Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 19:00 For the second time in a day, the Russians fired Grads at the front-line Gulyaypole in the Zaporozhye region - two people were injured, said the head of the OVA Ivan Fedorov.
18:57 The Washington Post writes that Trump has a secret plan to stop the war in Ukraine in 24 hours: it is to push Kiev to transfer Crimea and Donbass to Russia. According to the newspaper's sources, the US presidential candidate claims in personal conversations that both Ukraine and Russia "want to save face and are looking for a way out," and in some regions of Ukraine, residents would not mind becoming part of the Russian Federation. At the same time, Trump’s team declined to comment officially.
18:35 The IAEA stated that a drone exploded at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, but did not specify whose it was.
18:26 Russian military shot three unarmed Ukrainian prisoners of war in Krynki, Kherson region - The Office of the Prosecutor General reported that an investigation had been launched.
17:49 Syrsky said that together with Umerov he got acquainted with the latest developments of Ukrainian manufacturers. He clarified that we are talking not only about ground- and air-based drones, but also about robotic systems that can perform mine clearance tasks, remotely controlled strike platforms and other developments, "which we will soon see in action. Our enemies will feel them too." According to the commander-in-chief, robotic combat platforms, which will soon be massively involved in combat operations, deserve special attention.
16:51 The number of victims as a result of today's Russian strike on a residential area of the Shevchenkovsky district of Kharkov has increased to five, the prosecutor's office reported. At least 13 multi-storey and private houses, educational institutions, cafes, hostels, and a hotel were damaged. According to preliminary data, the enemy fired two UMPB (unified interspecific glide munitions) from an airplane into the city.
16:34 In the Russian Yeisk, on April 5, power steering drones hit seven aircraft with varying degrees of damage: four Su-30SM multirole fighters, two military transport aircraft and a BE-200 amphibious aircraft, Ukrainskaya Pravda reports, citing a source. The airport's diesel substation was also destroyed.
14:58 Zelensky said that he had a conversation with Commander-in-Chief Syrsky - they discussed the situation at the front and planning further actions. In addition, the Minister of Defense Umerov reported on the situation with ammunition, and the head of the SBU Malyuk, the head of the GUR Budanov, the Minister of Internal Affairs Klimenko - on the enemy’s strikes on Kharkov and the eastern regions of Ukraine. "Russia does not stop its terror for a minute. We are working to provide our people with reliable protection. We are preparing a response for the enemy - very specific and fair," the president promised.
13:23 Ukraine expects Russia to intensify offensive actions in late spring - early summer, said the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate Kirill Budanov in an interview with the German TV channel ARD. In his opinion, "the Russians will move a little towards Chasov Yar, they will move towards the city of Pokrovsk, the strategic direction of Pokrovsk." At the same time, Budanov believes that there will be no significant changes at the front before the expected Russian offensive begins, since "the situation is quite complicated, but it is under control." Also, the head of military intelligence did not rule out a Ukrainian offensive this year.
12:07 As a result of a massive overnight drone strike in the Kharkov region, a facility of the Ukrenergo high-voltage network was damaged, the company reported. Because of this, today in Kharkov and the region the volume of emergency shutdowns will be increased.
13:31 The Russians are shelling Kharkov again - four hits were recorded in several areas of the city, including damage to residential infrastructure, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA. There are currently four known casualties.
11:02 The Russians fired from Grady at front-line Gulyaypole, Zaporozhye region - three people were killed, one was wounded, said the head of the OVA Ivan Fedorov.
09:16 At night, the Russians attacked Kharkov with drones - ten private houses, a kindergarten, and three five-story buildings were damaged. Three people were injured, said the head of the OVA, Oleg Sinegubov. He also clarified that as a result of yesterday’s attack on the Shevchenkovsky district of Kharkov, one person was killed, four were injured, including a ten-year-old child. As a result of the shelling, the educational institution was damaged.
In addition, in Kupyansk, a four-story residential building was damaged as a result of shelling - two floors were destroyed, one person was killed. Three more people were wounded as a result of a rocket attack on the town of Borovaya, Izyum district, and ten residential buildings were damaged.
09:03 Estonia has found another batch of ammunition for Ukraine worth from 2 to 3 billion euros, but these funds will have to be collected by the allies, said the country's Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur. He noted that he had already spoken about this possibility at a meeting in the Ramstein format on March 19. According to Pevkur, Estonia would be able to obtain this ammunition mainly from non-European countries.
