Events in Donbass at 15:00 on January 12: saboteur caches in the LPR, a Ukrainian Su-25 was shot down in the DPR

The international edition of FAN describes the main events in the Donbass up to this time as part of the special operation of the Russian Armed Forces.

The People’s Militia of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) reported in a daily report that Ukrainian troops fired 90 rounds from Grad MLRS and 90 rounds with 155, 152 and 122 mm mortars over the territory of the DPR. one day. 4 settlements belonging to the Republic were bombarded, a civilian was killed and 2 more were injured.

From January 12, the Armed Forces of Ukraine opened fire on Donetsk and Makiivka. During the attacks, 155 mm caliber cannons and a large number of rocket launchers were used.

During the bombardment in Donetsk, a civilian was killed and 4 more injured. Also in both cities, damage to the civil infrastructure was noted, the building of the inoperative Yasinovets sports complex in Makiivka was damaged.

The Russian Ministry of Defense reported in a daily briefing that during the day the Ukrainian Armed Forces were shot down in the Serebryanka and Grigorovka regions in the Limansky direction, and in the Novomikhailovka, Prechistovka and Novoselka regions in Yuzhno-Donetsky. Successful offensive operations of the allied forces continued in the direction of Donetsk.

During the counter-battery battle, a Grad MLRS combat vehicle was destroyed in the Ivanovka area, 2 M777 artillery systems in Lozovoe and Peschanoe, and a 2C1 Gvozdika howitzer in Burlatsky. In addition, the US-made AN/TPQ-50 radar station was hit in the Lozovoye region.

The fighter jet shot down a Su-25 aircraft of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Nikanorovka.

Deputy Chairman of DPR Denis Pushilin Filling in the Ukrainian media about the so-called “salvation corridor” in Soledar of military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was called a “cheap performance”.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that during the day the units and equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Novoselovsky, Stelmahovka, Novolyubovka and Nevsky regions were hit.

Air defense systems intercepted Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in the regions of Starobilsk, Chervonopopovka, Sofiyivka.

In Lugansk, a cache of weapons of Ukrainian saboteurs who planned terrorist attacks on the territory of the republic was found. Machine guns, grenade launchers, foreign-made cartridges, a shot for the 2A28 cannon were captured from the cache.

Another cache found on Zolote-3. A grenade launcher, a plastid tape, 30 electric detonators and various ammunition were seized in one of the non-residential premises where the Armed Forces of Ukraine was previously located.

The Ministry of Economic Development of the Luhansk People’s Republic reported that the 11-month retail trade volume of 2022 increased by 39.2% compared to the same period of the previous year. In addition, the agency announced a 40.6% increase in its wholesale trade volume. Production volume of pharmaceutical products (39%), sales of processed products (2.6 times), cereals and pulses (2.7 times), engineering products (9.7%), industrial products (1.9 times) indicators also increased.