April 7, 2024

Ukrainian General Staff: ABout 820 Russian troops killed or wounded in 24 hours; 72 Russian tanks or APC’s destroyed or disabled

Ukraine Defense Ministry

Operational information as of 10.00 07 April 2024 on the Russian invasion

Spokesman of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Alexander Shtupun

Glory to Ukraine! Seventy-fourth era of large-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine began.

During the past day, there have been 57 battles.

In total, the enemy struck 10 rockets and 88 aviation strikes, carried out

71 shelling from reactive systems of volcano fire on the positions of our troops and settlements.

At night, Russian occupiers once again attacked Ukraine, deployed for this 17 bpla type “shahed”. By the forces and means of anti-air defense of Ukraine all striking bpla was destroyed.

During the past day, the settlements of Rodionivka of Sumy region suffered from air strikes; Kozacha Lopan, Kharkiv, Liptsi, Kutuzivka, Ogirtseve, Kupiansk, Synkivka, Petropavlivka, Ivanivka, Borova Kharkiv region; Bilogorivka Luhansk region; Sloviansk, Verkhnyokamiansk, Grigorivka, Berdychi, Kalinove, Arkhangelsk, Novoselivka the First, Selidove, Novopokrovsk, Semenivka, Ocheretyne, Jasnob Rodivka, Netajlove, Boring, Krasnogorivka, Vugledar, Velika Novosilka, Time, Makarivka, Harvest, Staromayors роke Donetsk region; Robotine, Mala Tokmačka of Zaporizhia region.

More than 100 settlements of Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson and Mykolaiv oblasts were under artillery fire.

In the Volyn and Polish directions, the operating environment remains without significant changes.

In the Siver and Slobozhansky directions, the enemy maintains a military presence in the border areas, conducts diversionary activities in order to prevent the transfer of our troops to threatening directions, increases the density of mine-explosive fences along the state border.

In the kupâns рогkomu direction, the enemy of aggressive (storm) actions did not lead.

In the Limansky direction, our soldiers repelled 7 attacks of the enemy in the area of the settlement of Terny Donetsk region, where the enemy tried to break through the defense of our troops.

In the Bakhmut direction, our soldiers fought off 14 attacks in the areas of the settlements of Bilogorivka of Luhansk region; Verkhnyokamianske, Vyymka, Spirne, Bogdanivka, Klishchievka of Donetsk region.

In the Avdíiv direction, our defenders hit 5 attacks in the areas of the settlements of Novokalinove, Berdychy and Netaylove of Donetsk region, where the enemy tried to knock out our units from occupied borders.

In the Novopavlivsk direction, the Defense Forces continue to restrain the enemy in the areas of the settlements of Novomykhailivka, Georgiyivka, where the enemy, with air support, tried 21 times to break through the defenses of our troops.

In the Orihiv direction, the enemy twice attacked the positions of our defenders in the areas of Staromayorsk Donetsk region; Robotinogo Zaporizhia region.

In the Kherson direction, the enemy does not refuse the intention to knock out our units from placdarmív on the left bank of the Dnieper. Yes, over the past day the enemy carried out 5 unsuccessful attacks on our troops positions.

At the same time, our soldiers continue to actively inflict losses in live force and equipment to the occupying troops, exhausting the enemy along the entire line of battle.

During the day, the Defense Forces aviation struck 14 areas of focus, weapons and military equipment and one enemy anti-aircraft complex.

The missile troop units have affected 2 areas of focus of weapons and military equipment, 1 BpLA control point, 1 artillery system and 1 enemy REB station.

In total, last day total losses of Russian zagarbnikív amounted to 820 people. Also, the enemy lost 17 tanks, 54 combat armored cars, 54 artillery systems, 4 RSV, 61 Bpla OTR, 4 rockets, 79 cars and 10 special equipment units.

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