Russian forces in the area of Izum
As of April 6, the Russian Armed Forces and units of the Lugansk and Donetsk People’s Republics continue their military operation in Ukraine. While Russian and DPR units are finalizing the operation to take control of Mariupol city, important tactical developments are taking place in the areas of Izum and Severdonetsk-Lysichansk in the northern part of the Donbass sector of operations.
After establishing the full control of the key area of Izum and its surroundings in the southern part of Kharkiv region, Russian-led forces are currently working to open the road for an advance towards the cities of Slovyansk and Kramatorsk.
Russian units already reached the town of Dovgenke and blocked the town of Studenok from the northern and northwestern directions. At the same time, the tightened the siege on the Severodonetsk-Lysichansk agglomeration and blocked the town of Kreminna from the north, east and southeast. Fighting also continued in the area of Popasnaya to the south from Lysichansk.
Russian-led forces during the operation in Ukraine:
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Tactical developments on the ground indicate that the advance on the cities of Slavyansk and Kramatorks will likely become the breakpoint of the Russian-led operation in the region of Donbass. Kyiv’s forces are actively working to deploy reinforcements and additional equipment to these areas and turn them into strongholds to stop the Russian advance. Therefore, if this group of Kyiv’s forces is neutralized, the military capabilities of the Kyiv government in this region will be significantly reduced.
According to the Russian Defense Ministry, Russian forces carried out a strike with air- and ground-based missiles destroyed on 5 fuel storage bases near Radekhov, Kazatin, Prosyanaya, Nikolaev and Novomoskovsk. The statement said that these facilities had been used to supply fuel to Ukrainian military formations in Kharkov, Nikolaev and Donbass areas.
Captured Ukrainian military equipment:
The Russian military also provided additional details on recent strike on other military targets in Ukraine:
“During the night, operational-tactical aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces hit 24 military assets of Ukraine. Among them: 1 Osa-AKM anti-aircraft missile system, 5 logistics depots, as well as 11 strong points and areas of Ukrainian military equipment concentration.
Russian Air Defence means shot down 4 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in the air near Berdyansk, Gornyak, Uvanskoe and Chernobaevka.”
The Russian side says that since the start of the operation Russian forces have destroyed 125 Ukrainian aircraft and 93 helicopters, 407 unmanned aerial vehicles, 227 anti-aircraft missile systems, 1,978 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 215 multiple launch rocket systems, 854 field artillery and mortars, as well as 1,882 units of special military vehicles.
