The General Staff published an operational update regarding the russian invasion as of 6:00 PM on May 2.
As before, the enemy continues to conduct full-scale armed aggression against Ukraine and offensive operations in the Eastern Operational Zone in order to establish full control over the territory of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts and maintain the land corridor with the temporarily occupied Crimea.
The greatest activity of the invaders is observed in Slobozhansky and Donetsk directions. In the Zaporizhzhia, Kryvyi Rih and Mykolayiv directions, the enemy is regrouping troops, strengthening artillery units and air defense units, trying to establish a system of logistical support for the troops in these directions.
The enemy continues to prepare reserves in order to further transfer them to operational areas in Ukraine.
The enemy continues to launch missile and bomb strikes on targets in Kharkiv, Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts.
The shelling of the city of Kharkiv continues in the Slobozhansky direction.
In the Izium direction, the enemy continues to attack in the directions Izium - Barvinkovo and Izium - Slovyansk.
To strengthen the group, the occupiers moved to certain areas of the units of artillery and jet artillery.
In order to improve the transport infrastructure, the enemy built a pontoon-bridge crossing over the Siversky Donets River. The occupiers continue to shell the positions of our troops and civilian objects located a short distance from the state border of Ukraine from the territory of the russian federation.
In the Belgorod region, the concentration of occupiers' reserves for fighting in the Eastern Operational Zone continues.
In the Donetsk direction, the main efforts of the enemy are focused on establishing full control over the settlements of Rubizhne and Popasna and advancing in the directions of the settlements of Lyman and Siversk.
In the Tavriya direction measures are underway to regroup units and engineering equipment positions. In particular, a barrel artillery unit was deployed at firing positions near the settlement of Tokmak in the Zaporizhzhia oblast. The enemy carried out artillery shelling of the positions of our troops in the area of the settlement of Orikhiv.
In the temporarily occupied territories of Zaporizhzhia oblast, the enemy deployed a fuel and oil depot and a point for repairing and repairing damaged equipment.
In the South Buh direction, the enemy is fighting to improve its tactical position. He does not stop trying to reach the administrative border of the Kherson oblast, it continues to deploy jet and barrel artillery units to fire on the positions of our troops.
The transfer of material resources from the temporarily occupied territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea with the use of the railway infrastructure of Ukraine continues.
In the Bessarabian direction, the situation in the Transnistrian region of the Republic of Moldova remains tense. The enemy, through controlled media, continues to spread provocative reports about the growing threat to the population of Transnistria from Ukraine.
In the Volyn, Polissya and Siversky directions, the possibility of the enemy's demonstrative and provocative actions in the areas adjacent to the state border of Ukraine is not ruled out.
The threat of missile strikes on objects on the territory of our State remains.
Measures to strengthen the administrative-police and counter-intelligence regimes continue in the Bryansk region bordering Ukraine.
In the waters of the Black and Azov Seas, enemy ships are involved in missile strikes on the territory of Ukraine, perform the task of isolating the area of hostilities and conduct reconnaissance.
The enemy continues to destroy Ukraine's civilian infrastructure. Inflicts rocket and bomb attacks and carries out artillery shelling of residential areas of the city of Mykolayiv, as well as settlements of Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, Luhansk and Kharkiv oblasts.
In the temporarily occupied territories, the russian occupiers are artificially creating and exacerbating humanitarian and economic crises. There is a shortage of medicines in the settlements, the range of grocery stores is limited, and banking institutions do not function.