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Dozens of soldiers freed in Russia-Ukraine prisoner swap
[An Nahar] Dozens of Russian and Ukrainian prisoners of war have returned home following a prisoner swap, officials on both sides said Saturday.

Top Ukrainian presidential aide Andriy Yermak said in a Telegram post that 116 Ukrainians were freed.

He said the released POWs include troops who held out in Mariupol during Moscow's monthslong siege that reduced the southern port city to ruins, as well as guerrilla fighters from the Kherson region and snipers captured during the ongoing fierce battles for the eastern city of Bakhmut.

Russian defense officials, meanwhile, announced that 63 Russian troops had returned from Ukraine following the swap, including some "special category" prisoners whose release was secured following mediation by the United Arab Emirates.

A statement issued Saturday by the Russian Defense Ministry did not provide details about these "special category" captives.
Did they have all their parts?
Posted by: Fred || 02/05/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11 views] Top|| File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats


Western allies pledge precision rockets, missile systems to Kyiv
[An Nahar] Western allies have pledged precision rockets and missile systems to Ukraine, after President Volodymyr Zelensky called for sophisticated weapons to help retain control of the embattled eastern city of Bakhmut.

The European Union
...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing...
agreed to introduce price caps on Russian petroleum products to try to further limit Russian President Vladimir Putin
...President-for-Life of Russia. He gets along well with other presidents for life. He is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substance. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to him. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substances...
's war chest by targeting his key exports.

The announcements came shortly after Zelensky told a summit with EU leaders in Kyiv: "No one will surrender Bakhmut. We will fight as long as we can.

"If weapon (deliveries) are accelerated -- namely long-range weapons -- we will not only not withdraw from Bakhmut, we will begin to de-occupy Donbas," he said of the eastern region of Ukraine.

The United States on Friday announced a new $2.2-billion package of arms and munitions, which the Pentagon said included a new rocket-propelled precision bomb that could nearly double Kyiv's strike range against Russian forces.

The ground-launched small-diameter bombs (GLSDB), which can fly up to 150 kilometres (93 miles), could threaten key Russian supply lines, arms depots and air bases far behind the front lines.

They potentially give Kyiv's forces the ability to strike anywhere in the Russian-occupied Donbas, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions, as well as the northern part of occupied Crimea.

However,
the difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits...
"the delivery of the GLSDB likely won't be for several months due to contracting, production, and delivery timelines", said Pentagon front man Lt Col Garron Garn, declining to say how many would be delivered.

La Belle France and Italia will deliver mobile surface-to-air missile systems, the French defence ministry said, in response to an urgent request from Kyiv to help protect "civilian populations and infrastructure from Russian air attacks."

The systems, called MAMBA or SAMP, are a vehicle-mounted battery of medium-range missiles designed to offer protection from airborne threats such as missiles and manned or unmanned aircraft.
Posted by: Fred || 02/05/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [19 views] Top|| File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats

#1  Biden says US fighter jets will not be provided to Kyiv.

Kyiv says they will be, that it is a done deal.

Who is lying?
Posted by: Mad Eye Omeretch7959 || 02/05/2023 13:47 Comments || Top||

#2  Biden and Kyiv lying? Yes?

Magic 8-Ball says: "It remains to be seen"
Posted by: Frank G || 02/05/2023 17:05 Comments || Top||

#3  Some country will send their outdated planes to Ukraine. Those planes will never be seen again, based on how this scam seems to be working. Ukraine may sell them to somebody after the war. The donated planes will be replaced with brand new F-16s donated by Biden.

The winners - The Military Industrial Complex
The perpetual losers - The American Tax Payers
The Liars - Just about everybody
Posted by: Super Hose || 02/05/2023 22:11 Comments || Top||


Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: February 4th, 2023
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[Korrespondent] 23:10 Arakhamia said that Zelensky deprived the citizenship of Ukraine "traitors who were one of the pillars of the Yanukovych regime." Among them, in particular, Andrey Klyuev, Dmitry Tabachnik, Alexander Klimenko, Vitaly Zakharchenko, Alexander Yakimenko.

21:36 Canadian Minister of National Defense Anita Anand announced that the first Canadian Leopard 2 tank for the Armed Forces of Ukraine is on its way.

20:35 The situation at the front is becoming even tougher, Zelensky said: "During the 346 days of such a war, I often had to say that the situation at the front is tough. And that the situation is getting tougher. Now is such a time again. A time when the occupier is throwing more and more of their forces to break our defenses. Now it is very difficult in Bakhmut, Vugledar, in Limansky and other directions. "

20:31 Zelensky said that today he signed documents "to take another step to protect and cleanse our state from those who are on the side of the aggressor": "There is a submission from the Security Service regarding persons who have Russian citizenship. Tomorrow "another legal step will be taken to implement the NSDC sanctions decisions. And we are working to synchronize our sanctions decisions with partner jurisdictions. Enemies of the free world have no right to use the free world for their own interests."

20:25 Since February 24, Ukraine has managed to return 1,762 people from Russian captivity, Zelensky said in an evening video message. "I thank our entire team that provides exchanges, the entire coordinating headquarters of the GUR. Budanov, Usov, Yermak, Klimenko, Malyuk, Lubinets - thank you all! Thanks to everyone who helped. Of course, it is worth remembering Denis Monastyrsky ... This exchange was prepared yet with his participation. And his death is really a great loss for our state," the President stressed.

19:52 NATO Parliamentary Assembly President Joel Garrio-Maillam visited Borodyanka, Kyiv region, and assured that the alliance's PA strongly and rigorously supports Ukraine: "But we must understand that it turned out that NATO countries did not prepare, as no one prepared, for such a large-scale war "We don't even have the munitions we need to meet the needs of such an intense war. This means that we must all harness ourselves together and work to develop the potential that will help us achieve our goal of peace through victory."

18:33 The White House announced a special program to verify the use of American money in Ukraine for three years, which means that in the near future the United States will continue to help Kiev both financially and with weapons, said the head of the All-Russian Armed Forces of Ukraine on monitoring the supply of weapons and other assistance to Ukraine Alexandra Ustinov.

“But it’s worth understanding here that these monitoring teams have been at the US Embassy for a very long time. They just work quietly, go to the front line. This is an ongoing process that has been going on for a long time. It’s just that the leaders of these people have just arrived,” she explained.

