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⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ #Chronicle of the Special Military Operation for 28 Apr 2023⚡️

💥 Strikes of the RF Armed Forces:

▪️ Russian forces launched a series of overnight strikes against targets in #Ukraine's rear regions, hitting targets in #Dnepropetrovsk, #Kremenchuk and other localities.

▪️ After the raid, there were power outages in the #Kharkov region, which may indirectly indicate that the Zmiyevskaya TPP has been hit.

▪️ In #Uman, one of the missiles mistakenly hit a highrise building, killing 23 residents.

🔹#Russia's Border Areas:

▪️ In the #Bryansk region, an Ukrainian UAV attacked a housing estate in the village of #Suzemka. A garage and a car were damaged, with no casualties.

▪️ In the #Belgorod region the enemy carried out a raid with five drones on the border village of Nezhegol: two drones were shot down, the rest damaged power lines.
In the village of #Murom, a shell fell on the roof of a building; no one was injured.
In #Krasnoye, two residential buildings were damaged, with no civilian casualties.

🔹#Starobelsk (#Svatovo) Direction:

▪️ In the #Kupyansk sector, the situation remains steadily tense, with both sides carrying out mutual reconnaissance and artillery shelling.

▪️ In the #Liman sector (southern #Svatovo section), Russian units are conducting a positional offensive near #Makeyevka and Balka Zhuravka.
The AFU command is moving additional forces to the frontline.

🔹#Soledar (#Bakhmut) Direction:

▪️ In the northern part of Bakhmut, units of the Wagner PMC have taken full control of Koshevoy Street, concentrating their offensive potential on pushing the enemy to the western outskirts.

▪️ In the central part of the city, the "Wagnerians" are engaged in a shooting battle with the enemy on the territory of the Bakhmut Medical College.

▪️ On the southern outskirts, Russian assault squads have liberated the Industrial Technical College, extending the zone of control to Chaykovsky Street.

🔹#Donetsk Direction:

▪️ The enemy terrorists launched 👉 massive shelling of the DPR capital. Nine people were killed, 19 wounded and more than 15 houses and civilian infrastructure facilities have been damaged in the Kievsky and Voroshilovsky districts of #Donetsk.
#Yakovlevka, #Gorlovka, #Yelenovka and #Panteleymonovka were also hit, one person was wounded and four houses have been damaged.

▪️ In the #Maryinka and #Avdeyevka areas, the situation has not changed significantly. Russian units are entrenching themselves in recently occupied strongholds, and AFU personnel concentrations are being hit by guided aerial bombs.

🔹#Zaporozhye Direction:

▪️ On #Tokmak, the enemy terrorists fired HIMARS MLRS at civilian sites during the night.

🔹#Kherson Direction on #SouthFront:

▪️ The RF Armed Forces' artillery struck enemy manpower and equipment concentrations in #Kherson, #Berislav and #Otradokamenka.
In turn, the Ukrainian terrorists shelled residential buildings in #Alyoshki, Nova Kakhovka and #Kakhovka.

🔸Political and other Events:

▪️ European Commission Vice President Valdis Dubrovskis said an agreement had been reached with five #EU countries to lift a ban on imports of Ukrainian agricultural products in exchange for financial aid of 100 million euros to farmers.

▪️ Ukrainian Defence Minister Oleksiy Reznikov said that the country was ready to launch a counteroffensive, with troops waiting for the command's decision.

▪️ According to the #US newspaper "The New York Times", the Ukrainian side has received from the #US radiation detectors to detect nuclear explosions.

▪️ The Ukrainian Finance Ministry said it had received a $1.3bn grant from the #US for social assistance programmes and payments to citizens.

▪️ Slovak President Zuzana Chaputova and Czech leader Petr Pavel have arrived in #Kiev on a working visit.

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#Russia's Border Areas:

▪️ In #Bryansk region, Ukrainian terror formations launched missile strikes on the village of #Suzemka, four people were killed, two more taken to hospital.

▪️ In #Kursk region, the AFU terrorists shelled residential buildings in the village of Krasnooktyabrsky. Civilians were not injured.

▪️ In #Belgorod region, the enemy terrorists hit private households and power lines in Novaya Tavolzhanka. Residents of five villages were left without electricity.
Russian air defence assets intercepted an AFU drone in #Belgorod region, according to preliminary information, no casualties.

