Information Defence: Military-Political Situation in Ukraine as of April 26th - Ihor Zhdanov

Ihor Zhdanov, Information Defence Project, Open Policy Foundation

Informational Defence of Ukraine provides a daily review of the military-political situation in Ukraine as of the past day of April 26th, based on an analysis of open sources.

1. The Armed Forces of Ukraine heroically restrain the enemy's attacks in the decisive battle for the Donbas.

The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that Ukrainian defenders had relieved 931 settlements from occupation.

According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the groups of enemy troops are carrying out offensive operations in the Eastern Operational Zone. The main goal remains the encirclement and defeat of the united Forces there, the establishment of full control over the territory of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions and the provision of a land corridor with the occupied Crimea.

In the Slobozhanskyi direction, enemy groups from the 6th Military Army of the Western Military District, the coastal troops of the Baltic and Northern Fleets continue to partially block Kharkiv and fire on the city.

In the Izium direction, units and subdivisions of the enemy from the 1st Panzer Army, 20th and 35th Armies, 68th Army Corps and Airborne Troops, supported by artillery, are advancing in the direction of Barvinkove .

In the Donetsk direction, the enemy is taking active action along almost the entire line of the contact zone. The main efforts are focused on taking control of Rubizhne, Popasna and Mar’inka; the enemy is building up a group of troops to develop the attacks in the direction of the settlement of Lyman.

russian invaders have continued artillery shelling and air strikes on Mariupol. The blockade of Ukrainian troops near the Azovstal plant continues.

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