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Current information on the situation on the front line: September 13 (updated )
2023-09-14
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 23:57 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 09/13/2023 to 00:00 09/14/2023

Over the past 24 hours, the Representative Office reported 57 incidents of firing by the Ukrainian Federal Unitary Forces.

Information was received about the injury of eight civilians in the Kievsky and Petrovsky districts of Donetsk, Nikitovsky and Kalininsky districts of Gorlovka.

A total of 23 residential buildings were damaged in the Kievsky and Petrovsky districts of Donetsk, the Gornyatsky district of Makeevka and the Central City district of Gorlovka, as well as two civil infrastructure facilities.

Districts of six settlements of the Republic were under enemy fire: Gorlovka (Kalininsky, Nikitovsky districts), Mikhailovka, Zaitsevo, Yasinovatsky district, the capital city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Kievsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Gornyatsky, Chervonogvardeysky districts).

In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out 39 attacks from MLRS, AGM-88 HARM, 155mm artillery, incl. with a cassette warhead.

At Gorlovka there were 14 attacks from MLRS, attack UAVs, 152mm and 155mm artillery, incl. with a cassette warhead.

On Yasinovatsky there were three artillery attacks from 155mm artillery.

A total of 188 units of various ammunition were expended.

In the previous day, 98 attacks were recorded from the Ukrainian Federal Unitary Forces.
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21:50 Today, two News Front military correspondents again came under fire from the Ukrainian Armed Forces, but not at our army positions, but on a public road. Georgy Medvedev and I were just driving home from work, like a lot of other people.

21:25 Enemy offensive near Novomayorsky: a Ukrainian Armed Forces unit was captured -video.

Soldiers of the Vostok battalion captured militants of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the battles for Novomayorskoye at the junction of Zaporozhye and the DPR, reports the commander of the Vostok battalion and deputy head of the Russian Guard for the DPR A. Khodakovsky:

“The prisoners are stripped for full inspection, but they smoke our cigarettes, eat our dry rations - not a single bloody snot... Well, these have already won theirs - they are lucky. The time will come when they will return home safe and sound.”

20:45 On the Rabotino-Verbovoye line continue intense fighting, but there are no changes on the front line at the moment: the Ukrainian Armed Forces are bringing up new reserves and preparing to continue the intensive phase of hostilities as part of their previous tactics in the Verbovoy direction.

In addition, there are attacks on the heights between Rabotino and Verbov. We will inform you as the situation develops.

19:50 Report on the work of 152mm Hyacinth crews in the Donetsk direction -video.

19:30 RF Ministry of Defense: On September 13, in the Black Sea, naval aviation of the Black Sea Fleet discovered and destroyed three unmanned boats of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

19:00 Vrem'evsky section: unsuccessful attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Novodonetskoye and Novomayorskoye Situation as of 16:00 September 13, 2023 Telegram channel “Fisherman“.

The enemy continues to try to improve the tactical position by attacking forest plantations at the Novodonetskoye-Novomayorskoye line. The Armed Forces of Ukraine repeat their usual actions over and over again: individual infantry fighting vehicles and armored fighting vehicles bring assault groups of 10-20 people to the line of combat contact, who are trying to gain a foothold in new positions.

Since the morning, units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces have carried out four similar attacks, which were unsuccessful.

The Russian Armed Forces quickly manage to detect the enemy’s movement on the approach, cover the personnel and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with artillery, forcing the Ukrainian formations to retreat.

Two surges from Levadnoye in the direction of Priyutnoye were reflected. In the forest plantations near the populated area, the enemy has been accumulating manpower and armored vehicles in recent weeks. Nevertheless, Russian units regularly identify strongholds of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and strike them with artillery.

The Ukrainian command, obviously, does not yet plan to abandon a further offensive in the Vrem'evsky sector. However, after changing the direction of attack from Staromlynovka to Novomayorskoye and the lack of success in conducting “meat assaults,” the 18th battalion of the 35th Naval Infantry Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost partial combat capability. Additional forces are regularly transferred to the Prechistovka area to replenish Ukrainian units, which also become a tasty target for Russian artillery.

18:30 FVP drones with precision hits destroy militants in the dugout:

Our fighters detected the movement of militants in the dugout, after which they sent a “bird” to smoke them out of there. After two arrivals, the militants decided to move to a nearby dugout, where our kamikaze drone covered them. /rt.com/.

17:55 From the front line: Our guys knocked out Ukrainians from Kleshcheevka.

17:35 Soldiers of the Dnepr group of troops destroyed an American-made M777 howitzer with loitering ammunition -video.

The enemy's camouflaged firing position was revealed with the help of UAV operators and destroyed along with the crew.

