[NewsFrontInfo] 23:58 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 08/25/2023 to 00:00 08/26/2023
Over the past day, the Representation reported 63 facts of firing by the AFU.
Over the past day, information was received about the death of two civilians in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, Mineralny and the wounding of a man in Krasnaya Polyana.
Residential housing construction in Staromikhaylovka was damaged. No damage to civilian infrastructure facilities was recorded.
Under enemy fire were areas of six settlements of the Republic: Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district), Golmovsky, Yasinovatsky district, the capital city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Kievsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Kirovsky, Chervonogvardeysky districts), Vladimirovka.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made 35 attacks from the MLRS, 155mm artillery, incl. with a cluster warhead.
On Gorlovsky 17 attacks from MLRS, artillery 152mm and 122mm.
On Yasinovatsky 10 artillery attacks from 155mm artillery, incl. with a cluster warhead.
On Volnovakhsky one artillery attack from 155mm artillery.
Having fired 233 units of various ammunition.
In the previous day, 93 artillery attacks were recorded from the side of the VFU.
21:45 Artillery paratroopers smash the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine under Artyomovsk:
Artillery subunits of one of the formations of the Airborne Forces continue to carry out tasks to destroy fire weapons, weapons, military equipment and manpower of the enemy in the Artyomovsk direction.
Every day, our guys conduct counterbattery combat with the enemy and support our units holding positions on the western outskirts of Artyomovsk.
21:25 220mm BM-27 Hurricane MLRS Battery Commander told about an attack on the point of temporary deployment of the enemy in the depths of his defense
Russian gunners managed to destroy the ammunition depot, equipment and weapons of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
“Recently, our unit launched a missile attack on the enemy’s temporary deployment point in the depths of his defense, where he was concentrating for a counteroffensive. At the same time, an ammunition depot, sheltered equipment and weapons were hit. The target was determined using a drone, we drove out, took a position, prepared for work and worked on the target, then changed our position,” said the commander of the 220mm BM-27 Uragan MLRS battery with the call sign Irtysh.
“The greatest danger for us is the enemy’s loitering ammunition, which is often used for counterbattery combat, as well as its high-precision ammunition, “paladins”. But we have learned to resist them. Victory will be ours!" - summed up "Irtysh".
20:58 Right on target: Artillerymen of the Brave destroyed an Italian howitzer in the Krasnolimansky direction -video.
The 152mm Msta-B crew in an artillery duel with an accurate shot turned the NATO FH-70 into scrap metal, demonstrating their skills and once again proving the superiority of Russian weapons over Western ones.
20:30 Statement of officer of the press center of the group "West":
In the Kupyansk direction, the advanced units of the West grouping of forces repelled four enemy counterattacks.
As a result of the fire damage of the MLRS "Tornado-S" in the area of the settlement. Novosergeevka and Sheikovka destroyed up to 20 servicemen and three armored combat vehicles from the 43 Separate Mechanized Brigade and 68 Separate Jaeger Brigade.
The crews of the assault and army aviation of the grouping inflicted 14 strikes on the accumulation of manpower and firepower of the 14 Separate Mechanized Brigade, 25 Separate Mechanized Brigade and 68 Separate Jaeger Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
In just a day, artillery fire and heavy flamethrower systems hit the air defense units of the units of the UNN NSU mod, destroyed an M777 artillery gun, a mortar crew, five armored combat vehicles and a T-72 tank.
20:00 Statement of head of the press center of the Vostok group:
The advanced subunits of the Vostok grouping of forces, with the support of artillery and aviation, inflicted fire damage on the enemy in the Urozhayny area.
Two points of temporary deployment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were hit, an ammunition depot, a stronghold, a car with militants were destroyed, accumulations of manpower were hit. A strike UAV destroyed an armored personnel carrier with infantry of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Attempts to attack the enemy in the directions of Priyutny and Staromayorsky were thwarted. Having suffered losses, the enemy retreated.
Rocket and cannon artillery fire hit the militants' PVD in Ugledar, Uglesborochnaya, Staromayorsky, Maksimovka and on the western outskirts of Ravnopol, the militants' gathering places in Razdol'noye and Vol'noye Pole.
