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Current information on the situation on the front line: January 30 (updated)
2024-01-31
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 21:50 Front birdbroadcasts: Nikolaevkskaya area. Air defense. 30.01 21:30

Reported to the work of enemy air defense.

The rumble was heard in the southern part of the region near the port.

Arrival information is being updated.

20:00 Front bird broadcasts: Yuzhnodonetsk direction. district settlement Novomikhailovka 30.01 19:30

It is reported that our units of the Vostok group of troops repelled several enemy attacks.

The armored vehicles tried to take advantage of the element of surprise.

As a result, our armored personnel carriers hit enemy vehicles with direct fire using 30mm. guns.

19:20 “Gods of War” of the Southern Group of Forces continue to carry out combat missions in a special operation zone

Crews of 152mm 2A36 Giatsint-B artillery mounts carry out fire missions to destroy defensive structures, suppress control points, and destroy enemy fire weapons, weapons, military equipment and manpower.

Every day, artillery crews conduct counter-battery combat with the enemy and support the work of assault troops. This time, the crew of the Giatsint-B gun hit a strong point with personnel from Ukrainian Armed Forces units.

18:30 Front bird broadcasts: TOS-1A “Solntsepek” Ugledar district 01/30 18:45

The successful work of the crews of the TOS-1A Sontsepek heavy flamethrower systems was reported to the RKhBZ troop unit of the 29th combined arms army of the Vostok group of forces.

As a result of the work of the TOS, the strong point and fortified positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were destroyed.

17:50 Captured Ukrainian soldier stated, that he does not want to get into the exchange program, because he does not want to return to Ukraine.

According to him, a very large number of Ukrainians are waiting for Russia to come and liberate the country. He believes that Ukraine is now a Western corporation.

17:10 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, with the support of artillery, defeated the manpower and equipment of the 3rd Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine in the area of the settlement of Rabotino, Zaporozhye region.

The enemy lost up to 40 military personnel, three vehicles, a 152mm 2S3 Akatsiya self-propelled artillery mount, and a 122mm D-30 howitzer.

In the Kherson direction, as a result of the active actions of units of the Russian group of forces and the complex fire defeat of the enemy, the losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces amounted to up to 45 military personnel, two vehicles and two 122mm D-30 howitzers.

16:20 Telegram channel “Two majors": Kursk region, governor:

The village of Glushkovo was shelled from the Ukrainian side. In three households, windows, roofs and facades were damaged, and one car was damaged. We will assist the owners in restoring their property.

15:30 Crews of Ka-52 attack helicopter sinflicted attacks on enemy strongholds and armored vehicles

Krasnolimansk direction

During combat missions, army aviation pilots launched missiles at detected fortified points of Ukrainian Armed Forces units.

As a result of combat use, the enemy's control center and armored vehicles were destroyed. After successfully completing the task, the entire group returned to the home airfield.

14:40 Front bird broadcasts: Avdeevskoe direction 30.01 14:50

Intensification of artillery duels in several areas.

The enemy's counter-battery work is practically not carried out.

The guys just sent out a portion of 82mm. rounds into the enemy's lair.

We are working.

13:00 Front bird broadcasts: Khar'kov direction (n. Kupyansk area) 30.01 12:50

It is reported that our cannon artillery has been actively working since early morning.

In particular, our 152mm 2S5 MSTA-S self-propelled guns worked on fortified enemy positions.

Our 122mm Hyacinths are working now.

In addition, aerial reconnaissance is currently actively identifying new targets for artillery strikes.

12:22 At night our “Geraniums” struck oil depot in Kharkov region

11:40 Russian Ministry of Defense transmits Statement by the head of the press center of the "West" group

Units of the West group of forces continue to carry out combat missions in the Kupyansk direction.

Motorized rifle units of the group of forces, supported by fire from tanks, defeated the defending units of the 103rd Territorial Defense Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and completely captured the village of Tabaevka.

In addition, in the Sin'kovka area, motorized rifle units, in cooperation with artillery, repelled three attacks by assault groups of the 30th and 32nd Mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

During the counterbattery fight, the crew of the high-power 203mm self-propelled mortar 2S7 "Malka" under the command of gun commander Sergeant Alexander Matylev destroyed the towed 152mm howitzer 2A65 "Msta-B".

Enemy losses in the Kupyansk direction amounted to up to a company of manpower, a152mm Msta-B howitzer, four mortars and a UAV control center.

