Russia built aviation near the border – General Staff

The Russian army continues to build its air group near Ukraine’s eastern border, strengthen artillery units, and optimize existing control, intelligence and medical support systems. This was announced by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the morning report on April 14.

“There is an ongoing threat of the use of enemy missiles throughout Ukraine. The occupiers continue to conduct systematic missile and bomb attacks on military and civilian infrastructure in the Kharkiv, Donetsk and Zaporozhye regions,” it said. of the Ukrainian military leadership.

In the directions of Volyn and Polesye, the enemy did not take active actions.

“Some units of the Belarusian armed forces are constantly conducting activities to cover the Ukrainian-Belarusian border in the Brest and Gomel regions. Planned combat training activities are underway,” the General Staff said.

At checkpoints in the Belarusian village of Kholmech, military police of the armed forces of the Russian Federation and Belarus check personal phones. At the same time, civilians were informed that Ukrainian units could attack at any time.

In the direction of Seversk, Russian troops regrouped Central Military District units from the territory of the Bryansk and Kursk regions, devoting them to the Belgorod and Voronezh regions.

“The enemy is strengthening border control, producing engineering equipment for positions, fortifications and ensuring the availability of a small number of personnel, weapons and military equipment with them,” the Armed Forces of Ukraine said.

Under the direction of Slobozhansky, the enemy conducts reconnaissance of possible directions of attack, developing a system of reconnaissance, command and control and medical support. Kharkov continued to be partially blocked and the city fired on by artillery.

In the direction of Donetsk and Tauride, Russian troops conducted military operations in the areas of Slavyansk, Popasnaya and Kurakhovo and attack operations in the city of Mariupol. They did not bring luck.

In addition, the enemy group in the Severodonetsk area was strengthened.

Forced mobilization continues in the temporarily occupied territories of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions. According to the General Staff, the Russian command set the task of attracting 60-70 thousand people to the territory of the so-called “DPR”, but its implementation reached only 20%.

Under the direction of Yuzhnobuzhsky, the enemy took steps to restore combat capability, replenish ammunition and exert a fiery influence on units of Ukrainian troops.

Combat operations are being conducted in the Aleksandrovka area, attempts are being made to continue the offensive to regain missing positions in the Osokorovka area.

In the Donetsk and Lugansk regions, eight enemy attacks were repulsed the previous day, a tank, four armored units and six vehicles, as well as an enemy artillery system, were destroyed.

Anti-aircraft missile troops shot at two Russian fighters.

Recall that on April 13, the Russian Federation lost 19,800 soldiers in Ukraine, as well as 739 tanks, 158 aircraft and 143 helicopters.