🔹#Lugansk People's Republic:

▪️ In the town of #Bryanka on Saturday, the AFU terrorists fired at least four rockets from HIMARS at civilian targets, residential houses, a petrol station, an employment centre and a power transmission line were damaged.

🔹#Soledar (#Bakhmut) Direction:

▪️ Wagner PMC assault squads have taken control of the Military Unit in the western districts of #Bakhmut.

▪️ Russian units advanced along Pobeda Street and Levanevsky Street.

▪️ The Wagnerians dislodged Ukrainian formations from Polevaya Street and also stormed enemy positions on Chaykovsky Street.

🔹#Donetsk Direction (MAP):

▪️ North of #Avdeyevka, heavy positional fighting continues along the entire line of contact near #Krasnogorovka.

▪️ To the south, assault squads of the AFU 53rd Mechanized Brigade have twice attempted to attack Russian army positions near #Vodyanoye over the past few days.
The Russian forces successfully repulsed the offensive and launched a counterattack, pushing the enemy back to their initial lines.

▪️ The AFU terrorists once again shelled #Donetsk agglomeration with barrel and rocket artillery, several people were injured and more than five civilian buildings have been damaged.

▪️ In the centre of #Maryinka, Russian troops broke through enemy defences near Druzhba Avenue and advanced along Polygraphic and Kashtanova Streets.
On the southern outskirts, Russian Armed Forces units are fighting near Gorgaz and a timber processing plant.

🔹#Zaporozhye Direction (MAP):

▪️ Overnight the enemy shelled #Tokmak, damaging a railway depot and a maintenance station, casualties avoided.

▪️ Over #Energodar, two drones were shot down by air defence, no civilian casualties or destruction.

▪️ Ukrainian formations have almost completed preparations for the counteroffensive. The enemy has transferred additional fighter aviation to airfields in the region.

🔹#Dnepropetrovsk Region:

▪️ In #Pavlograd, Russian troops hit an enemy facility, a precise hit led to a munitions detonation and a major fire.

🔹#Kherson Direction on #SouthFront:

▪️ Mutual shelling continues along the entire contact line. Russian troops inflicted fire damage on the identified enemy positions in #Kherson, #Berislav and #Tyaginka, and also used guided aerial bombs on a cluster of APU in Kizomys.

▪️ Ukrainian formations shelled the left bank of #Kherson region, civilian infrastructure was damaged in Novaya Kakhovka, Golaya Pristan and #Alyoshki.

🔹#Crimea:

▪️ On Saturday, at least ten Ukrainian drones attempted to attack ground facilities on the Crimean peninsula.
In #Sevastopol, a fuel tank was damaged and a large fire broke out at the facility. The remaining drones were successfully shot down.

🔸Political and other Events:

▪️ Czech President Petr Pavel visited #Dnepropetrovsk, where he promised to allocate more shells to the AFU for the counteroffensive.

▪️ AFU Commander-in-Chief Valery Zaluzhny has discussed the prospects of the counteroffensive with the chief of the US Joint Forces in Europe, General Christopher Kavoli.

▪️ Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky held a phone conversation with French President Emmanuel Macron.

▪️ Germany has confirmed the transfer of a second Iris-T air defence system to #Ukraine, as well as ten off-road trucks.

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#Russia's Border Areas:

▪️ In the #Bryansk region, an explosive device went off at the #Rassukha - #Unecha railway line. Two locomotives and seven wagons derailed. A fire broke out at the scene.

🔹#Starobelsk (#Svatovo) Direction:

▪️ There are no significant changes on the frontline. Positional fighting and artillery duels continue.
The Ukrainian command is moving additional forces to the frontline and prepare for the counteroffensive.

🔹 #Soledar (#Bakhmut) Direction:

▪️ In the western districts of #Bakhmut, fighters of the Wagner PMC have pushed through the AFU defence and taken control of the first houses on the other side of Chaykovsky Street.
Meanwhile, fierce fighting with Ukrainian militants continues along Levanevsky Street.

🔹#Donetsk Direction:

▪️ In #Avdeyevka sector, the RF Armed Forces have taken control of the trenches south of #Kamenka.
In turn, the Ukrainian command moved additional forces to the frontline in an attempt to contain the Russian offensive.

▪️ South Ukrainian formations are concentrating additional forces in the areas of #Tonenkoye and #Severnoye, preparing for a new counterattack attempt.