Also destroyed was the 122mm Gvozdika artillery mount in the Shakhtyorskoye area, an unmanned aircraft command post and a car with militants in the Oktyabr state farm area, and two pickup trucks with ammunition north of Priyutnoye.
Loitering ammunition "Lancet" destroyed the artillery installation 122mm "Gvozdika" in the Novopol area.
Assault and army aviation hit the places of accumulation of manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of Staromayorsky, Harvest, Priyutny. The Osa anti-aircraft missile system shot down two UAVs of the Furiya aircraft type.
19:23 In the village of Seredina-Buda, Sumy region, lazy militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine decided to hide their equipment in hangars, forgetting about camouflage measures. As a result, 152mm rounds visited them -video.
18:19 The artilleryman spoke about the combat work of the crews of the towed large-caliber guns 152mm "Hyacinth-B" in the Ugledar direction -video.
18:11 Armed Forces of Ukraine fired 10 rockets from MLRS in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk - DPR Representative Office in the JCCC
17:45 Ukrainian troops fired four 155mm caliber cluster rounds from “NATO” artillery in the Yasinovatsky district and Makeevka. This was reported in the representative office of the DPR in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC).
17:37 Artillery support for the offensive of the Russian Armed Forces in the direction of Svatovo - Kremennaya: howitzers of the 80th tank regiment are working -video.
16:35 Vremyevsky section situation as of August 25, 2023
In the vicinity of Urozhayne, detachments of the 37th Naval Infantry Brigade of the Ukrainian Navy tried to dislodge Russian troops from the forest belts east of the village. First, the marines attacked on foot in groups, and then with the support of two AFVs. The DV warrior reports that the attempts were thwarted.
To the west of Staromayorsky, the Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to transfer reinforcements to the landing area, along which the line of contact currently arrives. Tanks of the 1st brigade are artillery attack strongholds of the RF Armed Forces, preparing the ground for an offensive.
In addition, the enemy transferred additional territorial defense units to Levadnoye as part of the reinforcement of the grouping in the direction of Priyutnoye. And in the forest belt north of Priyutnoye, paratroopers of the 79th Airborne Brigade were stationed, who were partially transferred to this area from Mar'yinka.
15:35 Kherson direction situation as of August 25, 2023:
In the morning, Ukrainian sabotage groups in three boats tried to land on Borshchevoy Island, south of Veletensky. As a result of heavy artillery fire, one boat was destroyed with five people on it, and the other two departed back.
This is not the first attempt to land on the islands in the Dnieper basin. Yesterday, a similar attempt was made near Aleshkinsky Island, where a floating craft was destroyed at the exit from the Ingulets River.
Also, Russian units repulsed the attack of the 126th Brigade of the territorial defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Pereyaslavsky Island. At the same time, on Melkiy Island southeast of Kherson, the Armed Forces of Ukraine landed two groups to equip an observation post.
Judging by the renewed activity of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in the near future the enemy intends to cross the river again. The transfer of the 11 Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine is expected from Ochakov to the coastal part of the Dnieper.
Transportation of up to 100 units of equipment to industrial enterprises in Kherson itself is also noted. And in Nikolaev, by September 1, the arrival of those mobilized for the understaffing of a separate battalion of the naval infantry of the Ukrainian Navy is expected.
15:17 Over the past week, as a result of artillery attack of the VFU, three civilians of the DPR were killed, another 39 people were injured, including one child, the ombudsman's office reported.
14:24 The village of Rabotino in the Zaporozhye region is completely destroyed due to hostilities, said the acting governor of the region Yevhen Balitsky.
“Work, in principle, does not exist. This is only a settlement on the map, and in nature there is no such settlement anymore, because there were such fierce battles that there are only skeletons of houses and destroyed structures,” he said on Channel One.
14:05 Consequences of the artillery attack of the Petrovsky district of Donetsk with cluster munitions, Uglegorskaya street -photo.
13:59 It is reported that on the right bank our soldiers shot down a Ukrainian Su-25
The aircraft of the Armed Forces of Ukraine tried to work out on Russian positions on the left bank opposite the village of Zolotaya Balka. However, all of his missiles did not reach and fell to the bottom of the dry Kakhovka reservoir. In response, our fighters fired two missiles from MANPADS at the Ukrainian Su-25 and shot it down.
