russia continues its offensive in the Eastern Operational Zone. In the Volyn and Polissya directions, the Belarusian military covers the border with Ukraine in the Brest and Gomel regions.
The threat of missile strikes on Ukraine from the territory of Belarus remains, the General Staff said in the morning of the 68th day of Ukrainian resistance to the russian invasion.
In the Siversky direction, the enemy fired mortars at the positions of our troops in the Senkivka area of the Chernihiv region. Strengthened administrative-police and counter-intelligence regimes have been established in the Bryansk region bordering Ukraine. Checkpoints are located on the main roads and near the settlements.
"In the Slobozhansky direction, the enemy group continues to shell the city of Kharkiv and the settlements of Uda and Prudyanka," - the General Staff said.
The enemy offensive continues in the Izyum direction in the Izyum-Barvinkove and Izyum-Slovyansk directions. russia continues to shell our troops.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy is advancing almost along the entire contact line. At Lymansky, they fired on units of our troops on the Lyman-Siversk border to force them out from their positions and create conditions for an attack on Slovyansk.
In the Severodonetsk direction, the primary efforts of the russians are focused on establishing complete control over Rubizhne and preparing for the offensive on Severodonetsk.
The enemy is also trying to improve the tactical situation in Popasna and strengthen the troops by moving the battalion tactical group from the Mariupol direction.
"Aiming to increase the air defense system, the enemy deployed additional anti-aircraft missile systems in the temporarily hold and temporarily occupied territories of Luhansk and Zaporizhia regions," - the General Staff added.
In the Tavriya and Pivdennyi-Bug areas, russian troops still try to improve their tactical position and shelling.
In the Pivdennyi-Bug direction, the occupiers are trying to reach the Kherson region administrative border and are looking for weaknesses in our defense. In the area of Mykolaiv, the enemy carried out air surveillance by three drones and fired artillery at our divisions.
Yesterday, the Ukrainian Air Defense hit 10 UAVs "Orlan-10".
Only in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions on 1 May Ukrainian defenders repulsed 10 enemy attacks, destroyed two tanks, 17 artillery systems, 38 units of armored combat vehicles, and 10 cars.
Yesterday, the General Staff reported that occupiers' primary efforts concentrated on the Kryvyi Rih direction. They fired artillery at the positions of our units in the Tavriysky, Osokorivka, Trudolyubivka, and Knyazivka districts.