Battles rage on in Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Marinka, light aircraft crashes in Bryansk region. What happened on the front line on April 5?

According to an evening report from the Ukrainian General Staff, Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Marinka are in the epicenter of the fighting. The Ukrainian Armed Forces repulsed more than 40 attacks in the following directions:

- Lyman – in areas around the village of Nevskoye and Serebrianka forestry;

- Bakhmut – near Bohdanivka and Ivanivske. The storming of Bakhmut continues;

- Avdiivka and Marinka - in areas around Novokalynove, Avdiivka and Marinka.

In the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson directions, Russian forces are strengthening their defensive lines, the General Staff of the AFU says. There are no significant changes in the Volyn, Polissia, Siversk, Slobozhanske, Kupyansk and Shakhtarsk directions.

According to the pro-Russian project War Gonzo, in the Zaporizhzhia direction, the Russian Armed Forces attacked near Huliaipole from the direction of Dorozhnyanka after massive artillery and air strikes and managed to advance along the highway towards the town. The Ukrainian Armed Forces' positions in Kamianske, Novodanylivka, Mala Tokmachka, Bilohiria, Charivne, and Olhivske are under fire, according to the project.

On the Donetsk front, the Ukrainian Armed Forces counterattacked near Pobeda, south of Marinka, and managed to retake previously lost positions. Russian troops, supported by artillery, carried out an assault in the western part of Marinka, on the outskirts of Krasnohorivka and near Pervomaiske, the project reports.

Southwest of Bakhmut, the Wagner PMC, supported by artillery, again led offensives in the direction of Ivanivske, but no progress has been made in this direction, according to War Gonzo.

In the Luhansk direction, the Russian Armed Forces from the side of Shipilovka tried to advance in the Serebrianka wooded area and near Torske. They attacked with artillery support near Terny, Nevske and Makiivka, but without success.

Analyst Rob Lee posted a video on his Twitter account of an assault on a Russian trench by the Ukrainian 5th Airborne Assault Brigade. A Ukrainian tank fires at the trench at close range, after which the soldiers try to leave the trench, while an M113 series armored personnel carrier fires a machine gun at them.