The 402nd day of the Russia-Ukraine War: official operational information by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on 01.04.2023.
During the day, the Russian army launched 2x missile strikes, 25x air strikes and launched 6x attacks from MLRS.
Without the desired results on the battlefield, the Russian army continues to cynically wage war against peaceful citizens. Today, the Russian Federation again launched missile attacks on civilian objects in the city of Druzhkivka, Donetsk Oblast, and other populated areas of Ukraine, using ballistic missiles. There are wounded among the civilian population.
The probability of further missile and air strikes on the entire territory of Ukraine remains high.
The Russian army is concentrating its main efforts on conducting offensive actions on the Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Marinka directions. During this day, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled more than 50x Russian attacks. The battles for the districts of Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Marinka remain the fiercest.
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- Volyn, Polissya, Sivershchyna and Slobozhanshchyna directions: the operational situation has not changed significantly. The top political leadership of the Republic of Belarus continues to support Russian aggression, provides airspace and territory to Russian troops. The training of units of the territorial troops of the armed forces of the Russian Federation continues at the Belarusian training grounds. At the same time, no signs of the formation of Russian offensive groups were detected. During the day, Russian military shelled the settlements of Oleksandrivka, Chernihiv Oblast; Baranivka, Volfine, Katerynivka, Kindrativka, Novomykolaivka, Popivka of the Sumy Oblast, as well as Veterynarne, Zybyne, Okhrimivka and Krasne Pershe settlements in the Kharkiv Oblast.
- Kupyansk direction: Dvorichna, Kutkivka, Zapadne, Masyutivka, Kupyansk, Pishchane, Krokhmalne and Novoselivske of the Kharkiv Oblast were under Russian fire.
- Lyman direction: during the day, Russian soldiers conducted unsuccessful offensives in the areas south of Kreminnaya and Verkhnokamyansk. Nevske, Kolodyazi, Dibrova, Belogorivka and Rozdolivka of the Luhansk Oblast were hit by artillery fire.
- Bakhmut direction: the Russian army does not stop the assault on the city of Bakhmut. However, Ukrainian troops courageously hold the settlement. At the same time, Russian military conducted unsuccessful offensive actions in Bohdanivka, Donetsk Oblast. During the day, the Russian army shelled the settlements of Vasyukivka, Orihovo-Vasylivka, Novomarkove, Bakhmut, Ivanivske, Chasiv Yar, Kurdyumivka, Diliivka, New York and Druzhkivka.
- Avdiivka and Marinka directions: the Russian army unsuccessfully conducted offensive actions in the areas of Avdiivka, Severnoy, Pervomaisky and Marinka. Fired at Avdiivka, Orlivka, Netaylovka, Krasnohorivka, Georgiivka, and Marinka.
- Shakhtarsk direction: during the day, Russian troops actively used UAVs to adjust artillery fire, shelled the settlements of Pobyeda, Novomykhailivka, Vugledar, Velika Novosilka of the Donetsk Oblast.
- Zaporizhzhia and Kherson directions: Russian military did not conduct active operations, improving defensive lines and positions. Russian troops carried out shelling of populated areas, which are next to the line of military confrontation. Among them are Vremivka of Donetsk Oblast; Burlatske, Zatyshsha, Gulyaipole, Zaliznychne, Biloghirya, Mala Tokmachka, Mali Shcherbaki, Kamianske of the Zaporizhzhia Oblast, as well as Dudchany, Kachkarivka, Zmiivka, Beryslav, Vesele, Mykolaivka, Burgunka, Kizomys of the Kherson Oblast and the city of Kherson.
Russian troops continue the forced passporting of the population of the temporarily occupied territory of the Zaporizhzhia Oblast. In particular, in the city of Tokmak, Russian soldiers are restricting the movement of Ukrainian citizens who have not received passports of the Russian Federation at checkpoints. Russian servicemen purposefully and deliberately search vehicles without further opportunity to enter the city. In case of absence of a Russian passport, citizens of Ukraine are threatened with a ban on entering the city. In turn, representatives of the Federal Security Service during house searches, threaten local citizens of Ukraine with job loss and employment problems without a Russian passport.
During the day, the Ukrainian Air Force carried out 8x strikes on the concentration areas of Russian troops, and units of missile and artillery troops hit 3x areas of concentration of manpower, weapons and military equipment and 2x Russian ammunition depots.
Source : The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
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