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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:42 For the first time during a special operation, the Russian military destroyed the Norwegian NASAMS air defense system, the delivery of which to Kyiv became known in the fall. The Russian Ministry of Defense announced the destruction of the complex in its report.
22:21 A terrorist attack occurred in Energodar - a car was blown up, a police officer died as a result of the explosion, the local GUMVD reported.
21:46 Those liable for military service can be handed summons in shops, public transport and other similar places, as this does not contradict the legislation of Ukraine, - Head of the Pechersk Regional Territorial Center for Acquisition and Social Support of Kyiv Kalugin
He explained that such measures are being taken due to the fact that not all conscripts live at the place of registration.
21:37 Russian military caught operators of Ukrainian drones
Soldiers of the Russian 68th Tank Regiment, using a drone, discovered the operators of APU quadcopters. The building where the Ukrainian soldiers were hiding was covered.
Note that the most effective way to deal with enemy drones is to defeat their launch points. Drones are only consumables for the enemy, but the training of new operators costs much more effort and time.
Attacks on enemy drone launch sites have been practiced by DPR and LPR fighters since 2020.
20:26 Russian rocket artillery smashes Ukrainian positions near Vuhledar
The scouts uncovered the enemy's deployment points, which were attacked from the MLRS of the V group.
19:18 Combat pairs of "Rooks":the crews of the Su-25 attack aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces continue to deliver missile air strikes on military facilities and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Missile launches are carried out in pairs from low altitudes.
After the use of aviation weapons, the crews performed a maneuver, releasing heat traps and returned to the departure airfield.
As a result of combat use, camouflaged fortified field positions and armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed.
After the sorties, the engineering and technical staff completed the tasks of servicing aircraft and preparing aviation equipment for a second combat sortie.
18:06 The 93rd Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine suffered heavy losses near Bakhmut
Relatives of the missing servicemen of the 93rd Brigade (93rd Brigade) of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have published a list containing at least 95 names. We are talking only about losses in the area of Bakhmut (Artemovsk) and Soledar.
It should be noted that the 93rd Motorized Rifle Brigade is far from being the only Ukrainian unit in this direction; units from over 30 brigades, both regular and territorial defense, are fighting there. And that's not counting individual rifle battalions. In addition, units of the Ukrainian SOF operate in the Bakhmut area.
The 93rd Motorized Brigade escaped the fate of its "colleagues" from the 46th air assault and 61st brigades in Soledar. The connection was withdrawn from the front line in December. The situation in the brigades mentioned above is clearly worse.
The presence of at least 95 missing people in the 93rd Motorized Brigade once again testifies to the huge losses suffered by the Ukrainian military in the Bakhmut area.
18:05 Air alert announced throughout Ukraine
17:16 Stormtroopers of Wagner PMC demonstrate samples of weapons that were captured during the assault on Soledar
Among the captured trophies are M2 Browning, M240 machine guns and Yugoslav copies of the MG-42 machine gun, as well as various grenade launchers, including the RGW-90 MATADOR and AT-4.
16:12 The main thing from the new briefing of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation:
◾️The RF Armed Forces took more advantageous lines and positions during the offensive in the Donetsk direction;
◾️The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kupyansk direction per day amounted to 40 military;
◾️The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Krasnolimansky direction for the day amounted to more than 70 military;
◾️The Russian Armed Forces destroyed a fuel storage facility for military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near the settlement of Krasnoarmeysk in the DPR;
◾️The Russian Armed Forces destroyed the Tochka-U missile launcher and the NASAMS air defense system manufactured in Norway in the DPR;
◾️The Russian Armed Forces defeated two territorial defense brigades in the Zaporozhye region;
◾️The Russian Armed Forces destroyed two ammunition depots of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near the settlements of Kurakhovka and Mikhailovka in the DPR;
◾️The Russian Armed Forces destroyed a launcher of the HIMARS multiple launch rocket system in the Antonovka area in the Kherson region.
15:30 Explosions are heard in Kherson and the Nikolaev region, reports the Ukrainian edition "Klimenko Time".
“Sounds of explosions were heard in Ochakovo, Mykolaiv region and Kherson,” the publication said in a telegram channel.
15:11 It is reported that Rostec handed over a batch of new BMP-3s to the RF Ministry of Defense
Soon they will be sent to the NWO zone. The new vehicles are equipped with the main sight of the gunner-operator "Sodema" and additional protection kits - armored screens and gratings.
