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Current information on the situation on the front line: February 15 (updated)
2024-02-16
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 23:57 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 02/15/2024 to 00:00 02/16/2024.

Five facts of armed attacks by the UFU were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC over the past 24 hours.

Three civilians were reported injured.

DAMAGED:
No damage to residential buildings and civil infrastructure was recorded.

  • Two artillery attacks in the Donetsk direction

  • Two artillery attacks in the Gorlovka direction

  • One artillery attack in the Volnovakha direction.

A total of 15 units of various ammunition were fired.
22:30 Front bird reports: Avdeevskoe direction. 15.02 22:25

It is reported that our troops are advancing not only from the east, but also from the south towards Avdeevka.

Due to massive artillery fire and airborne forces attacks, the enemy is forced to abandon positions and retreat northward.

21:44 Telegram channel “Fisherman":

Battle for Avdievka: collapse of the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ defense in the south and a breakthrough in the east, the situation as of 21.00 February 15, 2024

Over the past three hours, the situation near Avdeevka has changed. In addition to the news about the capture of part of the air defense and the Zenit fortified area, good news also came from the eastern flank.

Despite rather contradictory reports from the territory of the former anti-aircraft unit, units of the 1st Slavic Brigade in the published video stand calmly, without fear of shots, from which we can conclude that the clearing of the unit has either already taken place or will take place as usual. The defense on the territory of the unit was held by an incomplete company of the enemy.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces are also retreating in the area of the ill-fated Donetsk filtration station into neighboring forest plantations west of the N-20 highway. However, they are unlikely to stay there for long, given the advance of the Russian Armed Forces along the sand pit.

Our team was able to establish the location where a Russian fighter is placing a flag near the entrance to AKHZ. The territory adjacent to the industrial zone and several administrative buildings, including the Brevno fortified area, came under the control of the Russian Armed Forces.

This became possible after the assault troops, under the cover of aviation, secured a foothold at the Avdeevskaya motor depot and advanced north-west through the Alter Group to the plant management building. The fire station and cafeteria are currently in the gray zone.

Despite the obvious successes, the Russian Army has yet to capture the Cheburashka fortified area. However, the advance of the Vinogradniki-2 gardening partnership in the area can make this task easier. It’s the same in the north: the building of the Avdeevsky Coke and Chemical Plant is one large fortified area with many shelters, which cannot be taken at a glance.


21:20 Engineer Mi-28 told on preparing aircraft for combat missions.

An engineer of the Mi-28 aviation complex, Maxim, in the special military operation zone, is engaged in the preparation and maintenance of aviation equipment before combat missions.

With the flight crew, says Maxim, the attitude is wonderful, human: “The pilots are great fellows, they perform very serious tasks every day that involve risking their lives, so they deserve respect. They respect the engineering staff, just as the engineering staff respect them.”

The aircraft technician adds that he is ready to perform his job duties at any time of the day and in any weather.

Maxim conveys warm greetings to his wife and parents: “I miss you very much! I love! I’ll be home soon, wait!”

The serviceman sends a special greeting to his uncle, who also performs his duties on the front line: “He’s a great fellow! The most important thing is that he is alive and well and everything is fine with him.”

“Yes, victory will be ours, of course! Because we make every effort to achieve this,” Maxim is sure.

21:02 Military personnel of the “Center” group master Tank support combat vehicles "Terminator"

During the training, military personnel study the performance characteristics of a combat vehicle, train high-speed driving and direct fire and indirect firing positions. During practical operations, military personnel study combat tactics, the use of communications equipment and standard aerosol camouflage equipment.

After passing the final exam, all military personnel of the Center group of forces who have completed training will be sent to combat units to carry out military defense tasks as part of BMPT crews.

The Terminator tank support combat vehicle is a multi-purpose, highly protected fire support tracked combat vehicle with powerful weapons, modern fire control devices and high maneuverability. The Terminator is capable of hitting lightly armored targets, tanks and infantry fighting vehicles. One of the features of these combat vehicles is the ability, together with military air defense, to fight helicopters and low-flying low-speed enemy targets.

20:27 Telegram channel “Fisherman":

Only recently we reported on successes in the industrial zone south of Avdievka; another very joyful and long-awaited news arrived.

Soldiers of the 1st Slavic Brigade of the Russian Armed Forces planted flags on the territory of the Zenit fortified area, also known as the former military unit A-1428. Fights for this area have been going on since December 2022, and it has become notorious since 2015.

Coordinates: 48.098309 37.754203

This was the first video confirmation of the control of Russian units over an important fortified area, which will simplify the further assault on Avdeevka.

The fate of the members of the Ukrainian formations is not known for certain: according to some reports, some of them surrendered, and some units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were able to retreat.

The next step will be the capture of the Cheburashka fortified area, which, obviously, will become the next target of the assault groups on the way to the Khimik microdistrict.

19:45 Front-line soldier reports: The defense of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Avdievka is closer than ever to collapse!

Be kind!