08:59 The presidential elections in Slovakia were won by the pro-Russian Peter Pellegrini. He opposes arms supplies to Ukraine and with his party enters into a coalition with Prime Minister Robert Fico.
08:42 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of April 7:
personnel - about 447,510 (+820) people,
tanks - 7074 (+17),
armored combat vehicles - 13,551 (+54),
artillery systems - 11 316 (+54),
MLRS - 1036 (+4),
air defense systems - 749 (+0),
aircraft - 347 (+0),
helicopters - 325 (+0),
UAV of operational-tactical level - 8956 (+61),
cruise missiles - 2064 (+4),
ships/boats - 26 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 15,071 (+79),
special equipment - 1864 (+10).
08:14 Air defense at night destroyed all 17 attack UAVs of the Shahed-131/136 type, which Russia attacked from the Crimean Cape Chauda, the Air Force reported. Drones were destroyed in the Kharkov, Dnepropetrovsk and Poltava regions. In addition, at night the enemy attacked with a Kh-31 guided missile from the occupied Lugansk region and an Iskander-M ballistic missile from Crimea.
07:58 Over the past 24 hours, 57 military clashes took place at the front, the General Staff reported in its morning report . In particular, the enemy tried 21 times to break through the defenses of Ukrainian troops in the Novopavlovsk direction - in the Novomikhailovka and Georgievka areas of the Donetsk region. Another 14 attacks were repulsed in the Bakhmut direction - in the areas of the settlements of Belogorovka in the Luhansk region, as well as Verkhnekamenskoye, Vyemka, Spirnoe, Bogdanovka, Kleshcheevka in the Donetsk region.
The enemy did not conduct offensive actions in the Kupyansk direction. In the Liman direction, the Defense Forces repelled seven enemy attacks in the Ternov area of the Donetsk region; on Avdeevsky - five attacks in the Novokalinovo, Berdychi and Netaylovo districts of the Donetsk region; on Orekhovsky - two attacks in the districts of Staromayorskoye, Donetsk region, and Rabotino, Zaporozhye region; on Kherson - five attacks on the left bank of the Dnieper.
07:23 Late in the evening of April 6, the Russians fired a ballistic missile, probably an Iskander-M, at the port infrastructure of Odessa, the Southern Defense Forces reported. The impact caused a fire, which was quickly extinguished by rescuers. The administrative and technical buildings were damaged, and an employee of one of the neighboring enterprises was injured.
In addition, at night the enemy attacked with drones of the Shahed-131/136 type, in a different direction. Air defense forces destroyed 11 attack drones in the sky over the Dnepropetrovsk region. Several buildings and cars were damaged by debris.
05:56 Russian troops are launching illegal chemical gas attacks against Ukrainian military personnel - this practice has become systematic in recent months, according to an investigation by The Telegraph. The publication quotes the Ukrainian military , who claim that they are regularly attacked by small drones that drop tear gas and other chemicals.
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[Korrespondendent] The General Staff spoke about the situation at the front.
During the day, 67 military clashes were recorded at the front. The Russian army attacked the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in six directions. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine announced this in an evening report on Sunday, April 7.
In total, Russian troops carried out six missile and 72 air strikes, and carried out 39 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems on positions of Ukrainian troops and populated areas.
In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy did not conduct offensive (assault) operations, but carried out airstrikes in the area of the village of Berestovo, Kharkov region. In the Liman direction, Ukrainian soldiers repulsed two attacks by Russians in the area of the village of Terny, Donetsk region, where the invaders tried to break through the defenses.
In the Bakhmut direction, the enemy carried out 26 attacks in the areas of Belogorovka settlements in the Lugansk region; Vyemka, Fedorovka, Razdolevka, Veseloye, Bogdanovka, Ivanovskoye, Klishchievka, Andreevka in the Donetsk region, where the enemy tried to improve the tactical situation.
In the Avdeevsky direction, five attacks were repelled in the areas of the settlements of Pervomaiskoye, Nevelskoye, Netaylovo in the Donetsk region, where the Russians, with the support of aviation, tried to oust units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces from their occupied lines.
In the Novopavlovsk direction, the Defense Forces continue to hold back the enemy in the areas of the settlements of Krasnogorovka, Pobeda, Novomikhailovka, where the enemy tried to break through the defense 17 times.
