russian occupiers are trying to create favorable conditions for the attack on Sloviansk and Sievierodonetsk, General Staff reports
On the 68th day of the war in Ukraine, the russian army is trying to create favorable conditions for the attack on Sloviansk and Sievierodonetsk.
This is evidenced by the latest information of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as of 6 am on May 2.
The russian federation is continuing its offensive in eastern Ukraine, and in the Volyn and Polissia direction, units of the Belarusian Armed Forces are covering the Ukrainian-Belarusian border, and the threat of missile strikes from Belarus remains.
In the Severia direction, the enemy fired mortars at the positions of Ukrainian troops in the Senkivka area of the Chernihiv region.
Intensified administrative-police and counter-intelligence regimes have been established in the Bryansk region of the russian federation bordering Ukraine. Checkpoints are located on the main roads and near the settlements.
In the Sloboda direction, the enemy group continues to shell the city of Kharkiv and the settlements of Uda and Prudianka.
The enemy's offensive operations in the Izium-Barvinkove and Izium-Sloviansk directions continue in the Izium area. The enemy continued shelling Ukrainian troops.
In the Donetsk direction, a group of occupying forces is conducting offensive operations along almost the entire line of contact.
In the Lyman direction, the enemy fired on Ukrainian troops on the Lyman-Siversk border to oust them from their positions and create conditions for an attack on Sloviansk.
In the Severodonetsk direction, the enemy focused its main efforts on taking control of Rubizhne and preparing for the attack on Sievierodonetsk.
In the Popasna direction, the enemy tried to improve the tactical position in the Popasna area. He strengthened his troops by moving one battalion tactical group from the Mariupol direction.
To increase the air defense system, the enemy deployed additional anti-aircraft missile systems in the temporarily occupied and temporarily occupied territories of the Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia regions.
In the Tavria and Pivdennyi Buh directions, the enemy continues to try to improve its tactical position and shelling.
In the Tavria direction, measures are being taken to regroup enemy units, increase the components of the fire destruction system, and engineer equipment for replenishment of ammunition and fuel, and lube.
In the Pivdennyi Buh direction, the occupiers are trying to reach the administrative border of the Kherson region, looking for weaknesses in the defense of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
In the area of Mykolaiv, the aggressor carried out air reconnaissance with the use of three UAVs. The enemy fired artillery at the positions of Ukrainian units.
Ten Orlan-10 UAVs have been hit by air defense units in the past 24 hours. The enemy has suffered heavy losses, especially in artillery and on land. In the Donetsk and Luhansk regions alone, 10 attacks by the russian occupiers were repulsed last day, 2 tanks, seventeen artillery systems, 38 units of armored combat vehicles, and 10 units of enemy vehicles were destroyed," the statement said.
