5 April: Mass shelling of Zaporizhzhia, NATO Membership for Ukraine updates

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Situation summary of war in Ukraine by region for Wednesday, April 5, 2023.
Illustrated photo / Photo:Official Zelensky’s Telegram Channel

Illustrated photo / Photo:Official Zelensky’s Telegram Channel

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By Pavlo Vitenko

Summary by regions

Luhansk Region

South of Kreminna, the Russians unsuccessfully tried to attack the previous day.

During the day, Novoselivske, Stelmakhivka, Makiivka, Dibrova, Bilohorivka came under enemy fire.

In Starobilsk, the invaders are using representatives of communal services to settle servicemen in apartments and houses temporarily left by citizens of Ukraine. This happens under the pretext of preventive checks of meter readings.

Donetsk Region

The enemy carried out 24 shellings during the day.

Hirnyk, Toretsk, Krasnohorivka, Ukrainian, Avdiivka, Velyka Novosilka, Karlivka, Lastochkine, Pleshchiivka, Ocheretyne, Bakhmut, Kostyantynivka, Mykolayivka were affected.

37 objects were damaged, of which 22 are residential buildings (10 apartment buildings), a school, two hospitals, two shops, an outbuilding, a garage, four cars, a cafe, a service station, a car wash.

Four people died and 11 were injured in the Donetsk region during the day.

Sumy Region

In the Sumy region yesterday, during the day, the Russians shelled the Bilopillia, Krasnopillia and Seredyno-Buda communities.

One person was injured in the Krasnopillia community. A commercial establishment was damaged.

The Russians shelled the Bilopillia community almost throughout the day, firing mortars (49 hits) and anti-aircraft guns (58 shots).

The Russians shelled the Seredyno-Buda community with mortars from their territory. Two private residential buildings and a power line were damaged.

Kharkiv Region

The enemy shelled the settlements of Veterynarne, Strilecha, Pishchane, Ohirtseve, Vovchansk, Rublene, Dvorichanske and Topoli.

In the Kupiansk direction, Masyutivka, Kupiansk, Kamianka and Pershotravneve came under fire.

Yesterday afternoon, the village of Odnorobivka, Bohodukhiv district, was shelled by artillery. Two residential buildings, a garage and a car were damaged.

A residential building was damaged as a result of the shelling of the village of Podoly, Kupiansk district.

Dnipropetrovsk Region

Russian troops fought in the Nikopol district. In the Marhanets community, 5 private houses, farm buildings, and a power line were cut off by artillery strikes.

Zaporizhzhia Region

In the Zaporizhzhia region, the enemy carried out 104 attacks on civilian infrastructure in 19 settlements in the past day: Hulyaipole, Poltavka, Charivne, Hulyaipilske, Novodanilivka, Chervone, Zaliznychne, Orikhiv, Novoandriivka, Bilohirya, Mala Tokmachka, Malynivka, Novopavlivka, Olhivske, Yehorivka, Luhivske, Kamianske, Mali Shcherbaki, Plavni. There were 19 reports of destruction.

Kherson Region

The Russian army carried out 50 shellings during the day, firing 299 shells.

The Kherson region was under fire from Russian aircraft, tanks and artillery. Three people were injured.

UKRAINE: During the day, another 550 soldiers of the Russian Federation were eliminated: the losses of the enemy exceeded 176 thousand – the General Staff

The Armed Forces launched a counterattack near Avdiivka – ISW

As a result of the breach of the dam in Kramatorsk, 260 houses on 30 streets were flooded

The White House announced the devastating losses of the Wagner in Bakhmut

Russia is looking for money abroad for a protracted war against Ukraine – British intelligence

The issue of providing Ukraine with an Action Plan for NATO membership is no longer on the agenda

WORLD: Ukraine’s membership in NATO is not on the agenda: WSJ reported on the search for a «consolation prize»

The Kremlin continues its nuclear threats to deter Western military aid to Ukraine before a counteroffensive – ISW

Finland will not yet host NATO battlegroups – Bloomberg

Moscow seeks to rebuild spy network in Europe – Politico

Lukashenko again flies to Putin to the Kremlin: they will hold a meeting behind «closed doors»

Before that, on April 5, Oleksandr Lukashenko and Vladimir Putin will hold a separate bilateral meeting.

On April 5-6, the self-proclaimed president of Belarus, Oleksandr Lukashenko, will visit Moscow again and meet with the head of the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin.

The press service of the Belarusian dictator informed the pro-government publication BelTA about this.

It is noted that on April 6, in Moscow, Lukashenko will take part in a meeting of the Supreme State Council of the Union State, the participants of which will consider the course of implementation of the main directions of the implementation of the provisions of the Treaty on the Creation of the Union State for 2021-2023 and Union programs.

«Another key topic is the development of the Security Concept of the Union State. At the meeting, the results will be summed up and joint work for the future period will be discussed,» the message reads.

By Pavlo Vitenko, Ukrainian Freedom News

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