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Russian Perspective: Operation to Denazify Ukraine: Operational Brief April 17th (updated)
2023-04-18
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] 23:20 In Ukraine, an air alert was announced in the Sumy and Kharkiv regions. This is evidenced by data online maps of the Ukrainian Ministry of Digital Transformation.

20:37 Video- There is no Nazism in Ukraine, the Kyiv authorities say, but what is this?

19:44 The crews of attack aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the zone of the NMD -video

19:40 APU equipment sinking in the mud: It is not yet possible to launch a counterattack.

Ukrainian militants are filming a video with military equipment buried in mud The armored personnel carrier sat down so deep that it could not get out.

18:37 Ukrainians placed a mortar right in the courtyard of a private house, thereby they are attacking the entire district from the side of the RF Armed Forces -video

Once again we are convinced that the Ukrainian soldiers use civilian buildings as a cover

18:11 Wagners are dismantled dugouts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with precise blows -video

The work of a bunch of UAVs with artillery has long been a feature of this war. In this video, the vigilant eye of the “musicians” discovered the positions of neo-Nazis in a forest plantation. An artillery strike followed immediately.

"The lighter fell clearly into the dugout, an explosion! Eat! Explosion!" - the operator behind the scenes rejoices.

17:58 Ukrainian channel Legitimny writes that the Armed Forces of Ukraine not only hide the losses among their servicemen, but also do it in a completely barbaric way.

Military officials and functionaries of the Office of the President hide the losses in the Bakhmutov meat grinder using their favorite scheme: everyone whose bodies are not found is missing. Bodies are now in 90% of cases not taken out, but left on the battlefield or under a pile of stones and concrete.

17:50 “They shot in front of their daughter with a small child,” refugees from Artyomovsk talk about Nazi atrocities —video

After 80 years, the elderly are again experiencing the Nazi occupation and waiting to be rescued by the Russians. Everyone understands that the missiles are flying from the Ukrainian side. The Nazis kill civilians in order to write off their deeds to Russia.

"America started this war. She wanted to move into our Ukraine. And we don't want America, we want Russia."

16:59 Response strike: 132nd Brigade destroyed "NONU" near Avdievka -video

UAV operators of the 132nd Brigade (formerly the 3rd Brigade of the NM of the DPR) discovered a self-propelled artillery mount 120mm SAU 2S9 "Nona-S" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which fired at the positions of our fighters. The coordinates of the enemy were transferred to the artillerymen of the 132nd Brigade and the enemy installation was destroyed by return fire.

16:58 Psychwar: APU trying to show your combat power before the counteroffensive with the help of 2020 footage
. using old footage

Now the video on the left is flying through Ukrainian channels - it was actually filmed in March 2020. Then he was already ridiculed for his clumsy attempt to demonstrate combat power.

In any case, in all these videos, the picture is standard for any polygon, no huge power is yet visible.

Approximately the same shots are now being filmed by ours at their training grounds, where fighters are also preparing.

16:22 On the Zaporozhye front destroyed command of the Galician Nazis from the 125th Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 102nd Brigade named after. Hauptmann Vitovsky

In the areas of the settlements of Yampolovka and Zaliznychnoe, the command posts of the 125th Lviv Terodefense Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 102nd Ivano-Frankivsk Terodefense Brigade named after Hauptmann Dmytro Vitovsky were hit.

Dozens of militants from the Nazi command staff received tickets for the Express to Bandera.

The Galicians from the 125th and 102nd Terodefense Brigades act as detachments on the second line of the Zaporizhia Front, forcing the Cossacks to fight, torturing and killing those who disagree.

15:53 ​​In the Zaporozhye region, law enforcement officers of the Russian Federation discovered prohibited ammunition previously supplied from NATO countries for use against the people of Donbass -video

The control of receipt and distribution was supervised by officers of the British army, which, however, did not prevent the Ukrainian military from embezzling and terrorizing the local population. More details in the story.

15:38 Meanwhile, mass graves of soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are in full swing in Ukraine -video

The policy of the West “to fight to the last Ukrainian” is being steadily implemented

Unfortunately, the realization of the "stupefaction" of the population by the leadership of Ukraine comes to the Ukrainian resident only with the loss of his loved ones

14:55 Highlights of the the briefing Ministry of Defense of Russia:

- Assault detachments "Wagner" occupied two quarters in the northwestern and central parts of Artemovsk;

- Airborne Forces, aviation and artillery supported the actions of assault units in Artemovsk;

- In the Kupyansk direction, the actions of three Ukrainian DRGs were stopped;

- Russian troops destroyed more than 70 Ukrainian soldiers and a self-propelled gun of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Krasnoliman direction;

- Russian troops destroyed over 55 military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the US-made M777 artillery system in the Kherson direction;

- The RF Armed Forces destroyed the Armed Forces of Ukraine ammunition depot and a hangar with weapons and military equipment in the Zaporozhye region;

- The total losses of the enemy per day in the Donetsk direction amounted to over 270 Ukrainian servicemen and mercenaries;

- The Russian Armed Forces destroyed about 60 Ukrainian soldiers and the 152mm Msta-B howitzer in the Yuzhno-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions;

- The Russian Armed Forces hit 95 artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in firing positions in a day;

- Air defense systems of the Russian Federation intercepted 3 HIMARS MLRS shells per day, destroyed four UAVs.


