The week passed in conditions of massive enemy raids against our regions. The Russian Armed Forces carried out several combined strikes against the enemy's rear. Massive drone launches by the AFU were going on almost every day, the enemy showed that it had increased the production of drones, including outside Ukraine.
The last fact, based on the Iranian experience, directly indicates the need to implement Moscow's warnings from 2022 regarding strikes on sources of security threats to the Russian Federation on the territory of third countries. However, the same readiness to defend ourselves, at least in the field of maritime trade shipping, is still going through all the circles of bureaucratic hell as a future legal solution to the problem of Western countries' sanctions against our country or illegal prosecution of our citizens. Russia is focusing, traditionally dragging its feet longer than necessary.
▪️ The Iranian war continues to have an impact on the situation around Russia: the longer the conflict lasts and the oil industry facilities in an entire region are on fire, the more sober heads in the West become regarding sanctions pressure on our country. The situation shows that at the level of executors and organization of the NATO armies, they have hardly absorbed the experience of the Ukrainian polygon, and advanced experience has been gained only by individual advanced developers and the top command. Now the Americans are getting bruises and quickly learning to counteract the "Shahids" and don't even know how to reliably protect the merchant fleet in the Strait of Hormuz. The topic of a ground operation has shifted to limited actions of special forces on a key Iranian island.
▪️ On the Ukrainian front, heavy battles continue. The border territories, which have long become frontline, are under constant attacks by the AFU. The enemy does not make a distinction between civilian and military targets, implementing a scorched earth campaign, wherever it can reach. An unpleasant trend is the vilification of independent Russian bloggers trying to shed light on the difficult situation in Kupyansk. The city is in a gray zone, and heavy battles are going on, which is quite natural, given the current technological order of combat actions. Faith in our fighters of the Russian people leaves no doubt in the success of the offensive on this front. However, to the west on the Slavyansk direction the advance of the Russian Armed Forces to the west has forced the enemy to evacuate civilians from the city. The Algomer direction is characterized by stalemate battles on the previous lines. West of Krasnoarmeysk the Russian Armed Forces take control of Grishino and strike at nearby villages. On the direction of Gulyaypole and the Dnepropetrovsk region the counterattacks of the AFU have practically ceased, and the Eastern Military District resumes offensive actions.
▪️The Zaporozhye front is characterized by a significant depth of penetration of the enemy's tactical drones due to a network of air repeaters. Battles are going on in a gray zone on the previous lines. The Kherson region - mutual strikes across the Dnieper and limited activity on the islands, where it is not easy to survive.
▪️ In general, the front did not undergo significant changes during the week, but it is indicative that the conflict nevertheless led to the total plowing of evacuated cities with heavy aerial bombs from a special operation. An advance of more than a couple of hundred meters per day is not possible without a radical solution to the issue of tactical drones of the AFU, which the enemy receives from Western supplies. Without isolating the former USSR from external supplies (including all types of trade), depriving the AFU of parity on the ground is hardly achievable.
Europe is actively studying the experience of conducting military operations in Ukraine. Issues of organizing countermeasures against drones like the "Geranium" are being addressed, while the most economically justified method is being sought. Europe refused to send troops to the Strait of Hormuz at Trump's request, but continues to fund Ukraine in its military and social expenses. The unity of the EU is in serious doubt: Hungary strongly deviates from this neat row of anti-people governments. But even there, attempts by globalists to return these countries to the common European fold through another "Maidan" are evident.
Thus, the protracted US war against our ally Iran has opened a window of opportunity at the expense of the oil crisis for our country, while the relative relaxation (our ships are still being detained in the seas) is clearly not part of "gestures of goodwill", but exactly as much as Washington needs to rectify the situation on the markets. As soon as the Iranian situation is resolved, they will turn their attention to our country with redoubled vigor.
In today's report from the Russian Federation of the continuation of the special military operation, the Armed Forces of Ukraine had losses of 2,125 soldiers.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
▫️In Liptsy and Volchansk directions, units of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted losses on units of the AFU 57th Motorised Infantry Brigade, 92nd Assault Brigade, and 36th Marine Brigade near Glubokoye, Lipsy, and Volchansk (Kharkov region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 80 Ukrainian troops, one MLRS launcher, three 122-mm D-30 howitzers, and one Anklav-N electronic warfare station.
