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Current information on the situation on the front line: October 14 (updated)
2023-10-15
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 23:55 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 10/14/2023 to 00:00 10/15/2023

Over the past 24 hours Representative office reported about 11 facts of firing by the Ukrainian Forces.

Information was received about the injury of a civilian, a woman, in the Kiev district of Donetsk.

Sikx residential buildings were damaged in the Kievsky district of Donetsk and the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka.

No damage to civilian infrastructure was recorded. Areas of five settlements of the Republic were under enemy fire: Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district), Panteleimonovka, Yasinovataya, the capital city of Donetsk (Kievsky, Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Chervonogvardeysky district).

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

At Gorlivske there were four artillery attacks from 155mm and 152mm artillery.

On Yasinovatsky there was one artillery attack from 155mm artillery.

A total of 36 units of various ammunition were fired.

A previous 43 artillery attacks were recorded from the VFU per day.

22:00 NGP exploration reports: according to the situation in the Avdeevsky direction.

As a result of the successful actions of the Russian Armed Forces, all roads connecting Avdievka with the outside world were taken under fire control.

There were no safe routes left for the enemy to supply his group, which, given such fierce combat operations, meant a rapid deterioration in his position.

In the area of the 437th kilometer railway station, as a result of heavy losses and incessant fire, the enemy was forced to retreat from a number of strong points.

In different sectors of the front, enemy forces are trying to launch a counterattack, relying on small assault groups of up to 15 people, among others, among the counterattackers there are groups that differ in the nature of their actions from the rest of the infantry, most likely some special forces group is trying to support the counterattack, especially however, none of these attempts to date have been successful.

Artillery, Aerospace Forces and Army Aviation continue to pour fire on the enemy around the clock, the number of enemy losses cannot be estimated, this can be indirectly judged by the fact that the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is forced to urgently transfer units to Avdievka from other directions, exposing other sectors of the front.

21:55 Front-line soldier reports: Sin'kovka is a gray area. The Russian Armed Forces drove the Ukrainian Armed Forces out of the village. The ruins there do not enter into the populated area.

Occupied the edge of the village

21:25 Telegram channel “Fisherman“: Orekhovsky section: counterattack of the Russian Armed Forces in the “Rabotinsky Cauldron” situation at the end of October 14, 2023

In the last couple of days, Russian troops launched a counterattack on Ukrainian Armed Forces strongholds in the so-called “Rabotinsky pocket” and west of Verbovoy, with artillery support.

In the course of very skillful and coordinated actions, Russian fighters managed to repel several landings, despite the resistance of 82 Airborne Brigade and the total mining of the area.

The assault on the Rabotino-Verbovoye line turned out to be beyond the power of the Ukrainian formations. The number of losses of both equipment and manpower is disproportionate to the successes achieved.

Because of this, the Ukrainian Armed Forces shifted their attention to another area - Kopani. Today, during the day, units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces launched an attack on the positions of the Russian Army north-west of Kopani.

Due to the slight distraction of the Russian Armed Forces to storm the positions between Rabotino and Verbov, enemy units managed to advance west of Kopani. But after several artillery strikes, the Ukrainian Armed Forces retreated to the settlements to the north-west.

Currently the situation is stable. But the movements of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Novodanilovka and Novoandreevka do not stop. The forward lines were occupied by the forces of the 65th Mechanized Brigade, which was armed with 205 UAVs of various types. And, apparently, attempts to break through to Kopany will continue in the near future.


20:25 Telegram channel “Fisherman“: Apparently, Ukrainian formations again launched ADM-160 MALD decoys from tactical aircraft. The work of the 31st Air Force and Air Defense divisions in Crimea was not recorded, and the targets that were noted were false.

They are equipped with a system for simulating radar signatures, and with their help the enemy tries to confuse the air defense system. At the same time, an American RQ-4B UAV is in the air 90 kms from Sevastopol, which monitors the activities of Russian troops.