15:10 Armored vehicle of Russian marinesshootsa group of Ukrainian military
The enemy was detected using a thermal imager, after which he was hit by BMP-3 fire from the 40th Marine Brigade.
15:06 Fighters of the LPR work out on the enemy from an anti-tank system abandoned by the Ukrainian military
“We don’t need anything from someone else, we give away what they forget on our land,” the soldier comments.
14:58 Explosions reported in Ochakovo
14:08 Tankers of the Western Military District at the training ground in the Leningrad Regionfulfilledlive firing from the armament of the T-90M "Breakthrough" tanks
14:07 Special forces of the Central Military District participating in the SVO,handed overstate awards
The command of the Central Military District awarded the medals "For Courage", Zhukov and Suvorov to the personnel who performed the most difficult tasks.
14:06 “We are doing a good job. We protect the earth! Calculations 122mm D-30 howitzers of the Southern Military District, in the course of carrying out fire missions, destroyed objects of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the special operation zone
Combat crews of D-30 howitzers of the Southern Military District daily destroy armored vehicles, artillery and mortar crews, as well as fortified positions of Ukrainian militants.
Fire adjustment is carried out around the clock. Military personnel of unmanned aerial vehicle crews carry out reconnaissance of enemy positions and correct the accuracy of firing at detected targets.
As part of combat crews, military personnel called up as part of partial mobilization and undergoing a full cycle of training and combat coordination as part of their units in the rear areas of the NMD also perform combat missions.
12:55 Soledar Front: Wagner PMC continues storming the enemy's fortifications.
Assault groups are fighting moving north from the city of Soledar. At the moment, not a single living Ukrainian militant remains in the city itself and within a radius of seven km around.
11:56 An air raid alert has been announced throughout Ukraine. Sirens operate in the capital region and in the west of the country.
11:55 Artillery of the Southern Military District in battles at the front
Our gunners of the "Southern" group of forces are burning artillery and mortar crews, armored vehicles, as well as fortified areas of Ukrainian terrorists around the clock.
“We are doing a good job. We protect the earth! - says one of the fighters of the 122mm D-30 calculation.
10:53 Akhmat special forces soldiers and the 2nd brigade of the 2nd army corps recaptured a strategically important stronghold of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near the village of Vesyoloye.
Ramzan Kadyrov announced this by publishing video taken by the military.
"Now the fighters intend to continue the successful advance, being in a better position than the opponents," he said.
09:52 Russian artillery men startled ammunition depot of Ukrainian militants.
09:15 As a result work artillery 132 brigade, the enemy continues to suffer losses.
Artillery of the 132nd Brigade of the 1st Donetsk Army Corps (formerly the 3rd brigade of the NM DPR) covered the enemy detachment with fire, which suffered losses and was put to flight.
08:10 "Rooks" amaze from the sky oporniki and armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Su-25 attack aircraft fire at the enemy. After missile launches, the aircraft releases heat traps and performs an anti-missile maneuver, avoiding enemy air defenses.
08:05 Summary for the morning of February 3, 2023:
PMC "Wagner" is developing an offensive from the Soledar direction. Yesterday was released n.p. Nikolaevka, 11 km left to the suburbs of Seversk.
There are reports that 13 km south of Kremennaya, our troops occupied Belogorovka, Popasnyansky district, LPR.
On the Artemovsky (Bakhmut) direction, seven km north of the city, the enemy tried to pull up reserves to the Krasnaya Gora area. Enemy reinforcements are destroyed on the way. In Artemovsk itself - heavy fighting. To the south of the city, our forces are moving towards the Chasov Yar - Artemovsk highway, which is two km away.
Yesterday, information was received about the destruction of another enemy DRG in the Kherson direction in the area of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine tried to shell the Valuysky and Krasnogvardeysky districts of the Belgorod region, our air defense was working.
In the Bryansk region, four enemy missiles were shot down over the Starodubsky municipal district today at 5 am.
In the Zaporozhye direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are transferring reserves to the Orekhovsky and Gulyaipolsky sections.
The enemy fired 174 shells at the DPR, under enemy fire civilians in Donetsk, Golmovsky, Gorlovka, Yakovlevka, Mineralny, Yasinovataya, Makeevka, Vladimirovka. A civilian died.
07:05 The Ministry of Defense showedframestraining of those mobilized before being sent to the zone of a special military operation.
06:20 Russian artillery work.hitto the ammunition depot of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Kherson direction, Zmievka.