[LB] The armed forces are on the defensive in Bakhmut and Maryintsa - the hottest areas of the front.
by Iryna Gamalii
Today, the enemy launched 2 rocket attacks on the cities of Kramatorsk and Kostiantynivka. Also, during the day, he carried out 15 airstrikes and carried out about 30 attacks from rocket salvo systems on the positions of our troops and populated areas.
This was announced on Facebook by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the evening of the 431st day of the large-scale Russian invasion.
The probability of launching missile and air strikes on the entire territory of Ukraine remains high.
The enemy continues to focus its main efforts on conducting offensive actions in the Bakhmut, Avdiiv and Marin directions. During the day, units of the defense forces of Ukraine repelled more than 20 enemy attacks on the specified areas of the front. Bakhmut and Maryinka remain at the epicenter of hostilities, our defenders are firmly holding the defense.
No signs of the formation of offensive groups were found in the Volyn and Poliske directions . Certain units of the armed forces of the Russian Federation will continue to be located on the territory of the Republic of Belarus.
In the Siverskyi and Slobozhanskyi directions, the enemy continues to maintain a certain number of troops in the border areas of the Russian Federation with Ukraine. During the day, the enemy carried out airstrikes on the settlements of Krasny Khutir of Chernihiv Oblast and Seredyna-Buda of Sumy Oblast, private houses were damaged. He carried out mortar and artillery shelling of Mykolaivka, Galaganivka, Leonivka settlements of Chernihiv region; Seredyna-Buda, Druzhba, Bachivsk of the Sumy region, as well as Chervona Zorya, Veterinarne, Strelecha, Hlyboke, Krasne, Vovchansk, Loshakovo in the Kharkiv region.
The enemy did not carry out offensive actions in the Kupian direction . The settlements of Kamianka, Krasne Pershe, Dvorichna, Liman Pershey, Kislivka, Berestov in Kharkiv region and Novoselivske in Luhansk region were hit by enemy artillery and mortar attacks.
In the Limansk direction, the enemy's artillery bombarded settlements that are close to the battle line, namely: Nevske, Dibrova, Belogorivka of the Luhansk region, Kolodyazi, Verkhnokamianske, Cpirne and Rozdolivka of the Donetsk region.
In the Bakhmut direction, the enemy continues to conduct offensive actions. Fighting continues in the city of Bakhmut.
In addition, during the day, the enemy conducted unsuccessful offensive actions in the direction of the settlement of Ivanovske. Vasyukivka, Orikhovo-Vasylivka, Novomarkove, Hryhorivka, Bakhmut, Chasiv Yar, Ivanivske, Kostyantynivka, Bila Gora, Diliivka, Severnye, Zalizne, Pivdene and New York of the Donetsk region were affected by enemy shelling.
In the Avdiyiv direction, the enemy carried out offensive actions in the area of ​​Avdiyivka and Pervomaiske settlements of the Donetsk region, without success. He shelled the settlements of Novokalynove, Avdiivka, Tonenke, Karlivka, Vodyane and Pervomaiske.
In the Mariinsky direction, the enemy continues to attack the positions of the defense forces. Battles continue for Maryinka. The settlements of Krasnohorivka, Maryinka, Pobieda and Novomykhailivka of the Donetsk region were subjected to enemy shelling.
During the day, the enemy did not conduct offensive operations in the Shakhtarsky direction . Shelled the settlements of Vugledar, Prechistivka, Novoukrainka, and Zolota Niva in the Donetsk region.
The enemy continues to conduct defensive operations in the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson directions . During the day, the enemy shelled populated areas. Among them are Vremivka, Burlatske, Novosilka, Novopil of the Donetsk region; Olhivske, Gulyaipole, Biloghirya, Mala Tokmachka, Novodanilivka and Kamianske of the Zaporizhzhia region, as well as the city of Kherson. He carried out an airstrike on the village of Kizomys, Kherson region.
The local hospitals of the temporarily occupied Luhansk are finding it increasingly difficult to cope with the growing number of wounded. A group of medical workers, in particular, surgeons, recently arrived in the city from the Moscow region to treat and rehabilitate Russian soldiers. The official purpose of the visit is to exchange experience and help Luhansk medical institutions.
Recently, the irreversible losses of residents of Luhansk and its surroundings who were forcibly mobilized to the Russian army amount to about 70 people per day. In order to prevent possible manifestations of dissatisfaction among the population, ritual services are recommended to adjust the number of people present at funeral processions to 6 people. In addition, in this context, the so-called "MDB" insists precisely on cremation of the dead as opposed to burial.
During the day, the aviation of the Defense Forces made three strikes on areas where enemy personnel were concentrated. During the day, units of missile troops and artillery hit four areas of concentration of weapons and military equipment, as well as manpower, an ammunition depot, two areas of concentration of enemy artillery and the logistics center of the occupiers.
We will remind you that last day, April 29, the Russians struck Bakhmut with 525 blows from various types of weapons.
