General Staff has released an operational update on the state of warfare as of 18:00 May 2, 2022:
According to the report, the greatest activity of russian invaders is observed in Slobozhansky and Donetsk directions.
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General Staff reports, that the enemy regrouped troops, strengthened artillery units and air defense units. It is trying to establish a system of logistical support for the grouping of troops in these areas.
The aggressors also continue to try to form a system of so-called authorities in the temporarily occupied territories. The General Staff urges Ukrainians to resist the enemy.
Key points of the report:
- The enemy continues to launch missiles and bomb strikes on targets in Kharkiv, Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts.
- Ukraine's Defense Forces inflict losses on the enemy in all directions and are ready for any changes in the operational situation.
- The shelling of the city of Kharkiv continues in the Slobozhansky direction.
- In the Belgorod region, the concentration of russian occupiers' reserves for fighting in the Eastern Operational Zone continues.
- In the Donetsk direction, enemy's main efforts were focused on establishing full control over the settlements of Rubizhne and Popasna and advancing in the directions of the settlements of Lyman and Siversk.
- In the temporarily occupied territories of the Zaporizhzhia oblast, the enemy deployed a fuel and oil depot and a point for repairing and repairing damaged equipment.
- In the South Buh direction, the enemy is fighting to improve its tactical position. It does not stop trying to reach the administrative border of the Kherson oblast, it continues to deploy jet and barrel artillery units to fire on the positions of Ukrainian troops.
- The transfer of material resources from the temporarily occupied territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea with the use of Ukraine's railway infrastructure continues.
- In the Bessarabian direction, the situation in the transnistrian region of the Republic of Moldova remains tense. russia, through controlled media, continues to spread provocative reports about the growing threat to the population of transnistria from Ukraine.
- The threat of missile strikes on objects on the territory of our state remains.
- Measures to strengthen the administrative-police and counter-intelligence regimes continue in the Bryansk region bordering on Ukraine.
- In the waters of the Black and Azov Seas, enemy ships are involved in missile strikes on the territory of Ukraine, perform the task of isolating the area of hostilities and conduct reconnaissance.
- The enemy continues to destroy Ukraine's civilian infrastructure. Inflicts rocket and bomb attacks and carries out artillery shelling of residential areas of the city of Mykolayiv, as well as settlements of Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, Luhansk and Kharkiv oblasts.
- In the temporarily occupied territories, the russian occupiers are artificially creating and exacerbating humanitarian and economic crises. There is a shortage of medicines in the settlements, the range of grocery stores is limited, and bank institutions do not function.
Defense Express reported earlier that Ukrainian servicemen downed russia's advanced Forpost UAV. Also, Ukraine's drone destroyed two russian Raptor boats.
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