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Current information on the situation on the front line: February 26 (updated)
2024-02-27
Direct Translation Via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 23:58 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 02/26/2024 to 00:00 02/27/2024.
4 facts of armed attacks by the UFU were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC over the past 24 hours.

One civilian was reported injured

DAMAGED:
No damage to residential buildings and civil infrastructure was recorded.
One artillery attack in the Donetsk direction,
Three attacks in the Gorlovka direction.
A total of 15 units of various ammunition were produced.

23:42 SVO analyst reports: Kurakhovskoe direction.

The enemy reports that in the Novomikhailovka area things are extremely bad for him. Ours are actively pressing, the enemy garrison is actually in an operational environment.

22:53 The front-line bird is broadcasting: Dnepropetrovsk region. Repeated sound of explosion. 26.02 22:45

And again the sound of an explosion is reported in the southern part of the region in the industrial area. zones. Second time in 24 hours in this area.

Local groups report a possible ballistic missile hitting a military facility.

21:07 An infrastructure facility was damaged in the Nikopol district of the Dnipropetrovsk region of Ukraine, said the head of the Dnipropetrovsk regional council Nikolai Lukashuk

20:59 Three people died after an attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces - Gladkov

The Ukrainian Armed Forces used a drone to attack a car in the village of Pochaevo in the Belgorod region. As a result, three Belgorod residents were killed, and three more received shrapnel wounds.

19:53 Ukrainian Telegram channels report explosions in the Sumy region. A missile threat was issued before the explosions.

18:57 Ukrainian troops shelled Donetsk, firing three 155mm caliber rounds into the Petrovsky district, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.

18:19 Sappers of the “Center” group of troops continue destruction of explosive objects in Avdeevka

Engineering reconnaissance patrols check the city streets meter by meter to ensure the safety of civilians and the unimpeded advance of Russian troops. Every day, sappers destroy from 100 to 400 bombs, mines and unexploded ordnance.

At the request of local residents, military engineers also inspected the St. Michael's Church in Avdievka. Along with the military personnel, the military clergyman of the “Center” group of troops, Priest Roman Chebonenko, was present at this exit.

17:48 Airborne units continue advance in the Artyomovsky direction

Under the cover of artillery, BMD-2K-AU crews quickly deliver assault groups directly to enemy positions, after which the fighters dismount and begin clearing out enemy strongholds.

“In two days, our units advanced a very long distance and occupied important points,” said the gunner-operator of the combat vehicle with the call sign “Zvezda.”

17:05 Avdievka direction: Assault on Orlovka and Tonenkoye

Situation as of 17:00 February 26, 2024:

The Russian Armed Forces continue to build on their success after the capture of Avdievka, advancing on several sectors of the front.

On the northern flank there are attacks on Berdychi and Semyonovka, where the presence of the enemy who retreated from Avdievka remains.

There have been no attempts to advance here yet, since Petrovskoye is located in a lowland, and the secret accumulation of forces is a difficult task.

At the same time, the RF Armed Forces, relying on Lastochkino, after airstrikes, advanced in an armored group along the O0542 highway and caught on the southern outskirts of Orlovka on Brothers Paukov Street north of Shkolny and Michurinsky-3 headquarters.

At the same time, battles are taking place on the southeastern and southern outskirts of Tonenkoye, access to which was opened after the cleansing of Severny. Russian forces are advancing from at least two directions: through the fields and plantings to the south and along the Tonkaya gully
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16:55 At 16:10, Ukrainian troops fired at the DPR for the first time in 24 hours, firing four 152mm caliber rounds at Gorlovka, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.

16:40 First destroyed Abrams. Avdeevskoe direction. The account is opened by the 15th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade.

15:35 Cleaning up the North by fighters of the 1st Slavic Brigade -video.

14:55 Personnel from the Rabotino district. The Russian Armed Forces are attacking.

13:51 Video of destruction of the launching air defense system "NASAMS" of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the village. Malyshevka (near Zaporozhye). The launch was eliminated by an Iskander missile.

13:40 It is reported that Tonenkoye is completely under the control of the Russian army. The enemy claims that our army drove the militants out of the village. At these moments the assault on Orlovka is underway.