▪️ During the day, the AFU terrorists shelled the civilian infrastructure of #Donetsk agglomeration. Residential buildings in the capital of the DPR have also been hit.

🔹#Zaporozhye Direction:

▪️ The Ukrainian terrorists shelled #Mikhaylovka throughout the day. Residential buildings and a school building were damaged. Two civilians have been killed and 14 others wounded.

▪️ Russian air defence assets intercepted targets near #Vasiliyevka, with no damage or casualties.

🔹#Kherson Direction on #SouthFront:

▪️ Artillery duels continue along the line of contact, with the RF Armed Forces hitting AFU positions in #Antonovka, #Berislav and around #Kherson.
In turn, the Ukrainian terrorists shelled civilian facilities on the left bank of the #Dnieper River. Civilian objects in #Alyoshki have also been hit.

▪️ A Russian MANPAD system has shot down an Ukrainian Su-25 attack aircraft near the village of #Kizomys.

🔹#Crimea:

▪️ Russian air defence assets shot down one Ukrainian drone in the western part of the Crimean peninsula, while another aircraft was intercepted in #Sevastopol.

🔸Political and other Events:

▪️ Ukrainian Defence Minister Aleksey Reznikov announced that Kiev "is entering the finish line before the counteroffensive."
In addition, the military chief appealed to the Japanese leadership, asking it to supply the AFU with Signals Intelligence equipment to jam Russian drones.

▪️ Air Force Commander Nikolay Oleshchuk announced the arrival of American Zuni air-to-ground missiles in the AFU.

▪️ The US authorities announced their readiness to provide additional military assistance packages to Ukraine on the eve of the counteroffensive announced by the AFU.

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⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ #Chronicle of the Special Military Operation for 2 May 2023⚡️

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#Russia's Border Areas:

▪️ In the #Bryansk region, Ukrainian terror formations shelled the village of #Kurkovichi. A fire broke out in one of the private households, no casualties.
In the area of Snezhetskaya Station, a terrorist act occurred on the railway tracks during the passage of a freight train. A locomotive and about 20 wagons derailed.
Earlier, an attempt to undermine the railway track was prevented in the Krasny Rog – Pochep section.

▪️ In the #Kursk region, the AFU terrorists hit the village of #Tetkino, Glushkovsky district. Seven residential buildings were damaged but civilians were not harmed.

🔹#Starobelsk (#Svatovo) Direction (MAP):

▪️ In the #Kupyansk and #Liman sectors of the front there is a strengthening of the enemy's positions due to the transfer of additional forces and military equipment.

🔹#Soledar (#Bakhmut) Direction:

▪️ In the western outskirts of #Bakhmut, fighters of the Wagner PMC continue their gradual advance along Pobeda Street.
At the same time, fierce fighting is going on for Liberators of Donbass Street, one of the last key strongholds of the AFU in the city.

🔹#Donetsk Direction:

▪️ In the #Avdeyevka sector, Russian units continue to fight near the H-20 road west of #Novobakhmutovka.

▪️ The Ukrainian terrorists once again shelled #Donetsk agglomeration. In the capital of the DPR, civilian facilities in the Kuybyshevsky district were hit. One man was killed and several people were wounded.

▪️ In #Maryinka, clashes continue along Polygraphic and Kashtanova Streets.

🔹#Zaporozhye Direction (MAP):

▪️ In the #Zaporozhye region, the Ukrainian command is actively preparing for the offensive. The enemy has transferred manpower and armored vehicles to the front edge of the contact line.

▪️ In #Melitopol in the morning there was an attack, The deputy head of the regional police department in #Zaporozhye region was injured and hospitalized in a medical facility. Later, three suspects in the attempt were arrested.

🔹#Kherson Direction on #SouthFront (MAP):

▪️ RF Armed Forces artillery hit enemy manpower and equipment concentrations in #Kherson, #Berislav and #Antonovka.
In turn, the Ukrainian terrorists shelled residential buildings in Nova Kakhovka, #Kakhovka and #Krynki.

🔸Political and other Events:

▪️ The Verkhovna Rada of #Ukraine called "rashism" the state ideology of the Russian Federation and called on international organizations to support the condemnation of Russian foreign policy.

▪️ President of #Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky held a meeting with Portuguese Parliament Speaker Augusto Silva, during which the parties discussed further cooperation on the path of integration of the Ukrainian state into the #EU and #NATO.

