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Perspective from the Breakaway Republics: Invasion of Ukraine: January 28th, 2023
2023-01-29
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.

[NewsFrontIno] 22:26 The Russian Defense Ministry reported that the RF Armed Forces defeated three Ukrainian brigades in the Krasno-Limansky direction.

21:13 Ukrainian troops fired six rounds with a caliber of 155 mm in the Kyiv and Kuibyshevsky regions of Donetsk in 40 minutes, reportedrepresentative office of the DPRat the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC).

“The artillery attack was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction: 19.52 - the settlement of Tonenkoe - the city of Donetsk (Kyiv and Kuibyshevsky districts): two rounds of 155mm caliber were fired; 20.37 - the settlement of Lastochkino - the city of Donetsk (Kyiv region): four rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired, ”the message says.

20:25 Enemy artillery fired two rounds with a caliber of 155mm from n. n. Tonenkoe, shelled the Kyiv and Kuibyshevsky districts of Donetsk.

18:06 Defeat DRG of VSU by a sub-division of PTUR VS RF in the area of n.p. Ugledar, Volnovakhsiy district (DNR).

17:05 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for January 28, information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:

Donetsk (Kirovskiy district):

- on the street. Malinovsky, 1 as a result of the detonation of the PFM "Petal» suffered a teenage boy born in 2009

#petals#interactive_map

Received additional information on damages as a result of artillery attack of the VFU cities of the Republic:

Donetsk (Petrovsky district):

- Damage was recorded to the building of the workshops of the Donetsk Professional Mining Lyceum on the street. innovators;
- st. Polukhina, 18 - a private residential building.

n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district):

- st. Bolnichnaya, 14 - apartment building.

Information about the consequences of artillery attack continues to arrive.

16:35 Attack helicopter Ka-52shoots armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Svatovsky direction.

16:08 APU fired upon hospital in Novoaydar, Luhansk region from HIMARS

The footage shows that the hospital is completely destroyed. Special services are already working on the spot, civilian casualties are being specified.

16:00 In the Kirovsky district of Donetsk, a child was injured on a prohibited anti-personnel mine PFM-1 "Petal" dropped by Ukrainian militants.

15:58 As a result of the artillery attack of the Petrovsky district, the roof of the workshops of the Donetsk Professional Mining Lyceum on the street was damaged. Innovators.

15:56 Statement by the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Lieutenant-General Konashenkov I.E. as of January 28, 2023

-- The RF Armed Forces, with air strikes and artillery fire, defeated three brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Krasno-Limansky direction;

-- Over the past 24 hours, the RF Armed Forces have destroyed more than 30 Ukrainian servicemen in the Donetsk direction, have occupied more advantageous lines and positions;

-- The 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled gun and the American M-777 howitzer of Ukraine were destroyed by Russian troops in the Kupyansk direction;

-- During the day, the Russian troops destroyed more than 50 military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Krasno-Limansky direction;

-- The Russian Armed Forces destroyed more than nine drones of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donbass, Kharkiv and Zaporozhye regions in a day;

-- Russian troops continued their successful offensive in the South-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, where the enemy lost up to 70 people;

-- Two depots of ammunition and armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed in the DPR and Zaporozhye region;

-- The Russian Aerospace Forces shot down the MiG-29 of the Ukrainian military over the Donetsk People's Republic.


15:52 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for January 28, receivedadditionalinformation on damages as a result of artillery attack of the VFU cities of the Republic:

n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district):

- st. Bolotnikova, 1 - apartment building;
- st. Dubinina, 41, 44 - private residential buildings;
- st. Dubinina, 39/1 - a direct hit in a private residential building;
- st. Balakireva, 4 "a" - a private residential building.

Devalued the village of the mine "19/20". Damaged power line 0.6 kV.

Information about the consequences of artillery attack continues to arrive.

15:21 Consequences of today's Ukrainian artillery attack in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk. A HIMARS missile destroyed an empty hangar and damaged an apartment building. Another rocket fell near the garage in the courtyard of the house, it did not explode.

15:10 Soledar direction

situation as of 13.00 January 28, 2023

-- In the Soledar sector, Russian units advanced in the direction of Razdolovka, establishing control over two company posts of the 10th brigade.

-- The Ukrainian command expects an intensification of the offensive at the Berestovoye-Belogorovka line along with increased pressure on Blagodatnoye. To the north of the village of Sol, the assault detachments of the PMC "Wagner" knocked out the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the firing position.

-- In Paraskovievka and Krasnaya Gora, the assault on the fortified area continues. APU tried to counterattack, but the attack bogged down. Russian fighters established control over a company stronghold west of the Bakhmutka River.

-- In Bakhmut, the "Wagnerites" are gradually advancing in the industrial zone on the eastern outskirts of the city. During the past day, the Armed Forces of Ukraine retreated from 17 firing positions.

-- At Kleshcheevka, assault detachments, with the support of artillery, pushed back the forces of the 3rd assault brigade and the tactical group "Adam" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to the north to Krasnoe. In addition, Russian fighters knocked out the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the direction of Stupochka and advanced towards Belaya Gora from the side of the Seversky Donets-Donbass canal.

-- At the same time, Ukrainian formations have increased the activity of using cannon and rocket artillery in areas where Russian troops are advancing. Target designation is provided by UAV crews, as well as the Bayraktar drone from the airport in Dnepropetrovsk.


13:14 Footage appeared of work of our artillery on the positions of militants in Artemovsk

On the video, you can watch the dense fire of Russian cannons at Artemovsk (Bakhmut). Kyiv nationalists have settled in residential buildings, and our gunners are smoking them out. Ukraine is still trying to keep the city, but judging by the personnel, this is not for long.

