General Staff: Russian occupiers will ban Crimea residents from leaving to ensure spring draft takes place
Anastasiia Kalatur – Friday, 22 April 2022, 07:00
On 30 April Russian occupying forces will ban Crimean citizens from leaving the peninsula, as well as entry to Crimea, in an attempt to ensure that the spring draft takes place without disruption.
Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of 06:00 on 22 April
Details: The Battalion Tactical Group of the 136th Separate Motorised Rifle Brigade of the 58th All-Military Army of the Southern Military District [Russian Federation forces], operating on the Kurakhiv front, have suffered significant losses in personnel (up to 250 people) and lost up to 10 jet and artillery systems.
According to available information, the personnel of the 150th Motorised Rifle Division of the 8th All-Military Army of the Southern Military District, which is involved in the war in Ukraine, did not receive so-called "combat funds" for March. As a result, the military is dissatisfied and outraged.
On 20 April, about 220 Russian military personnel and over 50 dead Russian soldiers were taken to Novoaidar hospital.
Russian troops intensified fighting along the entire frontline on the Donetsk and Tavriia fronts.
The Russian invaders stormed the area of Zarichny and, with the help of a battalion, tried to advance near Rubizhne.
On the Slobozhanskyi front forces of up to 7 Russian battalion tactical groups from the 6th All-Army and coastal troops of the Baltic and Northern Fleets continue to partially blockade Kharkiv, firing on Ukrainian troops and critical infrastructure.
On the Volyn and Polissya fronts, Russian troops did not take active action; there was no evidence that Russia was forming offensive groups in the area. Border cover on the western and north-western fronts has been strengthened. Air defence forces have been put on reinforced duty. Security has been strengthened at military headquarters, communications centres, military camps, and arsenals, as well as munition and military equipment bases and warehouses, and fuels and lubricants storage facilities.
Russian troops gathered up to 25 battalion tactical groups from the 1st Tank Army, the 20th and 35th All-Military Armies and the 68th Army Corps of the Eastern Military District, and the airborne troops of the Russian Armed Forces on the Izyum front.
They are trying to launch an offensive on the town of Zavody. They have advanced to the northern outskirts of Dibrovnyi and are trying to gain a foothold there.
Defensive battles between the Ukrainian and the Russian troops continue on the Novotoshkivske and Popasna fronts.
Russian troops continue to try to advance near Maryinka, with the support of artillery.
At the same time, Russian troops have received reinforcement on the Zaporizhzhia front. Measures for the logistical support of the occupying forces are underway.
On the Pivdennyi Bug front, Russian troops continued to fire on units of the [Ukrainian] Defence Forces and tried to conduct reconnaissance by fighting near Trudoliubivka, but suffered losses and retreated to the positions they had previously occupied.
In the temporarily occupied territories, Russian units continue to block the movement of local residents, to loot and to artificially bring about a humanitarian crisis by destroying critical infrastructure and blocking the delivery of humanitarian aid from Ukraine. There have been cases of executions of civilians and volunteers.
In the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, the Armed Forces repulsed 10 attacks by the Russian occupying forces, destroyed 6 tanks, 8 units of armoured and 15 of automobile equipment, and 4 artillery systems.
In addition, 15 air targets were destroyed: 9 UAVs, 3 planes, and 3 helicopters.
