UKRAINE, May 1 — Russia started to attack Ukrainian positions more intensively since April began. Over the past month, they occupied 175 square kilometers of Ukrainian territories, said the analytical OSINT project DeepState.

Earlier, Ruslan Mykula, a co-founder of DeepState, said that Russians are probably trying to create a land corridor along the Oskil River in Kharkiv Oblast. On March 23, a DeepState war tracking map marked the Russian advance near Kamianka and Topoli settlements on the right bank of the Oskil River.

At the beginning of April, the Russian forces advanced in Kamianka. On April 28, Russian media shared information about the supposed occupation of the village. However, the “Khortytsia” operational-strategic group of forces that’s responsible for this part of the frontline refuted this statement.

Also, DeepState marked that over April, Russians advanced in Zapadne village near the Kupiansk city.

Almost a third of all Ukraine’s losses this month are near Sukha Balka and Kalynove villages in Donetsk Oblast, which is about 50 square kilometers. Also in Donetsk Oblast, the Russian army advanced near Rozlyv, Kostiantynopol, Katerynivka, Nadiivka, and Andriivka. In total, 85% of all Russian advancements are in these areas.

In April, the Russian troops attacked Kharkiv Oblast 136 times, killing six adults and one child, and injuring 230 people, including 19 children, said the Kharkiv mayor Ihor Terekhov.

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