killed and two were injured. Five housing constructions and one civil infrastructure facility were damaged. Additional information about the injured civilians and damage to infrastructure is being specified.

The complex of works on the clearance of anti-personnel mines PFM-1 "Lepestok" (PFM-1S) is ongoing.

We regret to inform you that while performing military duty in the struggle for independence, seven defenders of the Donetsk People's Republic died and ten were injured. We express our sincere condolences to the families and friends of the victims.

19:07 The Armed Forces of Ukraine are very afraid of the offensive of the Russian military and DPR fighters in Maryinka. They either hide or immediately flee from their positions and then pelt them with prohibited mines. About this to the correspondent of "Stars" told one of the participants in the battles for the city.

Also, Ukrainian militants continue to shell residential buildings in which they previously occupied positions. They seem to be trying to erase the traces of their crimes.

19:00 VFU wounded a civilian in Donetsk. In the Kuibyshevsky district of the city on the street. Valery Arsenov, a man born in 1960 stepped on a PFM-1 mine.

18:48 The DPR JCCC recorded shelling from the AFU in the following directions:

— n.p. Dyleevka - n.p. Gorlovka (settlement of Izotov sh-ty): six rounds of 122mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Dyleevka - n.p. Zaitsevo: three rounds of 152mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Majorsk - n.p. Zaitsevo: fired five mines in 120mm caliber.

18:38 Ukrainian militants are shelling the village of the mine. N. A. Izotova. Splinters from rounds are scattered along Voznesensky Street, Gorlovka Mayor Ivan Prikhodko reports.

18:29 The troops of Russia and Donbass continue to move forward, capturing more and more new positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Donetsk

Thanks to the well-coordinated work of our fighters, the enemy inevitably retreats, suffering losses near the regional center of Marinka. As one of the fighters of the allied forces said, "they (enemies) do not go on the offensive, they sit like mice, quietly, calmly, they are very afraid of us."

Retreating APUscatteranti-personnel mines "Petal" directly above Maryinka, in the place of their abandoned positions and shelters /corr. iz.ru Rodion Severyanov/

18:28 Aide to the President of Russia Andrey Fursenko, the leadership of the Government, the Ministry of Education and Science, rectors of universities of the Lugansk People's Republic at a meeting in Lugansk discussed preparations for the new academic year, Russia's assistance and prospects for integration into the educational system of the Russian Federation.

Andrey Fursenko told that it was difficult in Chechnya after the war, as it is now in the Luhansk People's Republic. But today Chechnya is one of the most advanced regions in terms of the quality of life. And everything will change in the Donbass, too, he stressed. Including in education.

17:46 Prohibited anti-personnel mines "Petal" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were scattered directly over Maryinka. Proof of the “humanity†of Ukrainian militants showed Izvestia correspondent Rodion Severyanov. He also visited the trenches of the 107th battalion of soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine - now they have been occupied by allied forces.

"They don’t go on the offensive, they sit like mice, quietly, calmly, they are very afraid of us," one of the servicemen said about the enemy. He noted the well-coordinated and competent work of our fighters.

There is a minefield not far from the positions, so it is strictly forbidden to leave the trail.

"Most likely, they are tracking and trying to hit our group," the journalist noted, finding a fresh, still smoking trail from the projectile.

15:59 Servicemen of the 2nd Army Corps got state awards of the Russian Federation.

15:31 The work of the 1st battalion of special forces of the NM DPR in the area of the Donetsk airport is a well-coordinated interaction between all the fighters of the unit.

While some are storming enemy positions, AGS automatic 40mm grenade launcher and artillery crews, with the help of UAV operators, support attack aircraft with harassing fire on the enemy.Reportswargonzo.

