General Staff: Russians redeploy forces from Mariupol front to near Popasna
OLENA ROSHCHINA - MONDAY, 2 MAY 2022, 07:33
Now in its 68th day of war in Ukraine, the Russian army is trying to create favourable conditions for an offensive against Sloviansk and Sievierodonetsk, to take full control of Rubizhne, to improve positions in Popasna, where it has moved a battalion tactical group from the Mariupol front, and is strengthening air defence in the occupied territories of the Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia regions.
Source: Ukrainian Armed Forces General Staff, operational information as of 6:00 on 2 May
Details: The Russian Federation is continuing its offensive in the east of Ukraine, while on the Volyn and Polissya fronts, units of the Belarusian Armed Forces are covering the Ukrainian-Belarusian border, with the threat of missile attacks from Belarus persisting.
On the Siversk front, Russian forces fired mortars at Ukrainian positions near Senkivka, in the Chernihiv Region.
Enhanced administrative, police, and counterintelligence regimes are in place in the districts bordering Ukraine in the Bryansk Region of the Russian Federation. There are checkpoints on the main roads and near populated areas.
On the Slobozhansky front, Russian troops continue shelling the city of Kharkiv and the settlements of Udy and Prudianka.
On the Izium front, Russian offensives towards Izium - Barvinkovo and Izium - Sloviansk continue. Russian forces continued shelling Ukrainian troops.
On the Donetsk front, occupation troops conduct offensive actions along practically the entire line of contact.
On the Lyman front, Russian forces continued to fire on Ukrainian units along the Liman-Siversk line in order to dislodge them from their positions and create conditions for an offensive against Sloviansk.
On the Sievierodonetsk front, Russian units focused their main efforts on taking full control of Rubizhne and preparing for an offensive on Sievierodonetsk.
On the Popasna front, Russian forces attempted to improve their tactical position in the Popasna area. They reinforced their troops by moving one battalion tactical group from the Mariupol front.
In order to build up its air defence system, the Russian Federation has deployed additional anti-aircraft missile systems in the temporarily taken and temporarily occupied territories of the Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia regions.
Russian forces continue to attempt to improve their tactical position and shell along the Tavriisk and Southern Bug fronts.
On the Tavriisk front, Russian units continue to regroup, building up their defence system and engineering positions to resupply ammunition, fuel, and lubricants.
On the Southern Bug front, Russian troops are attempting to reach the administrative border of the Kherson Region, looking for weaknesses in the Ukrainian Armed Forces' defences.
Russia conducted aerial reconnaissance with the use of three UAVs near Mykolaiv. Artillery was fired at positions occupied by Ukrainian units.
Quote: "Over the past 24 hours, air defence units have hit ten Orlan-10 UAVs.
The enemy is suffering significant losses, especially in artillery and on land. In the Donetsk and Luhansk regions alone, 10 attacks by the Russian occupiers were repelled in the past 24 hours, and two tanks, 17 artillery systems, 38 units of armoured combat vehicles, and 10 units of enemy motor vehicles were destroyed."
