[NewsFront] 23:10 According to the operational lines of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC on January 18, as of 23:00, information was received about damage as a result of artillery attacks by the Air Forces of the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Petrovsky district):
– MBDOU Nursery-garden No. 150 of Donetsk on the street. Krasnogorovskaya.
n.p. Staromikhailovka:
– as a result of the release of high explosives from a UAV, the Staromikhailovskaya school on the street was damaged. Chapaev, the car was also damaged.
n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district):
– st. 60 years of the USSR, 24 - direct hit in an apartment building.
Information about the consequences of the artillery attacks continues to arrive.
21:57 Russian Ministry of Defense transmits: Russian skies are in good hands
Ivan, a pilot of the Su-35S multirole super-maneuverable fighter, spoke about how our pilots bravely defend the airspace over new regions of the country.
“While carrying out a combat mission, I discovered an enemy strike group that was flying to strike our targets. “I carried out guidance, acquisition, and rapprochement with this group, which led to the enemy’s refusal to carry out its combat mission,” the fighter pilot shared.
Ivan is confident that victory will be ours, and this is not even discussed!
21:38 Front bird broadcasts: Khar'kov region 18.01 21:05
A second explosion was reported in the eastern part of the region.
The air raid warning did not sound.
Our rocketeers performed preliminary training by using a high-precision missile against an enemy fortified area and an armed forces workshop.
21:10 Front bird broadcasts: Avdeevskoe direction.18.01 19:50
The operation of our combat helicopters Mi-28N “Night Hunter” and Ka-52 “Alligator” is reported.
In the afternoon, our helicopters hit enemy armored vehicles with Vikhr guided missiles and 305 product, as well as 2A42 cannons.
I want to once again note the high effectiveness of such weapons in the fight against enemy armored vehicles and fortifications.
20:08 Front bird broadcasts: LPR (area Svatovo, Kremennaya)
Our Ka-52 Alligator helicopters successfully operated without entering the enemy air defense coverage area.
Vikhr guided missiles systematically knock out the enemy and provide assistance to our assault infantry.
19:10 Captured serviceman of the Ukrainian Armed Forces: “Captivity is the only opportunity to save your life”
On the eve of the start of a special military operation, Pyotr Kotelnik wanted to go on a shift, earn money and go live abroad.
“I didn’t have time to get a foreign passport and leave, the borders were closed, turning Ukraine into a prison,” he recalls.
They mobilized Peter through blackmail - they threatened him if he failed to appear at the military registration and enlistment office. Pyotr Kotelnik talks about his combat training:
“I didn’t undergo any military training at all. I studied medicine, applied tourniquets and drank vodka.”
After “preparation” he was told that either he would serve as a boatman, or he would have to go into the trenches. The choice was obvious and Peter became the steering mechanic of the 36th Marine Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
During his combat journey, the serviceman managed to make two trips by boat to the left bank of the Dnieper. We sailed among the corpses and sunken boats of our colleagues. On the second voyage, the boat was sunk by Russian fire, the “boatman” was captured, and the landing party scattered.
Now the former Ukrainian marine Kotelnik has made up his mind - after captivity he wants to stay in Russia.
“I feel comfortable here, and I don’t want to go to Ukraine. I want to stay in the Russian Federation and apply for a passport,” says the prisoner.
18:09 Russian Ministry of Defense transmits Statement by the head of the press center of the Dnepr group
In the Zaporozhye direction, units of the Russian group of troops inflicted fire on the personnel and equipment of the 33rd mechanized, 82nd Air Assault, 128th Mountain Assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Rabotino, Malaya Tokmachka and Zherebyanki, Zaporozhye region.
The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces amounted to up to 30 military personnel, a tank, three vehicles, as well as two howitzers: 152mm D-20 and 122mm D-30.
In the Kherson direction, as a result of fire damage to Ukrainian Armed Forces units, the enemy lost up to 65 military personnel, three tanks and five vehicles.
