Over the past day, April 1, 146 combat engagements took place at the front. The enemy launched 75 air strikes, dropping 257 guided aerial bombs. This was reported by UNN with reference to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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The enemy also used 9695 kamikaze drones and carried out 3889 shellings of settlements and positions of Ukrainian troops, including 77 from multiple rocket launcher systems.
Air strikes were carried out, in particular, in the areas of the settlements of Luzhky and Esman in Sumy Oblast; Verkhnya Tersa, Vozdvyzhivka, Huliaipilske, Mykilske, and Tavriyske in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
Aviation, missile forces, and artillery of the Defense Forces hit three areas of concentration of enemy personnel.
In the Siversk and Slobozhanskyi directions, two combat engagements took place over the past day, the enemy launched six air strikes, dropping 20 guided bombs, and carried out 94 shellings of Ukrainian troop positions and settlements, including four using multiple rocket launcher systems.
In the Southern Slobozhanskyi direction, the enemy stormed the positions of Ukrainian units four times in the areas of the settlements of Starytsia, Vovchansk, and Krasne Pershe.
In the Kupyansk direction, the aggressor attacked 12 times in the areas of the settlements of Kurylivka, Borivska Andriivka, Pishchane, Kivsharivka, Novoplatonivka, and Novoosinove.
In the Lyman direction, the enemy attacked six times. They tried to break into the Ukrainian defense near Lyman and Stavky.
In the Sloviansk direction, over the past day, Ukrainian defenders stopped four attempts by the occupiers to advance in the areas of Rai-Oleksandrivka, Riznykivka, and Yampil.
In the Kramatorsk direction, over the past day, the occupiers made one attempt to advance towards the settlement of Malynivka.
In the Kostiantynivka direction, the enemy carried out 17 attacks near Kostiantynivka, Pleshchiivka, Ivanopillia, Stepanivka, Yablunivka, and Sofiivka.
In the Pokrovsk direction, Ukrainian defenders stopped 31 assault actions of the aggressor in the areas of the settlements of Bilytske, Rodynske, Novooleksandrivka, Pokrovsk, Novomykolaivka, Kotlyne, Udachne, Molodetske, Novopidhorodne, Hryshyne, and Filiia.
In the Oleksandrivka direction, the enemy attacked seven times in the areas of the settlements of Oleksandrivka, Nove Zaporizhzhia, Berezove, and Novohryhorivka.
In the Huliaipole direction, there were 20 attacks by the occupiers in the areas of Varvarivka, Zaliznychne, Huliaipilske, Tsvitkove, Hirke, Svyatopetrivka, Olenokostiantynivka, and Myrny.
In the Orikhiv direction, no active offensive actions by the enemy were recorded over the past day.
In the Prydniprovskyi direction, Ukrainian units repelled two enemy attacks near Bilohrudyi Island and Antonivskyi Bridge.
In the Volyn and Polissia directions, no signs of the formation of enemy offensive groups were detected.
Over the past day, Russian occupiers lost 1,300 people. The enemy also lost two tanks, seven armored combat vehicles, 59 artillery systems, one multiple rocket launcher system, 2,497 unmanned aerial vehicles, and 195 units of automotive equipment.
Recall
On the night of April 2, Russians attacked Synelnykove, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. One person died, a 12-year-old boy was hospitalized, and houses and infrastructure were damaged.