17:00 WarGonzo:

Exclusive. Who dealt the decisive blow to the Challenger?

The crew of the artillerymen of the 71st Motorized Rifle Regiment, with a shot from the 152mm D-20 howitzer, deprived the English tank of the ability to move around the battlefield, turning it into a stationary target.

But the decisive blow from the ATGM on the enemy vehicle was delivered by the paratroopers, leaving no chance for the damaged vehicles to evacuate.

16:30 How the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Odessa regiontriedshoot down “Geranium” using small arms and machine guns on homemade carts

They don’t even take lead, unfortunate air defense officers.

16:00 Artillerymen of the 205th Brigade destroyed the location of Ukrainian militants near Kherson:

In the area of the railway bridge, a point of temporary deployment of a territorial defense unit was destroyed by an accurate hit. As a result of the impact, the ammunition for 152mm Giatsinth-B detonated -video.

15:30 Soledar direction: successful counterattack of the Russian Armed Forces near Kleshcheevka situation as of 14.00 September 13, 2023 Telegram channel “Fisherman“:

Intense clashes broke out southwest of Bakhmut at the Kleshcheevka-Andreevka line. As a result of a counterattack by combined units of the Russian army, they managed to drive the enemy out of Kleshcheevka.

Despite this, the village remains in the gray zone due to the massive fire of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the village. Russian troops hold the northeastern outskirts, while Ukrainian forces concentrate forces to the west for a new attack.

The situation in Andreevka remains in the fog of war. This morning information appeared that the village had been completely recaptured by fighters of the Russian Armed Forces, but a little later doubt arose again due to conflicting information about the line of control along the railway track.

Due to a lack of evidence, we have placed the village in a gray area until more definitive data becomes available. Nevertheless, positional battles at Andreevka continue.

14:30 Statement of Head of the press center of the Vostok group:

In the South Donetsk direction, advanced units of the Vostok group of troops, with artillery support, stopped the advance of two groups of Ukrainian Armed Forces infantry in the direction of Novomayorsky. An armored combat vehicle "Mastiff" was destroyed by an attack UAV. The personnel were hit by artillery fire. During the offensive operations in the Staromayorsky area, the group’s assault units liquidated a group of Ukrainian Armed Forces infantry during the battle.

Artillery fire hit the temporary deployment points of the 37th Naval Infantry Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Urozhainy and Prechistovka and the 27th Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, in Ugledar and Uglesborochnaya, including an ammunition depot. An armored combat vehicle in the Novomayorsky area was destroyed by Lancet loitering ammunition.

During the counterbattery fight, mortar crews were destroyed north of Novomayorsky and in the Ugledar area. Bomber, attack and army aviation hit places where troops and equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces accumulated in the areas of Staromayorsky, Urozhayny, Prechistovka, Velikaya Novoselka and Malinovka.

Military personnel of the Vostok group of troops show courage and professionalism when performing combat missions.

The commander of the motorized rifle brigade section of the group, Sergeant Pavel Organistov, as part of the unit, carried out tasks of fire destruction of manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in one of the sections of the South Donetsk direction.

During one of the battles, the personnel of the assault group under the command of Sergeant Organistov, despite the constant fire from the artillery of the Ukrainian troops, managed to hit several units of enemy equipment and eliminate over a dozen nationalists.

At the same time, Pavel Organistov personally destroyed the machine gun crew of the Ukrainian Armed Forces with fire from standard weapons.

14:05 Statement of Head of the press center of the Center group:

In the Krasnolimansky direction in the area of ??the Torsky ledge and Serebryansky forestry, units of the Center group of troops repelled and thwarted six attacks by assault groups of 63 and 67 Mechanized Brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with air strikes and artillery fire.

Enemy losses in this direction amounted to more than 50 militants. Two armored combat vehicles and a Pickup vehicle were destroyed.

13:30 Andreevka: ours are storming Ukrainian positions.

12:55 Northern part of Kleshcheevka controlled With our guys, artillery fire and counterattacks, they do not allow the Ukrainians to gain a foothold in the territory they occupied.

Ukrainians did not advance.

12:35 Electronic warfare complex “Krasukha-S4” guarding our skies:

"Krasukha" can discover all types of air targets, including those moving at extremely low altitudes. The complex also affects enemy aircraft, preventing them from flying. tass.ru

12:05 Statement of Head of the press center of the "South" group:

Assault and army aviation of the “Southern” group of forces struck concentrations of manpower of attacking units and armored vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, destroying the command post of a unit of the 110th mechanized brigade and an infantry fighting vehicle in the Lisichansky, Soledaro-Artemovsky, Aleksandro-Kalinovsky, Avdeevsky, Mar'yinsky directions.

