[NewsFront] 21:01 RF Armed ForcesdestroyEnemy DRG in the Bakhmut direction
19:31 Fights south of Artyomovsk: situation in Andreevka and Kleshcheevka:
In recent days, all attention has been focused on these two villages, which were practically wiped off the face of the earth. The enemy storms them with frenzy, suffering heavy losses. However, he fails to completely occupy them. Related to this is the incident of the Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine, who hastened to announce the occupation of Andreevka. In fact, both villages are mostly in the gray zone.
- Kleshcheevka. Despite the fact that the enemy managed to push our troops back to the north-eastern part of the village, ours launched a number of counterattacks and improved their positions
– Andreevka has not yet been taken by the enemy, they managed to push it back. The work of artillery on both sides does not stop. Intense shooting battles are taking place for the village, reports RT military correspondent M. Gazdiev
It is interesting that Andreevka is being stormed by the highly promoted 3rd Assault Brigade “Azov” of motivated Nazis, but they still cannot take the village completely. But she managed to invent some losses in the command staff of the brigade opposing her.
19:00 Destroyed balconies, a crumpled car, bullet holes and craters from Western rounds - so looks residential area in Novaya Kakhovka, which was shelled by the Ukrainian Armed Forces today.
According to the head of the administration, the attack was carried out with a missile filled with destructive elements.
18:30 The field ammunition depot of the Ukrainian Armed Forces turned into a crematorium after arrival of UAV "Lancet" in the Svatovo-Kremenny direction
Near the Serebryansky forest, the enemy army set up a field warehouse with ammunition, but was suddenly destroyed by our airborne special forces. Probably, sensing the approaching death, the Ukrainian Armed Forces militants ran into their makeshift shack, where our Lancet kamikaze UAV had already flown out.
Each shell hidden in the warehouse brought the death of the militants closer by secondary detonation. At the missile storage site there are now only charred remains - no one can hide from our “birds”.
18:27 Destruction of the American counter-battery radar AN/TPQ-50 in the Krasnolimansk direction. Each such installation costs more than $1 million, and they are in short supply. Artillery work of the 348th Regiment -video.
18:23 In the DPR from 09/08/23. – 09.14.23. Six civilians were killed by the aggression of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and another 34 people were injured. This was reported by the Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights in the Republic.
18:05 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for September 15, as of 18:00, information was received about damage as a result of artillery attack by the Air Forces of the cities of the Republic:
n.p. Zaitsevo: – st. Bratskaya, 35, 37, 39, 41 – private residential buildings.
17:27 Kherson direction situation as of 17.00 September 15, 2023
In the island zone of the Dnieper, the situation remains the same: the Ukrainian Armed Forces are still sending reconnaissance groups to consolidate on the islands, from which they plan to attack the left bank of the Dnieper in the future.
Over the past 24 hours, one boat attempted to deliver personnel to the northwestern part of Aleshkinsky Island, where it was destroyed by concentrated rocket artillery fire.
And another craft landed on Kozatsky Island from the northeast, where it was sunk by an accurate artillery strike. Moreover, a few hours earlier, two DRGs had landed from the north.
The creation of another tactical group, Normandy, looks interesting. This is already the third formation of this kind in the Kherson direction: there are also “Grom” and “Omaha”.
And the name itself clearly alludes to the operation of the Allied forces to land troops in Normandy in June 1944. Such symbolism is characteristic of the Ukrainian authorities, and it is likely that this group will take an active part in crossing the Dnieper and storming the Kherson region.
17:10 A total of 15 people were injured as a result of today’s artillery attack of Nova Kakhovka by Ukrainian nationalists, reports the Ministry of Health of the Kherson region
Doctors provide emergency medical care to the victims and take them to one of the medical institutions in the region. A total of 14 patients are being treated on an outpatient basis; one victim with shrapnel wounds was hospitalized at the Genichesk Central District Hospital.
Ambulance crews continue to be on duty at the scene.