In the Orekhovsky direction, the invaders, with the support of aviation, carried out two attacks on the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of Staromayorskoye, Donetsk region, and Robotinoye, Zaporozhye region.
In the Kherson direction, the enemy does not abandon his intention to oust Ukrainian units from the bridgeheads on the left bank of the Dnieper. Thus, during the day the enemy carried out eight unsuccessful attacks on Ukrainian Armed Forces positions.
Over the course of 24 hours, Defense Forces aircraft carried out strikes on a command post, three anti-aircraft missile systems, a communications tower and 13 areas where Russian personnel, weapons and military equipment were concentrated.
Units of the missile forces damaged an anti-aircraft missile system, a UAV control center, an artillery system, and three areas where enemy weapons and military equipment were concentrated.
Let us remind you that over the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian Armed Forces liquidated 820 occupiers. Since the start of the full-scale war against Ukraine, the Russian army has lost 447,510 soldiers.
Petty bastards
[KavkazUzel] The FSB conducted a search at the Elansky Cossack Museum and Memorial Complex in the Rostov Region.
As the Caucasian Knot reported, the Elansky Cossack Museum and Memorial Complex was founded in 2006. In May 2016, the authorities of the Rostov region initiated an inspection of the museum of the anti-Bolshevik struggle in the village of Elanskaya. Officials declared "the inadmissibility of the work of a private museum dedicated to General P.N. Krasnov," declaring their intention to contact the prosecutor’s office. The authors of the petition in defense of the museum collected more than a thousand signatures. They demanded not to allow the closure of the Museum of the History of the Don Cossacks and the memorial "Don Cossacks in the Fight against the Bolsheviks."
A search took place in all objects of the estate with the seizure of a number of documents and books." The director was not on site during the search, nor were his lawyers, the Activatika telegram channel reported today.
On the museum’s website and the page of the museum’s founder, entrepreneur Vladimir Melikhov, there is no information about how the search ended.
It should be noted that this is not the first time that searches have been carried out in the museum. In 2015, during a search, security forces seized deactivated antique weapons from the 19th century from the exhibition of a museum in Podolsk. During the trial, it was determined that the 1898 revolver was not a firearm, but its parts were suitable for use in a similar revolver. Vladimir Melikhov was sentenced to one year of restriction of freedom, reports the Rostov publication panram.ru.
In 2019, one copy of the complete works of Ataman Pyotr Krasnov, the book "Veshensky Uprising" and the album "The Tragedy of Russia and the Cossacks in the 20th Century" were confiscated from the Yelansky Cossack Memorial Center.
Let us also recall that on January 30, 2008, the atamans of the All-Great Don Army recognized the rehabilitation of General Krasnov as impossible because of his collaboration with the Nazis. In February of the same year, in the Rostov region, a Cossack colonel was removed from his post for proposing the rehabilitation of Ataman Krasnov.
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[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
In Kupyansk direction, units of the Zapad Group of Forces have inflicted a fire defeat on formations of 43rd Mechanised and 57th Motorised Infantry brigades of the AFU close to Sin'kovka and Zagoruykovka (Kharkov region).
In addition, two counterattacks by assault groups of the 95th Air Assault Brigade of the AFU have been repelled near Terny (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy losses were up to 30 servicemen, one tank, two armoured fighting vehicles, and two motor vehicles.
In the course of counter-battery warfare, two 152mm Akatsiya self-propelled artillery systems, one 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, one 152mm D-20 gun, one 220mm BM-27 Uragan multiple-launch rocket system, one 122mm BM-21 Grad multiple-launch rocket system, as well as one U.S.-manufactured AN/TPQ-50 counterbattery warfare radar station, and one Nota electronic warfare station have been hit.
In Donetsk direction, units of the Yug Group of Forces have defeated formations of 93rd Mechanised and 17th Tank brigades of the AFU and the 5th Brigade of the Ukrainian National Guard close to Krasnoye, Kleshcheyevka, and Andreevka (Donetsk People's Republic), and took more advantageous positions.
In addition, Russian troops have repelled nine counterattacks by assault groups of 10th Mountain Assault, 92nd Air Assault, 33rd, and 67th Mechanised brigades of the AFU near Berestovoye, Bogdanovka, and Novomikhailovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses were up to 370 troops, one tank, and 13 motor vehicles.
