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[ColonelCassad] At night, the enemy again tried to break into the harbor of Sevastopol with the help of sea drones. 1 was destroyed on the way, the other exploded on the outer roadstead. The echo of one of the explosions was heard even in our area. Normally, it banged like that.
The governor of the city said that no damage was done to any objects, the situation is calm.
The fleet maintains the current level of combat readiness in case of repeated attacks.
[Kiev Independent] Wagner Group boss Yevgeny Prigozhin, Putin's confidant, has said he will now instruct his mercenaries not to capture prisoners of the war.
"We will kill everyone on the battlefield. Take no more prisoners of the war!", Prigozhin said on April 23 in an audio recording in response to a question posted on the Telegram account of his press service.
Prigozhin's decision was apparently made in response to a so-called "intercepted conversation" posted to an unofficial Wagner-affiliated Telegram account which claimed it was between two Ukrainian soldiers deciding to shoot a prisoner of war.
The voices in the 21-second audio file speak Russian, and don't even mention that their apparent prisoner is Russian or give any indication that they themselves are Ukrainian.
No visual evidence or contextual information is given concerning the recording, making its authenticity highly dubious. Russian media and Telegram channels have notoriously produced many clumsily-made fake "intercepted conversations," claiming to be between Ukrainian soldiers or commanders, in the past.
Russian state-backed Wagner Group has been accused of torturing and executing civilians and POWs in Ukraine, Syria, and other countries.
Former Wagner mercenaries confessed on April 17 to murdering dozens of Ukrainian POWS, civilians, including children.
In the interview with Russian opposition media Gulagu.net, one of the former mercenaries said they had received orders from Prigozhin himself to "clean up" in Soledar and Bakhmut in Donetsk Oblast, meaning to kill everyone in sight.
After the interview, Prigozhin responded to former mercenaries' accounts, calling them "blatant lies," adding that Wagner "has never touched and does not touch" children. He also said that people "spreading lies" about Wagner were the enemy and that they would be dealt with "in a special way."
Executions and tortures of POWs breach the Geneva Conventions and constitute war crimes.
E. Prigozhin's comments about the audio interception of the conversation of the UAF militants, where they decide to shoot the wounded soldier of the PMC "Wagner" and not take anyone prisoner:
"Of course, I heard this audio interception long before it got into the media. I can say one thing, that this audio intercept about Ukrainians shooting our wounded prisoners, it has a very serious humanitarian significance. And we will never violate international laws of humanism. And the law of humanism begins from the moment you take a person prisoner. Take him prisoner, start taking care of him, treat him, do not injure him and give him home after some time, by exchange or just like you like it.
We gave sometimes and just like that. Therefore, we will not violate the rules of humanism. And we will simply destroy everyone on the battlefield. Therefore, this law will be called the law of the 300th. We still do not know the name of our guy, who is wounded Ukrainian scoundrels were shot, and we will kill all those who are on the battlefield. Take no more prisoners."
That works as long as you have a continuous supply of Ukrainians.
The Prigozhin thing sounds like tit-for-tat, but somebody suggested he is running a psy-op. To wit:
The Warners and the Ukies have been engaged in fierce back and forth fighting with high casualties. Prisoners have been taken on both sides. Usually, when things go wrong, a soldier has 3 choices:
1) Fight to the death
2) Retreat
3) Surrender
Prigozhin is trying to remove Option #3 to make #2 the more appealing choice. If the Ukrainians retreat from Bakmut, then the Wagners do not have to fight them. As Sun Tzu says, to win before fighting is the bestest.
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[Korrespondent] 22:55 Borrell called unacceptable the statements of the Chinese Ambassador to France, Lou Shaye, about the status of the former USSR countries: "The statements of the Chinese Ambassador to France, calling into question the sovereignty of the countries that became independent after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, are unacceptable. The EU can only assume that these statements are not official Chinese policy."
Earlier, the Chinese ambassador to France said that the former Soviet countries "do not have an effective status in international law," and the ownership of Crimea "depends on how you perceive the problem," because "it is not so simple" and the peninsula "originally belonged to Russia."
21:52 The Patriot air defense system, one of which has already taken up combat duty in Ukraine, and the rest are on their way, is capable of shooting down S-300 missiles, but the Russians have too many of them, Yuriy Ignat, spokesman for the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said: what is expensive, here is that there are a lot of them: 6-7 thousand S-300 missiles were a few months ago.It is more rational to destroy them on the ground ... We need to understand how many missiles we will have for Patriot and how many missiles they will have for S -300. They will launch like "Shaheds", depleting our air defense."
20:36 The Russians intensified shelling of the Kherson and Berislav regions after ISW informed about a possible counter-offensive by the Ukrainian military, Natalia Gumenyuk, speaker of the OK Pivden, said: "Reacting to such informational stuffing, the enemy has significantly increased attacks on the opposite bank. We have a powerful shelling of the Kherson and Berislav regions ... Inspired by this information, the enemy launched an air attack, pulled up artillery and tried to prove that he was still in control of the positions.
