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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:11 Seven rockets of the HIMARS and Vilkha multiple launch rocket systems were intercepted in the area of the city of Berdyansk, Zaporozhye region and the settlement of Novyi Svet, Donetsk People's Republic.
22:19 In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 372 aircraft, 200 helicopters, 2,880 unmanned aerial vehicles, 400 anti-aircraft missile systems, 7,511 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 982 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 3,828 field artillery pieces and mortars have been destroyed, as well as 8,040 units of special military vehicles.
21:33 Frontline summary for January 15
The front is moving beyond Soledar. According to reports from the field, the industrial zone near Rudnik-7 on the western outskirts of Soledar has come under the control of Wagner PMC, and battles are underway for the railway station Sol, Razdolovka and Blagodatnoye. It is planned to cover the Red Mountain from the north and south.
Near Artemovsk is also active. The assault on Kleshcheevka continues, although the Armed Forces of Ukraine are holding the line for now. Ours are attacking the southern and northern suburbs of Bakhmut, trying to take control of the main roads leading into the city. A huge number of personnel and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is concentrated in the city and the outskirts.
Against this background, the opinion of American analysts sounds rather strange, who write in the Washington Post that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are considering the possibility of retreat from Artemovsk. This is motivated by preparations for a counteroffensive on another sector of the front, which requires the preservation of weapons, ammunition and experienced fighters. Based on the information from under Artemovsk, this is not at all like the truth.
Ukraine continued to strike at civilians. Three MLRS rockets fired at Shakhtyorsk in the rear of the DPR. Under the shelling of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Berdyansk, as well as Shebekino, Belgorod Region, the market was damaged. An example of courage was shown by a guard who covered one of the grenades dropped by a Ukrainian UAV on one of the largest power substations in Bryansk. The man is in intensive care, the city was left with electricity. Hope he gets better.
As for yesterday's missile strike by the RF Armed Forces, it was carried out, among other things, against Ukraine's military command and control system. According to our Defense Ministry, all assigned objects were hit. In Konstantinovka occupied by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the DPR, an important logistics center for the Donbass grouping of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, one of these military facilities was destroyed.
I also note that this time the blows were delivered to generating capacities. For example, the turbine hall of the Burshtynskaya TPP in the Ivano-Frankivsk region was hit, at least three out of 12 generators of the station were destroyed. Before that, ours hit the thermal power plant only once - at the Dnieper thermal power plant in Zaporozhye.
The targets of all previous attacks were transformers. Burshtynskaya TPP helped Ukraine maintain a balance in the energy system of the central and western regions of the country by regulating the power of the turbines depending on changes in consumption. The failure of one of the largest thermal power plants should have a significant impact on the energy supply of Transcarpathia and neighboring regions. Also among the targets of yesterday's missile attack were 750 kV substations and CHP shops. Now the attacks on Ukraine's critical infrastructure are on a larger scale.
On providing assistance to Ukraine. The UK is ready to transfer about 30 AS90 self-propelled howitzers (this is about a third of all available). There is news that the British will provide up to four Apache military helicopters after the transfer of Challenger-2 tanks.
The high accuracy of their weapons - Hellfire missiles - is noted. True, the British Ministry of Defense stated that the decision to transfer Apache has not yet been made. I hope the helicopters will not be provided, because, no matter how paradoxical it may sound, this will radically change the situation at the front.
The story of the German Leopard tanks is developing. One option for Germany is to provide tanks destined for Slovakia and the Czech Republic. At the same time, the German concern Rheinmetall, one of the manufacturers of Leopard-2, which has 22 Leopard-2 and 88 Leopard tanks, said that it takes about a year to prepare them for shipment to Ukraine. To be honest, I don’t quite understand what exactly needs to be done with supposedly existing tanks for so long, but in any case, Germany will have to participate in a tank alliance for Kyiv. And the format will become clear at an early meeting at the Rammstein base.