▪️ Representatives of the Danish Ministry of Defense announced the allocation of more than $ 240 million to #Ukraine for military needs.

▪️ The Verkhovna Rada of #Ukraine has extended martial law and general mobilization on the territory of the country for 90 days.

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⚡️ The RF Armed Forces used Geran-2 kamikaze drones to target military and industrial targets in #Dnepropetrovsk, #Konstantinovka, #Zaporozhye, #Kirovograd, as well as in the #Kiev, #Nikolayev, #Cherkassy and #Sumy regions during the night.

🔹#Russia's Hinterland:

▪️ In #Moscow, two Ukrainian UAVs attacked the #Kremlin residence of the Russian president. One of the drones exploded over the dome of the Senate building, wreckage of the second UAV fell in the #Kremlin grounds.

▪️ In the #Krasnodar edge, Ukrainian drones attacked an oil depot in #Volna village, Temryuk region. One of the UAVs was intercepted on approach, while the second one crashed onto a fuel tanker. A major fire broke out at the facility.

🔹#Russia's Border Areas:

▪️ In the #Bryansk region, five Ukrainian drones attacked the military airfield near #Seshcha village.Two UAVs exploded at the facility, damaging an AN-124 aircraft that was not in service.

▪️ In the #Kursk region, the AFU terrorists shelled #Tetkino village for the second time in the last two days. 15 residential houses, a gas pipeline, a power transmission line and a clinic building have been damaged.

🔹 #Starobelsk (#Svatovo) Direction:

▪️ In the #Kupyansk sector, artillery duels and mutual reconnaissance continue along the entire line of contact.

▪️ In the #Liman sector, units of the RF Armed Forces are engaged in positional battles near #Makeyevka and Balka Zhuravka.

🔹#Soledar (#Bakhmut) Direction:

▪️ In the western outskirts of #Bakhmut, units of the Wagner PMC have expanded their zone of control along Pobeda Street.
At the same time, the storming of enemy strongholds on the Liberators of Donbass Street continues.

▪️ Ukrainian command moves additional forces to the frontline and increases the intensity of artillery fire.

🔹#Donetsk Direction (MAP):

▪️ In #Maryinka, fighting continues in the private sector after the breakthrough of the AFU defence near Druzhba Avenue. The enemy is forced to redeploy additional forces to stabilize the frontline.
On the southern outskirts of the town, Russian units pushed through the AFU defence and entered the territory of Gorgaz.

▪️ The Ukrainian terrorist formations once again shelled the #Donetsk agglomeration: Civilian infrastructure was damaged in the Petrovsky district of the DPR capital.
#Mospino, #Yakovlevka, #Stepnoye and #Gorlovka have also been hit. Two people were wounded and several houses have been damaged.

🔹#Zaporozhye Direction:

▪️ In the #Orekhov section, Ukrainian units supported by armoured vehicles attempted an offensive. The Russians dispersed the advancing enemy grouping with targeted artillery fire. At least four pieces of equipment have been destroyed.

🔹#Kherson Direction on #SouthFront:

▪️ Russian forces launched strikes against accumulations of AFU personnel in #Tyaginka, #Tokarevka and #Kherson, and used guided aerial bombs on identified targets in #Kizomys.
In turn, the Ukrainian terrorists shelled civilian facilities on the left bank of #Kherson region. Residential buildings in #Alyoshki, #Kakhovka and Nova Kakhovka among others came under attack.

🔸Political and other Events:

▪️ The #US announced a new $300 million military aid package for #Ukraine, which will include 155mm howitzers, HIMARS missiles and Hydra 70 unguided aviation missiles, among others.

▪️ Finnish President Sauli Niinisto said at a meeting with Zelensky that his country will not hand over its fighter jets until it receives the F-35.

▪️ #Ukraine's Culture Minister Aleksandr Tkachenko said the Verkhovna Rada has passed a bill simplifying the process of dismantling monuments linked to the Russian empire and Soviet heritage.

▪️ In order to conceal the movement of equipment and personnel in #Kherson, a 24-hour curfew is introduced from 8pm on 5 May to 6am on 8 May. According to the authorities, it will be forbidden to move and stay on the city streets for 58 hours.

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#Russia's Hinterland:

▪️ In the #Krasnodar edge in the morning hours, an Ukrainian drone again attacked the Ilsky Refinery. A fifth unit was damaged and a fire broke out at the facility. There were no civilian casualties.

