[NewsFrontInfo] 23:58 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 08/22/2023 to 00:00 08/23/2023
Over the past day Representation reported about 84 facts of firing by the VFU.
There were no reports of civilian casualties.
Damaged two residential buildings in the Kirovsky and Petrovsky districts of Donetsk, as well as three civilian infrastructure.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made 48 attacks from 155mm artillery, incl. with a cluster warhead.
On Gorlovsky 34 artillery attacks from 152mm artillery.
On Yasinovatsky one artillery attack from 155mm artillery.
On Svetlodarsk one artillery attack from 155mm artillery. Having fired 295 units of various ammunition.
A previous 66 artillery attacks were recorded from the AFU side in 24 hours.
21:28 Captured Ukrainian military - about the devastation in the Armed Forces of Ukraine -video
The West uses Ukraine as a training ground and does not take into account the loss of manpower.
21:26 Russian soldiers use captured Western weapons against Ukrainian soldiers -video
Our servicemen dismantled a heavy machine gun from a British armored car "Mastiff" knocked out near Novomayorsky to destroy the enemy
20:38 Novoselskoye. Kupyanskoe direction. Infantry of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the amount of five people are fleeing. Our artillery does not forgive such moments and a direct hit destroys part of the group, the rest are seriously wounded -video
20:36 Ussuri paratroopers use FPV drones on the southern flank of the Artemovsky direction -video
The advantage of an FPV drone over a conventional quadcopter is its operator-friendly orientation in space and the ability to easily follow a route or pursue a moving target at high speeds exceeding 140 km/h.
FPV drones are difficult to detect and intercept, they are highly maneuverable and give the maximum level of control to the operator. This allows them to be used with maximum efficiency to destroy moving targets, as well as to destroy manpower in dugouts and special shelters.
19:22 Kherson direction situation as of 19.00 August 22, 2023
In the Kherson direction of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, after artillery preparation, they again made an attempt to land in the island zone on the Dnieper River. In the Golopristan sector, the enemy advanced on Belogrudy Island in two boats.
Heavy artillery fire of the RF Armed Forces destroyed one boat with a landing party, on which there were five people, and the other went back. Immediately after the strikes by Russian troops, Ukrainian formations retaliated against the alleged firing positions.
A little to the east of the formation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, two boats landed on Melkiy Island southwest of Kherson, where they immediately set about equipping an observation post. Artillery and mortar crews covered them with fire.
In the north-east of the Kherson region, in the vicinity of Mikhailovka, two high-speed boats will be delivered in the near future. At the same time, in Novovorontsovka and Apostolovo, the preparation of an assault detachment of 121 arr.
Judging by the renewed activity, the Armed Forces of Ukraine intend to attack the defense line of the Russian army on the left bank of the Dnieper again. This time, special attention is paid to the Golopristan sector, where the cannonade does not subside, and the Armed Forces of Ukraine are conducting a counterbattery fight.
18:27 Footage of the destruction of the Storm Shadow missile by the crew of the Buk-M1 air defense system of the 29th Army somewhere in the South Donetsk direction -video.
18:10 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for August 22, as of 18:00, information was received about damage as a result of artillery attack of the VFU cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Kirovskiy district):
- GBPOU "Donetsk College of Professional Technologies" on the street. Aleksinskaya;
- st. Aleksinskaya, 40 - a private residential building, the car was also damaged.
18:00 Rabotino (Zaporozhye): situation for August 22:
In the morning and afternoon, the Armed Forces of Ukraine made several small attempts to regroup, after which the fighting resumed. The tactics of the Ukrainian troops have not changed yet: small groups are scattered across the forest belts, after which equipment begins to accumulate.
The effect of such an offensive for the Armed Forces of Ukraine is the same as under Pyatikhatki: the high density of equipment allows the artillery of the RF Armed Forces to hit more targets. The offensive goes along the remaining roads, which facilitates the work of artillery and drones. Minefields still prevent the Armed Forces of Ukraine from performing flank maneuvers.
The direction of the breakthrough also does not change - apparently, the plan of the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine involves the exit and consolidation on the northern outskirts of the village. Russian artillery in this area is working tirelessly.
