Missile troops and artillery units hit the command post, air defense systems, the place of concentration of manpower, weapons and military equipment of the Russian Federation.
In the past 24 hours, the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed two Russian ammunition depots and four Russian drones. The General Staff reported this in the evening report on April 16.
“Our defenders shot down four enemy UAVs – two Orlan-10 types, a reconnaissance Eleron and a kamikaze Lancet drone,” the message said.
It was noted that during the day the Defense Forces aircraft delivered five strikes on personnel concentration areas and the anti-aircraft missile system of the Russians.
During the day, missile and artillery units hit a command post, an anti-aircraft missile system, an area where enemy personnel, weapons and military equipment were concentrated, a fuel and lubricants depot and two ammunition depots of the enemy.
According to the General Staff, in the previous day, the Russian Federation launched 25 missile strikes from the S-300 air defense system on the peaceful city of Zaporozhye, Kamyshevakh in the Zaporozhye region and Snegirevka in the Mykolaiv region; as well as 28 air strikes. Four shellings from multiple rocket launch systems were carried out on the positions of Ukrainian troops and the civilian infrastructure of the settlements.
The troops of the Russian Federation continued to focus their main efforts on conducting offensive operations in the directions of Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Maryinsky. Bakhmut and Marinka remain at the center of the conflict. The Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled more than 45 attacks by the enemy of the Russian Federation.
In the directions of Volyn, Polessky, Seversky and Slobozhansky, no signs of the formation of offensive groups of the enemy were revealed. There is a comprehensive review of the combat readiness of the Belarusian armed forces. Some units of the territorial troops of the armed forces of the Russian Federation continue to be located on the territory of this country.
It is reported that some units of the Russian army are kept in the regions of Bryansk, Kursk and Belgorod regions on the Ukrainian border.
During the day, Russia shelled the settlements of Svesa, Bunyakino, Iskriskovshchina, Shpil, Volfin, Yunakovka, Basovka in the Sumy region, as well as Veterinaryo, Neskuchnoye, Volchansk, Bochkovo, Malaya Volch and Dugouts in the Kharkov region.
In the direction of Kupyansk, Russian troops opened fire on Novomlynsk, Dvuhletnaya, Zapadnoye and Kondrashovka of the Kharkov region.
Under the direction of Limansky, the Russians conducted unsuccessful offensive operations in the area north of Grigorovka and near the Disputed. Artillery shelling was received by Stelmakhivka, Nevskoe, Belogorovka in the Luhansk region and Ivanovka and Disputed in the Donetsk region.
Under the direction of Bakhmut, the Russian army continued to conduct offensive operations. Russian troops are attacking the areas of Khromovo and Ivanovskoye settlements. Vasyukovka, Minkovka, Orekhovo-Vasilovka, Bakhmut, Ivanovskoye, Novodmitrovka and Northern Donetsk regions suffered from enemy shelling.
In the Avdeevka direction, Russian troops conducted offensive operations in the Novokalinovoye, Severny, Vodyanoy and Pervomaisky areas of the Donetsk region, but were unsuccessful. Fired at more than 15 settlements located near the collision line. These are, in particular, Novokalinovo, Avdeevka, Vodyanoye, Pervomayskoye and Netaylovo of the Donetsk region.
In the Maryinsky direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled numerous enemy attacks in the Maryinka area. Krasnogorovka, Maryinka, Georgievka, Maksimilianivka, Pobeda and Novomikhailovka of the Donetsk region were shelled by the Russian Federation.
The Russians did not take offensive actions in the direction of Shakhtyorsk. They opened fire in the settlements of Ugledar, Prechistovka, Bolshaya Novoselka, Vremovka in the Donetsk region.
In the directions of Zaporozhye and Kherson, the Russian army continues to conduct defensive operations. Vremivka, Novopole, Donetsk region, was subjected to shelling; Gulyaipole, Zheleznodorozhnoye, Belogorye, Malaya Tokmachka, Novodanilovka, Novoandreevka and Kamenskoe Zaporozhye region; Dudchany, Berislav, Vesele, Burgunka, Belozerka, Dneprovskoe Kherson region, as well as the city of Kherson.
Recall that in the Kharkiv region, border guards destroyed an enemy kamikaze drone.
According to the General Staff, the Russian Federation lost more than 500 soldiers per day in one day.
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Source: korrespondent
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