🔹#Russia's Border Areas:

▪️ In the #Bryansk region, an Ukrainian UAV dropped several munitions on #Azarovka village and #Novenkoye settlement, with no casualties or damage.

▪️ In the #Belgorod region, Ukrainian terrorist formations shelled the villages of Yasnye Zori, #Cheremoshnoye and #Ustinka. Residential houses and power lines were damaged.

🔹#Starobelsk (#Svatovo) Direction:

▪️ The situation has not changed significantly: position fighting and artillery duels continue.

▪️ In the #Kupyansk sector, according to some reports, the AFU are preparing boats to force the #Oskol River, as well as conducting a forced evacuation of the population in #Redkodub.

🔹#Soledar (#Bakhmut) Direction:

▪️ In the western areas of #Bakhmut, Wagner PMC assault squads are engaged in fierce fighting on the Liberators of Donbass Street.
To the south, Russian servicemen are advancing on enemy positions on the western side of Tchaikovsky Street.

▪️ The head of the Wagner PMC, Evgeny Prigozhin, announced the withdrawal of his units from the settlement on 10 May due to shell starvation and heavy losses.

🔹#Donetsk Direction:

▪️ In the #Avdeyevka sector, Russian servicemen are conducting a positional offensive against the AFU strongholds in the area of the N-20 highway west of #Novobakhmutovka.

▪️ The Ukrainian terrorists again shelled populated areas of #Donetsk agglomeration. Among others, residential buildings in #Yasinovataya were hit. Three people were killed and three more were wounded.

▪️ In #Maryinka's western districts, fierce fighting in the private sector continues.

🔹#Zaporozhye Direction (MAP):

▪️ The Ukrainian army command, after a failed breakthrough attempt in the #Pologi district, is reinforcing the troop grouping by moving additional Territorial Defence units as well as heavy armoured vehicles to the #Shcherbaki and #Grigorovka districts.

▪️ AFU move S-300 launchers to #Zaporozhye in an attempt to reduce the effectiveness of the Russian strikes.

▪️ Russian Federal Security Service officers prevented a terrorist act against one of the executives of the #Zaporozhye NPP. Two saboteurs have been detained.

🔹#Kherson Direction on #SouthFront:

▪️ Russian forces launched strikes against positions of Ukrainian formations in #Kherson, #Lvovo and #Tokarevka, and used guided aerial bombs against enemy manpower and equipment in #Veseloye, #Kazatskoye and #Berislav.
In turn, the Ukrainian terrorists damaged civilian facilities on the left bank of #Kherson region. Residential buildings in #Peschanovka and #Kakhovka were among those hit.
In Novaya Kakhovka, shelling damaged a house and a school building, one man was killed.

🔸Political and other Events:

▪️ Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani visited #Kiev and held a face-to-face meeting with Zelensky.

▪️ The European Union has granted #Ukraine a 1 billion euros loan, which will be used to buy 155 mm artillery shells and missiles.

▪️ Acting Danish Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen has announced the joint transfer with Germany of 80 Leopard 1 tanks to #Ukraine.

▪️ The head of #Zaporozhye region, Evgeny Balitsky, has announced the evacuation of the population from frontline settlements with their subsequent relocation deep into the region.

▪️ Russian State Duma deputy Shamsail Saraliev reported that the Russian and Ukrainian sides had exchanged the bodies of the killed fighters 80 by 80.

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#Russia's Hinterland:

▪️ In Nizhny Novgorod region, there was an assassination attempt on Zakhar Prilepin. His car was blown up with a landmine planted in the ground. His comrade-in-arms was killed. Prilepin sustained multiple wounds, regained consciousness and his condition is stable.

🔹#Russia's Border Areas:

▪️ In the #Kursk region, the villages of #Krasnooktyabrsky and #Tetkino were shelled. Residential buildings and civilian infrastructure were damaged. Civilians were not injured.

▪️ In the #Belgorod region, AFU shelled the town of #Shebekino on Saturday. A school building, a shopping mall and an industrial facility were damaged. One civilian was wounded.
On Sunday, the enemy struck the villages of #Spodaryushino, #Murom and #Ustinka, Residential buildings, power lines and a gas pipeline were damaged. One woman was seriously wounded.

