General Staff: There were 158 combatants at the front from the beginning of the day

There were 158 fighting clashes at the front from the beginning of this day, reported as of 22:00 on September 8, the General Staff of the Armed Forces.

Most Russian attacks were in the Pokrovsky direction. “From the beginning of this day, the enemy has attacked 45 times in the areas of settlements Rodinskoye, Mirolyubivka, Ray, Zarov, Kotlyne, Lucky, Novodgorod, Dachne, Novoukrainka and towards Pokrovsk, Toretsky, New Economic, Novopavlivka. Our defenders hold back the pressure of the enemy, five combat clashes are still ongoing, ”the message reads.

In addition, 33 Russian attacks were reflected by the Ukrainian forces in the Novopavlovsky direction, seven more combat clashes continue here, they say in the command.

The fighting also took place in the North Slobozhansky, Kursk, South Slobozhansky, Kupyansk, Lymansky, Siversky, Kramatorsk, Toretsky, Dnieper directions.

On August 31, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, after the report of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Alexander Sirsky, stated that the Russian army concentrates the greatest efforts in the Pokrovsky direction and, “accordingly, the greatest losses.”

In the operational and strategic group of Dnipro troops last week, they stated that the Russian army has the task of seizing in the fall of Pokrovsk-Mirnograd agglomeration, in particular, it refers to three cities-Dobropillya, Pokrovsk and Mirnograd.