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Current information on the situation on the front line: September 16 (updated) |
2023-09-17 |
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [NewsFront] 23:55 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 09/16/2023 to 00:00 09/17/2023 ![]() Over the past 24 hours Representative office reported about 67 facts of firing by the Ukrainian Federal Unitary Forces. Information was received about the death of six civilians in the Kirov and Kuibyshev districts of Donetsk and Svetlodarsk. Nine civilians were injured of varying degrees of severity, incl. child born in 2010, in the Kirov and Kuibyshev districts of Donetsk. A total of 11 residential buildings were damaged in the Kuibyshevsky and Kirovsky districts of Donetsk, Svetlodarsk, Nikitovsky and Tsentralno-Gorodsky districts of Gorlovka, as well as three civil infrastructure facilities. The areas of seven settlements of the Republic were under enemy fire: Svetlodarsk, Gorlovka (Nikitovsky and Tsentralno-City districts), Yasinovataya, Yasinovatsky district, the capital city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Kievsky, Petrovsky districts), Staromikhailovka, Makeevka (Chervonogvardeisky district). In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out 40 attacks from 155mm artillery, incl. with a cassette warhead. At Gorlovska there were 19 artillery attacks from MLRS, 152mm and 155mm artillery, incl. with a cassette warhead. On Yasinovatsky there were six artillery attacks from 155mm artillery. In Svetlodarsky there was one artillery attack from the MLRS. 241 units of various ammunition were produced. A previous 35 artillery attacks were recorded from the VFU per day. 21:50 From Zaporozhye direction reports Archangel of Special Forces: During the day, a Bradley infantry fighting vehicle was hit. During these days, the enemy carried out a rotation in the early morning, was discovered and destroyed. At the same time, the enemy is identified in a timely manner in the forest belts, and the artillery inflicts fire damage. 21:30 Captured Armed Forces soldiers taken in the Kherson region by fighters of the Dnepr group. 21:25 Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Andrey Borisovich Ermak posted “meme about counterattack“. 20:45 To illustrate the battles we present video from one of the brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces from Andreevka: please note that they are still located at least in part of the village, but there is absolutely nothing to grab onto there; formally, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are almost in the field. The Russian Armed Forces retreated further east beyond the railway line and periodically counterattacked, while simultaneously actively using artillery. 19:40 Wereboy: Ukrainians are under constant fire from artillery, aerospace forces, loitering ammunition and FPV drones. 19:10 At Priyutny for our guys managed to push the Ukrainians into the forest plantations and regain their positions. 18:35 “Alligators” inin fact: combat work of the crews of Ka-52 attack helicopters of the Russian Aerospace Forces Army aviation pilots launched missiles at detected targets. As a result of combat use, the control center and armored vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were destroyed. 18:00 Infantry fires at Ukrainian positions -video. 17:35 Statement of Head of the press center of the “West” group: During the fighting in the Kupyansk direction, the motorized rifles of the group of troops "West", with the support of aviation and artillery fire, repelled two attacks by assault groups of the 95th airborne assault brigade and the 32nd Mechanized Brigade in the direction of Sin'kovka and Ol'shana. 17:00 Heavy fighting is taking place west of Rabotino direction in Kopani village. 16:30 Fighting in the Belogorov direction: artillerymen apply fire damage to enemy positions The crews work at the positions of the militants with rapid fire, not giving them the opportunity to raise their heads. 15:50 On the Rabotino-Verbovoe line without changes. Heavy fighting continues. The situation is under control. 15:25 In Opytnoye our advance from Pobeda Street to Nauchnaya Street in the direction of the stadium. The Ukrainians are backing away. 15:00 According to conditions at 15:00, difficult clashes continue on the southern flank of the Artyomovsky direction. The Ukrainian Armed Forces have occupied parts of Andreevka and Kleshcheevka, and fighting is taking place directly in populated areas. The Russian army is actively using artillery and trying to regain lost positions. In addition, the Ukrainian Armed Forces launched a number of attacks to the north, which were repulsed. We expect intense fighting to continue in this direction in the near future, the situation is tense... 14:05 RF Ministry of Defense: September 16 this year At about 13.00 Moscow time, an attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack by an aircraft-type UAV on objects on the territory of the Russian Federation was stopped. On duty air defense systems destroyed an unmanned aerial vehicle over the territory of the Belgorod region. 13:30 Video– Russian artillery destroys the Ukrainian Armed Forces infantry: Rabotino. Mown forest plantations in which groups of Ukrainian Armed Forces are trying to gain a foothold. Monotonous attacks on them from mortars, artillery and tanks. This is followed by the delivery of new enemy groups to replace the dead. These are the realities of all directions of the front where the “counteroffensive” is taking place, including the outskirts of Rabotino. 