14:53 The next cars used by the Ukrainians to transport personnel were destroyed on the road to Artemovsk (Bakhmut) -video

14:33 A powerful bombing strike was carried out on enemy targets at the front -video

According to preliminary data, the footage shows the bank of the Oskol River in the Kupyansky direction

13:48 In Kherson, militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are under the threat of execution robbed local resident's garage

A resident of Kherson turned to the National Police of Ukraine, whose garage was surrounded by five militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine for 1.5 million hryvnias.

The woman stated that in her absence, the Ukrainians, under the threat of being shot, forced a neighbor to open the garage - from there they took out the Dnepr motor boat and the Honda HBF 40 outboard motor.

It is noteworthy that in early March, Ukrainian militants carried out a raid on boats and recorded their presence. According to them, no confiscation was planned, but apparently they changed their minds.

13:41 Podbytyy on the road to Bakhmut German APC Dingo

Previously burned armored vehicles "Dingo" have already met on the roadsides near Bakhmut.

12:48 The Ukrainian T-64BV tank and the Kozak-2 armored vehicle destroyed in the zone of the NMD -video

12:46 Meanwhile, the Kiev region is slowly sinking into the water -video

In the video, Brovary, a suburb of Kyiv.

Interestingly, the Bandera people are still laughing at the prophecy about the flood that should happen if the schismatics finally capture the Lavra?

11:47 Shots of the assault: "The Brave" destroyed mercenaries and captured the trenches

The assault group of the Central Military District of six people captured the stronghold of the enemy. Opornik found a reconnaissance drone in the forest. The detachment, under the cover of tanks, quietly approached the equipped positions of the militants. Attack aircraft crawled over a minefield for more than 500 meters, and then broke into the trenches - this was a complete surprise for the enemy.

Stormtroopers actively used grenades. Thanks to them, I managed to enter the defensive midfield.

“And there already, in the dugout, on experience. Grenades flew like snow. When our grenades ran out, we went down to them in the trench, saw their F-1 box. We started using them. In terms of shooting, we were not inferior to them in anything, ”said the fighter with the call sign Kisel.

11:46 Destroyed by loitering ammunition "Lancet" combat vehicle 122mm MLRS "Grad" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Bakhmut district

11:41 Police officers in the Chaplynsky District discovered another cache with ammunition of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

A kilometer from Chaplynka, police officers found and seized 25 armor-piercing cartridges of 9 mm caliber, an F-1 grenade with a fuse and two fragmentation grenade launchers.

The ammunition posed a danger to the civilian population, so it was decided to destroy them with an overhead charge of TNT.

10:47 Ukrainians burning equipment on the road to Bakhmut (Artemovsk) —video

10:46 Chubaty demonstrates the result of the fire impact of artillerymen of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation at the location of the Ukronazis -video

09:48 Russian gunners destroyed the Nazis' bulwarks with precise blows -video

The fighters of the 60th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the V group successfully worked out on the enemy stronghold in the Zaporozhye direction.

09:09 "Rookie" T-80BVM destroyed three strongholds of nationalists in the Ugledar direction

Russian fighters, despite the numerical superiority of the enemy, are moving forward in the east of Ugledar. Tankers knock out Ukrainian nationalists who have taken refuge in the forest on the outskirts of the city from their positions and cover motorized riflemen.

This tank is a "rookie". The Ugledar direction is the first one in which it performs combat missions, but the crew is already experienced. They have more than 10 destroyed enemy tanks on their account.

Tankers work mainly at night. Firstly, it is easier to go unnoticed, and secondly, the T-80BVM is equipped with the modern Sosna-U system, which can recognize a target in pitch darkness.

"At night, you can work in forest belts. The enemy is visible and the technique that radiates heat. We work with cumulative shells. High-explosive fragmentation. Now guided missiles. The range is up to five kilometers," the fighter with the call sign "Thunder" explained.

The main goal is to strengthen the nationalists, who are located in the so-called "coal gathering" stations, from where the enemy can see everything in full view.

“In such buildings, the enemy has strongholds and also spotters of their artillery. Work goes on emerging and suddenly emerging goals. This is the military equipment of the enemy. Armored vehicles and manpower,” said the commander of the T-80BVM tank with the call sign “Filin”.

This T-80BVM has been in this direction for a little over a month, but it already has three destroyed strongholds and several knocked out enemy infantry fighting vehicles. Our fighters say that this tank has already become a real headache for the nationalists.

08:20 Russian fighters are conducting a counterbattery fight, striking at nationalists from the installation of the MLRS "Tornado-G" -video

“With the help of our sound reconnaissance units, we determined the coordinates and immediately inflicted a combat defeat on the enemy,” shared a military man with the call sign “Fringe”.

08:18 Pope recently urged us to come to terms with such.

The Nazi comparison of the fires of war with church terms actually smacks strongly of Satanism.

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