Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled more than 58 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 a.m. on April 10 regarding the Russian invasion.
Thus, the four hundred and eleventh day of large-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation against our country has begun.
During the past day, the enemy launched 26 air strikes and 4 missile strikes. 2 Russian missiles fired from the S-300 air defense system hit the objects of Zaporizhzhia civil infrastructure, civilians were killed and wounded, and residential buildings were destroyed and damaged. Also, the Russian occupiers fired 2 missiles from the S-300 air defense system at the Kostiantynivka civilian infrastructure facility in the Donetsk region. In addition, the enemy launched 60 attacks from rocket salvo systems on the positions of our troops and the civilian infrastructure of populated areas. Civil infrastructure facilities in the cities of Kupiansk in the Kharkiv region and Druzhkivka in the Donetsk region were damaged as a result of the hit. Civilians are injured, residential buildings are damaged.
The probability of launching missile and air strikes remains high throughout the territory of Ukraine.
The enemy continues focusing on conducting offensive actions in the Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, and Mariinka directions. Over the past day, thanks to the courage of each soldier, 58 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 the formation of offensive groups of the enemy 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 Yasna Polyana and Gremyach of the Chernihiv region; Baranivka, Volfyne, Zapsillia, and Popivka in the Sumy region, as well as Veterynarne, Kozacha Lopan, Mala Danylivka, Hatyshche, Ustinivka, Milove, Veliky Burluk, and Topoli in the Kharkiv region.
Krasne Pershe, Novomlynsk, Dvorichna, Zapadne, and Pershotravneve settlements of the Kharkiv region were hit by enemy shelling in the Kupyansk direction.
In the Lyman direction, the enemy conducted unsuccessful offensives in the area south of Dibrova last day. Novoselyvske, Cherneshchyna, Makiivka, Nevske, Yampolivka, Belogorivka of the Luhansk region, as well as Kolodyazi, Torske, Siversk, Spirne, and Berestov of the Donetsk region, were hit by artillery fire.
In the direction of Bakhmut, the enemy continues to conduct offensive actions, tries to take full control of the city of Bakhmut, fierce battles continue. During the past day, the enemy conducted unsuccessful offensive actions in the area east of the settlement Bohdanivka and near Khromove. The units of the defense forces repelled more than 30 enemy attacks on the indicated section of the front. Vasiukivka, Zaliznyanske, Minkivka, Orikhovo-Vasylivka, Markove, Bakhmut, Khromove, Ivanivske, Chasiv Yar, Bila Hora, Ozarianivka, Druzhba, and Zalizne of the Donetsk region were affected by enemy shelling.
In the Avdiivka and Mariinka directions, the enemy carried out offensive actions in the areas of Novokalynove, Berdychi, Avdiivka, Severne, Vodyane, and Mariinka, without success. The fiercest battles on the indicated section of the front continue for Avdiivka and Mariinka, where more than 20 enemy attacks were repulsed. At the same time, the settlements of Novokalynove, Berdychi, Stepove, Avdiivka, Lastochkine, Severne, Pervomaiske, Krasnohorivka, Hostre, Heorhiivka, and Mariinka of the Donetsk region were subjected to enemy shelling.
During the day, the enemy did not conduct offensive operations in the Shakhtarsk direction. He shelled the settlements of Pobeda, Novomykhailivka, Bohoiavlenka, Shakhtarske, Novoukrainka, Velyka Novosilka, Prechistivka, and Zolota Nyva 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 45 settlements near the battle line. Among them are Vremivka, Novopil of the Donetsk region; Zaporizhia, Olhivske, Mala Tokmachka, Novoandriivka, and Kamianske of the Zaporizhzhia region; Kachkarivka, Mykolaivka, Lvove, Mykilske and Inzhenerne of the Kherson region, as well as Kherson.
The Russian occupiers continue the forced passporting of the population of the temporarily occupied territory of the Zaporizhzhia region. In particular, in the city of Tokmak, the Russian occupying so-called "authorities" announced that in order to obtain a Russian passport, you need to submit a passport of a citizen of Ukraine, a birth certificate and take fingerprints. At the same time, it is noted that the original passport of a citizen of Ukraine and birth certificate will be returned to the owners.
During the day, the Air Force of the Defense Forces carried out 6 strikes on the areas of concentration of personnel and military equipment of the occupiers. 6 enemy UAVs were also shot down: 3 "Lancet" type, 2 "Zala", and 1 "Supercam".
During the day, units of missile forces and artillery struck 4 anti-aircraft missile complexes, 11 areas of concentration of manpower, weapons and military equipment, an ammunition warehouse, and 5 radio-electronic warfare stations of the enemy.
