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The 406th day of Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine continues, The Armed Forces of Ukraine delivered powerful strikes against the occupiers and shot down a high-precision Russian drone
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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 repelled during the day.
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Bakhmut and Maryinka remain at the epicenter of hostilities. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the morning briefing on April 5.
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Over the past 24 hours, the enemy launched three missile and 47 air strikes, including 17 Shahed-136 UAVs. 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.
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The probability of launching missile and air strikes throughout the territory of Ukraine remains high, because the enemy will continue to use terror tactics.
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In 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
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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.
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The presence of enemy units in the border areas of the Kursk and Belgorod regions is maintained.
During the day, the enemy shelled the settlements of Leonivka, Chernihiv region;
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Seredyna-Buda, Bachivsk, Volfyne, Zapsilya, and Myropyllya in the Sumy region, as well as Veterinarne, Strelecha, Pishchane, Ohirtseve, Vovchansk, Rublene, Dvorichanske, and Topoli in the Kharkiv region.
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On the Kupyansk direction , Masyutivka, Kupyansk, Kamianka and Pershotravneve in the Kharkiv region and Novoselivske and Krokhmalne in the Luhansk region came under enemy fire
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On the Lymanskyi direction, during the day, the enemy conducted unsuccessful offensive actions in the areas south of Kreminnaya and south of Spirnyi. More than 20 settlements, including Stelmakhivka, Torske, Siversk, Rozdolivka, and Spirne of the Donetsk region, -
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were hit by artillery fire
On the Lymanskyi direction, during the day, the enemy conducted unsuccessful offensive actions in the areas south of Kreminnaya and south of Spirnyi
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More than 20 settlements, including Stelmakhivka, Torske, Siversk, Rozdolivka, and Spirne of the Donetsk region, were hit by artillery fire.
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In the direction of Bakhmut, the enemy 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
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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 -
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of Donetsk region, were affected by enemy shelling
On the Avdiyiv and Maryinsk directions, the enemy carried out offensive actions in the districts of Novokalynove, Severna, Pervomaiske and Maryinka of the Donetsk region,
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without success. At the same time, the enemy shelled the settlements of Novobakhmutivka, Novokalynove, Avdiivka, Vodyane, Pervomaiske, Krasnohorivka, Georgiivka, and Maryinka.
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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 region.
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The enemy 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 region;
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Kachkarivka, Zmiivka, Kozatske, Mykolaivka, Ivanivka, Dniprovske of the Kherson region, as well as the city of Kherson.
Successes of the Armed Forces
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The aviation of the Defense Forces made nine strikes during the day 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.
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Units of missile forces and artillery hit three control points, two manpower concentration areas, two BM-21 "Grad" salvo rocket systems and the enemy's electronic warfare station.
Crimes of the invaders in the occupied territories
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In the town of Melitopol, Zaporizhzhia region, the Russian occupiers continue to exert psychological influence on the local population by distributing leaflets regarding their evacuation to Ru. They are scaring people with the upcoming offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
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In Velyka Kardashivka of the Kherson region, 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, -
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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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