What was the situation at the front over the past day/Collage of Channel 24
During the day on May 5, Russian troops were most active in the Donetsk and Tauride directions. Enemies continue to storm “Azovstal” in Mariupol, using aviation for this.
The General Staff noted: the enemies do not stop offensive operations in the Eastern Operational Zone. The Russians want to keep the land corridor to the temporarily occupied Crimea and establish full control over the Luhansk and Donetsk regions. spent. The Russians were shelling Kharkiv from rocket and cannon artillery. Both residential areas of the regional center and the suburbs came under fire.
The enemy is increasing the air defense system and logistics. Now the Russians are regrouping to restore the combat capability of their units. Enemy troops are constantly carrying out aerial reconnaissance.
Pay attention! The Kupyansk city hospital has been turned into a military hospital. There are about 300 wounded infidels there.
Donetsk and Tauride directions
It is in these directions that the enemy conducts the most active military operations.
- In the Liman direction, the Russians fired at our positions.
- In the Popasnyansky direction, the aggressor troops want to establish full control over Popasna and resume the offensive on Seversk and Liman.
- There were no active hostilities in the Severodonetsky, Avdeevsky, Kurakhovsky, Novopavlovsky and Zaporozhye directions. However, the Russians fired on our troops in order to destroy the artillery units.
In Mariupol, Russian troops are blocking our defenders at Azovstal. In some areas, the enemy forces resumed assault operations, for this they use aviation.
South Nobuzh direction
Here, too, the enemy did not conduct active hostilities, but tried to hold the occupied lines, strengthened air defense systems and electronic warfare. Ukrainian positions are being shelled by the Russians. The aggressors are even shelling those settlements from which they left.
Volyn and Polesye directions
There were no hostile active actions. On the territory of Belarus, the troops are checking their combat readiness.
Seversk direction
There were also no active actions of the enemy and there is no formed offensive group. In the regions bordering Ukraine – Bryansk, Kursk and Belgorod there is an insignificant number of personnel of Russian troops and equipment.
Successes of the Armed Forces of Ukraine over the previous day: in short
- Air Force units hit 15 air targets – 14 drones and 1 aircraft.
- Our defenders repelled 11 enemy attacks on the territory of the Luhansk region and Donbass.
- The Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed 8 tanks, 11 armored vehicles and 5 vehicles Russian troops.
