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Current information on the situation on the front line: November 3 (updated)
2023-11-04
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[NewsFront] 23:55 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 03.11.2023 to 00:00 04.11.2023

Over the past 24 hours Representative office reported about 20 facts of firing from the AFU.

Information was received about the injury of a civilian – a girl born in 2008. in Volnovakha.

Seven residential buildings were damaged in the Kirovsky, Petrovsky and Kuibyshevsky districts of Donetsk, Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka, as well as for civil infrastructure facilities.

Districts of four settlements of the Republic were under enemy fire: Gorlovka (Tsentralno-Gorodskoy, Nikitovsky districts), Zaitsevo, the capital city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts), Volnovakha.

In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out 13 attacks from 155mm artillery, incl. with a cassette warhead.

At Gorlivske there were six artillery attacks from 155mm artillery.

On Volnovakha one artillery attack from MLRS. A total of 58 units of various ammunition were fired.

A previous 48 artillery attacks were recorded from the VFU per day.

21:45 Battle of Avdievka November 2 has developed the situation is critical and there is a real threat of losing the city,” Butusov said.

One of the most famous Ukrainian military propagandists acknowledged the significant successes of the Russian Armed Forces in the Donetsk direction.

“Russian troops crossed the railway line near the village of Stepnoe and began assault operations near the village itself, north of Avdeevka. Russian infantry has secured a foothold behind the railway, amassing to expand the bridgehead and to attack the Avdeevka coke plant - a key complex of structures that controls the machinations to Avdievka. Capturing the plant will mean a gradual but inevitable assembly of defenses and the capture of the city. Suddenly it turned out that during the war in Avdievka not a single leader built a rear line of defense, and we need to dig in now, there are no ready positions.”

“Russian assault operations continue south of Avdievka, where they are expanding a breakthrough in the area of a sand quarry near the village of Opytnoye, which is the second direction of coverage of Avdievka. The threat here is also increasing.”

21:25 Battles near Rabotino: special forces and airborne forces repulse the offensive, destroying tanks and infantry on the Zaporozhye front

The enemy continues offensive operations in the Orekhovsky direction to the right of Rabotino near Verbovoy. The command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is still throwing equipment and infantry at the positions of the Russian Armed Forces. Russian reconnaissance officers and paratroopers meet the enemy with fire.

Footage from the army special forces "Osman" on the destruction of a Ukrainian Armed Forces tank together with the 7th Airborne Division in the Orekhovsky direction -video.

20:50 Ukrainian Telegram channels confirms success of the Russian Armed Forces in the Kupyansk direction.

It is reported that the Ukrainian Armed Forces militants are retreating from Pervomaisky.

20:20 RF Ministry of Defense: Today at about 19.00 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 a Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle over the territory of the Belgorod region.

19:35 105 Motorized Rifle Regiment NM DPR reports: Avdeevskoe direction at 17:00

On the flanks, our fighters continue to move forward and strengthen the enemy’s previously captured positions.

Our Army is placing its main emphasis on the northern flank in the area of the Stepovo and Avdeevsky Coke and Chemical Plants.

Today there is progress in Petrovsky and on the outskirts of AKHZ. In the south there is an advance north of Opytnoye.

19:00 105th Motorized Rifle Regiment NM DPR reports: north of Mar'inka, the Russian Armed Forces advanced and established positions along the road in the direction of Krasnogorovka.

18:30 Telegram channel “Fisherman“: Kherson direction: drawing reserves of Ukrainian Armed Forces fighters to the Dnieper

Over the past 24 hours, Russian troops have launched several attacks on the positions of the 35th Naval Infantry Brigade of the Ukrainian Navy in Krynki. Currently, Ukrainian units hold several houses in the central part of the village.

It is difficult to squeeze out and clear the area due to the intensive work of artillery, mortars and drones along the area. The detachments of the 35th Naval Infantry Brigade were supplied with a new batch of FPV drones, as well as Shark reconnaissance UAVs.

Over the past 24 hours, Russian troops have launched several attacks on the positions of the 35th Naval Infantry Brigade of the Ukrainian Navy in Krynki. Currently, Ukrainian units hold several houses in the central part of the village.