During the counterbattery fight, the following were hit: the US-made M777 artillery system, three howitzers: 152mm Giatsint-B, 152mm Msta-B and 152mm D-20, as well as the 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount.
17:15 Russian Ministry of Defense reports on the liberation of the village of Vesyoloye (DPR)
16:15 Mobilized physical education teacher from Gorlovka (DPR) Mikhail Velichko saved his colleagues at the cost of his life: hecoveredwith his body a grenade dropped from a drone by Ukrainian Nazis.
The fighter with the call sign "Mikha" is survived by a seven-year-old daughter and an 11-year-old son
To be a Warrior is to live forever!
15:05 Comparison of Krynok at the beginning of the landing of Ukrainian marines and a few months after -photo.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces were never able to create a stable bridgehead and gain a foothold on it, having suffered heavy losses, which they continue to suffer to this day in vain attempts to hold this piece of land on the left bank of the Dnieper.
Although, of course, with this operation the enemy drank a lot of our own blood.
14:10 Front bird broadcasts: Yuzhnodonetsk direction 18.01 14:00
It is reported that our Russian Aerospace Forces are carrying out operational work to detect and eliminate enemy positions.
The Su-34s again struck with UFABs at the designated targets.
13:40 Parcel sent: crews of the 122mm BM-21 MLRS "Grad" of the group of troops "West" destroyed fortified positions and manpower of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kupyansk direction
The crews quickly took up positions and struck area targets. Objective control footage received from the UAV in real time made it possible to verify the destruction of targets.
13:00 Telegram channel «WarGonzo“: I would like to remind you what Krynki looks like now, where the Ukrainian Armed Forces hold a bridgehead. Or rather, what is left of them.
Although, it would be a stretch to call this cemetery of Ukrainians a springboard. The actions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on our bank of the Dnieper have not received any development, and most likely they will not receive any more. Ukrainian soldiers can only drown in the cold waters of the river when trying to cross, or die in the surviving basements of Krynok. And all for the sake of another article being published in the next Western newspaper, giving reason to hope that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are doing well.
But this does not mean that for our guys the battles near Krynki are an easy walk. Enemy artillery continues to work from the right bank of the Dnieper, and kamikaze drones fly here in such quantities that most likely cannot be found anywhere else on the front. And it will be very difficult to completely dislodge the enemy from our shore. But, despite this, the RF Armed Forces are firmly holding the enemy in a trap, into which he himself has climbed and continues to climb day by day.
12:10 Russian Ministry of Defense transmits Statement by the head of the press center of the "South" group
Units of the “Southern” group of forces, supported by artillery fire, repelled six attacks by formations of the 81st Airmobile, 22nd and 24th Mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of Belogorovka, Krasny and Bogdanovka. Active actions defeated the manpower and equipment of the 22, 28 and 42 Mechanized brigades in the areas of Kleshcheevka, Kurdyumovka and Andreevka.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 290 military personnel, a tank, two infantry fighting vehicles, five armored combat vehicles, and 12 vehicles in the Donetsk direction as wounded and killed. During the counter-battery fight, two 122mm D-30 howitzers and a 203mm Pion self-propelled gun were destroyed.
Air defense and electronic warfare systems shot down 11 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in the areas of the settlements of Novonikolaevka, Gorlovka and Peski of the Donetsk People's Republic, as well as 11 rockets from the Alder and Vampire MLRS.
11:27 Front bird broadcasts: Avdeevskoe direction. District Step 18.01 10:40
The work of our brave tactical aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces is reported.
Once again they sent UVAB-250 and UVAB-500 to the enemy by the collar.
Some military personnel heard an RBK-500 (cluster bomb) explode.
10:35 Criminal Kyiv regime continues to fire at the civilian infrastructure of settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired cannon artillery:
in the village. Krynki 15 shells;
-- n.p. Golaya Pristan two shells;
-- n.p. Kazachi Lagery seven shells;
-- n.p. Dnepryan four shells;
-- n.p. Korsunka seven shells;
-- n.p. Alyosha eight shells;
-- n.p. Velikya Lepetikha three shells.