Gumenyuk added that as a result of the attack, about 30 residential buildings and schools were destroyed, there are victims.
19:49 Prigozhin said that Wagner PMC mercenaries would no longer take Ukrainian soldiers prisoner. He explained this by the fact that the Ukrainian military, in an allegedly intercepted "conversation" that is being distributed through Russian telegram channels, discussed the murder of a wounded Wagnerian who had been captured by them.
19:02 Servicemen of the RF Armed Forces and mercenaries of PMC Wagner shift responsibility for their own tactical miscalculations and losses to each other. According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, recently in Stanytsia Luhanska a fight broke out between them, which turned into a shootout. As a result of the conflict, there are casualties on both sides.
18:50 The Russians fired mortars at Kherson, one person died, said the head of the OVA Alexander Prokudin.
18:36 The Russians have begun to use Iranian kamikaze drones in a new way, trying to probe Ukrainian air defense, said Natalya Gumenyuk, speaker of OK Pivden. According to her, the first 3-4 drones reveal the work of air defense, and the next ones are sent directly to these places. At the same time, small batches of drones are used - 14-17 compared to 20-25, as it was before.
In addition, the Russians are trying to target places where, in their opinion, Ukrainian equipment for a counteroffensive can be stored, and electrical substations remain their targets.
18:01 Speaker OK Pivden Natalya Gumenyuk announced in the Crimea "the season of bavovny", not a resort. According to her, the inhabitants of the occupied peninsula need to get used to the sounds of air raids.
17:42 Russians attacked Nikopol from drones in Dnepropetrovsk region, at least four explosions were heard. As a result of the attack, three people were injured, said the head of the OVA, Serhiy Lysak.
16:35 The Russians fired artillery at the village of Kizomys, Belozersky community, Kherson region - the building of a local school and about 25 residential buildings were damaged, two people were injured, said the head of the OVA, Alexander Prokudin.
In addition, in the village of Gavrilovka, Novoaleksandrovsky community, Berislavsky district, on Memorial Sunday, Russian artillery attacked a cemetery, there were no casualties.
16:14 Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov called "an outrageous and unacceptable method" the refusal to issue visas to Russian journalists who were supposed to accompany Lavrov to the UN. According to him, the Russian Federation "will find forms of the US response" to the non-issuance of visas to Russian journalists, and "they will remember this for a long time."
15:36 An illegal cellar for Russian refuseniks has reopened in Zaitsevo, Luhansk region, writes ASTRA. A year ago, this place for holding soldiers who refused to fight was dispersed after media publications, but now it is working again. According to journalists, about 300 Russian conscripts who refused to fight in Ukraine were held in the basement of the former House of Culture in Zaitsevo last year. There, the men were threatened, not fed, not allowed to go to the toilet, not allowed to wash, and not provided with medical assistance.
14:57 Elon Musk said he donated $100 million to Ukraine. He announced this in a tweet with Stephen King, who urged him to donate money to Ukraine instead of paying for his blue tick.
14:31 Medvedev said that if the G7 bans the export of goods to Russia, "in this case, the grain deal and many other things that they need will end for them."
12:19 Polish Deputy Foreign Minister Piotr Wawrzyk criticized the statement of German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius, who believes that Ukraine will not join NATO in the near future and that such a decision should be made not out of a sense of solidarity, but "on a cold head." According to Wawrzyk, if Germany had not previously blocked Ukraine's accession to NATO, the current war would not have happened.
"The question is when the time will come for this" cold head ". Five, ten or 30 years after the end of the war? years ago in Munich, Ukraine received an invitation to the alliance, then today there would be no war in Ukraine,” Wawrzyk is convinced. He also stressed that the countries of Western Europe - France and Germany - in general have always been against Ukraine's accession to either the EU or NATO.
11:26 Over the past few weeks, there has not been a single day that the Russians did not hit with guided bombs, Air Force spokesman Yuri Ignat said. According to him, at least two dozen enemy tactical aircraft are operating along the entire front line.
10:51 The Russians are likely to resume assaults on Vugledar, Alexey Dmitrashkovsky, spokesman for the defense forces of the Tauride direction, believes: "Having lost a lot of personnel in the Avdeevsky and Maryinsky directions, I think that the enemy will again focus on the Vugledar direction in the near future."
10:48 British intelligence states that the Russian Ministry of Defense has launched a new large-scale campaign to recruit volunteers, trying to delay any new open mandatory mobilization as long as possible. At the same time, analysts consider it extremely unlikely that this campaign will achieve Moscow's goal of 400,000 volunteers.