It is difficult to squeeze out and clear the area due to the intensive work of artillery, mortars and drones along the area. The detachments of the 35th Naval Infantry Brigade were supplied with a new batch of FPV drones, as well as Shark reconnaissance UAVs.

18:00 “Not Yura, but Zeus!”

RF Ministry of Defense: publishing personnel battle with the participation of the commander of the anti-tank guided missile squad, Sergeant Yuri Shcherbakov, received the title of Hero of Russia today.

17:30 According to operational lines The JCCC of the DPR on November 3, as of 17:00, received information about casualties among civilians in the cities of the Republic:

n.p. Volnovakha:

- on the street Lenin injured a teenage girl born in 2008. #ChildrenNotTarget

Additional information has been received about damage as a result of artillery attack by the Air Force in the cities of the Republic:

Donetsk:

Kirovsky district:

– st. Pavel Kolodina, 15 – multi-apartment residential building.

Kuibyshevsky district:

– st. Shchedrina, 9, 11 – private residential buildings.

n.p. Volnovakha:

– Palace of Culture named after. Hero of Russia V.A. Zhogi on the street Lenin.

n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district):

– st. Sumskaya, 38/1 – private residential building.

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

17:00 Scouts of the Novorossiysk Airborne Forces continue to repulse unsuccessful attacks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Rabotino and Verbovoye

Zaporozhye direction:

Reconnaissance units of the Novorossiysk airborne assault mountain formation of the Airborne Forces daily destroy strongholds, manpower and armored combat vehicles of Ukrainian nationalists trying to gain a foothold on new frontiers during unsuccessful attacks on the positions of Russian troops.

Crews of the Kornet anti-tank systems destroy enemy equipment even at distant approaches, and thermobaric rounds help to open the enemy’s most protected positions from a distance of several kilometers.

Many of them will spend their professional holiday - Military Intelligence Day, which is celebrated on November 5th, in their positions.

16:30 North of Priyutnoye.

218 Tank Regiment The 127th Motorized Rifle Division breaks the legs of two fleeing Ukrainian Armed Forces militants.

Abandoning a comrade in arms and running away in disgrace has long been the norm for representatives of the Armed Forces of Ukraine -video.

16:00 According to operational lines On November 3, the JCCC of the DPR received information about damage as a result of artillery attack by the Air Forces of the cities of the Republic:

Donetsk:

Kirovsky district:

– st. Delegatskaya, 12 – multi-apartment residential building.

Petrovsky district:

– st. Dalnevostochnaya, 18 – apartment building, outbuilding was also damaged;

– st. Petrovsky, 191 “g” – multi-apartment residential building;

Six transformer substations, two boiler houses are de-energized, 700 subscribers are without power supply.

n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district):

– infrastructure of boiler house No. 13

State Unitary Enterprise of the DPR “DONBASTEPLOENERGO”.

15:30 NGP reconnaissance: Bradley in Avdievka.

One of the Bradleys of the 47th Brigade, which was hastily transferred to “put out the fire” in Avdievka. They had already lost such a shed when they tried to set up a flank on the southwestern slope of the waste heap (a strategically important height - ed.).

The professionalism of the armored vehicle crews of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, to put it mildly, raises doubts, as we wrote in the summer; huge losses in Artemovsk and on the Zaporozhye Front have steadily affected the quality of personnel.

It was not possible to understand what exactly the crew of this box was doing, the gunner demonstratively shot the ground in front of him after the first one entering nearby, the nerves are getting crazy, the 47th remembers well how meetings with our guys end -video.

15:00 Summary Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation (for the period from October 28 to November 3, 2023)

From October 28 to November 3, 2023, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out fifteen group strikes with high-precision weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles against missile and artillery warehouses, storage sites for weapons and military equipment, as well as temporary deployment points for Ukrainian military personnel, nationalists and foreign mercenaries.

As a result of the strikes, hangars for preparing Ukrainian aircraft for flight, production sites for unmanned aerial vehicles and unmanned boats, and groups of foreign instructors and mercenaries were destroyed.

– In the Kupyansk direction, units of the “Western” group of forces professionally occupied more advantageous lines and positions, and also repelled 24 enemy counterattacks.