13:28 Orekhovsky area situation as of 15.00 August 25, 2023:
Fierce battles are going on at the turn of Rabotino - Verbovoye. The situation is difficult, as the enemy sent significant forces to capture Rabotino. The village, or rather control over it, has become something sacred for the Ukrainian authorities. Initially, the Armed Forces of Ukraine intended to gain a foothold on August 24, but our fighters managed to repulse the attack.
Now the fighting continues on the southern outskirts, where assault detachments of the 2nd battalion of the 82nd Airborne Brigade, with the support of artillery and aviation, are artillery attack the defense lines of the 42nd Motorized Rifle Division.
It is curious that, despite the availability of communications equipment and Starlink satellite terminals, 82 Brigade have problems in the interaction between groups. As a result of "friendly fire", the paratroopers suffered heavy losses in manpower - they are already planning to send the 3rd battalion to Kirovograd for restoration.
To the east, assault detachments of the 46th detachment of the DShV of Ukraine are fighting in landings, trying to gain a foothold and build on success. During one of these attacks, Ukrainian formations managed to occupy one stronghold. Now there is a regrouping and supply of ammunition under the cover of artillery.
And at the turn of Malaya Tokmachka - Balka Chubenkova there is a concentration of reserves for the attack by the second wave. Mechanized units of the 118th Brigade, as well as the 15th Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine with armored vehicles, arrived in this area, which will enter the battle to further break through the defense.
13:10 Statement of head of the press center of the group "South":
The crew of a Ka-52 helicopter of the army aviation destroyed an enemy infantry fighting vehicle near Andreevka.
The artillery of the group carried out a fire attack on the temporary deployment point and the stronghold of the 3rd separate assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of Kleshcheevka and Andreevka. Also destroyed were two infantry fighting vehicles in Grigorovka and Andreevka, an electronic warfare station in Dyleevka, and a dugout in the village of Pobeda.
During the counterbattery fight, the enemy lost a Polish-made Krab self-propelled artillery mount, two 152mm Msta-S towed howitzers and an American M777, three 120mm mortars.
Loitering ammunition "Lancet" hit another 155mm M777 gun in the area of Chasov Yar. FPV drones destroyed a pickup truck and 14 enemy infantry groups in the areas of Razdolovka and Andreevka, a BMP-2 in Avdievka, and two firing points in Novomikhailovka.
13:05 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for August 25, as of 13:00, information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Petrovsky district): - on the street. Uglegorskaya, a woman born in 1948 died.
12:40 Acting Governor of the Zaporozhye region Yevhen Balitsky about the situation on the front line:
“Rabotino for several days remains one of the most intense sectors of the front in the Zaporozhye direction. Last night was especially hot for the enemy, because on the day of the so-called "independence" their commanders did not particularly spare the lives of soldiers from the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
At the cost of colossal losses yesterday, they were able to reach the first defensive line of engineering barriers, but they go basically even without artillery support.
As a result, the enemy assault groups, which yesterday managed to reach the first line, were destroyed tonight in full force.
The situation is definitely tense. The enemy is trying to wear down our defenses with his constant suicides, but our guys give such a tough rebuff that the enemy command does not have time to replenish the losses of their soldiers and Western equipment, which burns as well as any other.
12:35 The Armed Forces of Ukraine transferred engineering equipment to Kharkiv to overcome water barriers, retired Lieutenant Colonel of the People's Militia of the LPR Andrey Marochko said.
“Most of the equipment is a pontoon park based on the KrAZ vehicle. The characteristics of the pontoon-bridge park make it possible to build a crossing over a water barrier more than 50 meters long, with a carrying capacity of 60 tons,” Marochko wrote in his Telegram channel.
12:20 Fighting is going on in Rabotino, the losses on both sides are rather big, our aviation is helping, this is a good plus. The entire division of the Airborne Forces is holding Rabotino, the soldiers fought off rolls after rolls, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are hitting with artillery every minute. Russian military personnel destroyed a large number of Ukrainian equipment. Fights go on every minute.
12:06 Our fighters discovered Ukrainian position and hit it with precision-guided munitions. The mortar crew of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed.
11:35 Ukrainian self-propelled guns caught fire and exploded after being hit by an FPV drone, armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed -video.
