The 409th day of the Russia-Ukraine War: official operational information by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on 08.04.2023.
During the day, the Russian army launched 2x missile and 34x air strikes, more than 36 rounds from MLRS.
The probability of launching missile and air strikes remains high throughout the territory of Ukraine.
The Russian army continues to focus its main efforts on conducting offensive actions on the Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Marinka directions – more than 35x Russian attacks were repelled.
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- Volyn, Polissya, Sivershchyna and Slobozhanshchyna directions: the operational situation has not changed significantly, and no signs of the formation of offensive groups of Russian troops have been detected. During the day, Russian military shelled vicinities of Gremyach, Chernihiv Oblast; Seredyna-Buda, Baranivka, Bezsalivka, Volfine, Turya, Vysoke of the Sumy Oblast, as well as the settlements of Veterinarne, Vilkhivka, Ternova, Vovchansk, Karaichne and Chugunivka in the Kharkiv Oblast.
- Kupyansk direction: Kolodyazne, Krasne Pershe, Novomlynsk, Dvorichna, Zapadne, Krokhmalne, Kindrashivka, Pischane and Berestov of the Kharkiv Oblast were hit by Russian fire.
- Lyman direction: during the day, the Russian army conducted unsuccessful offensive actions in the area south of Kuzmyny and Verkhnyokamyansky. Cherneshchyna of the Kharkiv Oblast was hit by artillery fire; Makiivka, Nevske, Dibrova, Bilogorivka in the Luhansk Oblast and Yampolivka, Torske, Siversk, Spirne in the Donetsk Oblast.
- Bakhmut direction: the Russian army continues to conduct offensive actions, tries to take full control of the city of Bakhmut, battles continue. During the day, Russian military carried out unsuccessful offensive actions in the area of the Bohdanivka settlement. The units of the defense forces repelled about 10x Russian attacks on the indicated section of the front. Vasyukivka, Minkivka, Zaliznyanske, Orikhovo-Vasylivka, Markove, Hryhorivka, Bakhmut, Khromove, Chasiv Yar, Ivanovske, Stupochki, Bila Gora and Druzhba of the Donetsk Oblast were affected by Russian shelling.
- Avdiivka and Marinka directions: Russian military carried out unsuccessful offensive actions in the Novokalynovoy, Severnoy, Pervomaiskyi and Marinka districts. The fiercest battles on the indicated section of the front continue for Marinka, where more than 10x Russian attacks were repelled. At the same time, Novokalynove, Kamianka, Stepove, Orlivka, Avdiivka, Severne, Netaylove, Krasnohorivka, Marinka, Pobieda and Paraskoviivka of the Donetsk Oblast were subjected to Russian shelling.
- Shakhtarske direction: during the day, the Russian army did not conduct offensive operations. Shelled the settlements of Novomykhailivka, Shakhtarske, Novoukrainka, Velyka Novosilka, Vugledar, Prechistivka, Zolota Niva, and Novomayorske in the Donetsk Oblast.
- Zaporizhzhia and Kherson directions: the Russian army continues to build up defensive lines and positions. Russian troops carried out shelling of settlements bordering the frontline. Among them are Vremivka, Novopil of the Donetsk Oblast; Novosilka, Olhivske, Malinivka, Chervone, Gulyaipole, Charivne, Mala Tokmachka of the Zaporizhzhia Oblast; Dudchany, Kachkarivka, Beryslav, Kozatske, Mykolaivka, Ivanivka, Mykilske, Dniprovske of the Kherson Oblast, as well as Kherson.
Russian troops continue to suffer heavy losses. To replenish them, the leadership of the armed forces of the Russian Federation decided to hold early graduations from higher military educational institutions in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kostroma, Penza, Omsk, Tyumen, Kazan, Novosibirsk, Volsk, and Blagoveshchensk on April 29 of this year. At the same time, graduations from High Military Education Facilities, which prepare specialists for military units of strategic missile forces, aerospace forces and naval forces of the armed forces of the Russian Federation, will be held in accordance with the previously planned schedules.
During the day, the Aviation of the Defense Forces carried out 8x strikes on areas where Russian troops were concentrated. Russian reconnaissance UAV was also shot down.
Units of missile and artillery troops hit 2x areas of concentration of manpower, weapons and military equipment, 1x ammunition depot, 1x position of anti-aircraft defense equipment and 3x radio electronic warfare stations of the Russian army.
Source: The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
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