The 430th day of the Russia-Ukraine War: official operational information by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on 29.04.2023.
During the day of April 29, the Russian army launched 1x missile and 29x air strikes and around 12x MLRS attacks at the positions of Ukrainian troops and various settlements. The attacks have killed and wounded civilians, destroyed and damaged private residential buildings and other civilian infrastructure.
The likelihood of further missile and air strikes across Ukraine remains quite high.
Russian main efforts are the offensive operations on Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, and Marinka directions, with more than 40x Russian attacks repelled. The fiercest fighting is for Bakhmut and Marinka, Ukrainian soldiers are bravely holding the line.
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- Volyn and Polissya directions: no major changes in the operational situation. No signs of the formation of Russian offensive groups were found.
- Sivershchyna and Slobozhanshchyna directions: during the day of April 29, the Russian army launched air strikes on the settlements of Halahanivka and Leonivka. Russian troops shelled the settlements of Khrinivka, Zarichchya (Chernihiv oblast), Ukrainske, Seredyna-Buda (Sumy oblast), Chervona Zorya, Hoptivka, Krasne, Ternova, Vovchansk, Vovchanski Khutory, and Nesterne (Kharkiv oblast) with mortars and artillery.
- Kupyansk direction: the Russian army did not conduct any offensive operations, actively using UAVs to spot for artillery fire. The Russian army fired artillery and mortars at Stroivka, Kamyanka, Topoli, Fyholivka, Novomlynsk, Dvorichna, Zapadne, Lyman Pershyi, Kyslivka, Berestove (Kharkiv oblast), and Novoselivske (Luhansk oblast).
- Lyman direction: Russian soldiers conducted unsuccessful offensives towards Bilohorivka. Nevske (Luhansk oblast), Novosadove, Torske, Bilohorivka, Verkhnokamyanske and Rozdolivka (Donetsk oblast) came under artillery fire.
- Bakhmut direction: the Russian army continues its offensive operations. Heavy battles for the city of Bakhmut continue. In addition, during the day of April 29, Russian soldiers conducted unsuccessful offensives towards the settlement of Predtechyne. Vasyukivka, Orikhovo-Vasylivka, Novomarkove, Hryhorivka, Bakhmut, Chasiv Yar, Ivanivske, Kostyantynivka, Bila Hora, Oleksandro-Shultyne, Dyliivka, Pivnichne, Toretsk, Shumy, Pivdenne, and New York (Donetsk oblast) suffered from Russian shelling.
- Avdiivka direction: the Russian army conducted unsuccessful offensives in the vicinity of Pervomaiske. Russian military shelled the settlements of Novokalynove, Avdiivka, Karlivka, Vodyane, and Pervomaiske (Donetsk oblast).
- Marinka direction: during the day of April 29, Ukrainian troops repelled numerous adversary attacks in the vicinity of settlement of Marinka and Novomykhailivka. Krasnohorivka, Marinka, Pobjeda, Paraskoviivka, and Novomykhailivka (Donetsk oblast) were shelled by the Russian army.
- Shakhtarske direction: Russian soldiers did not conduct any offensive operations during the day of April 29. Russian troops shelled the settlements of Bohoyavlenka, Vuhledar, Novoukrainka, Prechystivka, Shakhtarske and Velyka Novosilka (Donetsk oblast).
- Zaporizhzhia and Kherson directions: the Russian army stays on the defensive. At the same time, during the day of April 29, Russian troops shelled more than 20x settlements near the line of active combat. Among them are Vremivka, Novosilka, Novopil, Zelene Pole (Donetsk oblast), Olhivske, Hulyaipole, Bilohirya, Mala Tokmachka, Novodanylivka, Novoandriivka, Kamyanske (Zaporizhzhya oblast), Havrylivka, Zmiivka, Beryslav, Kozatske, Ivanivka, Zymivnyk, Bilozerka, Dniprovske, Kizomys (Kherson oblast), and the city of Kherson.
Cases of collective refusal to participate in active combat have become more frequent in the units of the Russian occupation forces stationed in the vicinity of Marinka. It has been established that the main drivers for the refusals are heavy casualties, late ammunition supplies, short supply of personal protective equipment, and Russian troops being forced to launch assault operations with no heavy equipment or artillery support.
The Russian occupation forces have reinforced the counterintelligence and police regime in the temporarily occupied territory of the Kerch Peninsula (Autonomous Republic of Crimea). Thus, since April 26, Russian soldiers have increased the number of patrols, reinforced police posts on local roads with russian Federal Security Service officers. They randomly check civilians, searching through their mobile phones, and whether they have russian passports.
During the day of April 29, the Ukrainian Air Force launched 3x air strikes on the concentrations of Russian troops. Also, Ukrainian soldiers intercepted 2x Shahed-136/131 UAVs, 1x Orlan-10 reconnaissance UAV, and 1x more unidentified UAV of the Russian army.
During the day of April 29, Ukrainian missile and artillery troops hit 1x concentrations of Russian troops, 2x fuel and lubricant depots, 2x air defence assets, 1x artillery unit, and 1x other important target of the Russian army.
Source: The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
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