18:29 The enemy is regrouping in separate directions, focusing its main efforts on conducting offensive operations in the Kupyansky, Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Novopavlovsky directions, the General Staff said in the evening summary.

To make up for losses in manpower, the Russians are trying to recruit convicted women to participate in the hostilities. Within a week, the invaders recruited about 50 people from the women's correctional colony in the city of Snizhne, Donetsk region. It is known that they are sent to the territory of the Russian Federation for training.

18:13 Yuriy Ignat, spokesman for the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, told what the air raid time depends on, how defenders detect and hit targets, and also answered other common questions about the work of air defense.

18:11 This week, the Russian troops threw all their forces into breaking through the Ukrainian defense and cordoning off Bakhmut, launched powerful offensive operations in the Liman direction, but did not achieve success, said Anna Malyar, Deputy Defense Minister.

17:54 Macron maintains telephone contact with Putin mainly at the request of Zelensky, French Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Anne-Claire Legendre said in an interview with RTVi. According to her, this is necessary to preserve the negotiating platform even now, when both sides are determined to fight, so that when the time comes to negotiate, to have an opportunity for dialogue. The French Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said Macron had spoken to Putin 14 times since February 24. Legendre stressed that Macron's calls to Putin are being coordinated with France's allies.

As an example, she cited a conversation about the situation around the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, as a result of which it was possible to send an IAEA delegation there.

17:39 China provides the Russian Federation with the technology that Moscow needs to wage war against Ukraine, writes The Wall Street Journal, citing Russian customs data. In particular, Chinese state-owned defense companies have sent navigation equipment, electronic warfare equipment, and jet fighter parts to Russian state-owned defense companies under sanctions.

17:02 Zelensky said that he had spoken with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak: "He thanked for the start of training of Ukrainian crews on the Challengers. They also talked about further expanding the capabilities of the Ukrainian army, versatile support for Ukraine in the short and long term. He emphasized separately: representatives of the aggressor are not place at the upcoming Paris Olympics.

16:34 The Cabinet of Ministers adopted a resolution according to which all security and defense forces will officially be able to use the Delta platform. Thanks to this platform, soldiers see the battlefield with the location of enemy forces online. Data from aerial reconnaissance, satellites, drones, stationary cameras, radars, chats, etc. are being pulled to the platform, Mikhail Fedorov, head of the Ministry of Digital Development, said. According to him, Delta is an important component in planning military operations. The Ministry of Defense Innovation Center is constantly improving the platform by adding new features.

In addition to the use of the platform by the military, the government has allowed Delta to be hosted in the cloud outside of Ukraine. This will protect the system from enemy missile and cyber attacks.

16:16 The number of Ukrainian refugees registered in Europe under the temporary protection program, as of January 31, is 4 million 823 thousand people, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees reported. Most of all refugees with the status of temporary protection in Poland - 1 million 563 thousand (in two months their number increased by 55.5 thousand people), in second place - Germany (881 thousand), in third - the Czech Republic (485 thousand).

16:07 The Council of the EU has made a final decision on the establishment of two marginal prices for oil products that originate from Russia or are exported from it. The first price limit for oil products sold at a discount to crude oil is set at $45 per barrel, the second price limit for oil products sold at a premium to crude oil is set at $100 per barrel. The changes come into effect on February 5th.

15:46 The Ministry of Defense of Great Britain reported that this week the tankers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine quickly mastered the control of the Challenger 2:

15:12 Ukraine has every right to strike at Crimea, Podolyak said, commenting on Medvedev's threats: "International law is clear. Ukraine can liberate its territories using any tools. Crimea is Ukraine. Therefore, the threats of Russian officials about "retribution strikes" are only fixing the intention to commit mass murders and trying to scare in the traditional style of the Russian Federation. Always ignore Medvedev."

14:44 Portugal will send Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine after repairs, Prime Minister António Costa said. Parts will be purchased in Germany. At the same time, he did not specify how many units Ukraine would receive. Earlier media reported that Portugal has 37 of these machines, most of them are out of order.

13:28 SBU showed an exclusive video with Ukrainians released from captivity:

12:13 Electricity consumption in Ukraine on February 4 decreased compared to the working day, and production at thermal power plants also increased. Accordingly, the power shortage has decreased, Ukrenergo reported. Consumption limits have been brought to all oblenergos.

12:05 British intelligence believes that Russia's actions to "integrate" the occupied territories of Ukraine are unlikely to have an impact on the course of the war. Analysts note that Russia has officially included the occupied territories of Ukraine in its Southern Military District - in a way the Russian military seeks to integrate the recently captured lands into a long-term strategic position. However, this is unlikely to have a direct impact on the course of the campaign, intelligence is convinced.

11:43 In the Odessa region, a large-scale accident occurred in the main network: at one of the high-voltage substations through which power is supplied to Odessa, an autotransformer, restored after damage during Russian attacks, failed. Therefore, network restrictions apply in the city and several districts of the region adjacent to Odessa, and emergency shutdowns in Odessa, Ukrenergo reported.

The company noted that during the last few missile attacks, the enemy deliberately targeted the high-voltage infrastructure of the Odessa region, trying to de-energize the region. All high-voltage substations in the region were significantly damaged. The scale of the accident is quite significant, so the power supply restrictions this time will be longer.

11:29 Another large exchange of prisoners took place: 116 people returned to Ukraine - the defenders of Mariupol, Kherson partisans, snipers from the Bakhmut direction and other heroes, Yermak said. In total, 87 soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine returned, two of them from the MTR, as well as eight troopers, seven from the National Guard, six from the National Police, five from the State Border Guard Service, two from the Navy and one representative of the State Emergency Service. Of these, two officers and 114 privates and sergeants.
Good. More, please, especially the children.
In addition, it was possible to return the bodies of the dead foreign volunteers Christopher Matthew Perry and Andrew Tobias Matthew, as well as the body of the deceased volunteer soldier - a Ukrainian who served in the French Foreign Legion and returned to defend Ukraine after the start of a full-scale Russian invasion - Yevgeny Kulyk.

In turn, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that "as a result of a complex negotiation process" 63 Russian soldiers were returned from the territory of Ukraine. According to the agency, the group of released Russian military includes persons of a "sensitive category", the exchange of which became possible thanks to the mediation of the UAE.

10:38 Medvedev said that in the event of Ukrainian attacks on the Crimea and deep into Russia, her answer "can be anything, they are ready to use all types of weapons." According to him, Russia's response to attacks on its territory will be "quick, tough and convincing."

