The 436th day of the Russia-Ukraine War: official operational information by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on 05.05.2023.
The Russian army does not give up plans to occupy Ukraine and continues to wage its war. It strikes both military and civilian targets, using terror tactics. Today, Russian troops carried out 2 missile strikes, 26 air strikes, and about 20 artillery shelling attacks. Civilians suffered, and private residential buildings and other civilian infrastructure were destroyed or damaged.
The likelihood of missile and air strikes across the entire territory of Ukraine remains high. The Russian army continues to concentrate its main efforts on conducting offensive operations in the Bachmut, Avdiivka, and Mariupol directions. Ukrainian defense forces repelled more than 30 Russian attacks on these fronts in the last 24 hours. The fiercest battles are taking place in Bachmut and Mariinka, where Ukrainian soldiers are holding the defense steadfastly.
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- No signs of Russia’s forming offensive groups have been detected on the Volyn and Polissya directions. Russian Armed Forces units remain stationed in the territory of the Republic of Belarus.
- On the Siversk and Slobodzhansk directions, the Russian army maintains military presence in the border areas with Ukraine in the Bryansk, Kursk, and Belgorod regions. During the day, Russian troops carried out artillery and mortar shelling of the populated areas of Buchki in the Chernihiv region; Znob-Trubchevska, Stara Huta, Baranivka, Tovstodubove, Bachivsk, Volfyne in the Sumy region, as well as Chervona Zoria, Udi, Veterynarne, Graniv, Kozacha Lopan, Hoptivka, Hlyboke, Lukyantsi, Neskuhne, Staritsya int he Kharkiv region were shelled.
- On the Kupyansk direction, populated areas of Bologivka, Krasne Pershe, Fiholivka, Novomylnske, Dvorichna, Lyman Pershyi, Pishchane, and Stelmakhivka in the Kharkiv region were hit by Russian artillery and mortar fire.
- On the Lyman direction, Russian soldiers did not conduct offensive operations. Artillery shelling affected the populated areas of Makiivka in the Luhansk region, and Nevske, Yampolivka, Bilohorivka, Verkhniokamianske, and Spirne in the Donetsk region.
- On the Bakhmut direction, the Russian army continues to conduct offensive operations. Heavy fighting continues for the city of Bakhmut. Moreover, during the day, Russian soldiers carried out unsuccessful offensive operations towards the populated areas of Hryhorivka, Ivanivske, and New York. Populated areas of Vasiukivka, Minkivka, Orikhovo-Vasylivka, Markove, Hryhorivka, Bakhmut, Ivanivske, Chasiv Yar, Kostiantynivka, Oleksandro-Shultine, Pivdenne, Toretsk, Pivnichne, and New York in the Donetsk region were affected by Russian shelling.
- On the Avdiivka direction, the Russian army conducted offensive actions but did not succeed. It shelled populated areas in Orlivka, Lastochkyne, Avdiivka, Tonenke, Karlivka, Netaylove, and Pervomaiske in the Donetsk region.
- On the Mariinka front, Ukrainian soldiers repelled numerous Russian attacks in the Mariinka area. Russian shelling occurred in Kurakhove, Georgiivka, Mariinka, Pobeda, Yelyzavetivka, Katerinivka, and Novomykhailivka in the Donetskregion.
- On the Shakhtarsk front, Russian troops did not conduct any offensive actions during the current day. They shelled populated areas in Shakhtarske, Prechystivka, and Vuhledar in the Donetsk region.
- On the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson directions, the Russian army continues to conduct defensive actions. However, during the day, it shelled over 40 populated areas, including Burlatske, Vremivka, Novosilka, Zelene Pole, Novopil in the Donetsk region; Olhivske, Malynivka, Huliaypole, Zaliznychne, Huliaypilske, Bilohirya, Mala Tokmachka, Mali Shcherbaky, Kamianske, and Stepnohirsk in the Zaporizhzhia region; Nikopol in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast; Zolota Balka, Dudchany, Vesele, Dniprovskyi, Kizomys in Kherson Oblast, and the city of Kherson.
Russian soldiers continue to force passportization of the population in the temporarily occupied territory of the Kherson region. To do this, they use mobile passport control groups, threatening with deportation and confiscation of property. The representatives of these mobile groups collect documents and issue Russian passports to Ukrainian citizens in their places of residence.
During the day, the Air Force conducted 6 strikes on areas where Russian personnel and military equipment were concentrated. Additionally, two Russian UAVs of the “Shahed-136/131” type were shot down last night.
Rocket and artillery units have hit 5 areas where Russian weapons and military equipment were concentrated, 3 ammunition depots and fuel and lubricant materials, 1 air defense system, and 5 other important Russian targets over the last day.
Source: The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
See also: General Staff operational report May 4, 2023 on the Russian invasion of Ukraine