10:17 Russians at night fired at the city of Slavyansk of Donetsk region from S-300, Mayor Vadim Lyakh said. The rocket hit in the Lesnoy microdistrict near the quarry. Several private houses were damaged, but people were not injured.
10:02 Speaker OK Pivden Natalya Gumenyuk commented on the ISW information about the alleged landing of Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers on the left bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region: "I want everyone to understand: when the front line runs along such a wide powerful river as the Dnieper, it is very difficult to overcome such an obstacle difficult work. Therefore, even the best "students" of the Institute for the Study of War need to be patient here."
She stressed that the conditions of the military operation require information silence until security is ensured for the Ukrainian forces.
08:59 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reports that Ukrainian forces have taken up positions on the left bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region. The experts made such conclusions after analyzing the messages of Russian military correspondents, who provided enough geographically linked video materials. In particular, Ukrainian forces appear to have taken up positions on the banks of the Dnieper River north of Oleshki (7km southwest of Kherson) and advanced to the northern edge of the settlement on the E97 highway, as well as west of Dacha (10km south of Kherson). Kherson).
08:52 In the Kherson region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, one person was killed, two were injured. In the Donetsk region, four were injured, according to the IVA.
08:44 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of April 23.
personnel - about 186,420 (+690) people liquidated,
tanks - 3675 (+3),
armored combat vehicles - 7131 (+1),
artillery systems - 2837 (+5),
MLRS - 539 (+0),
air defense systems - 289 (+0),
aircraft - 308 (+0),
helicopters - 294 (+1),
UAV operational-tactical level - 2402 (+4),
cruise missiles - 911 (+0),
ships/boats - 18 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 5730 (+12),
special equipment - 339 (+2).
08:31 The Russian army is focusing its main efforts on conducting offensive operations in the Bakhmut, Avdeevsky and Maryinsky directions - 58 enemy attacks have been repelled. The most fierce battles are going on for Bakhmut and Marinka, the General Staff reported in the morning report .
02:39 The EU, within the framework of the 11th package of sanctions, plans to ban the transit of a number of goods through the territory of Russia in order to complicate the circumvention of existing restrictions, writes Bloomberg. The transit ban will apply to technology and goods, including certain types of vehicles. But, perhaps, not all of them will be banned from passing through the Russian Federation on their way to third countries.
01:20 Since the beginning of a full-scale war on the territory of Ukraine, 124 people have died from mines, including six children, Ruslan Beregulya, head of the Department of Environmental Safety and Mine Action of the Ministry of Defense, said. 286 people were injured, including 33 children. The territories of Kharkiv, Nikolaev and Kherson regions suffered the most from mines and explosive objects.
Potentially contaminated territories are considered to be all territories where active hostilities were or are being conducted, as well as territories under occupation, and territories against which rocket and air strikes were carried out. Today it is about 174 thousand square meters. km, including sea areas, said Beregulya.
00:36 Russians are holding deported Ukrainian children in more than 70 camps in Russia. At the same time, underage Ukrainians are constantly transported so that Kyiv cannot find out where they are, said Daria Gerasimchuk, Commissioner for Children's Rights of the President of Ukraine.
According to her, almost 19.4 thousand Ukrainian minors have been confirmed to have been kidnapped by the Russians, but the real figure could be much higher - 200 or 300 thousand. Gerasimchuk stressed that the Russians are trying to select the healthiest children, arranging so-called "medical examinations" before their deportation. “After medical examinations, these healthy children suddenly have amazing terrible diagnoses, after which they are offered treatment in the Russian Federation,” she explained.
"They are trying to break them. They are humiliated in every possible way, and most importantly, the Russians are doing everything to make the child hate his own parents - they impose on the child the opinion that his parents and relatives no longer need him," summed up Gerasimchuk.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:39 Air alert announced in the north-eastern regions of Ukraine
Sirens roar in Kharkiv, Poltava, Sumy and Dnepropetrovsk regions.
21:24 Destroyed SAM "Osa" VSUshnikov somewhere at the front. The barely living air defense forces of Ukraine are becoming even weaker.
21:23 Patrol police officers will fight against fans of night races with the help of military commissars.
"Drive loaded cars into the city center, roaring engines, drifting the streets - this is a farce during the war. And near these charged motors, thugs are spinning, who, due to their age and state of health, could, for example, hold a machine gun," writes Beloshitsky, deputy head of the Patrol Police Department.
In general, as a rule, those who can afford to arrange night “afterburners” will be able to pay off from the military commissars. They just have to carry a lot more money with them. And so, everything remains in its place.
20:50 Pskov paratroopers destroyed American howitzer
The operator of the Lancet kamikaze drone discovered the firing position of an enemy gun and hit it. The 155mm M777 howitzer delivered from the USA became a victim of the “drone pilots” of the 76th Airborne Assault Division.
