Ukrainian paratroopers also destroyed the field camp of the occupiers in Donetsk region, who were planning to attack their positions. The Ukrainian defenders worked to anticipate and completely destroyed the enemy fortifications
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The corresponding video was shown on Facebook by the 71st separate hunting brigade of the Airborne Assault Troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, whose soldiers did an excellent job facebook.com/71brigade/vide…
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It is noted that the intentions of the enemy were revealed by Ukrainian UAVs, The defenders waited until the Russians transferred additional forces for the offensive, after which the brigade artillery aimed at their fortifications.
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The army of the aggressor state suffered losses in the form of several occupiers and several units of their equipment, which spectacularly burned in the middle of the Ukrainian field.
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the paratroopers of the 71st brigade also destroyed a unit of the occupiers on one of the directions of the front and occupied their combat positions. war.obozrevatel.com/ukr/ukrainski-…
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Fierce battles took place at a distance of three meters from the enemy, but in the end the defenders managed to clear the trenches of the Russians. In the published video, one of the fighters told how the assault took place and noted that sometimes the behavior -
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of the fighters seemed very strange.
- yesterday, soldiers of the Defense Forces eliminated 530 servicemen of the Russian Armed Forces at the front. The defenders also destroyed a number of armored vehicles and several enemy drones; war.obozrevatel.com/ukr/bijtsi-zsu…
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- one of the invaders told in a telephone conversation how the defenders of Ukraine thinned the ranks of the invaders in the east of the country, and those who survived were taken prisoner war.obozrevatel.com/ukr/vid-roti-n…
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04/05/2023 evening update. The situation in Bakhmut is still very tough. The tourists have brought in reinforcements, which means that we are now fighting in the central city. We withdraw slowly but surely to the west and set up a linear battle line.
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I have said before that we are getting a new Marinka where 2/3 of the city is dominated by the tourists and 1/3 by us. The likely result will be a line of defense from Kostiantynivka-Chasiv Yar-Khromove.
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We have, during the time that there has been fighting in Bakhmut, built up these defense lines.
Adviika stands unchanged, the tourists try to attack on the flanks but are beaten back. Vuhledar is also in the same situation as before -
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New day. And again at 9 in the morning. A time when we remember our fallen warriors. Those thanks to whom our state is still holding on and will continue to hold on.
Today, along with others, we remember the Hero of Ukraine, Junior Sergeant Dmytro Syskov from Chernihiv Oblast
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In 2015, he was trained at a deep intelligence camp in Nizhyn, then he served for almost one and a half years as a member of the battalion of the NSU "Donbas". He participated in the battles for Shyrokyne.
In September 2016, Dmytro signed a contract with the 58th OMBr -
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of the Armed Forces of Ukraine — defending Avdiivka. And since the summer of 2017, he was on the front line in the Luhansk region.
Unfortunately, on February 12, 2018, Dmytro died while performing a combat mission near the village of Zholobok (Popasnyansky District).
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Evening update. The situation in Bakhmut is still very tough. The tourists have brought in reinforcements, which means that we are now fighting in the central city.
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We withdraw slowly but surely to the west and set up a linear battle line.
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I have said before that we are getting a new Marinka where 2/3 of the city is dominated by the tourists and 1/3 by us. The likely result will be a line of defense from Kostiantynivka-Chasiv Yar-Khromove.
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▪️ On March 28, 2023, Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Mishustin announced that the transition to the issuance of part of the sovereign debt obligations of the Russian Federation in foreign currency is “under development”.
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▪️This step indicates that the Russian Federation is counting on external financial support from states that it considers “friendly”.
▪️Once the development is completed, foreign investors will be able to buy back the Russian national debt and finance some of its future budget deficits. And they will indirectly finance the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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⚡️ISW, April 4 understandingwar.org/backgrounder/r…
▪️Putin is likely to try to force Belarus to further integrate into the Union State during Lukashenko's meeting in Moscow on April 5 and 6.
The Kremlin continues to try to use nuclear threats to deter Western military aid to Ukraine.
▪️Prigozhin's demonstrative response to Tatarsky's murder indicates that he likely sees the attack as partly directed against him.
The Kremlin is trying to reassure the public that the war in Ukraine will not have significant long-term economic consequences.
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The Kremlin is probably trying to shift more responsibility for the development of industry to the regions in order to shield itself from criticism about the worsening economic situation.
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Operational information as of the morning of April 5 from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
◾️Over the past 24 hours #ВС_РФ carried out 3 missile and 47 air strikes, in particular, they used 17 Shahed-136 UAVs. 14 of them were destroyed by the Armed Forces of Ukr/1
◾️Also, Russian troops carried out 42 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems. There are dead and wounded among the civilian population.
◾️In the Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Maryinsky directions - more than 60 Russian attacks were repulsed during the day. -
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Bakhmut and Marinka remain at the epicenter of hostilities.
◾️In the Bakhmut direction #ВС_РФ is trying to take full control of the city of Bakhmut, continues to storm it. Also, they conducted unsuccessful offensive operations in the Bogdanovka region of the Donetsk region.
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