Russian troops preparing to continue offensive on Izium axis

According to Ukrinform, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine announced this on Facebook.

As of 06:00 on May 8, Russia continued its full-scale war against Ukraine.

The enemy does not stop conducting offensive operations in the Eastern Operational Zone in order to establish full control over the territory of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts and maintain a land corridor between these territories and the occupied Crimea.

The situation has not changed significantly in the Volyn, Polissia and Sivershchyna areas.

According to the General Staff, the threat remains of Russia launching missile and air strikes on targets in Ukraine from Belarusian territory.

Units of the Russian armed forces continue to carry out tasks to cover the Ukrainian-Russian border in the Bryansk and Kursk regions.

In the northeast of the country, the Russian enemy concentrated its main efforts on preventing the further advance of Ukrainian troops towards the state border of Ukraine to the north and northeast of the city of Kharkiv.

The Russian enemy carried out artillery shelling in the areas of the settlements of Prudianka, Slatyne and Tsyrkuny. To strengthen its defense in the area of the settlement of Kozacha Lopan, the enemy carried out measures on the engineering equipment of its positions.

On the Izium axis, the enemy concentrated its main efforts on preparations for the continuation of the offensive in the Izium-Barvinkove and Izium-Sloviansk directions. In order to strengthen its grouping, the enemy redeployed two battalion tactical groups from the 35th Combined Arms Army to designated areas. The enemy also carried out artillery shelling of Ukrainian positions.

To clarify the position of Ukrainian troops, the enemy continued to conduct air reconnaissance in the areas of the settlements of Izium and Kamianka.

On the Donetsk axis, a grouping of invading troops continues offensive operations in the Lyman, Popasna, Sievierodonetsk and Avdiivka directions.

On the Kurakhove axis, with the support of artillery, the enemy is trying to resume offensive operations toward the village of Novomykhailivka.

In the Lyman direction, as a result of assault, the enemy captured the northern outskirts of Shandryholove.

In the Mariupol direction, the enemy continues to block Ukrainian units in the area of the Azovstal steel plant and, with the support of artillery and tank fire, carries out assault operations.

According to the General Staff, the enemy continues to supply weapons, military equipment, and ammunition, fuel and oil to meet the needs of Russian troops in this direction.

In the Southern Buh and Tavriya directions, a group of Russian troops with the support of air strikes at military and civilian targets, regroups and strengthens units and increases the system of fire damage and logistics.

In the Kryvyi Rih direction, the enemy used an Orlan-10 UAV to detect the positions of units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The situation in the Bessarabian direction remains tense. Armed formations in the Transnistrian region of the Republic of Moldova and units of the operational group of Russian troops are in full combat readiness.

Ships of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in the Black and Azov Seas continue to perform tasks to isolate the area of hostilities and conduct reconnaissance in the coastal area.