Blog chervonec_001 published the next weekly summary of the military officer “Mag” about the situation in the DPR.
The summary states, in particular:
“This week, starting on Monday, the situation on the line has sharply worsened: Airport - YaBP - Red partisan - Gorlovka - Zaitsevo. There were not just shelling, to which we have long been accustomed, and attempts to shake the line of defense. The attacks took place one after another, then on one, then on the neighboring sectors of the front at different times of the day. Also this week, almost every day, the Ukrainian Armed Forces used the Grad RSO.
5 august, monday.
15: 30 under the cover of fire from machine guns, a sniper of the Armed Forces of Ukraine began to work north of the Airport and the YaBP. Half an hour later, the anti-aircraft engines, grenade launchers, and mortars 82-mm were earned.
15: 30 started fighting in the area of the YABP - Yasinovataya - Red Partizan.
15: 30 began, as scheduled, firing from our small positions in Zaitsevo.
17: The 50 fight continues for several hours in the area of the Airport - Spartak - YaBP. APU used small, mortars 82-mm and 120-mm and equipment.
19: 30 under shelling western outskirts of Dokuchaevsk. Before 5: 30 morning on Tuesday, 120-mm mines flew in Dokuchaevsk with breaks.
20: 00 battles along the front line Airport - YaBP - Yasinovataya - Red Partisan - Gorlovka do not subside, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have connected the SAU and towed artillery.
20: 30 to the west and north of Gorlovka is fired by mines 82-mm and 120-mm, the tank periodically works. Under heavy mortar shelling of the position of the defenders of the Republic in the areas of Logvinovo-Lozovoe (Debaltseve district). VSU is afraid of our DRG, therefore, for the prevention of mines shelling brilliant green.
21: 35 in the area of the Airport - Spartak - YaBP fights do not subside, periodically turning into mortar and art duels.
In 21: 50, our response began on the whole front, from the western suburbs of Donetsk to the village of Zaitsevo.
22: 01 recorded detonation BC on the positions of the APU north-west of Zaitsevo.
22: 28 recorded detonation and fire at the positions of the Supreme Court of Ukraine in the area of the village Verkhnetoretskoe.
22: 50-23: 25 units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Marinka, Krasnogorovka, Chermalyk settlements fell under the response. In the area of Avdiivka, otvetki killed up to 10 soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
23: 25 continues only shooting battles. Mortars and artillery APU silenced.
23: 40 in the area of the route from the YaBP to the Red Guerrilla a strong fight resumed, shooting, mortars and equipment. Artillery shells fly in periodically.
On the first day of the week we were shot at 578 once. We have received a lot of injuries of varying severity. There are no data on the losses of the Supreme Court of Ukraine. The command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, after my and several other military publications, began to conceal the loss of personnel more carefully.
16 August, Tuesday.
00: 10 Kievsky district of Donetsk hears arrivals of 120-mm mines in the area of the Putilov forest.
00: 13 YaBP started a fight. North of the warhead on the highway to the Red partisan fighting does not stop.
00: 17 connected artillery APU.
02: 30 continues not intense battle in the areas of the warhead and the route to Gorlovka. Applied artillery.
In the afternoon, local residents called from the nearby villages of Volnovakha. APU, to the existing group, caught up with an additional lot of equipment. A convoy of equipment consisting of 58 units arrived in the village of Novotroitskoye, including self-propelled guns, Tanks and other equipment. A company of tanks, consisting of 11 units, arrived in Valeryanovka.
18: 50 Petrovsky district of Donetsk under fire, the Armed Forces of Ukraine use sniper weapons, machine guns, AGS and RPG. Fighting began on the outskirts of the village Zaitsevo. Several assault groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine under the cover of mortars are trying to gain a foothold on the outskirts.
21: 00 to the west and north of Gorlovka continue fighting. Actively used small and mortars.
23: The situation has not changed in 00, battles continue to the west and north of Gorlovka.
During the day, the territory of the Republic was fired 698 times, of which 65 RS "Grad". Among the DPR servicemen there is one seriously wounded. There is no information on the losses of the Supreme Court of Ukraine.