The group's artillery destroyed an infantry fighting vehicle, five pickup trucks, a strong point and a temporary deployment point, positions of an AGS grenade launcher crew and an anti-tank missile system in Vesyol, Verkhnekamensky, Yurkovka, Krasnogorovka, Kleeshcheevka, Lastochkino, Pervomaisky.

During the counterbattery fight, the enemy lost a 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount, 122mm D-30 and 152m MSTA-B howitzers, and two 120mm mortars in Verkhnekamensky, Avdievka, Ivano-Dar'yevka, Antonovka and Predtechino.

Crews of the Solntsepek heavy flamethrower systems destroyed two enemy strongholds and inflicted fire on manpower concentrations in Verkhnekamensky and Malolinovka.

FPV drones destroyed five enemy dugouts and a temporary enemy deployment point in Razdolovka, Vasyukovka, Krasnogorovka.

11:30 Missile strike of the Ukrainian air forces on Sevastopol authors of the Telegram channel Fisherman:

At around 0300 hrs on September 13, Su-24M bombers of the Ukrainian Air Force launched ten Storm Shadow/SCALP cruise missiles at Sevastopol.

Five Su-24M took off from the Starokonstantinov airbase in the Khmel'nitsky region. Four reached the missile launch line over the Nikolaev and Kherson regions, and one carried out an attack from the direction of Zmeiny Island.

Units of the 31st Air Force and Air Defense Division shot down seven targets: five by the Pantsir-S1 air defense system, one by the S-400 division, and the seventh missile by the MiG-31 fighter.

Unfortunately, three Storm Shadow missiles reached their target: the landing ship Minsk and the submarine Rostov-on-Don, which were in dry dock, received varying degrees of damage.

We would like to pay special attention to the presence of “colorful” footage of arrivals from different angles, which will undoubtedly be used by Ukrainian structures to generate reports on the effectiveness of ongoing attacks, since they simplify the collection of information for the enemy.

After a long break, cruise missile attacks on Crimea have resumed. With a very high degree of probability, raids will continue in the coming days (and not only in Sevastopol).

In a recent analysis, we said that massive attacks on the Crimean Bridge should be expected in the coming week (we are not hinting at anything, but the Kiev Chabadniks will soon celebrate the New Year, and this public really loves such symbolism).

As for today's attack, it looks like a rehearsal timed, moreover, for the beginning of the battle (for Sevastopol in 1854).
Historical note: The Russians were soundly defeated at Sevastopol two years later, in 1856.
11:00 Zaporozhye Front, 10:20 09/13/2023, Verbovoye. Reports Front bird:

From early morning, infantry groups move into the trench to the west of the settlement. Verbovoy. Artillery and mounted grenade launchers are working against them, and aviation has also joined in. In the morning, the Ka-52 made 2 passes to land APU clusters.

Last night, in 20 minutes, eight FAB-500s flew into enemy concentration areas.

The situation is steadily tense.

10:30 Situation on the fronts over the past 24 hours:

Zaporozhye direction

In the Orekhovsky sector of the Ukrainian Armed Forces front, at the cost of heavy losses, they managed to wedge themselves between Rabotino and Verbov, but the Russian Army regularly counterattacks, preventing the militants from gaining a foothold.

Meanwhile, on the Vrem'evsky ledge, the enemy unsuccessfully attacked our positions in the area of Novodonetsky and Novomayorsky.

Svatovo-Kremennoe direction

Near Kupyansk, our fighters continue to expand the zone of control at Sinkovka and Petropavlovka.

At Torskoye, Russian soldiers repelled all the attacks of the militants, as in Serebryansky Forest.

Artyomovskoe direction

Fierce fighting continues in Kleshcheevka; ours counterattacked. There is almost nothing left of the village, which prevents military operations.

So far, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have distinguished themselves only by the massive use of cluster rounds and kamikaze drones.

There are battles in the south of Andreevka, now the village is in the gray zone.

10:00 Statement of Head of the press center of the “West” group:

During the fighting in the Kupyansk direction, the crews of the Ka-52, Mi-28 attack helicopters and the attack aircraft of the West group of forces carried out 13 missile and bomb attacks on the accumulation of manpower, weapons and military equipment of the 14th Separate Mechanized Brigade and territorial defense units in the area settlements Sin'kovka, Kislovka, Novoegorovka and Ivanovka.

During the counterbattery fight, the group’s artillery destroyed a mortar crew and an ammunition supply point in the Novoselovskoye, Tabaevka area.

The total enemy losses amounted to two platoons of manpower.

09:23 Official summary Representative offices of the DPR in the JCCC from 00:00 09/12/2023 to 00:00 09/13/2023

Over the past 24 hours, the Representative Office reported 98 incidents of firing by the Ukrainian Federal Unitary Forces.

