Fighters from the Apachi Unmanned Systems Battalion, together with other units of the Ukrainian Defense Forces, thwarted a Russian mechanized assault in the Sloviansk sector—one of the largest in this section of the front.
In the Sloviansk community in Donetsk region, 81 people have been killed and 402 wounded since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022. More than 50% of residential high-rise buildings have been damaged.
Despite logistical difficulties, fighters of the 81st Separate Slobozhanska Airmobile Brigade are destroying enemy equipment and manpower in the Sloviansk sector, actively using unmanned systems to support combat operations.
Russian FPV drones have been attacking the town of Sloviansk in the Donetsk region throughout the day on April 13, damaging a multi-story residential building.
In the Sloviansk area, paratroopers from the 81st Separate Slobozhanskyi Airborne Brigade of the 7th Airborne Corps captured six servicemen of the Russian Federation’s armed forces.
Law enforcement officers arrested a 50-year-old previously convicted resident of Sloviansk, Donetsk region, who shot a district police officer while he was performing his official duties.
The head of the Donetsk Regional Military Administration, Vadym Filashkin, has signed an order to carry out the forced evacuation of children from specific areas of Sloviansk.
Russian forces shelled a settlement in the Sloviansk community, Donetsk region, using a Smerch multiple launch rocket system, damaging 17 houses, a store, and vehicles.
The counterintelligence unit of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has detained a boiler house security guard who was directing Russian strikes on Sloviansk in the Donetsk region.