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the village. Peschanivka, n.p. Aleshki, n.p. Krynki, n.p. Sagi, firing a total of 20 rounds from cannon artillery.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being clarified.
09:50 Russian paratroopers stormed a Ukrainian Armed Forces stronghold north-west of Artemovsk
We publishpersonnelfrom the action camera of one of the Russian servicemen.
The assault units of the Ivanovo and Yaroslavl paratroopers from the “Southern” group of forces, continuing to improve the position of the Russian units along the front line, captured another stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
During aerial reconnaissance of the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the paratroopers uncovered the main firing points and shelters with a concentration of enemy infantry. Airborne artillerymen inflicted fire damage and suppressed identified targets. Then the military personnel of the “winged infantry” quickly captured the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces by storm from several directions.
09:30 Telegram channel «WarGonzo":
Frontline report for the morning 01/18/2024
In the Zaporozhye direction there are oncoming battles to the west of the village of Rabotino. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are trying to stabilize the situation in this area. At the same time, the Russian Armed Forces continue local attacks from Novoprokopovka and Verbovoy.
On the Donetsk front, Russian troops carried out assault operations on the southern outskirts of Novomikhailovka, near Georgievka, from the southeast and northeast to Avdeevka, as well as in Stepnoe (not to be confused with the settlements of the same name in the Zaporozhye and Ugledar directions).
In the Bakhmut direction, the Russian Armed Forces are trying to break through the defenses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces at the heights north-west of Kleshcheevka, from Khromovoye and in Bogdanovka. Ukrainian units are holding their positions.
In the Lugansk direction, Russian troops carried out offensive operations at Ternov, Makeevka, Petropavlovka and Sinkovka. LBS has not changed significantly. (Fig. 4)
08:45 Telegram channel “Fisherman":
Chronicle of a special military operation: events of January 16 – 17, 2024
In recent days, Ukrainian forces have attempted several times to attack civilian targets in Russia's rear regions. Over Voronezh and Belgorod, air defenses in total intercepted more than a dozen UAVs.
At the same time, the Russian Armed Forces struck warehouses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Kirovograd and military facilities in Dnepropetrovsk. In Kharkov and Odessa, enemy concentration areas were hit by rockets and kamikaze drones "Geran".
In the Limansky sector, Russian troops break through enemy defenses towards Terny. There are a few kilometers left to the village and neighboring Yampolovka. Artillery is actively working on both sides, and the enemy is using FPV drones.
In the Seversky direction in the Spornoye area, heavy fighting continues - the ruins of the village are being processed by Russian artillery. To the south, in Vesele, Russian troops are trying to occupy the outskirts and are fighting in the vicinity of Belogorovka.
To the west of Bakhmut, the Russian Armed Forces are trying to take control of the road to Chasov Yar, actively hitting enemy fortifications with artillery and aircraft. In addition, Russian forces are conducting assault operations in Bogdanovka and on the southern flank northwest of Kleshcheevka.
On the outskirts of the Avdeevsky fortified area, positional battles continue with attempts at local advances by the Russian Armed Forces. To the southeast of the pumping station, Russian forces were able to advance from Kamenka, occupying a fortified area.
Heavy fighting continues in the Krynok area. The supply of the Ukrainian group in the village was significantly disrupted by weather conditions, but not cut off. Reports that the Russian Armed Forces were allegedly able to partially establish control over Krynki have not yet been confirmed.
08:10 Official summary JCCC DPR:
A total of 44 facts of armed attacks by the UFU were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC over the past 24 hours
Damaged:
Four residential buildings,
Seven civil infrastructure facilities.
Donetsk direction – six artillery attacks,
Gorlovka direction – 34 artillery attacks,
Yasinovaty direction – four artillery attacks.
A total of 148 units of various ammunition were fired.