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Current information on the situation on the front line: October 2 (updated)
2023-10-03
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 23:55 Official summary of the DPR Representation in the JCCC from 00:00 10/02/2023 to 00:00 10/03/2023 ??Over the past 24 hours Representationreportedabout 28 facts of firing from the AFU.

Information was received about the injury of three civilians in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk and the Chervonogvardeysky district of Makeyevka.

Five residential buildings were damaged in the Petrovsky and Kirovsky districts of Donetsk and Yelenovka.

No damage to civilian infrastructure was recorded.

Districts of six settlements of the Republic were under enemy fire: Gorlovka (Tsentralno-City district), Yasinovataya, the capital city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky, Kievsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Chervonogvardeysky district), Aleksandrovka, Elenovka.

In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out 17 attacks from 155mm artillery.

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

On Yasinovatsky there were two artillery attacks from 155mm artillery. A total of 103 units of various ammunition were fired.

A previous 33 artillery attacks were recorded from the VFU per day.

21:25 Our humane attitude towards the enemy!!!

We identified a position in the enemy’s bushes, struck a couple of times, one “went to join his own people in hell,” the other was captured, provided first aid under enemy fire and pulled out to a safe place, but Alas... there was life not destined.

20:45 No major changes along the entire front line. RF Armed Forces work.

20:20 Vrem'evsky section: fights for forest planting and the advancement of the RF Armed Forces, the situation as of 20.00 on October 2, 2023

After the withdrawal of the marine brigades to the Kherson direction, the main lines in the Vrem'evsky sector were occupied by units of the 58th Motorized Infantry Brigade, together with the 128th TRO and 1st Presidential Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

According to Voin DV, to the west of Staromayorsky, assault groups of the 128th Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, with the support of mortar crews, attacked the positions of the Russian Armed Forces in the landings, hoping to occupy tactically advantageous positions.

However, the Russian Armed Forces repelled the attack and launched a counterattack under the cover of artillery fire and heavy flamethrower systems. As a result of a successful assault, Russian fighters drove the Ukrainian Armed Forces to the Grusheva gully.

Also, an intensification of fighting was noted at the Urozhaynoye - Novodonetskoye line, where assault troops of the Russian Army were able to clear forest belts east of Urozhaynoye and advance to a depth of 200 meters.

At the moment, Ukrainian formations are regrouping and preparing for an attack. Russian artillerymen are conducting massive artillery attack of the enemy's forward line.

In the near future, the Ukrainian Armed Forces will most likely try to recapture the lost strongholds, but the concentration of forces in this area has decreased. This at least suggests that the South Donetsk direction is not a priority for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

19:45 In the Verbovoe area, artillery of the Russian Armed Forces continues nightmare for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

19:25 Andreevka:

APU all the timeare trying to jump over the piece of iron, but they always get it and roll back with great losses.

18:55 In the Verbovoe area, artillery of the Russian Armed Forcescontinuesnightmare for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

18:25 Russian artillery covered a group of UAV operators in the Liman direction -video.

17:45 Airstrike on an artillery ammunition depot of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Artemovsk direction -video.

17:25 Another captured Ukrainian Armed Forces serviceman spoke about the chaos in Ukrainian units

According to him, no one has the motivation to go into battle. Most of the personnel are only concerned with how to earn more money and find alcohol to brighten up their gray days.

Morale is weak, the bulk of Ukrainian fighters surrender at the first opportunity -video.

16:55 Massacre near Avdievka: the Ukrainian command sent Ukrainian Armed Forces infantry to “meat assault” the positions of the Russian Armed Forces

Scouts and motorized riflemen of the Donetsk 1st Army Corps of the Southern Group of Forces repelled the offensive of the Ukrainian Armed Forces units that advanced to storm our positions. As a result, some of the militants were eliminated, and the remaining representatives of the Kyiv regime were captured -video.

