Russian troops are trying to attack in several directions — the General Staff report

KATERYNA TYSHCHENKO — THURSDAY, 7 APRIL 2022, 18:34

Russian troops are trying to attack on the Donetsk, Tavriia and Sievierodonetsk fronts, as well as on the Kharkiv and Pivdennyi Buh fronts.

Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, on Facebook, as of 6 pm today

Details: The aggressors’ main efforts are focused on capturing the city of Mariupol, conducting an offensive near the city of Izium and trying to break through defences toward Donetsk.

On the Donetsk and Tavriia fronts, the Russian occupying forces continue to carry out firing and assault operations. They are constantly engaging in rocket and bomb strikes and launching artillery fire on civilian infrastructure. The port of Berdiansk is used by the occupiers to deliver weapons, military equipment and personnel.

The invaders have also intensified efforts on the Sieverodonetsk front. They are trying to continue the offensive in the areas of Donetsk, Novotoshkivske and Popasna.

The occupying forces also tried to launch an offensive in the areas of Marinka, Borivske and Solodke. Attempts to attack were unsuccessful.

The General Staff assumes that the occupiers will soon try to break through the defences of Ukrainian troops in the Sieverodonetsk, Avdiivka and Kurakhove districts.

On the South Buh front, invaders fired artillery and used army aircraft in some areas. They are trying to continue the offensive towards the settlement of Oleksandrivka. The occupying forces are trying to prevent a further advance by the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in that same area, and to improve the tactical position of their units in some areas.

In the Kharkiv region, up to five Russian battalion tactical groups continue to blockade the city and fire at it from multiple rocket launchers, artillery and mortars.

The occupiers have captured the city of Izium, trying to continue the offensive towards Sloviansk and Barvinkove.

On the Volyn front, there is a possibility of missile strikes on military and civilian infrastructure from within the territory of Belarus.

The Russian occupying forces have not taken any active action on the Polissia front. Units deployed to the territory of Belarus are carrying out demonstration actions in order to prevent the transfer of units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from that area to other areas.

Some units of Russian occupiers from the Eastern Military District and the airborne troops of the Russian Armed Forces, which are restoring combat capability and regrouping in Belarus after leaving Ukraine, are likely to be sent in to strengthen the aggressors’ troops on the Slobozhanskyi front.

On the Siversk front, the Russian occupying forces are finishing regrouping and restoring the combat capability of units of the Central Military District in certain parts of the Bryansk and Kursk regions. It is possible that they may send these units to other operational areas, including to the Donetsk and Luhansk regions.

On the Slobozhanskyi front, the enemy is actively increasing control systems and communication systems for the sake of an offensive group of troops.

The aggressor’s naval groups in the Black and Azov Seas continue to carry out missile strikes on the territory of Ukraine, isolate the area of ​​hostilities and reconnaissance.

It is also reported that the occupying authorities continue to restrict the rights of Ukrainian citizens in the temporarily occupied territories. Thus, in the Zaporizhzhia region, the Russian occupiers banned men from leaving for the territory controlled by the Ukrainian authorities. There is also a growing shortage of basic necessities, especially food, which could further complicate the humanitarian situation in the region occupied by the Russian army.

"Ukraine's defence forces are continuing to push the enemy back, inflicting losses, and in certain areas liberating the temporarily occupied territories," the General Staff said, without giving details.