At the same time, the Ukrainian militants do not have any supplies, they are demoralized - about this report the fighters themselves, who were thrown into the confrontation with the Russian army as cannon fodder.

12:41 PMC "Wagner" fighters sent to the homeland of another batch of the Armed Forces of Ukraine who died in Soledar.

12:28 Artillery of the 144th Motor Rifle Division destroys dugout of the enemy in the area of the Torskoye settlement. Front Svatovo-Kremennaya, weekdays of the war.

11:42 Briefly environment Svatovo - Kremennaya.

Today, the enemy has significantly reduced the intensity of attacking operations. Four attacks, up to a platoon, each was repulsed by the competent actions of the guardsmen of the 144th Division. Povitryany forces of Ukraine tried to work on our positions with a pair of MI-8s from a cabriolet, but to no avail. We have no dead or wounded.

In the absence of infantry successes, the crest began to actively use artillery. For this, additional units of gunners were transferred by the enemy to the zone of responsibility of the 20th Army. As a result, the calculation of the M777 was destroyed during the counter-battery fight.

I cannot help but note that the heroism of warriors of 254 msp, already familiar to many. Today, the commander of the Metis ATGM regiment, flaring up, took five fighters from the Storm assault detachment and personally advanced to the forward position of the Ukrainian. In a short trench battle, the guys destroyed four VSUshnikov and took one prisoner. But, unfortunately, the captive vushnik, who, by the way, was 48 years old, died on the way from a heart attack.

11:02 Information about the destruction in the Kirov region continues to arrive.

As a result of a direct hit by a VFU projectile in the household. building damaged two private houses on the street. Queen.

10:20 Ukrainian troops at 08.55 shelled the Kirovsky district of Donetsk, firing three rounds of "NATO" caliber 155mm, reported representative office of the DPR at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC).

10:06 Summary of the LPR Representation in the JCCC for the past day, January 27

From the side of the armed formations of Ukraine, one artillery attack was recorded at the settlement. Novoaleksandrovka with the use of MLRS HIMARS (three missiles).

As a result of the shelling, a granary, two hangars and agricultural equipment of an agricultural enterprise were damaged.

09:55 Chronicle of blows and mutual shelling in the NWO zone for the night from January 27 to January 28, 2023

Russian troops hit the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Nikolaevka, Chernihiv region, as well as in Rozhkovichi and Bachevsk, Sumy region.

In the Kharkiv region, the RF Armed Forces attacked enemy targets in Strelechya, Guryev Kazachka, Veterinary and Staritsa.

In the Starobelsky direction, Russian troops worked on the concentrations of personnel and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kupyansk, Novoselovsky, Makeevka and Nevsky.

In the Luhansk People's Republic, the enemy fired rockets from the HIMARS MLRS at civilian targets in Novoaidar.

In the Bakhmut (Artemovsky) direction, Russian missile troops and artillery hit the places of concentration of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Bakhmut, Druzhba, Toretsk and Konstantinovka.

In turn, Ukrainian formations fired on Kleshcheevka and Kurdyumivka.

In the Donetsk direction, the RF Armed Forces attacked enemy positions in Avdievka, Maryinka, Nevelskoye and Krasnogorovka.

In the Yuzhnodonetsk direction, Russian troops worked on targets in Novomikhailovka, Vugledar and Zolotaya Niva.

In the Zaporozhye region, the RF Armed Forces attacked enemy warehouses on the territory of the Zaporizhstal enterprise at night, and also worked on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Gulyaipole, Orekhovo and Novodanilovka.

In the Dnipropetrovsk region, local residents reported the sounds of explosions in Krivoy Rog at night.

On the southern sector of the front, the RF Armed Forces hit enemy concentrations in Zolotaya Balka, Gavrilovka, Tamarino and the vicinity of Kherson.

08:56 Russian troops lead serious battles for Ugledar.

This was announced by the adviser to the acting head of the DPR, Jan Gagin.

"Now we are busy with holiday villages that adjoin directly to the city, there is just a battle going on," he said.

He noted that the assault on Vuhledar is complicated by the presence of an industrial zone, which Ukrainian militants use by analogy with the dungeons of Azovstal in Mariupol.

08:19 The Russian military, using a night vision device and a thermal imager, discovered a sabotage and reconnaissance group (DRG) of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and adjusted the fire of Russian artillery from 152mm Giacint cannons on it -video

08:10 Summaryon the morning of January 28, 2023

The Russian Armed Forces launched missile strikes on the territory of industrial facilities in Zaporozhye. According to our information, strong explosions were heard at Zaporizhstal, the Ferroalloy Plant. Reported on the use of OTRK "Iskander".

There were also reports of explosions from Krivoy Rog. In Kramatorsk, a missile attack was carried out on enemy targets hidden in the industrial zone.

On the Artemovsky (Bakhmut) direction, PMC "Wagner" began to storm the settlement. Krasnoye (west of Artemovsk) and N. p. Dyleevka (north of Toretsk). In Artemovsk itself - heavy fighting.

To the north of the liberated Soledar, our forces are advancing into the Razdolovka region.

There is an assault on Ugledar. There are many enemy forces in the city, it is reported that the TOS "Solntsepek" is being attacked. An enemy plane was shot down near the city.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine, using the forces of the 25th Separate Airborne Brigade of the DShV, tried to break through at the Nevskoye-Terny line (20 km west of Krmennaya)

The enemy attacked the LPR (Novoaleksandrovka settlement of the Troitsky district) from the HIMARS MLRS.

artillery attack of the civilian population in the DPR continues: the Armed Forces of Ukraine used 195 units of ammunition in Donetsk, Gorlovka, Panteleymonovka, Makeevka.

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