Battlefield Update - 2023-04-27 (1)
❗️🇷🇺🇺🇦 Highlights of Russian Military Operation in Ukraine on April 26
▪️Another prisoners of war exchange took place at the border of Belgorod and Sumy regions.
40 Russian servicemen will be taken to Moscow by military transport aircraft for further medical treatment and rehabilitation.
▪️The AFU continue shelling civilian infrastructure in Belgorod Region.
The village of Krasnoe came under fire: residential houses were damaged, no casualties were reported.
▪️Russian artillery launched strikes on targets in Druzhkivka.
Police department building, used for personnel deployment, was one of the targets.
▪️To the north of the Khromove village, Russian troops continue to storm AFU positions.
As a result of fierce fighting, servicemen managed to break the first enemy defense line and occupy part of the trenches.
▪️In Bakhmut, Russian assault groups continue to advance, pushing the AFU to the western outskirts of the city.
According to an objective assessment, Wagner PMC assault groups currently control at least 85 percent of the city's territory.
▪️Fierce fighting continues north of the Avdiivka fortified area.
In the Krasnohorivka area, Russian units are on the offensive, trying to gain foothold in the area of the railroad.
▪️On the southern flank, Russian servicemen, supported by heavy armored vehicles, storm the AFU positions in the direction of Sjeverne.
Despite resistance, the enemy loses strongholds and is forced to retreat to reserve positions.
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Ukrainiam channel Resident (https://t.me/rezident_ua/17476):
Once again, EU ambassadors failed to agree on joint munitions purchases for Ukraine, and it's unclear if a compromise can be reached on Friday.
This became known to the Polish radio station RMF FM.
"The supply of ammunition from the EU to Ukraine is becoming more and more embarrassing," said one Western diplomat.
The EU promised Ukraine 1 million ammunition by the end of the year both from the warehouses of the EU countries and as part of joint purchases. Deliveries from our own warehouses are slowing down significantly. To date, EU countries have shipped less than 40,000 munitions.
The head of EU diplomacy, Josep Borrell, published a letter in which he called on the defense ministers of 27 countries to pay attention to this problem. The idea is that they should review their holdings because it's hard to believe they have nothing left, a source told RMF FM.
Tension and irritation are also growing among EU member states due to the behavior of France, which is blocking joint purchases of ammunition. This topic was discussed today by the ambassadors of the EU countries. France wants all supply chains for ammunition and arms companies to be European.
"You can't define the European arms industry that way," explains one EU diplomat, "because we will never supply Ukraine with ammunition."
"Even if the production is in an EU country, and the gunpowder for ammunition comes from South Korea, France does not want to agree," an annoyed Western diplomat said.
Italy put forward a compromise proposal that made France even tougher. Sweden, which holds the EU Presidency, announces that it will not put the matter to a vote by EU ambassadors on Friday unless it is sure that all 27 countries agree.
