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Current information on the situation on the front line: April 6 (updated)
2024-04-07
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 21:05 Consequences of artillery attack of the Budennovsky district of Donetsk by Ukrainian militants

20:59 Ukrainian troops at 19.45 (coinciding with Moscow time) fired four missiles from the MLRS at the Budennovsky district of Donetsk, reports representationDPR at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC).

19:47 Naval infantry blew up an FPV drone was used by an enemy boat that was trying to cross the Dnieper. Soldiers of the Dnepr group of troops constantly monitor the right bank of the river using UAVs. They track enemy movements, adjust rocket and cannon artillery strikes, and direct FPV drones to enemy targets.

19:27 Personnel damaged school in Aleshki, Kherson region.

19:22 During the day, the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired 42 rounds from cannon artillery at civilian targets in five municipal districts of the Kherson region. This was announced by the head of the region Vladimir Saldo

“The buildings of two schools were damaged,” said the head of the region.

19:05 News from the South Donetsk direction:

It is reported that the Russian Armed Forces have advanced to the dachas north of Novomikhailovka.

18:45 As a result of an attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, a woman born in 1952 was wounded.

17:22 The Russian Armed Forces attacked the Progress plant and the Ivchenko-Progress design bureau. They were involved in the repair and production of military equipment in the Kyiv-controlled territory of the Zaporozhye region. This was announced by the chairman of the “We are together with Russia” movement Vladimir Rogov.

16:34 Gauleiter Sinegubov confirms arrival in the Shevchenkovsky district in Kharkov.

16:01 Ukrainian Telegram channels report that there is an “arrival” of FAB to the Shevchenkovsky district of Kharkov.

15:50 Explosions in Kharkov.

15:45 After advancing in Semyonovka, our troops already hold 1/3 of the entire settlement, reports Whisper Front.

15:42 Two “arrivals” in the area of Volchansk, Kharkov region, reports “Actually in Kharkov”.

15:39 Our military personnel continue to dispose of enemy heavy equipment every day.

On frames: the result of the work of our X-leaders (“X” is the name for the Russian loitering ammunition “Lancet”), which destroyed an enemy tank on the Artemovsky sector of the front.

15:20 Personnel launching a missile strike on the SAMP-T air defense system of the Ukrainian Armed Forces of foreign production, which was located in the Kharkov region.

14:24 Attack on the training center for UAV operators in the Kyiv region. Tonight the territory of the Aeroprakt enterprise airfield was hit by cruise missiles.

The company itself specializes in the design and production of ultra-light aircraft. They use lightweight structures that provide high maneuverability and cost-effectiveness in operation, writes Donbass Partizan.

According to available information, the airfield’s runway is regularly used for launching attack UAVs of various types against rear targets on the territory of the Russian Federation.

The base also actively trained UAV operators.

After the impact, a strong fire formed in the area, which was accompanied by secondary explosions.

14:10 News from Artemovsky direction:

Since the very morning, in parallel with the events in Chasov Yar, our pilots have been actively working in the area of the settlement. Kurdyumovka and Kleshcheevka, reports NGP Razvedka.

“Su-25 attack aircraft carried out a series of attacks on enemy positions, by lunchtime they were joined by army aviation helicopters and continued to burn the army of terrorists and marauders.

The Artyomovsky district of the Donetsk Republic is actively losing strategic importance for the enemy.”

13:42 The main thing from the new briefing of the Russian Ministry of Defense:

The Russian Armed Forces in the Kharkov area destroyed two French-Italian SAMP-T air defense missile launchers.

The objectives of the strike by the Russian Armed Forces were achieved, the designated targets were hit;

Units of the Russian Armed Forces occupied more advantageous positions in the Donetsk direction;

In the Donetsk direction, two attacks by Ukrainian Armed Forces assault groups were repelled;

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 470 military personnel in the Donetsk direction per day;

The Russian Armed Forces defeated the manpower and equipment of two brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the defense forces at Sinkovka and Berestovoy;

The Russian Armed Forces repelled 12 counterattacks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Avdeevsky direction and improved the tactical situation;

The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Avdeevsky direction exceeded 280 people over the past 24 hours;

The Russian Armed Forces have improved the position along the front line in the South Donetsk direction;

During the day, Russian air defense shot down 205 Ukrainian Armed Forces drones, a Hammer bomb, and 6 MLRS rounds;

Units of the Dnepr group defeated the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Rabotin and Ivanovka.

13:34 Explosions with detonation are reported in

Vasishchevo (town south of Kharkov towards Zmiev).

13:30 The Russian Armed Forces carried out a group strike at night on enterprises of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine, military airfields and mercenary deployment points, the Ministry of Defense reported.

13:25 Ukrainian monitoring resources report the launch of missiles from Crimea.

13:19 Another explosion is reported in Odessa.

12:46 An explosion occurred in the city of Zaporozhye controlled by Ukrainian forces. This was reported by the publication “Public”.

12:44 Consequences of artillery attack of the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk by Ukrainian militants, as a result of which a man was wounded -photo.

12:31 The Russian Armed Forces advanced from Avdeevka towards Umansky. The southern part of the village from the Uman pond is a little more than a kilometer away. Artillery is plowing up the Ukrainian Armed Forces' support forces in the area of the pond and cemetery.

12:20 Statement of Head of the press center of the Dnepr group:

In the Kherson direction, units of the Dnepr group of troops (forces) continued to defend the left bank of the Dnieper, launched fire strikes on enemy targets, equipment and artillery on the right bank, and destroyed enemy UAVs.

At night, the movement of watercraft along the Dnieper River was monitored; five enemy boats were hit by artillery and attack UAVs at the landing sites and when trying to approach the left bank.

