General Staff: Bakhmut, Avdiivka, Marinka remain epicenter of combat actions

russian forces are conducting the most active hostilities near the towns of Bakhmut, Avdiivka, and Marinka.

In the past 24 hours, Ukrainian defenders have repelled over 20 enemy attacks, Ukraine's General Staff reports.

What is happening on the battlefield?

Ukraine's Air Force struck 6 areas of concentration of personnel and military equipment of the occupiers.

Units of missile troops and artillery struck:

• 2 areas of concentration of enemy manpower,
• 2 warehouses of fuel and lubricating materials,
  enemy electronic warfare station.

What is happening in the east of Ukraine?

The enemy continues to focus efforts on conducting offensive operations in the Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, and Marinka directions.

• In the Lyman direction, russian troops conducted unsuccessful offensive actions near the Luhansk region's Spirne. The enemy launched artillery strikes on the Luhansk region's Nevske, Dibrova, Bilohorivka, and the Donetsk region's Terny, Spirne, and Rozdolivka.
• In the Bakhmut direction, russian occupiers continue conducting offensive actions and trying to establish full control over the city of Bakhmut. Fierce battles are underway. Over the past day, the enemy has been conducting unsuccessful offensive actions near Orikhovo-Vasylivka and Bohdanivka. Ukrainian defenders repelled about 10 enemy attacks within that frontline section. Russian attacks affected over 15 settlements situated within the front line.
• In the Avdiivka and Marinka directions, russian invaders were conducting offensive actions near Novokalynove, Sieverne, Pervomaiske, and Marinka but had no success. The fiercest battles are underway for Marinka, where 13 enemy attacks were repelled.
• In the Shakhtarsk direction, russian troops did not conduct any offensive operations. The enemy opened fire on the Donetsk region's Vuhledar, Prechystivka, and Velyka Novosilka.

General Staff says russian troops continue suffering huge personnel losses. Local health facilities are fully loaded within the temporarily occupied areas.

In one of the Simferopol district's settlements in the Crimea peninsula, a tent camp was set up for the injured russian invaders. As of April 4, 2023, about 100 enemy soldiers were undergoing rehabilitation there.