The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces released operational information about the russian invasion as of 6 am on April 19.
The enemy attempts to continue offensive operations in the Eastern Operational Zone to establish full control over the territory of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions and maintain a land corridor with the temporarily occupied Crimea.
Missile and airstrikes on civilian targets throughout Ukraine do not stop. During the last 24 hours, the missile strikes on objects in the western regions have intensified.
In the Slobozhansky and Donetsk operational districts, the aggressor conducts offensive and assault operations in select areas.
The enemy continues to transfer weapons and military equipmentto Ukraine from the central and eastern regions of the russian federation. Along with combat units, it transfers supply units.
In addition, to improve the logistics system, the occupiers deploy logistics centers and create field bases for repairing and renovating damaged equipment.
In the Slobozhansky direction, the enemy continues partial blocking of Kharkiv. According to the available information, to organize the offensive group’s air defense system, the enemy is transferring additional anti-aircraft missile divisions of the SAM “Tor” to the Kharkiv region. At the same time, S-400 and S-300 anti-aircraft missile divisions were deployed in the border areas with Ukraine in the Belgorod region to cover the main control points and the rear areas.
In the Izyum direction, the enemy conducts offensive operations on the left bank of the Siversky Donets River. To support the offensive actions in this direction, the enemy created a system of primary and secondary firing positions for jet and barrel artillery.
In the Donetsk and Tavriya directions, the russian occupiers intensified offensive operations along the entire contact line. The enemy focuses on breaking through the defense of our troops in the Luhansk and Donetsk regions and establishing full control over the city of Mariupol.
In the Zaporizhzhia region, the concentration of units of the occupying forces continues in certain areas.
In the South Bug direction, the enemy focuses on reaching the administrative border of the Kherson region. The occupiers are trying to conduct offensive operations in the area of the village of Alexandrovka to improve its tactical situation. The enemy does not stop the shelling of civilian objects in the city of Mykolaiv.
No significant changes have been recorded in the Volyn, Polissya, and Sieversky directions.
The Republic of Belarus continues providing its territory to organize airstrikes on Ukraine and reconnaissance of objects on our territory.
According to the available updated information, the losses of the 126th Coast Guard Brigade of the Black Sea Fleet amount to 75%. The 810th separate Marine brigade of the Black Sea Fleet lost 158 servicemen killed, about 500 wounded, and 70 people missing.
Many servicemen of these brigades wrote reports refusing to participate in the so-called “special operation”.
In the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, Ukraine’s defenders repulsed seven enemy attacks and destroyed ten tanks, eighteen armored units, eight vehicles, one artillery system, and an enemy mortar.
The Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has hit seven air targets during the last 24 hours: one plane, four UAVs, and two cruise missiles.