Russian troops are trying to continue offensive actions in the eastern operating area in order to establish full control over the territory of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions, as well as the holding of the land corridor with the Crimea, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the morning report on April 19 was told.
“Rocket and aviation strikes are not stopped on civilian objects throughout Ukraine. During the previous day, the application of missile strikes on objects in Western regions was activated,” the Ukrainian military leadership said.
In Slobozhansky and Donetsk operating areas, the Army of the Russian Federation conducts offensive and assault actions in certain areas. Ryosin continues to partial blocking Kharkov. According to reports, in order to organize an air defense system of offensive grouping, the Russian army moves additional SPK “TOR” in the Kharkiv region. At the Izyuminian Federation, the Russians lead offensive actions on the left bank of the Seversky Donets River. In the Donetsk and Tauride directions, Russian troops stepped up offensive actions along the entire collision line. The main efforts of the Russian Federation are concentrated on the development breakthrough of the Armed Forces in Lugansk and Donetsk regions, as well as the establishment of full control over the city of Mariupol. In the Zaporizhia region there is a concentration of divisions of Russian troops in certain areas. Also, the main efforts of the Russian Federation are concentrated at the exit to the administrative limits of the Kherson region, the shelling of civilians in Nikolaev does not stop.
Also, the General Staff of Ukraine noted that Russia continues to use the territory of Belarus for the shelling of Ukrainian settlements.