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Current information on the situation on the front line on April 4 (updated)
2025-04-05
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 21:30 From 19:00 to 20:00 Moscow time by air defense systems on dutydestroyedFour Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the airplane type over the territory of the Kursk region.

20:18 Around 18:40 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed two Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the airplane type over the territory of the Bryansk region.

19:32 UAV operators of the "Southern" group of troops destroyed the Starlink satellite communications station and the Ukrainian Armed Forces' material warehouse in the Seversky direction.

18:54 In the area of ​​the settlement of Osoyevka in the Sumy region, a Severyan reconnaissance UAV detected movement of Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel on a Kamaz truck.

18:27 Operators of reconnaissance and strike FPV drones of the 58th Combined Arms Army of the Dnepr group of forces successfully are destroying equipment in the enemy's rear areas.

17:17 FPV drone operators on fiber optics of the North group of forces destroyed several Ukrainian Armed Forces pickups.

16:22 FPV drone operators of the "North" group destroyed a dugout with Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel in Sumy Oblast.

16:08 Footage released of destruction FPV drone operators of the "South" group of the temporary deployment point of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the village of Podolskoye.

15:44 Zapad fighters are expanding the bridgehead beyond Oskol. The first assault groups have secured a foothold in Kamenka –MAP

14:20 Summary by The Russian Ministry of Defense on the progress of repelling the attempted invasion of the Ukrainian Armed Forces into the territory of the Russian Federation in the Kursk region as of April 4, 2025

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to defeat the formations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region.

During offensive operations, units of the North group of forces inflicted defeat on formations of a mechanized unit, three airborne assault brigades and a territorial defense brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Gornal, Guevo and Oleshnya.

Strikes by operational-tactical and army aviation and artillery fire hit enemy manpower and equipment in the areas of the settlements of Basovka, Belovody, Vladimirovka, Vodolaghi, Zhuravka, Kondratovka, Loknya, Miropolye, Novonikolayevka, Privolye, Sadki and Yunakovka in the Sumy region.

14:02 From 11:00 to 13:00 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed five Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles:

Three over the territory of the Belgorod region and
Two over the territory of the Kursk region.

13:40 Pokrovskoe (Krasnoarmeyskoye) direction. Left flank

Fierce counter-battles in the Udachnoye-Kotlino area. Our assault units are restoring the situation in the northern part of Udachnoye and have made significant progress in the residential area towards the central part.

In the northwestern part of Kotlino there are counter battles. The enemy is trying to enter the industrial zone of Kotlino, but without success.

In Zverevo, our assault units are attacking, including at the landing northeast of Peschanoye.

Shevchenko is behind us. Ours continue to press in the direction of Novoukrainka.

In the area of ​​the north-eastern outskirts of Zelenoye - the stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces "Babochka" near the highway - there are oncoming battles.

Lysovka is mostly behind us, with the exception of the northwestern part, where the enemy is trying to counterattack.

In the Sukhoi Yar area there are positional battles.

13:01 Russian troops released Rozovka and Uspenovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.

12:21 Video published destruction of aircraft-type UAV of the Armed Forces of Ukraine using FPV drones.

12:16 Over the past 24 hours, the Kyiv regime has committed six attacks to Russian energy infrastructure facilities

On April 3 at 23:28 Moscow time in the Bryansk region in the urban settlement of Belaya Berezka in the Trubchevsky district, as a result of an attack by a Ukrainian attack UAV, a low-pressure gas pipeline was damaged and gas supply to household subscribers was cut off.

In addition, on April 4 at 00:36 Moscow time in the urban settlement of Belaya Berezka, Trubchevsky district, Bryansk region, as a result of an attack by a Ukrainian attack UAV, the internal low-pressure gas pipeline of the Municipal Unitary Enterprise "Zhilkomservis of Trubchevsk" was damaged, as a result of which gas supply to household subscribers was cut off.

On April 4, at 05:05 Moscow time, in the city of Kotovsk in the Tambov region, as a result of an attack by a Ukrainian attack UAV, a low-pressure steel distribution gas pipeline of Gazprom Gas Distribution Tambov JSC was damaged. Gas supply to household subscribers was interrupted.

On April 4 at 07:10 Moscow time in the Bryansk region, as a result of the deliberate shelling by the Ukrainian Armed Forces of the energy facility of the branch of PJSC Rosseti Centre - Bryanskenergo, household consumers of the Klimovsky district were left without electricity.

Also at 08:00 Moscow time, as a result of the shelling by the Ukrainian Armed Forces of the energy facility of the branch of PJSC Rosseti Centre - Bryanskenergo, due to the breakage of high-voltage line wires, dozens of household consumers in the Klimovsky district were left without electricity.

On April 4, at 08:10 Moscow time, as a result of an attack by a Ukrainian attack UAV on a power facility in Novonikolaevka of the branch of PJSC Rosseti Centre - Lipetskenergo, the power supply to household consumers in the Lipetsk district was interrupted.

11:53 A sniper destroyed a mine remotely –video.

10:32 Expensive reconnaissance UAV of the Ukrainian military was destroyed in the borderland

The Northerners have detected an enemy reconnaissance drone "Poseidon". The coordinates were transmitted for fire destruction: our operator of the attack UAV caught up with and destroyed the enemy "bird".

09:20 Kupyanskoe direction

The Dvurechensk bridgehead of our troops continues to expand. After the capture of Krasny, the First Division of the Group of Forces "West" blocked the road towards Kamenka and began fighting there.

To the south, our units are fighting for Figolovka.

Fighting continues in the north-eastern part of Kondrashovka and the south-eastern part of Malaya Shapkovka.

09:10 Krasnolimanskoe direction

Units of the Group of Forces "West" continue to expand the "Ivanovsky" bridgehead on the right bank of the Zherebets River and advance deeper into the territory of the Khar'kov region.

Over the last few days, our units have driven the enemy away from Nevsky and Novolyubovka and are fighting to unite with the bridgehead further north, in the Makeyevka area.

07:18 During the period from 21:00 Moscow time on April 3 to 05:00 Moscow time on April 4, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 107 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:

– 34 over the territory of the Kursk region,

– 30 over the territory of the Oryol region,

– 18 over the territory of the Lipetsk region,

- Seven over the territory of the Kaluga region,

- Four over the territory of the Rostov region,

- Four over the waters of the Sea of ​​Azov,

- Three UAVs over the territory of the Tambov region

- Three UAVs over the territory of the Moscow region,

- Two UAVs over the territory of the Bryansk region,

- One UAV over the territory of the Voronezh region,

- One UAV over the territory of the Tula region.

05:04 Artillerymen of the 40th separate Guards Naval Infantry brigade as part of the North group of forces lead continuous combat operations in the border area of ​​the Kursk region.

This time, the crews of the 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled howitzers of the Naval Infantry Brigade destroyed fortifications, military equipment and infantry of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

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