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Russo-Ukraine War - 24 April 2023 - Day 425

A number of claims and counterclaims are being made on the Ukraine-Russia conflict on the ground and online. While GlobalSecurity.org takes utmost care to accurately report this news story, we cannot independently verify the authenticity of all statements, photos and videos.

On 24 February 2022, Ukraine was suddenly and deliberately attacked by land, naval and air forces of Russia, igniting the largest European war since the Great Patriotic War. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a "special military operation" (SVO - spetsialnaya voennaya operatsiya) in Ukraine in response to the appeal of the leaders of the "Donbass republics" for help. That attack is a blatant violation of the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine. Putin stressed that Moscow's goal is the demilitarization and denazification of the country. The military buildup in preceeding months makes it obvious that the unprovoked and dastardly Russian attack was deliberately planned long in advance. During the intervening time, the Russian government had deliberately sought to deceive the world by false statements and expressions of hope for continued peace.

"To initiate a war of aggression... is not only an international crime; it is the supreme international crime differing only from other war crimes in that it contains within itself the accumulated evil of the whole." [Judgment of the International Military Tribunal]

The UK Ministry of Defence reported that the authorities in occupied areas of Ukraine are almost certainly coercing the population to accept Russian Federation passports. Residents in Kherson have been warned that those who have not accepted a Russian passport by 01 June 2023 will be 'deported' and their property seized.

Russia is using passports as a tool in the 'Russification' of the occupied areas, as it did in Donetsk and Luhansk before the February 2022 invasion.

Russia is likely expediating the integration of the occupied areas of Ukraine into the bureaucracy of the Russian Federation to help paint the invasion as a success, especially in the run-up to the 2024 presidential elections.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that during the day of April 24, Russian forces launched 6x missile and 47x air strikes, 25x MLRS attacks at the positions of Ukrainian troops and critical infrastructure in various settlements. The likelihood of further missile and air strikes across Ukraine remains high.

The Russian forces' main efforts are the offensive operations on Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Mar'inka axes, with more than 30x Russian attacks repelled. The fiercest fighting is for Bakhmut and Mar'inka.
Volyn and Polissya axes: no significant changes. No signs of formation of an offensive group.
Sivershchyna and Slobozhanshchyna axes: Russian troops remains stationed in the areas of Bryansk, Kursk, and Belgorod oblasts (russia) bordering Ukraine. During the day of April 24, the invaders shelled the settlements of Hrem'yach (Chernihiv oblast), Kucherivka, Shalyhine, Iskryskivshchyna, Popivka (Sumy oblast), Okip, Mali Prokhody, Strilecha, Neskuchne, Hatyshche, Budarky, and Chuhunivka (Kharkiv oblast).
Kup'yans'k axis: Russia continues to fortify its positions in certain areas. Topoli, Kam'yanka, Krasne Pershe, Fyholivka, Novomlyns'k, Dvorichna, Zapadne, Kyslivka (Kharkiv oblast), and Novoselivske (Luhansk oblast) were shelled with artillery and mortars.
Lyman axis: Russian forces did not conduct any offensive operations. Makiivka, Nevs'ke, Dibrova, Bilohorivka (Luhansk oblast), Tors'ke, Verkhn'okam'yans'ke, Spirne, and Pereizne (Donetsk oblast) were shelled with artillery.
Bakhmut axis: Russia continues its offensive operations. Heavy battles for the city of Bakhmut continue. In addition, during the day of April 24, Russian forces conducted unsuccessful offensives towards the settlements of Novomarkove and Khromove. Orikhovo-Vasylivka, Markove, Hryhorivka, Khromove, Bakhmut, Ivanivske, Chasiv Yar, Pivnichne, and New York (Donetsk oblast) were shelled by Russian forces.
Avdiivka axis: Russian forces conducted offensive operations near the settlements of Novokalynove, Stepove, and Pervomais'ke (Donetsk oblast), to no success. In particular, the Russian invaders shelled Novokalynove, Avdiivka, Sjeverne, Tonen'ke, Pervomais'ke, Karlivka, and Nevel's'ke (Donetsk oblast).
Mar'inka axis: during the day of April 24, Ukrainian defenders repelled adversary attacks in the vicinity of settlement of Mar'inka and near Novomykhailivka. Krasnohorivka, Hostre, Mar'inka, Pobjeda, Novomykhailivka, and Paraskoviivka (Donetsk oblast) were shelled by Russian forces.
Shakhtars'ke axis: Russian forces did not conduct any offensive operations during the day of April 23. The invaders shelled the settlements of Vuhledar, Prechystivka, Velyka Novosilka and Komar (Donetsk oblast).
Zaporizhzhia and Kherson axes: Russian forces stay on the defensive. At the same time, during the day of April 24, the Russian invaders shelled settlements near the line of active combat. Among them are Novosilka, Novopil' (Donetsk oblast), Ol'hivs'ke, Malynivka, Chervone, Charivne, Orikhiv (Zaporizhzhia oblast), and the city of Kherson.

Russia continues to re-purpose the civilian infrastructure of the temporarily occupied settlements. In particular, Russian occupants are using one of the schools in Holubivka (Luhansk oblast) as a medical center to provide medical care to their troops.

During the day of April 24, Ukrainian Air Force launched 6x air strikes on the concentrations of Russian troops and military equipment. 2x various type reconnaissance UAVs were shot down. During the day of April 24, Ukrainian missile and artillery troops hit 1x Russian anti-aircraft missile system and 2x electronic warfare stations.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported a RIA Novosti correspondent reports that during the day, Wagner PMC units made some progress in the western quarters of the city. Now the fighting has shifted to nine-story buildings behind the railway and the former military unit.

Military correspondent Alexander Simonov specified that the "musicians" cleared the Bakhmut-2 railway station from the enemy and occupied a complex of high-rise buildings on Pushkin Street, the pre-trial detention center building, the elevator and the area around it. Stormtroopers went to Polevaya Street.

In the meantime, in the northwestern part of the settlement, the "musicians" occupied the territory on Kraynaya Street and moved towards Zabolnitsa. The Village area, meanwhile, is also almost completely free of the enemy.

Promotion is also in other parts of the city. So, now the cleanup of Vodokanal is being completed, clashes are being recorded in the Samolet area and near Lesnaya Street, where the "orchestra" has entrenched itself.

In addition, information appears in open sources about the further expansion of the Wagnerites' control over the recently cut highway from Chasov Yar. The attackers advanced along the forest belt parallel to the road.

In the north of the gray zone of Bakhmut, fighting continues on the streets of Tolbukhin, Irina Levchenko, Pobeda and Oborona. In the south, clashes are taking place in the areas of Kommunalnaya and Polyarnaya streets and lanes of Geologists and Grigory Skovoroda.

The situation in other directions

According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, during the day, artillery and aircraft struck 92 artillery positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and 126 points of accumulation of enemy units. 38 drones were also shot down.

In the area of Torsky, the command and observation post of the 23rd rifle battalion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was hit, and near Orekhovy and Kamensky, they hit the communication centers of the 65th and 128th Ukrainian brigades.

In addition, the ammunition depot of the 92nd brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed in the Stelmakhivka area, and the storage sites of shells of the 65th and 102nd brigades were destroyed in Ravnopolye and Volnyansk.

On the line of contact, the Ukrainian army lost about 470 servicemen, 10 armored cars, 22 vehicles, the Gvozdika self-propelled gun, 2 D-20 guns, M777 and D-30 guns, an infantry fighting vehicle, an armored personnel carrier, and a Grad rocket launcher.