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 5, 2023.
406 day of the russian large-scale invasion has begun.
During the past day, russian occupiers launched 3 missile and 47 air strikes, in particular, used 17 unmanned aerial vehicles of the Shahed-136 type. 14 of them were destroyed by our defenders. Also, the enemy launched 42 attacks from rocket salvo systems. There are dead and wounded among the civilian population.
The probability of launching missile and air strikes throughout the territory of Ukraine remains high, because the enemy will continue to use terror tactics.
The enemy continues to focus its main efforts on conducting offensive actions in the Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiiv and Marin directions - more than 60 enemy attacks were repulsed during the day. Bakhmut and Maryinka remain at the epicenter of hostilities.
On the Volyn, Poliske, Siversk and Slobozhansk directions, the operational situation has not changed significantly, and no signs of formations of enemy offensive groups have been detected.
Certain units of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus continue to perform tasks in the areas bordering Ukraine.
The russian Federation will continue to use the airspace and territory of the Republic of Belarus, its military infrastructure.
The presence of enemy units in the border areas of the Kursk and Belgorod regions is maintained.
During the past day, the enemy shelled the settlements of Leonivka, Chernihiv Oblast; Seredyna-Buda, Bachivsk, Volfyne, Zapsilya, and Myropyllya in the Sumy Oblast, as well as Veterinarne, Strelecha, Pishchane, Ohirtseve, Vovchansk, Rublene, Dvorichanske, and Topoli in the Kharkiv oblast.
On the Kupyansk direction, Masyutivka, Kupyansk, Kamianka and Pershotravneve in the Kharkiv Oblast and Novoselivske and Krokhmalne in the Luhansk Oblast came under russian occupiers fire.
On the Lymanskyi direction, during the day, the enemy conducted unsuccessful offensive actions in the areas south of Kreminna and south of Spirnyi. More than 20 settlements, including Stelmakhivka, Torske, Siversk, Rozdolivka, and Spirne of the Donetsk Oblast, were hit by artillery fire.
On the direction of Bakhmut, the russian occupiers is trying to take full control of the city of Bakhmut, and continues to storm it. Also, the occupiers carried out unsuccessful offensive actions in the Bohdanivka region of Donetsk region. During the day, units of the defense forces repelled about 30 enemy attacks on the indicated section of the front. More than 15 settlements, including Vasyukivka, Minkivka, Orihovo-Vasylivka, Novomarkovo, Bakhmut, Chasiv Yar, Hryhorivka, Ivanovske, Severnye and Shumy of Donetsk region, were affected by enemy shelling.
The enemy carried out offensive actions in the Avdyivka and Maryinka directions in the districts of Novokalynove, Severna, Pervomaiske and Maryinka of the Donetsk Oblast, he was not successful. At the same time, the enemy shelled the settlements of Novobakhmutivka, Novokalynove, Avdyivka, Vodyane, Pervomaiske, Krasnohorivka, Georgiivka, and Maryinka.
The enemy did not conduct offensive operations in the Shakhtarsky direction. Unmanned aerial vehicles were actively used to adjust artillery fire. He shelled the settlements of Pobyeda, Novomykhailivka, Vugledar, Prechistivka, and Velika Novosilka of the Donetsk Oblast.
The russian occupiers continues to build up its defensive capabilities in the Zaporizhia and Kherson directions. Fired more than 30 settlements. Among them are Novodanilivka, Orihiv, Shcherbaki, Mali Shcherbaki of the Zaporizhzhia Oblast; Kachkarivka, Zmiivka, Kozatske, Mykolaivka, Ivanivka, Dniprovske of the Kherson region, as well as the city of Kherson.
On Melitopol settlement of Zaporizhzhya oblast, the russian occupiers continue to exert psychological influence on the local population by distributing leaflets regarding their evacuation to russia. They are scaring people with the upcoming offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
In Velyka Kardashivka of the Kherson Oblast, due to the movement of heavy equipment of the occupiers around the settlement, the entry and exit of all local residents is almost completely restricted, people are forbidden to leave their homes. Verification of documents and mobile phones has been strengthened.
During the day, the aviation of the defense forces made 9 strikes on the areas of concentration of personnel and military equipment of the occupiers. A Russian high-precision UAV of the "KUB" type was also shot down.
Units of missile troops and artillery, in turn, hit 3 control points, 2 manpower concentration areas, 2 BM-21 "Grad" salvo rocket systems and the enemy's electronic warfare station.
Last, but not the least, during the last day russia's losses in manpower was the following:
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