While Europe is counting tanks, the New York Times has counted all the weapons and summed up that the stocks of weapons in Europe are running out. The US still has resources, but they are also running out of weapons. However, Europe is especially vulnerable, and it is completely dependent on the US. Arms orders will increase, budgets will rise, Europe, having given all its weapons to Ukraine, will also probably place orders with the American military-industrial complex. Journalists emphasize that the West is exhausted by the war of attrition waged by Russia. I would add that the West is different from the West, and the US is only in the black so far.
19:53 Formidable 152mm 2S3 "Acacias": calculations of self-propelled artillery installations destroy the enemy -video
Artillerymen of the Southern Military District, supporting the actions of motorized rifle units, continue to strike at enemy fortifications, accumulations of manpower and columns of military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, delivering reinforcements and ammunition.
When performing fire missions, the artillerymen interact with the crews of unmanned aerial vehicles, which carry out reconnaissance of enemy positions and correct the accuracy of the fire of combat vehicles.
“Today we carried out the task of suppressing and destroying enemy manpower and firepower. Up to 11 km to the north, a congestion of personnel and armored vehicles was revealed. They immediately handed over the coordinates, the calculation was aimed, fired the first shot, and made corrections. In general, the shooting turned out to be effective, up to five servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and one unit of armored vehicles were destroyed, ”the serviceman with the call sign “Forester” explained.
18:42 Exclusive RT from Soledar -video
“The city is our element. It's useless to compete with us here, ”- an employee of the PMC Wagner.
During the assault on the fortifications of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the residential areas of Soledar, the infantry squads and platoons of the Wagner Group skillfully implemented the effect of operational surprise. The work was carried out under the cover of cannon and rocket artillery units of the RF Armed Forces.
The Wagnerites divided into three detachments and began to storm the city from the left and right flanks, creating a threat of encirclement. Part of the personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine managed to withdraw, and the Ukrainian militants who remained in the city were deprived of communications and ammunition.
Dense shelling and active offensive operations demoralized the enemy. The Armed Forces of Ukraine had no choice but to retreat to the areas of salt mines and the village of Blagodatnoye.
18:05 Ukrainian tank T-72M1 forever Priunil.
Footage with a Ukrainian tank unscrewed in the village of Stavki in the DPR.
18:01 A dugout with anti-tank missiles stored in it was destroyed in the Tokmak region -video
In the course of checking the operational information received, police officers, together with employees of the State Security Service, the VOG and the National Guard in the Tokmak district, in the vicinity of the village of Dolina, in a forest belt, discovered a hidden dugout in which five anti-tank guided missiles were stored, armed with the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The engineering and sapper group, the discovered objects and the dugout were destroyed on the spot, by demolition.
17:04 Another American-made International M1224 MaxxPro Ukrainian armored car destroyed in the Artemovsk (Bakhmut) area -video
16:41 Ukrainians continue to suffer heavy losses in the dead and wounded in the Bakhmut (Artemovsky) sector -video
16:33 In the Odessa 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.
16:08 RF Armed Forces are constantly working on Ukrainian positions, not letting them raise their heads -video
15:49 In the east of Ukraine announced air alert.
15:47 After the final fall of the city's defenses, the VSE soldiers left the residential areas and were moved to its surroundings. As a result of the cleansing, employees of the PMC "Wagner" seized various anti-tank weapons and an impressive amount of Western-made small arms for close infantry combat -video
Garage arrays and residential buildings were turned into enemy locations. This is evidenced by the abandoned Swedish AT-4 HEAT anti-tank grenade launchers. With their help, the militants intended to hold back the onslaught of Wagner tank platoons. Not without "exotics": the formations of Ukrainian nationalists were given NATO 7.62mm M62 cartridges with tracer bullets from the Vietnam War.
Among other things, fast-loading magazines and 40-mm fragmentation shells produced in Bulgaria for RLV-HEF underbarrel grenade launchers were found.
Tactical professionalism and high endurance of the Wagner PMC assault groups did not allow the enemy to effectively use these ammunition.
