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Current information on the situation on the front line on April 29 (updated)
2025-04-30
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront]20:08 Advance of the Russian Armed Forces near Chasov Yar –MAP

19:57 Konstantinovskoye/Chasovyarskoye direction

Our units, which had secured a foothold in Stupochki yesterday, repelled several enemy counterattacks, including those with armored vehicles, continued the offensive and occupied the northern part of Stupochki.

19:55 Severskoye direction

Units of the Russian Armed Forces are trying to gain a foothold on the eastern outskirts of Grigorovka.

North of Verkhnekamenskoye, our assault groups advanced about one km in altitude in the direction of Seversk (it is a little more than four km away).

Northeast of Ivano-Daryevka our units advanced into the crop fields.

19:51 Krasnolimanskoe direction

Units of the Group of Forces "West" continue to expand the Ivanovo-Makeyevka bridgehead.

Our assaults took the southwestern part of Novy and the main part of Lipovoye. The enemy in Novy found itself practically in operational encirclement, but stubbornly continues to defend.

Northeast of Novomikhaylovka, our assault units took an enemy stronghold and advanced in the direction of Olgovka and Grekovka (Petrovskoye) on both sides of the Rovchak ravine.

The battles for Redkodub, on the approaches to Zelenaya Dolina and in the crop fields at the northern edge of the settlement of Kolodezi west of the Zhelobka River continue.

Our units are attacking in the direction of Zarechny in the Mirny area. Torskoye is behind the enemy. There are battles in the area of ​​the Bakai ravine (ravine).

18:58 Russian Armed Forces advance in Pokrovsky direction –MAP

18:18 Motorized riflemen of the "Southern" group of troops destroyed three hexacopters "Baba Yaga" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Seversky direction.

To destroy drones, which the enemy uses mainly at night, our servicemen use both interceptor drones and standard small arms with night vision devices.

17:19 Ministry of Defense:

FPV drone crews of the Center group of forces destroyed enemy fortifications, supporting the offensive actions of assault groups in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.

Attack drone crews of the Vostok group of forces eliminated a group of Ukrainian Armed Forces UAV operators in the village of Bogatyr in the South Donetsk direction.

16:18 The Russian Armed Forces have advanced south of Chasov Yar, fighting is taking place directly in Stupochki, –MAP.

16:15 Around 15:40 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle of the airplane type over the territory of the Belgorod region.

14:40 Russian Armed Forces advance near Novomikhaylovka and Novoye, –MAP.

14:34 Calculations of FPV drones of the Rubicon Center destroyed an M-113 armored personnel carrier and Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel who were trying to take cover in the private sector of the village of Bogatyr in the Donetsk direction.

13:39 Around 12:40 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle of the aircraft type over the territory of the Republic of Crimea.

13:26 Attack drones caught up with a T-72 tank of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Khar'kov region.

The movement of the combat vehicle was detected using aerial reconnaissance equipment.

Having waited for the right moment, the FPV drone crews of the West Force Group launched precise strikes. The first hit disabled the tank, and the next one destroyed it.

12:19 As a result of active actions by the unit of the West group of troops released settlement Doroshovka, Khar'kov region.

11:24 Russian Armed Forces are advancing in the northern part of the village of Belovody in the Sumy region, –MAP.

10:30 Crew of the 120mm self-propelled mortar "Nona-SVK" of the "Center" group of forces destroyed armored personnel carrier "MaxxPro" of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.

09:50 Soldiers of the 245th Motorized Rifle Regiment of the Guards "North" exposed and destroyed assault groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of ​​the settlement of Guryev Kazachok (Khar'kov region), –video.

08:12 Rocket artillery of the West group of forces destroyed hexacopter takeoff points, UAV control points and enemy manpower concentrations.

A 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS crew from the Dnepr troop group struck an artillery position of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Zaporizhia direction.

07:31 Changes on the map over the past 24 hours:

-- Control zone in the Grigorovka area has been expanded;

-- Kamenka was liberated;

-- Progress in the area of ​​the junction on the Pokrovsk-Konstantinovka highway;

-- The enemy was driven beyond the state border line in the Popovka area;

-- Control zone in the Lysovka area has been expanded;

-- Advance north of Nadezhdinka;

-- Control zone in Chasov Yar has been expanded.

07:20 During the past night, air defense systems on duty destroyed4 0 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:

11 UAVs – over the territory of the Ryazan region,

Eight UAVs – over the territory of the Nizhny Novgorod region,

Seven UAVs - over the territory of the Oryol region,

Four UAVs – over the territory of the Republic of Crimea,

Four UAVs - over the Black Sea,

Two UAVs – over the territory of the Moscow region,

Two UAVs - over the territory of the Belgorod region,

One UAV – over the territory of the Kaluga region,

One UAV – over the territory of the Bryansk region.

In total, from 20:00 Moscow time on April 28 to 06:00 Moscow time on April 29, air defense alert systems destroyed 91 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:

40 UAVs – over the territory of the Kursk region,12 UAVs – over the territory of the Oryol region,

11 UAVs – over the territory of the Ryazan region,

Eight UAVs – over the territory of the Nizhny Novgorod region,

Seven UAVs - over the Black Sea,

Six UAVs – over the territory of the Republic of Crimea,

Three UAVs - over the territory of the Belgorod region,

Two UAVs – over the territory of the Moscow region,

One UAV – over the territory of the Kaluga region,

One UAV – over the territory of the Bryansk region.

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