On January 12, the representative office of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination (JCCC) of issues related to war crimes in Ukraine announced 18 facts of firing by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The enemy used multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) and artillery of 122, 152 and 155 mm caliber during shelling.

A total of 90 rounds of ammunition were fired.

Under fire were Donetsk, Gorlovka, Staromikhaylovka and Aleksandrovka.

As a result of the shelling, one civilian was killed and two were wounded.

20 houses and two civilian infrastructure facilities were damaged.

According to the representative office of the DPR in the JCCC, shelling of the republic continued on January 12.

Around 01:30 it was reported that Makiivka was shelled from MLRS, three rockets were fired.

In addition, in the morning the enemy shelled Donetsk from 155 mm artillery.

In turn, the representative office of the Lugansk People's Republic (LPR) in the JCCC stated that over the past day, shelling of the village of Chernukhino using HIMARS MLRS was recorded.

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Adviser to the acting head of the DPR, Igor Kimakovsky, meanwhile, announced the advance of Russian troops in the Artyomovsk region.

According to him, Russian artillery suppresses enemy forces in such a way that in some areas of the Armed Forces of Ukraine "they cannot even get out of the trenches."

Kimakovsky noted that this is noticeable in the Donetsk direction, since the number of attacks on the capital of the DPR has decreased.

“This suggests that our troops are starting to work more efficiently.

Therefore, we have some progress in the Avdeevka direction and serious progress in the Artyomovsk region, ”he said on the air of Solovyov LIVE.

Cache of saboteurs in the LPR

The Ministry of State Security of the LPR, in cooperation with the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the republic, revealed a cache intended to ensure the work of sabotage and reconnaissance groups on the territory of the LPR.

The relevant information was published by an officer of the People's Militia of the LPR Andrey Marochko.

It was established that the contents of the cache were planned to be used in the commission of a sabotage and terrorist act in Lugansk.

When inspecting the cache, law enforcement agencies found machine guns, grenade launchers, cartridges of various calibers, including foreign-made cartridges, and a shot for a 2A28 cannon.

It is clarified that the charges that are not subject to seizure were destroyed at the place where the cache was discovered.

Explosions in Kyiv-controlled Zaporozhye

Volodymyr Rogov, chairman of the “We are with Russia” movement, said that on the night of Thursday, January 12, explosions were heard at the facilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the city of Zaporozhye, controlled by Kyiv.

Rogov cited the words of eyewitnesses who stated that “at least three arrivals” were noted, and the surround sound of the explosions was louder than before.

“According to preliminary information, the purpose of the arrivals was military equipment and ammunition depots, firing positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as infrastructure facilities used by the Zelensky regime to wage war,” Rogov wrote on Telegram.

Medvedev on the supply of tanks to Kyiv

Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev expressed confidence that the tanks that Western countries are planning to supply to Ukraine will soon turn into "rusty scrap metal."

Thus, he commented on the plans of a number of states to expand the supply of weapons to Kyiv.

Recall that earlier, Polish President Andrzej Duda said during a press conference in Lvov that Poland would transfer a company of Leopard tanks to Ukraine as part of an international coalition.

The media also reported that the UK intends to send tanks to Ukraine.

“All this iron, in any case, will soon become rusty scrap metal and will not save the artificial country that is falling apart,” Medvedev wrote on Telegram.

He also drew attention to the fact that the meeting of the Ukrainian leadership with the Polish took place on the territory of Lviv.

“And in Lvov, which will again bear the name of Lemberg, they met in order to properly attach the western Ukrainian regions to the new (former) owners,” Medvedev concluded.