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April 2, 2024

Ukrainian General Staff:  About 780 Russian troops killed or wounded in 24 hours; 41 tanks or APCs destroyed or disabled

Ukraine Defense Ministry

The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.22 to 02.04.24 were approximately:

personnel ‒ about 443660 (+780) persons,

tanks ‒ 6998 (+12),

APV ‒ 13350 (+29),

artillery systems – 11112 (+30),

РСЗВ / MLRS – 1023 (+0),

Anti-aircraft warfare systems ‒ 744 (+0),

aircraft – 347 (+0),

helicopters – 325 (+0),

UAV operational-tactical level – 8779 (+22),

cruise missiles ‒ 2058 (+1),

warships / boats ‒ 26 (+0),

submarines – 1 (+0),

vehicles and fuel tanks – 14783 (+31),

special equipment ‒ 1832 (+6)

General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

Situation update as of 6 p.m., April 2, 2024

Glory to Ukraine! Day 769 of the russian full-scale military aggression against Ukraine continues.

During the day of April 2, there were 62x tactical engagements. 

The enemy launched a total of 2x missile and 43x air strikes, 39x MLRS attacks on positions of Ukrainian troops and various settlements.

Volyn and Polissya axes: no significant changes. No signs of formation of an offensive group. 

Sivershchyna and Slobozhanshchyna axes: the adversary maintains its military presence in the russian areas bordering Ukraine. The enemy conducts subversion, continues shelling of Ukrainian settlements from the territory of russia and increases the concentration of mining operations along the state border of Ukraine. The adversary launched air strikes in the vicinities of Volfyne and Oleksandrivka (Sumy oblast), Lyptsi (Kharkiv oblast). Around 20x settlements came under enemy artillery and mortar fire, including Buda-Vorob’ivs’ka, Klyusy (Chernihiv oblast), Chernats’ke, Stara Huta, Oleksiivka, Dmytrivka (Sumy oblast), Veterynarne, Hatyshche, Pletenivka, Lyptsi (Kharkiv oblast).

Kup’yans’k axis: the Ukrainian defenders repelled 1x attack in the vicinity of Syn’kivka (Kharkiv oblast), where the enemy, using air attacks, made an attempt to breach Ukrainian defense. The invaders fired artillery and mortars at more than 10x settlements, including Syn’kivka, Ivanivka, Stepova Novoselivka (Kharkiv oblast).

Lyman axis: the Ukrainian defenders repelled 8x assaults in the vicinity of Terny (Donetsk oblast), where the enemy made attempts to breach Ukrainian defense. The enemy fired artillery and mortars at more than 10x settlements, including Bilohorivka, Nevs’ke and Serebryans’ke forestry (Luhansk oblast), Yampolivka, Tors’ke (Donetsk oblast).

Bakhmut axis: the adversary conducted no offensive operations. The enemy launched an air strike in the vicinity of Kurdyumivka (Donetsk oblast). More than 10x settlements came under artillery and mortar fire, including Kalynivka, Andriivka, Klishchiivka (Donetsk oblast).

Avdiivka axis: the Ukrainian defenders repelled 10x attacks in the vicinities of Berdychi, Umans’ke, Pervomais’ke, Nevel’s’ke (Donetsk oblast), where the occupiers, using air attacks, made attempts to dislodge Ukrainian forces from their positions. The adversary launched air strikes in the vicinities of Novobakhmutivka, Semenivka and Karlivka (Donetsk oblast). The invaders fired artillery and mortars at around 20x settlements, including Berdychi, Umans’ke, Netailove, Nevel’s’ke (Donetsk oblast).

Novopavlivka axis: the Ukrainian Defense Forces continue to block the enemy near Novomykhailivka and Urozhaine (Donetsk oblast), where the invaders made 18x attempts to breach Ukrainian defense. The occupiers launched air strikes in the vicinities of Krasnohorivka, Oleksandropil’, Vodyane and Vuhledar (Donetsk oblast). The enemy fired artillery and mortars at more than 10x settlements, including Novomykhailivka, Kostyantynivka, Urozhaine (Donetsk oblast).

Orikhiv axis: the enemy conducted 2x attacks on positions of Ukrainian defenders in the vicinity of Robotyne and northwest of Verbove (Zaporizhzhia oblast). Around 20x settlements, including Chervone, Huliaipilske, Novodanylivka, Mali Shcherbaky (Zaporizhzhia oblast), were under artillery and mortar fire of the occupiers.

Kherson axis: the enemy executed 1x assault on positions of Ukrainian defenders in the vicinity of Krynky (Kherson oblast). The occupiers fired artillery and mortars at more than 10x settlements, including Tokarivka, Veletens’ke, Mykhailivka (Kherson oblast).

During the day of April 2, the Ukrainian Air Force launched air strikes on 1x anti-aircraft missile system, 13x concentrations of troops of the occupiers.

The Ukrainian Missile Forces hit 6x concentrations of troops, weapons and military equipment, 8x artillery systems, 1x anti-tank system, 1x MLRS of the russian invaders. 

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