“Almost half of the fighting is recorded in Pokrovsky and neighboring Novopavlovsky directions in Donetsk region”, – WRITE: www.radiosvoboda.org
“Yesterday, the enemy struck the positions of Ukrainian units and settlements of one missile and 60 aviation strikes, used two missiles and 119 managed bombs. In addition, he made 5681 shelling, 108 of them-from the rockets of volley fire, and attracted 2674 drones-Kamikadze to defeat … Yesterday aviation and missile troops and artillery of defense forces struck 10 areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment and one another.
Almost half of the fighting is recorded in the Pokrovsky and neighboring Novopavlovsky directions in Donetsk region.
“In the Pokrovsky direction our defenders stopped 49 attacks of the aggressor in the areas of settlements Mirne, Popi Yar, Kopteve, Lisivka, Novosergiyivka, Muravka, Nutkhovo and Oleksiyivka. In the Novopavlovsky direction of defense, 28 enemy assaults in the areas of Peresta, Poddubne, Vesele, Maliyivka, Shevchenko and Novopil were reflected, – the message was stated.
The fighting also lasted in the North Slobozhansky and Kursk, South Slobozhansky, Kupyansk, Lymansky, Siversky, Kramatorsk, Toretsky, Orikhiv directions.
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.