In the course of counter-battery warfare, 155mm M777 howitzer, two U.S.-manufactured 105mm M119 guns , one UK-manufactured 155-mm FH70 howitzer, one German-manufactured 155-mm PzH 2000 self-propelled artillery system, three 152mm D-20 howitzers, one 152mm 2S3 Akatsiya self-propelled artillery system, three 122mm D-30 howitzers, one AFU ammunition depot, and three Nota electronic warfare stations.
In Avdeyevka direction, units of the Tsentr Group of Forces have defeated the enemy and improved the situation along the front line.
Russian troops have repelled 11 counterattacks by assault groups of 24th, 47th, 115th Mechanised, 59th Motorised Infantry, and 25th airborne brigades of the AFU close to Pervomayskoye, Krasnogorovka, Berdychi, Tonenkoye, Vodyanoye, Novokalinovo, and Novobakhmutovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy losses were up to 375 troops, two infantry fighting vehicles, three armoured fighting vehicles, 11 motor vehicles, one U.S.-made 155mm M777 howitzer, and one 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system.
In South Donets direction, units of the Vostok Group of Forces have improved the tactical position by active actions and defeated formations of the 31st Brigade of the Ukrainian National Guard and the 128th Territorial Defence Brigade near Nikolskoye and Staromayorskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
One counterattack by an assault group of the 58th Motorised Infantry Brigade of the AFU have been repelled near Urozhaynoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy losses were up to 135 troops, one tank, six motor vehicles, and one U.S.-made M777 155-mm howitzer. In addition, one ammunition depot has been destroyed.
In Kherson direction, units of the Dnepr Group of Forces have inflicted a fire defeat on manpower concentration areas of 28th, 65th mechanised brigades of the AFU, and the 126th Brigade of the Ukrainian Territorial Defence close to Rabotino, Mirnoye (Zaporozhye region), Novotyaginka, and Ivanovka (Kherson region).
The enemy losses were up to 25 troops and three motor vehicles.
During counter-battery warfare, two U.S.-made 155-mm M777 howitzers, one 122-mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, and two 122-mm D-30 howitzers.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have destroyed one ammunition depot with uncrewed boats handed over to Ukraine by NATO countries, two launchers of the S-300 surface-to-air missile system, one P-18 radar station for detecting and tracking aerial targets, as well as struck AFU manpower and military hardware in 107 areas.
Air defence facilities have shot down 293 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles and four HIMARS and Uragan multiple-launch rocket systems projectiles.
In total, 583 airplanes and 270 helicopters, 19,390 unmanned aerial vehicles, 499 air defence missile systems, 15,709 tanks and other armoured combat vehicles, 1,266 combat vehicles equipped with MRLS, 8,715 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 20,740 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.
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[NewsFront] 23:59 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 04/07/2024 to 00:00 04/08/2024.
21 cases of armed attacks by the UFU were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC over the past 24 hours.
Information was received about the death of 1 civilian, 6 civilians were injured of varying degrees of severity, incl. child — girl born 2017.
DAMAGED:
17 residential buildings
5 civil infrastructure facilities
A total of 13 artillery attacks in the Donetsk direction
Eight artillery attacks in the Gorlovka direction
A total of 63 units of various ammunition were fired.
23:16 Zaporozhye direction "Rabotinsky ledge"
Enemy reports that after changing the tactics of our army in this direction, the enemy had significant problems with our advance.
Kyiv declares that all the main heights are occupied by our army, and our troops are advancing slowly but confidently.
21:30 200th Separate Guards Brigade released Bogdanovka, knocking out the enemy from the flank at Hours of Yar.
The surviving Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers fled from the western outskirts of the village.
Bogdanovka is located on the defensive flank of the ChasovYar group of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Its release will allow our troops, who have begun the assault on the Clocks of Yar, to advance more confidently and attack the city from this direction, putting the Ukrainian Armed Forces units holding the city in an even more difficult situation.
Meanwhile, the 98th Ivanovo Airborne Division continues fighting on the outskirts of the city, knocking out the Ukrainian Armed Forces from a number of positions.
20:49 Around 20.00 Moscow time suppressed another attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack using aircraft-type UAVs against targets on the territory of the Russian Federation.
On duty air defense systems destroyed one Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle over the territory of the Bryansk region.