Aviation strikes and artillery fire hit the personnel and equipment of the 25th Airborne, 14th and 115th Mechanized, as well as the 95th Air Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Sin'kovka, Ivanovka, Timkovka in the Khar'kov region and Makeevka in the Luhansk region People's Republic.

The enemy's losses during the week in this direction amounted to over 755 military personnel, seven tanks, eight armored combat vehicles, 17 vehicles, 16 field artillery pieces, as well as two MLRS combat vehicles.

In addition, two field ammunition depots of Ukrainian Armed Forces units were destroyed.

– In the Krasnolimansky direction, the skillful actions of units of the “Center” group of troops, aviation strikes, artillery fire and heavy flamethrower systems repelled 20 attacks by assault detachments of the 24th, 63rd and 67th Mechanized Brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Vodyanoye, Leninskoye and Yampolovka Donetsk People's Republic.

Enemy losses during this period amounted to more than 920 military personnel, three tanks, 14 armored combat vehicles, 19 vehicles and five guns.

– In the Donetsk direction, Russian units of the “Southern” group of forces repelled six attacks and defeated units of the 28th, 67th and 93rd Mechanized Brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Kurdyumovka, Kleshcheevka and Maryinka of the Donetsk People’s Republic.

Enemy losses amounted to more than 1,340 military personnel, seven tanks, 22 armored combat vehicles, 22 vehicles, 19 field artillery pieces and four MLRS combat vehicles.

Also, two warehouses with ammunition and military equipment were destroyed.

– In the South Donetsk direction, Russian units repelled four attacks by assault detachments of the 72nd Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the 118th Territorial Defense Brigade in the areas of the settlements of Vodyanoye and Staromayorskoye of the Donetsk People’s Republic.

During this period, enemy losses amounted to over 1,110 military personnel, seven tanks, 11 armored combat vehicles, 28 vehicles, nine field artillery pieces, and an MLRS combat vehicle.

– In the Zaporozhye direction, units of Russian troops conducted an active defense, during which they repelled eight attacks by the 33rd Mechanized and 71st Jaeger Brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Verbovoye and Rabotino, Zaporozhye region.

Enemy losses in this direction over the week amounted to more than 760 military personnel, four tanks, 26 armored combat vehicles, 27 vehicles, 14 field artillery guns, as well as an MLRS combat vehicle.

– In the Kherson direction, as a result of artillery fire raids and preemptive actions of Russian troops, the enemy’s attempts to land and gain a foothold on the left bank of the Dnieper were thwarted.

In addition, units of the 35th and 37th Naval Infantry Brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Tyaginka and Ivanovka, Kherson region.

As a result of the fighting, enemy losses amounted to up to 550 military personnel killed and wounded, 11 field artillery pieces, 40 vehicles and 35 various watercraft.

Fighter aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces and air defense systems destroyed 10 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force and one helicopter in a week, including: five Mig-29s, three Su-27s, one Su-25 attack aircraft, one L-39 combat trainer aircraft, as well as Mi-8 helicopter.

In addition, four ATACMS operational-tactical missiles, three JDAM guided bombs, three HARM anti-radar missiles, 51 HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems and 274 unmanned aerial vehicles were intercepted.

Within a week, 28 Ukrainian servicemen voluntarily surrendered to Russian troops.

On November 1 of this year alone, fifteen Ukrainian servicemen voluntarily surrendered to one of the units of the Vostok group of troops, refusing to follow the orders of their command and dying during the next “meat assault.”

In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 525 aircraft, 254 helicopters, 8,586 unmanned aerial vehicles, 441 anti-aircraft missile systems, 13,135 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,177 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 6,967 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 14923 units of special military vehicles.

14:30 105 Motorized Rifle Regiment NM DPR reports: attack on Avdeevka: The Russian Army is advancing on the flanks - as the enemy sees our offensive.

The successes of our troops are recognized by Ukrainian military analysts.

“North and west of Krasnogorovka, Russian troops advanced in the direction of Novokalinovo and Stepovoye. The fighting continues,” the Ukrainian report says.

“A few more days and Stepov’s mate* (bad word)… the end.

“The speculation in the first half of the year about how we would reach Crimea by the end of summer ended with the reality that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are not able to recapture even two villages on the flanks of Avdievka,” the Ukrainians comment under their own map.

14:00 Frontline reports: Kurdyumovka. Calm. Silence reigns.

