“The most active areas, as before, are Pokrovsky and Kurakhivskyi”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
“In the Pokrovsky direction, our defenders repelled 51 assault and offensive actions of the aggressor towards the settlements of Grodivka, Novotoretskyi, Novogrodivka, Mykolaivka, Ukrainian, Oleksandropol, Vozdvizhenka, Marynivka, and Zeleny Pol. The greatest concentration of enemy attacks was near Grodivka and Novogrodivka. In the direction of Kurakhiv, the Defense Forces repelled 49 attacks in the direction of Tsukuryny, Zhelany Pershyi, Hirnyk, Katerynivka, Georgiyivka, and Kostyantynivka, the enemy actively used assault and bombing aircraft,” the message says.
In addition, according to the General Staff, there were 14 Russian attacks in the Lymansk direction, 13 in the Kupyansk, 15 in Toretsk, 10 in Kramatorsk, and six in Vremivsk.
“According to detailed information, yesterday the enemy launched one missile strike against the positions of Ukrainian units and populated areas using four missiles, as well as 72 airstrikes, in particular, dropping 120 anti-aircraft missiles. In addition, he fired 4,800 shots, 154 of them from rocket salvo fire systems,” the message reads.
Last week, for the first time in several months, the Russian army did not storm the Pokrovsky area the most, data from the Ukrainian General Staff showed. Kurakhiv direction became the leader.
On September 12, Acting Press Officer of the 33rd OMBr Nazar Voytenkov told Radio Svoboda (“Freedom.Ranok” project) that the Russian army is attacking the village of Kurakhove, which is near Pokrovsk in Donetsk region, from three sides.
It is around Kurakhovo, a city with a pre-war population of almost 20,000, in which one of the largest TPPs of Donbas is located, that massive mechanized assaults by Russian troops are still taking place, writes the Radio Liberty Donbass.Realii project. In other directions, the aggressor follows the tactics of small infantry groups that move on foot or on motorcycles.
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