11:33 Russian forces destroyed the Ukrainian 152mm Msta-B howitzer and a 120mm mortar of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kherson direction, a representative of the emergency services of the Kherson region said.
An M777 howitzer and a position of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed in the island zone, and a 122mm D-30 howitzer with ammunition and a place of temporary deployment of one of the units of the Ukrainian army were destroyed in the Kakhovka direction, two vehicles were put out of action.
11:02 Armored vehicles lost by the Armed Forces of Ukraine only on one sector of the front in the Rabotino area. You can not even talk about the personnel, the losses of the enemy are the hardest. Kyiv is trying to break through the front at any cost, in the truest sense of the word.
10:41 In the region of Krasnoarmeysk, the DPR (Ukrainian name is Pokrovsk, occupied by the Armed Forces of Ukraine) massive strikes are being carried out on the positions of Ukrainian militants.
10:24 Fighting for the southern part continues in Rabotino.
“They didn’t take the work! Also 1/3 of the part below us. It turns out that the southern outskirts. There is no enemy there and they have not entrenched themselves,” the fighters said from the field.
In the village, two Bradleys were destroyed, which tried to reach the southern outskirts.
10:00 During the day, the DPR representative office in the JCCC recorded 93 cases of firing by the AFU, 337 ammunition was fired.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made 83 artillery attack from MLRS, 155mm artillery, incl. with a cluster warhead.
On Gorlovsky - eight artillery attacks from artillery of 152mm caliber.
On Yasinovatsky - two artillery attack from 155mm artillery.
The enemy fired at Donetsk, Staromikhaylovka, Aleksandrovka, Makeevka, Yasinovataya, Gorlovka.
Over the past day, a woman died in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, four civilians were injured of varying severity in the Kievsky district of Donetsk.
A total of 13 residential buildings and 6 civilian infrastructure facilities were damaged in Donetsk, Staromikhaylovka and Oleksandrivka.
09:53 Situation in the South-Donetsk direction:
In the Vremevsky sector, the enemy did not make active attempts to attack, limiting himself to the actions of small groups to probe the defenses of the RF Armed Forces in this direction. In addition to movements in the direction of Staromlynovka and Cherished Desires, small infantry groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine tried to move east from Urozhayne - towards Novodonetsk, but were unsuccessful.
Otherwise, the parties are focusing their main efforts on identifying accumulations of manpower and equipment, exchanging artillery shelling.
To the north of Priyutnoye, the movement of enemy units in the forest belts was again noticed. They tried to improve their situation with the support of a wandering tank, but they also had no success. The tank received the Lancet, after which it rolled back, followed by the infantry.
The situation in the Ugledarsky section is also without significant changes. The 68th Separate Jaeger Brigade and naval infantry brigades continue to systematically detect enemy movements along the Ugledar-Konstantinovka-Novomikhaylovka line, followed by inflicting fire damage.
09:46 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. Krynki 14 rounds;
-- n.p. Kazachi Lagery 21 rounds;
-- n.p. Podstepne 18 rounds;
-- n.p. Aleshki nine rounds;
-- n.p. Dnepryans seven rounds.
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the settlement of Nova Kakhovka, the settlement of Kakhovka, n. p. Kazachi Lagery, Velikaya Lepetikha, firing a total of 32 rounds from cannon artillery
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure to be confirmed
09:32 Zaporozhye direction, Orekhovsky section:
At night, the enemy continued to carry out intense attacks in the Rabotino area in order to reach the village of Verbovoye. The enemy used a large number of armored vehicles and manpower. At this moment, the fierce battle continues.
At the moment, the enemy has not achieved significant success. The enemy column was opened in advance, and our "birds" and heavy artillery work out on it.
09:22 Ukrainian militants fired 20 rockets from the MLRS in the Chervonogvardeisky district of Makeevka - Representation of the JCCC DPR.
09:20 Consequences of yesterday's (August 24, 2023) artillery attack of the State Unitary Enterprise Stirol (Kalinin district of Gorlovka) by Ukrainian gangs -photo.
09:15 The coastline of the Dnieper in the Zaporozhye region is seriously fortified after the shallowing of the Kakhovka reservoir, Ukrainian troops will not be able to pass there, declared Acting Governor of the region Yevgeny Balitsky.