🔹#Starobelsk (#Svatovo) Direction:

▪️ No significant changes on the front line. Position fighting and artillery duels continue.
According to some reports, AFU DRGs are conducting roadside mines in places where vehicles stop.

🔹#Soledar (#Bakhmut) Direction (MAP):

▪️ In #Bakhmut, Wagner PMC units are engaged in fierce fighting along Donbass Liberators Street.
To the northwest, Russian forces managed to break through the enemy defences along Pobedy Street and Tolbukhin Street.
Southwards, the "Wagnerians" are methodically advancing in the direction of the Pobeda Cinema west of Chaykovsky Street.

🔹#Donetsk Direction:

▪️ In the #Avdeyevka sector, Russian servicemen continue their operation to cover the AFU grouping in the city.

▪️ AFU again shelled residential buildings and civilian infrastructure in #Donetsk agglomeration. At least two civilians were killed.

▪️ In #Maryinka, Russian units continue fierce fighting with the enemy in the western districts.

🔹#Zaporozhye Direction (MAP):

▪️ Ukrainian forces continue to prepare for an offensive, moving equipment and personnel. A convoy of over 70 units of various equipment passed through #Dnepropetrovsk.

▪️ In the #Orekov section, where the enemy is attempting reconnaissance by combat, tank and assault units of the AFU's 10th Army Corps are being amassed.

▪️ Ukrainian formations are continually shelling the territories liberated by the RF Armed Forces. Evacuations are underway in a number of settlements.

🔹#Kherson Direction on #SouthFront (MAP):

▪️The situation has not changed significantly. The sides are engaged in mutual artillery shelling, while the Russian side is actively employing aviation.

▪️ The AFU command is noving additional forces to the right bank of the #Dnieper, preparing for a possible crossing. At the same time, communication base stations in the vicinity of #Kherson are being turned off and mobile devices are being taken away for camouflage purposes.

🔹#Crimea (MAP):

▪️ On Saturday, Russian air defence assets intercepted two missiles launched by Ukrainian formations from a Grom-2 MLRS near the village of #Privetnoye. No casualties or damage.

▪️ On Sunday, the enemy launched 23 drones to attack the Crimean peninsula: all drones were hit or landed with the help of Signals Intelligence near #Sevastopol and #Gvardeyskoye, no damage.

🔸Political and other Events:

▪️ Another prisoner exchange has taken place. 2 lieutenant colonels and a major of the Aerospace Forces have returned to #Russia, while 45 militants have departed in the opposite direction.

▪️ Zelensky met with US businessmen and volunteers from #Utah.

▪️ Ukraine's Culture Minister Aleksandr Tkachenko said that the Soviet coat of arms on the Motherland sculpture in Kiev will be replaced with a Ukrainian trident.

▪️ The first 3 of 16 Israeli radars by RADA Electronic Industries have arrived in #Ukraine.

▪️ Ukrainian Defense Ministry's GUR head, K. Budanov, said in an interview with Yahoo News that he intends to continue killing Russians anywhere in the world for the victory of the AFU.

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💥 Russian Troops struck Enemy Targets
near #Kharkov, #Dnepropetrovsk and #Zaporozhye overnight. Earlier the RF Armed Forces had hit targets in #Odessa, #Kiev, #Kramatorsk and #Slavyansk, as well as in #Vinnitsya, #Chernigov and #Zhitomir regions.

🔹#Russia's Border Areas:

▪️ In the #Belgorod Oblast, in Valuysky urban district, air defence crews shot down an enemy missile and a UAV. According to preliminary reports, there were no casualties or damage.

▪️ The Ukrainian terrorists shelled residential buildings and infrastructure in #Spodaryushino, #Kaznacheyevka, #Biryuch, #Leonovka, #Krasnoye, #Pankov and #Shebekino. In the latter, at least five civilians were injured.

🔹#Starobelsk (#Svatovo) Direction:

▪️ The situation on the front has not changed significantly, with both sides engaged in mutual reconnaissance and artillery duels.

▪️ At #Molodezhnoye settlement, Ukrainian terrorists fired one rocket from HIMARS, no damage or casualties were reported.

🔹#Soledar (#Bakhmut) Direction:

▪️ In #Bakhmut, the Wagner PMC assault squads are engaged in intense fighting near the post office on Chernyakhovsky Street.
Southwards, Russian troops continue advancing towards the Pobeda Cinema west of Chaykovsky Street.