19:57 Russian military destroyed armored car of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with troops
"Here they are, trying to break through. Nothing happened, four more prisoners," says a soldier of the RF Armed Forces.
18:40 Russian Armed Forces snipers continue to "remove" patrol officers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine along the entire front. This time, a militant in the Zaporozhye direction was denazified.
17:47 Result of the arrival of a Russian high-precision bomb with planning and correction modules (IPC) at the positions of the 40th Separate Rifle Battalion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Judging by the destruction and comments of the VSUshnik, there are a lot of KIAs and wounded.
16:46 Statement by the head of the press center of the Vostok group:
In the South-Donetsk direction, the crews of the Buk anti-aircraft missile system shot down two rockets of the MLRS "Haymars".
The forces and means of reconnaissance revealed the accumulation of enemy manpower in the area of the settlement of Vremevka, on which the calculations of self-propelled artillery installations 152mm "Msta" fired. According to radio intercepts, two pickup trucks and up to 10 militants were destroyed.
Also, two enemy strongholds were destroyed by artillery fire.
In the Zaporozhye direction, the Irony reconnaissance complex was discovered and artillery fire destroyed an enemy stronghold in the area of the Novodanilovka settlement. Eliminated six militants.
As part of the counterbattery fight, the crew of the 152mm Akatsiya self-propelled artillery mount destroyed an enemy mortar crew in the area of the settlement of Lugovskoye.
15:25 Combat Job of Russian crews of the 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS for the destruction of objects and camouflaged positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in one of the direction of the NMD
15:25 Our gunners startled another APU supporter. Zaporozhye direction
14:36 Highlights from the briefing of the Russian Defense Ministry:
-- Up to 95 Ukrainian servicemen were killed in the Kupyansk direction.
-- In the Krasno-Limansky direction, the enemy’s losses amounted to more than 70 Ukrainian servicemen, a 122mm D-30 howitzer, as well as an 152mm Akatsiya self-propelled gun.
-- In the Donetsk direction, ammunition depots were destroyed, as well as up to 200 Ukrainian servicemen, infantry fighting vehicles, a 152mm D-20 howitzer and a 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS combat vehicle.
-- Over 130 Ukrainian servicemen, as well as a 152mm D-20 howitzer, were liquidated in the South-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions.
-- In the Kherson direction, up to 45 Ukrainian servicemen were destroyed by artillery in a day.
-- The air defense forces intercepted: the Grom-2 operational-tactical missile, three HIMARS MLRS rockets, nine Ukrainian UAVs.
13:50 In Kharkov amazed workshops of the aviation industry enterprise working on the repair and testing of the Strizh UAV.
13:49 Statement by the head of the press center of the Yug group
In the Lisichansk direction, aviation of the Southern Military District destroyed an ammunition depot and a temporary deployment point for the 54th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the settlement of Verkhnekamensk, as well as an unloading station for ammunition and fuel and lubricants in the Krasnoarmeysk region in the Aleksandro-Kalinovsky direction.
In the Avdeevka direction, artillery units of the First Army Corps hit mortar firing positions and two groups of enemy infantry in the area of the Tonenkoye settlement, one 120mmr mortar was destroyed.
The fire of the Solntsepek TOS destroyed the stronghold of the 129th territorial defense brigade in the area of bthe settlement of Avdievka.
Special forces disrupted the rotation of enemy units in the Belogorovka area.
12:33 Statement by the officer of the press center of the Zapad group
In the Kupyansk direction, the army aviation of the group of troops "West" in the area of the settlement. Ogurtsovo and Krugloye, two platoon strongholds and three personnel shelters south of the settlement were destroyed. Olshany.
Two enemy DRGs were opened and destroyed in the area of the settlements of Molchanovo and Krakhmalnoye. Two rotation attempts were thwarted near the villages of Sinkovka and Timkovka.
In n.p. Petropavlovka was destroyed by fire from the 152mm 2S19 Msta-S artillery gun under the command of Corporal Alexei Leshukov, the 152mm 2S3 Akatsiya self-propelled guns. The enemy suffered losses in manpower and equipment.
12:33 Personnel training of mobile fire support units of the Airborne Forces at one of the training grounds in the rear zone of the NWO
Servicemen in the mobile fire support units of the Airborne Forces practice the procedure for using fire weapons in combat to support assault units conducting offensive operations.
The crews are armed with automatic grenade launchers AGS-17 "Flame" and 12.7mm heavy machine guns "Kord", which are mounted on the back of the car.
The paratroopers quickly go to the firing line and, after determining the range to the target, open fire to kill.
Having destroyed the enemy, the crews quickly change positions so as not to fall under return fire.
In addition, as part of practical exercises, airborne troops practice skills in classifying targets, adjusting fire, and determining the distance to the target.
