The 441st day of the Russia-Ukraine War: official operational information by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on 10.05.2023.
During the day, the Russian army carried out a missile strike with an S-300 missile on civilian infrastructure in Kostiantynivka in the Donetsk region. In addition, it carried out 35 airstrikes and conducted 4 shelling attacks with rocket artillery on the positions of Ukrainin troops and settlements in the Kherson region. Civilians were affected, and private residential buildings and other civilian infrastructure were destroyed and damaged.
The probability of missile and airstrikes across the entire territory of Ukraine remains high.
The Russian army continues to concentrate its main efforts on the Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, and Marinka directions. During the day, Russian military carried out over 30 attacks in these areas of the front. The fiercest battles are taking place near the cities of Bakhmut and Mariinka.
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- On the Volyn and Polissia directions, there are no signs of formation of offensive groups. Certain units of the Russian Armed Forces remain on the Republic of Belarus’ shooting ranges.
- On the Siversk and Slobozhansk directions, the Russian army continues to maintain a military presence in the border areas with Ukraine. During the day, it carried out mortar and artillery shelling on the settlements of Leonivka in the Chernihiv region; Bachivsk, Khodyne, Boyaro-Lezhachi, Wolfine, Bilovody, and Popivka in the Sumy region, as well as Veterinarne, Zelene, Hatysche, Zybine, and Budarky in the Kharkiv region.
- On the Kupyansk direction, Russian military did not carry out any offensive actions during the day. Russian troops conducted airstrikes on the areas of settlements of Masyutivka, Pershotravne, and Terny. The settlements of Mykolaivka, Krasne Pershe, Figolivka, Novomlynsk, Dvorichna, Masyutivka, Lyman Pershyi, and Kyslivka in the Kharkiv region, as well as Stelmakhivka in the Luhansk region, came under artillery and mortar shelling from the Russian army.
- On the Lyman direction, Russian military carried out unsuccessful offensive actions in the area of Serebrianske Forestry during the day. Russian soldiers carried out airstrikes on the areas of settlements of Bilohorivka and Spyriane. The settlements of Makiivka, Bilohorivka, Vesele in the Luhansk region, and Yamolivka, Spyriane, and Berestove in the Donetsk region were shelled by Russian artillery.
- On the Bakhmut direction, the Russian army continues to conduct an offensive. It carried out unsuccessful offensive actions in the city of Bakhmut during the day. The areas of settlements of Torske, Bakhmut, Klishchiivka, and Kurdyumivka were targeted by Russian airstrikes. Orikhovo-Vasylivka, Bohdanivka, Bakhmut, Ivanivske, Chasiv Yar, Stupochky, Zalizne, and New York in the Donetsk region were affected by Russian shelling.
- On the Avdiivka direction, Russian troops carried out unsuccessful offensive actions in the area of Avdiivka during the day. The areas of Novokalynove and Avdiivka settlements were targeted by Russian airstrikes. The settlements of Berdychiv, Avdiivka, Pervomaiske, and Nevelske in the Donetsk region were shelled by the Russian army.
- On the Marinka direction, Ukrainian military repelled numerous Russian attacks in the area of the city of Mariinka. At the same time, the settlements of Heorhiivka and Pobeda in the Donetsk region were shelled by theRussian army.
- On the Shakhtarsk direction, the Russian army conducted offensive actions in the area of Novomykhailivka during the day, but was not successful. It carried out airstrikes on the areas of Prechystivka and Novosilka, and shelled the settlements of Novomykhailivka, Vuhledar, and Novoukrainka.
- On the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson directions, the Russian army continues to conduct defensive operations. It carried out airstrikes on the areas of settlements of Huliaypole, Mala Tokmachka, Stepnohirsk, Kizomys, and Stanislav. At the same time, Russian soldiers shelled settlements located near the front line. Among them are Vremivka, Novopil in the Donetsk region; Malynivka, Huliaypole, Mykilske, Mala Tokmachka, Orikhiv, Kamianske in the Zaporizhzhia region; Dudchany, Antonivka, Dniprovskoe, Bilozerka, Berehove in Kherson region, and the city of Kherson were shelled.
There is mass dissatisfaction among the locals of temporarily occupied Tokmak in the Zaporizhzhia region, whom the Russian occupation administration “evacuated” to Berdiansk. In particular, people complain that the Russians have placed them in terrible living conditions, in buildings without windows, lighting, hot water, or furniture. In addition, Russian soldiers have indefinitely prohibited “evacuated” citizens from returning to the city of Tokmak.
Russian occupation forces continue to suffer significant losses on the battlefield. As a result, the Russian army equips civilian educational institutions in temporarily occupied territories as medical facilities. For example, in Luhansk, the premises of three local hospitals have been completely arranged by Russian soldiers as military hospitals for lightly and moderately injured combatants.
Under the pretext of evacuating civilians, Russian troops continue to export looted property from front-line settlements in the Zaporizhzhia region. For example, in Energodar, Russian military personnel completely looted all of the city’s medical institutions, and all medical equipment in the city was taken to the temporarily occupied Simferopol in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. Also, all enterprises located in the industrial zone near the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant were completely looted.
Over the course of the day, the aviation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces launched 3 strikes on Russian personnel and military equipment concentration areas. Rocket and artillery units struck 1 anti-aircraft missile system, 2 areas of Russian forces, 1 fuel and lubricants depot, as well as Russian radio-electronic warfare station.
Source: The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
See also: General Staff operational report May 9, 2023 on the Russian invasion of Ukraine