09:46 The European Union plans to supply Ukraine with 2 GW of electricity, said the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. She recalled that earlier Ukraine exported electricity to the EU, but now the situation has changed.

09:27 The Verkhovna Rada will soon again extend the period of martial law and general mobilization. These extensions will take effect after February 19 and, in all likelihood, will last again for 90 days, MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak said. This will be the sixth parliamentary vote for martial law since the start of the war.

09:22 In the Kiev region, 1369 bodies of civilians killed by the invaders were found, of which 197 bodies remain unidentified. In addition, 300 people are considered missing, said the head of the regional National Police Andrey Nebytov. More than 10,000 criminal proceedings have been opened on the facts of the commission of crimes by the Russian military, and 50 suspicions have been handed over.

09:13 In the Kherson region, one person was killed and three wounded due to Russian shelling during the day, the OVA reported.

09:07 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, two people were killed - in Toretsk and Bakhmut. Another 14 people were injured in the region, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.

08:32 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy as of the morning of February 4.

  • personnel - about 130,590 (+720) people liquidated,

  • tanks - 3218 (+3),

  • armored combat vehicles - 6394 (+6),

  • artillery systems - 2220 (+5),

  • MLRS - 460 (+0),

  • air defense systems - 225 (+3),

  • aircraft - 294 (+0),

  • helicopters - 284 (+0),

  • UAV operational-tactical level - 1956 (+4),

  • cruise missiles - 796 (+0),

  • ships/boats - 18 (+0),

  • automotive equipment and tankers - 5081 (+13),

  • special equipment - 203 (+1).

08:26 The enemy continues offensive operations in the Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Novopavlovsky directions, suffers heavy losses, the General Staff said in the morning report . Over the past day, units of the Defense Forces repelled the attacks of the invaders in the areas of the settlements of Grekovka, Nevskoye, Kremennaya and Dibrova of the Luhansk region and Verkhnekamenskoye, Krasnaya Gora, Paraskoveevka, Bakhmut and Ivanovskoye of the Donetsk region.

According to the General Staff, the invaders are preparing for the evacuation of collaborators with families in the Troitsky district of the Luhansk region.

08:19 In Borisovka, Belgorod region of the Russian Federation, fires broke out at the oil depot and at the plant. Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said that shells hit the territory of an industrial plant, according to preliminary information, there were no casualties. Local publics write that we are talking about the Borisov plant of bridge metal structures, which, in particular, produced structures for the Crimean bridge.

03:34 The United States withdrew from the sanctions associated with the introduction of a price ceiling for Russian oil products, supplies to Bulgaria, Croatia and landlocked EU countries. The US Treasury issued an order to start such a limit as early as February 5.

00:17 US Attorney General Merrick Garland for the first time allowed the transfer of confiscated Russian assets for use in Ukraine. We are talking about $ 5.4 million belonging to the Russian sub-sanctioned oligarch Konstantin Malofeev.

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Russian Perspective: Operation to Denazify Ukraine: Operational Brief Febnuary 4th (updated)
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.

[NewsFrontInfo] 21:51 On February 3, police officers of the Kherson region found in the village. Askania-Nova, Chaplinsky municipal district, an ammunition cache buried in the ground, in which there were about 3,000 rounds of ammunition. The cache was dug up in the bushes near the fence on the territory of the zoo of the Askania-Nova Reserve .

19:58 The result of today's attacks of attack aircraft of the 144th Mechanized Rifle Division against the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Yampolovka area. The personnel of the enemy was destroyed, the opornik was captured.

19:54 Paratroopers of the 76th Guards Airborne Assault Division of the Airborne Forces continue work in the Kremennaya area.

To some extent, the 76th Division can be considered one of the champions in terms of the amount of work in various directions.

The paratroopers traveled from the Kyiv region, then through the LPR, leaving for the Kherson direction, where they continued to carry out combat missions, and generally earned positive feedback from our friends from the Special Forces who crossed paths with them in combat. And now again the LPR, where the Pskovites, with the support of tanks, BMD-2, BTR-D and BMPT, are taking action to eliminate the enemy in the forests near Kremennaya.

19:07 A sniper of the 2nd Army Corps lay in ambush for a long time and waited for the enemy. I waited: an accurate hit on the target at a distance of 1,200 meters. The offensive in the direction of Seversk continues -video

18:51 Ukrainian sources report that in Bakhmut itself, almost all the streets are already under fire. Losses among the Ukrainian group are high, even among conditionally rear specialties: for example, at least three orderlies/doctors of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were killed in the last week

18:49 The southern part of Artemovsk has already been cleared by Wagner PMC stormtroopers -video

18:33 Ukrainian military registration and enlistment offices again resorted to the dating app Tinder to catch cannon fodder.

17:54 Air raid alert announced throughout the territory of Ukraine - the authorities.

17:14 Ukrainian troops in the Kupyansk direction knocked out from the western outskirts of Dvurechny in the Kharkiv region, in total, more than 30 Ukrainian soldiers were destroyed in this direction per day.

16:31 "We won't be here for a long time, distant points are still being shot through": unique frames cleansing of one of the last fortified areas of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Marinka.

Russian troops liberate the city. One of the last fortifications of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, located in the bank building, was cleared. The commander of a motorized rifle company with the call sign Silence and the commander of the assault group Compass gave the RT film crew a tour of the positions where the Ukrainian military had just recently been located.

As Compass noted, most of the buildings in the city are built of stone, concrete and brick. And Maryinsky Bank is one of the most difficult areas to storm, along with the Rada, the dairy and the police station.

On the bank building, which the Ukrainian military held on to the last, T-90M and T-72B3M tanks, as well as MLRS systems, were tested several times. It survived not only the assault of the RF Armed Forces, but also shelling from the other side. As soon as the Armed Forces of Ukraine were forced to withdraw from this area, 122mm BM-21 Ukrainian Grads began to work on the abandoned positions. Of the four floors, one and a half remained, but the building is still not completely destroyed.

The Ukrainian military mined not only the approaches to the bank, but also the very entrance to it. According to Tishina, they managed to clear and seize the building with a trick: a smokescreen was placed along the entire front, attack aircraft of the 150th Division went into the rear of the Armed Forces of Ukraine for a diversionary maneuver. After that, the T-90M tank broke through to the bank from the flank - they worked on the Ukrainian machine gunners remaining in the building with direct fire.

