May 1, 2024

Ukrainian General Staff:  About 1,120 Russian troops killed or wounded in 24 hours; 26 tanks or APC’s destroyed or disabled

Ukraine Defense Ministry

Operational information as of May 1, 2024 on the Russian invasion

Spokesman of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Andriy Kovalov.

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

During the past day, there were 122 combat clashes.

In total, the enemy struck 8 rockets and 61 aviation strike, carried out

129 shelling from the reactive systems of volcano fire on the positions of our troops and settlements. As a result of the Russian terrorist attacks, unfortunately, there are dead and wounded among the civilian population. Civil infrastructure objects have suffered destruction and damage.

During the past day, Russian occupiers’ air strikes suffered settlements of Vodolagi, Yamne Sumy region; Vesele, Kharkiv, Vovchansk, Synkivka, Petropavlivka, Podoli Kharkiv region; Serebryanske Forestry, Belogorivka Luhansk region; Yampolivka, Siversk, Verkhnyokamianske, Chasiv Yar, Novobakhmutivka, Progress, Netaylove, Zelanne First, Nevelske, Eugene, Paraskovievka, Kostyan tinívka, watery, cropy, staromayors неke, storozheve, great Novosilka, new mosquito of Donetsk regions; Mala Tokmačka of Zaporizhia region; Mykolaivka, Tyaginka, Amber Kherson region.

More than 120 settlements of Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson and Mykolaiv regions 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.

In the Kupiansky direction Ukrainian soldiers repelled 6 attacks in the areas of the settlements of Brestove, eastern Kopanka Kharkiv region; Stelmakhivka Luhansk region.

In the Limans комуkomu direction, Ukrainian soldiers repelled 21 attacks carried out by the enemy in the areas of Novoegorívka, Grekívka, Makíivka, Nevsky and Serebryans ниkogo forestry in Luhansk region and Terniv Donetsk region.

In the Bakhmut direction, Ukrainian soldiers fought off 33 attacks in the areas of the settlements of Bilogorivka Luhansk region; Verkhnyokamianske, Rozdolivka, Spirne, Novy, Klishchiyivka, Andriyivka, and Chasiv Yar Donetsk region.

In the Avdiyiv direction, Ukrainian soldiers repelled 33 attacks in the areas of the settlements Arkhangelsk, Keramik, Sokil, Umanske, Semenivka, Jasnobrodivka and Netaylove of Donetsk region.

In the Novopavlivsk direction, the Defense Forces of Ukraine continue to restrain the enemy in the areas of the settlements of Georgiyivka, Paraskoviyivka and Urozhayne Donetsk region, where the enemy tried 18 times to break through the defense of Ukrainian troops.

In the Orykhiv direction, the enemy 5 times attacked the positions of our defenders in the areas of Staromayorsk Donetsk region; Robotinogo and southwestern Bilogirya Zaporizhia region.

In the Kherson direction, Russian occupiers are trying to knock out Ukrainian units from placdarmív on the left bank of the Dnieper. Over the past day, the Russian invaders have carried out 2 unsuccessful attacks on our troops’ positions in this direction.

During the past day, the aviation of the Defense Forces of Ukraine has struck 12 areas of concentration of enemy personnel. Also, at night, 2 intelligence drones of the enemy were destroyed by the forces and air defense of Ukraine.

Units of the rocket troops affected the area of the focus of the personnel and the enemy’s anti-missile complex.

Last day, the total enemy losses were: 1120 Russian invaders, 5 tanks, 21 combat armored vehicles, 13 artillery systems, 1 air defense device, 7 operational-tactical drones, 33 cars and 3 special equipment units.

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