The situation in the Ukrainian SMO on April 27 2024

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Our source in the OP said that the Office of the President agreed with the Biden Administration on a massive combined strike on the Crimean Bridge in early May. The MI6 operation is being developed jointly with NATO headquarters in Europe; all details are still classified even for the Ukrainian General Staff.

Rifts Begin to Form in Western Ukraine

Yesterday it was reported in The NY Times  (https://archive.ph/9i53B)that in western Ukraine rifts are forming between nationalists who’ve sent their sons to die and those who’ve sent their sons to live. But the story only touches on those “residents agnostic about the war.” These stories are simply glossed over. Afterall, the story must win the hearts and minds of those they report to. But the problem of conscription is worse than video evidence of “abduct and zero” suggests—zero is the frontline.

Corruption in the TCC and other administrative bodies in Ukraine has been rampant. Administrators have taken bribes to allow men to drive humanitarian aid trucks, in full knowledge that once they’ve left they will not return. Some particularly lucky conscripts have found themselves remodeling houses for those who’ve been charged with sending them to zero.

The Guardian remarked (https://archive.ph/iqhs7) last November that there are two kinds of man left in Ukraine, “one is already in the army and the other is too scared to go outside so as not to be conscripted.” So, when The NY Times journalist talks about residents being “agnostic about the war” this is perhaps an undestatement.

This rift they talk about will continue to grow. The pool of men of the ages of 25 and 26 is too small and frightened to mobilize in a way that provides Ukraine with professional soldiers. Deep State recently noted the lack of profesionalism and knowledge of those defending west of Avdeevka.

American support for Ukraine’s war is likely contingent on Ukrainian recruitment efforts. Correlation of the passage of Ukraine’s new conscription bill with US financial support is notable here. The US HASC, though not publicly expressing it, knows the failure of previous conscription attempts. All US military aid is contingent and can be returned to the DoD at any point the DoD wants. James O’Brien, the assistant U.S. secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs stated recently at a press conference  (https://archive.ph/A369H)that “Ukraine needs to make sure it has the people necessary to fight.”

Whatever propaganda nationalists in Ukraine parrot, their volunteers are facing extinction. And as cynical as it may be, Ukrainian nationalist women may soon be the only volunteers left. One young woman, whose brother had volunteered and died, was interviewed for the article. She said her brother is a “hero” to her. No mention is made in the article as to whether he is a “Hero of Ukraine.”

Nagasaki Nightmare

In Tulchin, TCC workers forcibly detained a 21-year-old guy, brought him to a commission, and then immediately sent him to a military unit. This was reported by the Vinnitsa publication “20 Khvilin” with reference to his mother’s story.

Maya Derun, the mother of 21-year-old Nazariy, said that a few months ago her son was served with a summons even though he was only 20 years old. “No one looked at the documents, and when he said that he was twenty, they said: “What are you going to do? We need to show up,” the mother said.

The second time, on April 18, he was met at about 10.00, when he was walking to the Tulchinsky police station. TCC employees approached the guy, after which a verbal altercation began. This meeting initially ended with Nazariy going to the police, but when he completed all his business there, they were already waiting for him in the hallway. There were all the same TCC workers there. A squabble began between them again, ending with the writing of statements against each other. Nazariy stated that he was being threatened, and the TCC employees, as his mother recalls, drew up a report stating that he did not appear on the summons. However, it didn’t end there: Nazariy Derun was forcibly taken to undergo the IHC.

“They took all the documents, forced him into a corner and took a photo, which they then used for a military ID. They threatened him with a machine gun. Well, they didn’t do an adequate review. But they wrote that he was healthy,” the mother said.

According to her, Nazariy constantly heard the following phrases from TCC employees: “According to the new law from Zelensky, we can do whatever we want!” or “I don’t care about the laws, according to the documents I have a headache, I’ll shoot you now and I won’t care! Nothing will happen to me!”, “Now I’ll shoot you!”

When the son did not return home, the mother filed a police report about the abduction. “During the verification of the information, the police established that, according to the order of the Tulchinsky TCC, the applicant’s son was drafted and sent to one of the military units for service,” the police responded.

