Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 23:33 About 30 minutes ago was arrival in the Kharkov region. Fire at the site of impact.
23:29 Report about "Geraniums" in Zaporozhye.
23:28 Messages about explosions in Zaporozhye (occupied by the Armed Forces of Ukraine).
23:26 Ukrainian TG channels report about explosions in the Dnepropetrovsk region.
22:42 Explosions in several Ukrainian regions. The alarm has been declared so far only in the part of the Zaporozhye region controlled by Kyiv -reports RT.
22:00 Video– The calculation of the anti-tank systems of the “Kalmius” Brigade destroyed the firing point that fired at civilians on May 9
The calculation of the ATGM of the 14th Guards Artillery Brigade "Kalmius" destroyed the enemy's firing point in the Maryinsky direction, which was firing at residential areas. The well-coordinated actions of the calculation made it possible to hit the target with a well-aimed hit from the first shot.
21:25 Video- Russian servicemen celebrated Victory Day with fireworks.
20:41 Video– Fortitude, heroism, comradeship, unity are values that are passed down from generation to generation.
Our guys have accepted the legacy of their fathers with dignity and continue to perform feats.
20:21 Video- "I came here to overcome the shortcomings of fascism"
Our military man with the call sign Technician told Zvezda how his grandfather fought against the Nazi invaders.
“My grandfather was drafted in 1942, he became a tank destroyer. He died while crossing the Seversky Donets River. My father was born two days before the war, he was given information about his father. History cannot be rewritten. We have defeated a monstrous enemy. They welcomed nationalism,” Technik said.
19:37 Photo- Arrival at st. Crystal, 7 in the Kievsky district of Donetsk a few minutes ago.
19:22 Video– In Lugansk, military signalmen of the Central Military District congratulated veterans of the Great Patriotic War on Victory Day
The servicemen visited the front-line soldiers in the military uniform of the 1943 model and organized individual festive concerts for them, at which, together with the Yunarmiya members, they read military poems and performed famous musical works from the Great Patriotic War.
The signalers also handed over to the veterans congratulatory letters, letters and gifts from the command of the Central Military District, and the Yunarmiya gave hand-drawn postcards.
18:43 Video– Statement by the head of the press center of the Vostok group
- In the South-Donetsk direction, during aerial reconnaissance in the area of the settlement of Zolotaya Niva, an enemy combat reconnaissance and patrol vehicle was discovered. The BRDM was destroyed by fire from the tank.
- Launches of anti-tank guided missiles destroyed enemy armored vehicles in the areas of Prechistovka and the Oktyabr state farm.
- The crew of the TOS-1 heavy flamethrower system destroyed a stronghold with enemy manpower west of Prechistovka.
- The crew of the Strela-10 anti-aircraft missile system shot down the Valkyrie unmanned aerial vehicle.
18:23 Video– Statement by the head of the press center of the “South” group
- In the Lisichansk operational direction, aviation of the Southern Group of Forces attacked the positions of the 54th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Also, the helicopters of the army aviation of the group hit the strongholds of the 54th Brigade of the enemy in the area of the settlement Vesyoloye.
- The attack and army aviation of the South grouping made eight sorties with the combat use of standard weapons against the strongholds of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Bakhmut area.
- Artillery units of the Southern Group destroyed the ammunition delivery vehicle in the Verkhnekamensk area, as part of the counter-battery fight - an enemy infantry fighting vehicle in Belogorovka, a 120mm mortar at a firing position in the village of Ivano-Daryevka and a lightly armored small tractor in the Novokalinovo area.
17:55 Video- The memory of generations is an integral part of our life.
Being in the area of responsibility, before the county, they ran to the task to lay flowers and honor the memory.
17:12 Video– Report from the place of the UAF missile attack on its own prisoners of war
They were at the facility of Wagner PMC.
There were four arrivals of HIMARS. To the disappointment of the Ukrainian leadership, none of the prisoners died.
The Armed Forces themselves are shocked by what happened and do not understand why their own people wanted to kill them. They say "we are not needed" and "cannon fodder." It's hard to argue with them after what happened.
16:44 Putin signed Decree on conferring the honorary title "Guards" to the 291st Guards Artillery Brigade
Also for mass heroism and courage, fortitude and courage shown by personnel in combat operations, the honorary title "Guards" was awarded to the 55th Separate Helicopter Sevastopol Order of Kutuzov Regiment.
16:26 Video “Wait for me and I'll be back… The penetrating poems of Konstantin Simonov, written during the Great Patriotic War, are read by soldiers who today, like their grandfathers, are again fighting fascism.
15:44 Video- Such a picture is now all over the Outskirts
Because of the criminal orders of Zelensky, every day the cemeteries of the outskirts are replenished with fresh graves of those who refused to lay down their arms and rise up.
