General Staff: Russian troops reinforce positions, storm Mariupol, and warning Belarusians that Ukrainians might attack

Olena Roshchina – Thursday, 14 April 2022, 07:21

Russian troops continue to launch strikes on the Kharkiv, Donetsk, and Zaporizhzhia regions and to stockpile aircraft and artillery near the border with Ukraine. Meanwhile, mobilisation efforts in the Temporarily Occupied Territories of the Donetsk and Luhansk Regions are failing. In Belarus, Russian soldiers are warning the local population that they may be attacked from the territory of Ukraine, and carrying out phone checks.

Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, information as of 06:00 on Thursday, 14 April

According to the General Staff: "The 50th day of the Ukrainian people’s heroic resistance to the Russian military invasion has begun. The full-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine continues.

Enemy troops continue to stockpile aircraft near the eastern border of Ukraine, are reinforcing artillery detachments, and optimising both chains of command and reconnaissance and medical supply systems.

Russian missile attacks pose a constant threat throughout Ukraine.

The occupiers continue to launch systematic missile and bomb strikes on military and civilian infrastructure in the Kharkiv, Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia regions."

Details: On the Volyn and Polissya fronts, Russian forces were not active.

Certain units of the Belarusian Armed Forces continue to cover the Ukrainian-Belarusian border in the Brest and Gomel regions, and to conduct combat training.

In the Belarusian town of Kholmych, the military police of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus are checking civilians’ personal phones at checkpoints. Civilians are being told that Ukrainian units may attack Belarus at any time.

On the Siverskyi front, units of the Central Military District (of the Russian Federation) from the Bryansk and Kursk regions are regrouping. After their combat capability has been restored, these units are being deployed in the Belgorod and Voronezh regions of Russia.

Russian troops are strengthening border controls, fitting out their positions and military bases and ensuring the presence of a small number of personnel, weapons, and military equipment at these bases and positions.

On the Slobozhanskyi front, Russian troops are conducting reconnaissance of possible fronts for an offensive and improving reconnaissance capacity, as well as systems of command and medical supply. They continue to partially blockade the city of Kharkiv and shell it with artillery. They are also regrouping units and replenishing supplies.

On the Donetsk and Tavriya fronts, there were active hostilities near Sloviansk, Popasna, and Kurakhovo. Russian troops continue their attempts to storm the city of Mariupol, though without success. Fighting continues.

Russian troops are deploying separate divisions of the 2nd All-Military Army of the Central Military District to strengthen their presence near Sievierodonetsk.

Forced mobilisation measures continue in the temporarily occupied territories of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. In the city of Horlivka, daily raids of private houses and apartment blocks are being conducted.

It has been established that the Russian command set the goal of mobilising 60,000-70,000 people in the so-called "Donetsk People’s Republic." However, only 20% of these numbers have been achieved so far.

On the Pivdennyi Bug front, the Russian army is taking measures to restore combat capability, replenish ammunition, and fit out its positions. Russian troops are firing on units of Ukrainian troops.

There is active fighting near the town of Olexandrivka. Russian troops are trying to resume an offensive in order to regain lost ground in the Osokorivka area.

According to the General Staff: "On the 13th April, the defenders of Ukraine repulsed 8 enemy attacks, and destroyed a tank, 4 units of armoured and 6 units of automobile equipment, as well as one enemy artillery system in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. Anti-aircraft missile units shot down 2 enemy fighter jets."