“According to reports, most of the fighting took place in the Pokrovsky and Kurakhiv directions”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
Most of the battles, according to reports, were in the Pokrovsky and Kurakhiv directions.
“In the Pokrovsky direction, our defenders repelled 35 attacks. The main efforts of the enemy were concentrated in the areas of Krasnoy Yar, Vozdvizhenka, Novotoretsk, Grodivka, Novogrodivka, Selidovoy, Marynivka, Myrolyubivka, and Mykhailivka. In the Kurakhiv direction, the Defense Forces continue to hold back the enemy in the areas of Hirnyk, Tsukuryny, Zhelany Drugo, Georgiyivka, Katerynivka, and Kostyantynivka. In total, the enemy tried to break through the defense of our troops in this direction 28 times,” the message reads.
In addition, hostilities continued in the Kharkiv, Kupyan, Siver, Kramatorsk, Toretsk, Vremiv, Dnipro, and Orihiv directions.
“According to the updated information, yesterday the enemy launched two rocket strikes (four rockets), 67 airstrikes (in particular, 99 anti-aircraft missiles were used), launched 5,587 attacks, 167 of them from rocket salvo systems against the positions of Ukrainian units and populated areas “, the message reads.
Acting press officer of the 33rd OMBr, Nazar Voytenkov, said on September 12 on 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.
On the night of September 19, the DeepState project reported on the advance of the Russian army near Ukraine in the Kurakhiv direction. For some time now, this part of the front has been in the leaders in terms of the number of assaults, together with the Pokrovsky direction. According to military experts, these two directions are connected and can be considered the main direction of Russia’s attack – before the Pokrovsk assault, the aggressor is trying to expand the Ocheretyn ridge and capture Kurakhove, the Radio Liberty Donbass.Realii project reports.
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