17 August, Wednesday.
00: 15 SAU VSN works on artillery and hardware APU
02: 10 ACS VSN fulfilled the positions of the APU.
02: 20 again ACS VSN works on the location of the APU.
02: 40-02: 50 very intensively worked battery SAU VSN.
04: 00 APU from the direction of Marinka shelling Kirov district.
07: 00 are actively working mortars APU areas of the villages Zaitsevo and Golmovsky
Before lunch, as usual, it was quiet. At 14: The 00 clock began a fire in the ISD office. Former office of the governor of the Donetsk region oligarch Taruta.
17: 00 in the YaBP area, the battle began. APU tried to start a battle with the support of mortars. Our mortar gunners and gunners immediately covered the position of the APU and it became quiet. In the Kiev district there was a slight panic, since ours during the daylight hours did not respond to the 2015 winter. After our response, the APU immediately subsided.
The APU has two casualties and four wounded.
18: 50 with Sands - Water - Experienced APU and PS began shelling the Airport with 120-mm mortars.
20: 25 in the north of Zaitsevo are battles with short breaks, the APU attack groups are again working under the cover of a tank and mortars.
20: 30 Gorl artillerymen covered the positions of the APU battery under Dzerzhinsk. Locals report detonation and fires in the positions of the APU.
20: 50 began heavy shelling of the suburbs of Donetsk and the villages near the YaBP. All calibers are flying through us.
20: 55 residents of Gorlovka hear fighting and shelling in the area of the village of Zaitsevo. Our answer, from all that is at hand. On the positions of the APU strong fires, perhaps, burning appliances.
21: 30 bombardment of the northern suburbs of Donetsk and the YaBP environs continues.
22: 50 Ten 152-mm shells landed at the Airport.
23: 10 began a heavy shelling of Gorlovka from three directions at once. The APU operates from mortars and equipment to 122-mm and 152-mm shells.
23: 30 gunfights between the positions of the DPR in the Petrovsky district and the positions of the APU in Marinka.
23: 30 battles on the southern front, mostly small and mortars.
23: 30 APU began an intense battle, work machine guns to / to, LNG-9, ATGM. The APU lost two snipers, one was sentenced by a DNI sniper, the second one found an 120-mm mine.
Periodically, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are firing 82-mm and 120-mm mines on the highway to the Red Partisan.
23: The 50 artillery of the Armed Forces of Ukraine began shelling squares in the area of the YaBP.
23: 50 continues strong fighting in the western and northern suburbs of Gorlovka.
23: Our artillery 50 worked on the suppression of the APU batteries in the areas of Dzerzhinsk, Mayorsk, Zaitsevo. On the positions of the APU again lit appliances, but without detonations.
During the day we were shot at 428 times. In the village of Donskoye of the occupied Volnovakha district in 24 km from the front line, the arrival of the 400 man from the personnel of the second Goryn battalion is marked.
18 August, Thursday.
01: The 00 of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the “Grad” installations fired at the village of Novaya Maryevka, located in the 6-7km from the front. Total was released 15 RS.
In the area of Andreevka (west of Donetsk), the APC-70 APU was blown up by a mine, three servicemen were wounded.
It was quiet until late at night.
20: 50 southern front began fighting with the use of small, mortar, AGS.
20: 50 western suburbs of Donetsk hear fighting in the Marinka area.
20: 50 fighting for the Airport.
20: 50 began the battle in the area of Avdeevskoy promki, working sniper, machine guns k / k, mortars, infantry fighting vehicles.
20: 50 battles in the Zaitsevo area.
Deep into the night fighting all over the front, but without the use of art. The heaviest is 120-mm mortars.
During the day we were shot at 420 times.
APU continue to increase the grouping. Under Mariupol, Volnovakha, Gorlovka, 12 MLRS Grad, 13 batteries SAU Gvozdika 122-mm, SAU Acacia 152-mm are transferred, and three companies of T-64 tanks are also deployed.
19 August, Friday.
05: 20 Petrovsky district under fire.