18:33 Night hunt: crews of Russian tanks hit Ukrainian Armed Forces targets in the Artemovsk direction

During night combat work, tank crews of the “Southern” group of troops destroyed Ukrainian Armed Forces stronghold. Once locked into the terrain, tank crews fire a series of shots and then move to the next firing points. Working along a suspended trajectory, tankers hit reconnoitered targets at a distance of up to five kilometers, delivering fire strikes on mortar positions and rotation routes of Ukrainian militants.

18:01 Soldiers of the maneuver assault group perform combat missions in the South Donetsk direction

Soldiers of the maneuver-assault group of the 5th Army of the Vostok group of troops from Primorye work on the most dangerous sectors of the front in the area of the North Military District.

Assault troikas are on duty along the entire front line of the South Donetsk direction. On the front line, they try to keep their distance from each other, but at the same time the whole team acts coherently. While the machine gunner diverts the main attention to himself with dense fire, the sniper can calmly work on targets, remaining unnoticed.

All actions of attack aircraft must be corrected from the air. Drone operators are always on duty nearby and immediately inform the group of any danger. If necessary, they can provide fire support.

“Our task is to identify the enemy, inflict fire damage using drop systems and then observe their movements,” explained the UAV operator with the call sign “Music.”

After each sortie, the assault group conducts an analysis of errors. During the Northern Military District, the attack aircraft of the Vostok group of troops have accumulated vast experience and take even the most fortified positions without losses.

17:03 Telegram channel “Fisherman":

Battle for Avdievka: expansion of the zone of control around AKHZ and the quarry situation as of 15.00 February 15, 2024

Russian troops are advancing in the private sector of Avdievka after a successful assault on a motor depot. At the same time, the consolidation of the positions taken in previous days continues.

Many Russian and Ukrainian media channels are running ahead of the locomotive: despite the obvious desire to bring victory closer, the assault units have hard work ahead of them.

Information about taking control of the forest plantation, where the Avdeevskaya Stella is located and the road to Lastochkino opens, was not true on the morning of February 15. There were several hundred meters left to the entrance sign.

Russian troops began to bypass the flooded Avdeevsky quarry from the western side: the advance of the Russian Armed Forces along the southern bank to Shestakova Street is confirmed.

In the south, in the area of the “Tsar’s Hunt”, no progress has yet been recorded, although rumors have appeared on the Internet about crossing the railway and storming the SNT “Vinogradniki-2”. Some channels claim partial control of Russian troops over SNT, but so far this has not been confirmed.

The enemy still holds the ruins of the anti-aircraft unit and the Cheburashka fortified area, and in Staraya Avdievka is partially withdrawing forces to the Khimik microdistrict.

At this stage, the units of the Russian army participating in the assault operations concentrated their efforts on expanding the breakthrough zones and clearing out the gray zones.

Despite the obvious control of the Russian Armed Forces over Industrial Avenue, the communication of Ukrainian formations between Lastochkino and Avdievka is not interrupted: supplies are carried out through the Plokhaya Balka right in the middle of the fields.


16:37 Front-line soldier reports: +- 400 meters left to the cauldron of the fortified areas “Cheburashka” and “Zenith”.

15:35 Front bird broadcasts:

Donetsk direction. district settlement Andreevka 15.02 15:25

It is reported that in the area of the village of Andreevka, our airborne units destroyed several enemy guns and howitzers.

The strike was delivered by FPV drone operators right on target.

14:00 How the Avdievka cauldron is built.

On frames our tigers from among the reinforced concrete tankers are compacting the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the south of Avdievka, squeezing pincers around the enemy’s key strongholds in the city.

As before, iron cavalry has a decisive influence on the outcome of the battle; fighting in city streets is not the easiest task for a tank, but not for these guys, these will run over any enemy on this planet and all neighboring ones.

13:33 Around 12.30 suppressed an attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack on targets on the territory of the Russian Federation using the RM-70 Vampire multiple launch rocket system.

Fourteen rockets were destroyed by air defense systems on duty over the territory of the Belgorod region.

13:00 Frontline reports:

Assault operations are underway in Avdievka. Information silence so as not to jinx it.

12:24 Front bird broadcasts:

Avdiivka situation at 11:00

The active advance of the Russian army continues along the entire length of the Avdeevsky Front. Multiple enemy resources and “analysts” state that the situation continues to worsen every hour.

All attempts at enemy counterattacks were repelled by our army. The so-called “Azov” took part in the counterattacks, suffering huge losses. Aerospace forces and artillery on the approach destroy enemy concentrations and columns. The density of fire from our army is prohibitive, hundreds of rounds per hour fall on the heads of our enemy.

It is at these moments that an operation is underway to completely encircle the enemy group in the urban areas of Avdievka. Our troops have advanced to the west of the highway on Industrialnaya Street and are rapidly advancing in the direction of Lastochkino and Severny.

It can be stated that the “cauldron” begins to BOIL.