13:05 Death Road: FPV drone “Brave” flew in into the Ukrainian “loaf” at full speed. 12:30 Statement of Head of the press center of the "South" group: Operational-tactical aviation of the “Southern” group of forces carried out strikes on the targets of the 28th Mechanized Brigade in Dyleevka and Andreevka. As a result, an ammunition depot, weapons and military equipment, and an enemy mortar battery were destroyed. 11:55 “Winged Infantry” destroys armored vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kherson direction: Russian paratroopers struck a Ukrainian Armed Forces tank with loitering ammunition. After an accurate hit, the tankcaught fire. 11:25 According to Ukrainian monitoring channels, there were at least three powerful arrivals in the city, two of which presumably hit objects in the north and east of the city. Judging by the fact that an air raid warning was not declared in the region, supersonic ballistic missiles or other high-precision weapons could have been used against the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ facilities in the city. 10:50 Statement of Head of the press center of the Center group: In the Krasnolimansky direction in the areas of the Torsky sector and Serebryansky forest, coordinated actions of units of the Center group of troops in cooperation with artillery, attack and army aviation thwarted and repelled five attacks by assault groups 63, 67 Mechanized Brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and 5 Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine. 10:25 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: in the village of Novaya Kakhovka, 14 cannon artillery rounds, a missile strike, as a result of which 4 apartment buildings were destroyed; -- n.p. Saga nine rounds; -- n.p. Great Lepetikha 12 rounds; -- n.p. Krynki seven rounds; -- n.p. Podstepnoe eight rounds; During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the settlement of Novaya Kakhovka, settlement. Kakhovka, Kazachi Lagery, Golaya Pristan, firing a total of 32 rounds from cannon artillery Civilian casualties and infrastructure damage are being determined 10:00 Chronicle special military operation: events of September 15, 2023. In the southwestern part of the Black Sea, the Russian small missile ship Askold discovered an unmanned Ukrainian Armed Forces boat. 09:24 “If fighters have children, this greatly gives them strength.” “Budulai”, who in civilian life was an orthopedic dentist, and at the front, goes with his guys on dangerous combat missions to be there and help “in case of anything”, talks about the everyday life of doctors in the North Military District zone.video 09:22 Official summary of Representative offices of the DPR in the JCCC from 00:00 09/15/2023 to 00:00 09/16/2023 Over the past 24 hours, the Representative Office reported 35 incidents of firing by the Ukrainian Federal Unitary Forces. Information was received about the injury of a civilian, a man, in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk. 4 residential buildings were damaged in the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka. No damage to civilian infrastructure was recorded. The areas of four settlements of the Republic were under enemy fire: Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district), Yasinovatsky district, the capital city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Kievsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Chervonogvardeysky district). In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out 26 attacks from 155mm artillery, incl. with a cassette warhead. At Gorlivske there were seven artillery attacks from 152mm and 155mm artillery, incl. with a cassette warhead. On Yasinovatsky there were two artillery attacks from 155mm artillery. A total of 105 units of various ammunition were produced. In the previous day, 70 attacks were recorded from the Ukrainian Federal Unitary Forces. 08:20 Simple and reliable: a machine gunner with the call sign “Tur” spoke about his weapon -video “This machine gun is designed to work against lightly armored vehicles, and we also fire at those areas where there is the greatest concentration of the enemy. Our equipment is the most reliable and simple. It's convenient to work with her. Unlike the Western one, studying in which is much more difficult and takes longer. Their weapons will burn out faster than the soldier has time to thoroughly master them.” “Let the people in the rear live in peace, and we will protect their peace as long as necessary!” – assured “Tour”. 08:07 Summary on the morning of September 16, 2023 On the Zaporozhye Front, the defensive operation of the Russian Armed Forces continues at the Rabotino-Verbovoe line. The enemy, delivering small groups of troops in armored vehicles to the LBS, is trying to break through our defenses, despite his heavy losses, artillery and air strikes of the Russian Army.In the Kherson direction, battles continue for the islands in the floodplain of the river. Dnieper, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are striking at our shores, the civilian population of the Kherson region is under Nazi fire. |
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