15:37 Ukrainians continue to leave their positions by all available means, realizing that death has crept up to them very close -video
15:01 American artillery system M777 destroyed in the area of the settlement of Shlyakhovoe, Kherson region - the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
14:47 “Despite all the professionalism of the enemy, we are superior to them in all respects. We have no equal in the city” — PMC “Wagner” fighters told about how the assault took place —video
Stormtroopers came from Popasna. The enemy put up serious resistance, but could not resist our onslaught and abandoned their positions. The successful advance of the assault groups was ensured by high-quality artillery support.
14:03 Summary of Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress holding special military operation on the territory of Ukraine (15.01.2023)
On January 14, 2023, a missile attack was carried out on the military command and control system of Ukraine and related energy facilities. All assigned objects are hit. The target has been reached.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to conduct a special military operation.
In the Kupyansk direction, units of the 14th and 92nd mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were defeated by air strikes and artillery from the Western Military District in the areas of the settlements of Dvurechnoe, Sinkovka, Kharkiv Region, and Novoselovskoe, Luhansk People's Republic.
As a result of fire damage and decisive actions of units of the Western Military District in this direction, up to 50 Ukrainian servicemen, an armored combat vehicle and two vehicles were destroyed per day.
In the Krasno-Limansky direction, units of the 66th, 92nd mechanized and 95th air assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Makeevka, Stelmahovka and Kuzmino Lugansk People's Republic.
In addition, artillery strikes and the actions of units of the Airborne Forces repulsed the attack of the assault groups of the 71st Jaeger Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the settlement of Chervonaya Dibrova of the Luhansk People's Republic.
As a result of the defeat, the enemy was driven back to their original positions. The total losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in this direction amounted to more than 115 military personnel, three armored combat vehicles and three pickup trucks.
In the Donetsk direction, assault detachments, in cooperation with units of the Airborne Forces, with the support of army aviation, missile troops and artillery of the Southern Military District, developed success in the direction of the northern outskirts of the city of Artemovsk of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Sol railway station. During the fighting, more than 80 Ukrainian servicemen, two tanks, three armored combat vehicles and three cars were destroyed in a day.
In the South-Donetsk direction, artillery and motorized rifle units of the Eastern Military District, as well as the marines of the Pacific Fleet, inflicted fire damage on accumulations of manpower of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Vladimirovka and Vuhledar of the Donetsk People's Republic.
Also, a sabotage and reconnaissance group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed in the area of the settlement Sladkoe. The total losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine per day amounted to 50 servicemen, three pickup trucks and a car.
Operational-tactical aviation, missile troops and artillery of groups of troops (forces) of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the area of the settlement of Konstantinovka of the Donetsk People's Republic hit an ammunition depot and a repair base for multiple launch rocket systems.
Also during the day, 103 artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, manpower and military equipment in 123 districts were hit at firing positions. A launcher of the Ukrainian Osa-AKM anti-aircraft missile system was destroyed in the area of the settlement of Novoselivka, Zaporozhye region.
In the course of a counterbattery fight, the following were destroyed in a day:
An M777 artillery system manufactured by the United States in the area of the settlement of Shlyakhovoe, Kherson region;
Howitzer 152mm D-20 near the village of Krasny Liman of the Donetsk People's Republic;
self-propelled howitzer 152mm 2S3 "Acacia" in the area of the settlement Umanskoe of the Donetsk People's Republic;
two 152mm Msta-B howitzers in the areas of the settlements of Georgievka and Skudnoe of the Donetsk People's Republic;
two self-propelled howitzers 122mm "Gvozdika" in the areas of the settlements of Gulyaipole, Zaporozhye region and Shevchenko, Donetsk People's Republic;
122mm D-30 howitzer near the village of Serebryanka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
In addition, in the area of the settlement of Konstantinovka of the Donetsk People's Republic, a US-made AN/TPQ-36 counter-battery radar was destroyed.