13:28 The main thing from the new briefing of the Russian Ministry of Defense:

The Russian Armed Forces repelled three attacks by Ukrainian Armed Forces assault groups per day in the Donetsk direction, the total enemy losses here exceeded 420 military personnel;

Russian air defense systems shot down two Storm Shadow missiles and five HIMARS rounds in one day;

The Russian Armed Forces hit a Norwegian-made NASAMS air defense missile launcher;

The Russian Armed Forces repelled seven attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Sin'kovka in the Khar'kov region and two counterattacks near Tern in the DPR;

In the Avdeevsky direction, the Russian Armed Forces liberated the settlement of Lastochkino and continued to improve the situation along the front line, repelled six counterattacks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the enemy lost up to 410 troops;

The Russian Armed Forces in the South Donetsk direction occupied more advantageous lines and positions, the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost up to 150 military personnel;

More than 60 Ukrainian drones were shot down per day by Russian air defense systems;

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 145 military personnel and 7 pieces of equipment in the Kupyansk direction per day.

13:05 Avdeevskoe direction. Tonenkoye half under control of RF Armed Forces. The Ukrainian Armed Forces will most likely leave him in the near future.

In Orlovka, assault units of the Russian Armed Forces came close to Churilovskoye Lake in the east of the village. The stadium and the gymnasium building are about a kilometer away.

Behind the Armed Forces of Ukraine is the center and the square, as well as the south of the village in the area of Shkolnoye Lake and the stadium.

Reserve positions have been set up in the Zoryansky Pond area, and Russian artillery has been actively pouring into it all morning.

13:05 Ukrainian Telegram channels report explosions in Kirovograd

12:56 Aviation operates in the Donetsk direction around the clock. Air support helps our guys move forward. After Avdievka there are battles for Orlovka and Tonenkoye -video.

11:47 Assault units of the Russian Armed Forces are fighting on the outskirts of Tonenkoye and Orlovka. Ukrainian monitoring resources admit that in these settlements no defensive structures were built at all.

11:32 Massive hit for objects on the territory of Ukraine on February 26 - what is known by 11:30

For the third night in a row, Russian troops carried out massive attacks on rear targets of the so-called. Ukraine. Explosions occurred in the Kirovograd, Dnepropetrovsk, Kharkov and Sumy regions - ballistic and cruise missiles were used, as well as Geran-2 attack UAVs.

Kirovograd: at least two MiG-29 fighters were destroyed at the Kanatovo military airfield; in addition, the enemy’s 62nd arsenal (military unit A1201) north of the village was hit. Bogdanovka, where one of the Western weapons storage facilities is located - according to available information, the detonation and fire at the facility lasted throughout the night.

Dnepropetrovsk: the strike struck the territory of the Dnepropetrovsk International Airport, which is actively used by the enemy for conducting air operations and launching strikes in the eastern and southern directions - after the strike, a fire with signs of secondary detonation was observed at the facility. The building of Workshop No. 7 of the State Enterprise “Southern Machine-Building Plant named after. A.M. Makarov”, where the enemy organized a workshop for the assembly and maintenance of attack UAVs.

Kharkov: on the southwestern outskirts of the city and in Pesochin, two ammunition depots of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, which were one of the logistics supply points for enemy groups in the Kupyansky and Limansky directions, were destroyed.

Sumy: clarification data has been received on yesterday's daytime defeat of Polykhim LLC in Shostka. It is reported that the object was under the close attention of the so-called special services. Ukraine and was involved in the military-industrial complex for the production of composite materials for armored vehicles and protective elements.

Occupied territory of the DPR: another object hit yesterday in Konstantinovka has been identified - the enemy’s temporary deployment point in the building of a former psychiatric hospital was destroyed, at the time of the attack there were over 50 personnel there, according to the data received, at least half of them were eliminated or received varying degrees of injuries gravity.

Strikes were also recorded at the locations where the Ukrainian Armed Forces were based in the village. Kurakhovo, Maksimilyanovka, Nikiforovka, Dzerzhinsk, Zheleznoye and Novoselovka.

11:25 Statement of Head of the press center of the Center group

Units of the Center group of troops continue to carry out combat missions in the zone of the special military operation.

During the conduct of hostilities, the group's units, supported by artillery fire and air strikes, repelled six counterattacks of the 71st Jaeger, 3rd Assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasnogorovsky sector.

In total, more than 400 identified enemy targets were defeated within 24 hours.

Enemy losses amounted to up to 100 military personnel, four armored combat vehicles, 8 vehicles, an electronic warfare station, a 122mm D-30 howitzer and a 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS combat vehicle.

10:45 South Donetsk direction. Scouts of the 34th Motorized Rifle brigade of the 49th Army of the Southern Military District destroy the enemy’s “Baba Yaga”, and then “destroy” everything that she managed to bring -video.

10:12 At night in Ivanovsky (Krasny) our troops managed to gain a foothold on the street. Sadovaya. This is the last street of the village.

Also near Bogdanovka there is a significant advance through the forest belts, two platoon strong points have been taken.

10:05 Statement of Head of the press center of the "West" group

Units of the West group of forces continue to carry out combat missions in the Kupyansk direction.