17:25 Statement of head of the press center of the group "South":
The crews of multiple launch rocket systems "Tornado-S" of the artillery unit of the "Southern" group of forces struck at the area of concentration of the 3rd battalion of the 92nd Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the settlement of Molocharka.
The accumulation of weapons, equipment and manpower of the enemy was hit, including seven tanks, six infantry fighting vehicles, three 152mm Akatsiya self-propelled artillery mounts and up to ten trucks.
In addition, high-power rocket artillery hit the center for the supply of materiel of the 28th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the enemy.
The crews of Su-34 fighter-bombers attacked two points of temporary deployment, ammunition depots and rocket and artillery weapons of the 28th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Soledaro-Artemovsky direction, as well as on the ammunition depot of the 24th Separate Mechanized Brigade in the Aleksandro-Kalinovsky direction.
Assault and army aviation of the group hit accumulations of manpower and military equipment of the enemy in the Lisichansky, Soledaro-Artemovsky, Alexander-Kalinovsky, Avdeevsky and Maryinsky directions.
Artillery hit the field ammunition depot of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Belogorovka, the point of temporary deployment of the 105th rifle battalion of the 109th Separate Territorial Defense Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Krasnogorovka, the Hammer armored car, an armored personnel carrier, and four pickup trucks with enemy infantry in the areas of the settlements of Grigorovka, Andreevka, Stupochki and Lastochkino.
During the counterbattery fight, an American-made M777 artillery gun was destroyed in the Novopokrovskoye area, two 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled guns in Dyleevka and Zvanovka, and 120mm mortars in Mar'inka, Pervomaisky and Veseloy.
FPV drones hit a mortar crew and an enemy ammunition depot in Mar'inka.
16:27 The Armed Forces of Ukraine are artillery attack Novaya Kakhovka. It is reported that hits fall on Dzerzhinsky Street.
15:49 Personnel the destruction by a Russian Aerospace Forces aircraft of a US-made Willard Sea Force military boat with a landing group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on board near Snake Island.
15:27 Personnel combat work of the calculation of the 57mm anti-aircraft gun S-60 of the Western Military District.
The Russian units continue to modernize and improve weapons and military equipment, taking into account the requirements of modern combat.
In the combined arms association ZVO, the S-60 anti-aircraft gun was installed at the MTLB base. The crew of this weapon is fully included in the combat work, this time the servicemen destroyed the camouflaged opornik of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with quick fire.
Shooting was carried out with high-explosive fragmentation ammunition at a distance of up to 6 kilometers. The result of the defeat controlled the calculation of the UAV.
14:44 As a result of another artillery attack of Gorlovka, 60 transformer substations and 7,506 household subscribers have been de-energized.
13:59 Vremyevsky section situation as of 13.00 August 22, 2023
The regrouping of Ukrainian formations continues in the Vremievsky sector, accompanied by periodic attacks on the positions of the RF Armed Forces in the Urozhainoe area. The goal of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in this area remains the same - to wear down the defending Russian units and break through the line of Priyutnoye - Cherished Desire.
According to Voin Far East, Russian troops manage to quickly open enemy rotations in forest plantations to the south and east of Urozhaynoye, after which they are being hit by fire. The settlement itself is also systematically attacked.
In the forest belt near Staromayorskoye, Russian artillery hit an ammunition depot and concentrations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Due to high losses in this area, the 253rd TRO battalion was withdrawn for resupply, and the 230th battalion of the 128th TRO brigade arrived to replace it.
13:10 Statement officer of the press center of the group "Vostok"
The advanced subunits of the Vostok grouping of troops, with the support of artillery and aviation, inflicted fire damage on the enemy in the areas of Urozhaynoye and Staromayorsky. More than a dozen places of accumulation of manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were affected.
Artillery fire destroyed a reconnaissance group northwest of Priyutnoye, a pickup truck with militants in the Ravnopol region, and an observation and communications post in Ugledar.
During the counterbattery fight, an M777 howitzer was destroyed east of Velikaya Novoselka, and a mortar crew northwest of Novodonetsk.
The use of strike UAVs destroyed the Nona self-propelled artillery gun in the Novomikhailovka area and the Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount southwest of Temirovka.
The crews of the Buk, Tor and Osa anti-aircraft missile systems shot down three Fury and one Valkyrie UAVs.
The military personnel of the Vostok group of troops show courage and heroism in the performance of combat missions.