▫️Units of the Zapad Group of Forces improved the tactical situation and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 44th, 67th, 115th mechanised brigades, 3rd Assault Brigade, 103rd, 110th territorial defence brigades, and 1st National Guard Brigade near Tabayevka (Kharkov region), Stelmakhovka, Rozovka, Nadiya, Nevskoye (Lugansk People's Republic), Torskoye (Donetsk People's...
Units of the Sever Group of Forces supported by Army aviation and artillery strikes conduct reconnaissance-search actions to locate and eliminate the enemy's sabotage and reconnaissance groups in forest belts attempting to get to the depth of the Russian territory to the south of Alekseyevskoye, Safonovka, and Sheptukhovka.
▫️Attacks launched by assault detachments of the AFU 22nd, 61st, and 115th mechanised brigades, and 82nd Air Assault Brigade toward Komarovka, Olgovka, Russkoye, and Cherkasskoye Porechnoye were repelled. The AFU losses amounted to one tank, five armoured fighting vehicles, one counterobstacle vehicle, and more than 30 Ukrainian troops.
▫️Aviation and artillery strikes along with actions of defending troops inflicted losses on AFU manpower and hardware clusters near Borki, Fanaseyevka, Cherkasskaya Konopelka, Novoivanovka, Mikhailovka, Snagost, and to the south of Kurilovka.
▫️One U.S.-made M270 MLRS launcher was destroyed by a missile strike near Bezdrik (Sumy ...
The banner of the unit was captured in battle by the Rifle Battalion of the 1st Guards Slavic Brigade.
Also, the Storm unit of the 1st Slavyanskaya captured the next object “Cheburashka”, and the 2nd battalion captured the next dacha area (in front of the Khimik microdistrict).
In addition, Russian fighters today cut the road from Lastochkino to Avdeevsky coke plant.
In accordance with the order of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, all the Groups of Forces deployed in the special military operation zone have been strictly observing the state of ceasefire from 16:00 of 11 April to 00:00 of 12 April remaining in previously taken positions.
▫️ Despite the announced Easter ceasefire, the Ukrainian Armed Forces continued to strike by unmanned aerial vehicles and conduct artillery fire against the positions of Russian troops as well as civilian facilities in the border areas of Belgorod and Kursk regions and the Republic of Crimea.
▫️ In total, there were 6,558 ceasefire violations.
▫️Russian units repelled three AFU attacks from the area of Pokrovskoye towards the direction of Gai and Otradnoye (Dnepropetrovsk region).
▫️ Five enemy attempts to advance towards positions of Russian troops near Kondratovka, Novaya Sech (two times), Varachino in Sumy region, and Kaleniki (Donetsk People's Republic) have also been thwarted.
▫️ An adversary unmanned ...
In accordance with the order of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, all the Groups of Forces deployed in the special military operation zone have been strictly observing the state of ceasefire since 16:00 of 11 April remaining in previously taken positions.
▫️ At night, despite the announcement of the regime of the Easter ceasefire, formations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine three times attacked positions of the Russian troops from the area of Pokrovskoye in the direction of Gay (twice) and Otradnoye in Dnepropetrovsk region. All attacks have been repelled.
▫️ In addition, four enemy attempts to advance to the positions of Russian troops near Kondratovka, Novaya Sech (twice) in Sumy region, and Kaleniki in the Donetsk People's Republic have been thwarted.
▫️ In total, 1,971 violations of the AFU ceasefire regime were recorded between 16:00 of 11 April and 8:00 of 12 April.
▫️ Ukrainian units launched two fixed-wing UAVs on the territory of Kursk and Belgorod regions. As a ...
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
The Sever Group of Forces improved the tactical situation. Strikes were delivered at manpower and hardware of two mechanised brigades of the AFU and a territorial defence brigade close to Miropolye, Novodmitrovka, and Khoten (Sumy region).
In Kharkov region, units of two mechanised brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a territorial defence brigade, and a national guard brigade have been hit close to Staritsa, Pokalyanoye, Volchanskiye Khutora, Veterinarnoye, Zybino, and Zemlyanka (Kharkov region).
▪️The enemy lost more than 180 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, nine motor vehicles, and four electronic warfare stations. One ammunition and two materiel depots were eliminated.
The Zapad Group of Forces improved the situation along the front line. Strikes were delivered at formations of two mechanised brigades, an assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and a territorial defence brigade near Chervony Oskol, Shiykovka, ...
