Units of the operational group of the Russian army in the region are still in full combat readiness.
In the Transnistrian region of the Republic of Moldova, Russia is preparing for evacuation of families of officers of the operational group of their troops. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook.
According to the General Staff, the situation in Transnistria remains difficult. Units of the operational group of the Russian army there are still in full combat readiness, and the armed forces of the Transnistrian region of Moldova are serving in an enhanced mode.
Meanwhile, invaders in Ukraine do not stop offensive operations in the east in order to establish full control over Donetsk and Luhansk regions and maintain the land corridor with the temporarily occupied Crimea.
It also became known that as a result of the Armed Forces units of the 38th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost about 60 percent of the dead and wounded.
The statement of the General Staff also refers to the situation in the regions of Ukraine.
In the Slobozhansky direction , the Russian military continues to launch air strikes and shell Kharkiv. In the Izyum direction, the occupiers are conducting offensive operations in the Izyum-Barvinkove direction, but are suffering losses.
To support them, they moved a battery of 240-mm Tulip heavy self-propelled mortars from the Belgorod region to the Izyum district and a unit armed with Tornado multiple rocket launchers.
In the temporarily occupied territories of Kharkiv region, the Russians are carrying out filtration measures, additionally involving units of the Rosguard. strikes and artillery shelling of Ukrainian positions.
The main efforts of the occupiers continue to focus on the offensive in the Lyman, Severodonetsk, Popasna, Avdiivka and Kurakhiv areas in order to take full control of Rubezhnoye, Popasnaya and the development of the offensive in the direction of Lyman, Siversk and Slovyansk.
Also, the invaders continue to place in certain areas warehouses with ammunition and fuel and lubricants, organized a point of repair and restoration of damaged equipment. At the same time, on some borders the enemy equips the second line of defense.
In Mariupol, the Russian military continues to block Ukrainian defenders in the Azovstal area, shelling the territory of the metallurgical plant with artillery and tanks.
In the Tavriya direction, the Russians continue to conduct demonstrations and maneuvers to restrain the actions of the Armed Forces and prevent their transfer to other directions.
In the South Bug direction , the enemy is fighting in order to improve the tactical situation and continues to fire on units of Ukrainian defenders. Here the occupiers are regrouping, increasing the system of fire damage, air defense and logistics.
In the Volyn, Polissya and Seversk areas, units of the Belarusian Armed Forces continue to carry out tasks to strengthen the Ukrainian-Belarusian border in Brest and Gomel regions. In the area of Khmelivka, Sumy region, Ukrainians exposed a Russian sabotage and reconnaissance group.
Earlier, The Times reported, citing Ukrainian intelligence sources, that Russia already has a clear plan of action to invade Moldova. .
On April 26, Moldovan President Maya Sandu convened a meeting of the Security Council over the situation in Transnistria .
Russia announced plans for this territory , in particular, on April 22 . Thus, the occupiers want not only to establish a land corridor to the Crimea, but also to break into the unrecognized “Transnistrian region”, where, allegedly, also “suppress Russian-speakers”.
After that a number of countries recommend to their citizens leave Transnistria and Moldova in general. These include Bulgaria, the United States, Germany, Israel, the United Kingdom, France, and Canada.
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