Compass and Silence barely have time to finish the story about the cleansing of the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Maryinka. Two artillery shells arrive 50 meters from our film crew, after which a powerful battle begins.

15:54 The work of our tankers in Maryinka -video
You can simultaneously assess the level of destruction in the western part of the city. Everything is rubbish.

15:11 152mm Msta-B howitzers cover enemy deployment sites -video

Artillery crews of the Southern Military District destroy enemy military equipment using high-explosive, high-explosive fragmentation, and precision-guided munitions, causing maximum damage.

15:07 Report of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress holding special military operation (04.02.2023)

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to conduct a special military operation.

In the Kupyansk direction, as a result of offensive actions by units of the "Western" group of troops, the enemy was driven out from the western outskirts of the settlement Dvurechnoye, Kharkov region.

The formations of the 92nd Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Krakhmalnoe and Berestovoe in the Kharkiv region were defeated by army aviation strikes and artillery fire. More than 30 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles and three vehicles were destroyed.

In the Krasno-Limansky direction, offensive operations of the units of the "Center" group of troops continued.

In the areas of the settlements of Chervonaya Dibrova of the Luhansk People's Republic, Serebryanka and Grigorovka of the Donetsk People's Republic, a complex fire defeat was inflicted on accumulations of manpower and equipment of the 80th and 95th air assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

During the day, over 100 Ukrainian servicemen, six armored combat vehicles, a 122mm BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launcher and a 122mm D-30 howitzer were destroyed in this direction.

In the Donetsk direction, during offensive operations, units of the "Southern" group of forces occupied more advantageous lines and positions.

As a result of artillery fire and active actions of a group of forces, up to 60 Ukrainian servicemen, three armored combat vehicles, four vehicles, an 152mm MSTA-B howitzer, an 152mm 2S3 Akatsiya self-propelled howitzer and a BM-21 multiple rocket launcher system combat vehicle were destroyed in a day. City".

In the areas of the settlements of Kramatorsk and Vuhledar of the Donetsk People's Republic, two depots of ammunition and rocket and artillery weapons of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed.

In addition, US-made AN/TPQ-36, AN/TPQ-37 and AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery radar stations were destroyed in the areas of the settlements of Markovo, Tikhonovka and Novomikhailovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.

In the South-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, as a result of artillery fire from units of the Vostok group of forces, more than 35 Ukrainian servicemen, one tank, two armored personnel carriers, and two 152mm MSTA-B howitzers in the areas of the settlements of Prechistovka and Ilyinka of the Donetsk People's Republic were destroyed in a day .

In the Kherson direction, during a counter-battery fight, a combat vehicle of a 122mm BM-21 Grad multiple launch rocket system was destroyed near the settlement of Novokaira, Kherson region. An ammunition depot near the village of Tokarevka, Kherson region, was also destroyed.

Operational-tactical aviation, missile forces and artillery of groups of troops (forces) of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation inflicted defeat on the 92nd artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at firing positions, manpower and military equipment in 108 districts in a day.

During the day, thirteen unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed by means of air defense in the areas of the settlements of Raigorodka, Belogorovka, Kremennaya, Golikovo, Krasnorechenskoye of the Luhansk People's Republic, Aleksandrovka, Novoselivka, Staromayorskoe of the Donetsk People's Republic, Malaya Tokmachka, Stepanovka of the Zaporozhye region and Tyaginka of the Kherson region.

In addition, four Alder and HIMARS multiple rocket launchers were shot down, as well as one Tochka-U tactical missile in the areas of the settlements of Oborotnovka, Goncharovka of the Luhansk People's Republic and Terny of the Donetsk People's Republic.

In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 382 aircraft, 206 helicopters, 3,021 unmanned aerial vehicles, 403 anti-aircraft missile systems, 7,737 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,007 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 3,996 field artillery pieces and a mortar, as well as 8,262 units of special military vehicles.

14:31 Stormtroopers of the Akhmat special forces, consisting of volunteers from all over the country, occupied a forest near the village of Spornoye. For six months of fighting, the enemy lost several hundred people here. Reported by Dmitry Kulkoframesreconnaissance in combat of the next target - the heights above the dam. Destruction of identified firing points of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, including using a drone with an ammunition drop system.

14:19 Ukrainians in Donbass are having a hard time. Near the village of Nikolskoye, gunners of the Kaskad OBTF DPR, with the support of UAVs, inflicted a fire defeat on another ATGM crew of Bandera fans -video

14:16 Every projectile - right on target -video

Combat work of artillery crews 152mm "Msta-B" of the Southern Military District to destroy the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the zone of the special operation

Every day, the artillery crews of the Southern Military District conduct a counter-battery fight against the enemy, destroying, among other things, samples of foreign weapons and military equipment supplied by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. This time, our artillerymen destroyed the stronghold of Ukrainian militants with an accurate blow.

The crews of the 152mm Msta-B howitzers use high-explosive, high-explosive fragmentation, as well as precision-guided munitions, which allows them to inflict maximum damage on fortifications, deep concrete fortifications, armored vehicles and enemy manpower.

13:37 "Brave" demonstrate the skills of the jewelry defeat of the equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine -video

Soldiers of the combat crew of the Kornet ATGM skillfully buried the Ukrainian infantry fighting vehicle in the direction of Kremennaya-Svatovo. Our men did the job as competently as possible: with the first rocket they knocked out the equipment of the militants, with the second they drove a nail into the lid of the coffin so that the repairmen could not resurrect the dead man.

13:36 Battles near Kremennaya: Russian Army destroys enemy armored vehicles -video

Our gunners dismantled the BMP of Ukrainian terrorists in the Krasno-Limansky direction with one shot. The indispensable flying comrades - UAVs help the artillery in delivering pinpoint strikes.

13:31 The distrust of the military of the Armed Forces of Ukraine towards Zaluzhny is growing every day!
Ukrovoin from the country 404 began to understand that if some officials failed to steal money for the purchase of products for the needs of the army, then they would simply deprive them of a monthly bonus of 30 thousand hryvnias -video

12:04 Tankers of the 1st Slavic brigade are destroying enemy concentrations -video

Tank units of the 1st Donetsk Army Corps support the advancing infantry on the line of contact. Tankers of the 1st Slavic brigade went to the firing line where they inflicted a fire defeat on the enemy.