16:30 Thermobaric nightmare for the enemy

Russian crews of the Solntsepek heavy flamethrower systems are destroying manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in positions hidden in wooded areas.

16:00 Khar'kov region 02.10 15:30

Another series of explosions.

This time reported about the work of our rocket scientists.

According to preliminary information, the Iskander tactical missile system was deployed at the locations where the Armed Forces were deployed.

15:35 During morning strike on Kharkov destroyed Ukrainian Armed Forces facilities on the territory of a military unit in the southeast of the city

Several hangars with armored vehicles, which were repaired at the Khar'kov plant and sent to a storage base for further shipment to the front line, were hit

14:25 In Kleshcheevki along the railway calm before the storm. Occasionally art works on both sides.

13:50 Kamenka-Dneprovskaya, Zaporozhye region, under fire from Ukrainian Armed Forces militants

Nazi night strikes had to on the territory of the former car park.

Outbuildings were damaged and a high-voltage power line was cut. There are power outages in parts of the city.

According to preliminary information, there are no casualties or injuries.

13:30 Zaporozhye Front:

Target designation and adjustment with NP DRO "Alania" of the work of artillery of the 503rd Motorized Rifle Regiment at the enemy strong point -video.

12:55 Rabotino after four months of fighting.

12:25 Battles near Ugledar: personnel combat work of artillerymen in the Northern Military District zone

Artillery crews of the Air Defense Forces daily strike at militants hiding in the forest belt, and also conduct effective counter-battery combat with the artillery of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

11:55 Tough fighting for Staromayorskoye: a fighter of the Russian Armed Forces destroyed a group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

A rifleman of the 40th Naval Infantry Brigade of the Pacific Fleet single-handedly destroyed a group of six militants who tried to enter the trench of the Russian Armed Forces -video.

11:25 The corrected 152mm projectile "Krasnopol" hits a hangar with Ukrainian Armed Forces equipment in the village of Chervony Mayak on the temporarily occupied right bank of the Kherson region -video.

10:45 There is intense activity in the Verbovoye area shelling cassettes in our direction. The RF Armed Forces are holding out, they are responding as best they can. Artillery is working on our side.

10:22 Chronicle special military operation: events of September 30 – October 1, 2023.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked the Smolensk region with attack drones.

Two drones were intercepted by electronic warfare and air defense systems over Smolensk, and three more were destroyed in the Zadneprovsky region.

Ukrainian formations attacked populated areas in the Bryansk region at least twice.

The villages of Pogar, Gorozhanka and Trubchevsk were attacked, where the Bryanskenergo building was hit. One person was injured.

Ukrainian formations also attempted a kamikaze drone strike in the Krasnodar Territory.

The enemy aircraft was shot down on the territory of the Sochi air harbor using small arms.

Russian troops continue to launch combined attacks on military targets on Ukrainian territory.

The plant named after them came under attack. Malyshev in Kharkov, where the main repair shops for armored vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were finally put out of action.

At the same time, Russian drones of the Geranium family hit targets in the Cherkasy region.

In Uman, a UAV strike hit warehouses used for the needs of Ukrainian troops.

During a massive raid by Russian attack drones, an object in the Kherson region was hit.

In Snigirevka, a logistics hub used by Ukrainian forces for military purposes came under attack.

In the Zaporozhye direction, Ukrainian formations became more active in the Vasilyevsky and Pologovsky sections.

The enemy took up positions near Belogorye, but Russian artillery quickly attacked him.


09:55 RF Ministry of Defense: On October 2, at about 09.00 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.

A Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle was destroyed over the Belgorod region by air defense systems on duty.

09:19 Our soldiers pull out a wounded militant from under the fire of the Ukrainian Armed Forces -video

A fighter of the Southern Group of Forces told how he pulled out a wounded Ukrainian. At the time of evacuation, the enemy fired at the evacuation group in order to finish off his own, but the Russian soldiers still returned for him.

09:16 Survive in any conditions -video

Survival training for flight personnel involved in a special military operation zone.

