Ministry of Defence: Russian troops prepare to intensify offensive in eastern Ukraine

Valentyna Romanenko – Saturday, 30 April 2022, 16:37

Russia continues to regroup and reinforce units of its troops in Ukraine in preparation to intensify the eastern offensive.

Source: Oleksandr Motuzianyk, spokesman for the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine, during a Ukraine Media Centre briefing on 30 April

According to Motuzianyk: "The enemy is conducting an offensive in the Eastern Operational Zone. The enemy’s main goal remains the same: to encircle units of Ukraine’s Defence Forces, to establish full control over the territories of the Donetsk, Luhansk, and Kherson Regions, and to ensure the stability of a land corridor to the occupied territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea."

Details: Motuzianyk noted that Russian troops are gradually intensifying the offensive in the east of Ukraine on all fronts at once.

They are most active on the Slobozhanskyi and Donetsk fronts. In addition, there are indications – such as certain preparatory measures undertaken by Russian troops – that Russia is getting ready to further intensify hostilities.

For example, Russian troops are freeing up hospital beds in Balakliia Central District Hospital and have set up an additional field hospital.

Meanwhile, additional refrigerated chambers for storing the bodies of military personnel killed in battle have been installed at the military hospital in the Russian city of Rostov-na-Donu.