The Ukrainian Defense Forces carried out their assigned tasks, broke the defensive positions of the occupiers, and therefore the enemy’s attempts remained unsuccessful.
Russian troops are building up forces in the Donetsk region to send them to capture the city of Mariupol. This is stated in the summary of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine following the results of the 36th day of the war, published on the night of Friday, April 1.
“The enemy is committed to continuing the attack on Mariupol. He has increased the grouping of the 58th Combined Arms Army by introducing to it the BTGr, created from military personnel who fled from the 7th military base (Abkhazia),” says the report.
In addition, the occupiers continue to blockade Kharkiv, destroying the city with the aim of destroying infrastructure and residential areas. At the same time, near Izyum, the Russian army is trying to break the resistance of Ukrainian defenders, expel units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from their positions and continue the offensive in the direction of Slavyansk.
“He had no success,” the General Staff emphasized.
During the day, the defenders repulsed enemy attempts to bypass the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the Popasnaya and Novotoshkivske communities in the Lugansk region, and the enemy offensive was repulsed to the settlement area. . of Maryinka in the Donetsk region.
“The Ukrainian Defense Forces continue to successfully carry out their assigned tasks, chasing the retreating enemy, breaking the defensive positions of the occupiers and gradually liberating Ukrainian lands,” the General Staff summarized.
As reported, 5,000 residents, including 210 children, were killed in the 27 days of the siege in Mariupol.
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Source: korrespondent
