Attempts by Russian invaders to break through in eastern Ukraine on the night of April 19 were unsuccessful. Aleksey Arestovich, Advisor to the Head of the President's Office, announced this.

He noted that the enemy directed efforts to probe the defense, and then focus on weak points..

" Not a single attempt to advance succeeded, despite attempts to inflict numerous air and artillery strikes on our defenders.. The armed forces of Ukraine are working skillfully. You need to understand that the most combat-ready group is focused precisely on the direction of the Russian offensive,"

The adviser to the head of the President's Office added that the enemy's plan to reach the administrative borders of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions and present this as the main goal of the war would fail..

Recall that on April 18, the head of the Lugansk regional military administration, Sergei Gaidai, announced the capture of Kremennaya by Russian troops.. According to him, from three and a half to four thousand people remained in the mass, but by morning their evacuation was impossible.. The cars that tried to leave the city were shot by the invaders.