[NewsFront] 23:57 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 01/16/2024 to 00:00 01/17/2024
Over the past 24 hours, the DPR representative office in the JCCC has recorded 16 incidents of armed attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
There were also reports of a civilian being injured.
No damage to residential buildings or infrastructure was recorded.
5 artillery attacks in the Donetsk direction
9 artillery attacks in the Gorlovka direction
2 artillery attacks in the Yasinovat direction
A total of 55 units of various ammunition were fired.
22:49 The front bird is broadcasting: Donetsk direction (DPR) 16.01 22:35
It is reported that our Su-34 front-line bombers of the Russian Aerospace Forces hit the command post of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Aviation used high-explosive bombs with universal planning modules.
21:02 The guys entered the eastern part of Georgievka (to the West of Mar'inka). Our assault units took Oktyabrskaya Street in the east of the village. There are battles going on.
19:50 Paratroopers shot down a kamikaze drone with a machine gun. They are trying to counter them in different ways: electronic warfare, “barbecues” welded onto equipment, anti-aircraft guns and much more. But the soldiers of the 119th Parachute Regiment were lucky to shoot down another Ukrainian FPV with small arms.
19:20 Ukrainian Telegram channels report explosions in Volchansk (Kharkiv region).
18:40 Calculations of 152mm 2S1 "Hyacinths" destroyed artillery pieces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasnolimansk direction.
Having received the coordinates of the notches - technical indicators confirming the operation of the cannon artillery and mortars of the Ukrainian Armed Forces - the crews of the "Gyacinth-S" guns arrived at the position, aimed at the coordinates issued by reconnaissance and, with a series of shots, hit the area where the Ukrainian Armed Forces' fire weapons were deployed. The ammunition supply and unloading point, which was discovered by a UAV, was also hit.
“Our battery is engaged in counter-battery combat, our task is to hit enemy artillery. Counterbattery warfare is constant reconnaissance, including with the help of UAVs,” said a senior battery officer with the call sign “Akademik.”
17:52 “Lancet” of the 238th Brigade destroys an Ukrainian Armed Forces tank. Operators of the Lancet loitering ammunition of the 238th Artillery Brigade destroy an enemy tank with a well-aimed hit -video.
16:50 News from the Khar'kov region. The front bird reports a massive attack on a Ukrainian Armed Forces stronghold. The fighters “sent several packets to the enemy” from the MLRS.
15:47 Brief information summary for the zone of responsibility of the Dnepr Group of Forces:
Over the past 24 hours, the enemy suffered a comprehensive fire defeat.
In the Primorsky sector, two howitzers (presumably M777), three self-propelled guns, three mortars, two field ammunition depots, a pickup truck, and a Leleka-100 UAV were destroyed.
In the Krivoy Rog sector, artillery and FPV drones destroyed an OP, 4 vehicles, a tanker, and an ATGM. Air defense forces shot down two enemy FPVs.
In the Ochakovsky area, a communications tower was destroyed, 2 FPVs were shot down/suppressed.
In the Energodarsky sector, two enemy OPs and three dugouts were destroyed.
Attack and army aviation are operating against enemy positions. During the counter-battery fight, a 122mm 2S1 self-propelled gun and four enemy mortars, as well as an ammunition depot, were destroyed.
Due to weather conditions, the intensity of VFU activities has decreased significantly. Boat traffic has been stopped. The frequency of negotiations on our shore is minimal. Enemy efforts are focused on aerial reconnaissance and mortar and drone fire.
Enemy losses in the group's area of responsibility: up to 70 people, five vehicles, seven UAVs, four mortars, three self-propelled guns, a launcher UAV, a tanker, two howitzers, two field depots for BP, ATGM, dome camera, three OP. PVD, four dugouts
15:05 Donetsk direction. Ugledar. The front-line bird reports that in the area of the village of Ugledar of the Donetsk People's Republic, our guys from the 39th Motorized Rifle Brigade took out an enemy opornik and a mortar crew. The FPV drone operators worked efficiently.
14:44 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation (as of January 16, 2024):
In the Kupyansk direction, units of the “Western” group of troops, with active actions and artillery fire, repelled six attacks by assault groups of the 95th Airborne Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of the village of Sin'kovka, Khar'kov region. The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces amounted to up to 160 military personnel, three tanks, of which two were Leopard-2, and two pickup trucks.
In the Krasnolimansk direction, units of the Center group of troops, with artillery support, repelled four attacks by the 63rd Mechanized and 25th Air Assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Chervonaya Dibrova, Lugansk People's Republic and Yampolovka, Donetsk People's Republic. Enemy losses amounted to up to 250 military personnel, two infantry fighting vehicles and six vehicles.