11:23 Mobile anti-tank reserve of Russian Airborne Forces units on ATVs destroyed accumulation of enemy manpower
Servicemen from the mobile anti-tank reserve of the Airborne Forces, having received the task of destroying the accumulation of infantry of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, promptly moved to the indicated area to conduct reconnaissance and destroy the indicated targets.
Paratroopers make daring raids and get close to enemy positions. Upon arrival in a given area, the reconnaissance officers of the Airborne Forces, using thermal imaging equipment, discovered a cluster of personnel of Ukrainian formations. The calculation strikes the nationalist infantry with rocket launches from the Fagot anti-tank missile system.
10:36 Destroyed in the Artemovsk (Bakhmut) area, a Ukrainian BTR-4MB1 and an American Humvee armored vehicle
10:36 Personnel of the destroyed armored car Humvee, American production, in the zone of the NWO
09:35 Special Forces brought artillery on Ukrainian fighters near Avdievka.
Scouts of a special forces unit of the RF Armed Forces, during night-time surveillance, discovered the movement of an enemy detachment. Artillery fire was corrected on the identified target, the enemy suffered heavy losses.
08:49 Artillery of the RF Armed Forces in the Disputable areaspreadsinto the chips of the positions of the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
During the NWO, artillerymen became just snipers.
08:15 Military personnel of the engineering and sapper unit of the Western Military District discovered and destroyed about 200 mines of German production, set by Ukrainian nationalists in the residential areas of one of the cities in the zone of the special military operation. This was reported in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
08:10 Artillery units of the Russian grouping of troops "Center"startledmore than 150 targets of the Armed Forces of Ukraine per day. This was reported to us by the head of the group's press center Alexander Savchuk.
08:06 Paratroopers successfully struck fortified positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the forest.
08:00 At the Ministry of Defense told about the successes of the “West” grouping in the Kupyansk direction.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:58 Over the past day Representation reported about 40 facts of firing by the VFU.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made 31 artillery attack from MLRS, 155mm artillery.
On Gorlovsky three artillery attacks from 155mm artillery.
On Yasinovatsky five artillery attacks from 155mm artillery.
On Volnovakhsky one artillery attack from 155mm artillery. By releasing 275 units of various ammunition.
Under enemy fire were areas of eight settlements of the Republic: Zaitsevo, Panteleimonovka, Yasinovataya, Yakovlevka, the capital city of Donetsk (Kiev, Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Sovetsky, Chervonogvardeysky, Kirovsky districts), Aleksandrovka, Vladimirovka.
Over the past 24 hours, information was received about the death of three civilians in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk and the Sovetsky district of Makeevka.
Eight civilians were injured of varying severity in the Petrovsky and Kuibyshevsky districts of Donetsk, the Sovietsky district of Makeevka and Aleksandrovka.
A total of 28 residential buildings were damaged in the Kievsky, Kirovsky and Petrovsky districts of Donetsk, the Sovietsky district of Makeevka, as well as two civilian infrastructure facilities.
A total of 25 previous artillery attacks were recorded from the side of the VFU per day.
21:04 Three people were injured due to the artillery attack of the Petrovsky district of Donetsk by Ukrainian troops, the mayor of the city saidAlexey Kulemzin. Earlier it was reported about one dead and two injured due to the artillery attack of the area.
19:42 Ukrainian troops fired at the Kirovsky and Kuibyshevsky districts of Donetsk, firing seven rounds with a caliber of 155mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
19:06 AFU withdrew from the last held areas in the center of Bakhmut (Artemovsk) and retreated to the west from the railway tracks - Yulian Repke.
According to him, "Russian troops have already moved west of the tracks and seem to be continuing their offensive."
19:04 In these minutes, the Kiev region of Donetsk is under massive shelling.
18:50 Consequences of artillery attacks of the Kievsky district of Donetsk by Ukrainian militants.
18:48 Ukrainian troops fired at the Kiev and Kuibyshevsky districts of Donetsk, firing 20 rockets from the MLRS, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
18:31 Combat work of Wagner attack aircraft in Artemovsk -video.
18:00 Ukrainian troops fired at the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, firing 20 rockets from the MLRS, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
17:45 Information is being received about the advance of the RF Armed Forces west of Ugledar.
According to preliminary data, the 231st battalion of the 128th Territorial Defense Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine suffered heavy losses and retreated to more advantageous positions north of Neskuchnoye. In the morning there was an attempt to probe the defense with the forces of two DRGs, but the “pickup teams” were destroyed by special forces fire.
Moving along Neskuchnoye, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation came close to Velikaya Novoselka, where there is a powerful fortified area, which is defended by the 60th and 66th Mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and numerous national formations.
17:37 The Ukrainian Armed Forces destroyed a gas station in Hola Pristan, Kherson region.Reportagemilitary correspondent News Front LeX. According to the military correspondent, it was possible to avoid casualties and injuries.
