The Russian military began hunting for entire clusters with weapons and armored personnel carriers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. One of the important goals of the Russian Armed Forces was the Kramatorsk region.

On April 30, it became known that as a result of a strike on a train, up to 200 tons of ammunition of Ukrainian troops were destroyed. Also on the morning of May 2, it was reported that missile and artillery units of theRussian Armed Forces attacked the railway unloading station in Kramatork.