09:11 The Armed Forces of Ukraine are pushing engineering equipment to the front to organize pontoon crossings. This was announced by Lieutenant Colonel of the LPR, retired Andrey Marochko.
He added that the characteristics of the pontoon-bridge park make it possible to build a crossing over a water barrier more than 50 meters long, its carrying capacity is about 60 tons.
09:05 Personnel consequences of the artillery attack of Donetsk on August 24.
Rounds fell on the territory of the hospital. Vishnevsky next to the intensive care unit. Staff and patients took refuge in the basement of the building. At the moment the artillery attack began, employees of the MIRA humanitarian fund were working in the maternity hospital, giving assistance to women in childbirth.
09:02 Two civilians were hospitalized after the artillery attack of the Vasil'yevsky district of the Zaporozhye region.
The night before, militants of the Kyiv regime shelled the village of Skelki, Vasilyevsky district. The hit had to a private house on Shevchenko Street. As a result, the outbuilding caught fire.
According to preliminary information, two people were injured: a 49-year-old woman and a 46-year-old man. They were taken to a hospital in the city of Dneprorudne. The information is being specified.
08:50 Calculations of the "Tor-M2" air defense system of the "Western" group of troopsstartledair targets in the Kupyansk direction.
During the course of the special operation, crews of anti-aircraft missile systems of air defense provide the troops with a reliable shield around the clock from attacks by enemy air targets.
08:14 Servicemen of the "Western" group of troops showed captured positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kupyansk direction.
08:10 Frontline summary on the morning of 08/25/2023:
In the Zaporozhye direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have entrenched themselves in the village of Rabotino and are attacking Novoprokopovka, which is under massive shelling. At the same time, with the support of artillery, they are trying to advance in the Verbovoye area, trying to reach the rear of the defensive lines of the RF Armed Forces from the west.
Fierce oncoming battles near Novopokrovka. Russian troops attacked the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Orekhovo, Novodanilovka, Krasnaya Krinitsa, Yegorovka. Ukrainian troops hit the positions of the Russian Armed Forces in Kopany, Tokmak, Ilchenkov and Novofedorovka.
In the Ugledar sector, after shelling, the Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked near Priyutnoye and in the direction of Staromlynovka. Without success. The Russian Aerospace Forces worked on Blagodatny, artillery - on Novopol, Vremovka, Urozhaynoye, Shakhtyorsky and Ugledar. The Armed Forces of Ukraine fired on the RF Armed Forces in Cherished Desire, Kermenchik and Novodonetsk.
On the Donetsk front, Russian troops carried out a ground attack near Novomikhailovka. They also, with the support of artillery, conducted assault operations in Mar'yinka and on the southern approaches to Avdievka. Everywhere without promotion. Under shelling, the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Antonovka, Elizavetovka, the city of Krasnogorovka, Orlovka, Stepnoy (not to be confused with the settlements of the same name in the Zaporozhye and Ugledar directions), Novokalinovo and Keramiki.
In the Bakhmut direction, Ukrainian troops, with the support of artillery, carried out assault operations near Kurdyumovka and Kleshcheevka. The Russians counterattacked at Vesely (a settlement northeast of Soledar). The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation delivered strikes against the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Belaya Gora, Stupochki, Ivanovsky, Fedorovka, Zvanovka, Rozdolovka, Vyemka and Sporny. Ukrainian artillery worked along Andreevka, Bakhmut and Yakovlevka.
08:05 MLRS crew destroyed armored vehicles and militants near Ugledar -video.
08:00 In the Kupyansky direction, the Tor-M2 air defense system destroyed kamikaze drones from the USA.
During the special operation, the crews of the Tor-M2 missile systems of the Western Military District continue to provide the troops with an ultra-reliable shield against attacks by enemy air targets around the clock. Air defense crews are also involved in the Kupyansk direction.
Complexes "Tor-M2" can hit all types of targets in their range of altitudes and ranges. They detect aircraft, helicopters, ballistic missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles.
“Goals are different. Including NATO drones Switchblade. We have our own Ukrainian production,” said the head of the calculation with the call sign “Kazakh”.