The Armed Forces Counterates in several sections, and the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have not achieved any success in Bakhmut - ISW

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reflects on the reflection of 6 attacks of Ukrainian DRGs to the northeast, east and southeast of Kupyansk (Kharkiv region). The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation also fired at Ukrainian positions 11 km northeast of Kupyansk. According to Russian propagandists, May 3 and 4, along the Kupyansk direction line, mutual artillery shelling continued and intelligence worked. The Russians also reported south advancement of Kreminna.

On May 4, Russian Milblogrants stated that Chechen "Severe-Ahmat" broke through Ukrainian defense at the Western filter station in the Bigorivka area (10 km south of Kreminna) and unlocked some ways of supply to Bigorovka, and the T-90m Tank of the 2nd Army Tank The LNR Corps comes to Siversk from Bigorivka. The General Staff of the Armed Forces reported that on May 4, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation conducted unsuccessful offensive actions in the direction of Bigorivka.

According to analysts of the Institute, on May 4, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation did not achieve any confirmed successes in Bakhmut and its surroundings. The General Staff of the Armed Forces reported that the Russians had unsuccessful offensive actions near Bogdanivka (6 km northwest of Bakhmut), Markov (14 km northwest of Bakhmut) and New York (30 km southwest of Bakhmut).

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, in turn, reported that the mercenaries of the Wagner PEC had seized 2 quarters in Bakhmut. In particular, on May 3, the head of PEC Yevhen Prigogin stated that the Wagnerivtsi had advanced in Bakhmut 230 meters and that the defense forces control 2. 64 square kilometers of the city.

On May 3 and 4, Russian Milblogists claimed that the "Wagnerivtsi" advanced in the western Bakhmut, although ISW has no visual confirmation of Russians' advancement in the city. Defense forces probably conducted a limited counterattack southwest of Bakhmut. In particular, counterattacked in the Kurdyumivka area and were able to advance here. "The limited nature of the possible promotion of Ukrainians indicates that the counterattack was a localized tactical operation," the ISW notes.

On May 4, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continued the offensive at the front of Avdiivka-Donetsk. According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces, that Russian troops were unsuccessful offensive actions near Siversny (6 km west of Avdiivka), Marinka (27 km southwest of Avdiivka) and Novomikhailivka (36 km southwest of Avdiivka).

The Russian side argued that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation had displaced from positions on the outskirts of Pervomaisky (11 km southwest of Avdiivka) and advanced to Western Marinka, and the forces of defense were carried out by a counterattack near Staromykhailivka (19 km southwest of Avdiivka). "Perhaps it is part of a probable long -term scheme of limited and localized Ukrainian counterattack along this section of the front line," the institute analysts say.

On May 4, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation did not conduct any confirmed ground attacks in the western part of the Donetsk region, and according to Russian military military, the forces of defense began to more actively probe the position of Russians in the area. Troops urged Russian sources not to make premature conclusions that such activity is the beginning of the Armed Forces counter -offensive.

Russian invaders reported that they had repelled the attempts of Ukrainian intelligence in Zaporozhye in the area of ​​Orikhiv. The Russian side stressed that Ukrainian operations were localized actions, not the beginning of the counter -offensive, and that the Ukrainian forces were conducting operations near Orikhov in March and April 2023. The Armed Forces continue to create danger to the Zaporozhye NPP before the Ukrainian counter -offensive.

On May 3, the IAEA mission announced an increase in the accumulation of Russian military equipment at the ZPP, in particular, weapons and explosives in the territory of the 4th unit. The occupation official of the Zaporizhzhya region Volodymyr Rogov said that the IAEA did not make any statements, and the information widespread in the network is provocation of the Ukrainian side against the NPP.