Information has been received about the death of a civilian, a man, in the Kievsky district of Donetsk.

Four civilians were injured of varying severity in the Kiev region of Donetsk, Yasinovataya and Kremenchik.

Eight residential buildings were damaged in the Kiev, Kirov and Kuibyshevsky districts of Donetsk, as well as two civil infrastructure facilities.

Districts of six settlements of the Republic were under enemy fire: Gorlovka (Nikitovsky, Central City districts), Yasinovatsky district, the capital city of Donetsk (Leninsky, Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Kievsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Chervonogvardeysky district), Staromikhailovka, Kermenchik.

In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out 68 attacks from MLRS and 155mm artillery, incl. with a cassette warhead.

At Gorlivske there were 23 artillery attacks from 152mm artillery.

At Yasinovatsky there were six artillery attacks from 155mm artillery.

At Velikonovoselkovskoe one artillery attack from 155mm artillery.

A total of 284 units of various ammunition were expended.

In the previous day, 108 attacks were recorded from the Ukrainian Federal Unitary Forces.

09:22 The criminal Kiev regime continues to fire at the civilian infrastructure of settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired from cannon artillery:

-- n.p. Peschanivka nine rounds;
-- n.p. Krynki 12 rounds;
-- n.p. Alyosha eight rounds;
-- n.p. Novaya Zbur'evka 12 rounds;
-- n.p. Bol'shaya Lepetikha nine rounds;
-- n.p. Gorhostaevka seven rounds;

During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the settlement of Novaya Kakhovka, settlement. Kakhovka, Kazachi Lagery, Tavriysk firing a total of 30 rounds from cannon artillery.

Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being clarified.

08:10 Summary on the morning of September 13, 2023

At night, the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired several missiles at the Sevastopol Marine Plant, despite the air defense, several of them reached the target. A serious fire broke out at the facility, in total 24 people were injured.

The Russian Armed Forces carried out strikes at night with Geranium UAVs on the port cities of Reni and Izmail in the Odessa region, which are located on the border with Romania.

Rabotino on the Zaporozhye Front was on fire yesterday: our troops used heavy flamethrower systems “Solntsepek” and MLRS against the advancing enemy forces. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are torn between settlements. Rabotino and Verbovoye bring reserves into battle.

To the south of Artyomovsk (Bakhmut) there are heavy battles: the Ukrainian Armed Forces, supported by dense artillery fire, are advancing near Andreevka, trying to take the populated area in pincers, sending assault groups forward. Fighting continues in Kleshcheevka: the Russian Armed Forces are holding defenses on the northeastern outskirts of the village, most of which is in the gray zone.

In the Kherson direction there are battles for the islands: the enemy has gained a foothold on one of them, and our artillery is working on it. Just like the Ukrainian Armed Forces infantry at the Antonovsky Bridge.

Near Kremennaya, the Russian Armed Forces covered a large group of enemy infantry with artillery fire, thwarting another breakthrough attempt on the Tor ledge.

In the Belgorod region, the Grayvoronsky urban district was under fire. In the DPR, a civilian was killed and four were wounded by Ukrainian Armed Forces fire.

08:05 Frontline summary for the morning of 09/13/2023

In the Zaporozhye direction, Russian troops, after artillery bombardment, attacked Ukrainian positions southwest of the village of Rabotino. The goal, as a few days earlier in the eastern sector of the fighting, is to hit the flank of the advancing Ukrainian group. The Ukrainian Armed Forces, with the support of artillery, are trying to reach Novoprokopovka. Fierce fighting on the outskirts of a populated area. Verbovoy has a similar situation. The Russian Armed Forces attacked Ukrainian units in Novodanilovka, Omel'nik and Malaya Tokmachka. The Ukrainian Armed Forces fired at the Russians in Kopany, Ilchenkovo and Novopokrovka.

On the Donetsk front, the Russian Armed Forces resumed attempts to advance at Novomikhailovka and continued in Mar'inka. With the support of aviation, they attacked on the southern approaches to Avdievka. No success.

In the Bakhmut direction there were fierce counter-fights in Kleshcheevka itself and just north of the village. In the last of the sectors, the Russian Armed Forces occupied the defense line behind the railway line, leaving a number of positions. In turn, Russian troops continued counterattacks in the Orekhovo-Vasil'ievka area.

In the Lugansk direction, the Russian Armed Forces carried out offensive operations west of Novoselovskoye. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are holding their positions. Russian troops attacked Ukrainian units in Belogorovka, Makeevka, Novoegorovka, Ivanovka and Sin'kovka. In the area of the last named settlement on earth there is relative calm.

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