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On April 24, the main developments in Ukraine took place in the Izyum area, where fierce clashes continue.
Russian forces are advancing in the area of Barabashevka and Vernopolya. Another tactical success of the Russian army was reported near the village of Kurulka which is located 5 km from the key highway Barvenkovo—Slavyansk. Russian forces pushed the AFU out of the village and took control of a stronghold near the settlement. The road nearby is used by the AFU for the ammunition, fuel, food supplies. The village of Dubravnoye has also previously came under the Russian control.
To the east of the Oskol River, the Russian control of Lozovoye, Redkodub and Torsky has been confirmed. Battles are taking place along the Alexandrovka — Zelenaya Dolina — Zarechnoye front line. Fighting reached the area of Dolgenky.
In the Kharkiv region, the front lines follow Prudyanka — Russian Lozovaya — Tsirkuny — Shestakovka — Primorskoe — Novaya Gnilitsa — Balakleya villages. No changes were reported despite the AFU attempts to counter attack towards the Russian Lozova and from the town of Chuguev.
Russian multiple launch rocket system “Smerch” in action
In the Severodonetsk-Lysychansk region, fighting continues on the outskirts of the city of Severodonetsk, and LPR troops continue the mop up operation on the outskirts of Rubezhnoe. No more assault attempts of the LPR on Severodonetsk were reported in the recent days.
To the north-east of Zolotoe, LPR forces claimed control over the village of Novotoshkovskoye.
Capture by the Russian army of the AFU stronghold near the city of Kremennaya:
Heavy clashes continue in Popasnaya. The LPR units are slowly advancing, On April 24, the LPR control over the Popasnaya-1 railway station was confirmed.
In the areas near Avdeevka and Maryinka, no changes on the front lines were reported as well. Artillery battles continue in the region.
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On April 24, the AFU fired 197 shells and mines from 122-mm BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launchers, 152 and 122-mm barrel artillery, 120 and 82-mm mortars. Areas of 8 settlements came under fire, as a result of which 3 civilians were injured. 12 residential buildings, 4 objects of civil infrastructure and 7 vehicles were damaged.
According to the DPR military officials, the DPR servicemen destroyed 26 Ukrainian nationalists, 1 firing position of 122-mm D-30 howitzers and 2 infantry fighting vehicles on April 24. 1 armored personnel carrier, 1 ZU-23-2 anti-aircraft gun and 1 cargo vehicle were captured.
17 servicemen of the 36th Marine brigade surrendered in Malinovka.
On the southern front lines, Ukrainian sources reported the advance of the Russian army by 10 km in the area between Gulyai-Pole and Velikaya Novoselka. The AFU are in control over the town of Gulyai-Pole, as well as the villages of Temirovka and Velikaya Novoselka.
In the city of Mariupol, the shelling on the Azovstal plant continues, while the assault on the facility was stopped.
On April 24, the Ukrainian shell hit the area near the village of Otradnaya in the Russian Belgorod region. No casualties or damage were reported as a result of the attack.
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The result of a failed break through attempt by Ukrainian forces at the checkpoint in the Belgorod region on April 22:
Russian missile strikes on the Ukrainian military facilities continue.
On April 24, the authorities of the Poltava region reported that nine missiles hit a certain object on the outskirts of the city of Kremenchuk. Presumably, the target of the strike was an oil refinery which is the main enterprise of the oil refining industry left in Ukraine. The facility was already targeted by Russian missiles.
UAF positions were hit in Kramatorsk. The strikes were also reported in the town of Druzhkovka, where the nationalist unit “Dnepr-1”, officially part of the structure of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, was based.
Positions of the mortar unit of the 93rd mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces “Kholodny Yar” were reportedly destroyed in the Donetsk region.
Ukrainian small reconnaissance UAV “Leleka” records the defeat of a helicopter by an anti-aircraft missile:
Adviser to the head of the Ukrainian Presidential Administration Arestovich said that US Secretary of State Blinken and US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin are currently in Kiev negotiating with Zelensky. Zelensky announced their arrival at his press conference on April 23. The US State Department claimed that they had nothing to report about the possibility of a visit.