16:54 They report that the Russian Armed Forces crossed the Oskol River in the Kupyansk direction
Units of the 138th Guards Brigade of the Russian Armed Forces crossed the Oskol River near the village of Novomlynsk on a wide front of almost four kilometers, thus entering the rear of the enemy group in the area of an important crossing near the village of Dvurechnaya.
16:39 They report a powerful airstrike on the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Kupyansk.
According to Ukrainian monitoring channels, explosions were allegedly heard between Kalinovo and Golubovka, as well as near Peschany in the Kupyansky district. Previously, there were warehouses and temporary deployment points for the 14th, 41st and 88th Mechanized Infantry Brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
16:00 The number of victims in Novaya Kakhovka after the attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces increased from 12 to 15 people.
15:18 The situation in the Zaporozhye direction, the Diary of a Paratrooper reports:
In the area of the village Rabotino
Fighting is still going on, we are advancing, enemy forces are advancing, after being hit by artillery fire, the enemy forces are retreating.
Heavy artillery fire is being conducted along the entire line.
Northeast of the village In Rabotino, where there are no populated areas, our Paratroopers are well entrenched and holding their lines.
The enemy has been actively using cluster munitions for the last three days, enemy artillery and mortar crews are actively working: the 82mm and 120mm mortars. A Polish 60mm mortar is also operational.
Almost throughout the entire sector, without any significant changes, the enemy did not attempt a breakthrough and did not occupy new positions.
N.p. Verbovoye is under the control of the Russian Armed Forces, and there is no enemy near Verbovoye.
All attacks by the DRG in small groups of up to 15 people and enemy armored vehicles are destroyed by artillery or our assault units.
15:15 Military expert Boris Rozhin about the main moments during a special military operation of the Russian Federation in one day by 14.39 Moscow time on September 15, 2023:
Zaporozhye direction:
Attacks in the area of Rabotino and Verbovoy do not bring success to the enemy. Still no progress. Plans to break through between Rabotino and Verbov cannot be realized, therefore, due to the exhaustion of operational reserves, it is necessary to transfer units from other directions in order to maintain inertia and delay the moment of official abandonment of the offensive due to its failure.
In fact, the Ukrainian Armed Forces, for political reasons, continue to conduct offensive actions in conditions where it has long ago entered the saturation stage. A similar situation developed in the Pyatikhatki area, where the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ offensive fizzled out even earlier.
Vremevsky ledge:
Here the situation is identical to the situation in the Zaporozhye region. The enemy was bogged down in battles in the areas of Priyutnoye, Staromayorsky, Urozhaynoye, Novomayorsky and Novodonetsky.
After attempts to change the focus to attacks on Novomayorskoye, the enemy has now reduced the intensity of attacks and is regrouping.
As in the Zaporozhye direction, in some areas the enemy began to equip their new positions with engineering equipment in anticipation of mud roads and possible active actions of the Russian Armed Forces.
Donetsk direction:
The Russian Armed Forces remain active south and north of Marinka, but there has been no significant progress yet. Fighting continues at the ventilation shaft of the Trudovskaya mine. In the city itself there are no changes, as, indeed, in Novomikhailovka and Ugledar.
In the Avdeevka area, fighting continues north of Opytny, Nevelskoye and near Krasnogorovka. There are no special changes.
Artemovsk direction:
The main battles continue on the Kleshcheevka-Andreevka-Kurdyumovka line.
The enemy continues to try to gain a foothold in the ruins of Andreevka, which as a settlement. completely destroyed. The main positions of the RF Armed Forces are near the railway tracks. The enemy is sitting in the landings and at nearby heights.
Both sides claim control of the village, but in fact neither side has complete control over it. Fighting continues in the southern part of Kleshcheevka and in the area of adjacent plantings. Both sides are bringing additional forces here. The situation near Kurdyumovka is stable, the village is under the full control of the Russian Armed Forces. North of Artemovsk the situation is stable, local enemy attacks have been repelled. On the Seversky ledge and in the Soledar direction - without any special changes. In the Belogorovka area, our troops were able to take several oporniks, but it is too early to talk about serious progress.
