Information Defence: Military-Political Situation in Ukraine as of April 27th - 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 27th, 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.

According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the enemy is launching offensive operations in the Eastern Operational Zone in order to establish full control over the territory of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions and establish a land corridor with occupied Crimea.

In Slobozhanshchyna, the enemy carried out systematic artillery shelling, including multiple rocket launchers, in Kharkiv and Derhachi and in the settlement of Prudianka.

In the Izium direction, units of the 1st Panzer Army, the 20th General Army of the Western Military District, the 35th General Army and the 68th Army Corps of the Eastern Military District and Airborne Forces are conducting offensive operations in the direction of Barvinkovo. The enemy captured the northeastern outskirts of the settlement of Velyka Komyshuvakha, and also took control of the settlement of Zavody. An attempt to attack in the area of Nova Dmytrivka was unsuccessful, the enemy sustained losses and retreated.

In order to increase the grouping of troops, the occupiers transferred two-battalion tactical groups from the 76th Airborne Assault Division of the Airborne Forces from the territory of the Belgorod region to the city of Izium. In addition, in the areas of settlements of the Belgorod region, the enemy deployed two missile divisions of “Iskander-M”.

In the Donetsk and Tavriia directions, the enemy continues to shell