17:36 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for April 23, as of 17:30, additional information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Petrovsky district):
- on the street. Petrovsky, 250, a man born in 1953 died.
- on the street. Baturina, 14, a woman born in 1954 suffered.
- on the street. Alexandra Ulyanova, 19, a man born in 1984 suffered.
- on sq. Victory, 4 wounded man born in 1951
- on the street. Taymyrskaya, 28, a woman born in 1957 was wounded.
Additional information was received about damage as a result of the artillery attack of the VFU cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Petrovsky district):
artillery attack at 14:15:
- st. Outskirts, 26 - a private residential building; completely destroyed.
artillery attack at 15:35:
- fixed damage to the MBU DO "School of Arts No. 2 in Donetsk" on the street. Petrovsky;
- st. Taimyrskaya, 28 - a direct hit in a private residential building.
17:30 APU continues to shell Donetsk - As a result of the attack on the city, three people have already died.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine have been artillery attack the civilian infrastructure of Donetsk and its suburbs almost without interruption all day. As a result of the attack on Makiivka, two women were killed and one more person was wounded. After the artillery attack of the Petrovsky district, a man was killed, another person was hospitalized with severe injuries.
Ukrainian militants also fired at the Tihyi microdistrict - the people who were at that moment in the houses, fortunately, survived, but the artillery attack has not stopped so far. Due to the massive strike on Donetsk, people are without power - part of the city is de-energized.
17:21 Ukrainian troops fired at the Kuibyshevsky and Kievsky districts of Donetsk, firing six rounds with a caliber of 155mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
16:47 Moment of shelling Makeevka and the deaths of two girls were captured on a surveillance camera. The Nazis struck from the MLRS on a residential area of the city.
16:29 The work of Russian artillery in the Luhansk direction -video.
16:15 Ukrainian troops fired at the Kirovsky and Chernogvardeisky districts of Makeyevka, firing 13 rounds with a caliber of 155mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
16:06 The Nazis are conducting a massive shelling of Donetsk. Under fire Petrovsky district of the city.
15:48 APU,retreating from Artyomovsk (Bakhmut), they leave two or three people in the building to avert their eyes and leave their dead and wounded.
The fighters say that the enemy also destroys or mines skyscrapers so that our units do not take them. And in the city you can see narrow trenches with trenches inside, reminiscent of fox holes.
RT correspondent Ivan Polyansky managed to talk with one of the Ukrainian prisoners, who, according to him, was a cook and arrived in Artyomovsk to pick up the bodies of the dead, but his group was bombed
15:46 Ukrainian troops fired at the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, firing 20 rockets from the MLRS, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
15:44 Consequences of artillery attack of the village of Nizhnyaya Krynka by Ukrainian militants.
15:38 Footage of the combat work of the 1st Army Corps of the RF Armed Forces to destroy enemy manpower and equipment -video.
14:50 Our fighters from the 24th Separate Guards Brandenburg Order of Lenin, Red Banner, Order of Suvorov Special Purpose Brigade conducted ambush in the forest on the Krasnolimansky direction. Most of the enemy personnel were destroyed by sniper fire, one was taken prisoner.
14:30 Ukrainian troops fired at the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, firing five rounds with a caliber of 155mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
14:25 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for April 23, information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): - on the territory of the cemetery of the village. A red plowman, as a result of an explosion on a PFM “Petal” mine, a man born in 1972 was injured.
As of April 23, 112 cases of explosions of civilians were registered, incl. 10 children, on PFM-1 “Petal” mines. Three of the victims died as a result of the wound.
n.p. Makeevka (Sovetsky district):
- women born in 1993 and 1985 died.
- a woman born in 1984 suffered.
n.p. Alexandrovka: - on the street. Lenin, 44, a man born in 1955 suffered.
14:15 Ukrainian troops fired at the Soviet district of Makeevka, firing five rockets from the MLRS, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
14:10 Two more quarters in the western part of Artemovsk (Bakhmut) were liberated by assault squads - Russian Defense Ministry
The Ministry of Defense reported that the Airborne Forces supported the actions of the assault detachments to capture the city on its northern and southern outskirts.
13:50 In the Kherson direction over the past day, the RF Armed Forces destroyed up to 45 Ukrainian servicemen and three vehicles - the RF Ministry of Defense.
In addition, our fighters eliminated nine Ukrainian UAVs in the areas of the settlements of Tavriysk, Kherson region, Kirillovka, Valeryanovka, Donetsk People's Republic, and Kremennaya, Rubizhne, Lugansk People's Republic.
13:39 Ukrainian troops fired at Zaitsevo, Makeevka and Donetsk, firing 17 rounds with a caliber of 155mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
13:23 Personnel from a special training center.