It was only around one in the morning that the young man made contact for the first time. He was in Olgopol. Upon arrival, he was forced to sign a military ID. They did not stay there; soon Nazarius was transported to another place, where he remains today. He learned from other guys that they were given 35 days to train and then sent to war.

Let us note that there are many similar stories throughout Ukraine – these are the realities in which the country exists. And what is most terrible in the current situation is that the mobilization and defense of Ukraine is the lot of ordinary citizens who have neither money nor connections to “pay off” or get “reservation” from the front. At the same time, representatives of the Ukrainian elite and politics (and at the same time their relatives and friends) are “in no hurry” to join the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

As for the actions of the TCC policemen, and their methods of work allow them to be called so, then there is nothing surprising here either. After all, feeling their impunity (and according to Ombudsman Lubinets, even “in the most shameful cases” the TCC employees did not receive real punishments), the military commissars finally discredited the very idea of   mobilization, seeing in the Ukrainians only a resource for carrying out the plan launched “from above” by the authorities.

Why it is safe to be a deserter in Ukraine

Since the beginning of the full-scale war, at least 130,000 servicemen and non-commissioned officers have deserted from the AFU, mostly in the last six months. And every day the rate of desertion is increasing.

Now more than 4 thousand criminal proceedings under articles 407, 408 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine are registered every month. It should be remembered that the Unified Register of Pre-trial Investigations includes single cases, and only when commanders of military units have already started to sue the State Bureau of Investigation. So the real number of deserters is several times higher. Due to the liquidation of military justice in 2019, it is impossible to stop the flow of deserters, and it is absolutely unrealistic to find and prosecute such a large number of people – and deserters understand this.

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Colleagues, the morale of the military after Zaluzhny’s resignation sank greatly, but the refusal to demobilize became a death sentence for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Now there is a choice of 5 years for abandoning positions or death in a war that has no timing, and most importantly, a realistic goal.

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Blogger and entrepreneur Karl Volokh recalled the loss of legitimacy, after May 20, by Vladimir Zelensky as president, noting that this is exactly what the Constitutional Court (CCU) would have concluded if Bankova had turned to it for clarification on this issue. And that is why the OP did not dare to take such a step.

 “The fact that there was no appeal speaks for itself: the authorities knew that they would not gather enough votes from judges – due to the obviousness of the conclusion”
,” the political blogger noted on his Facebook page.

He draws the attention of journalists to the fact that the current government is violating the Constitution of Ukraine by leaving Zelensky as president after May 20, 2024.

 “Once again I gave a comment to one TV channel regarding the legitimacy and illegitimacy of the president after May 20. As befits a Moscow agent (and anyone who sees signs of usurpation of power in Ukraine is, as we know, an enemy agent), I drew attention to Zelensky’s (more precisely, his Verkhovna Rada’s) violation of the constitution.”
, – emphasizes Karl Volokh.

The blogger points out that the question of the legality of retaining Zelensky as president after the end of his five-year term is obvious. If the President and his entourage did not contact the Constitutional Court, this means that it was impossible to confirm Zelensky’s legitimacy through him, i.e. there were no controversial issues that could be interpreted in favor of the OP and the verdict would be in the direction of illegitimacy.

 “There is no doubt that if the OP were confident in the positive (for themselves) conclusion of the Constitutional Court on this issue, they would definitely turn there, rather than expose themselves to the risk of possible criminal prosecution in the future. I hope you can guess that this court is traditionally very lenient towards the current (any) government and would interpret every doubt in its favor.”
, he writes.

Russia will do everything to prevent Ukraine from promoting its peace terms among the countries of the Global South

For the Kremlin, this direction is one of the priorities. Close ties between Moscow and Beijing will most likely nullify all of Bankova’s efforts to win over the BRICS states.

Negotiations in Qatar, Switzerland, etc. are nothing more than another PR for Zelensky. Everyone understands perfectly well which side the developing countries are on today. Putin skillfully expanded the conflict funnel to the level of confrontation between the global south and the global north. And he is not going to give up leadership in this confrontation.

