Ukraine’s Army hits 12 enemy clusters, four ammunition depots May 2

That’s according to a war update, published by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Wednesday morning, Ukrinform reports.

"The enemy launched three missile strikes, 39 air strikes, and 63 times employed MLR systems targeting positions of our troops and populated areas. Civilians were injured, private residential buildings and other civilian infrastructure were destroyed and damaged," the report said.

It is also noted that overnight Wednesday, Russian terrorists once again attacked Ukraine using Shahed-136/131 kamikaze drones. Information about the consequences of this attack is being clarified.

The likelihood of the enemy launching more missile and air strikes across the entire territory of Ukraine remains high, the General Staff warned.

The enemy continues to focus its main efforts on conducting offensive operations in the Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, and Maryinka directions where over 30 assault efforts were recorded. Bakhmut and Maryinka remain at the epicenter of hostilities, where Ukraine’s defenders are holding their defenses.

On the Volyn and Polissia axes, the operational situation has undergone no significant changes. No signs of an enemy offensive grouping being formed were detected.

On the Sivershchyna and Slobozhanshchyna axes, enemy artillery shelled the settlements of Hasychivka, Yeline, Bleshnya, Karpovychi, Tymonovichi, Leonivka, and Muravyi of Chernihiv region; Znob-Novgorodsk, Uralov, Seredyna-Buda, Kucherivka, Rivne, Vorozhba, Volfine, Mykolaivka, Myropillia in Sumy region, as well as Veterynarne, Vilkhivka, Hatyshche, Vovchansk, and Potikhonove in Kharkiv region.

In the Kupiansk direction, the enemy ran no offensive operations, actively flying UAVs to spot artillery fire. Krasne Pershe, Fiholivka, Novomlynsk, Lyman Pershyi, Kupiansk, Kislivka, Krokhmalne, and Berestove of Kharkiv region were subjected to artillery and mortar shelling.

In the Lyman direction, the enemy launched offensive efforts in the area south of Dibrova, sealing no gains. Makiivka in Luhansk region and Bilohorivka, Verkhnokamianske, and Spirne in Donetsk region were hit by artillery fire.

In the Bakhmut direction, the enemy continues its offensive. Fighting continues for the town of Bakhmut. In addition, the occupiers attacked - with no success - in the direction of Ivanivske and Predtechyne. Vasyukivka, Orikhovo-Vasylivka, Novomarkove, Hryhorivka, Khromove, Bakhmut, Ivanivske, Chasiv Yar, Kostyantynivka, Predtechyne, Diliivka, and Pivdenne of Donetsk region were affected by enemy shelling.

In the Avdiivka direction, the enemy carried out offensive actions in the Pervomaiske district of Donetsk region, without gains. They also shelled Novokalynove, Avdiivka, Severne, Tonenke, Karlivka, and Netailove.

In the Marinka direction, enemy attacks were repelled in the Maryinka area. Krasnohorivka, Heorhiivka, Pobieda, and Novomykhailivka of Donetsk region came under enemy fire.

The enemy launched no offensive moves in the Shakhtarske direction, while shelling Novoukrainka and Prechystivka in Donetsk region.

The enemy remains on the defensive in Zaporizhzhia and Kherson directions, having opened fire at more than 30 settlements. Among them are Vremivka and Novosilka of Donetsk region; Hulyaipole, Bilohirya, Mala Tokmachka, Novodanilivka, Novoandriivka, and Kamianske of Zaporizhzhia region; Nikopol in Dnipropetrovsk region; Zolota Balka, Dudchany, Kachkarivka, Vesele, Lvove, Ivanivka, Mykilske, Antonivka, Dniprovske, Kizomys of Kherson region, and the city of Kherson.

According to the General Staff, the Russian occupiers continue the process of forcible issue of Russian passports in the temporarily captured territory of Kherson region. In order to accelerate the process, the invaders are conducting demonstrative raids aimed at intimidating the local population with possible deportation and alienation of property. A convoy of empty buses, accompanied by FSB operatives, drives across settlements to inform residents, referring to the decree recently signed by Vladimir Putin on the deportation of non-Russian citizenship from the occupied territories, set an ultimatum: either they renounce their Ukrainian passport in favor of a Russian one or they are immediately evicted from homes and their property gets seized.

"In the past day, the Air Force of the Defense Forces carried out eight strikes on enemy manpower clusters, while rocket and artillery units hit a command post, 12 clusters, four ammunition depots, an air defense system, and one more important enemy target," summed up the General Staff.

As reported, since February 24, 2022, the Defense Forces have eliminated 191,420 Russian aggressors.

Photo: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine