General Staff: There were 112 combat clashes at the front from the beginning of the day

112 combat clashes were recorded at the front from the beginning of the day, referring to the data of 16:00, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

According to command, the most fighting was in the Pokrovsky direction. “Since the beginning of the day, the occupiers made 36 attempts to confuse our defenders from the positions in the areas of settlements of Popi Yar, Poltava, Novotoretske, Mirnotorensko Novopodgorodne, Pokrovsk, Razine, Rodinsky. Defense forces restrain the pressure of the enemy and reflect 32 attacks, four hostages are still ongoing, ”the message reads.

In addition, the fights were recorded in the North Slobozhansky, Kursk, South Slobozhansky, Kupyansk, Lymansky, Siversky, Kramatorsk, Toretsky, Novopavlovsky, Orikhiv, Dnieper.

The project of Radio Liberty Donbass.Realia in May reported that Russia in the Donbass intensified the offensive in several directions, seeking to surround Konstantinovka – an important railway knot and a stronghold of Ukrainian defense.

The American Institute for the Study of the War in its report, published on the night of July 8, suggested that Russian troops were changing the priorities of the offensive in the Pokrovsky direction after several weeks of unsuccessful attempts to move to Konstantinovka. According to ISW, the command of the Russian Federation will try to force Ukrainian troops to retreat from Pokrovsk and Mirnohrad under the threat of environment before reorganizing in the Konstantinovsky direction.

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.