Situation update as of 6.00 a.m., 20th April, 2023
Over the past 24 hours, the enemy launched 3x missile and 57x air strikes, including 26x Shahed-136 type UAVs. 21x of them were destroyed by our defenders. Also, the russian aggressors fired 69x rounds from MLRS at the positions of our troops and populated areas. There are dead and wounded among the civilian population, destroyed and damaged private residential buildings and other civilian infrastructure.
The threat of launching missile and air strikes on the entire territory of Ukraine remains high.
The enemy, at the cost of heavy losses, continues to wage a war of aggression. The main efforts are focused on conducting offensive operations in the Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, Mar’yinka, and Shakhtars’ke axes. Over the past 24 hours, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled more than 55x enemy attacks on the specified areas of the front. The fiercest battles are fought for Bakhmut and Mar’yinka.
Volyn’, Polissya, Sivershchyna and Slobozhanshchyna axes: the operational situation has not changed significantly. A comprehensive check of the combat readiness of the Armed Forces of the republic of belarus is underway.
Over the past day, the enemy shelled the settlements of Shalygine, Boyaro-Lezhachi, Iskryskivshchyna, Bilopylla, Volfyne, Katerynivka, and Kindrativka in the Sumy Oblast, as well as Strylecha, Ohirtseve, Vovchansk, Petropavlivka, Karaichne, Zemlianka, Ustinivka, and Odradne in the Kharkiv Oblast.
Kupyansk axis: Krasne Pershe, Novomlynsk, Dvorichna, Zapadne and Berestov of Kharkiv Oblast were hit by enemy shelling.
Lyman axis: the enemy tried to improve the tactical position, conducted unsuccessful offensive actions in the areas of the southern outskirts of the settlement of Kreminna and Serebryansk Forestry. Stelmakhivka, Nevske, Dibrova, Kuzmine and Bilogorivka in the Luhansk Oblast and Ivanivka, Torske, Verkhnokamianske and Spirne in the Donetsk Oblast were hit by artillery fire.
Bakhmut axis: the enemy continues to conduct offensive actions.
Heavy fighting continues for the city of Bakhmut. Also, during the past day, our defenders repelled enemy attacks in the area of the Khromov settlement. Fedorivka, Vasyukivka, Minkivka, Orikhovo-Vasylivka, Novomarkove, Hryhorivka, Bakhmut, Ivanivske, Chasiv Yar, Stupochki, Predtechine, Kostyantynivka, Druzhkivka, Oleksandro-Shultine, Bila Gora, Druzhba and Zalizne of the Donetsk Oblast were affected by enemy shelling.
Avdiivka axis: the enemy carried out offensive actions in the Avdiivka, Vodyanny and Pervomaisky districts, without success. Shelled, in particular, Novokalynov, Avdiivka, Tonenka, Severna, Netaylov, Pervomayske and Nevelske of the Donetsk Oblast.
Mar’yinka axis: our defenders repelled numerous enemy attacks in the areas of Mar’yinka and Pobieda settlements last day.
At the same time, Krasnohorivka, Georgiivka, Mar’yinka, and Novomykhailivka of the Donetsk Oblast got under enemy fire.
Shakhtars’ke axis: the enemy conducted unsuccessful offensive actions in the area of Vugledar. In addition to the latter, Novoukrainka, Prechistivka and Velika Novosilka of the Donetsk Oblast were shelled.
Zaporizhzhia and Kherson axes: the enemy continues to conduct defensive operations. At the same time, during the day, more than 35x settlements were shelled. Among them are Olhivske, Malynivka, Orihiv, Novodanilivka and Novoandriivka of the Zaporizhia Oblast; Dudchany, Kachkarivka, Zmiivka, Ivanivka, Inzhenerne and Dniprovske of the Kherson Oblast and the city of Kherson.
In the units of the russian “volunteer” formation “Nevsky”, who take part in hostilities in Donetsk Oblast, russian servicemen have a low level of morale and psychological state. It has been established that the main factors of this are due to large losses in manpower during hostilities, untimely provision of ammunition to the occupiers, uncertainty regarding the terms of replenishment of the personnel of the units that suffered combat losses. The number of those wishing to leave their units and withdraw from the areas of hostilities to the russian federation is increasing.
In the settlement of Izyumivka in the temporarily occupied territories of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, about 400x conscripts of the russian occupation forces, who are quartered at the recreation base “Scythian Valley”, are scheduled to be moved to defensive positions in the area of the settlement of Volodymyrivka of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.
During the day, the Ukrainian Air Force carried out 7x strikes on areas of concentration of personnel, and units of missile and artillery troops hit 2x areas of concentration of manpower, weapons and military equipment and 2x warehouses of enemy ammunition.
