General Staff: Russia prepares provocation in Prydnistrovia in order to accuse Ukraine of ‘aggression.’

Olha Hlushchenko – Monday, 11 April 2022, 06:47

Russian army might carry out provocations in the Prydnistrovia region of Moldova to accuse Ukraine of "aggression against a neighbouring country."

Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook

According to the General Staff: "We cannot rule out the possibility that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation will carry out a provocation on the territory of the Prydnistrovia region of the Republic of Moldova in order to accuse Ukraine of aggression against a neighbouring country."

Details: The Russian army continues gathering forces to launch an offensive on the Slobozhanskyi front. It is likely that the occupying forces will attempt to resume the offensive in the coming days.

Russia continues to train and send personnel, weapons, and equipment to participate in hostilities on the territory of Ukraine.

Weapons and military equipment are being prepared at the site where the 60th Separate Motorised Infantry Brigade (Monastyryshche) of the 5th All-Military Army of the Eastern Military District is permanently deployed.

It is likely that these weapons will be moved to the temporarily occupied territory of the Donetsk region.

Recruitment of soldiers to recover the losses of the battalion tactical group from the 36th Separate Motorised Infantry Brigade (Borzya, Transbaikalia region) of the 29th All-Military Army of the Eastern Military District is also taking place.

The Russian army is particularly struggling to recruit drivers and driver-mechanics. The personnel  selected are scheduled to be moved away from where they are permanently deployed in the second half of April.

Russian troops will likely continue targeting transportation infrastructure on the territory of Ukraine, in order to destroy it or render it unusable and therefore disrupt the supply of goods to the area of active hostilities.

Certain units of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus continue to carry out tasks to strengthen the protection of the Ukrainian-Belarusian border in the Brest and Gomel regions.

On the Slobozhanskyi front, separate units of the 6th All-Army and Coastal Troops of the Northern Fleet continue to partially blockade the city of Kharkiv. Artillery shelling of some parts of the city continues.

Russian troops are using Orlan-10 UAVs to carry out aerial reconnaissance on the Izyum front in order to identify the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Two Russian army battalion tactical groups attempted to launch an offensive on the towns of Dovhenke and Dmytrivka, but were unsuccessful and had to retreat to their former positions.

On the Donetsk front, Russian troops continue to focus on seizing control of the cities of Popasna, Rubizhne, Nyzhnie, and Novobakhmutivka, as well as establishing full control of the city of Mariupol.

Russian troops attempted to storm the town of Zolote, but were unsuccessful.

In Mariupol, Russian occupying forces continue to storm the Azovstal plant and the Mariupol seaport with the help of artillery and aircraft.

Russian troops carried out artillery shelling of Ukrainian troops’ positions near the towns of Vysokopillia, Trudoliubivka, and Marianske.

Over the last 24 hours, Ukraine’s defenders have repulsed 4 enemy attacks in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, destroyed 5 tanks, 8 armoured vehicles, 6 units of automotive equipment, and 8 Russian artillery systems.