Operational information as of 06:00 04/04/2023 regarding the Russian invasion
Glory to Ukraine! The four hundred and fifth day of large-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation against our state has begun.
Over the past day, the enemy launched 3 missile and 21 air strikes, launched 33 attacks from rocket salvo systems. The probability of launching missile and air strikes on the entire territory of Ukraine remains high, because the enemy will continue to use terror tactics. The enemy continues to focus its main efforts on conducting offensive actions in the Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiiv and Marin directions. Thanks to the coordinated actions of units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine and the heroism of each soldier, 69 attacks by the occupiers were repelled during the past day. The fiercest battles continue for the settlements of Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Maryinka. In the Volyn, Poliske, Siversk and Slobozhansk directions, the operational situation has not changed significantly, and no signs of formations of enemy offensive groups have been detected.
Certain units of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus continue to perform tasks in the areas bordering Ukraine. The Russian Federation will continue to use the airspace and territory of the Republic of Belarus, its military infrastructure. The training of units of the armed forces of the Russian Federation is carried out on Belarusian training grounds. The presence of enemy units in the border areas of the Kursk and Belgorod regions is maintained. Over the past 24 hours, the enemy shelled the settlements of Volfine, Zapsillia, and Myropyllya in the Sumy region, as well as the settlements of Vovchansk, Vovchanski Khutory, Zybine, Volokhivka, Rublene, and Vilkhuvatka in the Kharkiv region. In the Kupyansk direction, the settlements of Kamianka, Petro-Ivanivka, Novomlynsk, Dvorichna, Kutkivka, Zapadne, Masyutivka of the Kharkiv region were hit by enemy fire; Krokhmalne of Luhansk Oblast and Terna and Serebryanka of Donetsk Oblast.
In the Lyman direction, during the past day, the enemy conducted unsuccessful offensive actions in the areas of the settlements of Nevske, Kreminna, Dibrova and Serebryansk forestry. Makiivka, Nevske, Kreminna, Dibrova, Belogorivka of the Luhansk region and Terny, Vesele, Zvanivka, Spirne and Rozdolivka of the Donetsk region were hit by artillery fire. In the direction of Bakhmut, the enemy is trying to take full control of the city of Bakhmut, and continues to storm it. He led unsuccessful offensive actions near the settlements of Orikhovo-Vasylivka and Ivanivske. During the day, units of the defense forces repelled 32 enemy attacks on the indicated section of the front. Settlements located in the area of the combat clash were affected by enemy shelling, including: Vasyukivka, Orikhovo-Vasylivka, Novomarkove, Bogdanivka, Bakhmut, Ivanovske, Chasiv Yar, Ozaryanivka, Dachne, Oleksandro-Shulgine, Zalizne and New York of the Donetsk region. On the Avdiiv and Marinka directions, the enemy carried out offensive actions in the districts of Novokalynove, Krasnohorivka, Avdiivka, Severna, Pervomaiske and Marinka, without success. At the same time, the enemy shelled the settlements of Avdiivka, Vodyane, Severna, Netaylove, Pervomaiske, Krasnohorivka, Georgiivka, Maryinka, and Pobyeda in the Donetsk region. The enemy did not conduct offensive operations in the Shakhtarsky direction. Unmanned aerial vehicles were actively used to adjust artillery fire. He shelled the settlements of Novomykhailivka, Vugledar, Prechistivka, Zolota Niva, Velika Novosilka, and Vremivka in the Donetsk region.
In the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson directions, the enemy did not conduct active operations, but increased its defense capabilities. He shelled the settlements of Olhivske, Gulyaipole, Charivne, Biloghirya, Mala Tokmachka, Novodanilivka, Kamianske of the Zaporizhia region, as well as Antonivka of the Kherson region and the city of Kherson. In some localities of the Kahovsky district of the Kherson region, the Russian occupiers continue to put pressure on the local population. So, on April 2 of this year, people were forbidden to leave their homes and go out. All public places were closed during the day: shopping centers, shops, hospitals, etc. In some villages of the specified district, pensioners continue to suffer from abuse by the invaders. To receive pensions, you have to stand in line, not everyone has enough money and not in full.
At the same time, for a certain fee, receiving social benefits becomes more accessible. Aviation of the defense forces of the past day struck 5 areas of concentration of personnel and military equipment of the occupiers. An enemy reconnaissance UAV was also shot down, and our rocket launchers and gunners hit the area where the enemy’s manpower was concentrated.
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