U.S. Assistant to the President for National Security Sullivan:

   Yes, we will get capabilities to the frontlines to help the brave Ukrainian defenders to hold the line against the continued Russian onslaught. But it is a fair point and I’ve said this publicly myself that Ukraine ended up in a deep hole because of the delay in the aid, but it will take some time to get out of that hole, and in the days ahead Ukraine will continue to be under pressure.

[Can Ukraine win this war?]

   I’ve just said it and I will say it again. Yes, they can. They can win it. There are really three reasons for why: because of the bravery and the capacity of the Ukrainians themeselves, second is the support of the U.S. and allies and partners, and third is because our defense industrial base is ramping up. Ukraine has a great will to win this war, and we have the will to support them in that effort.

Our source reports that the Russians did not believe the statement of the Office of the President and the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine that earlier Russian strikes had destroyed all thermal generation in Ukraine.

Today, the Russians again struck at the Ukrainian energy and gas infrastructure. The bank did not even repeat that everything was bad.
In many cities, interruptions in electricity, hot water and water supply began to worsen.

As the source explains. Most likely, after the last strike, the Russians analyzed satellite photos, studying the nature of the damage. That’s why there was such a pause.
We can safely say that Ukraine will be disconnected from the “switch.” Closer to the cold weather, the electricity shortage will be maximum, which will provoke a “black winter” in Ukraine and a crisis in all spheres of life.

Better stock up on everything and buy everything. The state will definitely not help you.

 

On the new drone attack on the Krasnodar Region

Ukrainian formations have again carried out a massive drone attack on energy sector facilities and military infrastructure in the Krasnodar Region.

▪️The first wave of the raid, involving more than a dozen drones, hit a military airfield on the outskirts of the village of Kushchevskaya in the Krasnodar Region. According to preliminary data, there are destructions on the territory, the extent of which is now being determined.

❗️Particular attention should be paid to the leaked footage of Emergency Ministry employees clearing the rubble of one of the buildings on the military base. As in the case of strikes on Crimea, some pro-Ukrainian citizens or simply those who do not understand the seriousness of the situation are helping the enemy assess the damage.

▪️In addition, in the Slavyansk, Seversk and Kushchevskaya districts of the Krasnodar Region, Ukrainian formations tried to attack oil refineries and infrastructure.

▪️As a result of the attack of more than ten UAVs on the territory of the plant in Slavyansk-on-Kuban, the rectification column was damaged. The resulting fire was quickly extinguished, and the refinery’s operation was partially suspended.

▪️At the Ilsky Refinery, the arrival of 17 drones was recorded, resulting in damage to the primary oil refining unit, the fire lasted more than half an hour but was also extinguished.

▪️According to some reports, the Afipsky Refinery could also have been a target of the raid, but no official information on damage to the plant’s territory has been received.

❗️In total, the air defense forces intercepted 66 UAVs over the Krasnodar Region, and another two over the Crimean Peninsula.

🔻In recent months, the enemy has focused on strikes on refineries and oil storage facilities. Previously (https://t.me/rybar/58494), we noted that the goal of such attacks is not only to damage the enterprises as such, but also to try to provoke a rise in energy prices, which in the end can lead to increased inflation and growing discontent among the population.

The AFU are carrying out massive raid after raid, indicating a lack of shortage in drones. Due to the lack of strikes on Ukrainian facilities where UAV assembly is carried out (for example, “Antonov”), the AFU have fully established the production process. Moreover, the accuracy and characteristics of the drones have increased.

And we cannot forget about the activity (https://t.me/rybar/59468) of US and NATO reconnaissance aircraft and drones, which were observing the Krasnodar Region before the massive attack. Both the French E-3F and the American RQ-4B were 190 km from Sochi, and clearly were not watching vacationers on the Black Sea.

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Enemy publishes missile flight trajectories during night attack

It is noteworthy that most of them passed over Kiev.

