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Current information on the situation on the front line: October 14 (updated)
2024-10-15
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 19:20 Calculations of the 12mm BM-21 MLRS "Grad" of the "Yuzhnaya" group of forces support advancing infantry groups in the Kurakhovsky direction.

19:18 Obzornaya station near Dzerzhinsk (Toretsk) came under the control of the Russian Army.

In addition to increasing control in the city itself, Russian troops are moving to encircle from the east, reported military correspondent Timofey Ermakov.

18:45 An Iskander "flew" into the Odessa port today. Preliminary, the ships "NS Moon" and "Optima" were hit. In addition, the explosion affected a number of buildings related to the functioning of the port.

Several sources report that a boat of the Marine Guard of the Border Service of Ukraine was also hit. There were six KIAs on the enemy side, war correspondent Kotenok reported.

18:39 Combat work lead T-72B3M crews of the West group of forces

The priority targets are enemy fortifications and military equipment, including foreign-made ones.

18:35 About half of the territory that was taken by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region has been liberated, said the commander of the Akhmat special forces, Alaudinov

According to him, a large amount of Western enemy equipment was destroyed in the Kursk direction.

18:30 Artillery of the Vostok group of forces “drives into the ground” enemy positions near Bogoyavlenka/Dobrovolye –video.

18:07 Explosions have occurred again in the Kyiv-controlled city of Kherson. This was reported by the Ukrainian publication "Obshchestvennoye".

18:05 The Divanny General Staff reports on the liberation of Cherkasskaya Konopelka, Novoivanovka, Leonidovo and Olgovka in the Kursk region.

17:29 Situation north of Priyutny.

Today, the assault groups of the 5th Army advanced in the Levandnoye area.

16:44 Footage from the Khar'kov direction: Russian Armed Forces fighters destroyed a reconnaissance group of the Ukrainian Armed Forces consisting of eight people, which included a scout with a chevron with the US flag.

16:32 Russian naval infantry and aAirborne units are driving the enemy out of the settlement of Malaya Loknya using FPV drones and attack drones.

16:06 Footage strike of a high-precision munition "Krasnopol" on a combat armored vehicle of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

16:00 Explosions have thundered again in the city of Kherson, controlled by Kyiv, the Ukrainian publication “Public. News” reported.

15:34 After the liberation of Levadnoye, the Russian Armed Forces began to probe the enemy's defenses in the direction of Novodarovka and Rivnepil, which the Ukrainian Armed Forces also captured in the summer of 2023 during the offensive on the Vrem'yevsk salient. Particularly heavy fighting then took place for Novodarovka.

15:04 Operator of the Kornet ATGM of the 14th Guards Special Forces Brigade sends a missile right into the side of a bus that had arrived at a Ukrainian Armed Forces position for personnel rotation.

14:50 Destruction of temporary deployment point of the Ukrainian Armed Forces using the Inokhodets unmanned strike system in the border area of the Kursk region.

14:27 Footage of assault by airborne troops on the eastern part of the village of Lyubimovka in the Kursk region.

14:00 Special forces of the 29th Army are “hunting” for the remnants of enemy manpower in the forest belts north of Ugledar –video.

13:19 Data is coming in from objective monitoring of the breakthrough of the special forces "Akhmat" beyond the SD-D canal near Chasov Yar in the direction of Stupochki. Our troops have taken the junction of the N-34 highway.

13:00 Paratroopers of the 98th Airborne Division destroyed Flight test of Ukrainian Armed Forces UAV operators in the Kursk direction.

During aerial reconnaissance, a UAV operator discovered a temporary deployment point for Ukrainian Armed Forces FPV drone operators in a house in the border area of Kursk Oblast. Russian "drone operators" raised kamikaze drones to carry out fire damage. As a result, the FPV was destroyed along with the militants.

12:46 Missile “arrival” in Odessa.

12:40 Summary of the Russian Ministry of Defense on the progress of the special military operation (as of October 14, 2024):

Units of the North group of forces in the Liptsov and Volchansk directions inflicted defeat on formations of the 57th Motorized Infantry Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 129th Territorial Defense Brigade in the areas of the settlements of Volchansk and Liptsy in the Khar'kov region.

The fighters of the "West" group of forces occupied more advantageous lines and positions, inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of the 3rd tank, 14th, 114th, 115th Mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the 112th Territorial Defense Brigade, the 1st and 27th brigades of the National Guard in the areas of the settlements of Novoosinovo, Petrovpavlovka, Glushkovka, Kupyansk-Uzlovaya, Dvurechnoye, Pershotravnevoye and Kruglyakovka in the Khar'kov region.

Two counterattacks by assault groups of the 67th Mechanized and 3rd Airborne Assault Brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were repelled.

The servicemen of the "Southern" group of troops continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defense, inflicting defeat on the formations of the 28th, 56th Mechanized, 79th Airborne Assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 116th Territorial Defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Levanevskoye, Shevchenko, Kramatorsk, Zaliznyanskoye and Kurakhovo of the Donetsk People's Republic.