19:09 Main. 111th week of SVO
Kherson direction.
Over the past week, no serious changes have been noted in the course of hostilities on this sector of the front. Russian troops continue to strike the rear areas where the enemy’s air defense operations are located and the production capacities of the Ukrainian army are concentrated.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine retain their presence at several points on the left side of the Dnieper, but there is no longer any need to talk about the development of a bridgehead in any of these areas: the Russian Armed Forces, although they have not yet achieved complete success in clearing the coast, have been able to significantly complicate rotations, the supply of ammunition and food for the Ukrainian garrison on the left bank.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces, in turn, are actively preparing to defend themselves on the Right Bank, carrying out fortification measures.
Zaporozhye direction.
Here, as in the Kherson direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are preparing for defense. The reserves that went from Orekhov to the Rabotino and Verbovoy areas were called upon to slow down the rate of advance of the Russian Armed Forces to the north in order to gain additional time for preparation. They cope with this task, although not fully.
In Rabotino, Russian troops were able to firmly gain a foothold, but further advance with the liberation of the entire settlement still seems to be a difficult task. The situation changes a little more actively in the section between Rabotino and Verbov. There, the RF Armed Forces picked up a pace, albeit leisurely, and periodically carried out successful assault operations, expanding the zone of their control to the north.
Donetsk direction.
Here the Ugledarsky section came to life, where the RF Armed Forces began to be active in several directions at once. It is too early to talk about any successes, but apparently, Russian troops are preparing for further actions after the liberation of Novomikhailovka, where the Russian Armed Forces have recently had stable tactical successes.
The offensive is actively developing along the entire front line from Pobeda to Semyonovka. Where assault operations do not bring results in buildings, the Russian Armed Forces go around the fields, simultaneously clearing out the remaining "pockets" between populated areas. Vodyanoye has been liberated, between Nevelsky and Pervomaisky the Russian Armed Forces are pushing the enemy back from their established positions, and in the section between Tonenky and Orlovka the fields are also being cleared.
At the same time, there is a parallel advance to the northwest, in the direction of Umansky. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are counterattacking and actively defending themselves, but so far the initiative in this direction belongs entirely to the Russian Armed Forces. This is also evidenced by the tactical successes in Semyonovka and Berdychi, where there is a systematic ousting of the Ukrainian garrison from these settlements.
Bakhmut direction.
Here is the final stage of preparation for the assault (or the first stage of the assault, whichever is more convenient for you) of the Chasov Yar. The Russian Armed Forces are actively pulling up their flanks and testing the defenses on the outskirts of the city, improving their positions for the successful start of a full-scale assault on urban development. And for this you need height control.
18:20 Telegram channel "Fisherman":
Battle of Chasov Yar: advance of the Russian Armed Forces on the eastern outskirts of the city
In the Bakhmut direction, Russian troops are gaining a foothold on the eastern outskirts of the Kanal microdistrict in the area of Chasovoyarsky school No. 77, but there is no exact information whether the school itself has come under control.
The enemy tried to counterattack and dislodge the Russian Armed Forces from their positions, but had no success. At the same time, most of the microdistrict remains under enemy control and is a high-rise building convenient for defense.
However, to the north and south of the microdistrict there are large tracts through which it can be bypassed and supplies cut off, which is why the enemy will be forced to retreat deeper into the city. Front-line aviation constantly operates on the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in urban areas, and the positions of Ukrainian howitzers and tanks often become targets for the Lancets.
There are reports that the Ukrainian Armed Forces have begun an organized withdrawal of some units west of Krasnoye. Units retreating from Bogdanovka are mining the approaches to Kalinovka, building a new line of defense along the Seversky Donets - Donbass canal.
The approaches to the canal are also heavily mined, which will complicate its crossing. During the day, reports appeared about the complete taking of Bogdanovka under control, but at the moment there is no footage of objective control yet.
According to some reports, to the north of Krasny, the Russian Armed Forces are moving along a forest belt at a height dominating the village.
In Kleshcheevka, Russian troops hit a field warehouse of the Ukrainian Armed Forces with an MLRS attack; the village itself still remains for the most part in the "gray zone."
17:12 A series of explosions occurred in Khar'kov.
Local channel sreport about launches of FAB from UMPC. Columns of smoke rise at the site of the explosions.