The center trains individual assault actions, work as part of a unit, as well as the interaction of the assault team with the UAV operator.
Experienced instructors "tear three skins" from both cadets with combat experience and recruits. The task for all is the same: to bring actions to automatism, as in judo or boxing.
And the "assault group - drone" link helps to save the lives of our soldiers and ensures the effective fulfillment of the assigned tasks.
13:05 In Artemovsk at 13:00 noon:
Fierce fighting continued along the highway west of Khromovo. The enemy, despite all the difficulties, is making desperate efforts to push our troops back from the road. Ours, in turn, continue to press near the highway and north of Khromovo. Positional battles near Orekhovo-Vasilyevka.
In the city, the assault groups of PMC “Wagner” continue to methodically advance in the northwestern quarters of the city, as well as in the quarters to the west of the center. The front continues to approach high-rise buildings on the western outskirts, the fire damage of which is intensifying.
Despite all the difficulties and losses, the enemy continues to try to push infantry reinforcements and ammunition into Artemovsk between Khromovo and Krasny. Due to rain, the fields are difficult for wheeled vehicles, and tracked vehicles are experiencing certain problems.
Regarding the statements that the Armed Forces of Ukraine were tasked not to surrender Artemovsk until at least May 9, in order not to give Russia a powerful symbolic victory for the holiday. As Prigozhin already clarified, no one is chasing a specific date, especially since now the destruction of the reserves of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which the enemy is concentrating near Artemovsk, is of primary importance - this task is being solved very successfully.
It can already be said that the Battle of Artyomov confused the plans of the United States and NATO for conducting operations in Ukraine in the spring of 2023. Well, as for the dates, we can recall that the same task was set for the encirclement at Azovstal, who stayed until May 9, and after that they began to capitulate from May 16-17.
12:36 Ukrainian troops fired at the Kirovsky district of Donetsk, firing five rounds with a caliber of 155mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
12:05 Today, the Armed Forces of Ukraine again fired at New Kakhovka. The blow hit the house at Druzhby Street, 60. There was a fire.
11:45 PMC “Wagner” fighters continue advance in the western regions of Artemovsk (Bakhmut).
11:10 The Nazis produced a rocket shelling in n.p. Alchevsk LPR with the use of MLRS HIMARS (4 missiles).
As a result of the shelling, the boiler house was destroyed, as well as the glazing of 7 one-story residential buildings and the gas pipeline were damaged.
Employees of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation are working at the crime scene.
11:05 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for April 23, as of 11:00, information was received about damage as a result of artillery attack of the VFU of the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Kirovskiy district): - st. Aleksinskaya, 35, 37 - private residential buildings; The pipeline was also damaged.
10:50 Frontline summary on the morning of 04/23/2023:
In the Uludar sector, Russian troops, with massive artillery support, unexpectedly attacked in the direction of Bolshaya Novosyolka and managed to push through the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have not conducted offensive operations in this area for a long time. Russian troops also launched a ground attack on the outskirts of Ugledar. Here without success. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation fired on Zolotoy Niva, Prechistovka and Novoukrainka.
On the Donetsk front, Russian troops, supported by artillery, attacked in the city limits of Maryinka, near Nevelskoye and in the direction of Pervomaisky. There is not much progress on the last two sections. Dense oncoming battles near the village of Krasnogorovka. The Ukrainian army seeks to seize the initiative. She partially succeeds. After artillery strikes, the RF Armed Forces tried to advance near Novokalinov. Russian troops shelled Novomikhailovka, Pobeda, the cities of Krasnogorovka, Thin, Avdeevka, Ocheretin, New York, Yuzhny and Zhelezny. The Armed Forces of Ukraine were hit in Donetsk and Gorlovka.
In Bakhmut, after massive artillery and air strikes, the Wagner PMC continues to put pressure on the Ukrainian garrison from the south, east and north. APU retreat to level the front line. But at the first opportunity they counterattack.
To the northwest of the city, Russian troops tried to advance towards Bogdanovka. With artillery support, they attacked in the direction of Grigorovka. APU hold positions. The RF Armed Forces shelled Aleksandro-Shultino, Belaya Gora, Chasov Yar, Ivanovskoye, Novomarkovo, Orekhovo-Vasilyevka, Vasyukovka, Zvanovka, Rozdolovka, Verkhnekamenskoye and Spornovo. The Armed Forces of Ukraine hit the positions of Wagner PMC in Bakhmut.
In the Luhansk direction, Russian troops, with the support of artillery, again tried to advance towards Belogorovka, in the area of Ternov, Nevsky and Makeevka. They also attacked at Lyman the First. No success. The positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Stelmakhivka, Berestovoye, Kotlyarovka, Zapadny, Dvurechnaya, Novomlynsk and Krasny Pervoy are under shelling.
