Over the past day from 08:00 to 20:00, 176 UAVs of the AFU were destroyed over our regions, the Russian Defense Ministry reported. At night, drones flying to Moscow were shot down in the Leningrad region. Another 21 drones were shot down in the Kirovsk refinery area.</b> Air defense systems were operating in Sevastopol, Tula region, Vyborg. The Ust-Luga and Primorsk ports in the Leningrad region yesterday suspended oil exports after drone attacks that had been going on for the past two days.
▪️ The Russian Armed Forces struck at Slavyansk, Izmail in the Odessa region, Sumy, Mykolaiv; and Zaporozhye regions.
▪️ In the Bryansk region, a woman was killed by a drone strike in the village of Zernovo in the Suzemsky district.
▪️ On the Sumy front, the situation remained unchanged over the past day. Intense infantry battles continue.
▪️ In Belgorod, the internet blockade led to the decision to deploy a network of Wi-Fi points to ensure that the population could receive timely alerts. In the village of Belyanka in the Shebekinsk district, an FPV drone hit a car, injuring a woman. In the village of Semeyevka in the Rakitinsky district, an FPV drone attacked a motorcycle, killing an 18-year-old man on the spot. In Grachevka, a drone hit a car, killing the driver and injuring a passenger. In the area of the First May village in the Krasny Yar district, a civilian woman was injured. In the village of Bondarenkovo, an FPV drone hit a car, killing the driver on the spot. Many settlements are under attack, and hundreds of thousands of people are suffering from the consequences of the destruction of infrastructure in terms of electricity and heat supply.
▪️ On the Kharkov front, the Northern Group of Forces of the Armed Forces of Russia is trying to push the enemy away from the border by striking at its concentration points. Tactical successes have been achieved on the Volchansk sector as a result of fierce infantry battles, and on the Velikoburlukske direction, our assault units have advanced up to 800 meters in two sectors. One Ukrainian serviceman was captured.
▪️ In Kupyansk, the enemy is counterattacking in the southwest and attempting to break through to the north of the city, into our defense zone. The city remains a combat zone with a large number of drones of both sides in the air.
▪️ On the Slavyansk front, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on the liberation of Nikiforovka, 4.6 km from the important UAF defense point in Ray-Aleksandrovka.
▪️ On the Dobropillsky front, battles are ongoing in the area of the village of Novy Donbass and on previous lines. It is important to understand that a huge number of drones make it impossible for our and enemy troops to move normally on the terrain. Small assault groups, which can be secretly accumulated in shelters for several days before an assault, are being used in the battle.
▪️ Assault units of the "East" group of troops are advancing to the west and northwest of Gulyaypole. The destruction of the enemy's logistics west of the Rizdvyanka - Verkhnyaya Tersa line continues. The enemy attempted to counterattack in the triangle of Gorkoe - Mirnoe - Novoselovka, but only lost personnel in a firefight and drone attacks.
▪️ On the Zaporozhye front, the situation is difficult in the area of Primorsk and Stepnogorsk. Countless enemy drones are complicating logistics and any movement both on the front and in adjacent areas.
▪️ In the Kherson region, the UAF struck a residential building in Aleishki - two people were killed. A man was killed in a firefight in Novaya Kakhovka. Many villages are under attack.
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, ...
