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| The battles for Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Maryinka are the fiercest, General Staff |
| 2023-04-04 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [LB] The armed forces repelled 45 enemy attacks in four directions in the east. by Iryna Gamalii During the day, the enemy carried out 3 missile and 17 air strikes, carried out more than 20 attacks from rocket salvo systems on the positions of our troops and the civilian infrastructure of populated areas. This was announced on Facebook by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the evening of the 404th day of the large-scale Russian invasion. The probability of launching missile and air strikes on the entire territory of Ukraine remains high. The enemy continues to focus its main efforts on conducting offensive actions in the Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiiv and Marin directions. Thanks to the coordinated actions of units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine and the heroism of each soldier, more than 45 enemy attacks were repelled during the day. Bakhmut, Avdiyivka and Maryinka remain at the epicenter of hostilities. In the Volyn, Poliske, Siversk and Slobozhansk directions, the operational situation has not changed significantly, no signs of formations of enemy offensive groups have been detected. Certain units of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus continue to perform tasks in the border areas with Ukraine. The Russian Federation will continue to use the airspace and territory of the Republic of Belarus, its military infrastructure. The training of units of the armed forces of the Russian Federation is carried out at the Belarusian training grounds. The presence of enemy units in the border areas of the Kursk and Belgorod regions is maintained. During the day, the enemy shelled the settlements of Zapsilya and Myropyllya in the Sumy region, as well as the settlements of Vovchansk, Vovchanski Khutory, Zybine, Volokhivka, Rublene, and Vilkhuvatka in the Kharkiv region. Kamianka, Petro-Ivanivka, Dvorichna, Kutkivka, Zapadne, Masyutivka of the Kharkiv region came under enemy fire in the Kupyansk direction ; Krokhmalne in Luhansk region and Terna and Serebryanka in Donetsk region. In the Lymansky direction, during the day, the enemy carried out unsuccessful offensive actions in the areas of the Nevsky and Serebryansky forestry. Makiivka, Nevske, Belogorivka of the Luhansk region and Vesele, Spirne and Rozdolivka of the Donetsk region were hit by artillery fire. In the direction of Bakhmut, the enemy is trying to take full control of the city of Bakhmut, and continues to storm it. He led unsuccessful offensive actions near the settlements of Orihovo-Vasylivka and Ivanovske. During the day, units of the defense forces repelled about 20 enemy attacks on the indicated section of the battle line. Vasyukivka, Orikhovo-Vasylivka, Novomarkove, Bohdanivka, Bakhmut, Ivanivske, Chasiv Yar, Ozaryanivka, Dachne, Oleksandro-Shultyne, Zalizne and New York of the Donetsk region suffered from enemy shelling. On the Avdiyiv and Maryinsk directions, the enemy carried out unsuccessful offensive actions in the areas of Severnoy, Pervomaisky and Maryinka. At the same time, the enemy shelled Avdiyivka, Vodyane, Severne, Netaylove, Pervomaiske, Georgiyivka, Maryinka, and Pobyeda of the Donetsk region. During the day, the enemy did not conduct offensive operations in the Shakhtarsky direction . Unmanned aerial vehicles were actively used to adjust artillery fire. He shelled the settlements of Novomykhailivka, Vugledar, Prechistivka, Zolota Niva, Velika Novosilka, and Vremivka in the Donetsk region. In the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson directions, the enemy did not conduct active operations, but increased its defense capabilities. He carried out shelling of populated areas, which are next to the line of military confrontation. Among them are Olhivske, Gulyaipole, Charivne, Biloghirya, Mala Tokmachka, Kamianske of the Zaporizhzhia region, as well as the city of Kherson. In the Skadovsky district of the Kherson region, the so-called Russian occupation authorities have begun compiling lists of local residents who agree to "evacuate" to Crimea or the territory of the Russian Federation. It is known that the "evacuation" will be carried out on a voluntary basis for the time being, primarily women and children will be taken out. The aviation of the defense forces struck 5 times during the day on the areas of concentration of personnel and military equipment of the occupiers. Our defenders also shot down an enemy reconnaissance UAV. Units of rocket troops and artillery, in turn, struck the area where the enemy's manpower was concentrated. It will be recalled that the commander of the Ground Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi said that the Russians are weakening and trying to cover up their failures with "new and new fakes about the capture of Bakhmut". |
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