15:25 The DPR JCCC recorded shelling from the AFU in the following directions:

— n.p. Ozaryanovka - n.p. Gorlovka (Kalinin district): six rounds of 155mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Dyleevka - n.p. Zaitsevo (southern): four rounds fired with a caliber of 152mm;
— n.p. Kurdyumovka - n.p. Gorlovka (settlement of Izotov sh-ty): five rounds of 152mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Otradovka - n.p. Zaitsevo: five rounds of 152mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Otradovka - n.p. Zaitsevo: 17 each 152mm rounds were fired;
— n.p. Majorsk - n.p. Zaitsevo: fired five mines in 120mm caliber;
— n.p. Otradovka - n.p. Zaitsevo: 12 each 152mm rounds fired;
— n.p. Dyleevka - n.p. Gorlovka: four rounds of 152mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Dyleevka - n.p. Gorlovka: six rounds of 152mm caliber were fired;
— settlement Kurdyumovka — settlement Gorlovka (settlement of Rumyantsev sh-ty): seven rounds of 152mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Novomikhailovka - n.p. Donetsk (Leninsky district): three rounds of 152mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Dry Balka - n.p. Gorlovka: four rounds of 152mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Orlovka - n.p. Yasinovataya: fired five rounds of 152mm caliber;
— n.p. Orlovka - n.p. Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): seven rounds of 155mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Kleban-Byk - n.p. Zaitsevo: three rounds of 152mm caliber were fired.

14:30 "It's pointless to compete" - a serviceman of the Armed Forces of Ukraine thinks that the Ukrainian army should stop resisting.

13:53Fights for Soledar from a drone height: the people's militia destroys Ukrainian armored personnel carriers with ammunition for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. And then he strikes at the waste heap, from where the nationalists fired at residential buildings.

13:51 Knauf plant and dominant height: new frames from under Soledar, where the APU is being cleaned up. On the approaches to Soledar, plains are observed, but the terrain is hilly. If you look at the city itself, it is in a lowland. This gives an advantage to the troops to attack from above.

Artillery of the 7th Brigade of the NM LPR thwarts attempts by the Armed Forces of Ukraine to supply their troops in the city. One armored personnel carrier of the enemy was burned by an accurate hit. The second one tries to go in the opposite direction, but the projectile catches up with him too.

The deserted streets of the city are still under the control of the Ukrainian military. Houses have been turned into fortresses, firing points are located in the apartments of residents. The NM LPR brigade is attacking from the north. The Armed Forces of Ukraine in the city are surrounded by Pokrovsky and Vladimirovka. The people's militia is also moving towards Yakovlevka.

13:47 Deputy of the National Assembly of the DPR Elena Shishkina took part in the international Forum on violations of human rights by Ukraine. Representatives of the DPR, LPR, Russia, France and other European countries take part in the Forum.

Olena Shishkina proposed to include in the Forum's resolution a clause on the need to recognize Ukraine as a terrorist country, and the countries that supply it with weapons as accomplices of terrorists.

13:32 Allied forces are fighting fierce battles with the enemy near Krasnohorivka in the Avdieivka direction, an ATGM battery covers the actions of assault units with fire, told deputy commander of the battalion of the 9th Regiment of the people's militia of the DPR with the call sign "Khokhol", RIA Novosti reports.

13:21 The Saur-Mogyla memorial complex near Donetsk, which was destroyed by aimed fire from the Armed Forces of Ukraine in 2014, will be restored by August 25, Mikhail Myagkov, scientific director of the Russian Military Historical Society, said.

12:51 Ukrainian troops fired at the area of Lisichansk, where the acting mayor of the city lives, he was not injured, the assistant to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the LPR said.

12:11 The Russian Armed Forces destroyed up to 100 nationalists in the DPR in a day, the Russian Defense Ministry told reporters on Monday.

“Up to 100 nationalists, two tanks and 15 vehicles were destroyed by fire strikes on the positions of the 72nd Mechanized Brigade in the Zaitsevo area, the 112th Territorial Defense Brigade in the Artemovsk area and the 101st Territorial Defense Brigade in the Yakovlevka area of the Donetsk People’s Republic,†they said, in the department.

12:08 As part of the counterbattery fight, two platoons of the Ukrainian Grad MLRS in the DPR were suppressed - the RF Ministry of Defense.

11:49 All schoolchildren and students who arrived in the Russian Federation from the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, as well as from Ukraine, can receive education in Russia free of charge, Russian Ombudsman Moskalkova said.

11:33 Marinka. This village was one of the most serious lines of defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The fortifications erected by the servants of the Kyiv regime were under construction for all eight years.

