“The most attacks were in the Pokrovsky direction – here the Ukrainian defenders stopped 16 enemy’s assault actions, six more crashes continue”, – WRITE: www.radiosvoboda.org
According to the headquarters, most of the Russian troops were attacked in the Pokrovsky direction, where they tried to move forward near the settlements of Sukha Balka, Zelena Field, Elizabeth, Lisivka, Lucky, Trinity, Water Second, Bogdanivka, Andriyivka and in the direction of Old Mykolaivka. Ukrainian defenders stopped 16 enemy assaults, and six more are ongoing.
Also 16 times Russian troops stormed the positions of Ukrainian units in the Toretsky direction in the areas of settlements Dachne, Diliyivka, Toretsk and Kurdyumivka. All attacks are successfully reflected.
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In the Novopavlovsky direction, the enemy tried to break Ukrainian defense 11 times near the settlements of Konstantinopil, a free, bottling, free field and in the direction of Odradny.
There have been 11 fights since the beginning of the day, one of which has been ongoing.
Russian troops also continue less intense attacks in Kupyansk, Siversky, Kramatorsk, Orikhiv and Dnieper directions.
In the Kharkiv and Gulyaypil directions, the enemy did not take the adversary.
The Pokrovsky direction in the Donetsk region remains one of the hottest areas of the front. Over the last year, the largest number of combat clashes is mainly recorded there.
On March 26, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said that Russian leader Vladimir Putin was “trying to win time and prepares for a spring offensive.” According to him, “Putin prepares a new offensive, in particular in Sumy and Kharkiv region.”
On April 9, in an interview with Lb.ua, the commander -in -chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrsky stated that the new offensive of Russian troops in Sumy region and Kharkiv “actually began”.