Operational information as of 06:00 01.04.2023 regarding the Russian invasion

Spokesperson of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Andriy Kovalev Glory to Ukraine! The four hundred and second day of the large-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation against our country has begun. Over the past day, the enemy launched 5 missile and 16 air strikes, and carried out 39 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems. On March 31, the Russian Federation launched another missile strike on civilian objects using ballistic missiles. For air strikes, the enemy also used 6 attack UAVs of the “Shahed-136” type. However, all of them were destroyed by our defenders. The probability of further missile and air strikes throughout the territory of Ukraine remains quite high. The enemy continues to focus its main efforts on conducting offensive operations in the Lymansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdiivsky and Maryinsky directions. Over the past day, thanks to the organized and coordinated actions of the units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine, as well as the personal courage of each defender, 70 enemy attacks were repelled in the indicated directions. The most intense battles continue for the settlements of Bilogorivka, Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Maryinka. In the Volyn, Polissya, Siversky and Slobozhansky directions, the operational situation has not changed significantly. The higher political leadership of the Republic of Belarus continues to support Russian aggression, providing the enemy with airspace and its territory. Training of units of the territorial forces of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation is being carried out at Belarusian training grounds. At the same time, no signs of the formation of offensive enemy groups have been detected. The enemy continues to maintain a military presence in the border areas of the Kursk and Belgorod regions. Over the past day, the enemy shelled the settlements of Baranivka, Chernihiv region; Katerynivka, Sosnivka, Starykove, Volfyne, Kindrativka, Novomykolayivka, Myropillya, Popivka and Oleksandrivka in Sumy region, as well as the settlements of Veterinarne, Hoptivka, Strilech, Hlyboke, Neskuchne, Bochkove and Budarky in Kharkiv region. In the Kupyansk direction, the settlements near the line of combat contact were subjected to enemy shelling: Kamyanka, Figolivka, Masyutivka, Synkivka, Krokhmalne in Kharkiv region and Novoselivske in Luhansk region. In the Lymansk direction, over the past day, the enemy conducted unsuccessful offensive actions near the settlements of Makiivka, Kreminna, Chervonpopivka, Dibrova, Bilogorivka and in the area of ​​the Serebryansk forestry. In the Bakhmut direction, the enemy does not stop storming the city of Bakhmut, trying to take it under full control. Over the past day, our defenders have repelled enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Bohdanivka and Ivanovske. Vasyukivka, Orikhovo-Vasylivka, Novomarkovo, Hryhorivka, Bakhmut, Ivanovske, Ozaryanivka and Mayorsk in the Donetsk region suffered from enemy shelling. In the Avdiivka and Maryinka directions, the enemy conducted offensive operations near the settlements of Novobakhmutivka, Avdiivka, Pervomayske and Maryinka in the Donetsk region, but was unsuccessful. Over the past day, in the Maryinka area alone, the Defense Forces repulsed about 20 enemy attacks. Over the past day, in the Shakhtar direction, the enemy actively used UAVs to adjust artillery fire, and carried out shelling of the settlements of Vodyane, Vugledar, Velyka Novosilka, Krasnohorivka and Novosilka in the Donetsk region. In the Zaporizhia and Kherson directions, the enemy did not conduct active actions, improving defensive lines and positions. It carried out shelling of settlements. Among them are Vremivka, Novosilka in Donetsk region; Olhivske, Hulyaipole, Charivne, Mala Tokmachka, Novodanylivka, Orikhiv, Mali Shcherbaky, Stepnohirsk in Zaporizhia region, as well as Kherson. After effective fire damage in areas of concentration of enemy manpower and equipment, in Troitsky district of Luhansk region, the occupiers have intensified counterintelligence regime. Local residents are being checked, and in some settlements - mobile communications have been disconnected. Cases of the invaders using civilian infrastructure and private property for their own purposes continue to be recorded. In particular, in some settlements of Shchastynsky district of Luhansk region, evictions of people from their homes to accommodate servicemen of the Russian occupation forces were noted. Over the past day, the Defense Forces' aviation has carried out 10 strikes on the areas of concentration of the occupiers. Units of the missile forces and artillery have hit 9 areas of concentration of enemy manpower, weapons and military equipment, a fuel and lubricants depot, 2 anti-aircraft missile systems, an artillery unit at a firing position, as well as an electronic warfare station. In total, over the past day, our defenders have eliminated 630 Russian invaders, destroyed 1 tank, 4 armored comba...