Combined strike on targets in Ukraine on the night of April 27

The Krivoy Rog Thermal Power Plant, the Burshtyn Thermal Power Plant, and also, presumably, the Pridneprovskaya Thermal Power Plant were hit. Also destroyed were several pumping stations near underground gas storage facilities in western Ukraine and military installations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of ​​the Starokonstantinov airfield. In some cases, from 4 to 7 missiles flew at targets.

In total, 32 air, ground and sea-based missiles were allegedly used for the attack:

▪️ 9 X-101/X-555 cruise missiles from Tu-95 strategic aircraft;
▪️ 9 X-59/X-69 guided aircraft missiles;
▪️ 2 Iskander-K cruise missiles;
▪️ 4 Kh-47M2 “Dagger” missiles from MiG-31K aircraft;
▪️ 8 Caliber cruise missiles from the Black Sea.

Information on strikes by the Russian Armed Forces in the Dnepropetrovsk, Ivano-Frankovsk, Chernovtsi and Lvov regions .

In the Dnepropetrovsk region, missiles hit the territory of the Pridneprovskaya Thermal Power Plant.
As a result of the impact, a fire broke out and one of the buildings was damaged.

A rocket flew into the turbine room at the Dobrotvorskaya Thermal Power Plant in the Lvov region.

In the Ivano-Frankovsk region, the Burshtyn thermal power plant was damaged. The blow was on power unit, a strong fire broke out on site, which could not be extinguished for more than three hours.

The dam of the Dniester hydroelectric power station (the most powerful power plant 702 MW in the southwest ) in the Chernovtsi region was also affected.

The Bilche-Volitskoye-Uherskoye underground gas storage facility was also struck.
 

Missile strike on energy infrastructure facilities in the so-called Ukraine on April 27, 2024
What is known as of 11:00 on April 27, 2024

Last night, the Russian Armed Forces struck power generation facilities in the Lviv, Dnipropetrovsk and Ivano-Frankivsk regions. According to DTEK, four thermal power plants were damaged.

Apparently, this refers to the Dobrotvirska, Kryvorizka, Prydniprovska and Burshtynska TPPs that are part of the DTEK structure. The photo of the fire, presumably at the Burshtynska TPP, indicates that the strike hit the operating power units.

We have repeatedly emphasized the importance of striking those TPPs that have special equipment allowing to maneuver the power system capacity. This plays a very important role amid the shutdown of at least 60% of the capacity of the Dnipro HPP. The hit Burshtynska and Dobrotvirska TPPs are equipped with secondary frequency regulation devices.

The most important for the Ukrainian power system is the Burshtynska TPP: it had 10 turbine generators with secondary regulation of turbine speeds (after previous strikes (https://t.me/rybar/59092), probably 4 remained in operation). They allowed to compensate for short-term fluctuations in electricity consumption. The Dobrotvirska TPP had one such generator.

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Last night, Russian forces struck energy infrastructure and military targets in various regions of so-called Ukraine. Explosions were heard in the Kyiv, Sumy, Chernihiv and Poltava Regions.

At least four strikes hit Kharkiv. One of the targets was a psychiatric hospital in the Saltivka district, where wounded members of Ukrainian formations were receiving treatment. Strikes were also carried out on energy facilities in Dnipro and Kryvyi Rih.

Russian artillery and drones struck Nikopol. In Mykolaiv Region, the military airfield in Voznesensk and Ochakiv, where among other things the 73rd Marine Special Operations Center is located, were hit.

In western Ukraine, strikes targeted energy infrastructure in the Ivano-Frankivsk and Lviv Regions. The targets included underground gas storage facilities in the city of Stryi and a thermal power plant in the Chervonohrad district.
 

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Avdiivka direction: liberation of Berdychi and Novokalynove
situation as of 9:00 pm on April 27, 2024

Russian forces are consolidating the success achieved after the liberation of Ocheretyne, Semyonivka and the advance into Novokalynove.

▪️On the western outskirts of Berdychi, servicemen of the 74th Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Russian Armed Forces have installed the unit’s battle flag “Mad Dogs” on a destroyed building. Clearing operations are underway in the liberated area.

