The enemy continues launching missiles and bombarding infrastructure facilities in the Kharkiv and Zaporizhzhia regions. It is informed by the General Staff in the operative information at 18.00 on 13.04.2022.
In the Volyn, Polissia, and Siversky directions, the enemy’s units are not active. russian occupants relocate certain units in the designated directions.
In the Slobozhanshzhyna direction, the enemy partially blockades Kharkiv. Being incapable of seizing it, the armed forces of the russian federation continue destroying the city infrastructure with artillery.
In the Donetsk and Tavria directions, according to information available, the enemy is prepared for the offensive. The main efforts are being made to seize certain quarters of the city of Mariupol and launch airstrikes.
The enemy tries to carry out assault actions near the settlements of Severodonetsk, Rubizhne, and Popasna.
In the Pivdenyy Bug direction, the enemy carries out aerial reconnaissance to find the Armed Forces of Ukraine units.
“Separate units of 103, 109, 113, 125, and 127 motorized rifle regiments are engaged in fighting on a part of the territory in southern-eastern regions of Ukraine. The personnel of these units was assembled during the forced mobilization of the men from the temporarily occupied territories of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. These regiments are structurally composed of up to 5 battalions with the personnel of about 300 servicemen in each,” the General Staff said.
According to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, only 5-10 percent of the personnel of these units have skills in warfare. “The commandment of the regiments is composed of the officers of the armed forces of the russian federation. These formations have considerable problems with the supply of weapons, ammunition, and medicines,” is said in the statement.