The situation on the line of contact in the Lugansk People’s Republic remains tense. The forces of the LPR began to liberate their territory from the Kiev punishers.
07:48 The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic announced the beginning of the assault on the settlement of Schastiye. It was under the control of the Armed Forces of Ukraine for eight years, but now the liberation of the city, which is located near Lugansk, has begun.
07:56 The DPR forces also launched an offensive along the entire line of contact. This was stated by the official representative of the People’s Militia of the DPR, Eduard Basurin, and called on the Ukrainian security forces to lay down their arms.
08:42 Against the backdrop of a special operation in the Donbass, the situation near the Crimean peninsula also remains tense. Breaks are heard in the border strip, but inside the region everything is working as usual. This was told by the head of the Crimea Sergey Aksyonov.
08:47 The work of some airports in Russia has been suspended. It is reported by the Federal Air Transport Agency. We are talking mainly about air harbors located near the border with Donbass and Ukraine: Anapa, Gelendzhik, Elista, Stavropol, Belgorod, Bryansk, Orel, Kursk, Voronezh, Simferopol
08:56 The first two settlements in the Lugansk People’s Republic were liberated from the Kiev punishers. The Ministry of Emergency Affairs of Ukraine stated that Melovoe and Gorodishche are now controlled by the LPR forces.
09:03 The special operation to liberate Donbass does not pose a threat to civilians in the LPR and DPR regions, which are still controlled by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The official representative of the People’s Militia of the DPR, Eduard Basurin, said that all strikes are carried out exclusively on the positions of punishers and will affect residential areas or civilian infrastructure.
09:15 The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine approved the introduction of martial law throughout the country.
09:29 DPR artillery forces attacked the headquarters of the “Joint Forces Operation” (“JFO”) of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Chasov Yar. The entire command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is located there.
09:29 Reports are beginning to come in that forces of Ukrainian punishers have been driven out of the settlements of Schastiye and Stanitsa Luganskaya near the capital of the LPR.
09:47 Adviser to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the LPR confirmed the information about the liberation of the settlements of Schastiye and Stanitsa Luganskaya from the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
10:06 Residents of the village of Lopaskino in the Luhansk People’s Republic report that the LPR forces drove out Ukrainian punishers and liberated the village.
10:08 People’s militia of the LPR reported that two Su-24 aircraft of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were shot down near the settlements of Smeloe and Stepovoye.
10:22 People’s militia of the DPR dealt a crushing blow to the nationalist battalion “Aidar”. In the southern direction, it destroyed a large accumulation of tanks of the group. Telegram channel WarGonzo, citing its sources, reports heavy losses in the ranks of the radicals.
10:22 Ukrainian soldiers en masse decide to lay down their arms. The LPR reported that along the entire line of contact, the soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine refuse to obey the orders of the command and leave their positions.
10:30 Most of the Kiev militants have already decided to cease hostilities, despite the orders of President Volodymyr Zelensky and the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. They suffer heavy losses and ask the forces of the republics to provide them with a humanitarian corridor for retreat. This was announced by the official representative of the People’s Militia of the DPR, Eduard Basurin.
10:31 The head of the DPR, Denis Pushilin, announced that the Headquarters of the Joint Forces Operation (JFO) of Ukraine in the Donbass had been destroyed.
10:48 Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny said that President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky gave the order to inflict maximum losses on the invaders.
10:51 The people’s militia of the DPR continues to knock out Ukrainian punishers from the territory of the republic. They reported that the settlements of Viktorovka and Bogdanovka had already been liberated from the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In addition, the DPR defenders shot down the Bayraktar UAV.
11:09 The Ukrainian State Border Service reports that columns of Russian tanks entered the area of the settlements of Krasnaya Talovka, Milovo and Gorodishche on the territory of the Lugansk People’s Republic.
11:09 The People’s Militia of the LPR confirmed the information about the liberation of the settlement of Lopaskino.
11:27 Kiev militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are preparing several terrorist attacks on the territory of the settlements of Mariupol, Avdeevka and other large cities on the territory of the DPR, which is still controlled by Ukraine.
12:27 Kiev militants cowardly leave Ukraine. They crush civilian vehicles with tanks. Military commissar Medvedev published a video from the town of Lyuboml in the Volyn region.
12:33 Ukrainian military in Donbass massively lay down their arms and surrender. A video from the positions of the 53rd brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in which the Kiev security forces raise a white flag, is circulating on the Web.
12:35 The forces of the People’s Militia of the LPR are advancing to the settlement of Schastiye. They crossed the Seversky Donets River and moved forward one and a half kilometers – Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
12:35 People’s militia forces of the DPR are advancing to the settlement of Volnovakha and have advanced three kilometers – Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
12:46 More and more servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are holding a white flag, not a machine gun. They are doing the right thing, they are clearly aware that their loved ones are waiting for them at home – the Telegram channel “Friends of Major Selivanov”.
12:49 Gorlovka: st. Zoya Kosmodemyanskoy, 11, pos. Bessarabka – double-glazed windows, a roof are damaged.
According to preliminary information, no casualties; st. Ushakova, 12, a shell hit in the yard, a peaceful Gorlovka woman, 58 years old, was wounded. The injury was minor and no ambulance was called. The outbuilding, the fence, the glazing in the windows were destroyed.
12:50 The Seversky Donets-Donbass channel was damaged. The situation is under control, the water supply of the residents will not be affected.
13:05 The Russian Ministry of Defense announced that the employees of the people’s militia of the DPR and LPR “went on the counteroffensive.” The Russian armed forces provide them with fire support.
13:07 Ukrainian Armed Forces and national battalions are fighting each other! Our sources in the southern direction of the front report that the Armed Forces of Ukraine staged skirmishes with individual military units of Ukrainian nationalists. Details are being specified – WarGonzo Telegram channel.
13:07 Advancing on Volnovakha, the People’s militia of the DPR captured prisoners. As the WarGonzo project knew, in addition to the prisoners, the DPR troops also captured a number of enemy positions and recaptured several settlements – the WarGonzo Telegram channel.