The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine amounted to up to 30 military personnel, 2 vehicles, a Paladin self-propelled gun, M777, 152mm D-20 and 122mm D-30 howitzers.

12:16 Result of morning attacks on temporarily occupied Zaporozhye. "Two Majors" reports that the strikes were carried out on:

– Plant “Progress”, Design Bureau “Ivchenko-Progress”;

– Plant “Kommunar”, also known as Zaporozhye Automobile Plant;

– Concentration of enemy manpower in the village. Razumovka near the city.

12:07 “Typical Odessa” reports about explosions in Odessa.

11:25 During the night attacks on Kharkov, two Czech MLRS “Vampire” from which the enemy fired at Belgorod were destroyed.

The MLRS were able to be tracked all the way to Kharkov, where they were destroyed.

11:20 The situation in Chasov Yar on April 6 is reported "War Chronicle":

Some Ukrainian channels write that the Russian Armed Forces still managed to get hold of the houses on the north-eastern side of the Kanal microdistrict. At the same time, there is pressure from the Stupki-Golubovskie-2 nature reserve. From there to the Kanal microdistrict it is about 600 m. It is too early to talk about the formation of “pincers”, but the Ukrainian Armed Forces units, judging by the interceptions, doubt their own ability to hold a perimeter defense here for a long time if the pressure remains at the current level.

In the last 24 hours, tactics have been adjusted: Russian artillery began to use a “barrage of fire” and continuously (and not just before an attack) puts pressure on the Ukrainian Armed Forces both inside and outside neighborhoods, plowing up explored fortified areas and places where reinforcements are being transferred.

The eastern outskirts of the city, for which battles are taking place, are also a commanding height, in the event of the loss of which, most likely, the fate of the city could be decided quite quickly.

11:02 As a result of an attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the DPR in the Petrovskaya district of Donetsk, a woman born in 1941 was wounded, in the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka a woman born in 1960 was wounded.

In addition, in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, damage was recorded to an apartment building and City Clinical Hospital No. 21.

10:25 Situation on the Rabotino-Verbovoye section at 10.00:

At night, active counterbattery warfare continued on the line of combat contact. Barrel artillery carried out massive attacks on the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, preventing the possibility of rotation in this area.

North-west of Verbovoy, Russian troops, having the initiative, continue to advance, expanding their zone of control.

Heavy fighting is taking place in the center of Rabotino. The enemy is suffering losses and is forced to lose strongholds under the pressure of our fighters.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine strikes at identified concentrations of manpower and strongholds of the Russian Aerospace Forces with FAB-500 bombs with UMPC.

09:57 Su-25 attack aircraft intercepted rotation of Ukrainian Armed Forces units in the Severodonetsk direction.

As a result of a strike by unguided aircraft missiles, special equipment and enemy personnel were destroyed.

09:55 The Russian armed forces struck the coast of Ochakov in the Nikolaev region of Ukraine, where military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are located at recreation centers, the coordinator of the Nikolaev underground, Sergei Lebedev, told RIA Novosti, referring to his colleagues.

“Today there was a very powerful explosion on the coast of Ochakov... at the recreation centers where the Armed Forces of Ukraine live. “Many ambulances went to the coast,” the agency’s interlocutor said.

08:14 Sniper shot down from a rifle from a drone of the Armed Forces of Ukraine of the “Baba Yaga” type in the area of the village of Verbovoye in the Zaporozhye region. For this, the fighter was awarded the medal “For Courage”.

“Baba Yaga was flying, and I was in position then. She flew in and began to turn around, and I fired at her with an SVD rifle. It caught fire - such a huge torch burned across the entire forest shelf. The second one did - she fell to the ground and was already burning out there,” said “Bolt”.

08:00 Summary on the morning of April 6, 2024:

In the morning, the Russian Armed Forces launched a combined strike with sea- and air-based missiles, as well as a Geranium UAV, against enemy targets in the Kyiv, Khmelnytsky and Zaporozhye regions. FABs with UMPC are used not only to demolish enemy positions on the front line, but also to regularly destroy targets at a distance of up to 90 km in the Khar'kov and Sumy regions. Earlier during the day, it was reported that there was an attack on the Motor Sich plant in Zaporozhye and an electrical substation in the Odessa region.In the Kherson direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces tried to land a small group of river landing forces to create a new point of tension on our shore, as they write from the ground, without success. In addition, another Ukrainian Armed Forces boat was destroyed on the Dnieper. There are mutual strikes with artillery and drones, the LBS remains unchanged.

On the Zaporozhye Front, heavy fighting in the center of Rabotino is being fought for each strong point. North-west of Verbovoy, the Russian Armed Forces are expanding their control zone, our aviation is operating with heavy aerial bombs. The enemy is building a second line of defense near Orekhovo, where FABs also regularly fly.

In the Vrem'evsky direction, the Russian Armed Forces west of Staromayorsky are pushing the enemy out of their strongholds; in general, the battles are positional in nature, and assault groups are periodically sent out.

In Novomikhailovka there is a battle for every house, the Russian Armed Forces are pushing back the enemy. Near Krasnogorovka they report the resumption of active operations: our units are operating on the southern outskirts.

In the most difficult battles, the Russian Army achieves success near the eastern outskirts of Chasov Yar. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are withdrawing from Bogdanovka, our troops are razing the fortified area in the eastern part of Chasov Yar to the ground with artillery and FAB, which have become a true horror for the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The enemy command is planning the main stage of enemy defense in the western part of the city behind the Seversky Donets - Donbass water canal.

In the Krasnolimansky direction they report the advance of the Russian Armed Forces to the outskirts of Ternov.

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