The occupying forces of the rf concentrated up to 40 Mi-24 attack and Mi-8 transport helicopters on the territory of the Bielgorod region near the state border with Ukraine. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the evening report for 4 May 2022.
The russian army command is trying to increase the speed of the offensive in the East of Ukraine to reach the administrative borders of the Luhansk and Donetsk regions and develop an offensive in the Zaporizhzhia and Kryvyi Rih areas.
In the Izium area, the enemy is trying to take the initiative and conduct offensive operations in the Izyum-Barvinkove direction. To achieve this, the enemy is conducting artillery shelling of the positions of Ukrainian troops in the areas of the municipalities of Hrushuvakha, Nova Dmytrivka, and Kurulka.
Besides, the enemy gathered up to 40 Mi-24 attack and Mi-8 transport helicopters on the territory of the Bielgorod region near the state border with Ukraine.
The russian enemy group, which consists of separate units of the 6th Combined Arms Army of the Western Military District, the 41st Combined Arms Army of the Central Military District, and the coastal troops of the Baltic and Northern Fleets, acts in the Slobozhanshchyna area.
In the Valuysky district of the Bielgorod region, the Russians deployed an auxiliary command post of the 36th Combined Arms Army of the East District.
The russian invaders continue to launch air and artillery strikes on Kharkiv.
In the Donetsk area, the primary efforts of the russian enemy are focused on conducting an offensive on the municipalities of Lyman, Orikhove, Popasna, Velyka Novosilka, Huliaipole, Komyshuvakha, and Orikhiv.
During the day, the russian occupiers were trying to gain a foothold in Oleksandrivka, which is situated near Lyman of the Donetsk region; their attempts failed.
In the Sievierodentsk area, they attacked Voievodivka but failed again. The Russians wanted to take control over Orikhovo near Popasna but failed.
To prevent the Ukrainian Defense Forces from moving, the russian occupiers are firing rounds along the entire line of confrontation. They conduct airstrikes on Avdiivka, Kramatorsk, Sievierodonetsk, Mariupol, and Huliaypole.
There was a battle between the russian occupiers and Ukrainian forces near Novolsilka in the Novopavlivsk area (administrative borders between Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk, and Dnipropetrovsk regions); the russians suffered losses and retreated.
In the Pivdennyi Buh and Tavriya areas, the russian occupiers are fighting to keep the temporarily occupied territories. The separate units of the 8th and 49th Combined Arms Armies, the 22nd Army Corps, the Black Sea Fleet coast troops, and the airborne troops participate in the battle and try to create conditions for the offensive in the directions Kherson - Mykolaiv and Kherson - Kryvyi Rih.
Ukrainian intelligence is reporting border-based operations conducted by the Armed Forces of Belarus at the north border of Ukraine. Belarusian military has deployed additional air defense systems in the southern districts of the Homel region. They also conducted training for electronic warfare units. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine does not rule out the demonstrative and provocative actions at the border.
To keep the reserves of the Ukrainian units on the border of the Sumy region with Russia and prevent their transfer to the war theatre in the East, the occupiers keep units of the 90th Panzer Army of the Central Military District in this area. The General Staff believes there is a possibility these units will shell the territories of the Sumy region.
There are three russian "Kalibr" cruise missile carriers in the Black Sea. Russian Black Sea Fleet continues to isolate the area of war actions in the Black and Azov seas; they also provide reconnaissance and fire support in the coastal zone. Furthermore, there is a possibility that the Navy Forces mentioned above will conduct missile strikes on the territory of Ukraine.
The russian enemy fired rounds on two villages in the Dnipropetrovsk region using MLRS "Grad."