20/ Information regarding Ukrainian units is meant to be general, based on Ukrainian General Staff statements and social media posts, official Ukrainian government press releases, and local news. It does not depict current unit movements. END
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Limited evacuation at Azovstal despite appeals
The UN brokered a deal to evacuate a small number of civilians from the Azovstal area, but hundreds more remain under siege. The commanders of the Azov Regiment and 36th Marine Brigade continue to appeal for a larger evacuation of civilians and wounded.
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Conflict in Mariupol: Russian artillery for strong pockets of resistance
10/ Social media posting in recent days still show Russian troops combating isolate pockets of resistance throughout Mariupol. Russian forces use artillery as direct fire weapon systems to reduce remaining strongpoint defenses. https://t.co/MOfON8JYtD
— Iván Ramírez de Arellano, The Jomini of the West (@JominiW) 1 mai 2022Social media posts in recent days still show Russian troops combating isolated pockets of resistance throughout Mariupol. Russian forces use artillery as direct-fire weapon systems to reduce remaining strongpoint defenses.
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Aerospace Assessment: Russian missile strikes on western and southern Ukraine infrastructure
12/ Aerospace Assessment. Russia continues to employ long-range strike (primarily missile attacks) against key points of communication and infrastructure targets in western & southern Ukraine.
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Russian advances near Odessa and Kherson
11/ Odesa-Kherson OD. Over the past 48 hours, Russian forces have shifted their activity from expanding the Kherson defensive perimeter to consolidating gains around Oleksandrivka and Tavriiske. It is likely Russia will still hold its "KPR referendum" in early May. #Kherson
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Ukrainian tank brigades redeployed to Severodonetsk salient as combined arms reserve
6/ However, the recent redeployment of the 4th & 17th Ukrainian Tank Brigades to the Severodonetsk Salient provides a powerful combined arms reserve to blunt any Russian penetration of Ukrainian defenses.
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Zaporizhzhia OD: Little activity, Russian forces shell Ukrainian positions
8/ Zaporizhzhia OD. There has been little activity in the Zaporizhzhia OD over the last 48 hours. Russian forces continue shelling of Ukrainian positions along the defensive line running from Vasylivka, through Huliaipole, to Velyka Novosilka. #Zaporizhzhia #Melitopol
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Russian assaults on Azovstal and M14 in Mariupol
9/ Mariupol. Russian forces launched a series of assaults from April 22-28 to seize the Azovstal steel plant complex and the M14 Highway, though the M14 Highway in the Azovstal area still appears to be under Ukrainian control. #Mariupol #Azovstal
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Ukraine’s mobile defense disrupts Russian advances
7/ So far, Ukraine’s mobile defense throughout the Donbas region has sufficiently disrupted Russian attempts at a general breakthrough. Coupled with counterattacks in the Kharkiv area, Russia will find it difficult to continue sustained offensive action. https://t.co/egnEpqWNr1
— Iván Ramírez de Arellano, The Jomini of the West (@JominiW) 1 mai 20227/ So far, Ukraine’s mobile defense throughout the Donbas region has sufficiently disrupted Russian attempts at a general breakthrough. Coupled with counterattacks in the Kharkiv area, Russia will find it difficult to continue sustained offensive action.
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Ukrainian attacks in eastern Kharkiv
4/ Recent Ukrainian attacks in east Kharkiv may be attempting to push Russian forces away from the Siverskyi Donets and towards the Russian border to improve conditions for an eventual push toward Velvkyi Burluk & Kupyansk. https://t.co/WQvHZjpRn4
— Iván Ramírez de Arellano, The Jomini of the West (@JominiW) 1 mai 2022Recent Ukrainian attacks in eastern Kharkiv may be aiming to push Russian forces away from the Siverskyi Donets and toward the Russian border, improving conditions for a future advance toward Veliky Burluk and Kupyansk.