The 428th day of the Russia-Ukraine War: official operational information by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on 27.04.2023.
Today, the Russian army conducted 25x air strikes and launched more than 20x MLRS attacks on Ukrainian settlements and positions of Ukrainian Defense Forces.
Moreover, at night 5x Russian missiles hit Mykolaiv. The missile attack caused casualties among civilian population and damage to private houses and civilian infrastructure.
The threat of missile and air strikes remains high across Ukraine.
Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Marinka directions: the Russian army continues to focus its main efforts on offensive operations. During the day, Russian troops conducted more than 35x attacks, that were successfully repelled by the Ukrainian Defense Forces.
Fierce battles for Bakhmut and Marinka are ongoing. Ukrainian soldiers courageously hold the defense.
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- Volyn and Polissya directions: the operational situation has not changed. No signs of the formation of Russian offensive groups detected.
- Sivershchyna and Slobozhanshchyna directions: Russia maintains enhanced military presence in the regions bordering Ukraine. Seredyna-Buda and Chernatske suffered from Russian air strikes. Novovasylivka, Ukrainsk, Bachivsk and Kucherivka (Sumy oblast); as well as Basove, Buhaivka, Kozacha Lopan, Strilecha, Hlyboke, Hatyshche, Vovchansk, Bolohivka, Dvorichanske, and Kolodyazne (Kharkiv oblast) came under Russian mortar and artillery fire.
- Kupyansk direction: the Russian army did not carry out offensive actions, actively using unmanned aerial vehicles to adjust artillery fire. Kamianka, Krasne Pershe, Figolivka, Dvorichna, Zapadne, Lyman Pershi, Berestov in Kharkiv Oblast and Novoselivske in Luhansk Oblast were subjected to artillery and mortar strikes.
- Lyman direction: the Russian army conducted unsuccessful offensive actions in the direction of Serebryansk forestry. Makiivka, Nevske, Dibrova, Belogorivka in the Luhansk Oblast and Terny, Verkhnokamianske and Spirne in the Donetsk Oblast got under artillery fire.
- Bakhmut direction: the Russian army continues offensive actions. Fighting continues in the city of Bakhmut. In addition, during the day Russian troops launched unsuccessful offensive on the direction of Bohdanivka. Vasyukivka, Orikhovo-Vasylivka, Khromove, Bakhmut, Chasiv Yar, Ivanivske, Predtechine, Kostyantynivka, Northern, Southern, Nelipivka and New York of the Donetsk Oblast were affected by Russian shelling.
- Avdiivka direction: Russian military carried out offensive actions in the Severne and Pervomaiske settlements of the Donetsk Oblast, without success. They shelled the settlements of Stepove, Berdychi, Lastochkine, Avdiivka, Severna, Vodyane, and Pervomaiske.
- Marinka direction: during the day, Ukrainian troops repelled Russian attacks in the areas of Krasnohorivka and Marinka settlements. At the same time, Georgiivka, Paraskoviivka, and Novomykhailivka in the Donetsk Oblast also came under Russian fire.
- Shakhtarske direction: the Russian army did not carry out offensive actions during the day. They carried out airstrikes at Vugledar and Velika Novosilka, shelled the settlements of Bogoyavlenka, Novoukrayinka, Zolota Niva, Prechistivka, and Vugledar in the Donetsk Oblast.
- Zaporizhzhia and Kherson directions: The Russian army continues to conduct defensive operations in the. It carried out shelling of populated areas not far from the battle line. Among them are Vilne Pole, Novopil of the Donetsk Oblast; Olhivske, Gulyaipole, Mala Tokmachka, Orihiv, Novoandriyivka and Kamianske of the Zaporizhzhia Oblast; Kherson and Beryslav in the Kherson Oblast.
To replenish the losses in manpower, Russian troops continue to actively recruit people with criminal records, or those against whom criminal cases have been opened, in particular, for terrorism. According to available information, about 500x such Russian soldiers are being trained in one of the field camps deployed by the Russian army in the temporarily hidden territory of the Starobil district of the Luhansk Oblast. It is also known that instead of imprisonment, convicts are offered a contract for military service with participation in hostilities in Ukraine for a period of six months.
During the day, the Aviation of the Defense Forces of Ukraine carried out 4x strikes on the concentration areas of Russian troops, as well as a strike on Russian anti-aircraft missile system. 5x Russian UAVs of various types were shot down.
Units of missile and artillery troops hit 2x control points, an area where Russian manpower was concentrated, an anti-aircraft defense device, an ammunition depot and 2x artillery units.
Source: The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
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