“More than half of the fighting took place in Pokrovsky and Novopavlovsky directions in Donetsk region”, – WRITE: www.radiosvoboda.org
“Yesterday, the enemy struck on the positions of Ukrainian units and settlements of one missile strike using one rocket, as well as 53 aircraft, including 79 managed aviation bombs. In addition, he made 5955 shellings, 84 of them-from the rocket systems of the volley fire, and attracted more than 3,500 drones-Kamikadze to defeat … Yesterday aviation, missile troops and artillery of defense forces struck 12 areas of concentration Construction.
More than half of the fighting took place in the Pokrovsky and Novopavlovsky directions in Donetsk region.
“In the Pokrovsky direction, our defenders stopped 76 attacks of the aggressor in the areas of settlements of Poltavka, Mirolyubivka, Malynivka, Shevchenko, Elizabeth, Lisivka, Zarov, Lucky, Kotlyne, Novosergiyivka, Novoleksandrivka, and Nokhovka.
In the Novopavlovsky direction, the forces of defense reflected 26 enemy assaults near the settlements by rich, Konstantinopil, Rivnopil, Novosilka, Green Field and in the direction of Oleksiyivka, Mosquito, ”the message reads.
The fighting also lasted in Kharkiv, Kupyansk, Lyman, Siversky, Kramatorsk, Toretsky, Gulyaypil, Orikhiv, Dnieper.
“In the Kursk direction of the last day, our soldiers repelled 16 enemy attacks. The invaders also made 197 artillery shelling, five of them from the rocket launchers; He struck 10 aviation blows, during which he dropped 22 managed airbags, ”the Armed Forces General Staff informs.
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 May 22, Radio Liberty Donbass reported that Russia in Donbass intensified the offensive in several directions, seeking to surround Konstantinovka – an important railway knot and a stronghold of Ukrainian defense. Russian troops are pressed by the time ravine, Toretsk and Pokrovskaya, trying to expand the front and destabilize Ukrainian defense with flank maneuvers.
Konstantinovka is the extreme southern point of the fortified line of fortresses that control the defense forces in the Donbass. In the case of its capture, the army of the Russian Federation will probably try to move further to Druzhkivka, Kramatorsk (the largest free city in Donetsk now) and Slavyansk. It is a key railway and car unit on the free Donbass, which is actively using the Armed Forces to defense the surrounding settlements.