Ukraine: operational information as of 06.00 on April 23

According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) at 06.00 on April 23 in the Donbass over the past day, Ukrainian soldiers repulsed 8 attacks of the Russian army (RA).

Eight enemy attacks were repulsed on the territory of Donetsk and Luhansk regions over the past day, nine tanks, eighteen armored and thirteen vehicles, a tanker, three artillery systems were destroyed.

The enemy is conducting offensive operations in the Eastern Operational Zone with the aim of defeating the grouping of the United Forces of Ukraine, establishing full control over the territory of Donetsk and Luhansk regions and ensuring a land route between these territories and the occupied Crimea.

The greatest activity of the enemy is observed in the Slobozhansky and Donetsk directions. The units of the occupiers are regrouping.

The Republic of Armenia does not stop launching missile and bomb attacks on military and civilian infrastructure facilities.

In the Volyn, Polessky and Seversky directions, certain units of the armed forces of the Republic of Belarus carry out tasks to strengthen the Ukrainian-Belarusian border in the Brest and Gomel regions. In order to clarify the position of the AFU troops in the Sumy direction, the enemy used UAVs from the area of the settlement of Glushkovo.

The threat of missile and air strikes from these directions remains. In addition, it is not excluded that the enemy will carry out provocations on the Ukrainian-Russian border, accusing representatives of the Ukrainian Defense Forces of them.

In the Tavrichesky and Yuzhnobug directions, there is a grouping of enemy troops consisting of separate units of the 8th and 49th combined arms armies, the 22nd Army Corps, coastal troops of the Black Sea Fleet of the Southern Military District and airborne troops. The RAg focuses its main efforts on improving its tactical position and maintaining the occupied borders.

In order to create favorable conditions for advancing towards the city of Mykolaiv, the enemy is shelling the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. To build up the air defense system in the area of the city of Skadovsk, the enemy deployed a battery of S-300VM.

In the Slobozhansky direction, the grouping of enemy troops continues to partially block Kharkov and fire at it from barrel and rocket artillery.

Separate units of the 1st Tank and 20th Combined Arms Army of the Western Military District, the 35th Combined Arms Army and the 68th Army Corps of the Eastern Military District and airborne troops are conducting offensive and assault operations south of Izyum. The enemy conducts aerial reconnaissance of positions and measures to organize fire support for the offensive and the organization of logistics support for the grouping.

According to available information, units of the 64th separate Motorized Rifle Brigade, which took an active part in mass killings, torture and violence against civilians in the Ukrainian city of Bucha, operate in the area of the settlement of Izyum and have already suffered losses.

In the Donetsk direction, the enemy is conducting offensive actions along the entire contact line. The enemy is concentrating its main efforts on offensive actions in the Severodonetsk direction, exerts intensive fire influence on our troops in order to oust them and create conditions for the development of the offensive on Slavyansk. The offensive continues in the direction of Novotoshkovsky and assault operations in the areas of Rubezhnoye, Popasnaya and Maryinka.

In the Mariupol direction, the enemy continues to block units of the Defense Forces in the area of the Azovstal plant and carry out air strikes on the city, in particular with the use of long-range aircraft. In order to clear the port infrastructure of Mariupol, an engineering unit arrived in the occupied city.

In the Zaporozhye direction, the enemy moved a battalion tactical group from the 19th Motorized Rifle Division of the 58th Combined Arms Army of the Southern Military District to strengthen its grouping.

As part of the formation of additional reserves, the training of a unit of the private military campaign "Wagner" numbering up to 200 people has been completed. The advanced group of the unit was transferred to the Novobakhmutovka area to reconnoiter the area and clarify the order of interaction. The information is being clarified.

In the Southern Bug direction, the RA is trying to improve its tactical position and gain a foothold on the administrative borders of the Kherson region. Bears significant losses in technology.

In the Black Sea and Azov operational zones, enemy ship groups in the waters of the Black and Azov Seas continue to carry out tasks to isolate the combat area and conduct reconnaissance.