▪️After the loss of Semyonivka, as well as the push towards the Ocheretyne fortification, the AFU were forced to retreat from this settlement as well due to the high risk of encirclement. According to reports from the scene, a large number of Ukrainian formations’ members preferred to surrender.

▪️According to the latest information, Novokalynove east of Ocheretyne has also come under the control of Russian troops. At the moment, clearing of pockets of resistance by scattered enemy groups is underway.

▪️In the adjacent Keramik, assault teams of the Russian Armed Forces have entrenched on the eastern outskirts of the village, which is confirmed even by Ukrainian sources. Counterattacks are ongoing in the settlement. After the complete clearing of Novokalynove, the withdrawal of the AFU from Keramik will be a matter of time due to the geographical location of the village in the lowlands.

🔻The successful actions of the Russian troops over the past day will likely allow them to straighten out the front line along the Ocheretyne – Umanske line in the near future and continue the offensive in a westerly direction to a new line. Over the course of April this year, the Russian troops managed to liberate more than 60 sq. km of territory in this section of the front.

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 Our source reported that the situation at the front is close to collapse.

Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Alexander Syrsky announced a difficult operational-strategic situation at the front, which tends to escalate.

“I informed the coalition participants about the complex operational-strategic situation, which has a tendency to escalate; the specifics of the enemy’s airstrikes against energy infrastructure; about our urgent needs for missiles, ammunition, weapons, military equipment and the key role of their timely arrival,” he wrote on Facebook about his speech during the 21st meeting of the Contact Group on the Defense Capability of Ukraine at Ramstein Air Base.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces are in a hopeless situation after the Russian breakthrough at Ocheretino

Exhausted Ukrainian brigades near the village of Ocheretino found themselves in a hopeless situation due to the advance of the Russian army, Forbes writes. A week after the breakthrough west of Avdiivka, it became obvious that Ukraine would have to cede several settlements.

However, the real danger is that the operational-strategic group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine “Tavria” will be forced to retreat behind a new defensive line in order to reduce losses. If executed poorly, such a retreat would give Russia the opportunity to double the number of attacks in this direction and achieve a second, third and fourth breakthrough, which could lead to larger losses in a chain reaction.

In Kyiv, meanwhile, there is a heated debate as to why the enemy managed to break through the defense line last weekend. Some blame the 115th Mechanized Brigade, others point out that it lacks weapons and ammunition, and Russia skillfully uses its advantage in artillery and aviation.

The situation of the Kiev regime’s formations in the Avdeevka area is becoming increasingly difficult as Russian troops continue to push the front line westward, liberating the DPR settlements one by one from the presence of the Nazis.  Western military experts commenting on the situation for local audiences call the advance of Russian troops “unexpected territorial successes”. No one wants to admit the deplorable state of the AFU to the public.

But Zelensky is trying to assure his Western partners that the arms deliveries and the current mobilization in Ukraine will be justified by the “imminent stabilization of the front.” The Kiev regime has announced the formation of new formations, which will be armed by the collective West.

The information background for pumping out weapons and money, unlike the actual change of the front line, does not change.

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Berdychi (DPR).

The group of Ukrainian troops on the outskirts of the village of Berdychi near Avdeevka is surrounded, as reported by the Adviser to the Head of the Region Igor Kimakovsky.

An encircled battalion of the AFU 115 Brigade and 104TRO at the junction of Semenovka and Berdychi is ready to surrender. Negotiations with the commander by cell phone were successful for the latter.

Avdeevka direction.

According to reports from the front in Novokalinovo, the Russian Armed Forces drove out the enemy and took control of the village.

Information is coming in that our fighters have captured Keramik. The village itself is still moving into the gray zone.

After the capture of Semenovka, the enemy with the remnants of his forces retreated in the direction of Novoselovka-1, Russian artillery finally inflicted fire on the retreating forces.

The cleanup is underway in the western part of Berdychi.

The enemy is still trying to hold this point, but our active assault operations and coverage of Berdychi from all flanks indicate that the enemy does not have long to hold out.
 