Svatovo-Kupyanskoe direction:
Our troops again repelled local enemy attacks in the forest west of Kremennaya and continued the offensive towards Oskol, west of Svatovo. The pace of progress is not very high right now.
In the Kupyansk area, our troops continued to put pressure on the enemy in the Sinkovka, Petropavlovka, and Masyutovka areas. The enemy continues to evacuate areas adjacent to Kupyansk.
15:11 Special forces of the Airborne Forces hit a Ukrainian Armed Forces tank with strikes from the Lancet kamikaze UAV in the Kherson direction -video.
14:55 Andrey Gurulev, deputy of the State Duma, reports on the situation at the front without reference to specific areas:
“The enemy, having specifically run into our forces at the beginning of his counteroffensive, changed his combat tactics. They are no longer moving forward in large forces; they were obviously forbidden to abandon heavy equipment en masse.
Today they have switched to squeeze-out tactics, they are massively using cluster rounds, inflicting fire on the strong points of our units, assault groups, they have a lot of ammunition, they are trying to burn out absolutely everything. Yes, this situation forces our troops to retreat deeper. Not far, but in some places they lost up to 10 kilometers of territory. The enemy has somewhere occupied our defensive positions, which are very well equipped by our own hands.
After the refraction of the defense line, the enemies created conditions that made it impossible for our helicopters to use anti-tank missiles; due to the deflection of the line, they became accessible to enemy MANPADS. The efficiency of our helicopters has decreased.
The enemy has learned to work with our very well-made minefields. They competently clear them of mines, inflicting artillery fire and using trawls.
Our artillery has improved the quality of counter-battery warfare. There are results, but again the enemy is adapting. Basically, all of its guns are installed in depth at a distance inaccessible to our artillery. An estimated two artillery brigades were concentrated in the “hottest” directions, not counting the artillery of local brigades. We burned a lot of their towed artillery, they switched to using self-propelled guns. Our people say that it is very difficult, almost impossible, to catch them; after the second sighting shot they move and change position.
They have a lot of unmanned vehicles and even more. We have also adapted here, and over the last 2-3 weeks we have effectively begun to destroy them. Verba and Strela-10 air defense systems work well against UAVs. But the crests have a lot of drones, they use them wisely, you see these attacks not only at the front, but also in our deep rear.
The main conclusion is that the war continues. Yes, we are stronger, our warriors are stronger and more courageous, our troops are more professional. We endure, we adapt, we adapt, we win, we have already laid down a lot of the enemy’s manpower. But it is foolish to deny that today NATO with all its advanced technologies is fighting against us. We will win in any case, but Victory is separated from us only by one serious problem of ours - lies.
Yes, there is less of it than there was at the beginning of the SVO, but it is there. There are at different levels, they talk about it in the troops. False reports, unfortunately, lead to poor decisions at many levels. It exists, let’s acknowledge it and fight it, otherwise there will be trouble.”
13:29 On the situation in Andreevka and Kleshcheevka (Artemovskoe direction, Kleshcheevka-Kurdyumovka line)
n.p. Andreevka - The Armed Forces of Ukraine in radio intercepts talk about the defeated 72nd Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Russian Armed Forces in Andreevka, only the commander of the 72nd Brigadedoes not know about it.
Yesterday, the Armed Forces of Ukraine were severely punished for their nightly insolence in Kleshcheevka. Both n.p. under the RF Armed Forces. The enemy rolled back to their positions, again throwing 200x and 300x and the broken MaxxPro.
The situation around Artemovsk, or more precisely in its southwestern area, is still difficult.
12:27 The Russian army hits enemy equipment with the help of the Lancet UAV - footage from the battlefield in the Kherson region.
