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Current information on the situation on the front line: October 27 (updated)
2023-10-28
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 23:55 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 10/27/2023 to 00:00 10/28/2023.

Over the past 24 hours Representative officereportedabout 19 facts of firing by the Ukrainian Federal Unitary Forces.

There were no reports of civilian casualties.

Residential buildings were damaged in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk. No damage to civilian infrastructure was recorded.

The areas of three settlements of the Republic were under enemy fire: Golmovsky, Yasinovatsky district, the capital city of Donetsk (Kyiv, Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts).

In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out 14 attacks from AGM-88 HARM and 155mm artillery.

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

On Yasinovatsky there was one artillery attack from 155mm artillery. A total of 60 units of various ammunition were fired.

A previous 10 artillery attacks were recorded from the VFU per day.

21:50 RF Ministry of Defense: On October 27, at about 1900 hrs, an attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack by an aircraft-type UAV on targets on the territory of the Russian Federation was stopped.

Air defense forces on duty destroyed an unmanned aerial vehicle over the territory of the Kursk region.

21:25 You don’t often see active GRU special forces soldiers in the public field - these are the most secret people. Such a detailed story about this feat, which committed Alexey Afanasyev with his group, voiced for the first time.

20:45 A shooter of the assault squad with the call sign “Garai” spoke about his unusual mortar and tasks during the assault on enemy positions -video.

20:20 The Tor air defense system, which destroyed more than 60 enemy drones and Su-24s, is on watch in the South Donetsk direction

Every 15 minutes, the air defense system crew changes position so as not to become a target of the nationalists, and scans the sky on the move in search of drones -videoreport from the TV channel “Zvezda”.

19:30 Telegram channel “Two majors“: news from the Zaporozhye front, Rabotino district:

“...briefly: today a tank drove in (the one nearby is on fire), and they also burned something outside the village. The tank destroyed our crew. He doesn’t know, most likely beavers.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine tried to go south to Rabotino earlier. Now for about five days (including the leopards, when they were burned by the Beavers) they have been walking west from Rabotino. They are trying to try their luck there...”

19:00 The combined armored group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine did not complete the task -video.

18:30 Fighting on the flank of Artyomovsk: the 123rd Motorized Rifle Brigade destroys the equipment and infantry of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Berestovoy -video.

18:00 The night is dark and full of horrors. And lead -video.

17:30 Frontline reports: in the Krasnolimansky direction, the Russian Armed Forces attack west and south of Dibrova.

17:00 Fixation of consequences of the artillery attack of the Kalininsky district of Donetsk at 18:45 10/26/2023

Specialists of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC confirmed the fact of artillery attack of the Kalininsky region, and also clarified the direction of fire and the weapons used.

The enemy fired from their positions located in the area of ??the settlement. Arkhangelskoye, using 9M27F (high-explosive fragmentation) missiles 220mm BM-27 Uragan MLRS.

Area of responsibility of the 110th Separate Mechanized Brigade (commander - Colonel Chumak Nikolai Nikolaevich).

As of 12:30, there is confirmed information about the injury of two men: born in 1978. and born in 1983 on the street Karpinsky, 25.

As a result of the shelling, damage was recorded at six addresses:

– st. Karpinsky, 25 – apartment building, gas pipeline and three cars were also damaged;

– Ilyich Ave., 81 – apartment building and Internet company “DKT”;

– st. Kapitana Ratnikov, 22, 24, 26, 30 – multi-apartment residential buildings.

16:35 NGP exploration reports: according to the situation in the Avdeevsky direction.

The night passed relatively calmly. Regrouping and consolidation of previously occupied positions continue.

Since the morning, cannon and rocket artillery have been operating. Visibility on some parts of the front in the morning was near zero. By lunchtime the weather had cleared up a bit and the front became more active on both sides.

The enemy also took advantage of the weather conditions and the “respite” provided. The command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine continues to remove reserves from other directions, they continue to transfer one brigade forces from the southern Donetsk direction, reserves are removed from the so-called second echelon of the Slavyansk-Kramatorsk agglomeration, as well as from the Chernigov region. They understand what will follow, but they cannot maintain the situation in any other way at the moment.

To summarize: the enemy’s position in the Avdeevsky direction continues to steadily deteriorate, constant attacks by the Aerospace Forces, Army Aviation and artillery result in heavy losses for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.


15:50 Telegram channel “Fisherman“: Kherson direction: concentration of Ukrainian naval infantry on the left bank situation as of 14.00 October 27, 2023

Yesterday evening, two assault groups of the 35th Naval Infantry Brigade of the Ukrainian Navy, moving along the Kudasovo tract near Peschanovka, tried to approach Peschanovka. The attack was disrupted by artillery strikes of the Russian Armed Forces, and evacuation groups, under the cover of a smoke screen, took the wounded in boats to the right bank.