11:42 Russian units, while taking another strong point near Seversk, destroyed all the fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine who refused to raise their hands.

11:40 Our gunners are working in the Donetsk direction. They beat the enemy, destroy the fortifications, helping the attack aircraft to take up new positions -video

At the same time, our artillerymen perform a dual function, they not only help to take positions, but then help to hold them with counter-battery fire. Since the enemy, after losing another line of defense, mercilessly strikes there.

11:35 They did a great job - our "Rapier" sowed panic among the Armed Forces of Ukraine, - Milonov video

11:06 Russian artillerymen inflicted an attack on the parking lot of equipment of the Ukrainian troops in Kherson, destroying five vehicles, including the installation of a multiple launch rocket system. At the same time, seven militants were liquidated, eight were injured, RIA Novosti reports, citing an unnamed source familiar with the situation.

11:05 The Ministry of Defense showed the combat work of the Tornado-S MLRS crews to destroy military equipment and units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine -video

10:42 As a result of a complex negotiation process with the territory of Ukraine controlled by the Kyiv regime returned 63 Russian military, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

10:36 Police officers in Skadovsk discovered an ammunition cache in a sewer well on the territory of a former tuberculosis dispensary. The plastic bag contained F-1 and RGD-5 grenades, fuses, a flare, 25 rounds of 7.62 mm and 196 rounds of 5.45 mm.

The search for the "owner" of the cache is underway.

10:34 Battle for Liman and Seversk at 10.00 February 4, 2023

Russian troops launched an offensive at the Krasnopopovka-Kremennaya line a few days ago. The defensive lines of the 66th brigade, 25th Brigade and 19th Combined Battalion were broken through in a swoop. The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in killed and wounded exceed hundreds of people.

As a result of the attack on a wide front, the fighters of the RF Armed Forces advanced almost to Yampolovka, and in the Dibrov area they knocked out the territorial defense forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to the south and south-west of the settlement, expanding the control zone in Serebryansky forestry.

Judging by the negotiations between the members of the 25th Brigade, the offensive of the Russian Army was unexpected for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Retreating from the front lines, Ukrainian formations threw weapons and ammunition.

Now the units of the 144th Motor Rifle Division of the RF Armed Forces are fixed on the occupied lines. There are active artillery duels. Formations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are regrouping at the Yampolovka-Terny line.

Several units of tanks from the 3rd battalion of the 17th detachment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as reinforcements from the 25th Airborne Brigade of the Airborne Forces of Ukraine, arrived in the Terna area, occupying positions near Zhuravka Balka and in Yampolovka.

In the Lisichansk sector, Russian assault troops attacked Belogorovka, as a result of which the village came under the control of the RF Armed Forces. There is a cleanup going on at the moment.

During the fighting, a company of 81 oambr in the amount of 160 people was completely destroyed, one of the units was surrounded. The survivors fled their positions.

Simultaneous advancement of Wagner PMC assault detachments from Soledar, the 144th Motorized Rifle Division of the RF Armed Forces in the Liman sector and the liberation of Belogorovka creates the prerequisites for access to Seversk and its operational encirclement from the south, north and east.

A further offensive by the RF Armed Forces in this direction will call into question the ability of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to hold it. The settlement is located in a lowland and it is virtually impossible to defend it.

10:16 Armored monsters of the 1st Slavic brigade -video

Tankers of the Donetsk Army Corps support the advancing infantry, inflicting crushing blows on Ukrainian terrorists.

10:11 Frontline summary on the morning of 02/04/2023

In the Kherson direction, Russian artillery dealt a massive blow to the regional center. In addition, Kizomys, Novotyaginka, Burgunka, Mylovoe, Gavrilovka, Mikhailovka and Zolotaya Balka were under fire. The Armed Forces of Ukraine responded with a blow to Novaya Kakhovka. (Fig. 1)

On the Donetsk front, Russian troops found a new direction of attack. A little northwest of Novomikhailovka, where they cannot achieve success for a long time, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation launched offensive actions against Paraskovyovka.

Not to be confused with the important settlement of the same name in the Luhansk region. Russian artillery also fired at the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Pobeda, the western part of Maryinka, Georgievka, Krasnogorovka, Nevelskoye, Pervomaisky, Thin, Vodyany, Severny, Avdeevka and Vesel. The Armed Forces of Ukraine hit Oleksandrivka, Yasinovataya, Donetsk and Gorlovka. (Fig. 2)

To the south-west of Bakhmut, PMC Wagner continued its assault operations near Ivanovskoye. About two kilometers separate the "orchestrants" from the strategic settlement. They are also advancing from the south from the side of Experienced. They also attack on the eastern outskirts of the city, pushing the Ukrainian garrison.

Artillery is working closely on Bakhmut himself. PMC "Wagner" continues the assault on Krasnaya Gora . The Armed Forces of Ukraine, despite the difficult situation, do not retreat. But to the north of Soledar, Wagner operators established control over Nikolaevka. And they advance along the highway and the railway line to Rozdolovka and Pereezdnoye, approaching Seversk from the south. To the east of this city, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation again tried to break through in the area of ​​​​Disputed. (Fig. 3)

In the Luhansk direction, Russian troops are fighting for Belogorovka. To the north they attacked in the direction of Nevsky. And even further north - towards Stelmahovka. (Fig. 4)

10:10 Large-scale air raid warning throughout the territory of Ukraine.

10:07 "Oh! There is a gap" video

Tank crews on a UAV tip destroyed a stronghold of militants in the NVO zone

The drone notices movement on enemy positions - this is a stronghold of the militants. The operator immediately transmits the coordinates of the target to the tank crew

"ABOUT! There is a break in Ilyukh. 30 further, right 5," says the drone operator

10:03 Russian units, with the support of aviation and artillery, continue to successfully advance on all fronts, destroying all Ukrainians who refuse to raise their hands -video

09:18 An exact hit by Russian artillery destroyed the location of the Ukrainians -video

09:15 Aviation of the [V] grouping successfully liquidated the enemy's fuel and lubricants depot, equipped in urban areas in the Zaporozhye direction -video

09:14 UAV "Eleron-7" calculates the positions and equipment of the enemy in the NVO zone -video

The drone is capable of operating at an altitude of up to 1500 meters with a maximum flight range of up to 50 kilometers.

The servicemen note that the enemy cannot calculate the UAV because it is small in size, has high speed and performs any turns in the air that the senior operator sets in the route.