In the Kherson direction, the Russian army is actively using the domestic Lancet UAV, developed specifically for the destruction of ground equipment and artillery. In addition to its own camera, the kamikaze drone works in conjunction with a reconnaissance UAV, which shoots video from above, thanks to which the operator clearly sees the result of his actions and, if necessary, delivers another, final blow.
On frames it can be seen how an airborne special forces soldier directed the Lancet towards the enemy T-72 tank and attacked it, before one of the crew members managed to leave the combat vehicle. The first strike damaged but did not destroy the tank, to which the surviving militant returned. Next, a second blow was delivered that completely disabled the T-72, as a result of which the equipment caught fire.
11:32 Situation in the South Donetsk direction:
At the Vremevsky site the day passed relatively calmly. In the area of Novomayorsky, to the north, a moving enemy ARV was discovered; after the fire, the enemy abandoned the vehicle and ran away to land. Also during the night, several small infantry groups of up to five people each were seen retreating through forest belts towards Prechistovka. To the west of Novodonetsk, the activity of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was suppressed by the artillery of the 36th Army. Also, the guns of Group V worked on the enemy’s air defense in the near rear (Velikaya Novoselka-Zolotaya Niva-Prechistovka, etc.).
To the north of Priyutnoye, fire strikes are also carried out on positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Zelenoye Pole-Temirovka-Novodarovka area. No significant enemy activity was detected.
There are no changes in the Ugledarsky section. Artillery duels.
10:37 Regarding fights for Kleshcheevka and Andreevka you need to understand the following:
Firstly, the southern flank of Artyomovsk remains practically the only place where active hostilities are taking place. There is no such activity on the northern front, since the command of the Ukrainian Armed Forces is aware of all the risks of major attacks from this direction.
Secondly, Andreevka, which is located between Kleshcheevka and Kurdyumovka, is a village of literally two streets, to which only two roads lead. The Armed Forces of Ukraine have a theoretical opportunity to go there, but there is nowhere to gain a foothold: instead of houses there are ruins. It is not easy to transfer heavy equipment: the terrain and many other things have an effect. The technique after the transfer may appear in full view.
Thirdly, the situation in the Andreevka area may lead the Armed Forces of Ukraine to the creation of a “mini-Rabotino” situation, when units that do not have the opportunity to immediately move on can accumulate on a relatively small piece of land.
Andreevka itself is located on a slope, and from the west, from where the Ukrainian Armed Forces tried to occupy it, only part of the village can be held, but the risk of destruction of Ukrainian troops in this case increases manifold.
There is no point in discussing the capture or non-capture of the village - this part has long been in the gray zone, since both the enemy and the RF Armed Forces understand that it is impossible to hold this area for a long time, and the losses will be huge. At the same time, any tactical success of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in this direction is temporary and the situation must be assessed not at any particular point in time, but as a whole.
10:15 During the day, the DPR representative office in the JCCC recorded 70 incidents of firing by the Ukrainian Federal Unitary Forces, and 224 units of ammunition were fired.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out 47 attacks from 155mm artillery, incl. with a cassette warhead.
On Gorlovsky - 17 artillery attacks from 152mm and 155mm artillery, incl. with a cassette warhead.
On Yasinovatsky - Five artillery attacks from 155mm artillery, incl. with a cassette warhead.
At Volnovakha – One artillery attack from 155mm caliber artillery. The enemy fired at Donetsk, Makeevka, Valer'yanovka, Yasinovatsky district, Gorlovka, Gol'movsky, Zaitsev, Mikhailovka.
Over the past 24 hours, two civilians were injured of varying degrees of severity in the Kiev region of Donetsk and Vesely. Six residential buildings and two civil infrastructure facilities were damaged in Donetsk and Valer'yanovka.
10:10 Personnel consequences of the Ukrainian Armed Forces artillery attack of a residential area in Novaya Kakhovka. At least four multi-storey buildings were damaged. So far there is information about three civilians killed. The city authorities have created an operational headquarters.
