General Staff: Russian troops try to break through near Izium, storm Mariupol, and agitate for Kherson People’s Republic

Valentyna Romanenko – Sunday, 10 April 2022, 07:22

Russian occupation troops are continuing their unsuccessful attempts to break through the defence put up by the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Izium in the Kharkiv region; they continue to storm Mariupol, and are increasing their mobilisation efforts in the Luhansk region and political agitation in the Kherson region.

Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, report as of 06:00 on 10 April

According to the General Staff: "The enemy is trying to break through the defences of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near the city of Izium and to establish full control over the city of Mariupol. Occupiers are also making attempts to improve the tactical position of their divisions on the Mykolayiv front."

Details: On the Volyn, Polissya, and Siverskyi fronts no significant changes in the position and activity of the Russian troops have been observed.

On the Slobozhanskyi front, Russian troops continue partially blockading the city of Kharkiv, shelling the city using rocket-propelled and gun-based artillery systems and mortars. The occupying forces are moving additional units to the city of Izium to reinforce their presence on this front.

In the Donetsk and Tavriya operational districts, Russian troops are carrying out artillery and mortar shelling on most fronts. They continue to storm the city of Mariupol, carrying out air strikes on the city and attempting to capture its central neighbourhoods.

On the South Bug front, Russian troops have once again tried to establish control over the village of Olexandrivka, but did not succeed. They lost up to one company tactical group’s worth of personnel and equipment.

Russian troops continued artillery shelling of Novovorontsovka, Maryanske, Novohryhorivka, and Shevchenkove.

Due to significant losses of personnel and equipment, the invading army has established military hospitals and repair facilities for military equipment on the temporarily occupied territories of the Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson regions.

At the same time, due to the constant inflow of wounded personnel from the Russian Armed Forces, there is a lack of qualified medical personnel in Russian military hospitals. They also have problems with stocks of medicines, the replenishment of which is almost impossible.

Personnel at Russian equipment repair facilities are forced to work around the clock in the absence of a stable supply of spare parts and units.

Teams of repair workers have arrived from the Yaroslavl region of the Russian Federation to carry out repair and restoration works on railway tracks in the temporarily occupied territories of the Kharkiv region.

Russian troops continue searches of civilians’ homes in the towns and villages of the Melitopol district of the Zaporizhzhia region. They are checking civilians’ documents, whether they have cars or other road transport, and their food supplies. Russian soldiers ask questions about where their close relatives work and demand information about former police officers, personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, participants in the Anti-Terrorist/Joint Forces Operation.

In the city of Nova Kakhovka, the Russian occupiers are using local printing presses to prepare campaign materials (brochures, leaflets, posters, voting forms) for the so-called "referendum on the establishment of the Kherson People’s Republic."

In the Luhansk region, Russian occupation administrations have intensified measures to forcibly mobilise the population in the temporarily occupied territories.

Within the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, Ukrainian soldiers have repelled 8 Russian attacks in the past 24 hours, destroying 4 tanks, 8 armoured vehicles and 7 military vehicles belonging to the Russians.

13 air targets were hit by the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: 3 aircraft, 1 helicopter, 5 UAVs, and 4 cruise missiles.