Operational Command Skhid News Today

The air defence forces of Ukraine's Air Force shot down a drone - for the second time in the same evening - in the sky over Dnipro Oblast on 23 April. Source: Operational Command Skhid (East) Quote: "As for the sound of an explosion in Dnipro at 22:25, the defenders of the skies in the Dnipro district of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast destroyed a hostile UAV.

Air defence forces have shot down two Russian drones in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast during an air-raid warning on the evening of 20 December. Source: Serhii Lysak, Head of the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Military Administration Quote: "Two enemy drones down (in Kryvyi Rih and Dnipro districts).

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said during a discussion with American editors in Washington that Ukraine's Defense Forces are going to liberate Bakhmut in Donetsk Oblast and two more Russian-occupied towns.

Heavy fighting is ongoing in the area of the settlement of Klishchiivka in Donetsk Oblast, particularly near the railway line that supplies Russian forces. Source: Illia Yevlash, press service chief for Operational Command Skhid (East), during a broadcast by Radio Svoboda (Liberty) Quote: "There is heavy fighting in the area of the railway.

The Ukrainian Defence Forces are now controlling the Bakhmut-Horlivka road under direct fire, meaning that supply for Russian units on this front has become much more difficult. Source: Illia Yevlash, press service chief for Operational Command Skhid (East), during the national 24/7 newscast Quote: "The fight is dynamic in both areas, but the types of operations are different: we are defending on the Kupiansk-Lyman front, trying to hold back the enemy's onslaught, while on the Bakhmut ...

Illia Yevlash, press service chief for Operational Command Skhid (East), has said there are now over 50,000 Russian soldiers deployed on the Bakhmut front, along with equipment. Source: Yevlash during the national 24/7 newscast Details: Military officials report that Ukraine is gaining ground on the southern flank of the Bakhmut front, driving Russians out from their previously occupied positions.

The Liut (Rage) United Assault Brigade of the National Police of Ukraine has confirmed the liberation of the village of Klishchiivka in Donetsk Oblast. Source: the Liut Brigade on Facebook; Illia Yevlash, press service chief for Operational Command Skhid (East), in a comment for Ukrainska Pravda Quote from Yevlash: "I can confirm that this happened thanks to the efforts of the 80th Separate Airborne Assault Brigade, the 5th Separate Assault Brigade, and the combined Liut National Police Bri...

By liberating the settlement of Klishchiivka in Donetsk Oblast, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have created a springboard that would allow the development of upcoming offensive operations. Source: Illia Yevlash, press service chief for Operational Command Skhid (East), during the national 24/7 newscast Quote: "Now we have gained a springboard for ourselves, which in the future will allow us to continue to develop offensive operations and liberate our land from the invaders.

Ukraine's Defence Forces shot down three Russian drones over Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on the night of 13-14 September, with debris from the Shaheds partially destroying a private residential building and damaging six more.

Russian troops attacked Dnipropetrovsk and Mykolaiv oblasts with drones on the morning of 4 September, with the Ukrainian Air Force destroying 7 drones, although some hits did occur. Source: Serhii Lysak, Head of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Military Administration; Vitalii Kim, Head of Mykolaiv Oblast Military Administration Quote from Lysak: "The morning started with an enemy attack.