Operational information as of 18:00 04/26/2022 regarding the Russian invasion

The sixty-second day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to the Russian military invasion continues. The Russian Federation continues to wage full-scale armed aggression against Ukraine. Enemy forces are conducting an offensive operation in the Eastern operational zone. The main goal remains the encirclement and defeat of the Joint Forces group, the establishment of full control over the territory of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, and the provision of a land corridor with the occupied Crimea. The enemy continues to launch missile and bomb strikes on military and civilian infrastructure facilities. In the Slobozhansk direction, enemy forces from the units of the 6th Combined Arms Army of the Western Military District, the coastal troops of the Baltic and Northern Fleets continue to partially block Kharkiv and shell it. In the Izyum direction, enemy units and units from the 1st Tank Army, the 20th and 35th combined arms armies, the 68th Army Corps and the Airborne Troops, with the support of artillery, are conducting an offensive in the direction of the settlement of Barvinkove. In order to scout the positions of our troops, the enemy continues to use UAVs in the specified area. In the border areas with Ukraine of the Belgorod region, the Russian occupiers continue to maintain field camps to restore combat readiness and train units. According to available information, up to five battalion tactical groups of the enemy are located in the immediate vicinity of the state border of Ukraine in this region. In the Donetsk direction, the enemy is conducting active operations almost along the entire line of contact. The main efforts are focused on taking control of Rubizhne, Popasna and Maryinka. In the Severodonetsk direction, as part of the regrouping of troops, the invaders transferred a tank battalion from the 90th Tank Division, as well as a pontoon bridge unit from the 12th Separate Engineering Brigade of the Central Military District, to the Kreminna direction. To develop the offensive in the direction of the settlement of Lyman, the enemy is building up the grouping of troops. The Russian invaders do not stop artillery shelling and air strikes on Mariupol. The blockade of our troops in the area of ​​the Azovstal plant continues. In the Yuzhnobuzhsky and Tavriysky directions, the enemy continues to hold the occupied line, in some directions it is unsuccessfully trying to improve the tactical position, improving the engineering equipment of its positions. It is shelling the positions of our troops. In the territory of the Transnistrian region of the Republic of Moldova, units of the operational group of Russian troops have been brought to “Full” combat readiness, and the security structures have been transferred to an enhanced duty regime. In the Volyn, Polissya and Seversky directions, specific units of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus are carrying out tasks to strengthen the protection of the section of the Ukrainian-Belarusian border. Ukrainian defenders are holding the defense and continue to methodically inflict losses on the Russian occupiers. Together we will win! Glory to Ukraine! ________________________________________________________________________________________________ More information on our website: https://www.ukrinform.ua/ Subscribe to the channel and our pages on social networks: YouTube:    / ukrinformtv   Facebook:   / ukrinform   Telegram: https://t.me/ukrinform_news Instagram:   / ukrinform   Twitter:   / ukrinform   #Ukrinform #war #stoprussia