09:50 Fights in Kurdyumovka (DPR) they are so intense that there are breaks between attacks of a maximum of half an hour. RT military correspondent Vlad Andritsa spoke with Russian military personnel.
Almost everything prohibited in the world flies from the enemy’s side, as the fighters say. During the day there are a lot of kamikaze drones and cluster munitions.
“It is advisable not to go outside [from cover] at all [during the day], because one second can take your life,” says an attack aircraft with the call sign Angel.
Soldiers of the Akhmat special forces are training in positions against the enemy with the support of artillery of the Russian Armed Forces. All approaches to the village are mined so that not a single Ukrainian Armed Forces militant will enter it.
The place is strategic: through Kurdyumovka the enemy is trying to get to the road to Artyomovsk. But, as our soldiers say, we will not give up the village.
09:27 The work of the ATGM crews of the army special forces “Osman” to destroy the Bradley infantry fighting vehicle of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Orekhovsky direction -video.
09:23 The criminal Kiev regime continues to shell the civilian infrastructure of settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired cannon artillery:
-- village of Saga seven rounds;
-- n.p. Alyosha six rounds;
-- n.p. Kazachi Lagery seven rounds;
-- n.p. Podstepnoe eight rounds;
-- n.p. Golaya Pristan eight rounds;
-- n.p. Korsunka 6 rounds;
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the settlement of Novaya Kakhovka, settlement. Kakhovka, Kazachi Lagery, Krynki, Korsunka, firing a total of 34 rounds from cannon artillery
Civilian casualties and infrastructure damage are being determined
09:05 Near Belogorovka, the Russian Army took five oporniks, movement to the village. Fun. This is reported by Whisper Front.
08:50 Personnel combat work of crews of “roaming” 82mm automatic mortars “Vasilyok” in the Kupyansk direction.
08:35 The enemy made several attempts to storm the village. Verbovoe
The assault groups were destroyed by artillery fire and drops from a quadcopter, reports the Archangel of Special Forces. The evacuation could not arrive. Two MaxxPro vehicles were also hit.
08:19 Frontline summary on the morning of 09/15/2023:
In the Zaporozhye direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces, with artillery support, attacked at Novprokopovka and Verbovoy. And the Russian Armed Forces will flank the Ukrainian troops from Lugovsky.
Russian troops are trying to cut off the flanks of the advancing Ukrainian Armed Forces group. The fighting near Verbovoy was actually just north-west of the village. Russian troops - attacks on Kamensky, Zapasny, Orekhov and Gulyai-Polye. Ukrainian - according to the Russian Armed Forces in Nesteryanki, Kopany, Il'chenkovo and Novofedorivka.
At the Ugledar site there is relative silence on the ground. Mutual attacks. The RF Armed Forces on the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Bolshaya Novosyolka, Urozhainy and Ugledar. Ukrainian army in Russian positions - in Priyutny, Zavetny Zhelanie, Staromlynovka, Novodonetsk and Novomayorsky.
In the Bakhmut direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces, with artillery support, tried to storm Kurdyumovka. No success. The Russian Armed Forces counterattacked in the Andreevka area and regained a number of lost positions. The heights to the east are behind Russian troops. Ukrainian units also tried to enter Bakhmut from the southwest. No promotion.
Attack of the Russian Armed Forces on Bogdanovka. In this sector, the initiative has already passed to Russian troops. The artillery of the Russian Armed Forces worked against the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Kleshcheevka, Khromov and Sporny. Ukrainian - for Russian positions in Andreevka, Bakhmut and Soledar. To the north of the last of these settlements, an intensification of hostilities is possible in the near future.
In the Lugansk direction, the Russian Armed Forces, with artillery support, launched an attack on Belogorovka and much further to the north in the Berestovoe area. Under fire from the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Torskoye, Novosadovo, Ostrovsky and Kislovka.
08:11 Ukrainian militantsinflictedattacks with incendiary rounds on the forest belt. They do this purposefully, trying to burn out the entire forest belt so that the Russian positions are in full view for them. During daylight hours, you can see large areas of burnt forest belt - the enemy, through his actions, is destroying the unique nature of the Kherson region.