Allied units managed to break through the enemy defenses and go deeper into the village and inform about 40 percent of the village. According to the fighters in this direction, the Nazis throw the mobilized, terrorists from the "right sector" stand behind them. About it informs reporter Rudenko.

11:22 The 11 Regiment DNR reflected counterattack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Sand area. Video from a quadcopter.

11:06 Materials on 80 episodes of “Azov†crimes are already fully prepared for the tribunal in the DPR – Pushilin

10:35 Statement by the official representative of the NM DPR on the situation as of 10.30 08.22.2022

The Ukrainian side continues to terrorize the civilian population of the Republic, inflicting massive artillery strikes on residential areas and civilian infrastructure, which are not military targets.

Over the past 24 hours, according to the information of the Representative Office of the JCCC in the DPR, the enemy fired 232 units of ammunition from barrel 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, two civilians were killed and nineteen were injured. Thirty-one housing constructions and fifteen 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: two T-72 tanks, two UAVs, three armored vehicles. Losses among the enemy personnel amounted to more than 20 nationalists.

Currently, a set of works is underway to clear anti-personnel mines PFM-1 "Lepestok" (PFM-1C).

10:22 107 Battalion NM DNR breaks through the defense of Marinka. The servicemen of the 107th battalion of the NM DPR demonstrated the fortifications and strongholds recaptured from the enemy, the soldiers of this battalion are step by step liberating the city of Maryinka from the Ukrainian military.

09:59 Statement by the official representative of the NM of the LPR, Captain Filiponenko I.M. as of August 22, 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 60 personnel;
- four armored personnel carriers;
-seven units of special automotive equipment;

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 21, they cleared more than five hectares of territory from explosive objects left by Ukrainian nationalists in the areas of the settlements of Kudryashovka and Voevodovka.

The forces of the NM of the LPR, together with public organizations, are delivering humanitarian aid to the residents of these areas.

08:54 New frames of consequences of shelling by Ukrainian militants of Donetsk. The hit fell on warehouses near the Auchan hypermarket / RIAN /.

08:37 Aleksey Kulemzin reports: the area near the Sigma hypermarket (formerly Auchan) has been cordoned off. The secret services are working.

08:03 LNR fighters squeeze Ukrainian terrorists out of residential buildings in Soledar

The NM LPR brigade is attacking from the north. The Armed Forces of Ukraine in the city are surrounded by Pokrovsky and Vladimirovka. The people's militia is also moving towards Yakovlevka.

Artillery of the 7th Brigade suppresses attempts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to establish the supply of their troops in the city. One armored personnel carrier of the enemy was burned by an accurate hit. The second one tries to go in the opposite direction, but the projectile catches up with him too.

The deserted streets of the city are still under the control of the Ukrainian military. The houses were turned into fortresses, firing points were placed in the apartments of the residents /TK Zvezda/.

07:58 The morning in Gorlovka began with the shelling of the Central City district by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. A woman was injured along Minin and Pozharsky Street, two civilians from Gorlovka were killed, Ivan Prikhodko, mayor of the city, reports.

07:39 Ukrainian troops fired upon Donetsk, the hit fell on warehouses near the Auchan hypermarket, RIA Novosti correspondent reports.

07:29 After 06:00, the DPR JCCC recorded shelling from the AFU in the following directions:

-06:45 district): nine rounds of 152mm caliber were fired.
— n.p. Dyleevka - n.p. Gorlovka (Tsentralno-gorodskoy district): six rounds of 152mm caliber were fired.
— n.p. Novgorodskoye - n.p. Ozeryanovka: five rounds of 152mm caliber were fired.

07:04 Battalion "Vostok" of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the DPR destroys APU in the Ugledar direction.

05:56 Over the past day, on August 21, 2022, no shelling of settlements was recorded by the LPR representative office in the JCCC.

0:03 Reporter Rudenko reports that the 93rd Bbrigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is stationed in the city of Soledar. Constantly takes losses. When they asked for fire support, their own artillery hit them.

They refused to take their positions. For this, their commanders gave the order to disarm them and leave them in the trenches, and to shoot them for leaving, adding to them that they would come out of there only two hundred (killed). Failed Defenders decided to publicize the full weight of their situation by recording a video.

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