Information Defence: Military-Political Situation in Ukraine as of April 30th - 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 30th, 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 main goal of the enemy remains unchanged – controlling the environment of the groups of the Defence Forces of Ukraine, establishing full control over the Donetsk, Luhansk and Kherson regions, ensuring the stability of the land corridor with the occupied territory of Crimea.

In the Slobozhanskyi direction, a group of enemy troops continues to carry out air strikes and artillery shelling of Kharkiv.

Because of the attacks of the Ukrainian Defence Forces in the Kharkiv region, control over the settlements of Verkhnia Rohanka, Ruska Lozova, Slobidske and Prylesne was restored.

In the Izium direction, the occupiers, with the help of separate units of the 1st Panzer Army and the 20th Military Army of the Western Military District, the 35th Army and the 68th Army Corps of the Eastern Military District and airborne troops are trying to advance in the directions Izium – Barvinkove and Izium – Sloviansk.

The enemy continues to concentrate forces and resources in this direction. Thus, the occupiers moved units of the 55th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 41st Military Army of the Central Military District to the Volokhiv Yar settlement, and units of the 5th Separate Tank Brigade of the 36th Military Army of the Eastern Military District to Izium.

In the Donetsk direction, the enemy's main efforts were focused on