19:30 Artillery of the “Southern” group of troops destroys strongholds and fortifications of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of the settlement of Spornoye. Fire adjustmen tlead UAV operators.

19:00 Frontline reports: Avdievka. The waste heap is a tough fight. “Gray area. Guys, you are heroes! Glory to Russia!"

18:35 Telegram channel “Fisherman“: the increased activity of Ukrainian formations is confirmed by the intensive work of the Topaz satellites in the Kherson region. Over the past three days, 43 photographs have been taken.

The Golopristansky site aroused the greatest interest. Settlements in this area were monitored three or four times. And the number of artillery attacks in this area remains at extremely high levels. According to rumors, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are concentrating the DRG just north of the Dnieper.

The rear facilities of the Russian Army were also monitored at a distance from the LBS. To the north of Genichesk, settlements were photographed near logistics junctions along the highways to Novaya Kakhovka and Melitopol.

Among other things, the space group monitored the situation in the Crimean regions bordering the Kherson region, namely the vicinity of Krasnoperekopsk, Armyansk and the Chongarsky Bridge.

The increased attention indirectly indicates a possible intensification of the attack on the left bank. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are artillery attack rear areas, crossings and bridges, trying to secure an advantage for themselves.

Our troops respond in kind. They regularly hit boats. And the other day, a successful strike was carried out on a cluster in Gavrilovka, where seven units of automotive equipment and up to 50 people of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were hit.

18:05 RF Ministry of Defense: On October 14, at about 17.30 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 a Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle over the territory of the Belgorod region

17:35 UAV operators of the “Southern” group of troops strike at shelters and trenches of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, forcing the enemy to leave their positions -video.

17:05 Front-line soldier reports: in Kleshcheevka, the Ukrainian Armed Forces regularly try to gain a foothold on the piece of iron, but they constantly fall apart.

16:25 Telegram channel “Fisherman“: Kherson direction: activity of Ukrainian DRGs along the Dnieper, situation as of 16.00 October 14, 2023

Along the coastline of the Dnieper, there is increasing activity of Ukrainian formations. Along the entire length of the river, in the shallow rear on the line Stanislav - Kiselevka - Limantsy, arriving units occupy private houses.

On the night of October 14, four boats with personnel from the Ponyatovka area attempted to land on the islands of Aleshkinsky and Alekseevsky. Artillery strikes guided by UAVs knocked out two craft, and two more returned to Poniatovka.

However, the number of boats and boats in the direction has increased noticeably, despite regular attacks by the Russian Army. Probably, a new party reached the outskirts of Kherson from Nikolaev.

In addition, the number of artillery attack of Russian borders from the Otradokamenka-Nikolaevka position area in Novaya Kakhovka and further south has increased. In addition to the bridge near Tsukur, another bridge near Chernyanka was damaged.

Enemy activity is increasing. Now the main efforts of the Ukrainian Armed Forces are focused on creating problems in logistics (strikes on bridges and crossings) at the LBS and simultaneously preparing assault groups.

Due to the lack of people and short deadlines, the MTR detachments are supplemented with TRO personnel. The defense unit is assigned the role of reinforcement units, that is, “cannon fodder,” and the main force will be the Katran Marine Corps grouping.

15:45 Exclusive from the Kupyansky direction -RT.

Russian troops continue to advance forward. This is a shooting battle with Ukrainian infantry: the Wesseushniks were abandoned during the retreat of the main forces, they were blocked in a forest plantation under Russian artillery fire.

First, the howitzers fired at the enemy, after which the infantry came out to clean up.

15:00 Combat work of the T-90A with a rut mine trawl of the Tiger tank battalion from the 255th Motorized Rifle Regiment in the Mar'insky direction.
"Tiger" identifies the T-90 tank
The crew carried out the task of making a passage through a minefield, cleared several mines and received a direct hit from a Ukrainian ATGM fired from an ambush.

