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Current information on the situation on the front line on February 19 (updated)
2025-02-20
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 23:58 Official summary of the Office for Documentation of War Crimes of Ukraine from 00:00 02/19/2025 to 00:00 02/20/2025.

A total of 19 facts of armed attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Information has been received about the death of a civilian.

DAMAGED:
Two civil infrastructure facilities,
One residential building,
One car.

A total of 19 armed attacks in the Gorlovka direction.

A total of 63 units of various ammunition were fired.

19:51 FAB-3000 sends underground the Ukrainian Armed Forces' air defense forces in the Kursk direction.

19:34 Soldiers of the 1427th Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment of the "North" around the clock beat Ukrainian military, their deployment points and transport in the Kursk border area. Kamikaze drones are quickly staffed, equipped and sent to strike targets.

19:23 Servicemen of the reconnaissance unit of the 25th Combined Arms Army of the West group of forces with the help of UAVs revealed MLRS at a firing position and Ukrainian Armed Forces pickups camouflaged in the forest.

The detected targets were quickly destroyed by crews of fiber-optic controlled FPV drones.

19:07 Around 17:40 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle over the territory of the Belgorod region.

18:31 Operators of reconnaissance and attack drones of the 58th Combined Arms Army of the Dnepr group of forces discovered and struck the Ukrainian Armed Forces manpower in the Orekhov direction.

18:10 Calculation of the Buk-M2 air defense missile system of the Center group of forces destroyed HIMARS multiple launch rockets in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.

17:01 Operators of attack UAVs of the 35th Army of the "East" group struck enemy airborne forces in the Polozhsk direction.

16:58 Vladimir Putin reported about the crossing of the border with Ukraine by Russian Armed Forces soldiers in the Kursk region.

The Russian Armed Forces are advancing along the entire line of combat contact, the President said.

16:31 UAV crews of the Caspian Flotilla Naval Infantry detect andare being destroyed military facilities, combat equipment and manpower of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and also adjusted artillery fire in the Kursk border area.

15:53 ​​In the South Donetsk direction of the GV "East" continues penetration into the depth of the enemy's defense

Constantinople and Ulakly - heavy fighting is underway, the Russian Armed Forces have consolidated their positions, but the enemy is counterattacking with drones and armored vehicles. The cleanup continues.

To the west of Velikaya Novosyolka, the motorized riflemen advanced 1.5 km and took control of 9 km² in the areas of Privolnoye and Burlatskoye.

There are battles for Novoselka, an offensive to the east and south of the settlement.

To the east of Novoocheretovaty, Buryat units are clearing the forest area and have established a foothold in the village.

In one day, the following were destroyed: a T-64 tank, a Bogdana self-propelled gun, four Humvee armored vehicles, and three vehicles. The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost 100+ people in two days.

15:52 From 12:15 to 15:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed two Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles: one UAV over the territory of the Belgorod region and one over the territory of the Republic of Crimea.

15:47 The Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to shell civilians

A woman was killed and two others were injured in an attack by a Ukrainian drone in the LPR, authorities report.

In addition, Ukrainian drones struck Kakhovka in the Kherson region, wounding two women.

14:55 Servicemen of the reconnaissance unit of the North group of forces using aerial reconnaissance equipment discovered a Ukrainian Armed Forces tank at a firing position. The militants' tank was destroyed by a direct hit from a loitering munition in the border area of ​​the Kursk region.

14:28 The Vostok Group of Forces is clearing plantings east of the village of Novoocheretovatoye –MAP

14:24 Calculation of the Rubicon Center destroyed another armored vehicle of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kupyansk direction.

14:15 Russian army expands control in the area of ​​Andreevka and Constantinople –MAP

13:33 Aerial reconnaissance of the strike force "Irishmen" of the Guards "North" discovered signs of a Ukrainian militant UAV crew. FPV operators, with the assistance of Severyan artillery, quickly worked on the target, destroying the enemy with all their equipment.

12:48 Around 12:10 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle over the territory of the Belgorod region.

12:47 Crew of the T-72B3 tank of the Novorossiysk paratroopers destroyed a Ukrainian Armed Forces dugout in the Orekhov direction.

12:21 In the border area, UAV operators of the GV "Sever" discovered a pickup truck of the Ukrainian military and sent an FPV drone into it.

12:08 Tula paratroopers after being hitting by aircraft, artillery and UAVs captured the northern part of Sverdlikovo and took control of the Sudzha-Rylsk road.

Having encountered fierce resistance from the enemy, the assault units, conducting reconnaissance and search operations, moving from cover to cover, drove the enemy out of the previously prepared positions they had occupied.

11:55 Calculation of the Iskander OTRK destroyedt he concentration area of ​​the 27th Rocket Artillery Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, located in a forest belt near the settlement of Boromlya in the Sumy region.

11:31 Footage released breakthrough of the 57th Motorized Rifle Brigade to the rear of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Novosyolka

A mechanized column with troops from the 57th Brigade successfully stormed the enemy's defenses in Novosyolka, located west of Vremyevka beyond Velikaya Novosyolka.

Tanks were in front and all the equipment was equipped with electronic warfare, protecting the column from the Ukrainian Armed Forces' strike drones. The column broke through the strongholds of one of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' brigades, entered the village and landed troops practically in the rear of the adjacent unit. The infantry consolidated its positions, taking up positions in the houses.

11:23 Around 10:00 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle over the territory of the Belgorod region.

11:06 In Sumy Oblast, the operator of the reconnaissance UAV GV "Sever" discovered Polish self-propelled gun "Crab". The target was hit by a loitering munition "Lancet".

At the moment, 12 Polish self-propelled artillery units have been destroyed in the Sudzhan border area alone.

10:19 UAV operators of the 14th Guards Special Forces Brigade of the Vostok group struck the enemy with an air strike in the settlement of Constantinopol in the South Donetsk direction.

09:54 On the southern outskirts of the settlement of Rechki in the Sumy region during aerial reconnaissance by border guards of the Guards Forces "North" discovered a German tank "Leopard". It was decided to use the "Lancet" loitering munition against this equipment.

09:19 The Russian Armed Forces, having liberated Sverdlikovo in the Kursk region, took the Sudzha-Rylsk road under control.

08:50 RF Armed Forces in fully occupied the southern part of the settlement of Constantinopol, and also completed the mop up of Andreyevka.

08:42 FPV operators GV "North" destroyeda nother American armored personnel carrier.

An American M-113 armored personnel carrier was hit twice by kamikaze fiber-optic drones and left to rust in a forest plantation.
M-113s have an aluminum hull, and can't rust.
07:40 During the past night, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed:

  • Four UAVs were over the Black Sea

  • Three Ukrainian UAVs were over the territory of the Bryansk region,

  • One UAV was over the territory of the Republic of Tatarstan and

  • One UAV was suppressed over the territory of the Tula region.

07:04 MLRS strikes on enemy positions in Novochertovaty –MAP.

06:49 In the Kupyansk direction, Rubicon operators destroyed an enemy Mavic. It was not possible to reconnoiter the positions of Russian units –MAP.

06:03 The 152mm 2S5 Giatsint-S crew of the 20th Guards Combined Arms Army of the West Forces Group destroyed camouflaged self-propelled gun "Krab" of the enemy in the LPR.

05:03 Ministry of DefenseRF:

Another bad morning for the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a great morning for our fighters begins. New footage from the aces of the Rubicon Center.

Posted by:badanov

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