But at night, groups of the 35th Naval Infantry Brigade were again withdrawn to the northern part of Aleshkinsky Island. Together with the Marines of the 503rd Separate Battalion of the 38th Naval Infantry Brigade, they dispersed in forest plantations along the Podstepnoe - Cossack Camps road.

There are currently no attempted attacks. However, seven assault groups consisting of the 35th, 36th, 38th Naval Infanry Brigades and the 140th Reconnaissance Battalion were concentrated along the line. Judging by their location, their main task is to consolidate in Podstepnoye and Peschanivka from the Dach side.

In Krynki the situation remains the same. A small contingent of the 35th Naval Infantry Brigade still occupies several houses in the village. It is difficult to push them out of there due to the massive artillery and mortar fire of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the approaches to this area.

At night, reinforcements from the 2nd and 137th battalions of the 35th Naval Infantry Brigade were transported to Frolov Island from Ivanovka on boats and the PTS-2 floating transporter. Towards evening they are going to cross the Dnieper to relieve the blockade of forces in Krynki and subsequently expand the zone of control.


15:00 Frontlinereports: Kleshcheevka. Flights have resumed, the birds of the Russian Armed Forces are in the sky.

14:30 Frontline reports: near Novomikhailovka (Donetsk direction) the Ukrainian Armed Forces' defenders were taken.

14:00 Fictitious medical examinations, drugs in units and refuseniks: a captured Ukrainian soldier told about the situation in the Ukrainian army

Vladimir Nepretvorenny surrendered voluntarily when the assault on positions by Russian military personnel began.

I got into the army on the way to the store. “On the way to work, I went to the store for groceries, at the exit of the store, employees of the military registration and enlistment office of the city of Izmail grabbed me and loaded me into a car. They were not allowed to contact relatives. They brought me to the military registration and enlistment office and literally in five minutes they gave me documents with all the stamps that I had passed the medical examination and was fit for service. After the medical examination, we were loaded onto a bus and sent to the combat zone,” said Vladimir.

The captured serviceman spoke about the situation in the units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces: there are military personnel who abuse alcohol, and there are drug addicts. Volunteers supply drugs to the units. Both sergeants and officers know this, he says. There are many conscientious objectors in the Ukrainian Armed Forces unit; they run away and are not looked for; others are sent in their place, the prisoner says. The fugitives hire lawyers and do everything to avoid returning to the army.

Vladimir calls on his compatriots to avoid mobilization and hide from military registration and enlistment office employees by any means.

13:30 In the temporarily occupied territories of the Kherson region, intelligence officers of the Russian Armed Forces discovered the position of militants of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Our artillerymen carried out targeted attacks on Ukrainian militants, who fled in all directions. Those who didn’t have time to reach it went instantly to the next world -video.

12:55 Without risk there will be no result:

During the assault, while the Ukrainian Armed Forces militant was firing back, periodically diving into the trench, he did not notice how soldiers of the Russian Armed Forces approached him from behind, one of whom, after waiting a moment, hit the militant with his muzzle on the ground with a precise blow to the back of the head. Of course, he didn’t have time to call the Volga, but he was captured alive -video.

12:25 105 Motorized Rifle Regiment NM DPR reports: There is unconfirmed information that soldiers of the Russian Armed Forces have already entered the territory of Avdievka.

11:55 Crews of T-80 tanks of the Central Military District destroy manpower of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasnolimansk direction

Tankers fire along an overhead trajectory. The high accuracy of the smoothbore gun and sighting system allows you to effectively hit targets not only with direct fire, but also from indirect firing positions.

After firing a series of shots, the tank leaves the position and moves to the next area. The use of the T-80 as a nomadic fire weapon is due to the characteristics of the gas turbine engine of the combat vehicle, which allows it to arrive at positions at high speed almost silently.

11:30 In the Belogorovka area, Yuzhan attack aircraft took a fortified position from Ukrainian Armed Forces militants -video.

11:00 Frontline reports: Avdievka. To the north-west of the waste heap, the RF Armed Forces advanced and established a foothold near the railway.

10:25 The first battalion of former soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is a volunteer battalion named after. Bogdan Khmelnitsky - entered service in the Cascade OBTF

Former captured soldiers expressed a desire to fight on the side of Russia and entered the operational combat tactical formation “Cascade”, told battalion commander Andrey Tishchenko RIAN.

