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Ukrainian General Staff: The enemy most often attacks near Avdievka
2024-05-05
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Korrespondent] During the day, Defense Forces aircraft carried out strikes on seven areas where personnel were concentrated.

The enemy also does not abandon his intention to oust our units from the bridgeheads on the left bank of the Dnieper.


Over the past 24 hours, 74 military clashes were recorded at the front. Most of the enemy attacks were repulsed in the Avdeevsky direction. This is stated in the evening report of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Kupyansk direction
Our soldiers repulsed eight attacks in the areas of the settlements Peschanoye and Kislovka, Kharkov region; Stelmakhovka, Berestovo, Lugansk region. About 10 settlements came under artillery and mortar fire, in particular, Sinkovka, Ivanovka, Kotlyarovka in the Kharkov region.

Liman direction

The defense forces repelled seven enemy attacks in the Serebryansky forestry areas of the Luhansk region and Ternov, Donetsk region. The enemy carried out air strikes in the areas of the settlements of Novosadovo and Ivanovka, Donetsk region. More than 10 settlements were damaged by artillery and mortar shelling, including Nevskoye, Lugansk region; Terny, Yampolevka, Torskoye, Donetsk region.

Bakhmut direction

Our soldiers repelled 10 attacks in the areas of Belogorivka settlements in the Lugansk region; Novy, Klishchievka, Razdolevka, south of Ivanovo, Donetsk region, where the enemy tried to improve the tactical situation. The enemy carried out air strikes in the areas of the settlements of Spornoye and Druzhba in the Donetsk region. More than 10 settlements came under artillery and mortar fire, including Rozdolovka, Kalinovka, Chasov Yar in the Donetsk region.

Avdeevskoe direction

Our defenders repelled 18 attacks in the areas of the settlements of Novoaleksandrovka, Sokol, Novopokrovskoye, Umanskoye in the 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 Tarasovka and Novoselovka Pervaya, Donetsk region. More than 10 settlements were shelled by artillery and mortars, including Sokol, Novopokrovskoye, Umanskoye in the Donetsk region.

Novopavlovskoe direction

The defense forces continue to contain the enemy in the areas of the settlements of Georgievka, Paraskoveevka and Urozhaynoye in the Donetsk region, where the enemy, with the support of aviation, tried 10 times to break through the defenses of our troops. The enemy carried out air strikes in the areas of the settlements of Konstantinovka, Vodyanoye and Urozhaynoye in the Donetsk region. More than 10 settlements came under artillery and mortar fire from the occupiers, including Georgievka, Konstantinovka, and Paraskoveevka in the Donetsk region.

Orekhovskoe direction

The enemy, with the support of aviation, attacked the positions of our defenders five times in the area south of Novodarovka, Staromayorsky, Donetsk region, and Robotinoy, Zaporozhye region. The enemy carried out air strikes in the areas of populated areas of Staromayorskoye, Donetsk region; Orekhov and Preobrazhenka, Zaporozhye region. About 20 settlements were subjected to artillery and mortar shelling, including Poltavka, Belogorye, Robotino, Lobkovo in the Zaporozhye region.

Kherson direction

The enemy does not abandon his 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 nine unsuccessful attacks on the positions of our troops in the area of ​​​​the village of Krynki, Kherson region. The enemy launched an air strike near the village of Berislav, Kherson region. About 20 settlements were subjected to artillery and mortar shelling, including Nikolaevka, Lvov, Novotyaginka, Ponyatovka in the Kherson region.

Enemy losses

During the day, Defense Forces aircraft carried out strikes on seven areas where personnel were concentrated, three control points, two anti-aircraft missile systems and one enemy ammunition train. Also, one X-59/69 guided aircraft missile was destroyed by Ukrainian air defense forces and means.

Let us remind you that MTR soldiers burned three Russian Buk-M1 anti-aircraft systems in a week. The enemy deployed air defense in the Sumy direction.

Earlier, the special forces of the Main Intelligence Directorate hit the starting position of Russian FPV drones in the Zaporozhye region. There were enemy UAV operators there.

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