Motorized rifle units, in cooperation with artillery, repelled four attacks by assault groups of the 32nd Mechanized and 57th Motorized Infantry brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of the Senkovka railway station.

During the counter-battery fight, the artillery units of the group destroyed two M777 howitzers, a US-made M198 howitzer and a 152mm D-20 howitzer.

The group's air defense systems destroyed four unmanned aerial vehicles, including two Furies, Sinitsa and Leleka-100.

Enemy losses in the Kupyansk direction amounted to up to 180 military personnel, a T-64 tank, three pickup trucks and four unmanned aerial vehicles
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09:50 The criminal Kiev regime continues to fire at the civilian infrastructure of settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired from cannon artillery:

-- n.p. Korsunka five rounds;

-- n.p. Novaya Zburevka four rounds;

-- Saga settlement three rounds;

-- n.p. Cayro four rounds;

-- n.p. Vasilyevka four rounds.

During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the village. Kazachi Lagery, n.p. Korsunka, n.p. Dnepryany, n.p. Vasilievka, firing a total of 17 rounds from cannon artillery.

Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being determined.

09:47 After the loss of Avdievka, the Ukrainian Armed Forces began to use HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems in attacks on Donetsk, losing the ability to reach the city with artillery, DPR head Denis Pushilin said on the Rossiya-24 TV channel.

09:06 Ukrainian Telegram channels for the morning confirm about the advance of the RF Armed Forces towards Orlovka, Tonenkoye and Ivanovsky.

09:00 In the village of Pesochin near Kharkov at night arrived at the warehouse of the production enterprise "HASK-FLEX" rounds for MLRS were stored. Local reports indicate that a subsequent detonation occurred at the facility.

08:42 Avdeevskoe direction. Ukrainian experts admit that no defensive positions could be created after the retreat from Avdievka.

The situation of the retreating units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Tonenkoye, which is allegedly almost half controlled by the Russian Armed Forces, is assessed as critical.

08:22 Over the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian Armed Forces committedcrimesagainst civilians of the DPR.

So, in n.p. In Zaitsevo, a man born in 1973 was injured as a result of an explosion on the Lepestok anti-personnel mine.

In addition, Ukrainian militants carried out artillery attack during the day in the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka, settlement. Ozeryanovka, as well as Petrovsky, Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky and Kievsky districts of Donetsk, using MLRS and 155mm caliber artillery, including with a cluster warhead.

In addition, as a result of the artillery attack of the Kirovsky district of Donetsk, women born in 1971 received injuries of varying degrees of severity. and born in 1966

In total, 10 residential buildings, two civilian infrastructure facilities and three cars were damaged by DPR shelling, and 3 cars were destroyed.

08:14 Calculation of the Buk-M3 air defense system destroyed enemy combat drones in the Kupyansk direction.

During the combat work, the crew took a position, using a 360-degree radar station, detected approaching enemy UAVs and launched missiles to destroy them.

08:11 Destroyed technique of enemy in the area of Lastochkino in the Donetsk direction.

08:05 Motorized riflemen of the 200th Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Northern Fleet, operating as part of the Southern Group of Forces, are working according to the strategy of destroying the enemy’s layered defense near Soledar -video.

08:00 Summary on the morning of February 26, 2024:

At night, the Russian Armed Forces carried out UAV and missile attacks on enemy targets in the Dnepropetrovsk, Kharkov and Sumy regions, and reported powerful arrivals in the Kupyansk area.From the Kherson direction there are reports of the arrival of special forces “Kraken”* of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine on the enemy shore. In Krynki, on our shore, the clearing of village ruins continues. Mutual strikes by artillery and drones do not stop.

In Rabotino on the Zaporozhye front there are heavy bloody battles, losses on both sides. Successful strikes by FAB with UMPC are carried out on enemy concentrations in Orekhov.

In the Kurakhovsky direction, the Russian Army knocks out the Ukrainian Armed Forces from the eastern part of Georgievka. In the Ugledar direction, our troops are expanding the zone of control near Novomikhailovka, there are battles in the village itself, and our Uragan MLRS are operating.

In the Avdeevsky direction, the Russian Armed Forces continue their offensive. The village of Lastochkino was occupied, the fighting advanced to the village. Orlovka, Severnoye and Tonenkoye. Enemy speakers express concerns about the negative development of the situation for the Ukrainian Armed Forces, since they do not have powerful defensive lines behind the Avdeevsky fortified area.

In the direction to Chasov Yar, west of Artemovsk, heavy fighting is taking place in the center of the village. Ivanovskoye (Red), the enemy reports his difficult situation and intends to retreat.

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