10:00 Frontline reports: from the direction of Krasnogorovka, the Russian Armed Forces advanced and gained a foothold close to the railway (in the southwest). The waste heap is under our control.

Militants of the Ukrainian Armed Forces from Krasnogorovka began to pour out.

From Vodyanoye towards Severnoe we are experiencing problems.

09:42 Official summary of Representative offices of the DPR in the JCCC from 00:00 10.26.2023 to 00:00 10.27.2023

Over the past 24 hours, the Representative Office reported 10 incidents of firing by the Ukrainian Federal Unitary Forces.

Information was received about the injury of four civilians in the Kalininsky district of Donetsk, Yasinovataya and Nikolsky.

Nine residential buildings were damaged in the Kalininsky district of Donetsk, Yasinovataya and Nikitovsky districts of Gorlovka, as well as one civil infrastructure facility.

Areas of five settlements of the Republic were under enemy fire: Golmovsky, Yasinovataya, Yasinovatsky district, the capital city of Donetsk (Kalininsky, Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts), Nikolskoye.

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

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

On Yasinovatsky there were two artillery attacks from 155mm artillery, incl. with a cassette warhead.

At Volnovakha one artillery attack from 155mm artillery.

A total of 29 units of various ammunition were fired.

In the previous 24 hours, eight artillery attacks were recorded from the AFU.

09:40 About the combat work of tankers and the importance of camouflage in the Northern Military District zone -video

The tank gunner-operator does not consider his combat work difficult. According to him, the main thing is to set the coordinates correctly and work closely with spotters.

“We fire mainly at enemy strongholds and manpower,” says the gunner-operator. Tankers pay special attention to camouflaging their combat vehicles. “When we arrive at new positions, we cover the tank with branches and sticks so that it can be seen as little as possible. Plus, we have cumulative gratings welded onto the tank and camouflage nets are stretched,” says the serviceman.

“To combat drones, we have special anti-drone guns and special suitcases. You open it, turn it on, point it at the drone, and its operator loses control over it - it just lands or flies away. If they fly very close, then we simply shoot them,” a fighter shared his experience of fighting drones.

08:29 Summary on the morning of October 27, 2023

Fighting continues in the Kherson direction; a group of Ukrainian Armed Forces infantry in the village is being destroyed. Krynki. The enemy brings up personnel in boats, which are being hunted by our artillery and FPV drones.

On the Zaporozhye front near Rabotino, after a lull due to weather conditions, yesterday the Ukrainian Armed Forces resumed attempts to break through our defenses. Near the specified settlement, UAV operators and heavy flamethrower systems destroyed an enemy armored group, which included German Leopard tanks. At Verbovoy there is heavy fire from the Armed Forces of Ukraine with cluster munitions and new attempts by enemy infantry to occupy our positions. The enemy was not successful. Yesterday morning our FAB-500 aircraft was working on the enemy position.

From the Avdeevsky direction they report on the successes of the Russian Army. An interesting waste heap serves as a dominant height, which contributes to the destruction of the Nazis. Our troops have advanced north-west of Opytny, there is an advance west of the Tsarskaya Okhota recreation center. Enemy reinforcements are likely to be transferred to the direction.

At night and in the evening, enemy UAVs were intercepted over the Kursk region. artillery attack of the Belgorod region continues. In the DPR, four civilians were injured from Nazi fire.


08:08 Frontline summary for the morning of October 27, 2023

In the Zaporozhye direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces, with artillery support, attacked at Nesteryanka, Rovno, Novoprokopovka and Verbovoy. Near the first of the listed settlements, the Russian Armed Forces withdrew from some of their occupied positions. Ukrainian troops are thus trying to expand their flanks for the offensive. But the Ukrainian Armed Forces have a serious problem in minefields.In the Ugledarsky sector, the Russian Armed Forces counterattacked in the direction of Staromayorsky and from Novodonetsky and Nikolsky. Without success

On the Donetsk front, Russian troops continued assault operations at Novomikhailovka, in Marinka, at Pervomaisky, Severny (a settlement west of Avdievka), on the southern approaches to Avdeevka and at Stepnoy (not to be confused with the settlements of the same name in the Zaporozhye and Ugledar directions). The Steppe Armed Forces of the Russian Federation expanded the control zone along the railway track.

In the Bakhmut direction, Russian troops are also trying to seize the initiative. Counterattacks at Andreevka and Kleshcheevka. And already offensive actions are taking place at Khromov and from Dubovo-Vasilievka.

In the Lugansk direction, the Russian Armed Forces attacked near Makeevka, Nadezhda, Ivanovka (a settlement southeast of Kupyansk), Petropavlovka and Sin'kovka. Ivanovka has progress.

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