[NewsFront] 23:57 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 05/15/2024 to 00:00 05/16/2024.
Nine facts of armed attacks by the UFU were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC over the past 24 hours.
There were no reports of civilian casualties
DAMAGED:
A total of 13 residential buildings
Two civil infrastructure facilities
Eight artillery attacks in the Donetsk direction.
One artillery attack in the Gorlovka direction.
A total of 22 units of various ammunition were fired.
21:03 One person was injured as a result of an attack by the Armed Forces of the Kursk Region - Acting Governor of the Kursk Region Alexey Smirnov
According to him, today the Ukrainian Armed Forces dropped an explosive device from a drone in the Glushkovsky district. The device fell directly on workers who were at that time restoring houses in the village. One of the construction workers was injured and was taken to hospital.
19:49 Artillerymen using aerial reconnaissance equipment destroy enemy equipment, clearing the way for the upcoming assault on the village. Chasov Yar.
18:54 “X-leaders” of the “North” group destroyed MLRS based on HMMWV which prevented our guys from working in Volchansk.
18:30 After arrival, a powerful fire continues to flare up in Nikolaev, it has not yet been extinguished.
17:50 Crews of special-power mortars "Tulip" of the "Vostok" group of troops destroyed fortified positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of ??the village of Staromayorskoye in the South Donetsk direction.
17:10 There is a massive artillery attack of Kamenka-Dneprovskaya Zaporozhye region from the Ukrainian Armed Forces, there are casualties, Balitsky said.
16:40 Pushilin announced plans to liberate Krasnoarmeysk, Druzhkovka, Konstantinovka, Kramatorsk and Slavyansk.
16:20 The liberation of Glubokoye in the Khar'kov region will allow the Russian Armed Forces to launch artillery strikes on the military infrastructure of the Ukrainian Armed Forces located in Khar'kov. This was reported by military expert Andrei Marochko.
15:57 Ukrainian Armed Forces hit at the regional cancer center in Donetsk, at least two people were injured. Ukrainian militants fired 2 missiles, presumably from the HIMARS MLRS - they left huge craters in the ground.
15:25 Ukrainian Telegram channels report powerful explosions on the outskirts of Khar'kov.
14:55 Russian military inflicted strikes on a number of Ukrainian Armed Forces facilities in Nikolaev. A fuel and lubricants warehouse, a workshop for the production of missile parts, and an armored vehicle parking lot were hit. About 40 Ukrainian wounded were taken to a former sanatorium in Dubki, said underground coordinator Sergei Lebedev.
14:40 The Russian army occupied the center of Staromayorsky on the Zaporozhye front, said the head of the Zaporozhye public movement “We are together with Russia” Vladimir Rogov.
13:47 Ukrainian troops, against the backdrop of the successes of the Russian army in the Khar'kov region, are transferring reserves to the region from other directions, said the head of the military administration of the region, Vitaly Ganchev.
13:35 A new explosion occurred in Khar'kov in eastern Ukraine, reported the Ukrainian Channel 24.
13:20 The main thing from the new briefing of the Russian Ministry of Defense:
The North group liberated the settlements of Glubokoe and Lukyantsy in the Khar'kov region;
Units of the Dnepr group of troops completely liberated the village of Rabotino, Zaporozhye region;
Military personnel of the “North” group defeated the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of Zhuravka, Granov, Liptsov and Volchansk, Khar'kov region;
The Ukrainian radar station “Casta” was hit for the first time;
In one day, Russian air defense shot down a MiG-29 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force, 40 drones, 12 ATACMS and Tochka-U operational-tactical missiles, 45 HIMARS, Hurricane and Alder rounds;
The southern group of troops occupied more advantageous positions, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 510 military personnel in its area of responsibility;
The “West” group of troops repelled 10 enemy counterattacks, the losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in its zone amounted to up to 190 military personnel per day;
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 175 military personnel and Marder infantry fighting vehicles in the area of ??responsibility of the Russian group “Center” per day;
The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces due to the actions of the “North” group per day amounted to three tanks, the MLRS “Alder”, Vampire and up to 125 military personnel;
The Russian Armed Forces group “Vostok” occupied more advantageous positions, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 140 people.
12:49 The Vostok group is pushing the enemy: our army, after the liberation of Novomikhailovka, is advancing in the direction of Konstantinovka -video.
12:44 An Ukrainian Armed Forces plane was shot down near the Korotych airfield, reported the Khar'kov Direction Telegram channel
12:35 Artillerymen of the Southern Group of Forces destroyed the British L119 gun during a counter-battery fight -video.
