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Russian Perspective: Operation to Denazify Ukraine: Operational Brief April 3rd (updated)
2023-04-04
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.

[NewsFrontInfo] 23:41 It is reported about destruction B/C warehouse in the Kharkiv region.

22:53 Ukrainian army released a package of 122mm MLRS "Grad" rockets in residential areas of Donetsk.

22:47 Fixed again shelling from the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Donetsk.

22:33 APU attacked Sevsky district of Belgorod with drones.

22:10 Fixed shelling of APU in Donetsk.

21:50 Defeat ground targets by Ka-52 and Mi-28 unguided rockets

20:20 In the Belgorod region, the village of Pervomaiskoye again came under fire - governor

“Windows were blown out by the blast wave and facades and fences were cut in four private households. The power line was also damaged,” said Vyacheslav Gladkov.

19:06 Near Artemovsk destroyed Colonel of the Ukrainian "Alpha"

Colonel of the elite special unit of the SBU Oleksandr Vdovichenko was liquidated on March 17th. The information is confirmed by the Ukrainian media.

19:06 APU occupy houses and apartments of civilians, and then they are surprised that they regularly fly

17:54 Aviation of the RF Armed Forces destroys strongholds of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye direction

17:02 A command and staff exercise with the Novosibirsk missile formation equipped with the Yars PGRK ended in the Strategic Missile Forces

In total, more than 3,000 military personnel and about 300 pieces of equipment were involved in the exercise.

The command-staff exercise with the Novosibirsk missile formation showed a high level of combat training of the formation, as well as the professionalism of the personnel. The military personnel of the Novosibirsk formation of the Strategic Missile Forces, as part of the command and staff exercise, completed an extensive list of tasks and introductory ones, including the performance of intensive maneuvering operations on combat patrol routes.

The crews of the Yars mobile ground-based missile systems worked out the issues of making marches up to 100 kilometers, dispersing units with a change in field positions, their engineering equipment, organizing camouflage and combat protection. Also, strategic missilemen resolved issues of countering sabotage and reconnaissance groups.

As part of maneuvering operations, missile units and subunits worked out the tasks of dispersing them in a forest area in order to increase the secrecy of the Yars PGRK units. Support units made the withdrawal of special equipment from the zones of conditional chemical contamination.

17:02 Statement of head of the press center of the group "West"

During the day, the military personnel of the “West” group of troops opened and destroyed five enemy DRGs from the 14th Separate Mechanized Brigade, 105th and 115th brigades of the TerO, and also disrupted four rotations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at the forefront near the settlements of Sinkovka, Krakhmalnoe, Orlyanskoe.

In addition, in the area of the settlement of Stelmahovka, a reconnaissance group of a special-purpose brigade discovered and destroyed two enemy shelters by fire from a 240mm 2S4 Tyulpan self-propelled mortar.

The calculation of the 122mm BM-21 MLRS "Grad" destroyed the mortar crew of the enemy in the area of ​​​​the village of Sinkovka.

15:55 Statement of head of the press center of the Dnepr group

In the Kherson direction, artillery units of the Dnepr group, during a counter-battery fight, inflicted fire damage on the accumulation of manpower and military equipment of Ukrainian nationalists in the area of ​​the city of Kherson and the settlements of Kamyshany and Daryevka.

The irretrievable losses of the enemy in manpower amounted to more than 20 people. The 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer and the hangar for temporary storage of weapons and military equipment of the 124th Territorial Defense Brigade of Ukraine were destroyed.

In addition, in the area of the settlements of Korsunka, Golaya Pristan and Dnepryany, the group's electronic warfare equipment suppressed six quadrocopter-type unmanned aerial vehicles.

14:53 The main thing from the new briefing of the Russian Ministry of Defense:

◾️Losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine per day in the Kupyansk direction amounted to 75 military;

◾️The Russian Armed Forces destroyed up to 285 military and mercenaries of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as two ammunition depots in the Donetsk direction in a day;

◾️The RF Armed Forces hit 79 artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in firing positions;

◾️Russian troops destroyed up to 50 military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Krasnolimansky direction;

◾️The Armed Forces of Ukraine lost up to 45 soldiers and self-propelled guns Krab in the Yuzhno-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions;

◾️The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation destroyed up to 10 soldiers and the howitzer "Acacia" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in a day in the Kherson direction;

◾️Russian air defense intercepted 10 HIMARS and Smerch MLRS shells, shot down seven APU drones.


13:57 Donetsk military destroyed Observation post of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in a multi-storey building from ATGM

12:55 Statement of head of the press center of the Vostok group:

In the South-Donetsk direction, the enemy made two unsuccessful attempts to conduct reconnaissance in force of the advanced positions of the Vostok grouping. During the clashes, up to 15 militants were eliminated, an armored car was destroyed by the ATGM crew. The calculations of the Osa-AKM and Strela-10 air defense systems shot down two Leleka UAVs.

In the Zaporozhye direction, special forces units discovered and destroyed an enemy reconnaissance group and stronghold with artillery fire, and more than 20 militants were eliminated.

As part of the counterbattery fight, with the help of automatic sound-measuring systems and unmanned aircraft, two enemy howitzers in the areas of the settlements of Vodyanoe and Chervonoe, two mortar crews in the areas of the settlements of Malaya Tokmachka and Velikaya Novosyolka were discovered and the calculations of the self-propelled guns 152mm "Hyacinth" and 122mm "Carnation" were destroyed.

11:55 Destroyed in Artemovsk (Bakhmut) Ukrainian armored car International M1224 MaxxPro of American production

11:55 Attack helicopter KA 52 "Alligator" performs Combat launch of NURS-type missiles from a pitch-up position

10:49 Russian Defense Ministry published footage of the combat work of the crew of the TOR-M1 anti-aircraft missile system (SAM) of the Central Military District (TsVO) in the zone of the special military operation.

09:24 Hot breath of the "Solntsepeka": crews of heavy flamethrower systems of the Airborne Forces continue to perform combat missions -video.

Radiation, chemical and biological protection specialists of the Airborne Forces strike with 220mm thermobaric unguided projectiles at the enemy hiding in strongholds and deep shelters. In addition, the crews of heavy flamethrower systems destroy observation and strongholds, ammunition caches and artillery positions.

08:19 Footage of 152mm Msta-S firing from inside the fighting compartment -video.

08:10 Combat Job of crews of Su-25 attack aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the zone of a special military operation.

Attack aviation crews carried out rocket air strikes on military facilities and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Missile launches were carried out in pairs from low altitudes.

As a result of combat use, camouflaged fortified field positions and armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed.

08:05 Job of reconnaissance and attack helicopters Ka-52 "Alligator" of the Air Defense Forces of the Russian Aerospace Forces

Posted by:badanov

#1   This Russian official got out, no more can, Putin is confiscating Russian authorities' passports:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/member-of-kremlin-guard-flees-russia-details-putin-s-secret-life/ar-AA19rXjN?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=256c2f1430b74736afd72fe14751dc71&ei=80
Posted by: Slish Angunter7690   2023-04-04 11:26  

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