🔹#Donetsk Direction:

▪️ North of #Avdeyevka, positional fighting continues at the H20 road near #Novobakhmutovka.

▪️ Southwestwards, Russian troops strike at enemy strongholds on the approaches to #Severnoye.

▪️ In the #Donetsk agglomeration, the Ukrainian terrorists hit populated areas. In the capital of the DPR, residential houses, cars and a gas pipeline in the Kievsky district came under fire, among other things.

🔹#Zaporozhye Direction:

▪️ The situation has not changed significantly. Ukrainian formations continue to amass forces, with artillery and aviation of the RF Armed Forces working on detected enemy points.

▪️ At the #Zaporozhye NPP, the operation of power units was suspended in order to avoid Ukrainian provocations.

🔹#Kherson Direction on #SouthFront:

▪️ Artillery is active on both sides amidst the announced AFU offensive.

▪️ Reports are coming in from Ukrainian-controlled right bank of #Dnieper about movement of Ukrainian forces' personnel and equipment.

🔸Political and other Events:

▪️ #Croatia has transferred 9of the 14 Mi-8 helicopters planned for the needs of the AFU, which were written off in the country due to the exhaustion of the operational resource.

▪️ Zelensky has signed a decree according to which 9 May is now celebrated as Europe Day in #Ukraine instead of Victory Day.

▪️ Polish Defence Minister Mariusz Blaszczak has reported that the AFU received ten Polish MiG-29s.

▪️ Due to a strike by Polish carriers, a queue of three thousand Ukrainian trucks has piled up at the Jagodzyn-Dorogusk border crossing point, unable to enter #Poland.

▪️ Ukraine receives another loan from the World Bank for 189m euros to pay salaries to state employees.

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#Russia's Border Areas:

▪️ In #Belgorod region, Air Defence crews intercepted an air target in the town of #Grayvoron. According to preliminary reports, there were no casualties or damage.
Ukrainian formations shelled the village of #Spodaryushino, several residential buildings were damaged, no casualties among civilians.
In Shebekino, artillery shells damaged eight residential buildings and several cars, no civilians were injured.

🔹#Starobelsk (#Svatovo) Direction:

▪️ In the #Kupyansk sector, the situation has not changed significantly. Artillery duels continue along the line of contact.
To strengthen the defensive positions, the Ukrainian command moved additional forces to #Dvurechnaya.

▪️ In the #Liman sector, both sides are fighting positional battles in the Serebryanskoye forestry and near Balka Zhuravka. Russian units are striking at the enemy's strongholds.

🔹#Soledar (#Bakhmut) Direction:

▪️ On the outskirts of #Bakhmut, Ukrainian formations continue to suffer heavy losses in equipment and manpower as they attempt to retreat from the town. The retreating Ukrainian army units are subjected to point artillery strikes.

▪️ Heavy fighting continues for control of Liberators of Donbass Street, which is the last stronghold of the AFU on the western outskirts of the city.

▪️ The enemy fired four HIMARS rockets at the detention center of Ukrainian POWs. According to preliminary data, none of the prisoners were killed, several people were injured.

▪️ The Associated Press France news agency reported the death of correspondent Arman Soldin near Chasov Yar as a result of shelling of AFU positions.

🔹#Donetsk Direction:

▪️ Near #Novobakhmutovka, positional fighting continues west of the H-20 highway. The RF Armed Forces are cracking the defences of Ukrainian formations, preventing the transfer of reserves to the area with artillery fire.

▪️ The Ukrainian terrorists once again fired indiscriminately at populated areas of #Donetsk agglomeration. In #Ozeryanovka, a school building and several residential buildings were damaged, one person was wounded.

🔹#Zaporozhye Direction:

▪️ In #Melitopol district, the AFU terrorists shelled the village of #Plodorodnoye with HIMARS. One woman was killed and a girl was taken to hospital with wounds.

🔹#Kherson Direction on #SouthFront:

▪️ On the right bank of the #Dnieper River in #Kherson and its suburbs, Russian artillery struck enemy concentrations of personnel and equipment.
In turn, the Ukrainian terrorist formations shelled civilian infrastructure and residential buildings in #Kakhovka and #Vasylyevka.
As a result of the massive strike on Novaya Kakhovka, several transformers were damaged and the city was de-energized.