16:33 The dome of the 6th power unit of the Zaporozhye NPP was attacked by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Reported that the radiation background at the station itself and the surrounding area remains within normal limits.
15:30 Telegram channel "Fisherman":
Ugledar direction: the battle for Novomikhailovka
The Russian Armed Forces continue assault operations in Novomikhailovka - Russian army units managed to advance along Lenin and Sobornaya streets. The situation is complicated by the activity of enemy FPV drones in the area of ??the village, which slow down the movement of the Russian Armed Forces.
After the assault troops managed to get hold of the outskirts, the Russian Armed Forces built on their success and advanced to the center of the Mashinostroitel SNT, north of the village.
To the south of the settlement, Russian troops managed to take a large stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and gain a foothold, repelling several counterattacks.
Russian troops are actively using aviation to strike the immediate rear of Ukrainian formations, where the enemy is busy with engineering work and mining the area. Counter-battery work continues.
During the defense of this line, a native of Yakutia, fighter Rodimir Maksimov with the call sign "Burkhat" especially distinguished himself. For more than two days, with the support of UAV units, he held back the attacks of Ukrainian Armed Forces assault groups on the site, preventing them from taking control of it. This episode characterizes the level of fierceness of the battles for Novomikhailovk.
14:40 The enemy confirms the further advance of Russian troops in the dacha sector north of Novomikhailovka and in Berdychi -map.
12:30 Telegram channel «Fisherman":
Donetsk direction: advance of the Russian Armed Forces in the center of Pervomaiskoe situation as of 12:00 April 7, 2024
Russian troops advance in Pervomaisky along Lenin and Mira streets. According to objective control data made by the Ukrainian side, the Russian Armed Forces already hold at least 80% of the territory of the settlement.
According to our data, units of the Russian Armed Forces reached the Ivushka kindergarten, located in the center of the village. At the same time, on March 4, battles took place for two-story buildings near the kindergarten, as well as near the Pervomaisk secondary school.
The information is also confirmed by footage published by the enemy on April 6, where assault groups of the Russian Armed Forces in the area of Shkolnaya Street and a kindergarten were hit by kamikaze UAVs.
The situation for the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Pervomaisky is worsening every day: the recent liberation of the neighboring village of Vodyanoye by the Russian Armed Forces has significantly complicated the situation of the Ukrainian formations. Nevertheless, the enemy is transferring reserves, actively using UAVs and clinging to every house, which is why heavy fighting takes place in the populated area itself.
At the same time, the situation at the Nevelskoye-Pervomaiskoye line, where Russian units are making attempts to improve their tactical position, is still unclear. And the Ukrainian formations, if they do not retreat at the risk of encirclement, may well counterattack from there.
As Russian troops advance, success in this sector will open the way to Netailovo with the prospect of a further attack on Karlovka. In turn, this will allow the front line to be moved further away from Donetsk.
11:55 Zaporozhye. The footage shows smoke from arrivals across the territory of one of the workshops of the Motor Sich enterprise -video.
10:40 Ugledar direction.
Bomber Aviation of the 11th Air Army and Air Defense Army struck Ukrainian Armed Forces strongholds with FAB-500 bombs.
09:55 Telegram channel «WarGonzo":
Frontline report for the morning 04/07/2024
— The Zaporozhye Front remains the site of constant heavy fighting. In Rabotino, the LBS remains unchanged, but Russian troops are not abandoning attempts to expand their zone of control in this area. North-west of Verbovoy, the Russian Armed Forces continue to hold the initiative and attack from time to time, taking the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, with the active participation of long-range weapons.
— On the Donetsk front in Novomikhailovka, the Russian Armed Forces continue to gradually advance in the populated area and to the north of it. No changes in Georgievka. In Pervomaisky, another tactical success of the Russian Armed Forces. Also, Russian troops continue to develop their offensive towards Umansky. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are putting up serious resistance. In Semyonovka, the Russian Armed Forces advanced deep into the village from the south. Russian troops are also advancing in Berdychi.
