Information Defence: Military-Political Situation in Ukraine as of May 3rd - 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[1] as of the past day of May 3rd, 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 groups of the 6th Military Army of the Western Military District, the 41st Military Army of the Central Military District, and the coastal troops of the Baltic and Northern Fleets operate in the Slobozhanskyi direction.

In the Izium direction, the enemy’s forces of separate units of the 1st Panzer Army, the 20th Military Army of the Western Military District; The 29th, 35th, and 36th Military Armies and the 68th Army Corps of the Eastern Military District and Airborne Troops are conducting offensive operations in the direction of Izium-Barvinkove. They sustain losses.

To support their actions, the occupiers moved a battery of 240-mm “Tulpan” (“Tulip”) heavy self-propelled mortars and a unit armed with “Smerch” (“Tornado”) rocket-propelled grenade launchers from the Belgorod region to the Izium area.

In the Donetsk and Tavriia directions, the groups of enemy troops, forces of separate units of the 1st and 2nd Army Corps, the 8th and 58th all-military armies of the Southern Military District; 5th Military Army and Pacific Fleet of the Eastern Military District; The 2nd and 41st Military Armies and the 90th Panzer Division of the Central Military District and Airborne Forces are conducting offensive operations on a certain section of the contact line of the frontline.

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