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Ukrainian General Staff on the successes of the Ukrainian Armed Forces at the front
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.[Korrespondent] Ukrainian Armed Forces fight off Russian attacks. In the Bakhmut direction, our soldiers repulsed 17 attacks, in the Avdeevsky direction, 11 attacks were repulsed. During the day, Defense Forces aircraft carried out strikes on 9 areas where Russian personnel were concentrated. Units of the missile forces inflicted a defeat on the area where the occupiers' electronic warfare personnel and ammunition were concentrated. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this on April 18.  71 military clashes were recorded at the front during the day. In general, the enemy carried out 6 missile and 63 air strikes, and carried out 41 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems on the positions of our troops and populated areas. Unfortunately, there are civilian casualties as a result of Russian terrorist attacks. Multi-storey and private houses, as well as other infrastructure facilities, were destroyed and damaged. 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 Russian Federation maintains a military presence in the border areas, conducts sabotage and reconnaissance activities, shells populated areas from Russian territory, 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 settlements in Orlovka, Sumy region; Volchansk and Strelka, Kharkov region. More than 20 settlements were subjected to enemy artillery and mortar shelling, including Naberezhnoe, Kremsky Bugor, Nikolaevka in the Chernigov region; Klyusy, Belopole, Bruski, Sumy region; Veterinary, Cossack Lopan, Gatishche, Kharkov region. In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy did not conduct offensive (assault) operations, but carried out an air strike in the area of the settlement of Borov, Kharkov region. About 20 settlements came under artillery and mortar fire, in particular, Sinkovka, Petropavlovka, Stepnaya Novoselovka in the Kharkov region. In the Liman direction, the Defense Forces repelled 2 attacks in the areas of the settlements of Terny and Yampolevka, Donetsk region, where the enemy, with the support of aviation, tried to break through the defenses of our troops. The enemy also carried out an air strike in the area of the village of Nevskoye, Lugansk region. More than 10 settlements were damaged by artillery and mortar shelling, including Makeevka, Nevskoye in the Lugansk region and Ternitorskoye in the Donetsk region. In the Bakhmut direction, our soldiers repelled 17 attacks in the areas of Belogorovka settlements in the Lugansk region; Verkhnekamennoye, Vyemka, Kalinovka, Chasov Yar, Novy, Ivanovskoye, Klishchievka, Donetsk region, where the enemy tried to improve the tactical situation. The enemy launched an air strike near the settlement of New York, 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 11 attacks in the areas of the settlements of Novokalinovo, Ocheretino, Berdichi, Pervomaiskoye, Donetsk region, where the enemy, with the support of aviation, tried to oust our units from their occupied lines. The enemy also carried out air strikes in the areas of the settlements of Semenovka and Selidovo, Donetsk region. About 10 settlements were subjected to artillery and mortar shelling, including Ocheretino, Novobakhmutovka, Umanskoye in the Donetsk region. In the Novopavlovsk direction, the Defense Forces continue to restrain the Russians in the areas of the settlements of Novomikhailovka and Urozhaynoye, Donetsk region, where the enemy, with the support of aviation, tried 12 times to break through the defenses of our troops. The enemy also carried out air strikes in the areas of the settlements of Krasnogorovka, Alexandropol, Vodyanoye, and Ugledar in the Donetsk region. More than 10 settlements came under artillery and mortar fire from the occupiers, including Krasnohorivka, Paraskoveevka, and Konstantinovka in the Donetsk region. In the Orekhovsky direction, the enemy, with the support of aviation, attacked the positions of our defenders 3 times in the Staromayorsky area of the Donetsk region; Work in Zaporozhye region. About 20 settlements were shelled by artillery and mortars, including Krasnoe, Belogorye, Shcherbaki, Pyatikhatki 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, with the support of aviation, he made 7 unsuccessful attacks on the positions of our troops in the area of the settlement of Krynki, Kherson region. About 20 settlements were shelled by artillery and mortars, including Tyaginka, Ivanovka, Novotyaginka, Ponyatovka in the Kherson region. Let us remind you that the Ukrainian Defense Forces launched a missile attack on a Russian military airfield in the city of Dzhankoy in the temporarily occupied Crimea. Posted by: badanov 2024-04-19 |
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