However, both the T-90A itself and its crew survived, suppressed the ATGM position with return fire, forcing them to withdraw from there, and then were able to return safely, hiding behind a thermal smoke screen, and while being under artillery fire -video.

14:30 Frontline reports: The Russian Armed Forces advanced south of the village of Novomikhailovka, on a front up to 5 km wide and up to 1 km deep.

13:30 NGP exploration reports: a brief summary of the situation in the Avdeevsky direction The front does not stop talking for a minute. The enemy's fortified area is being systematically destroyed. Attack and army aviation operates. Rocket and cannon artillery are actively involved.

Soldiers of the Russian army inflict fire on enemy reserves that are trying to enter Avdievka. The personnel being pulled out of the city are also covered in fire.

Bloody battles are taking place. In some areas of the front, positions are located at a distance of up to 15 m from each other. Our warriors are moving forward slowly but confidently. After all, saving as many lives of our soldiers as possible is a priority.

13:00 Russian aviation carried out a targeted strike on Ukrainian Armed Forces militants in the Kherson region -video.

12:30 According to operational lines The JCCC of the DPR on October 14, as of 12:00, received information about damage as a result of artillery attack by the Air Forces of the cities of the Republic:

n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district):

– st. Rybalko, 108, 116 – private residential buildings;

– st. Heroic, 75 – private residential building, outbuildings were also damaged.

Information about the consequences of the artillery attack continues to arrive.

12:00 Fighting on the flank of Artyomovsk: the 88th Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Russian Armed Forces destroys the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces

Artillerymen of the 88th Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Southern group with precise strikes struck positions of militants in the Spornoye area.

11:30 Official summary of Representative offices of the DPR in the JCCC from 00:00 10/13/2023 to 00:00 10/14/2023

Over the past 24 hours, the Representative Office reported 43 incidents of firing by the Ukrainian Forces.

Information was received about the injury of four civilians in the Tsentralno-Gorodsky and Nikitovsky districts of Gorlovka, Vesely and Stepnoy.

Eight residential buildings were damaged in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk and the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka, as well as two civil infrastructure facilities.

Areas of seven settlements of the Republic were under enemy fire: Gorlovka (Tsentralno-Gorodskoy, Nikitovsky district), Zaitsevo, Shirokaya Balka, Yasinovatsky district, the capital city of Donetsk (Kievsky, Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Chervonogvardeysky district), Stepnoe .

In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out 26 attacks from MLRS, 155mm and 152mm artillery.

At Gorlivske there were 14 artillery attacks from 155mm and 152mm artillery.

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

A total of 146 units of various ammunition were produced.

11:00 Frontline reports: The Russian Armed Forces have established a foothold in the outermost forest belt in front of Sin'kovka.

10:25 Telegram channel “WarGonzo" Frontline report for the morning of 10/14/2023

In the Zaporozhye direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces, with artillery support, attacked west of the village of Rabotino on Rovnoye. Minor progress. But the vector attracts attention. The goal is to reach the rear of the defensive line of the Russian Armed Forces, which is located south of Kopanei.

Also, after shelling, Ukrainian troops tried to advance to Novoprokopovka. Their positions in the settlements of Plavni, Malye Shcherbaki, Novodanilovka, Orekhov, Rabotino and Gulyaipole are under attack. Russian - in Nesteryanka, Kopany, Sladkaya Balka, Il'chenkovo, Novopokrovka, Novofedorovka and Novokarlovka.

In the Ugledarsky sector, the Russian Armed Forces counterattacked near Staromayorsky. Under fire from the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Blagodatny, Urozhainy, Zolota Niva, Prechistovka, Ugledar and Vodyanoy (not to be confused with the settlement of the same name north-west of Donetsk). Ukrainian artillery worked in Priyutnoye, Volodin, Zavetnoye Zhelanie, Staromlynovka and Novodonetsky. Explosions also occurred in Mariupol.