“In addition to performing combat missions in the air defense zone, flight personnel are constantly conducting training in fire, engineering, tactical, and medical training, as well as training in actions during ejection over enemy territory.

Under the guidance of instructors from a special survival center, flight personnel studied in practice the use and methods of mining escape routes, the procedure for entering a minefield, medical, self- and mutual aid techniques, and practical shooting from modern types of small arms,” shares fighter pilot Su- 30cm with the call sign “Falcon”.

Separately, I would like to express my gratitude to the instructors for providing educational literature compiled taking into account the conduct of the SVO,” Sokol added.

The course of practical training for the survival of flight personnel includes the experience acquired in the NWO zone.

08:14 Summary on the morning of October 2, 2023

The Russian Armed Forces attacked enemy targets in Krivoy Rog, Kherson, Nikolaev region, on Zmeiny Island, and a warehouse in the Kupyansky direction was hit. The enemy calculated that for the entire September 2023, our troops carried out 521 strikes with Geraniums.

On the Zaporozhye front, the enemy continues to operate in small groups of infantry; the Russian Army met the enemy with artillery fire, adjusted from drones. Our aviation constantly attacks enemy strongholds; they report the use of incendiary ammunition against positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Rabotino.

There are artillery duels in the Avdeevsky direction. The enemy tried to counterattack with groups of infantry, but was unsuccessful. On the experienced side, the offensive actions of the Russian Armed Forces over the past days also did not bring results.

In the Vrem'evsky direction, the intensity of attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces has decreased, the enemy is compensating for this by increasing artillery shelling.

Heavy fighting continues near Kleshcheevka and Andreevka south of Artemovsk. They report a downed enemy Su-25.

Two missiles were shot down in the north of Crimea, and debris fell on the territory of the Dzhankoy district. In the Belgorod region, yesterday morning the Ukrainian Armed Forces shelled the area of the central market in Shebekino, three civilians were injured. In the Bryansk region, a village was shelled. Lyubechans of the Klimovsky district. In the DPR, a civilian was wounded due to artillery attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.


08:07 Frontline summary for the morning of 10/02/2023

In the Zaporozhye direction, Ukrainian troops, supported by artillery, continued their attack on Novoprokopovka. No success. With a similar result, the Russian Armed Forces counterattacked at Verbovoy. The positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the villages of Novoandreevka, Novodanil'ovka, Rabotino and Malaya Tokmachka are under attack. All active hostilities were finally concentrated in this area. The Ukrainian Armed Forces shelled Russian troops in Kopany, Il'chenkovo, Verbovoy and Novopokrovka.In the Ugledarsky sector, the Russian Armed Forces are deliberately attacking from Priyutnoye. It looks like they've seized the initiative here. Strikes by the Russian Aerospace Forces against the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Staromayorskoye, Urozhainy and Prechistovka. Ukrainian artillery worked on Russian positions in Priyutny, Zavetny Zhelanie, Staroml'ynovka and Novodonetsk.

On the Donetsk front, the next assault actions of the Russian Armed Forces in Mar'inka. They were also supported by aviation. The situation is similar on the southern approaches to Avdievka. Also, Russian troops resumed their offensive on Stepnoe (not to be confused with the settlements of the same name in the Zaporozhye and Ugledar directions). Another new feature is the activation of the front near New York. There is also an attack by the Russian Armed Forces in the direction of Yuryevka after airstrikes on the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the namesake of the American metropolis.

In the Bakhmut direction, Ukrainian troops are trying to go beyond the railway line in the Andreevka area. The Russian Armed Forces, in turn, counterattacked near Kleshcheevka after the artillery shelling. There is a struggle for initiative. From the point of view of occupied positions, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have a more advantageous position. Ukrainian troops are under attack in Vesyol (a settlement northeast of Soledar), Sporny and Seversk. Russian ones are in Ozaryanovka, Kurdyumovka, Bakhmut and Yakovlevka.



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