“More than a third of the fighting was in the Pokrovsky direction”, – WRITE: www.radiosvoboda.org
“In the Pokrovsky direction, from the beginning of this day, the enemy has tried 35 times to move forward in the areas of settlements of Poltava, Volodymyrivka, Fedorivka, Novo -Economic, Rodinskoe, Sukhetske, Ray, Pokrovsk, Zavore, Lucky, Lucky, Dachne, Novoukrainka. There are still two combat clashes, ”the message reads.
According to the General Staff, the fighting also lasted in the North Slobozhansky, Kursk, South Slobozhansky, Kupyansk, Lymansky, Siversky, Kramatorsk, Toretsky, Novopavlovsky, Dnieper directions.
“Today, Russian invaders have struck the positions of our troops and settlements of two missile and 77 aviation strikes, using three rockets and dropping 133 managed aviation bombs. In addition, 1,568 Kamikadze drones were involved and about 4,000 shelling was carried out, ”the message reads.
On August 14, the General Staff of the Armed Forces announced the disposal of the breakthrough of groups of Russian military towards the city of Dobropillya in Donetsk region, which threatened to significantly worsen the defense of Ukrainian positions both in the Pokrovsk region and near Konstantinovka.
Earlier this week, the promotion of Russian troops for almost a dozen kilometers in the direction of Dobropillya marked on his map the analytical project of Deepstate. The spokesman of the operative-strategic group of the Dnipro troops, Lieutenant Colonel Victor Tregubov the next day stated that in Dobropil and Pokrovsky directions Russian troops use the tactics of “impregnation”, which creates a false impression of advancement. But, he said, “impregnation” does not mean that the enemy has taken this territory under control.
On August 12, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky stated that the purpose of promoting Russian forces near Dobropillya in Donetsk is to “form a certain information space” to a meeting between US and Russia Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin on August 15.