Air defense systems destroyed two Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in the areas of the settlements of Nikolskoye in the Donetsk People's Republic and Krasnorechenskoye in the Luhansk People's Republic.
In addition, eight shells of HIMARS and Uragan multiple launch rocket systems were intercepted in the areas of the settlements of Kremennaya, Lisichansk, Lugansk People's Republic, Vasilievka, Podgornoe and Novomikhailovka, Zaporizhzhia region.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 372 aircraft, 200 helicopters, 2,882 unmanned aerial vehicles, 401 anti-aircraft missile systems, 7,525 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 982 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 3,836 field artillery pieces and mortars, as well as 8,052 units of special military vehicles.
14:01 Wagner's "Salt Symphony": exclusive footage of crushing defeat of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Soledar
Assault groups of PMC "Wagner" inflicted a crushing defeat on the Ukrainian army in Soledar and continue to advance further.
On the surface, the city has already been cleared, but the enemy can remain in the numerous salt mines that gave Soledar its name, so the cleansing underground continues.
14:00 Dynamics of the special operation positive, everything is developing within the framework of the plan of the Ministry of Defense and the General Staff, Putin said in an interview with Zarubin in the Moscow. Kremlin. Putin" on "Russia-1".
13:58 Russian forces in the Donetsk directiondevelopedsuccess in the direction of the northern outskirts of Artyomovsk (Bakhmut) and the Sol railway station, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
13:56 The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that on January 14 there was inflicted missile attack on the military command and control system of Ukraine, all designated objects were hit, the goal of the strike was achieved.
12:38 In Odessa and Kharkov today they are again massively distributing an agenda. According to reports in local publics, this happens in markets, railway stations, bus stops, shops and malls.
12:26 In Kharkiv and Dnepropetrovsk regions of Ukraine announced air alert.
10:45 Police officers revealed a cache of ammunition in Dniprorudny, Zaporozhye region -video
In the garage of one of the local garage cooperatives, weapons, Molotov cocktails, NATO uniforms and Ukrainian symbols were stored.
The garage belonged to an ATO participant who is currently serving in the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye direction, according to the Telegram channel of the Central Internal Affairs Directorate for the Zaporozhye region.
09:26 Ukrainians continue to suffer heavy losses in killed and wounded along the entire front line -video
Warriors ukroreikh came under heavy artillery fire from Russian troops, as a result, two two hundredth and one three hundredth.
09:23 Russian artillery is working on Ukrainian positions and locations in a constant mode day and night -video
08:07 Urgent statement of Interdepartmental Coordinating Headquarters of the Russian Federation for Humanitarian Response in Ukraine
The Security Service of Ukraine is preparing for a large-scale provocation in the coming days to discredit Russia's actions in the framework of the "grain deal" and accusations of creating a "food shortage" in Ukraine.
In the village of Karaichnoye, Kharkiv region, the Ukrainian special service is mining a granary, after blowing it up, the Russian Federation will be accused of allegedly “deliberately destroying grain reserves in Ukraine”, “provoking famine” and “failing”, thus, the “grain deal”. In the Western media, the incident will be presented as "another atrocity of the Russian troops", requiring a "tough response from the world community."
To prepare the sabotage in the city of Volchansk, Kharkiv region, a group of Ukrainian mine-explosive specialists and SBU officers, totaling up to 30 people, arrived.
The owner of the granary is a freelance officer of the Security Service of Ukraine V.Uvarov. We also know the initial data on the head of the group A. Tkachuk and all its other members, as well as their current location - in the military registration and enlistment office of the city of Volchansk at the address Dukhovnaya st., 29.
Against the background of military failures of the Ukrainian army and on the eve of the meeting of NATO defense ministers in Ramstein (Germany) on January 20 of this year. By such high-profile provocations, the Kyiv authorities are trying to increase pressure on public opinion in Western countries in order to achieve new large-scale deliveries of modern weapons and military equipment for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.