15:23 On Victory Day, our anti-aircraft gunners destroyed Ukrainian Su-27 in the Izyum area. The plane was in the sky with anti-radar missiles and conducted ambush operations, the purpose of which was to destroy our air defense systems.
15:00 Video- Road to hell.
A bunch of battered equipment and torn taras.
Welcome to Bakhmut!
14:23 Yevgeny Prigozhin examined the impact site of HIMARS missiles. According to him, preliminary, all the prisoners survived: “At first glance, all Ukrainian prisoners are safe.”
14:14 The Russian military stopped an attempt to land an enemy DRG on seven boats near the left bank of the Dnieper, near Kherson.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine did not take active actions, they continued to exert fire on our positions. 13 attacks on Russian positions were carried out in the Pogolovsky direction: seven mortar, five barrel, one MLRS.
In the Orekhovskoye direction, three artillery attacks,two mortars, one cannon artillery. There are no losses or wounded.
14:05 Video, where you can see how the Armed Forces of Ukraine hit the HIMARS missiles at the facility, which housed the captured Ukrainian soldiers who remained with the Wagner PMC for exchange.
13:22 Yelenovka is under fire from Ukrainian militants. According to the DPR JCCC, two rounds with a caliber of 152mm were fired.
13:19 Ukraine hit the premises where PMC "Wagner" kept captured militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine - Prigozhin.
Prigozhin said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked the premises where captured militants were kept. According to him, preliminary, everything indicates that the strike was delivered from HIMARS. It is not yet known exactly how many prisoners died.
An investigation team has already been called to the scene, and in the near future they will establish the exact weapon from which the blow was struck, and from which side.
12:51 Crew attack helicopter Ka-52 "Alligator" of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the sky of Donbass
12:32 Under fire from Ukrainian militants Petrovsky district of Donetsk. According to the DPR JCCC, three rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired.
12:19 Promotion of Wagner attack aircraft in Artemovsk (Bakhmut) continues -video. 18+ on the frames there is profanity.
11:43 Vladimirovka is under fire from Ukrainian militants. According to the DPR JCCC, 11 rounds with a caliber of 152mm were fired.
11:19 AFU recaptured three square kilometers in the Bakhmut direction, - Prigozhin.
11:00 Russian aviation inflicted blows on the oporniki of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of Artemovsk (Bakhmut).
Also in the Lisichansk direction, the aircraft of the group of troops "South" struck the 54th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and the helicopters hit the oporniks in the area of Vesely.
In addition, artillery units destroyed an ammunition transport vehicle in the Verkhnekamensk area, an infantry fighting vehicle, a mortar and an armored small tractor near Novokalinovo.
10:31 Scouts of the 503rd Regiment, together with a mortar battery, continue to strike at enemy positions in the Zaporozhye direction -video.
10:20 According to the operational lines of the JCCC DPR for May 9, as of 10:00, information was received about damage as a result of artillery attack of the VFU of the cities of the Republic:
n.p. Ozeryanovka:
- Damage was recorded to the building of the MBOU “School No. 58 in Gorlovka” on the street. Glebov;
- per. Teplichny, 2 - a private residential building;
- st. Pokryshkina, 9 - a private residential building, a utility building was also damaged.
10:06 Ukrainian militants fired 10 rockets from the MLRS in the Kyiv and Kuibyshevsky districts of Donetsk - DPR JCCC
10:05 Front-line summary for the morning of 05/09/2023:
In the Uludar sector, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, in addition to the city itself, fired at Bolshaya Novosyolka, Zolotaya Niva, Shakhtyorskoe, Prechistovka and Novoukrainka. The Armed Forces of Ukraine carried out strikes on Pavlovka.
On the Donetsk front, Russian troops again tried to advance in Maryinka. They failed. With artillery support, they also attacked in the direction of Pervomaisky and on the southwestern approaches to Avdiivka. No success.
Under fire, the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Novomikhailovka, Yekaterinovka, Elizavetovka, Pobeda, Georgievka, Kurakhove, Ostroy, the city of Krasnogorovka, Nevelskoye, Karlovka, Netailov, Berdychi, Ocheretin, Keramika, Novokalinovo, New York and Leonidovka. The Ukrainian army hit Donetsk, Vodyany and Gorlovka.
Southwest of Bakhmut, Russian troops, supported by artillery, attacked in the direction of Stupochek and Chasov Yar. No result.
PMC "Wagner" after artillery and air strikes conducted assault operations near Ivanovsky, in the southern, western and northern parts of Bakhmut. Again, a slight advance only on the last section.
Also, Wagner operators tried to break through to Khromovoy. Failed. The armed forces of the Russian Federation, after artillery strikes, attacked in the area of Spornoye. Success has not been achieved. Russian artillery hit Aleksandro-Shultin, Bogdanovka, Markov, Novomarkov and Orekhovo-Vasilyevka. The Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked the positions of Wagner PMC in Bakhmut, as well as Kurdyumovka, Zheleznyansky, Belogorovka Donetsk and Berestovoye.
