Russia – Ukraine war updates as of April 6, 2023

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 6, 2023.

407 day of the russian large-scale invasion has begun.

Over the past day, the enemy launched 3 missile and 29 air strikes, launched 51 attacks from rocket salvo systems.

The probability of launching further missile and air strikes on the entire territory of Ukraine remains high.
The enemy continues to focus its main efforts on conducting offensive actions in the Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiiv and Marin directions. During the past day, more than 60 enemy attacks were repelled. Bakhmut, Avdiyivka 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.

The russian Federation will continue to use the airspace and territory of the Republic of Belarus, its military infrastructure.

During the day, the enemy shelled the settlements of Turya, Leonivka, and Pechenyuga in the Chernihiv Oblast; Seredyna-Buda, Stukalyvka, Bezsalivka, and Volfyne in the Sumy Oblast, as well as Odnorobivka, Udy, Chervona Zorya, Veterinarne, Kozacha Lopan, Lyptsi, Neskuchne, Ogirtseve, Zybine, and Bochkove in the Kharkiv Oblast.

On the Kupyansk direction, Topoli, Figolivka, Dvorichna, Masyutivka, Kupyansk, Kucherivka, Krokhmalne, Berestov of the Kharkiv Oblast and Novoselivske and Stelmakhivka of the Luhansk Oblast came under enemy fire.

In the Lymansky direction, the enemy conducted unsuccessful offensive actions in the Nevsky and Serebryansky forestry areas. Makiivka, Nevske, Belogorivka in the Luhansk region and Terny, Zarichne, Torske, Spirne and Rozdolivka in the Donetsk oblast were hit by artillery fire.

On the direction of Bakhmut, the enemy is trying to take full control of the city of Bakhmut, and continues to storm it. Also, during the past day, the enemy carried out unsuccessful offensive actions in the area of Bohdanivka and Ivanivske settlements. Units of the defense forces repulsed about 20 enemy attacks on the indicated section of the front. More than 15 settlements were affected by enemy shelling, in particular, Vasyukivka, Minkivka, Orihovo-Vasylivka, Novomarkove, Hryhorivka, Bakhmut, Ivanovske, Chasiv Yar, Novodmytrivka, Bila Gora, Kleban-Bik, Toretsk, and Shumy of the Donetsk region.

The russian occupiers carried out offensive actions in the Avdyivka and Maryinka directions in the districts of Novokalynovoy, Avdyivka and Maryinka of the Donetsk oblast, he was not successful. He made more than 25 unsuccessful attacks near Maryinka alone. At the same time, Novokalynov, Berdychi, Lastochkina, Avdyivka, Netaylove, Pervomaiske, Krasnohorivka, Georgiivka, Maryinka, and Pobyeda came under enemy fire.

During the day, 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 Novomykhailivka, Vugledar, Prechistivka and Velika Novosilka of the Donetsk oblast.

In the Zaporizhzhya and Kherson directions, the enemy is building up defensive lines and positions in terms of fortification. Fired more than 35 settlements. Among them are Vremivka and Novopil of the Donetsk oblast; Malynivka, Zaliznychne, Gulyaipilske, Mala Tokmachka, Novopavlivka, Kamianske in the Zaporizhzhia region, as well as Novooleksandrivka, Havrylivka, Novoberyslav, Kozatske, Mykolaivka, Lviv, Ivanivka, Antonivka, Stepanivka, and Chornobayivka in the Kherson Oblast.

The enemy continues to use the medical facilities of the temporarily captured territories for their own purposes. For example, the local hospital of Malaya Bilozerka, in the Zaporizhzhia region, was converted into a military hospital by the occupiers. Currently, Russian doctors work in a civilian medical institution. They provide their services exclusively to Russian military personnel. As of April 2 of this year, about 80 invaders with injuries of varying degrees of severity were being treated.

Over the past day, the aviation of the Defense Forces made 17 strikes on areas of concentration of personnel and military equipment of the occupiers.

At the same time, our defenders destroyed a Russian Ka-52 helicopter and 2 Orlan and Supercam UAVs. Units of missile forces and artillery hit 2 control points, 3 ammunition depots, 3 positions of anti-aircraft defense equipment and 4 radio electronic warfare stations of the enemy.

Last, but not the least, during the last day russia’s losses in manpower was the following:

Ukraine Front Lines

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