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Ukrainian General Staff: The Bakhmut and Novopavliv directions remain the hottest on the front
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.[LB] During the day, 87 combat clashes were recorded. by Ivanna Kapustyanska The seven hundred and eighty-second day of large-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation against our country continues. During the day, 87 combat clashes were recorded.  This is discussed in the evening summary of the General Staff. In total, the enemy carried out 15 missile and 18 air strikes, carried out 29 attacks from rocket salvo systems on the positions of our troops and populated areas. As a result of Russian terrorist attacks, unfortunately, there are dead and wounded among the civilian population. High-rise and private buildings, as well as other infrastructure objects, were destroyed and damaged. On the Volyn and Poliske directions, the operational situation has not changed significantly . No signs of formation of enemy offensive groups were detected. In the Siverskyi and Slobozhanskyi directions, the enemy maintains a military presence in the border areas, conducts sabotage and intelligence activities , carries out shelling of populated areas from the territory of the Russian Federation, increases the density of mine-explosive barriers along the state border of Ukraine. The enemy carried out airstrikes in the areas of the settlements of Ugroida, Vozdvizhenskoe of the Sumy region; Lukyantsi and Volohivka, Kharkiv region. More than 15 settlements, including Leonivka, Kostobobriv, Yanzhulivka of the Chernihiv region, were subjected to enemy artillery and mortar attacks; Svesa, Popivka, Sumy region; Udy, Kozacha Lopan, Strelecha, Kharkiv region. The enemy did not conduct offensive (assault) actions in the Kupyansk direction . About 20 settlements came under artillery and mortar fire, including Sinkivka, Petropavlivka, Kislivka, Pishchane of the Kharkiv region. In the Lyman direction, the Defense Forces repelled 4 attacks in the area of Terny settlement of Donetsk region. More than 10 settlements were affected by artillery and mortar shelling, among them Makiivka of Luhansk region and Terny¸ Yampolivka, Torske, Zarichne of Donetsk region. In the direction of Bakhmut, our soldiers repelled 27 attacks in the areas of settlements of Belogorivka, Luhansk region; Verkhnokamyanske, Spirne, Novyy, Ivanivske, Klishchiivka, Andriivka of the Donetsk region, where the enemy tried to improve the tactical position. The enemy carried out an airstrike in the area of the settlement of New York, Donetsk region. More than 10 settlements came under artillery and mortar fire, including Hryhorivka, Kalynivka, Chasiv Yar of the Donetsk region. In the Avdiyivsk direction, our defenders repelled 12 attacks in the areas of Novobakhmutivka, Berdychi, Semenivka, Umanske, and Pervomayske settlements of the Donetsk region, where the enemy, with the support of aviation, tried to dislodge our units from the occupied lines. About 10 settlements, including Novobakhmutivka, Semenivka, and Netaylovye of the Donetsk region, were hit by artillery and mortar shelling. In the direction of Novopavlivsk, the Defense Forces continue to hold back the enemy in the areas of Krasnohorivka, Novomykhailivka, Pobyeda, Vodyane and Urozhaine settlements of the Donetsk region, where the enemy, with the support of aviation, tried 26 times to break through the defense of our troops. More than 10 settlements came under artillery and mortar fire of the occupiers, among them Paraskoviivka, Kostyantynivka, and Vugledar of the Donetsk region. In the Orihiv direction, the enemy attacked the positions of our defenders 5 times in the Staromayorsky district of the Donetsk region; to the north of Priyutny and to the southwest of Biloghirya, Zaporizhzhia region. He carried out an airstrike in the vicinity of the village of Robotyne, Zaporizhzhia region. About 20 settlements, including Poltavka, Malynyvka, Chervone, Biloghirya, and Shcherbaki of the Zaporizhia region, were hit by artillery and mortar attacks. In the Kherson direction, the enemy does not give up its intention to dislodge our units from the bridgeheads on the left bank of the Dnieper. So, during the day, he carried out 4 unsuccessful attacks on the positions of our troops in the area of the settlement of Krynka, Kherson region. About 20 settlements, including Lviv, Tyaginka, Ivanivka, and Novotyaginka of the Kherson region, were hit by artillery and mortar attacks. During the day, the aviation of the Defense Forces struck 2 areas of concentration of personnel and 1 enemy control point. Units of the missile forces damaged 1 artillery piece , 3 personnel concentration areas, and 4 enemy UAV control points. Posted by: badanov 2024-04-16 |
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