— In the Artemovsky (Bakhmutsky) direction, fighting continues on the approaches to Chasov Yar. The Russian army is trying to improve its positions by attacking Ukrainian fortifications with aviation; the Ukrainian Armed Forces are counterattacking, trying to hinder the advance of the Russian Armed Forces. The main task now is to gain a foothold in the taken positions and tighten the flanks in order to develop a further attack on the city. For this purpose, assault operations are underway in the Bogdanovka area, where the Russian Armed Forces are gradually pushing through the defenses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
09:23 Criminal Kyiv regimecontinuesto fire at the civilian infrastructure of settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired from cannon artillery:
-- n.p. Novaya Kakhovka five rounds;
-- n.p. Kakhovka six rounds;
-- n.p. Novaya Mayachka three rounds;
-- village of Olginka two rounds;
-- village of Alyosha seven rounds.
As a result of the artillery attack of the settlement. Alyosha TWO schools were damaged, and 2,800 Khersonoblenergo subscribers in FIVE settlements were left without electricity.
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the village. Kakhovka, n.p. Novaya Mayachka, n.p. Staraya Mayachka, n.p. Alyoshki, firing a total of 22 rounds from cannon artillery.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being determined.
08:58 Telegram channel "Fisherman":
Chronicle of a special military operation for April 6, 2024
— Russian troops launched a series of attacks on enemy targets in the Kyiv and Kherson regions. In Kharkov, two MLRS installations were destroyed by a missile strike, and in Zaporozhye the arrival was recorded at the repair shops of the Motor Sich plant.
— In the Artemovsky (Bakhmutsky) direction, Ukrainian units are retreating beyond the Seversky Donets - Donbass canal on the eastern outskirts of Chasov Yar, having mined the approaches to the water barrier.
— Fierce battles for control over the northern outskirts of the village continue in the Avdeevsky direction in Berdychi. Russian units attack the enemy in the direction of Yasnobrodovka.
— In the Donetsk direction, Russian troops are advancing in the center of Pervomaisky. To the south of Pobeda there are battles along the T-05-24 highway leading to Konstantinovka and further to Ugledar.
— In the Kherson direction, Ukrainian formations continue to transfer manpower to the island zone of the Dnieper delta, equipping observation posts and shelters.
08:03 Official summary Representative offices of the DPR in the JCCC:
A total of 42 facts of armed attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC:
A total of 14 civilians were injured of varying degrees of severity, including: two children born in 2010 and 2011
Damaged:
16 residential buildings,
2 cars,
1 civil infrastructure facility.
A total of 23 attacks from the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Donetsk direction.
19 attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Gorlovka direction.
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[Regnum] As part of the special operation, the Mechanical Engineering Design Bureau significantly increased the production of missiles for the Iskander-M operational-tactical reactor complex. This was announced on April 7 by the general designer of KBM (part of the "High-Precision Complexes") Valery Kashin on the air of the "Military Acceptance " program.
"Missiles are being produced in much larger quantities than in previous years," he said in response to a corresponding question.
As Regnum reported, on March 22, the state corporation Rostec announced a multiple increase in the production of FAB-500 aerial bombs after the reactivation of capacities.
Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev said on February 22 that the Russian military-industrial complex has established supplies of armored vehicles to the troops in maximum volumes. According to him, the production of ammunition has increased by 1000—1500%. The Deputy Chairman of the Security Council added that the domestic defense industry has passed the test of a special operation and has proven itself to be the best.
The press service of the Russian Ministry of Defense reported on January 30 that the plan for the production of Kalibr cruise missiles has been fulfilled by 17% since the beginning of the year. The military department emphasized that this happened despite the doubling of the plan.
On Gunsmith's Day in September 2023, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that enterprises of the domestic military-industrial complex have maintained a stable pace of work and have increased production output in certain areas. The head of state emphasized that the production volume of the main types of armored vehicles has more than doubled.
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[Regnum] International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors stationed at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant confirmed at least three direct hits on the site for the first time since November 2022, IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi said.
"Today, for the first time since November 2022... IAEA inspectors at the Zaporozhye NPP confirmed that there were at least three direct hits to the containment structure of the main reactor of the Zaporozhye NPP," Grossi wrote on his page on the social network X on April 7.
Earlier, Rafael Grossi called the attack on the Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant reckless and stressed that attacks on the facility seriously increase the risk of a nuclear accident and must be stopped immediately.
As Regnum reported, on Sunday morning, drones of the Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked the infrastructure of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, as a result of which three employees of the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant were injured. The object did not receive critical damage, the radiation background did not change. The Russian state corporation Rosatom categorically condemned this attack and called on the leadership of the IAEA and the international community to respond to what happened.
