General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces: operational information regarding the Russian invasion (as of 06:00 01.05.2022)
For your attention — operational information from the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces as of 06:00 on 01.05.2022 regarding the Russian invasion of our country.
Note for attention — operational information from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as of 06.00 on May 1, 2022 regarding the Russian invasion into our country.
The sixty-seventh day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people against the Russian military invasion has begun.
Full-scale armed aggression against Ukraine and offensive operations in the Eastern operational zone are continuing.
To accelerate the pace of the offensive operation, the command of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continues to take measures to strengthen the combat potential of its troops. Heavy weaponry and military equipment from western, central, eastern military districts, as well as from the Northern Fleet, are being transported by rail to areas near Ukraine.
On the Volyn and Polesie Directions the enemy did not conduct active operations. No significant changes have occurred on these fronts.
Certain units of the Armed Forces of Belarus continue to cover the border in Brest and Gomel regions.
There remains a threat that the enemy will launch missile strikes against military and civilian infrastructure targets across Ukraine from the territory of Belarus, as well as provocations on the specified section of the state border of Ukraine.
On the Northern Direction enemy units carried out shelling of our positions from the territory of Bryansk Oblast.
On the Slobozhanskyi Direction enemy formations continue to carry out air strikes and artillery fire on Kharkiv. Occupants are conducting offensive operations in the Izium-Barvinkove and Izium-Slovyansk directions. The enemy is reinforcing its strike formation. Around 300 units of weapons and military equipment, as well as nearly a thousand mobilized individuals from temporarily occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions, have been moved to designated areas.
With the aim of providing air cover for advancing troops in four designated areas, the enemy has deployed two anti-aircraft missile divisions equipped with Buk-M2 and Tor-M systems.
On the Donetsk and Tavriyskyi Directions enemy formations are conducting active operations along the entire line of contact. The enemy is attempting to carry out air strikes and artillery fire on our positions.
On the Lyman Direction the enemy is advancing towards Krymka and Oleksandrivka.
On the Popasna Direction occupiers are conducting assault operations on the Novotoshkivske-Orilove axis. They are consolidating at the achieved positions to prevent our forces from maneuvering and blocking them in designated areas.
On the Kupyansk Direction with artillery support, the enemy is attempting to break through our units' defense on the Oleksivka-Novomikhailovka axis.
On the South Buzhskyi Direction the enemy is conducting combat operations aimed at crossing administrative boundaries of Kherson Oblast and creating favorable conditions for advancing towards Mykolaiv and Kryvyi Rih cities.
Over the previous day, air defense units destroyed nine aerial targets: two Su-25 aircraft and seven drones.
Only in Donetsk and Luhansk regions over the past day, nine enemy attacks were repelled, eight tanks, one artillery system, twenty-four armored vehicles, one special vehicle, and five cars (including two fuel tankers) were destroyed.
We believe in the Armed Forces of Ukraine! Together we will win! Glory to Ukraine!