Chronicle of a special military operation for April 20, 2023

Chronicle of a special military operation

for April 20, 2023

🔻Belgorod region:

An explosion occurred in a residential area in the south of Belgorod. According to the official report of the Russian Ministry of Defense, the cause was an abnormal departure of aviation ammunition from the Su-34 bomber. There are no victims.

🔻Bryansk region:

▪️Ukrainian formations fired mortars at the village of Lomakovka: residential buildings and a substation were damaged. According to preliminary data, there are victims.

🔻Starobelsk direction:

▪️There are no significant changes on the front: positional battles and artillery duels continue.

🔻Soledar direction (map (https://t.me/rybar/46063)):

▪️On the western outskirts of Bakhmut, assault detachments of the Wagner PMC took control of the strongholds of the 93rd mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the Khromovo-Chasov Yar highway.

▪️In the central part of the city, Russian units liberated the territory of the Tranzit Hotel, pushing the enemy away from the railway.

To the west of the elevator, Ukrainian formations are conducting unsuccessful attempts at local counterattacks.

▪️On the northern outskirts, the "Wagnerites" are advancing in a wide front along the streets of Levanevsky, Oborona and Pobeda.

Fights continue for control of a large garage cooperative located between Levanevskogo Street and Chaikovsky Street.

🔻Donetsk direction:

▪️Motorized rifle units of the RF Armed Forces have encircled a fire station on the western outskirts of Druzhby Avenue in Marinka. At the moment, the territory is being cleaned from the remnants of Ukrainian units.

▪️Ukrainian formations continue to randomly shell the capital of the DPR: two houses were damaged in the Kirovsky and Petrovsky districts of Donetsk, one woman died.

🔻Zaporozhye direction:

▪️The situation in this area has not changed significantly: the enemy is strengthening defensive lines at the forefront of the front line and is conducting reconnaissance of engineering structures of the RF Armed Forces.

🔻 Southern Front. Kherson direction:

▪️Russian units attacked the facilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the right bank of the Dnieper near Kherson.

▪️In turn, Ukrainian formations fired on civilian infrastructure and residential buildings in Nova Kakhovka, Kakhovka, Gornostaevka, Krynki and Kardashynka.

🔹Political and other events:

▪️NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, during his visit to Kyiv, announced the strong support of Western countries for Ukraine, promising further arms supplies.

▪️The commission of the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine, with the support of the police and armed groups, took control of the 39th building of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra.

▪️The Kiev City Council terminated the land lease agreement with the Russian embassy.

The US State Department announced a new $325 million military aid package to Ukraine, which will include rockets for HIMARS, mortars, artillery shells and guided bombs.

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