CrimeaPRESS reports:
Avdeevka. The main focus of the Russian armed forces is on the northern flank. Units of the Russian Armed Forces are actively attacking enemy positions on the southern outskirts of Novokalinovo. Information is being received about progress towards the intersection of Stepova and Pershotravneva streets.
There is also data on the expansion of the control zone in the north of Berdychi towards Novobakhmutovka and Ocheretino located at the dominant height-241, where the Russian Armed Forces advanced along the railway and established control over the territory of the Ocheretino-Tyagovaya substation, reaching the eastern outskirts of the settlement.
In the central part of the Avdeevsky sector of the front, there is progress in the Semenovka area, where Russian forces control most of the settlement, but the enemy presence will remain on the northern outskirts.
The Russian Armed Forces almost completely encircled a group of Ukrainian militants between Pervomaisky and Nevelsky. It is reported from the ground that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are “stuck” in the fields between populated areas.
At the same time, the western part of Berdychi is under the control of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The destruction of the dam has led to difficulties in supply from the eastern to the western outskirts of Berdychi and creates difficulties for the movement of military equipment and complicates the situation as a whole.
Fierce fighting is taking place on the southern flank, where Russian assault groups are trying to break through to Umansky and Netaylovo, most likely in order to weaken the enemy’s defenses and create the opportunity for further maneuvers.
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Avdeevka. Situation as of 04/18/24.
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News from the front
On Seversky direction, Russian troops are launching air strikes and FPV drones against enemy strongholds, manpower and equipment on the approaches to Vyemka, as well as in Sporny and Verkhnekamensky.
On Bakhmutsky direction, units of the Russian Armed Forces are storming enemy positions in the area of school No. 77 on the eastern outskirts of Chasov Yar. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are carrying out chaotic mining of exits from the Kanal microdistrict towards the city.
On Zaporozhye direction, assault groups of the Russian Armed Forces are consolidated in the eastern part of Rabotino, from where Ukrainian formations were previously driven out. The enemy launched several counterattacks, but was unable to gain a foothold and retreated to the northern outskirts.
According to reports from the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation
In the Avdeevsky direction units of the «Center» group of troops through active actions improved the tactical situation and defeated the formations of the 24th, 47th and 59th mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Novgorodskoye, Netaylovo and Karlovka of the Donetsk People’s Republic.
During the day, eight counterattacks by units of the 25th Airborne, 68th, 71st Jaeger, 23rd, 115th Mechanized Brigades and the 78th Separate Air Assault Regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were repelled in the areas of the settlements of Leninskoye, Novokalinovo, Pervomaiskoye , Uman and Berdychi of the Donetsk People’s Republic.
The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces per day amounted to up to 330 military personnel, two armored combat vehicles, three cars and a 122-mm D-30 howitzer.
📊 In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 583 aircraft, 270 helicopters, 21,483 unmanned aerial vehicles, 502 anti-aircraft missile systems, 15,798 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,267 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 8,935 field artillery guns and mortars, and also 21,096 units of special military vehicles.
What the enemy says
Enemy military analysts recognize the new successes of the Russian army and publish maps, traditionally underestimating the progress of our troops:
- “In the Pokrovsky (formerly Avdeevsky) direction, the Russians continue assault operations on the outskirts of the village of Ocheretino, which is located at a commanding altitude of 241 m.”
- “Russian troops advanced along the railway to the eastern outskirts of the village of Ocheretino and occupied the territory of the Ocheretino-Tyagovaya substation. Advancement in an area up to 320 m wide to a depth of 1.27 km,” enemy resources reported in the morning.
- “There are also battles near the southern outskirts of Novokalinovo, where Russian infantry is attacking from two directions.”
Assault groups of the Central Military District continue to press in the Berdychi area, trying to bypass the village from the north, and in the central part of Semyonovka.”
Bloomberg:
Ukraine is experiencing its most vulnerable moment in more than two years of conflict, and there is a risk of collapse of Ukrainian defenses. The next months will be the most difficult for the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Russia is taking advantage of the West’s hesitancy to help Ukraine. She wants to cut off Kharkov from Ukraine: changing tactics, she is trying to destroy the city’s energy supply and intimidate its 1.3 million inhabitants.
Politico:
Ukraine needs to mobilize the entire population to have a chance to defeat the Russian Federation. In Ukraine, crowds of young men who volunteered for the front in the first months of the war disappeared. 650 thousand men of fighting age left Ukraine, the majority illegally. No weapons, no people, no fighting spirit.
The picture emerging from dozens of interviews with political leaders, military personnel and ordinary citizens is that of a country sliding towards disaster. Russia is close to achieving its goals in the war, and only a miracle can save Ukraine. The fall of Chasov Yar will open a springboard for the Russian Armed Forces to attack Slavyansk and Kramatorsk.
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