The 407th day of the Russia-Ukraine War: official operational information by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on 06.04.2023.
During the day of April 6, the Russian army launched 4x missile, 7x air strikes, more than 10x MLRS attacks at the positions of Ukrainian troops and civilian infrastructure in various settlements.
The likelihood of missile and air strikes across Ukraine still remains high.
The Russian army continues to focus its main efforts on the offensive operations on Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, and Marinka directions. During the day of April 6, more than 20x Russoan attacks were repelled. The most intense fighting is for the settlements of Bakhmut, Avdiivka, and Marinka.
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- Volyn, Polissya, Sivershchyna, and Slobozhanshchyna directions: no significant changes in the operational situation, no signs of the formation of Russian offensive groups were found. Certain Russian units remain stationed in the Russian Kursk and Belgorod oblasts bordering Ukraine. During the day of April 6, the Russian army shelled the settlements of Leonivka (Chernihiv oblast), Veterynarne, Neskuchne, Ohirtseve, Tykhe, Bochkove, Chuhunivka, Zarubynka, Starytsya, and Kolodyazne (Kharkiv oblast).
- Kupyansk direction: Topoli, Fyholivka, Dvorichna, Zapadne, Lyman Pershyi, Krokhmalne, Berestove (Kharkiv oblast), and Novoselivske ke (Luhansk oblast oblast) were shelled by the Russian army.
- Lyman direction: Russian troops conducted unsuccessful offensives in the vicinity of Spirne. Nevske, Dibrova, Bilohorivka (Luhansk oblast), Terny, Spirne, and Rozdolivka (Donetsk oblast) were shelled with artillery.
- Bakhmut direction: the Russian army continues its offensive operations, attempting to take full control of the city of Bakhmut. Fierce fighting continues. During the day of April 6, Russian troops conducted unsuccessful offensives in the vicinities of settlements of Orikhovo-Vasylivka and Bohdanivka. The Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled about 10x Russian attacks in this area of the front line. More than 15x settlements in the combat zone suffered from Russian shelling, including: Vasyukivka, Orikhovo-Vasylivka, Novomarkove, Bakhmut, Ivanivske, Chasiv Yar, Dyliivka, and Shumy (Donetsk Oblast).
- Avdiivka and Marinka directions: the Russian army conducted offensive operations in the vicinities of Novokalynove, Sjeverne, Pervomaiske, and Marinka. None of them were successful. The fiercest fighting in this area is for Marinka, where 13x Russian attacks were repelled. At the same time, Avdiivka, Pervomaiske, Marinka, and Pobjeda (Donetsk oblast) were shelled.
- Shakhtarske direction: the Russian army did not conduct any offensive operations during the day of April 6. Russian soldiers shelled the settlements of Vuhledar, Prechystivka, and Velyka Novosilka, (Donetsk oblast).
- Zaporizhzhia and Kherson directions: with no active operations, the Russian army continues to improve fortifications at its defensive lines and positions. Russian military shelled more than 15x settlements. Among them are Vremivka (Donetsk oblast), Hulyaipole, Zaliznychne, Huliaipilske, Mala Tokmachka, Novodanylivka, Novoandriivka, Kamyanske (Zaporizhzhia oblast), and Kherson.
Russian troops continue to suffer huge casualties, and local medical facilities in the temporarily occupied territories have reached their full capacity. A tent city for the wounded Russian soldiers was spotted in one of the settlements of Simferopol district of the temporarily occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea. As of April 4, 2023, about 100x Russian soldiers are undergoing rehabilitation in the said field camp.
During the day of April 6, the Ukrainian Air Force launched 6x air strikes on the concentrations of Russian personnel and military equipment. In the meantime, missile and artillery units hit 2x concentration of manpower, 2x fuel and lubricant depots, and 1x electronic warfare station of the Russian army.
Source: The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
See also: Ukrainian troops destroyed 3 Russian drones, ammunition depot and 88 servicemen in the Bakhmut area