13:35 Kherson region, our coast, railway bridge area

Having discovered a group of enemy infantry (five people), soldiers of the Russian Armed Forces delicately dropped ammunition from the copter under the stove.

It turned out that the enemy had made a small warehouse with ammunition, which began to burn and detonate -video.

13:00 Fighting near Sporny: artillerymen cover the positions of Ukrainian Armed Forces militants with powerful volleys -video.

12:35 105 Motorized Rifle egiment NM DPRreports: Rabotino, Verbovoye, Kopani – the situation remains stable. The Armed Forces of Ukraine periodically conduct reconnaissance in force; no serious attacks have been recorded. Artillery is actively working from all sides, which is already customary for this section of the front.

12:00 Footage of the capture by our soldiers 5th representative of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the Zaporozhye sector of the front. They chose life -video.

11:30 105th Motorized Rifle egiment NM DPR reports: Avdeevskoe direction
Situations at 10:00

After a relatively quiet night, ours continued to strike enemy positions with heavy artillery.

At these moments, our assault group began active operations on the northern flank in the area of the village of Stepovoye and the Avdeevsky Coke and Chemical Plant.

11:00 Frontline reports: northeast of Priyutnoye, the RF Armed Forces advanced and established themselves in forest plantations in the direction of Staromayorsky.

10:25 RF Ministry of Defense: Today at about 07.10 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.

10:00 Chronicle of a special military operation: events of November 1-2, 2023 from the Telegram channel “Fisherman”

Russian troops carried out strikes with drones of the Geranium family on targets in the Poltava region. The target of the attack was the Kremenchug oil refinery, which supplied fuel to Ukrainian formations.

Another facility that came under Russian attacks was the Mirgorod airfield, from which aircraft carrying Storm Shadow cruise missiles take off.

The enemy attacked Crimea with cruise missiles. Later, Ukrainian formations tried to attack Sevastopol with Neptune missiles.

In the Kupyansky sector, Russian units were able to advance south of Pervomaisky, clearing significant landings.

Ukrainian formations again struck Donetsk with cluster munitions.

On the northern flank of the Avdeevsky fortified area, Russian fighters carried out successful attacks along the railway northwest of Krasnogorovka.

To the south, Russian units are pushing back the enemy in the vicinity of the fortified area at the Tsar’s Hunt. They managed to take the territory of the former anti-aircraft unit into a semicircle, and also advance towards the North.

On the Vrem'evsky sector of the front, Russian troops counterattacked west of Staromayorsky and knocked out the enemy from their previously occupied positions.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked Energodar in the Zaporozhye region with attack drones

In the Orekhovsky sector, after unsuccessful attacks, Ukrainian formations are regrouping at the Kopani-Rabotino-Verbovoe line.

In the Kherson direction, the enemy continues to hold a bridgehead on the island part of the Dnieper. Clashes continue in Krynki, where Russian troops continue to put pressure on the Ukrainian Armed Forces, but have not yet been able to clear the village.


09:22 Latest news from Zaporozhye direction transmits Front bird

After a relative calm, the enemy again tried to figure out our positions and used cluster munitions. The weather makes its own adjustments, but we responded instantly.

203mm rounds and high-precision "Krasnopol" and "Krasnopol M2" are favorite gifts for the enemy. After them, the enemy becomes silent for an indefinite period of time.

09:20 Official summary Representative offices of the DPR in the JCCC from 00:00 02.11.2023 to 00:00 03.11.2023

Over the past 24 hours, the Representative Office reported 48 incidents of firing by the Ukrainian forces.

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

A total of 13 residential buildings were damaged in the Kirovsky and Kuibyshevsky districts of Donetsk, Nikitovsky and Tsentralno-Gorodsky districts of Gorlovka, as well as two civil infrastructure facilities.

Districts of six settlements of the Republic were under enemy fire: Gorlovka (Tsentralno-Gorodskoy, Nikitovsky districts), Golmovsky, Zaitsevo, Yasinovatsky district, the capital city of Donetsk (Kievsky, Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Kirovsky district).

In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out 12 attacks from MLRS, incl. with a cluster warhead, 155mm artillery, attack UAV.

