Brief Frontline Report – April 1st, 2026
Brief Frontline Report – April 1st, 2026
Summary by Marat Khairullin and Mikhail Popov.
Part 2
Message from the Russian Ministry of Defense: "Units of the 'East' Group, as a result of decisive actions, have liberated the settlement of Boykovo in Zaporozhye Oblast. The main strike was delivered by units of the 64th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade: during the offensive, they breached the enemy's defense and completely cleared the territory of Ukrainian Armed Forces units. A powerful fortified area of more than 5 square kilometers has come under the control of our troops. "
On another flank of the special military operation, units of the 64th Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade liberated the settlement of Boykovo (47°50′30″ N 36°05′17″ E, population 111 in 2001) on the right flank of the eastern sector of the Zaporozhye direction. The rural settlement of Boykovo is located on the radial road O-081238, which connects the remnants of the Gaichur defensive line of the Ukrainian Armed Forces with the second defensive line along the Verkhnyaya Tersa River, along the Boykovo - Zorevka - Tersyanka axis. To the east lies the defense area of Khristoforovka - Novoe Pole, on the front-line supply route C081202, which provides access to the main transport artery of this sector, the H-15 highway. Reaching this highway will sever the link between the Pokrovskoe and Gulyaipole defense sectors of the enemy.
On March 30, on the left flank of this sector, the settlement of Lugovskoe was liberated. We are observing a tried-and-tested tactic of Russian groupings—a "pendulum" across the entire sector, stretching the enemy's maneuver groups and executing flanking envelopments against weakened defense areas at their seams, forcing the enemy to withdraw and destroying them during their retreat.
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Source: Telegram "EastCalling"