The battalion commander of the motorized rifle brigade of the group, Major Alexander Mineev, led the personnel during the offensive of the Ukrainian troops in one of the sectors of the South-Donetsk direction.
When conducting positional defense, the motorized infantry, under the command of Major Mineev, managed to repel three attacks superior to the forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as to identify and suppress two strongholds of nationalists in several days of fierce fighting.
The enemy did not succeed in this sector of the front, the positions of the Russian troops were held.
12:31 Over the past day, the situation in the Zaporozhye direction was tense, in the course of prolonged artillery artillery attack and assault operations, our units occupied quite advantageous defense lines in the Rabotino area. This was stated by the Acting Governor of the Zaporozhye region Evgeny Balitsky.
According to him, in the area of Rabotino, the enemy assault grouping was completely destroyed. After the new group went the same route, but suffered losses and retreated to the north.
“Over the past ten days alone, the enemy has lost 1,500 people from among the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the equipment cannot even be counted. Enemy losses increased by 30%. These colossal losses are the price for the imaginary success on the world stage, which the Kiev leadership shows to its puppeteer,” Balitsky wrote in the Telegram channel.
11:49 Court in Donetsk sentenced to 22 years in a strict regime colony for a serviceman of the Armed Forces of Ukraine who fired at a residential building.
11:37 Orekhovsky area situation as of 11:00 a.m. August 22, 2023
Fierce fighting continues in Rabotino. The Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to gain a foothold in the village with the tactics of throwing assault groups. Today, Ukrainian formations began to publish videos from Rabotino, talking about control over the village.
The assault detachments of the 82nd Airborne Brigade really entrenched themselves on the northern outskirts. And from time to time the Armed Forces of Ukraine try to attack the positions of the RF Armed Forces in the south, but at the moment the attacks are repulsed. Most of the village is located in the gray zone, which is hit by artillery and aircraft.
The same surges are observed to the east of Rabotino, where shooting battles are taking place in landings. The Armed Forces of Ukraine are pressing in this area with numbers, regardless of the losses. A similar assault attempt was made to the southeast of the Chubenkov gully, where the RF Armed Forces repulsed the attack.
The paratroopers of the 82nd Brigade suffered losses and evacuated the wounded and killed, setting up a smoke screen. However, in Malaya Tokmachka, reinforcements from 118 Separate Mechanized Brigade 10 Army Corps were stationed, which are preparing for a breakthrough in the second wave. And, probably, they will enter the battle when there is a breakthrough at the Rabotino-Verbovoye line.
11:31 Makarovka. Zaporozhye direction. 11:15 22.08.2023
Russian tactical aviation strikes at the identified concentrations of enemy forces using air-to-ground missiles. The destruction of several enemy infantry fighting vehicles has been confirmed.
11:21 As a result of a night strike on Zaporozhye, an unnamed enterprise was damaged, the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs reports. A large-scale fire broke out at the facility, 14 cars also caught fire.
11:00 In the DPR, the National Guard defused cluster munitions
A 10-year-old boy turned to the officers of the OMON of the Russian Guard while on duty to ensure public security in the DPR, who said that he had found items similar to ammunition on the beach.
After examining the beach, the National Guard found three unexploded submunitions from 40mm cluster munitions for multiple launch rocket systems used by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Items that pose a danger to the civilian population were confiscated and destroyed in accordance with the established procedure.
10:35 The crew of the Ka-52 helicopter with an accurate strike of a guided missile destroyed an armored fighting vehicle of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the South Donetsk direction -video.
10:17 Zaporozhye direction at 10:10:
n.p. Rabotino is a working environment, the enemy is firmly seated in the northern part, fighting is underway, the enemy has already had three evacuations in the last hours. Our artillery is hitting the reserves in the wooded areas.
According to the fighters, “Control is also 50/50, they hide in the basements, they cover them, one Bradley drove in - he got it from the ATGM and that’s it.”
10:07 Soldiers of the Dnipro group of troops destroyed equipment and manpower of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kherson region.
As a result of fire damage by formations of the Dnepr group of troops in the island zone:
- two positions of units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed, 12 Ukrainians were killed, five were injured of varying severity.