On the Donetsk Front, after exposure to long-range weapons, the Russian Armed Forces carried out offensive operations in Mar'inka, in the Netailov area, Pervomaisky, near Severny (a settlement west of Avdievka), on the southern approaches to Avdievka and in the Stepnoy area. Advancement at the Northern. The “gray zone” has increased in Stepnoye.

The Russian Armed Forces also tried to advance along the route to Keramik. The positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Novomikhailovka, Elizavetovka, Pobeda, the city of Krasnogorovka and New York are under attack. Russian - in Staromikhailovka, Donetsk, Opytny, Yasinovataya, the village of Krasnogorovka and Novobakhmutovka (a settlement controlled by the RF Armed Forces north of Donetsk. A village with the same name north of Avdievka behind the Armed Forces of Ukraine).

10:00 RF Ministry of Defense: On October 14, at about 7.10 Moscow time, another attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack using a UAV on targets on the territory of the Russian Federation was stopped.

On duty air defense systems destroyed two unmanned aerial vehicles over the Black Sea near the coast of the Krasnodar Territory.

09:38 The deputy commander of an anti-aircraft missile battery with the call sign “Tourist” serves in the Kupyansky direction, where our units are covered by the Tor-M2 air defense system. This is the best thing that could be invented to protect against threats from the sky, says Tourist. His combat vehicle can hit any target, from quadcopters to missiles, even while on the move. "Thor" has an automatic transmission, all-round cameras and even air conditioning -video

08:25 News from the Zaporozhye Front, Rabotino district -video

“...The APU helicopters flew freely, where did they come from? I don’t know, but they noticed in Rabotino, they flew west, towards Kopani, and worked. And they went north.”

It is clear that enemy helicopters are flying at extremely low altitudes, which means that the command will have to think about what weapons to bring to the forefront of our defense.

This is the second documented case of such a maneuver by the Ukrainian Armed Forces recently.

08:07 Summary on the morning of October 14, 2023

The Russian Armed Forces continue to break through the defenses of the Avdeevsky fortified area. The artillery fire of our guns does not subside, aviation is constantly working. From the north-west, with heavy fighting, the Russian Armed Forces are advancing from the direction of Kamenka, from the south-west there is an attack from the direction of Vodyanoy, from the south-east - from the direction of Opytny.

Our troops are fighting for Berdychi - they reported that our forces were consolidating on the outskirts of the village. There is a clear plan to tighten the ring in all directions around the Avdeevsky fortified area. Predictably, difficulties are created by the powerful concrete fortifications of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The enemy is transferring reserves.

In the Kherson direction, both sides conducted artillery shelling. They write from our shores that the actions of the 8th Guards Artillery Regiment and military pilots are being noted for the better. Targets were hit within 24 hours in Berislav, Kherson, as well as in enemy rear areas. However, the enemy continues preparations for crossing the Dnieper.

On the Zaporozhye Front, the Ukrainian Armed Forces attempted offensive actions, but were unsuccessful. An interesting element is the daring use of helicopters by the Ukrainian Armed Forces at ultra-low altitudes in the Rabotino-Novoprokopovka-Verbovoye area. A possible solution could be to assign our MANPADS crews to frontline units.

In the Kupyansk direction, the Russian Armed Forces are conducting an offensive near the First Liman. The advance was up to one kilometer, 10 enemy strongholds were occupied. Heavy flamethrower systems are actively used.

Yesterday in the Black Sea, the Ukrainian Armed Forces used an underwater drone to attack the patrol ship Pavel Derzhavin. In the Belgorod region, the enemy shelled the outskirts of Demidovka and Grafovka - Krasnoyaruzhsky district. In the Kursk region - Kozino, Rylsky district and Popovo-Lezhachi, Glushkovsky district. In the DPR, four civilians were wounded by enemy shelling.

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