The official representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maria Zakharova, called on the Kiev regime to stop attacks on the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant and emphasized that the Ukrainian authorities, making attempts to attack the facility, do not realize that in this way they are committing an act of nuclear terrorism.
A representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Andrei Yusov, said that Kiev was allegedly not involved in the attacks on the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) on April 7.
"Ukraine is not involved in any armed provocations on the territory of... the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant," the Ukrayinska Pravda publication quotes a representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense as saying.
As Regnum reported, on Sunday morning, drones of the Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked the infrastructure of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, as a result of which three employees of the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant were injured. The object did not receive critical damage, the radiation background did not change.
The Russian state corporation Rosatom categorically condemned this attack and called on the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the world community to respond to the threat to the safety of the Zaporizhia NPP.
The official representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maria Zakharova, called on the Kiev regime to stop the attacks and emphasized that the Ukrainian authorities, when carrying out attacks on the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant, do not realize that in this way they are committing an act of nuclear terrorism.
The head of the IAEA, Rafael Grossi, called the drone attack on the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant reckless. He noted that attacks on the facility seriously increase the risk of a nuclear accident and must be stopped immediately.
Official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova commented on the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ attack on the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant. The diplomat called on the curators of the Kyiv regime to stop the attacks, noting that they are unlikely to realize that their charges are committing an act of nuclear terrorism.
"How many more times should the Ukrainian Armed Forces fire at the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant so that the West and the monster Zelensky, fed by it, stop repeating this deadly act of their bloody tent?" — the diplomat wrote in the Telegram channel.
As Regnum reported, on April 7, Ukrainian Armed Forces drones attacked the Zaporizhzhya NPP in the area of the canteen 20 minutes after the planned inspection of the territory by IAEA experts, as a result of which a truck unloading food was damaged. Later, two more drones attacked the station’s cargo port area and the dome of the sixth power unit. The structure did not suffer critical damage, and the radiation background did not change.
Later, the Rosatom corporation announced a direct threat to the safety of the station. Three employees were injured due to unprecedented drone attacks.
The day before the attacks, the head of the Commission of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation on issues of sovereignty, Vladimir Rogov, said that the Ukrainian Armed Forces attacks on the station were connected with the desperation of the head of the Kiev regime, Vladimir Zelensky, who, in his opinion, intends to use nuclear terrorism to cause a resonance in the world and attract to Kiev attention.
Zaporozhye NPP has been under the control of Rosenergoatom JSC since October 2022. The nuclear power plant is located near Energodar on the shore of the Kakhovka Reservoir and consists of six power units. Since March 2022, Zaporizhia NPP has been under fire from the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
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[Regnum] The four most likely scenarios for the development of events in the event of sending the French military to Ukraine were presented by the Swiss publication NZZ.
"The first and third options will be strategic and have political symbolism," the material says.
The publication's journalists believe that, as a first option, the French contingent could be stationed north of Kyiv, thereby preventing the possibility of approaching the city from Belarus. In this scenario, units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces will be able to transfer to the eastern and southern front.
The second option, as stated in the publication, could be sending French forces to the Zaporozhye direction. According to the third option, the French contingent could be deployed north of Odessa, thereby allegedly protecting the seaport.
As a fourth option, journalists named the deployment of French troops in Moldova.
As Regnum reported, at the end of February, French President Emmanuel Macron said that at a summit in Paris, European leaders discussed the issue of sending troops to Ukraine. To this, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that the French president made this statement in order to please the United States and provoke NATO allies.
The official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maria Zakharova, announced on April 3 that there was information about the preparation of 1.5 thousand French troops for possible deployment to Ukraine. Later, the director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, Sergei Naryshkin, said that, according to received data, France is already preparing to send a military contingent of about 2,000 people.
Political scientist, head of the Center for French Studies at the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Yuri Rubinsky, in a conversation with a Regnum correspondent, said that France and the West are not ready for a further expansion of the Ukrainian conflict. As the expert noted, Macron’s statement was viewed with caution by France’s closest allies in the European Union and NATO.
Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev on March 20 spoke about Russia's actions if France sends troops to Ukraine. He said that it would be nice if France sent a couple of regiments to Ukraine. According to the Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council, the contingent is difficult to hide, and its destruction will be an easy and extremely important task.
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