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By Pavlo Vitenko
Summary by regions
Luhansk Region
Novoselivske, Makiivka, Nevske, Kuzmine, Dibrova, Bilohorivka again came under the artillery fire of the occupiers of the previous era. Yesterday, the enemy carried out unsuccessful offensive actions south of Kreminna, as well as in the Serebryansk Forestry area.
Donetsk Region
The Russians shelled populated areas of the region with rockets (the type of rocket has not been established), mortars, Hrad rocket launchers, carried out an airstrike. Shelled: Avdiivka, Krasnohorivka, Chasiv Yar, Kostyantynivka. Ocheretyne village, Velyka Novosilka village, Vremivka village, village Severne, the village of Tonenke, Bakhmut, Kurakhove, the village of Torske, Ukrainsk, the village of Karlivka.
At night, Kostyantynivka was shelled by rockets. According to operational information, 4 S-300 air defense systems hit the area of the industrial zone. Currently, information about the victims is being clarified. In the Donetsk region, 4 people were killed and one person was injured in a day.
Sumy Region
At night and in the morning from the territory of the Russian Federation, 6 shelling of the border communities of the Sumy region – Krasnopillia, Seredyno-Buda, Velika Pysarivska was carried out. 46 arrivals were recorded. Fortunately, without consequences.
Yesterday, during the day, the Russians carried out 12 shellings of the border communities of the region – Bilopillia, Krasnopillia, Seredyno-Buda, Nova Sloboda, Esman. There is destruction. The data is being verified. Seredyno-Buda community: aerial bombardment was carried out on the outskirts of Seredyno-Buda. As a result of shelling, 1 household was damaged.
Kharkiv Region
In the Slobozhansk direction, the enemy shelled the settlements of Huriiv Kozachok, Lukyantsi, Verkhnya Pysarivka, Hrafske, Zybyne, Karaichne, Potykhonove, Ambarne, Bolohivka, Krasne Pershe, and Novomlynsk.
In the Kupiansk direction, the settlements of Topoli, Fiholivka, Dvorichna, Zapadne, Krokhmalne, Husynka and Kindrashivka came under enemy fire. Yesterday, as a result of shelling, a residential building and farm buildings were damaged in the village of Dvorichna in the Kupiansk district. As a result of the shelling of the village A 39-year-old civilian man died in Borysivka, Kharkiv district.
In the village Kucherivka, Kupyan district, the building of an agricultural enterprise was damaged by shelling, and a fire broke out. In the area of the village Mykolayivka, Chuhuiv district, a 40-year-old man, a 50-year-old woman and a 55-year-old employee of the State Emergency Service were blown up by an unknown explosive device in a field near a forest strip. All 3 are hospitalized in moderate condition.
Zaporizhzhia Region
76 shellings per day, 16 settlements on the demarcation line in the Polohy and Vasyliv districts were shelled. 23 reports of destruction were recorded. There was no information about the victims.
Kherson Region
During the day, the enemy launched 71 shellings in the region, firing 397 shells from heavy artillery, drones and aviation. The enemy shelled the city of Kherson with mortars twice. As a result of enemy shelling, 8 people were injured. An ambulance crew came under fire in Beryslav. The medics were on their way to the victim, who was wounded in her own home. The ambulance was hit by shrapnel from Russian shells – two paramedics were injured.
As a result of the airstrike on the city, buildings on the territory of the grain elevator and a residential building were partially destroyed. In the village In Novoberyslav, a kindergarten building was completely destroyed and a residential building was partially damaged. The Russians shelled Stanislav with artillery. The projectile hit a residential building, broke through the roof and detonated. Three people were injured – a 30-year-old woman, a 10-year-old girl and a 3-year-old boy. The injured were hospitalized in a hospital in Kherson. The boy and mother are in moderate condition. The girl was seriously injured.
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Merged «counteroffensive plan of the Armed Forces» – a special operation of the Russian special services – the Main Directorate of Intelligence
Intelligence does not rule out that the special services of the Russian Federation could have forged documents in order to disrupt or slow down Western aid to Ukraine.
The Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reported that the so-called «classified military documents» published on the Internet about plans for an alleged counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are false and a special operation by the special services of the Russian Federation.
The representative of Ukrainian intelligence, Andrii Yusov, told about this on the air of the telethon «Yedyni Novyny» on April 7.
«In recent decades, the most successful operations of the Russian special services took place in Photoshop. From a preliminary analysis of these materials, we see false figures on losses from both sides. Some of the information is clearly collected from open sources,» Yusov commented on the published data.
He added – regarding the needs of the Ukrainian army, this topic has been discussed a lot at all levels.
«It is not a secret for anyone that Ukraine asks questions about aviation, tanks, ammunition and other things that are needed for the faster liberation of the occupied territories, to save lives. Everything else – we will wait for official comments (Pentagon – ed.). But Ukrainian society has no reason to worry», – assured the representative of the Main Directorate of Intelligence.
He emphasized that the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces will definitely take place, and the main plans of Ukraine will be seen and felt by the Russian invaders directly on the battlefield.
The intelligence does not rule out that Russian special services could have forged documents in order to disrupt or slow down aid to Ukraine from Western partners.
By Pavlo Vitenko, Ukrainian Freedom News
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