🔸Political and other Events:

▪️The #US announced another package of military assistance for Ukrainian formations in the amount of $ 1.2 billion, which included 155-mm shells, satellite reconnaissance and additional air defense batteries.

▪️ European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen arrived in #Kiev for a visit.

▪️ According to the Washington Post, the #UK is preparing to transfer Storm Shadow air-launched missiles capable of hitting targets at a range of up to 300 kilometres.

▪️ Amendments to Law No. 3048-IX have come into force, according to which banks now have the right to block the accounts of Ukrainians for non-payment of debts again. In total, more than one million bank accounts are at risk of being blocked.

▪️ Ukrainian Deputy Trade and Agriculture Minister Taras Kachka said that the government is ready to completely ban all imports from #Moldova in response to a ban on imports of Ukrainian grain by the Moldovan side.

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#Russia's Hinterland:

▪️ In the #Voronezh region, Ukrainian drones attacked #Pogonovo military training ground south of #Voronezh, several servicemen were reportedly injured, but no one died.
Near the #Baltimore military airfield, another UAV was shot down, with no casualties from the incident.

🔹#Russia's Border Areas:

▪️ In the #Kursk region, in the village of #Guevo, as a result of the shelling of a fortification facility, one of the builders was wounded.
In the village of #Oktyabrsky, a household outbuilding was damaged by enemy fire, no civilian casualties were reported.
Near #Kursk, one unmanned aerial vehicle was shot down - its wreckage fell on a house and a gas pipeline in the village of #Tolmachevo, no casualties were reported.

▪️ In the #Belgorod Region, three AFU drones attempted to attack civilian infrastructure. The air defence system intercepted all targets; according to preliminary reports, there were no casualties or damage.
Ukrainian terrorist formations used drones against the village of #Spodaryushino. An Signals Intelligence system suppressed the operation of the UAVs, with no casualties or damage reported.
The village of #Olkhovatka was attacked by a kamikaze drone, which damaged residential buildings, the House of Culture, a car and the Paramedic-Obstetric Station.
In #Shebekino, artillery shells damaged several residential buildings, one man was killed.

🔹#Lugansk People's Republic:

▪️ In #Stakhanov, AFU terrorist shelling of a residential building from HIMARS MLRS killed an elderly woman and wounded three other local residents with varying degrees of severity.

🔹#Soledar (#Bakhmut) Direction:

▪️ North of #Bakhmut, the Wagnerian assault squads were able to take control of the trenches adjacent to the #Khromovo - Chasov Yar highway, with fierce fighting continuing for control of the road itself.

▪️ In the western outskirts of the city, after the liberation of the Olympic Reserve School, Russian units are advancing along Tolbukhina Street, taking control of the Post Office.

🔹#Donetsk Direction:

▪️ West of #Novobakhmutovka, Russian soldiers continue to fight positional battles in the area of the H-20 highway, inflicting fire on Ukrainian formations.

▪️ On the southern flank, units of the RF Armed Forces managed to level the frontline, expanding the area of control around #Opytnoye and forcing the enemy to retreat deeper into the urban area of #Avdeyevka.

▪️ The AFU terrorists once again shelled the DPR capital and other populated areas. Five residential buildings were damaged in the Petrovsky district of #Donetsk.
#Yasinovataya, #Gorlovka, and #Ozeryanovka have also been hit. Several transformers were damaged in Shirokaya Balka, the settlement was partially de-energized.

🔹#Zaporozhye Direction:

▪️ In the #Orekhov section, the Ukrainian command continues to transfer reserves to the line of combat contact , increasing the strike grouping of troops and the intensity of missile strikes.

🔹#Kherson Direction on #SouthFront:

▪️ Artillery duels continue along the entire frontline. Russian forces struck enemy facilities near #Kherson and hit enemy ammunition depots in the #Belozersk district.
In turn, the Ukrainian terrorist formations again shelled residential buildings in Nova Kakhovka, #Kakhovka and #Alyoshki.

🔸Political and other Events:

▪️ In #Istanbul, the regular negotiations on the extension of the so-called "grain deal" have started - involving the deputy defence ministers of #Turkey, #Russia and #Ukraine, as well as #UN representatives.

▪️ Czech President Petr Pavel believes that the Czech Republic may consider the possible transfer of L-159 military aircraft to #Ukraine.

▪️ The head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrel, said that without Western military supplies, #Ukraine would have to admit defeat in a short time.

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