Like Thursday, it was quiet until late at night.
20: 50 on the southern front began shooting mortar duels.
20: 50 Airport - Spartak - YaBP - Red Partizan began fighting with the use of artillery.
At the same time, fighting began in the area Zaitsevo. The VSU assault groups again attempted reconnaissance from different directions. With the difference in 20-30 minutes, there were attempts by the Ukrainian Armed Forces to test the weak areas of the front in the VSN defense. Recorded the use of large-caliber rifles manufactured in the USA. In the sky, many UAVs. One of them launched the OSCE, as was warned in advance. True, he hangs over our positions in Zaitsevo, and not over the arte of the APU.
22: 35 battles in the areas of Petrovsky and Kuibyshev districts.
22: 50 on the southern front has been a two-hour battle without a break. Arta VSU works from the eastern suburbs of Mariupol.
23: 30 the entire front line from Kominternovo to Zaytsevo rattles from battles and shelling.
Rumors are spreading among the Ukrainian Armed Forces that there will be an offensive of the BCH. Therefore, previously mines of the Armed Forces of Ukraine removed, start again, even in the courtyards. Dig a lot of trenches. Waiting for the onset of the militia.
During the day we were shot at 480 times.
20 August, Saturday.
00: 30 continues fighting in the YaBP area. VSU used ACS. A large drone flies in the sky, our chargers are working on it. It’s really like the sky over Baghdad in 2003. Immediately several tracks of memory trying to bring down the UAV.
05: 15 battle in Petrovsky district
05: 45 battle near the Airport, shelling of 120-mm mines from the Kuibyshev district.
Until the evening, the APU calmed down.
05: 45 attack under attack to / to machine guns. Killed fighter VV DPR, called Victor call sign Finn.
18: 40 on the southern front of the shootout with the use of AGS, LNG, chargers and mortars.
18: 40 APM under shelling mortars. On promke fights.
18: 40 Railway Station Yasinovataya under shelling 120-mm min. Several houses are damaged.
18: 40 Zaitsevo fights.
21: 30 battles continue in the area of the Airport - Spartak - YaBP - Gorlovka. They bombard the positions of the Supreme High Command from the direction of Mayorsk, Dzerzhinsk and Svetlodarsk.
21: 30 Petrovsky district under fire. Machine guns and snipers, AGS and mortars.
21: 50 Airport - Spartak - YaBP strong long battle, with small arms and mortars. The art of the Ukrainian Armed Forces works periodically.
22: 30 is our answer. Artillery VSN works in several directions at once.
During the day we were shot at 520 times. One civilian was born 1974 year of birth and 5 injured., Also killed one soldier VV DPR. 15 injured soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine arrived at Kharkov hospitals, one of them was heavy.
21 August, Sunday.
01: 25 Our response takes several hours with short breaks. After that, the APU subsided. In the area of Avdiivka, detonations and fires in the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces are again.
01: 30 Elenovka and Dokuchaevsk under fire. There are two mortar batteries and a battery of APU arty.
07: 40 YaBP - Red partisans - Wide beam battles.
12: 15 battles continue on the same front area, the APU hooked up mortars and artillery.
After a couple of hours everything went quiet until the evening.
19: 05 was an attempt to APU on the southern front to test our defenses. Our mortar men covered them, now fields are burning in that area. APU offended and work not sparing mines and shells on the positions of the BCH.
22: 00 Elenovka and Dokuchaevsk under mortar fire.
During the day we were shot just 180 times, which is not usual for weekends.
In Donetsk, a nervous situation has been felt for several weeks. In public transport announcements are heard on the radio about how to behave during the shelling, where you can hide. In state institutions, GO mass exercises are held to evacuate workers to shelters, during possible air strikes and shelling of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. ZhEKi once again check shelters in the basements of apartment buildings. From the screens of local channels, constantly reminded of vigilance, as well as the fact that you need to have water, keep documents ready and do not forget to charge the phones.
All patience and health! ".
Voenkor "Mag" about the situation in the Donetsk Republic
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