In the Donetsk direction, units of the “Southern” group of forces, supported by artillery fire, repelled five attacks by assault groups of the 10th Mountain Assault and 24th Mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Veseloye and Bogdanovka of the Donetsk People’s Republic. In addition, artillery strikes and heavy flamethrower systems defeated enemy personnel and equipment in the area of the settlement of Kurdyumovka, Donetsk People's Republic. The enemy lost up to 280 troops, a tank, two infantry fighting vehicles and four vehicles. During the counter-battery fight, the following were hit: the 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount, as well as the 152mm D-20 gun.
In the South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok group of forces, in cooperation with artillery and heavy flamethrower systems, inflicted fire on the personnel of the 72nd Mechanized and 79th Air Assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Vladimirovka and Novomikhailovka of the Donetsk People's Republic. Enemy losses amounted to up to 120 military personnel, two armored combat vehicles, two pickup trucks, a US-made M777 artillery system and an 100mm MT-12 anti-tank gun.
In the Zaporozhye direction, units of the Russian group of troops, with the support of aviation and artillery, defeated concentrations of manpower and equipment of the 82nd Air Assault and 116th Mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Verbovoe and Rabotino, Zaporozhye region. The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 115 military personnel killed and wounded, three armored combat vehicles, a 152mm D-20 howitzer and two 122mm D-30 guns.
In the Kherson direction, as a result of coordinated actions of units of Russian troops and artillery fire, daily enemy losses amounted to 65 military personnel and four vehicles. In addition, during the counter-battery fight, three US-made M777 artillery systems, a US-made M109 “Paladin” self-propelled artillery mount, and three 122mm 2S1 “Gvozdika” self-propelled artillery mounts were hit.
Operational-tactical aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces and artillery from groupings of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation hit manpower and military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in 112 regions.
Air defense systems shot down 69 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles during the day, including in the areas of the settlements of Novaya Mayachka, Golaya Pristan of the Kherson region, Pologi of the Zaporozhye region, Staromikhailovka, Peski, Spornoe, Mar'inka, Lipovoe of the Donetsk People's Republic, Belogorivka, Nyrkovo, Topolevka, Verkhnekamenka and Krivosheevka of the Lugansk People's Republic, as well as 13 rockets of the HIMARS multiple launch rocket system.
13:55 The 122mm self-propelled gun 2S1 “Gvozdika” of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was hit as a result of counter-battery fighting. After the “arrival” a fire broke out followed by detonation of the ammunition -video.
12:47 Ukrainian monitoring channels report the penetration of our army into the eastern part of Georgievka, west of Maryinka (in the direction of Kurakhovo). The Russian Armed Forces occupied Oktyabrskaya Street in the east of Georgievka.
12:35 Statement of Head of the press center of the "South" group:
Units of the “Southern” group of forces, supported by air strikes and artillery fire, defeated enemy manpower and equipment in the areas of Vesely, Razdolovka, Kleshcheevka, Andreevka and Kurdyumovka.
The enemy lost over 200 military personnel, a tank, three infantry fighting vehicles, an armored personnel carrier, and thirteen vehicles in wounded and killed.
During the counter-battery fight, two 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mounts were destroyed.
Artillery struck a missile and artillery weapons depot of the 46th airmobile brigade in the area of ??the village of Kurakhovo, Donetsk People's Republic.
Air defense and electronic warfare systems shot down 5 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in the area of ??the village of Spornoye, Donetsk People's Republic.
12:20 News from the Ugledarsko-Velikonovoselkovsky direction (southwest of Donetsk) is reported by military correspondent Yuriy Kotenok:
“In the Vremevsky sector, the Russian Armed Forces attacked the enemy north of the settlement. Kermenchik (Oktyabrsky) and settlement Staromlynovka and occupied a number of enemy positions in the landings. The fighting is taking place in the area of ??the dominant heights east of Urozhayny. An attempt to counterattack by the Ukrainians in the area of Zabetnovo Zhelanya was unsuccessful. With losses, Ukrainians rolled back.”
11:37 Army aviation strikes blows on the enemy.
An army aviation strike group, consisting of a Ka-52 strike-attack helicopter and a Mi-8 search and rescue support helicopter, carried out a combat mission in the Svatovo-Kreminny direction.
As a result of the Ka-52 Alligator's combat mission, it used airborne weapons against the enemy command post. According to the reports of the forward aircraft gunner, all of the indicated targets were successfully hit.
11:07 Combat coordination of assault units of the Southern Group of Forces is taking place at the LPR training grounds -video.
10:55 Statement of senior officer of the press center of the Center group.
In the Krasnolimansky direction, in the Serebryansky forestry area, an attempt to attack the positions of Russian troops by an assault group of Ukrainian units with fire support from armored vehicles was thwarted.
Thanks to the coordinated actions of the kamikaze drone crews, the American Bradley and Stryker armored vehicles were destroyed, and the personnel were forced to abandon the equipment and retreat into the forest.
The group’s artillery hit more than 100 targets of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of Seversk, Torskoye, and Yampolovka.
Enemy losses per day amounted to more than 160 people, two armored combat vehicles, three vehicles, a 152mm 2S3 Akatsiya self-propelled gun and a 120mm mortar.