In the Luhansk direction, the Ukrainian army, supported by artillery, attacked in the Olshan area. There is a promotion. Russian troops shelled Lugansk Belogorovka, Torskoy, Nevsky, Makeyevka, Stelmakhovka, Novoselovsky, Liman First, Western, Novomlynsk, Figolevka, Krasny Perviy and Stroevka.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine beat on Gryanikovka. Taking into account the attack on Olshany, located a little southeast, an attempt to encircle the units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in Gorobyevka, Tavolzhanka and Dvurechny is not ruled out.
09:53 Gorlovka and Vladimirovka are under fire from Ukrainian militants. According to the DPR JCCC, 11 rounds with a caliber of 152mm were fired.
09:34 During the day, the DPR representative office in the JCCC recorded 39 facts of firing from the AFU, 214 different ammunition was fired. The enemy fired at Donetsk, Gorlovka, Shirokaya Balka, Yakovlevka, Yasinovataya, Aleksandrovka, Yelenovka.
Over the past day, information was received about the wounding of two civilians in Donetsk and Gorlovka. 18 residential buildings and two civil infrastructure facilities were damaged in the Kievsky and Petrovsky districts of Donetsk and the Nikitovsky district of Horlivka.
09:18 RF Armed Forces destroyed an enemy artillery mount and 122mm B-21 MLRS "Grad" in the Kherson region
Yesterday, in the Burgunka area, artillery fire destroyed the BM-21 Grad MLRS and ammunition for it - three militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were liquidated.
In addition, at night, in the area of Sadovoe, artillery fire destroyed the 152mm 2S3 "Acacia" self-propelled guns and ammunition for it - five militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were liquidated.
09:08 The criminal Kiev regime continues to shell the civilian infrastructure of the settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Armed Forces of Ukraine were fired from barrel artillery:
- n.p. Kakhovka fired 10 rounds;
- Eight rounds were fired at the settlement of Tavriysk;
- 12 rounds were fired at the village of Korsunka;
- n.p. Kardashinka fired six rounds;
- n.p. The Dnieper fired six rounds;
- n.p. Aleshki fired eight rounds.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure to be confirmed
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the settlement. New Kakhovka, n.p. Kakhovka, settlement Vasilievka, settlement Rybalche, n.p. Gornostaevka, firing a total of 26 rounds from cannon artillery.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being specified.
08:53 Kyiv militants are artillery attack the Petrovsky district of Donetsk. The JCCC DPR recorded four rounds with a caliber of 155mm.
08:15 Under fire of the Ukrainian fighters Kuybyshevsky and Kirovsky areas of Donetsk. According to the DPR JCCC, five rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired.
08:12 Information on the artillery attack of Gorlovka as of 08:00 on May 9, 2023
08:10 The Armed Forces of Ukraine hold on to the last districts on the outskirts of Artemovsk (Bakhmut) and “bite” every house.
One of the fighters told RT military correspondent Murad Gazdiev that the enemy is losing ground. The Ukrainian Armed Forces leave behind traps and mines - this is done by the team of the 73rd Naval Special Operations Center, which is deliberately not sent into battle.
With the fighting spirit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, everything is deplorable. Mobilized often have to be rotated due to shell shock, otherwise they begin to behave inappropriately.
“We observed how two servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine changed into women's clothing halfway there, took multi-colored suitcases. They took pets ... ” recalls one of the fighters.
08:05 In Artemovsk (Bakhmut) destroyed Orthodox Holy Annunciation Church. Presumably, the Armed Forces of Ukraine blew it up before retreating.
The temple is located in the western part of Artemovsk near Yubileinaya Street, where fierce battles are taking place. From the frames from the network it is clear that the ashes remained from the temple.
07:56 At night the Ukrainian fighters fired at Donetsk, Gorlovka and Ozeryanovka. According to the DPR JCCC, 19 rounds with a caliber of 155mm and 152mm were fired.
07:50 Combat footage of work calculations of 152mm towed guns "Hyacinth-B" ZVO.
Reconnaissance with the help of UAVs recorded: enemy armored vehicles are moving in the rear. The exact coordinates were handed over to our gunners. They immediately ran to the gun, loaded it and fired a shot.
The fire is corrected using an unmanned aerial vehicle, its camera records the hit.
Combat missions as part of the battery of 152mm guns "Hyacinth-B" are performed by military personnel who were called up as part of partial mobilization. Today, these are already experienced military men who are in no way inferior to regular military personnel.
07:00 Summary of the LPR Representation in the JCCC for the past day, May 8:
From the side of the armed formations of Ukraine, one artillery attack was recorded at the settlement. Youth with the use of MLRS HIMARS (one rocket).