Russia – Ukraine war operational update of the General Staff of Ukraine for the last 24 hours of Russia – Ukraine war as of 6:00 a.m., April 16, 2023.
417 day of the russian large-scale invasion has begun.
The Russian Federation continues to wage a war of aggression, completely ignores International Humanitarian Law, strikes and bombards non-military objects.
During the day, the enemy carried out 28 air strikes and 6 missile strikes, carried out 38 attacks from rocket salvo systems on the positions of our troops and the civilian infrastructure of populated areas.
The Russian aggressor continues to use terror tactics, the probability of launching missile and air strikes throughout the territory of Ukraine remains high.
The enemy suffers considerable losses, but does not abandon his plans to occupy our territory. It continues to focus its main efforts on conducting offensive actions in the Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiiv, and Marin areas. Bakhmut and Maryinka remain at the epicenter of hostilities. During the day, on the indicated areas of the front, our soldiers repelled more than 60 enemy attacks.
No signs of the formation of offensive groups of the enemy were detected in the Volyn, Polis, Siver, and Slobozhan areas. A comprehensive check of the combat readiness of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus is underway. Some units of the territorial troops of the armed forces of the Russian Federation continue to be on the territory of the Republic of Belarus.
During the past day, the enemy shelled the settlements of Bunyakyne, Iskriskivshchyna, Volfine, Shpyl, Basivka, Yunakivka, and Popivka in the Sumy region, as well as Kozacha Lopan, Gatyshche, Vovchansk, and Vovchanski Khutory in the Kharkiv region.
In the Kupian direction, the enemy mined the terrain in the areas of four settlements. He carried out shelling in Novomlynsk, Dvorichny and Berestovo regions of Kharkiv region.
In the Lyman direction, the enemy conducted unsuccessful offensives near the settlements of Dibrova and Bilogorivka. Stelmakhivka, Nevske, Belogorivka of the Luhansk region and Ivanivka, Torske and Spirne of the Donetsk region were hit by artillery fire.
In the Bakhmut direction, the enemy continues to conduct offensive actions. The battles for the city of Bakhmut do not stop. The enemy launched an attack near the settlement of Khromov, but was unsuccessful. Vasyukivka, Minkivka, Orihovo-Vasylivka, Novomarkove, Hryhorivka, Bakhmut, Ivanivske, Chasiv Yar, Stupochki, Kostyantynivka, Diliivka and New York of the Donetsk region were affected by enemy shelling.
In the Avdiivka direction, the enemy carried out offensive actions in the Avdiivka and Severny regions of the Donetsk region, without success. Fired more than 15 settlements near the contact line. Among them are Keramik, Stepove, Berdychi, Avdiivka, Pervomaiske and Karlivka of the Donetsk region.
In the Marinka direction, our defenders repelled numerous enemy attacks in the area of Marinka settlement of Donetsk region. At the same time, Georgiyivka, Maryinka, Kurakhove, Pobieda and Novomykhailivka of the Donetsk region came under enemy fire.
During the past day, the enemy did not conduct offensive operations in the Shakhtarsky direction. He shelled the settlements of Vugledar, Prechistivka, Zolota Niva, Velika Novosilka of the Donetsk region.
The enemy continues to conduct defensive operations in the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson directions. Last day, he shelled the settlements near the battle line. Among them are Vremivka, Novopil of the Donetsk region; Olgivske, Malynivka, Gulyaipole, Charivne, Mala Tokmachka, Novodanilivka, Orikhov of Zaporizhzhya region; Antonivka, Zelenivka of the Kherson region and the city of Kherson. Civilians died.
The Russian Federation is suffering daily losses in the war it has waged against Ukraine, which is evident. It is known that the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation has made a decision to postpone the start of the training process for officers in some higher military educational institutions from September 1 to December 1.
There is also a decrease in the number of personnel in units that have undergone training at training grounds. Which is probably related to the constant sending of small groups to combat areas to replenish the losses of combat units.
Recently, an open letter from the terrorist organization “PVK Wagner” appeared in the information space with a kind of “invitation” to its ranks of volunteers. It is known that units of this organization suffered heavy losses during the offensive on Bakhmut.
Over the past day, the Air Force of the Defense Forces has carried out 11 strikes on areas of concentration of personnel and military equipment of the occupiers, as well as 3 – on anti-aircraft missile complexes.
Yesterday, our soldiers shot down an enemy Su-25 aircraft.
Units of missile troops and artillery struck 3 areas of concentration of enemy manpower, weapons and military equipment, as well as an area of concentration of artillery, a radar station, 2 electronic warfare stations, an anti-aircraft missile complex and an ammunition depot.
Last, but not the least, during the last day russia’s losses in manpower was the following:
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