08:58 Atmospheric video with comments on the operation of the Ka-52 VKS from a nose-up on Ukrainian positions —video

08:05 Accurate fire repulsed enemy attack -video

The crew of the gun under the command of senior sergeant Vitaly Sotnikov performed a combat mission to support units of Russian troops in the defense of a settlement liberated from Ukrainian nationalists.

With the help of data received from an unmanned aerial vehicle, the area of ​​​​concentration of enemy manpower and equipment was opened. The coordinates of the militants' gathering place were immediately transferred to Vitaly Sotnikov's crew.

Thanks to the skillful leadership of senior sergeant Sotnikov, the artillery crew in the course of carrying out the fire mission destroyed three units of nationalist equipment and up to ten personnel.

After completing the fire mission, the gun commander took the crew out of the artillery shelling to a safe distance and again opened fire on the enemy, who had already gone on the offensive. With accurate fire, Vitaly's crew destroyed two armored personnel carriers and up to 15 nationalists.

The decisive actions of senior sergeant Sotnikov and the coordinated work of his crew made it possible to repel the offensive.


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Perspective from the Breakaway Republics: Invasion of Ukraine: February 4th, 2023
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic lev
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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:58 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 02/04/2023 to 00:00 02/05/2023

Over the past day Representation reported about 46 facts of firing by the VFU.

In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made 20 attacks from the MLRS, 155mm artillery.
On Gorlovsky 17 artillery attacks from artillery 155mm and 152mm.
On Yasinovatsky Nine artillery attacks from artillery 155mm and 152mm.

By releasing 204 units of various ammunition.

Under enemy fire were areas of seven settlements of the Republic: the capital city of Donetsk (Kyiv, Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts), Gorlovka (Kalinin, Nikitovsky, Central city districts), Yakovlevka, Yasinovataya, Mineralnoe, Makeevka (Chervonogvardeisky district), Karl Marx.

Over the past day, information was received about the death of two civilians in the Kievsky district of Donetsk and the Central City district of Gorlovka.

Search and rescue operations at the artillery attack site in the Kievsky district of Donetsk continue.

Four civilians received injuries of varying severity in the Kievsky district of Donetsk, the Central City district of Gorlovka and Mineralny.

A total of 29 housing constructions were damaged in the Petrovsky and Kievsky districts of Donetsk, the Central City district of Horlivka, as well as 6 civil infrastructure facilities.

Previously 27 artillery attacks were recorded from the side of the VFU during the day.
@online_dnr_sckk

22:41 The Armed Forces of Ukraine retreated from the northern quarters of Artemovsk. This information was confirmed by Wagner PMC. "Musicians" have already entered the northern quarters of the city and began to clean them up.

There is also confirmation of the control of some streets in the south of the city. From the east, the "Wagnerites" are advancing from Soledar.

Thus, we can say that Bakhmut has already been taken into a semicircle and the liberation of the city is not far off.

@wargonzo

21:36 "Wagner" entered the northern district of Artemovsk - Ukrainian media

We are waiting for confirmation of the information from the Wagner operators themselves.

20:36 Personnel from under Ugledar, fighters of the air assault companies of the 40th and 155th naval infantry of the Pacific Fleet of Russia.

19:51 Our artillery units of the Southern Military District on Artyomovsky direction destroyed the positions of the nationalists.

19:00 The southern part of Artemovsk is already purified by attack aircraft PMC "Wagner".

18:34 As a result of the artillery attack of Gorlovka, a civilian was killed

The long-suffering Gorlovka once again came under fire from Ukrainian terrorists. On Saturday, February 4, in his own house at st. Tolstoy, 74, an elderly woman died, two more civilians were injured.

17:17 By evening continue to receive reports of successful offensive operations by our troops.

1. In the Krasnolimansky direction, our troops continue to crush in the forest near Dibrovo and Yampolovka, as well as near Makkevka.

2. In the Kupyansk direction, the battles for Mesopotamia continued. The enemy lost positions near the village.

3. In the Seversky direction, PMC "Wagner" fought in the area of Razdolovka and in the direction of Vasyukovka. Fighting also continued at Disputed.

4. In the Artemovsky direction, our assault groups continued to push through the enemy defenses in the southern and southeastern quarters of the city, as well as in the area of the meat processing plant. To the south there is some progress towards Red. To the north of the city, battles continued for Paraskovievka and Krasnaya Gora.


16:45 Stormtroopers of Wagner PMC shared the most vivid memories of working in the Soledar direction.

All three were awarded the title of Hero of the PMC and were awarded a platinum star - the highest award for musicians.

@brussinf

16:00 Ukrainian flag hung on the wall, but turned out to be wound on a chandelier.

Consequences of the artillery strike of the Wagner operators on the location of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the private sector of Artemovsk.

15:35 Work of our tankers in Marinka.

You can simultaneously assess the level of destruction in the western part of the city. Everything is rubbish.

15:34 Russian troops advanced northeast of Kupyansk and entered the village of Dvurechye, occupying part of the western outskirts. The fighting for the village continues. The liberation of Dvurechye will seriously improve the situation for our troops in the Kupyansk direction and create the prerequisites for further active operations to the northeast and north of Kupyansk.
Dvurechye translates into Mesopotamia. Translated town name replaced with the town name in the original Russian.
15:14 More advantageous lines and positions are occupied in the Donetsk direction during the offensive of the "Southern" grouping of the RF Armed Forces - RF Ministry of Defense

In addition, the department reported that two depots of ammunition and rocket and artillery weapons of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed in the regions of Kramatorsk and Vgledar, as well as units of the “Western” group of troops of the Russian Armed Forces knocked out the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the western outskirts of Mesopotamia in the Kharkiv region in the Kupyansk direction.

What else was said in the department:

- In the Kupyansk direction, the formations of the 92nd mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were hit in the regions of Krakhmalny and Berestovoye. More than 30 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles and three vehicles were destroyed;

- In the DPR, US-made counter-battery radars AN/TPQ-36, AN/TPQ-37 and AN/TPQ-50 were destroyed;

- In the Krasno-Limansky direction, the RF Armed Forces continued offensive operations and destroyed over 100 Ukrainian servicemen;

- In the Donetsk direction, the RF Armed Forces destroyed about 60 military Armed Forces of Ukraine, the 152mm Msta-B howitzer, the 152mm 2S3 Akatsia howitzer and the 122mm BM-21 Grad, as well as 13 UAVs, four rounds of the Alder MLRS and HIMARS , as well as one tactical missile "Tochka-U";

- The RF Armed Forces destroyed more than 35 Ukrainian military personnel in the South-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions in a day, as well as thirteen enemy UAVs were destroyed by air defense systems.