As a result of fire damage by formations of the Dnepr grouping of troops in the Kherson direction:
- an M 777 howitzer with ammunition was destroyed, five fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were killed, two were injured of varying severity;
- a 120mm mortar crew and ammunition for it were destroyed, three Ukrainians were killed, four were injured of varying severity.
As a result of fire damage by the formations of the Dnepr group of troops in the Kakhovka direction:
- the position of one of the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was liquidated, five Ukrainians were killed, four were injured of varying severity.
09:54 Situation in the South-Donetsk direction
In the Vremevsky sector, the enemy seeks to create conditions for the resumption of offensive operations. During the day, east of Urozhayne, moved in small infantry groups, using AFVs and armored personnel carriers to evacuate the wounded, rotate personnel and accumulate ammunition/materiel. In Urozhayne itself and the surrounding forest belts, fire damage is systematically carried out both by cannon artillery and MLRS with TPSs.
The situation is the same in the Staromayorsky area - the enemy is trying to accumulate in the surrounding forest belts for an attack on the Priyutnoye - Cherished Zhelaniya sector, and our artillery is preventing this. Currently, due to the losses incurred during the systematic fire impact on Staromayorsky, the 253rd Separate battalion of the 128th Territorial Defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is being withdrawn to the rear and replaced by the 230th battalion of the same brigade.
A strong point of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was opened in the Ugledar sector northeast of Nikolsky, as a result of which it was well “repaired” by our artillery. Otherwise, the situation in this direction remains relatively “calm”.
09:31 The American Stryker armored personnel carrier is on fire in the Rabotino area -video.
09:25 The criminal Kiev regime continues to shell the civilian infrastructure of the settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Armed Forces of Ukraine were fired from barrel artillery:
-- n.p. Kardashinka 12 rounds;
-- n.p. Korsunka 14 rounds;
-- n.p. Podstepnoye 10 rounds;
-- n.p. Kazachi Lagery 14 rounds;
-- n.p. Aleshki nine rounds;
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the settlement of Nova Kakhovka, the settlement of Kakhovka, settlement Gornostaevka, settlement Sagi, village of Solontsy, firing a total of 32 rounds from cannon artillery
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure to be confirmed
09:10 Positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the region of occupied Kherson under massive shelling
09:05 Assault units of the RF Armed Forces continued offensive near the village of Ol'shana, Yaroslav Yakimkin, an officer of the press center of the Zapad group, said.
He also said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine launched six counterattacks in the areas of Petropavlovka and Novoselovka - all of them were repelled by preemptive artillery fire. The losses of the enemy amounted to more than 40 militants.
09:01 During the day, the DPR representative office in the JCCC recorded 66 facts of firing from the AFU, 124 ammunition was fired.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy fired 31 rounds from 155mm artillery, incl. with a cluster warhead.
On Gorlovsky 32 artillery attacks from MLRS, artillery 155mm and 152mm.
On Yasinovatsky two artillery attacks from 155mm artillery.
On Svetlodarsk one artillery attack from 155mm artillery.
The enemy fired at Donetsk, Staromikhaylovka, Makeevka, Yasinovataya, Gorlovka, Gol'movsky, Zaitsev, Svetlodarsk.
Over the past day, five people received injuries of varying severity in the Kievsky and Petrovsky districts of Donetsk and Staromikhaylovka. Two residential buildings and one civil infrastructure facility in Donetsk and Gorlovka were damaged.
08:55 Footage of the destruction of enemy equipment by “Lancets” -video.
08:36 RF Armed Forces opened and suppressed about 30 enemy artillery positions in the Krasnolimansky direction, the 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled guns were hit.
In the same direction, in the areas of the Torsky sector and Serebryansky forestry, the enemy tried six times to attack the positions of the RF Armed Forces in order to restore lost positions. The Russian army struck at the assault groups of three mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as the 5th brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine.
From the Solntsepek TOS, fire damage was inflicted on the accumulation of manpower and firepower of the enemy - the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine amounted to more than 50 militants. An infantry fighting vehicle, an armored vehicle and two pickup trucks were also destroyed.
08:21 Russian fighters destroyed American howitzer on the right bank.
It is reported that it was eliminated using a kamikaze drone. Also, along with it, ammunition and personnel were destroyed.