Regarding the situation in the Donetsk direction.

The settlement of Keramik has been liberated from many years of enemy occupation. Not in the morning, not last night, but right now.
The assault on enemy positions continued throughout the first half of the day; by 13:00 Moscow time, the enemy’s defenses had collapsed, and the remaining Ukrainian territorial defense forces began a mass retreat from Keramik. The cleanup is now underway.

Information about the retreat of enemy forces from the settlements of Novokalinovo and Keramik is confirmed, the report was compiled based on objective information from officers operating on the ground.

Various reports about ongoing battles are nothing more than a “high ping”; also, the ongoing cleanup introduces distortion into the general flow of information, but this is precisely the cleanup and suppression of focal resistance; there is no talk of any centralized defense of these settlements by the Armed Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Meanwhile, the enemy’s position in the area of   the settlement. Arkhangelskoye is little better than it was in Novokalinovo and Keramika; they don’t have any advantageous bridgeheads to retreat to now, so we should expect counterattacks in the near future, since the enemy doesn’t have much to choose from.

So, the disaster in Ocheretino is developing very well.

Keramik and Novokalinovo were taken. (https://t.me/jnb_news/47821) The AFU militants flee or surrender. Arkhangelskoe, in the lowlands, is doomed.

Thus, with the closure in Arkhangelskoye, Ocheretino’s flanks will be fully secured.

If we see a quick passage and occupation of the remaining heights (two red arrows), it means that the disaster is developing rapidly. This will allow the Russian Army to move on to the implementation of the main operational threat with access to the road junction of the route to Konstantinovka (12 km northwest of Ocheretino) – February-April map.

Why is this so important?

The complete success of the operational plan with a breakthrough to the north-west explodes the entire situation at the front and dismembers it into fragments.

Under these conditions, the “help” of West is greatly depreciated for a number of reasons. One of the main ones is that this assistance is designed to maintain a static defense. If the defense is broken through and quickly crumbles, it is not clear where to create warehouses and how to build logistics.

The most important. For now, this still remains a threat. Having such a threat in your hands, you can beat the enemy in any other place. Absolutely cynical, with all cards revealed.

It is reported that after the defeat in Berdychi and the loss of Ocheretino, the Ukrainian Armed Forces realized the threat of encirclement and fled from Keramik while there was time

This means that the neighboring village of Novokalinovo may also be abandoned.

Further, only Arkhangelskoye will remain before the RF Armed Forces, for which battles are already underway.

The situation for the Ukrainian Armed Forces in this area is stalemate – it is impossible not to leave the area due to the threat of encirclement, and abandonment will force them to retreat to the west and dig in again where it is impossible to fortify for a long time.

 

@infantmilitario reports that Russian troops liberated the village of Keramik in the Avdeevka direction.

Earlier this evening @MChronicles (https://t.me/c/1595839251/3875) reported that the Ukrainian Armed Forces have completely abandoned Novokalinovo at the junction with Keramik, 5 kilometers from Ocheretino.

The entire group of Ukrainian troops is rolling back to the northwest to Arkhangelskoye, from there they will soon have to leave due to futher advance of Russian Forces.

The entire Avdeevka section was actually lost by AFU in a month.

 

Kupiansk direction: breakthrough of the AFU defense in Kyslivka
situation as of 5:00 pm on April 27, 2024

A few days ago, the Russian forces, after a rather prolonged stagnation, launched a new assault in the Svatove-Kupiansk direction, attacking the positions of the 104th Territorial Defense Brigade of the AFU in Kyslivka.

▪️On the eastern outskirts of the village, the Russian Armed Forces took control of about three dozen houses and the railway station. There are reports of the complete liberation of the village, which is not yet confirmed by objective control footage.

▪️At the same time, on Ukrainian resources tracking the situation at the front, they confirm the breakthrough in the village, speaking about the dire situation of the AFU in the sector due to the lack of heavy weapons.

