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Ukrainian General Staff on the situation at the front
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.[Korrespondent] The Ukrainian Armed Forces are confronting the Russian Army. In the Bakhmut direction, 12 Russian attacks were repulsed; in the Liman direction, the Defense Forces repulsed 6 Russian attacks. During the day, Defense Forces aviation carried out strikes on 5 areas where enemy personnel were concentrated and control points. Units of the missile forces inflicted a defeat on the area where enemy personnel were concentrated. 50 military clashes were recorded at the front. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this on the evening of April 16.  In general, the enemy launched 2 missile and 43 air strikes, and carried out 39 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems on the positions of our troops and populated areas. According to the General Staff, the operational situation in the Volyn and Polesie directions is without significant changes. No signs of the formation of offensive enemy groups were identified. In the Seversky and Slobozhansky directions, the enemy maintains a military presence in the border areas, conducts sabotage and reconnaissance activities, shells populated areas from the territory of the Russian Federation, and increases the density of mine and explosive barriers along the state border of Ukraine. The enemy carried out air strikes in the areas of Popovka and Vozdvizhenskaya settlements in the Sumy region. More than 15 settlements were subjected to enemy artillery and mortar shelling, among them Liskovshchyna, Chernihiv region; Staraya Guta, Khleborob, Romashkovo, Svobodnaya Sloboda, Sumy region. In the Kupyansk direction the enemy did not conduct offensive (assault) operations. Conducted air strikes in the areas of the settlements of Glushkovka, Kolesnikovka, Berestovo, Kharkov region. About 20 settlements came under artillery and mortar fire, including Sinkovka, Petropavlovka, Kislovka, Peschanoye in the Kharkov region. In the Liman direction, the Defense Forces repelled 6 Russian attacks in the areas of the settlements of Terny, Torskoye, Grigorovka in the Donetsk region and Serebryansky forestry in the Lugansk region. The enemy carried out air strikes in the areas of the settlements of Terny and Zarechnoye, Donetsk region. More than 10 settlements were damaged by artillery and mortar shelling, including Makeevka, Luhansk region and Terni Yampolevka, Torskoye, Donetsk region. In the Bakhmut direction, our soldiers repelled 12 Russian attacks in the areas of the settlements of Verkhnekamenskoye, Vyemka, Belogorovka, Chasov Yar, Ivanovskoye, Kleshchievka in the Donetsk region, where the enemy, with the support of aviation, tried to improve the tactical situation. Conducted an air strike in the Spornoye area of the Donetsk region. More than 10 settlements came under artillery and mortar fire, including Grigorovka, Kalinovka, Chasov Yar in the Donetsk region. In the Avdeevsky direction, our defenders repelled 9 attacks by the invaders in the areas of the settlements of Ocheretino, Novokalinovo, Berdich, Semenovka, Netaylovo, Donetsk region, where the enemy, with the support of aviation, tried to oust our units from their occupied lines. He also carried out air strikes in the areas of the settlements of Pervomaiskoye, Solovyevo, Novobakhmutovka, Alexandropol, Donetsk region. About 10 settlements were shelled by artillery and mortars, including Novobakhmutovka, Semenovka, Netaylovo in the Donetsk region. In the Novopavlovsk direction, the Defense Forces continue to restrain the Russians in the areas of the settlements of Krasnogorovka and Novomikhailovka in the Donetsk region, where the enemy tried to break through the defenses of our troops 14 times. He also carried out air strikes in the Antonovka and Konstantinovka areas of the Donetsk region. More than 10 settlements came under artillery and mortar fire from the invaders, among them Paraskoveevka, Konstantinovka, Ugledar in the Donetsk region. In the Orekhovsky direction, the enemy attacked the positions of our defenders 3 times in the areas of Staromayorskoye, Donetsk region and Rabotinoye, Zaporozhye region. Conducted an air strike in the area of the village of Staromayorskoye, Donetsk region. About 20 settlements were shelled by artillery and mortars, including Poltavka, Malinovka, Krasnoye, Belogorye, Shcherbaki in the Zaporozhye region. In the Kherson direction, the Russian Federation does not abandon its intention to oust our units from the bridgeheads on the left bank of the Dnieper. Thus, within 24 hours he made five unsuccessful attacks on the positions of our troops in the area of the village of Krynki, Kherson region. Conducted air strikes in the areas of the settlements of Berislav, Odradokamenka and Kazatskoye, Kherson region. About 20 settlements were subjected to artillery and mortar shelling, among them Lvovoe, Tyaginka, Ivanovka, Novotyaginka in the Kherson region. It was previously reported that 104 military clashes took place over the past 24 hours. In general, the enemy launched 16 missile and 31 air strikes, and carried out 79 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems on the positions of our troops and populated areas. Let us remind you that the loss of manpower of the Russian troops exceeded 455,000 people. Posted by: badanov 2024-04-17 |
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