14:28 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for February 4, information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:

Donetsk (Kyiv region):

- on the street. Levitsky, 29, a woman born in 1993 suffered.

According to preliminary data, under the rubble on the street. Artem, 136, civilians may be located. At the site of the attackthe Ministry of Emergency Situations works.

Information was received about damage as a result of artillery attack of the VFU cities of the Republic:

Donetsk (Kyiv region):

To date, damage has been recorded at 17 addresses:

- st. Batishcheva, 5 - a direct hit in an apartment building;
- st. Universitetskaya, 109 - apartment building;
- st. Artema, 132, 134 - apartment buildings;
- st. Artem, 136 - a direct hit in an apartment building;
- st. Artem, 138 - a direct hit in an apartment building;
- st. Artema, 163 "b" - an apartment building;
- st. Chelyuskintsev, 263 - a direct hit in an apartment building with subsequent ignition;
- st. Chelyuskintsev, 265 - a direct hit in an apartment building;
- st. Levitsky, 29 - apartment building;
- st. Rossini, 2 - a direct hit in an apartment building;
- st. Tsiolkovsky 27, 29 - private residential buildings;
- st. Universitetskaya, 118 - unexploded EP;
- st. Artem - hitting a tram in the area of ??the Donetsk City shopping center;
- a rocket hit the roadway near the Donetsk-City shopping center was recorded;
— the arrival of a rocket to the refueling area near the Donetsk City shopping center was recorded.

An operational group of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC is working at the site of the shelling.

Information about the consequences of artillery attack continues to arrive.

13:58 February 1 fighters of PMC "Wagner"destroyedAzov citizen Viktor Snisarenko (call sign "Takha"). It is known that this Nazi was a participant in the fighting in Mariupol.

13:16 AFU shelled the Kyiv district of Donetsk, one person was wounded.

12:45 Destruction in the village of Nikolskoye (where the monastery was shelled the other day and the priest died) after artillery attack from the MLRS of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

12:30 Hit in a residential building in Donetsk. Part of the floor collapsed.

12:00 At least 10 122mm Grad MLRS rockets arrive in Donetsk. Some buildings received various damages.

11:28 Ukrainian troops at 11.05 (coincides with Moscow time) fired at the Kirovsky and Kuibyshevsky districts of Donetsk, firing six rounds of the "NATO" caliber of 155mm, reported in representation of the DPR at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine.

“Fire was recorded from the side of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (Armed Forces of Ukraine - ed.) in the direction:

11.05 The settlement of Karlovka - the city of Donetsk (Kirov and Kuibyshevsky districts): six rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired," the mission's telegram channel said.

11:27 Consequences of the artillery attack of the city of Svatovo (LPR) by the armed formations of Ukraine

As a result artillery attack Svatovo using MLRS HIMARS (3 missiles) the building of a garment factory and a garage were destroyed.

10:55 A total of 63 Russian military returned to Russia from the territory controlled by the Kyiv regime as a result of a complex negotiation process - Russian Defense Ministry

The department noted that the group of released Russian military included persons of a “sensitive category”, the exchange of which became possible thanks to the mediation of the UAE.

10:27 Chronicle of strikes and mutual artillery attack in the NVO zone during the night from January 3 to February 4, 2023

-- Ukrainian troops shelled the Belgorod region : several rounds hit the territory of a civilian industrial plant in the Borisov region. A major fire broke out at the facility.

-- The RF Armed Forces attacked the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Volnaya Sloboda area in the Sumy region, as well as in Yanzhulovka, Senkovka and Timonovichi in the Chernihiv region .

-- In the Kharkov region , the Russian army hit enemy concentrations in Veterinary, Neskuchny, Ogurtsovo, Volchansk and Kupyansk with artillery fire.

-- In the Starobelsk direction, the artillery of the RF Armed Forces worked on the forward and rear positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Novomlynsk, Terny, Torskoy and Makeevka.

Ukrainian forces fired rockets from the HIMARS MLRS at Svatovo : a garment factory was also hit. According to preliminary information, there are no victims or injured.

-- On the Bakhmut (Artemovsky) direction, Russian troops hit the concentrations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Bakhmut, Paraskovievka, Druzhba, New York and Razdolovka.

-- In the Donetsk direction , the RF Armed Forces attacked enemy positions in Tonenkoe, Georgievka and on the western outskirts of Maryinka.

In turn, the Ukrainian formations bombarded Yasinovataya, Mineralne, Yakovlevka, and Panteleymonovk.

-- In the Yuzhnodonetsk direction , the RF Armed Forces launched strikes at enemy concentration sites in the vicinity of Ugledar, Bolshaya Novosyolka and Bogoyavlenka.

-- In the Zaporozhye region , Russian troops hit the concentrations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Malinovka, Malaya Tokmachka and Olgovskoe.

-- In the Kherson direction, artillery strikes continue on the right bank of the Dnieper: units of the Russian Armed Forces have worked out at the points of accumulation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kachkarovka, Republican and Kazatsky.


10:01 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for February 3, receivedadditionalinformation about casualties among civilians in the cities of the Republic:

Art. Donetsk-Northern:

- on the street. Privokzalnaya, 20 women born in 1982 and 1964 suffered.

Thus, the total deaths of civilian casualties from attacks by the VFU on February 3, 2023 is five people (1 killed, four injured). The information continues to flow.

Information about the consequences of artillery attack continues to arrive.

09:51 Overview Summary on the morning of February 4, 2023

After a week of defense, the 144th Motorized Rifle Division launched a counteroffensive and advanced in the direction of Yampolovka. Report about the capture of Belogorovka. An offensive on this sector of the front means the presence of a plan to encircle Seversk from this direction, to which there are 10-15 km left.

PMC "Wagner" is moving from the south to Seversk, having liberated several more settlements. Seversk in terms of population before the war was comparable to Soledar (about 10 thousand people).

South of Soledar in the village Krasnaya Gora, the enemy suffers heavy losses, throws border guards and territorial defense into battle. The settlement is held in a ledge in our offensive zone.