10:10 Russian Armed Forces struck at the point of temporary deployment of Ukrainian militants in Kherson. As a result of the strike, three vehicles were destroyed, 12 militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were liquidated, seven with injuries of varying severity.
10:05 Ukrainians launched artillery attack Zaitsevo (Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka). Explosions of enemy rounds are fixed in the center of the village.
10:00 Ukrainian troops fired at the Kiev region of Donetsk, firing 10 rockets from the MLRS, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
09:58 The RF Armed Forces destroyed a 120mm mortar crew and ammunition for it in the area of Yantarny, Kherson region. As a result of the strike, five militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were eliminated, two more were seriously injured.
09:34 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:
- Staraya Zburyevka fired seven rounds;
- Korsunka fired 14 rounds;
- Aleshki fired 14 rounds;
- Podlesnoye fired 12 rounds;
- Golaya Pristan fired 15 rounds;
- Two rounds were fired at Peschanovka settlement;
- Kardashinka fired two projectiles;
- Radensk fired two rounds;
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure to be confirmed
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the settlement. Novaya Kakhovka, n.p. Kakhovka, n.p. Kardashinka, firing a total of 39 rounds from cannon artillery.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being specified.
09:30 Ukrainian troops fired at the Kirovsky district of Donetsk, firing 10 rockets from the MLRS, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
09:26 AFU landed on the left bank north of Aleshki. Such information is shared by Ukrainian channels and Western media. However, the Russian military does not confirm this information.
This territory is in the gray zone and the APU is not observed there. Given the distance between the shores, it is possible that the Ukrainian soldiers could have landed purely for the sake of a beautiful picture.
"This area, like most others, is under full fire control. Work to identify the enemy’s DRG and launch an artillery strike is ongoing," said one of the Russian military.
08:44 Information on the artillery attack of Gorlovka as of 08:00 on April 23, 2023
08:10 Ukrainian troops fired at Yasinovataya, firing four rounds with a caliber of 155mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
08:00 Summary of the Luhansk People's Republic's Representative Office in the JCCC for the past 24 hours, April 22.
From the side of the armed formations of Ukraine, one artillery attack was recorded at the settlement. Alchevsk using MLRS HIMARS (four missiles).
As a result of the shelling, the boiler house was destroyed, as well as the glazing of seven one-story residential buildings and the gas pipeline were damaged.
07:36 Ukrainian troops fired at Donetsk and Yasinovataya, firing 37 rounds with a caliber of 155mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
Commentary by Russian military journalist is in italics
[ColonelCassasd] “Of course, for such an unpleasant act as the service of his son in the Wagner PMC, Dmitry Sergeevich must be urgently dismissed from his position, because he at least violated the corporate ethics of the deep state.
Children of representatives of Russian political elites and children of representatives of that very deep state should study at Harvard, Oxford and hold positions of directors of state enterprises, banks, or, at worst, be governors or vice-governors.
Therefore, Dmitry Sergeevich acted very badly, giving Nikolai his consent to serve in the Wagner PMC. (c) Prigozhin
PS. Solovyov ( https://t.me/SolovievLive) and the calculation of the heavy MLRS "Hurricane" of the artillery battalion of PMC "Wagner". Nikolai Peskov, the loader of the TZM crew, stands next to Solovyov. The photo was taken in January 2023 during the battles for Soledar.Prigozhin correctly points out the problem, that Peskov’s son served at the front, which is of course good (as they say, where were you in January, when Soledar was stormed?), But people still look at it with distrust, because they don’t see it a systemic phenomenon for our elites.
PS2. By the way, as reported, employees of PMC Wagner, awarded with state awards, will be invited to public events dedicated to Victory Day in Moscow for the first time. I remember Syria in 2016 and how they told me then that "why are you writing about Wagner, there is no Wagner."
Since then, the country and society have come a long way. At first, Wagner worked for its reputation, now the reputation works for Wagner. Everything is classic.
The son of the press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov, Nikolai , who participated in the special operation, said that his relatives did not immediately support his decision to go to the combat zone. He stated this in an interview for the Solovyov Live TV channel.
According to Nikolai Peskov, family members were at first "a little shocked" and worried about him.
"But they respected my decision. Supported," he said.
The TV channel showed footage of Peskov filmed in the special military operation zone near Soledar (DPR) at the end of January 2023. According to the fighter, he “decided to support the operation” in Ukraine. His colleagues said that the entire calculation was awarded state awards for their behavior during the shelling.
On April 22, Nikolai Peskov spoke about participation in the battles. He served without revealing his real name.
As REGNUM reported, entrepreneur Yevgeny Prigozhin spoke about Peskov's service as an artilleryman. The son of a representative of the Kremlin was the loader of the transport-loading machine in the calculation of the "Hurricane". Nicholas himself said that he took an oath to serve his homeland many years ago.
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