Russians lost 4,000 soldiers near Avdiivka - isw (map)

These are troops who have been trained in Belarus. The General Staff of the Armed Forces reported that the Russian forces conducted unsuccessful ground attacks in the area of ​​Avdiivka, Novokalinov (7 km north of Avdiivka), Severny (5 km west of Avdiivka), Pervomaisky (10 km south -west of Avdiivka) and Marinka) . At the same time, Russian sources claim that the Russian forces have achieved unspecified success in the direction of Avdiivka, ceramics (8 km north of Avdiivka) and Pervomaisk.

On April 6, Russian troops continued ground attacks in Bakhmut and its surroundings. The geolocations, located on April 6, show that the Russian forces made a slight progress in the center of Bakhmut north of the T0504 highway. According to analysts of the Defense Forces of Ukraine, the ground attacks of the Wagner PEC south of Ivanovsky (6 km west of Bakhmut) were reflected.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces reported that the Russian forces had unsuccessful terrestrial attacks in Bakhmut and northwest of Bakhmut in the Bogdanivka area (6 km to the northwest) and Orikhovo-Vasylivka (11 km northwest), as well as west of Bakhmut, in the area in the area Ivanovsky. At the same time, Russian militaryrs argued that Wagner's forces had achieved a minor progress in the northwest of Bakhmut and became entrenched in the Metallurg stadium in the center of Bakhmut.

Also, according to Roszma, the Russian forces are moving in North, East and South Bakhmut, but have not been able to move in the Bogdanivka area. Ukrainian officials indicated that the Russian forces can maintain an acceptable pace of artillery fire at the priority areas of the front at the expense of other sectors.

Colonel Sergey Cherevaty said the pressecretic of the eastern group of troops of Ukraine on April 5 that the Russian forces do not feel a shortage of artillery ammunition at polling stations, where Russian forces priorly carry out offensive operations, for example, in the Bakhmut direction. The State Border Service of Ukraine stated on April 5 that the Wagner PEC forces still feel a shortage of artillery shells.

The speaker of the united Press Center of Defense forces of Tavriysk Oleksiy Dmitrashkovsky declared on April 6 that the Russian forces on the Avdiivka-Marinka line were not experiencing shells closer to the weekend, assuming that these forces spend too quickly the artillery shells allocated and replenished. According to ISW, Russian sources are likely to exaggerate statements about offensive activity around the coal.

One of the Russian military bloggers argues that the Russian forces have caused a significant blow from the HSV on the carpenar to prevent the ground attack, but ISW saw no signs of either a large series of blows or attacks. Another blogger claims that Russian forces use unmanaged Aviation Bombs Fab-500, modified for the task of distant accurate blows in the area of ​​carbon.

The Ukrainian General Staff reported that the Russian forces did not conduct offensive operations in the western part of Donetsk region. On April 6, the Russian forces conducted limited ground attacks along the Kupyansk-Svatove-Kremin. Geolocation footage, published on April 2, show that the Russian forces probably achieved slight success northwest of Kuzemivka (15 km northwest of Svatov).

The pressecretic of the Russian Western Group of Troops (Western Military District) Sergey Zibinsky stated on April 6 that the Russian forces had destroyed three Ukrainian sabotage and intelligence groups and disrupted Ukrainian rotations in the two-year area (15 km northeast of Kupyansk). north west of Svatov) and Stelmachivka (15 km west of Svatov). The Russian troops stated that Russian troops restored offensive operations in the Novoselivskyi area (15 km northwest of Svatov).

The pressecretic of his Oleksandr Savchuk stated that the Russian troops had disrupted the attempt of Ukrainian troops to regain lost positions in the Dibrova area (5 km southwest of Kreminna). The General Staff of the Armed Forces reported that the Russian forces conducted unsuccessful offensive operations in the Nevsky area (18 km northwest of Kreminna), Grigorivka (11 km south of Kreminna) and controversial (25 km south of Kreminna).

We will remind, on April 6 the newspaper The New York Times wrote that the Russian offensive had failed. Since the beginning of the year, all Russian conquests on the front of the front have been expressed in the captured Soledar, Red Mountain and Kurdyumivka, as well as Bakhmut battles. Earlier, on April 5, it became known that the forces of Ukraine had a successful counterattack and were able to move a little south of Avdiivka.