10:35 From the Kupyansk area in the Kharkov direction, the Front Bird reports:
The successful defeat of an enemy infantry fighting vehicle is reported. The ATGM operator hit the ammunition exactly.
10:00 Crews of the Verba MANPADS cover the positions of our troops near Artemovsk
Anti-aircraft gunners of the Ivanovo Guards Airborne Forces daily destroy enemy reconnaissance and attack drones approaching Russian positions -video.
09:37 In the Kupyansk direction, Ukrainian militants have increased the use of Western armored vehicles, military expert Andrey Marochko reports:
“During the fighting in the areas of the settlements of Sin'kovka, Petropavlovka, Peschanoye, an increase in the use of high-powered units of Western armored vehicles was revealed. In particular, there was a slight increase in the use of German Leopard tanks, a twofold increase in the use of American Bradley and M113 infantry fighting vehicles on the battlefield, as well as Swedish CV90 infantry fighting vehicles.”
09:05 Statement of Head of the press center of the “West” group:
Units of the "West" group of troops, during active operations with the support of aviation and artillery fire, improved the situation along the front line in the Kupyansk direction.
In the defense zone of the combined arms army, motorized rifle formations, in cooperation with artillery and army aviation, repelled an attack by the assault group of the 60th Mechanized Brigade in the Sin'kovka area. The enemy was forced to retreat in a southwestern direction.
During the counterbattery fight, the group’s artillery destroyed three enemy mortar crews in the areas of Stepova Novoselovka and Novovodyany.
In addition, the crew of the 152mm self-propelled artillery mount 2S19 “Msta-S” under the command of the gun commander, senior sergeant Denis Kalinin, destroyed the control center for unmanned aerial vehicles in the Petropavlovka area.
Enemy losses in this direction amounted to up to 20 military personnel, three armored combat vehicles, three vehicles and the 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled gun.
08:58 Over the past 24 hours, armed formations of Ukraine committed further crimes against civilians of the DPR.
Ukrainian militants carried out a targeted drop of ammunition from a UAV in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk, as a result of which a man born in 1965 was killed. got injured.
In total, one residential building and four civilian infrastructure facilities, including the Republican Rehabilitation Center in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, were damaged from artillery attack by the Ukrainian Federal Unitary Forces in the DPR.
08:20 Stormtroopers of the “West” group of troops captured enemy positions and captured Ukrainian Armed Forces military personnel in the Kupyansk direction -video.
08:11 Front-line report as of the morning of January 16 from military correspondent Evgeny Lisitsyn:
In the Kherson direction, the width of the Ukrainian bridgehead in Krynki on the left bank of the Dnieper has decreased to less than one kilometer. Over the course of two months, eight to nine thousand Ukrainian Armed Forces militants died in attempts to hold this bridgehead under heavy fire. Now the Ukrainian army has withdrawn all of its elite marines from the beachhead and is only sending back those who have been mobilized.
In the Zaporozhye direction, Russian troops continue to advance in the direction of Rabotino. Our troops are gradually regaining previously lost positions during the so-called Ukrainian summer counteroffensive.
In the Donetsk direction in the Marinka area, fierce fighting is taking place in the Novomikhailovka area. While our guys are bypassing the village from the south and north, fierce attacks are being carried out on the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the most populated area and enemy strongholds with the help of artillery and aviation.
In the Avdeevsky direction there has been significant progress in the Opytny and Severny areas. Control in the area of treatment facilities is being expanded, and movement continues along the railway line towards Ocheretino.
In the Artyomovsk direction, the Russian Armed Forces continue to fight in the direction of Chasov Yar. There are also successes at the Seversky site. Ours have entered the southern outskirts of Sporny and are establishing a foothold in the outer streets.
In the Svatovsky direction, east of the village of Makeevka (LPR), the Russian army is in forest plantations. confidently moving towards the village. The advance section is up to 2.2 km wide to a depth of up to 1.7 km.
In the Kremensky direction it is very hot near the Torsky ledge and Serebryansky forestry. The enemy tried to attack the positions of the Russian Armed Forces, but was unsuccessful. Now the fighting continues.
In the Kupyansk direction, fighting continues in the Sinkovka area. Most of this village continues to be in the gray zone. Over the past 24 hours, Russian troops have repelled four attacks by Ukrainian Armed Forces assault groups in this area.
08:00 Ukrainian Armed Forces drone “Fury” is shot down near Artemovsk.
Calculations of man-portable anti-aircraft missile systems (MANPADS) "Verba" of the Ivanovo Guards Airborne Forcesdestroyedreconnaissance UAV of Ukrainian militants "Fury". The drone conducted aerial reconnaissance near Russian positions in the Artemovsk direction.
During combat duty, our soldiers discovered an aerial target and identified it as a Ukrainian Fury drone. The crew tracked the target and destroyed it by launching a missile from the Verba MANPADS.