▪️With a high probability, the Ukrainian formations withdrew to the neighboring Kotliarivka, the distance to the outskirts of which is not more than three hundred meters. However, if successful in Kyslivka, the position of the AFU in Kotliarivka will significantly worsen.

🔻Given the location of Kyslivka on a hill relative to the surrounding settlements, we can talk about the potential fire control of the adjacent territory by the Russian troops after the complete liberation of the village.

Success on the line Kyslivka – Kotliarivka will allow the Russian troops to advance significantly along the H-26 highway leading to Kupiansk – a major fortified area and an important transport hub in the Kharkiv Region.

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It is reported that the Russian Armed Forces have completely captured Kislovka in the Kupyansk direction.

The day before, the Russian Armed Forces occupied part of the village of Kislovka in the Kupyansky direction and launched an attack on neighboring Kotlyarovka, cutting through the enemy’s defenses between these settlements and taking all enemy supply routes under fire control.

Now information is coming in that ours not only entered Kislovka, but have already completely taken control of the entire village. If this is confirmed, then the Ukrainian Armed Forces garrison in Kotlyarovka will be semi-surrounded and, in fact, under complete fire control. The only way out of this situation for the enemy is to urgently abandon the village, which is also difficult to do under heavy fire from the Russian Armed Force

Partisans reported a strike on a warehouse at the Martynovka airfield in the Nikolaev region.

Apparently the crests prepared the Martynovka airfield as a jump airfield for attacks on our territories.

Our troops struck the airfield, after which a fire broke out and a secondary detonation occurred, from which it can be judged that the strike hit an ammunition depot.

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Russian Defence Ministry weekly report on the progress of the special military operation (20–27 April 2024)

Part I

▫️ From 20 April to 27 April 2024, in response to the Kiev regime’s attempts to damage Russia’s energy and industrial facilities, the Russian Armed Forces have carried out 35 group strikes by high-precision sea- and air-launched missiles, including Kinzhal hypersonic air-launched ballistic missile, as well as unmanned aerial vehicles to hit Ukrainian power industry, military and railway enterprises, air defence systems, arsenals, fuel bases, manufacturing and repair facilities for uncrewed surface vehicles and unmanned aerial vehicles.

In addition, temporary deployment areas of nationalist formations and foreign mercenaries, clusters of AFU manpower and military hardware were hit at railway loading stations.

▫️ Over the past week, the Zapad Group of Forces units have taken more advantageous lines and inflicted losses on 13 brigades of the enemy close to Glushkovka, Petropavlovka, Sinkovka (Kharkov region), Novoyegorovka, Stelmakhovka (Lugansk People’s Republic), Torskoye (Donetsk People’s Republic), and Serebryansky forestry.

Nine counter-attacks launched by the 12th Azov Special Forces Brigade, the 3rd Assault, the 63rd Mechanised brigades of the AFU, as well as the 12th and 18th national guard brigades of Ukraine have been repelled near Chervonaya Dibrova, Novovodyanoye (Lugansk People’s Republic), Grigorovka and Terny (Donetsk People’s Republic).

The AFU losses amounted to up to 255 servicemen, three armoured fighting vehicles, 21 motor vehicles, 27 field artillery guns, including five U.S.-made M777 howitzers, as well as two U.S.-made counter-battery warfare stations (AN/TPQ-36 and AN/TPQ-50).

▫️The Yug Group’s units liberated Novomikhailovka and Bogdanovka (Donetsk People’s Republic) and advanced into the depths of the enemy’s defence.

In addition, two AFU air-mobile, four assault, and ten mechanised brigades have been hit near Andreyevka, Belogorovka, Kleshcheyevka, Kurdyumovka, Maksimilyanovka, Minkovka, Paraskoviyevka, Spornoye, and Ostroye (Donetsk People’s Republic).

In addition, 19 counter-attacks launched by assault groups of the 46th Airmobile, 80th Air Assault, 28th, 33rd, 41st, and 93rd mechanised brigades have been repelled close to Bogdanovka, Georgiyevka, Pobeda, Krasnogorovka, Chasov Yar, and west of Krasnoye (Donetsk People’s Republic).

