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 20, 2023.
421 day of the russian large-scale invasion has begun.
Over the past 24 hours, russian forces launched 3 missile and 57 air strikes, including 26 Shahed-136 type drones. 21 of them were destroyed by our defenders. Also, the russian aggressors fired 69 rocket salvo fire systems at the positions of our troops and populated areas. There are dead and wounded among the civilians, destroyed and damaged private residential buildings and other civilian infrastructure.
The probability of launching missile and air strikes on the entire territory of Ukraine remains high.
The enemy, at the cost of heavy losses, continues to wage a war of aggression. The main efforts are focused on conducting offensive operations in the Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdyivka, Maryinka, and Shakhtarsk directions. Over the past 24 hours, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled more than 55 enemy attacks on the specified areas of the front. The fiercest battles are fought for Bakhmut and Maryinka.
On the Volyn, Poliske, Siversk and Slobozhansk directions, the operational situation has not changed significantly. A comprehensive check of the combat readiness of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus is underway.
Over the past day, the enemy shelled the settlements of Shalygine, Boyaro-Lezhachi, Iskryskivshchyna, Bilopylla, Volfyne, Katerynivka, and Kindrativka in the Sumy Oblast, as well as Strylecha, Ohirtseve, Vovchansk, Petropavlivka, Karaichne, Zemlianka, Ustinivka, and Odradne in the Kharkiv Oblast.
Krasne Pershe, Novomlynsk, Dvorichna, Zapadne and Berestov of Kharkiv Oblast were hit by enemy shelling on the Kupyansk direction.
On the Lyman direction, the enemy tried to improve the tactical position, conducted unsuccessful offensive actions in the areas of the southern outskirts of the settlement of Kreminna and Serebryansk Forestry. Stelmakhivka, Nevske, Dibrova, Kuzmine and Bilogorivka on the Luhansk Oblast and Ivanivka, Torske, Verkhnokamianske and Spirne in the Donetsk Oblast were hit by artillery fire.
On the Bakhmut direction, the enemy continues to conduct offensive actions.
Heavy fighting continues for the city of Bakhmut. Also, during the past day, our defenders repelled enemy attacks in the area of the Khromov settlement. Fedorivka, Vasyukivka, Minkivka, Orikhovo-Vasylivka, Novomarkove, Hryhorivka, Bakhmut, Ivanivske, Chasiv Yar, Stupochki, Predtechine, Kostyantynivka, Druzhkivka, Oleksandro-Shultine, Bila Gora, Druzhba and Zalizne of the Donetsk Oblast were affected by enemy shelling.
On the Avdiyivka direction, the enemy carried out offensive actions in the Avdiyivka, Vodyanny and Pervomaisky districts, without success. Shelled, in particular, Novokalynov, Avdiivka, Tonenka, Severna, Netaylov, Pervomayske and Nevelske of the Donetsk Oblast.
On the Marinka direction, our defenders repelled numerous enemy attacks in the areas of Marinka and Pobieda settlements last day.
At the same time, Krasnohorivka, Georgiivka, Maryinka, and Novomykhailivka of the Donetsk Oblast came under enemy fire.
On the Shakhtarsky direction, the enemy conducted unsuccessful offensive actions in the direction of Vugledar. In addition to the latter, Novoukrainka, Prechistivka and Velika Novosilka of the Donetsk Oblast were shelled.
The enemy continues to conduct defensive operations on the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson directions. At the same time, during the day, more than 35 settlements were shelled. Among them are Olhivske, Malynivka, Orihiv, Novodanilivka and Novoandriivka of the Zaporizhia Oblast; Dudchany, Kachkarivka, Zmiivka, Ivanivka, Inzhenerne and Dniprovske of the Kherson Oblast and the city of Kherson.
In the units of the russian “volunteer” formation “Nevsky”, who take part in hostilities in Donetsk Oblast, russian servicemen have a low level of morale and psychological state. It has been established that the main factors of this are large losses in manpower during hostilities, untimely provision of ammunition to the occupiers, uncertainty regarding the terms of replenishment of the personnel of the units that suffered combat losses. The number of those wishing to leave their units and withdraw from the areas of hostilities to the Russian Federation is increasing.
In the settlement of Izyumivka in the temporarily occupied territories of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, about 400 conscripts of the Russian occupation forces, who are quartered at the recreation base “Scythian Valley”, are scheduled to be moved to defensive positions in the area of the settlement of Volodymyrivka of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.
During the day, the Air Force of the Defense Forces carried out 7 strikes on areas of concentration of personnel, and units of missile troops and artillery hit 2 areas of concentration of manpower, weapons and military equipment and 2 warehouses of enemy ammunition.
Last, but not the least, during the last day russia’s losses in manpower was the following:
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