12:29 The work of our defenders from the Khar'kov direction. The video shows the defeat of dugouts with enemy personnel, as well as military personnel and the M-777 howitzer from which Ukrainian militants fired at the Belgorod region.
12:12 Destruction of American M113: “arriving” straight into the tower. American technology was unable to withstand Russian pressure.
12:04 Two explosions were heard in Nikolaev - an industrial facility was hit, local Gauleiters confirm. Onframes- a column of smoke rising in the sky above the city.
11:44 Two powerful “arrivals” are reported in Nikolaev. Rockets continue to fly in this direction.
11:35 As a result of active actions of the unit of the “Southern” group of forces improved position along the front line, defeated the manpower and equipment of the 10th mountain assault, 79, 80 air assault, 81 airmobile, 92 assault, 54, 67, 72 Mechanized brigades, 116, 119 Territorial Defense brigades in the areas of Belogorovka, Georgievka, Kleshcheevka, Razdolovka, Novomikhailovka, Paraskovievka and Krasnoye.
The enemy in the Donetsk direction lost more than 520 military personnel wounded and killed. Artillery and loitering ammunition hit four vehicles, the Bukovel electronic warfare station, the AN/TPQ-36 counter-battery radar station and three field ammunition depots. During the counter-battery fight, a 152mm D-20 howitzer and two 122mm D-30 howitzers were destroyed.
11:15 UAV operators of a separate special forces company of the 35th Army worked out according to the Strela-10 air defense system of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Zaporozhye direction
10:42 During the counterbattery fight, artillerymen of the Vostok group of troops in the area of the settlement Okhotnich'e identified the position of the towed howitzer FH-70 (such were transferred to the Ukrainian Armed Forces by Italy and Estonia). Then the Lancet loitering ammunition came into play.
09:57 Working with an FPV drone against a mortar on an enemy stronghold -video.
09:25 Ukrainian Telegram channels report numerous launches of satellites in the Khar'kov region
09:10 A group of Ukrainian troops in the east of Chasov Yar found themselves in an operational environment, the TASS agency reported, citing the DPR security forces.
“In the east of Chasovoy Yar, the enemy group found itself in an operational encirclement. This entire territory is under complete fire control,” the security forces said.
They clarified that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are suffering heavy losses in this section of the front.
08:20 Destruction of x-leaders of the “Viking Detachment” - “Shooting Bush” (American howitzer M198) in the Orekhovsky direction. Together with the howitzer, the ammunition compartment and the crew of 4 people of this howitzer were destroyed.
08:17 Mortar crews of the Airborne Forces "covered» UAV control center of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Reconnaissance using the Zala unmanned aerial vehicle discovered the Ukrainian Armed Forces' drone control center. With rapid fire and adjustments, the mortarmen struck and destroyed this point along with the crew.
08:15 Summary as of May 15 from military correspondent Evgeny Lisitsyn
Khar'kov direction: Ukrainian troops are retreating from Volchansk under pressure from Russian forces, despite received reinforcements.
Artyomovsk direction: fighting continues in the vicinity of Chasov Yar, as well as counter-fighting in the Kalinovka-Bogdanovka section;
Avdeevsky direction: Russian troops have resumed their offensive west of Ocheretino and are advancing in landings south of Umansky;
Donetsk direction: fighting continues in Netaylovo and Krasnogorovka. Ukrainian forces were driven out of positions north of the Domakha gully.
08:14 Russian Su-25 inflicted strike on the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the zone of responsibility of the Center group of troops, special equipment and enemy personnel were destroyed, the Ministry of Defense said.
08:12 Russian FSB Directorate for the DPR during operational combat activities in Avdievka discovered several mined caches left behind by Ukrainian troops during their retreat.
A total of 33 kg of TNT, 222 hand grenades, 25 mines of various types and 22,100 rounds of ammunition were discovered.
08:07 Calculation of "Bassoon "tore off delivery of ammunition to enemy positions.
Bassoon is the Russian name for the AT-4 ATGM rocket launcher.
The crew of the Fagot anti-tank missile system of the motorized rifle brigade of the 1st Guards Tank Army of the West group of forces destroyed several units of Ukrainian Armed Forces' vehicles, which were transporting ammunition to enemy positions. The military personnel worked at a distance of over 3 km.
08:02 Army aviation of the 11th Air Force and Air Defense Army applied pitching strikes on Ukrainian Armed Forces equipment in the Urozhainy area.
08:00 220mm BM=27 MLRS "Hurricane" of the Dnepr group of troopshiton strong points, military equipment and personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the right bank of the Dnieper, the Ministry of Defense reported.