08:15 Frontline summary on the morning of 08/22/2023:
In the Zaporizhzhia direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine, after massive shelling, entrenched themselves in the northern part of the village of Rabotino and advanced in the Verbove area. The RF Armed Forces attacked Ukrainian units in Stepnoy (not to be confused with the settlements of the same name in the Ugledar and Donetsk directions), Pyatikhatki, Pavlovka, Maly Shcherbaki, Malaya Tokmachka, Krasnaya Krinitsa and Charovna. Artillery of the Armed Forces of Ukraine hit Russian positions in Zherebyanki, Nesteryanka, Kopani, Novoprokopovka, Novopokrovka and Novofedorovka.
In the Ugledarsky sector, Ukrainian troops from Staromayorsky are trying to surround the advanced Russian units that are holding a ledge in the Priyutnoye area. The threat is real. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation fired at the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Novodarovka, Staromayorsky, Blagodatny, Yrozhaynoye, Zolotoy Niva, Prechistovka, Vugledar and Vodyany (not to be confused with the settlement of the same name northwest of Donetsk). They themselves were under attack in Priyutny, Volodin, Cherished Desire, Staromlynovka, Kermenchik and Novodonetsk.
In the Bakhmut direction, the RF Armed Forces counterattacked near Kurdyumovka. No success. The Armed Forces of Ukraine, with the support of artillery, managed to advance a little near Andreevka. Under shelling, Ukrainian positions in Predtechina, Vesely (a settlement northeast of Soledar), Sporny and Verkhnekamensky. Russian - in Ozaryanovka, Kurdyumovka, Kleshcheevka and Bakhmut.
In the Luhansk direction, the RF Armed Forces attacked near Sinkovka. There is a promotion. Russian troops attacked the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Belogorovka, Torskoy, Ternakh, Nevsky, Shiykovka, Berestovoy, Kislovka and Kupyansk. Artillery of the Armed Forces of Ukraine worked closely on Masyutovka.
08:05 At night, Geraniums and Iskanders flew over the enemy, and in the morning aircraft from the FAB-500 visited.
Particular attention today was paid to the Zaporozhye region. Several waves of "Geraniums" worked out in Zaporozhye, and then "Iskanders" flew. In the morning aviation worked out FABs against the enemy in Orekhovo.
At night, explosions also thundered in the Kyiv, Sumy, Dnepropetrovsk, Chernigov, Poltava regions.
In the Chernigov region, the enemy side confirms that the Geranka hit the location.
In Slavyansk and Kramatorsk, a combined strike on UAF facilities with drones and missiles.
Early in the morning, explosions also sounded in Krivoy Rog, and local authorities confirmed the impact on objects.
07:59 Summary for the morning of August 22 from the channelTwo Majors:
Over the past day, the enemy has intensified UAV attacks. Enemy drones were destroyed or suppressed in the Moscow, Bryansk, Belgorod regions, as well as northwest of Crimea. At night, a reconnaissance boat of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed by an aircraft near Russian gas production installations in the Black Sea.In the morning, reports were received about the defeat of enemy targets in Krivoy Rog and in the part of the Zaporozhye region occupied by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
On the Zaporozhye Front, the Armed Forces of Ukraine, at the cost of several destroyed assault detachments and burnt armored vehicles (including the Stryker infantry fighting vehicle from the 82nd Infantry Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine), entrenched themselves on the northern outskirts of the settlement. Rabotino, reported heavy bloody battles in the center of the village. Aviation and artillery destroy the enemy in the surrounding landings. Enemy helicopters were detected at extremely low altitudes.
In the Kupyansk direction, the Russian Armed Forces are advancing in the Sin'kovka area, which, however, was not taken. The enemy urgently tried to replace the bridge over the Oskol River in the zone of control of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which was destroyed by our FAB, with a crossing. There are reports of attempts to organize the transfer of individual combat-ready enemy units to the direction.
The head of the press service of the Eastern Group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said that the Russian Army deployed 45,000 soldiers, 500 tanks and infantry fighting vehicles, more than 300 artillery systems and 150 MLRS to the Liman-Kupyanskoye direction
On the flanks of Artemovsk (Bakhmut), the enemy does not stop trying to advance. Enemy attacks were also repulsed in the direction of Kremennaya: on the Torsky ledge and in Serebryansky forestry.
In the DPR, five civilians were wounded from the artillery attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.