Militants are constantly trying to storm this reserve. But any attempts to cross the Dnieper end the same way.
08:10 Summary on the morning of September 15, 2023:
At night, the Russian Armed Forces launched Geranium strikes against enemy targets in the Khmelnitsky, Chernivtsi, Kirovograd and Nikolaev regions.
Artillery duels continue in the Kherson region; the Ukrainian Armed Forces are strengthening their positions in the northeastern part of the region along the Dnieper. In front-line settlements, regional authorities of Ukraine announced a mandatory evacuation of families with children.
On the Zaporozhye front there are battles near Rabotino and Verbovoy. The Ukrainian Armed Forces do not stop sending personnel and equipment under fire from our artillery and aviation. The front line remains unchanged.
Heavy fighting continues south of Artemovsk (Bakhmut): the Ukrainian Armed Forces have concentrated their main efforts in the area of ??Kleshcheevka and Andreevka. Reports about the occupation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces of Andreevka were denied yesterday by official speakers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
In the Bryansk region, the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired at Azarovka of the Starodub municipal district. In the Kursk region, a village is under fire. Tyotkino, Glushkovsky district, flights to the distillery area. The forklift driver was fatally wounded; the man died before the ambulance arrived. Gordeevka, Korenevsky district, was shelled twice. In the DPR, two civilians were wounded from artillery attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
08:07 Pushilin’s advisor Yan Gagin told details of the destruction of the first British tank Challenger 2: Russian soldiers deliberately hunted for it
08:05 Military groups “Vostok” fought off attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the South Donetsk direction, the enemy, having suffered losses, retreated. This was announced by the head of the press center of the Vostok group, Oleg Chekhov.
According to him, the artillery hit the temporary deployment point of the 72nd Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Ugledar, two ammunition depots in Uglesborochnaya, as well as the temporary deployment points of the 37th and 38th Naval Infantry Brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Prechistovka and Zolotaya Niva. The Starlink satellite station and the control center for unmanned aircraft were destroyed. And one tank of the group forced a column of Ukrainian Armed Forces equipment to retreat.
08:00 In the morning, Russian “Geranis” arrived in Ukraine - explosions were heard in the Vinnitsa and Khmelnytsky regions.
In Ukraine, towards the morning, explosions began to be heard in a number of regions, including in Vinnitsa and Khmel'nitsky - presumably in the latter, Russian “Gerani” are working on facilities located in Starokonstantinov. So, there is a military airfield there, which is a legitimate target for destruction by the Russian army.
07:50 Chronicle of special military operation: events of September 14, 2023:
For the second day in a row, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are carrying out attacks on military targets in Crimea and the Black Sea. Thus, an S-300 air defense missile launcher near Uyutny was hit by an anti-ship cruise missile.At the same time, a massive drone raid was launched on the peninsula. A total of 11 enemy drones were neutralized in the skies over Yevpatoria.
Five Ukrainian unmanned boats attempted to attack the Black Sea Fleet ship Sergei Kotov. All attacking targets were promptly detected and destroyed by the crew using standard weapons
Ukrainian formations continue to shell settlements in the Kursk region. As a result of the strikes, civilian and industrial facilities were damaged. One person was killed and another was injured.
On the Vremyevsky sector of the front, after unsuccessful attempts to capture the villages of Novomayorskoye and Novodonetskoye, the enemy went on the defensive. Due to large losses in the rear, assault groups in this direction are being rotated and re-equipped.
At the same time, the Ukrainian Armed Forces again attacked Russian defensive formations at the Priyutnoye-Staromayorskoye line. Russian units successfully repelled the attack, forcing the enemy to retreat to their original positions.
In the Kherson direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to try to gain a foothold on the left bank of the Dnieper. Another landing on Aleshkinsky Island was disrupted, some of the watercraft were destroyed, the rest chose to retreat.