We repelled three counterattacks by units of the 28th, 46th Mechanized and 81st Airmobile brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Units of the Center group of forces improved the position along the forward edge, inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of the 5th Tank, 28th, 67th, 100th Mechanized, 25th Airborne brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the 119th Territorial Defense Brigade and the 14th National Guard Brigade in the areas of the settlements of Rodinske, Kurakhovka, Selidovo, Dimitrov, Tsukurino, Novoselidovka, Dzerzhinsk and Mirolyubovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.

They repelled nine counterattacks by units of the 53rd, 100th, 110th, 157th Mechanized brigades, 49th and 425th Assault Battalions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the 38th Naval Infantry Brigade.

The "East" group of forces liberated the settlement of Levadnoye in the Zaporizhia region and occupied more advantageous positions. It inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of the 72nd Mechanized, 58th Motorized infantry brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 110th territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Dobrovolye in the Donetsk People's Republic and Temirovka in the Zaporizhia region.

Units of the Dnepr group of forces inflicted losses on formations of the 141st Infantry Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the 35th Naval Infantry Brigade and the 124th Territorial Defense Brigade in the areas of the settlements of Stepnoye in the Zaporizhia region, Dneprovskoye and Antonovka in the Kherson region.

Operational-tactical aviation, strike unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces groups inflicted damage on concentrations of enemy manpower and military equipment in 119 areas.

Air defense systems shot down a US-made HIMARS rocket and 25 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles.

12:19 Units of the "East" military group have liberated the settlement of Levadnoye in the Zaporizhia region, the Russian Defense Ministry reported

11:56 Servicemen of the 5th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the "Southern" group of troops told on the liberation of the settlement of Ostrovskoe in the Donetsk People's Republic.

Under pressure from our assault groups, the Ukrainian Armed Forces units were forced to hastily retreat to the neighboring village of Kurakhovo, leaving the wounded in their positions.

11:40 UAV operators of the 18th Army destroyed two vehicles of Ukrainian Armed Forces militants on the right bank of the Kherson region.

11:19 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS crews of the Airborne Forces artillery unit destroyed a concentration of Ukrainian infantry in the border area of ??the Kursk region –video.

10:31 According to preliminary data, as of the morning of October 14, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have been completely driven out of the village of Novy Put (Kursk region).

The Russian Armed Forces have cleared most of the enemy from the bridgehead captured by the Ukrainian Armed Forces south of Vesyoloye, reported military correspondent Yuriy Kotenok.

10:24 Ka-52M "smashed" personnel and armored vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the border area of the Kursk region. The strikes were carried out with missiles on reconnoitered enemy targets.

10:10 According to operational information, the route to Novodmitrovka from Selidovo has been completely cut off by Russian troops, plus the Russian Armed Forces have come close to the village of Vishnevoye, implementing the concept of encircling Selidovo.

10:07 Servicemen of the 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS crew of the Center group of forces struck an area of concentration of enemy manpower and equipment in the Avdeevka direction.

09:55 Strikes are being carried out on enemy targets in the Sumy and Khar'kov regions.

09:41 Over the past week, Russian forces have repelled 45 attempts by the Ukrainian Armed Forces to penetrate the region's territory on the LPR borders, killing over 7,000 soldiers and foreign mercenaries. This was reported by military expert Andrey Marochko.

09:24 Footage objective control of the destruction of two Ukrainian Armed Forces tanks

In Sumy Oblast, servicemen of the North military group used Lancet loitering munitions to destroy two Ukrainian Armed Forces tanks.

08:19 As a result of a battle in the border area of the Kursk region, naval infantry captured Western-made weapons, flags and personal belongings of Ukrainian Armed Forces militants.

During the assault, the enemy attempted to resist, but to no avail. The Ukrainian Armed Forces fighters were destroyed, and the survivors surrendered.

08:14 Fighters of the "Southern" grouptoldthat during the storming of the settlement of Ostrovskoye in the DPR, “they did not give the enemy the opportunity to dig in and fortify themselves.”

08:09 120mm mortar crew of the Guards airborne assault unit of the North Group of Forcestore offrotation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in one of the border regions of the Kursk region.

08:09 Foreign mercenaries in the ranks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces are the firstare leavingpositions on the front line as Russian attack aircraft approached them, said a senior instructor of the Leningrad regiment with the call sign "Concrete".

08:04 UAV crews of the Dnepr group of troops of the Russian Armed Forces in one of the most difficult areas of the Orekhov direction in the Zaporizhia regiondestroyedUkrainian Armed Forces firing points in the forest belt.

08:01 The Russian Armed Forces have advanced in Donbass and Kursk region.

Russian fighters advanced near Kalinovka, Chasovy Yar, Grigoryevka, Ugledar, Olgovka, Kremnevoye, Tsukurino and Zolotoy Niva.

08:00 First frames The Ministry of Defense from Ostrovsky, liberated by the Russian Armed Forces, to the DPR. The fighters raised the Russian flag.

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