Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled more than 50 attacks by occupiers in Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Mariinka directions, - General Staff
Russian troops are concentrating their main efforts on conducting offensive operations in the Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Mariinka directions.
This is reported by Censor.NET with reference to the summary of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as of 06:00 on April 9 regarding the Russian invasion.
Thus, the four hundred and tenth day of large-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation against our state has begun.
Over the past day, the enemy has launched 4 missiles and 40 air strikes, and launched 58 attacks from rocket salvo systems on the positions of our troops and the civilian infrastructure of populated areas.
The probability of launching missile and air strikes will continue to be high throughout the territory of Ukraine because the enemy does not stop using terror tactics.
The enemy continues to focus its main efforts on conducting offensive actions in the Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, and Mariinka directions. Over the past day, thanks to the courage of each soldier, more than 50 enemy attacks were repelled in the indicated directions.
In the Volyn, Polissia, Siversk, and Slobozhansk directions, the operational situation has not changed significantly, and no signs of formations of enemy offensive groups have been detected.
The enemy will continue to maintain a military presence in the Kursk and Belgorod regions bordering Ukraine. In the border areas of the Kursk region, the enemy continues to engineer the terrain.
During the past day, the enemy shelled the settlements of Hremiach, Chernihiv region; Seredyna-Buda, Baranivka, Bezsalivka, Volfyne, Turia, Vysoke of the Sumy region, as well as Veterynarne, Hraniv, Vilkhivka, Ternova, Staritsa, Vovchansk, Karaichne and Chuhunivka settlements in the Kharkiv region.
In the Kupiansk direction, the settlements of Kolodiazne, Krasne Pershe, Novomlynsk, Dvorichna, Zapadne, Krokhmalne, Kindrashivka, Pischane and Berestov of the Kharkiv region were hit by enemy fire.
In the Lyman direction, the enemy conducted unsuccessful offensive actions in the area south of Kuzmyne and Verkhniokamianske last day. Cherneshchyna of the Kharkiv region was hit by artillery fire; Makiivka, Nevske, Dibrova, Bilohorivka of the Luhansk region and Kolodiazi, Yampolivka, Torske, Siversk, Spirne of the Donetsk region.
In the direction of Bakhmut, the enemy continues to conduct offensive actions, tries to take full control of the city of Bakhmut, battles continue. During the day, the enemy carried out unsuccessful offensive actions in the area of the Bohdanivka settlement. The units of the defense forces repelled about 10 enemy attacks on the indicated section of the front. More than 15 settlements were damaged by enemy shelling. Among them: Vasiukivka, Minkivka, Zaliznianske, Orikhovo-Vasylivka, Markove, Hryhorivka, Bakhmut, Khromove, Chasiv Yar, Ivanivske, Stupochki, Bila Hora, Novodmytrivka and Druzhba of the Donetsk region.
In the Avdiivka and Mariinsk directions, the enemy carried out offensive actions in the Novokalynove, Severne, Pervomaiske and Mariinka districts of the Donetsk region, without success. The fiercest battles on the indicated part of the front continue for Maryinka, where more than 15 enemy attacks were repulsed. At the same time, Novokalynove, Kamianka, Stepove, Orlivka, Lastochkine, Avdiivka, Severne, Netaylove, Karlivka, Krasnohorivka, Mariinka, Pobieda and Paraskoviivka of the Donetsk region were subjected to enemy shelling.
During the day, the enemy did not conduct offensive operations in the Shakhtarsk direction. Shelled the settlements of Novomykhailivka, Shakhtarske, Novoukrainka, Velyka Novosilka, Vuhledar, Prechistivka, Zolota Nyva, and Novomaiorske in the Donetsk region.
In the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson directions, the enemy continues to build up defensive lines and positions in terms of fortification. Fired more than 40 settlements near the battle line. Among them are Vremivka, Novopil of the Donetsk region; Novosilka, Olhivske, Malinivka, Chervone, Huliaipole, Charivne, Mala Tokmachka, Novodanilivka, Stepove, Kamianske of the Zaporizhzhia region; Dudchany, Kachkarivka, Beryslav, Kozatske, Mykolaivka, Ivanivka, Mykilske, Komysany, Bilozerka, Dniprovske of the Kherson region, as well as Kherson.
During the day, the Air Force of the Defense Forces carried out 12 strikes on the areas of concentration of personnel and military equipment of the occupiers. Also, our defenders shot down 2 UAVs of the "Supercam" type, 6 UAVs of the "Orlan-10" type and 6 UAVs of the "Zala" type.
Units of missile troops and artillery hit 2 areas of concentration of manpower, weapons and military equipment, 1 ammunition depot, 1 position of anti-aircraft defense equipment and 5 radio-electronic warfare stations of the enemy.
