Highlights of Russian Military Operation in Ukraine on April 3rd 2023

▪️Ukrainian units shelled the Shebekinsky border area in Belgorod Region. Voznesenovka and Pervomaiskoye were hit: residential houses and industrial facilities were damaged. ▪️Heavy fighting continues near Kreminna in the wooded areas along the banks of the Siversky Donets. Russian special forces units, supported the Luhansk People’s Republic units, are conducting an offensive in the Serebryanske forestry area. ▪️North of Bakhmut, the Wagner PMC assault groups continue to advance in the area of Selyshche. The zone of control around School No. 24 has been expanded, to the east the fighting is taking place in the vicinity of the railway station. ▪️In the center of the city, the Wagner PMS groups continue to attack the AFU positions, advancing northward. Residential areas near Borysa Horbatova Street have been liberated. Fighting is underway near school No. 11 and the Metalurh stadium. ▪️In the southern part of the city, Ukrainian units continue to hold key positions, resisting desperately. Nevertheless, the assault units expanded their zone of control around the Avanhard Stadium, advancing along Bakhmuts’ka Street. ▪️In Mar’inka, fierce street fighting continues in the city center and on the northern outskirts. The AFU moved fresh forces into the city, including tanks, reinforcing the defensive grouping in the settlement. ▪️Another terrorist act took place in Melitopol: a car bomb was detonated on Bohdana Khmel’nyts’koho Street. The attack was targeted at Maxim Zubarev, the head of the Yakymivka settlement administration; he was taken to hospital in a serious condition.