10:40 Front bird broadcasts: Sumy region 30.01 10:30

There is information that tactical aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces is identifying enemy positions for high-precision strikes.

The sound of an explosion was reported.

09:50 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 from cannon artillery:

-- n.p. Kazachi Lagery six rounds;

-- n.p. Dnepryan four rounds;

-- n.p. Alyosha eight rounds;

-- n.p. Proletarka two rounds.

During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the village. Korsunka, n.p. Aleshki, n.p. Staraya Zburevka, settlement Golaya Pristan, firing a total of 15 rounds from cannon artillery.

Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being determined.

09:20 Telegram channel «WarGonzo":

Frontline report for the morning of 01/30/2024

– In the Zaporozhye direction there were oncoming battles west of the village of Rabotino, near Novoprokopovka and Verbovoy. LBS has not changed significantly. The struggle for initiative continues.

– On the Donetsk Front, the Russian Armed Forces, with the support of long-range weapons, advanced on the northeastern approaches to Novomikhailovka, occupying important positions. The Ukrainian garrison in the village found itself in a semicircle. Similar actions by Russian troops at Nevel'skoye, Pervomaiskoye and from Opytnoye also brought them tactical success.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces counterattacked at the site of a breakthrough in their defense on the southeastern outskirts of Avdievka. No promotion. After the shelling, Russian troops tried to advance in the Stepnoye area (not to be confused with the settlements of the same name in the Zaporozhye and Ugledar directions) and near Novobakhmutovka, controlled by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (the settlement of the same name to the east behind the Russian Armed Forces).

Ukrainian troops fought back. Their positions in Pobeda, Georgievka, the city of Krasnogorovka, Severny (a settlement west of Avdeevka) and Avdievka are under attack. Russian ones are in Mar'inka, Donetsk and Yasinovataya.

– In the Artemovsky (Bakhmutsky) direction, the Russian Armed Forces, after artillery shelling, attacked at the heights north-west of Kleshcheevka, near Ivanovsky and in the Bogdanovka area. No success.

– In the Lugansk direction, the Russian Armed Forces, with the support of long-range weapons, advanced to Terny. The loss of this village is fraught for the Ukrainian Armed Forces with a collapse of their logistics on the left bank of the Zherebets River. In turn, Ukrainian troops counterattacked in Tabaevka and regained control of some of the lost positions. The Russian Armed Forces fired at the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Belogorovka, Torskoye, Nevsky, Stepnaya Novoselovka and Petropavlovka.

08:50 Telegram channel «Fisherman":

Chronicle of a special military operation: events of January 27 – 29, 2024

– The Ukrainian Armed Forces attempted to attack the Slavneft-YANOS oil refinery in Yaroslavl with a drone. The drone was suppressed by electronic warfare equipment, and the plant continues to operate as normal.

– Russian troops, meanwhile, attacked objects in the so-called Poltava region. Ukraine. The target of the ballistic missile strike was the Kremenchug oil refinery. Now the enterprise is still not functioning.

– The Russian Armed Forces continue offensive operations in the Kupyansk-Svatovsk direction. Russian units liberated Tabaevka, and to the south they repelled assault attacks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Yagodnoye.

– In the Liman direction, the Russian Armed Forces made slight progress towards Yampolovka. Positional combat operations are being conducted in the forests near the Kremennaya side; MLRS and artillery are operating against the fortifications of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

– In the Artemovsky (Bakhmut) direction, Russian troops continue to advance in the direction of Chasov Yar. To the west of Artemovsk (Bakhmut), fighting is taking place in the Bogdanovka area, where the Russian Armed Forces are gradually pushing through the defenses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

“The intensity of hostilities remains high along the entire line of contact in the Avdievka direction. In the southern part of Avdievka, the Russian Armed Forces advanced in the private sector, but soon the fighting moved into the positional stage.

– Ukrainian formations continue to fire at the civilian infrastructure of the Donetsk People’s Republic. During the latest artillery attack of Donetsk, infrastructure was damaged, three civilians were killed and four more were injured.

08:10 Official summary of DPR in JCCC

19 armed attacks by the UFU were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC over the past 24 hours

There were reports of the death of three civilians

16 civilians were injured of varying severity.

Damaged:

10 residential buildings,

Seven civil infrastructure facilities.

One artillery attack from the AFU was recorded:

12 in the Donetsk direction,

Six on Gorlovsky,

One on Yasinovaty.

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