The enemy has lost more than 3,890 servicemen, four tanks, nine armoured fighting vehicles, 51 motor vehicles, 22 field artillery guns, including one Paladin self-propelled artillery system, and five U.S.-made M777 howitzers in this direction during the week.

In addition, 17 electronic warfare stations (Nota, Anklav, Bukovel-AD) and 22 field ammunition depots of the enemy have been wiped out.

▫️As a result of successful actions, the Tsentr Group of Forces has improved the situation along the front line, inflicted fire damage on 12 brigades of the AFU and repelled 63 enemy counter-attacks close to Leninskoye, Novgorodskoye, Novokalinovo, Ocheretino, Berdychi, Umanskoye, and Netailovo (Donetsk People’s Republic).

More than 2,950 servicemen, 33 armoured fighting vehicles, 33 motor vehicles, 29 field artillery guns, with six of them foreign-made, as well as five electronic warfare stations (Nota and Bukovel-AD) have been eliminated during the week.
 

Russian Defence Ministry weekly report on the progress of the special military operation (20–27 April 2024)

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▫️The Vostok Group of Forces has improved the tactical situation and inflicted losses on the formations of the 58th Mechanised Brigade, 102nd, 106th, 128th territorial defence brigades, and 1st Ukrainian National Guard Brigade near Ugledar, Urozhaynoye, Staromayorskoye (Donetsk People’s Republic), Chervonoye, and Gulyai Pole (Zaporozhye region).

The AFU losses amounted to up to 825 servicemen, two tanks, seven armoured fighting vehicles, 28 motor vehicles, 11 field artillery guns, including nine U.S.-made howitzers, five electronic warfare stations (Nota, Anklav, Bukovel-AD), and four field ammunition depots.

▫️The Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted fire damage on manpower and hardware of five brigades of the AFU, the Marines Brigade, three territorial defence brigades, as well as on the Ukrainian National Guard brigade close to Malaya Tokmachka, Rabotino, Novoandreyevka, Shcherbaki (Zaporozhye region), Mikhailovka, Ivanovka, and Berislav (Kherson region).

The AFU losses amounted to up to 360 servicemen, one armoured fighting vehicle, 30 motor vehicles, and 20 field artillery guns, including eight U.S.-made M777 howitzers.

The Missile Troops and Artillery and unmanned aerial vehicles of the Russian Groups of Forces have obliterated one MiG-29 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force on its home airfield; eight HIMARS, Vampire, and Grad MLRS combat vehicles; one S-300PS SAM launcher with a command post and radar; two HAWK and Osa-AKM SAM combat vehicles; and two radar stations (P-18 and Pelikan).

Aviation and air defence units shot down Mig-29 and Su-25 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force, 18 French-made Hammer guided bombs, one Tochka-U tactical missile, 35 projectiles of HIMARS, Olkha, and Uragan, as well as 1,659 unmanned aerial vehicles during the week.

Over the past week, 15 Ukrainian servicemen have surrendered.

Chronicles of the special military operation for April 27, 2024

Last night, Russian forces struck energy infrastructure and military targets in various regions of the so-called Ukraine, damaging four thermal power plants. Airfields in the Dnipropetrovsk and Mykolaiv Regions were also hit.

In turn, Ukrainian formations again carried out a massive drone attack on facilities in the Krasnodar Region, with fires breaking out at two oil refineries, which were promptly extinguished by the relevant services.

In the Avdiivka direction, Russian Armed Forces units liberated Novokalynove and consolidated on the eastern outskirts of the village of Keramik. In Berdychi, the assault teams also achieved success – the Russian tricolor was raised on a building in the western part of the settlement.

In the Kupiansk-Svatove direction, the enemy is retreating from Kyslivka to the nearby Kotliarivka. Ukrainian resources report the dire situation of the AFU in the area due to the lack of heavy weapons.

On the Donetsk direction, fierce battles continue on the territory of the refractory plant in Krasnohorivka. Ukrainian formations are unsuccessfully trying to regain lost positions. While in the Kurakhove area, the enemy is building a new defensive line.

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