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Russian Perspective: Operation to Denazify Ukraine: Operational Brief April 11th (updated)
2023-04-12
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] 21:44 Sniper destroyed target in the forests near Kremennaya

The inattention of a soldier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the woodlands led to disastrous consequences.

20:18 Flaming on the streets of Artemovsk (Bakhmut) the T-64BV tank of the Ukrainian army is still Soviet-made

19:09 In the battle near Kremennaya landing took captured a neo-Nazi with a chevron of the SS division "Galicia"

In the video, guys from the 76th Guards Airborne Assault Division are searching a UAF militant lying with his hands up.

18:25 Personnel destruction of the disguised howitzer of the Armed Forces of Ukraine "Lancets"

18:24 On the Kherson direction of the RF Armed Forces destroyed a cumulative mine dropped by the enemy from a copter

17:12 Statement head of the press center of the group "West"

During the day, in the Kupyansk direction, the military personnel of the Zapad group of troops opened and destroyed the enemy’s DRG from the 14th Separate Mechanized Brigade, and the artillery of the group thwarted four attempts to rotate the Armed Forces of Ukraine at the forefront in the area of ​​​​the settlements of Olshana, Ivanovka and Stelmakhovka.

In addition, the calculation of the Buk air defense system under the command of senior lieutenant Nikita Krysenko destroyed the enemy UAV "Fury" in the area of ​​the settlement of Ilyinka. During the counter-battery fight, the crew of the 152mm D-20 howitzer under the command of Sergeant Sergei Zagustin destroyed the enemy mortar crew in the area of ​​​​the settlement of Okhrimovka.

17:11 Air raid alert announced in Kharkiv and Sumy regions of Ukraine, data show online maps ministries of digital transformation of the country.

16:06 Statement head of the press center of the group "Center"

In the Krasno-Limansky direction, the enemy made attempts to regain lost positions. As a result of fire damage by artillery of the group of troops "Center," the attack was thwarted, Ukrainian nationalists suffered losses in manpower and equipment.

The movement of personnel and equipment of the 58th motorized infantry brigade, the 95th Airborne Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as the 5th Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine was revealed in the Chervonodibrovsky section. The artillery crews of the "Center" group inflicted a fire defeat, the enemy suffered losses and dispersed in the forest.

Bomber aircraft of the Russian group carried out air strikes on enemy targets. Army and assault aircraft, using unguided missiles, struck at the firepower and manpower of Ukrainian nationalists.

14:47 Destroyed tank T-72B3M of the Ukrainian army. Video from the village of Ivanovskoe Donetsk People's Republic.

13:44 The main thing from the briefing of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation:

🔹The main efforts of the RF Armed Forces in combat operations are concentrated in the area of ​​Artemovsk (Bakhmut).

🔹The Armed Forces of Ukraine lost more than 90 people per day in the Krasnolimansky direction.

🔹During the day, Russian aviation made 11 sorties in the Artemovsk area to support offensive operations.

🔹The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine for the day amounted to more than 450 military and mercenaries in the Donetsk direction.

🔹The Armed Forces of Ukraine lost up to 30 soldiers in the Yuzhnodonetsk and Zaporozhye directions.

🔹The Armed Forces of Ukraine lost more than 30 people per day in the Kupyansk direction.


12:46 Russian sniper destroyed Ukrainian machine gunner

The enemy fired from a Browning machine gun, but a sniper of the DPR OBTF "Kaskad" tracked him down and eliminated him with a shot in the head.

12:01 There was a destroyed fuel warehouse.

12:01 Personnel destroyed Ukrainian T-64BV in Artemovsk (Bakhmut)

10:35 During the special operation eliminated company commander of the national battalion "Carpathian Sich" Artur Asadov

His company was among the assault units that participated in the capture of Izyum during the Kharkov offensive.

10:34 Russian army eliminated enemy mortar and MLRS 122mm BM-21 "Grad" in Kherson region - emergency services

The day before, in the area of ​​​​Nikolaevka, the Russian Armed Forces liquidated a 120mm mortar with ammunition and crew - four AFU militants were killed, three were wounded.

Also, in the Zelenovka area, the 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS with ammunition was destroyed - three Ukrainian militants were killed.

09:30 Combat Job specialists of the topographic service of the Western Military District in the NVO zone.

On one of the directions in the zone of the special military operation, specialists from the topographic service of the Western Military District take up a position. While the shooter is exploring the surroundings, the operator's attention is focused on the quadcopter. The drone is gaining altitude - several hundred meters. This is how the calculation of military topographers works in the zone of the special military operation.

09:05 Artillerymen of the 114th Brigade burn out enemy positions on the AKHZ dump

Artillery units of the 114th Brigade of the 1st Donetsk Army Corps (formerly the 11th Regiment of the NM of the DPR) continue to strike at the identified positions of Ukrainian militants at the dump of the Avdievka Coke Plant using incendiary shells for MLRS.

08:20 Destruction positions of militants in the Donetsk direction and the elimination of saboteurs in the Kupyansky direction: the latest data on the situation in the zone of responsibility of the groups "South" and "West."

In the Donetsk direction, the missilemen of the "Southern" group of troops delivered two missile strikes on the objects of the 63rd and 93rd separate mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. As a result, an ammunition depot and a temporary deployment point were destroyed. The enemy suffered losses in manpower;

In the area of ​​​​the settlement Pobeda, a stronghold of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed by artillery fire.

In the village of Ostroye, artillerymen of the formation destroyed a firing position and a 152mm D-20 gun;

In the area of ​​​​Belogorovka, the reconnaissance unit of the 2nd Army Corps revealed an accumulation of manpower of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, hiding in a dugout. The dugout was destroyed by a shot from an ATGM;

In the Kupyansk direction, the military personnel of the Zapad grouping of troops opened and destroyed four nationalist DRGs from the 14th Separate Mechanized Brigade and the 103rd Separate Brigade of the defense, as well as thwarted an attempt to transfer reserves in the Peschanoe area and the rotation of units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at the forefront in the Stelmakhivka area with artillery ;

The calculation of the 152mm self-propelled guns 2S3 "Acacia" under the command of senior sergeant Ilya Kalabin destroyed the mortar crew of the nationalists in the area of ​​​​the settlement of Novomlynsk;

The calculation of the Tor air defense system destroyed the Furia UAV in the Stelmahovka area.

08:08 Calculations of 220mm BM-27 "Tornados" of the Central Military District struck military infrastructure facilities and logistics hubs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the special operation zone.

08:00 Ukrainian sources report that nighttime explosions in Kramatorsk (DPR, occupied by the Armed Forces of Ukraine). Explosions also sounded in Slavyansk and Pokrovsky controlled by Kyiv.

07:50 Job crews of Su-25 attack aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces.

Missile launches were carried out in pairs from low altitudes. After the use of aviation weapons, the pilots, releasing heat traps, performed a maneuver and returned to the airfield. As a result of the sortie, camouflaged fortified positions and armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed.

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