Artemovsk (Bakhmut, up to 70,000 people before the war) is constantly replenished with new enemy forces, while roads under the fire control of our troops and reinforcement columns are periodically destroyed. To the south of the city, the zone of control is expanding, a few kilometers are left to the road to Chasov Yar.

Heavy fighting in Avdievka and Marinka. It was not possible to achieve success in the Ugledar sector, the enemy transferred reserves. The bypass of the city from the east side failed.

Common to all sectors of the front in the actions of our troops is the attempt to encircle enemy fortified areas.

In the Zaporozhye direction, the parties are engaged in positional battles, there is no advance of the Russian Armed Forces.

The front-line regions of Russia are under constant attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The Belgorod region most often appears in reports, but strikes are regularly made against both the Kursk and Bryansk regions. The civilian population of the LPR and DPR is even more often exposed to enemy fire.

The enemy is experiencing problems with personnel along the entire length of the front, but the mass mobilization of the population and the operational transfer of reserves does not allow our troops to carry out deep breakthroughs of the front. In addition, one should not forget about the mass preparation of large reserves by Kyiv.

The sabotage activity of the enemy on the territory of Russia remains high: yesterday, an employee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Zaporozhye region was killed in a car explosion in Energodar.


09:08 Maryinka. The attack continues. Russian artillery worksvideo

Artillerymen of the 5th Brigade of the 1st Army Corps of the RF Armed Forces work together with air and ground reconnaissance - such a combination allows you to achieve high results and work out as efficiently as possible on set targets.

The experience gained in the course of combat operations allows artillery crews to hit targets with minimal ammunition consumption.

Strikes from the 152mm gun "Gyacinth-B" are delivered on accumulations of manpower and equipment, command posts and firing positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

08:13 At the positions of the enemy rochet artillery system Tornado : the combat work of the crews of multiple launch rocket systems of the Western Military District in the special operation zone -video

According to intelligence, units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have concentrated military equipment, weapons and ammunition to supply their forces. The data of the scouts were confirmed by technical means of reconnaissance, after which the units of the MLRS "Tornado-S" struck at the military facilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The calculations do not doubt the accuracy of their complexes. All set targets are guaranteed to be destroyed, and intelligence reports the exceptional precision of the missilemen's work.

The calculation performs combat missions from the very beginning of the SVO. Artillerymen, in their own words, have long become one fighting family, where everyone is cheerful and focused on Victory.

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Residential areas of Donetsk covered with 'Grads:' what is happening in the city now
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
by Dmitry Steshin

[KP] At least a dozen missiles were fired at the Kievsky district. They hit residential areas.

“Something hasn’t been shelled at us for a long time,” my fellow countrymen told me last week and they always crossed themselves or spit over their left shoulders. They flew, of course, to the Petrovsky district, but they always fly there - part of the landscape, everyday life. And so, there is nowhere to run from Donetsk.

I myself live in a house with an arrival, consoling myself with the postulate of "a second projectile in one funnel." Behind my wall are two blond bareheads of five and six years old, Artem and Kolya. We met. Helped them carry the scooter. It seems that this was their only walk in the past month.

Underage neighbors walk on their heads all day, I take it stoically, with a kind smile - now you can’t let children out on the streets. All the entrances in the city are wide open - the order of the authorities, so that passers-by could, if something happens, jump in and take refuge in the walls of the house. You never know. It's impossible to guess.

In the morning I went for drinking water. Drinkable only on the label. Kind people collect it somewhere, run it through filters and generously flavor it with an army chlorine-based water disinfectant. They stick labels of well-known "water" brands and put them up for sale in stores for 65-90 rubles. From this water from the kettle it smells like from a cholera hut - bleach and mild rot, but I'm used to it. And I lost my mind.

He threw five-liter cans into the apartment and for some reason thought: “It’s been a long time since they hit Donetsk.” I didn’t cross myself - my hands were busy, a second - and arrivals began. I just thought: “I jinxed you, you fool,” and began to get ready: a bottle of water, remove the video camera from the charger and the modem, documents ... everything else is in the car.

According to the first data, at least a dozen missiles were fired at the Kievsky district. It's in residential areas. Not expecting to cover any target. They hit from the maximum distance, and the “grads” fell like a fan with a spread of up to 500 meters.

The house at 136 Artem Street got the most damage. To understand, this street is the main horizontal of the city, like Nevsky Prospekt. Where the Kyiv district begins, there is no longer a living place left on the houses. This time, the rocket hit the roof, collapsing the top two floors and a flight of stairs. The downcast man filmed the remains of his apartment on his phone. On the one hand, he was lucky, on the other hand - where to live now?

Neighbors crowding the yard added drama to the bombardment. Hair on end: a family remained on the upper floors under the rubble. People, fleeing endless arrivals, moved from the Petrovsky district, rented an apartment ... How to explain this coincidence? Only the density of artillery fire. Because it flew into the roofs of neighboring houses, and into the skyscrapers of the quarter, located a little further, a kilometer away.

Fragments, in a tight bunch, pierced the window of a children's cafe - small chairs remained standing at the same tables. The cafe was closed. And who now goes to cafes with children? The city is empty.

The last point of arrivals, of those that I found, is a gas station. Miraculously, they managed to put it out. An elderly explosives engineer, examining the already safe tail from the “hail”, noticed that the ammunition was possibly of Polish production. Although, this does not mean anything, the characteristics are similar to Soviet or Russian rockets.

An hour had not passed after the shelling, but a truck drove into the gas station. We began to unload plywood panels - to close the broken glass. Most of the posts at the gas station have survived, I won’t be surprised if the gas station starts working tomorrow.

Why did they shell Donetsk without aiming anywhere, in squares? Policy. Dill realized back in November that they were now shelling not “separators”, but Russia. They are happy to know this. We have to wait and be patient. Yesterday, the mayor of Slavyansk with a good surname Lyakh (obviously chosen on purpose) urged residents to leave the city. Let's take Slavyansk - we will return the water to Donetsk and the shelling will end. There are no other options.

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Thu 2023-01-26
  Spain probes 'terror' motive after church attack kills 1
Wed 2023-01-25
  Kenya says its troops killed 12 Al-Shabaab members near Somalia
Tue 2023-01-24
  Fresh airstrike kills 40 Al-Shabaab members in central Somalia – official
Mon 2023-01-23
  Burkina Faso says 66 women, children freed from extremists
Sun 2023-01-22
   Iran Guards warn EU terror label would be 'mistake'


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