11:32 According to information received from underground members of the Kherson resistance, military personnel of the Dnepr group of troops destroyed military installations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the right bank of the Kherson region in the area of the settlement Sablukovka, namely:

– a parking area for equipment, where about 20 units of foreign military equipment were located;

– a temporary deployment point, one of the units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, where more than 35 militants were located.

11:01 Front birdie broadcasts:

Avdeevskoe direction. Street fighting. 15.02

The beginning of active street fighting is reported in the eastern part of Avdeevka.

Our units are courageously making their way to the city center under the cover of artillery, armored vehicles and aviation.

The landowners have a difficult situation in terms of tactics and operational management.

But, nevertheless, the militants are still resisting.

10:32 Another daring raid by our “winged infantry”

Transbaikal paratroopers destroyed a group of Ukrainian nationalists in a stronghold west of Artemovsk.

In the footage, an armored group of a parachute battalion on a BMD-2K-AU of a separate guards airborne formation from Buryatia fires direct fire with high-explosive fragmentation ammunition. The distance to the enemy is 1000-1500 meters.

After the destruction of the target and the destruction of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' personnel, the crew of the airborne combat vehicle immediately changed their firing position. The formation's attack aircraft moved to capture the strong point where the armored group was working. They completed the destruction of the enemy, occupied a strong point, cleared it of Ukrainian Armed Forces infantry and handed it over to reinforcement units.

09:57 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. Alyosha seven rounds;

-- n.p. Rybalche three rounds;

-- n.p. Novaya Zburevka four rounds;

-- n.p. Korsunka two rounds;

-- n.p. Kazachi Lagery five rounds.

During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the village. Sagi, n.p. Golaya Pristan, n.p. Vasilyevka, n.p. Aleshki, Maslovka village, firing a total of 19 rounds from cannon artillery.

Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being determined.

09:30 Telegram channel «WarGonzo":

Frontline report for the morning 02/15/2024

– On the Donetsk front, everything is critically bad for the Ukrainian Armed Forces. But everything is not fundamentally good for the RF Armed Forces. The assault of Russian troops from the southeast to Novomikhailovka led to their occupation of positions on the outskirts of the village. There are logistics for advanced units. But in open areas. Given the active use of FPV drones by the Ukrainian army, problems may arise.

Moreover, the village is held by paratroopers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, who have counterattacked more than once, not without success. Over the past 24 hours, attacks by the Russian Armed Forces near Pobeda, Georgievka and Pervomaisky did not bring them success. But on the southern outskirts of Avdievka, they actually encircled the Ukrainian fortified area “Zenith”.

The “neck” is less than 800 meters. And the Ukrainian Armed Forces cannot retreat along it. North-west of Avdievka, the Russian Armed Forces cut off the main logistics route of the Ukrainian garrison in the city. The advanced positions of Russian assault units are 500 meters to the west. In this situation, the command of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has only two options: either counterattack or leave the city. We won’t guess which one they will choose.

– In the Artemovsky (Bakhmutsky) direction, the Russian Armed Forces carried out offensive operations near Ivanovsky and in the Bogdanovka area. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are holding their positions.

– In the Lugansk direction there are tough oncoming battles near Belogorovka. The Russian Armed Forces tried to advance at Yampolevka and Ternov. No success. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are trying to counterattack in the Tabaevka area. The Russian Armed Forces continued to put pressure on Ukrainian positions northwest of Sin'kovka.


08:43 Telegram channel “Fisherman":

Chronicle of a special military operation: events of February 13 – 14, 2024

Ukrainian forces attempted to launch a drone strike on the Crimean Peninsula. All air targets were shot down by Russian anti-aircraft gunners.

In addition, in the south of Crimea the enemy used unmanned boats. While repelling the attack, the Russian large landing craft Caesar Kunikov sank due to several explosions of sea drones.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces also tried to attack infrastructure facilities in the rear regions of Russia. In the Voronezh region, a Ukrainian attack drone was neutralized on approach to an oil depot.

The Belgorod region continues to suffer as well - there the Ukrainian Armed Forces staged a UAV raid on the border area. Three targets were shot down; debris from the fourth seriously injured a woman who was hospitalized.

Meanwhile, on the special operations fronts, Russian troops continue to hold the initiative on several fronts. To the north-west of Bakhmut, the Russian Armed Forces significantly expanded the zone of control south of the Popovsky forest, pushing the enemy away from the outskirts of Khromovo.

In the Donetsk direction, Russian troops carried out several attacks using Iskander missiles. As a result of the raid, a large enemy temporary deployment point in Selidovo was hit at a distance of 40 km from the front.

Another target for attack on the same day was an armored vehicle parking lot in the village of Tsukurino. The first blow was delivered from an MLRS. During the evacuation of the equipment, artillery fired at it again.

08:10 Official summary Representative offices of the DPR in the JCCC:

Twelve armed attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC

Damaged:

Five artillery attacks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Donetsk direction

Five artillery attacks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Gorlovka direction

Two attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Yasinovat direction.

In total, the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired 39 units of various ammunition.

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