At Gorlivske there were 34 artillery attacks from MLRS, 152mm and 155mm artillery, incl. with a cassette warhead.

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

A total of 149 units of various ammunition were produced.

In the previous day, 44 artillery attacks were recorded from the AFU

08:18 Summary on the morning of November 3, 2023

Since the evening, the Russian Armed Forces have launched missile and UAV attacks on enemy targets in the Belgorod-Dnestrovsky region of the Odessa region, in the Nikolaev, Poltava, Khar'kov, Sumy, Vinnitsa, Khmelnitsky, and Khmelnytsky regions. The strikes also hit ammunition depots and energy infrastructure facilities.

In the Kherson direction, the enemy continues to prepare for a full crossing of the Dnieper. In Krynki, on our shore, there were local battles, and TOC was used again. Attempts by the Ukrainian Armed Forces to increase their presence were met with artillery fire and high-explosive bombs. Effective quadcopter drops and FPV drone strikes are growing in importance. The personnel of the Dnepr group of troops have high hopes for the new commander, General Teplinsky.

On the Zaporozhye Front near Verbovoy, as a result of the fighting, a group of enemy infantry in armored vehicles was destroyed, which attempted to advance to our positions along the “road of death.” The Armed Forces of Ukraine do not stop constant artillery attack of our positions from cannon and rocket artillery, and are actively using agricultural drones (the so-called “Baba Yaga”) to drop mines and IEDs.

In the Avdeevsky direction, the Russian Armed Forces are fighting near Stepovoy near the northwestern “pincer”, without giving up the task of taking a group of Ukrainian Armed Forces troops into at least an operational encirclement. They report a violation of the logistics of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: since the beginning of the offensive operation of the Russian Army, there was only one main road left (Orlovka-Lastochkino) to supply the entire enemy group. On the northern flank near Krasnogorovka, our troops are consolidating near the railway, in the south they are trying to advance near the Tsarskaya Okhota recreation center. At the same time, the enemy launches constant counterattacks, and heavy, bloody battles take place.

Local battles continue in the Vrem'evsky, Kleshcheevsky, and Kupyansky directions.

Two air targets were destroyed in the sky over the Rostov region yesterday. In the Zaporozhye region, during the rotation of IAEA employees, the enemy attacked with copter-type drones. The enemy fired about 150 rounds of ammunition at the civilian population of the DPR, four civilians were injured.


08:06 Frontline summary for the morning of 11/03/2023

In the Kherson-Crimean direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces, with artillery support, again attacked in the Poima area. No promotion. Similar actions in Krynki. No result. The Russian Armed Forces shelled Ukrainian positions in Stanislav. Also flights via the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Tyaginka, Lvov, Tomarin, Kozatsky, Berislav and Zmeevka. Strikes against the Russian Armed Forces in Aleshki, Left Saga and PeschanivkaIn the Zaporozhye direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces, after artillery strikes, tried to advance at Kopani, Novoprokopovka and Verbovoy. Long-range weapons of the RF Armed Forces worked on Ukrainian units in Kamensky, Maly Shcherbaki, Orekhov, Novodanilovka, Novoselovka, Charovny, Gulyaypole and Poltavka. In the first of the two listed settlements, Russian artillery activity may foreshadow an attack.

In the Ugledarsky sector there is a counterattack of the Russian Armed Forces from the direction of Priyutnoye and north of the city. The Ukrainian Armed Forces held their positions. Russian troops attacked them in Blagodatnoye, Zolotaya Niva, Prechistovka, Bogoyavlenka and Vodyanoye (not to be confused with the settlement of the same name northeast of Donetsk).

On the Donetsk front - assault actions of the Russian Armed Forces in Marinka, near Pervomaisky and Severny (a settlement west of Avdeevka). Strikes by Russian troops on Ukrainian positions in Novomikhailovka, Pobeda, Georgievka, the city of Krasnogorovka, Avdeevka, Tonenkoye, Lastochkino, Orlovka, Semyonovka, Keramika, Novoaleksandrovka and Kalinov. The artillery of the Ukrainian Armed Forces hit the Russian Armed Forces in Staromikhailovka, Donetsk, Vodyanoy (not to be confused with the settlement of the same name in the Ugledarsky sector), Opytny and the village of Krasnogorovka.
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