“According to the headquarters, the most battles took place in the Pokrovsky direction, where since the beginning of the day, the Russian invaders have carried out 46 attacks”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
According to the headquarters, most of the fighting took place in the Pokrovsky direction, where since the beginning of the day, the Russian invaders made 46 attempts to dislodge Ukrainian defenders from their positions in the areas of Shahovo, Novy Shahovo, Krasnoy Liman, Mirnograd, Vilno, Novoeconomy, Rodinsky, Novopavlivka, Pokrovsk, Svitly, Kotlyny, Udachny, Molodetsky, Dachnoy. The defense forces are holding back the enemy’s onslaught and have already stopped 40 attacks.
The General Staff adds that search and strike operations of the Defense Forces in the area of the city of Pokrovsk continue in this direction.
Also, according to the report, intense fighting continues today in the Oleksandrivskyi direction – here the enemy attacked 17 times in the areas of Zeleny Gay, Yalta, Aleksandrograd, Sosnivka, Stepovoy, Verbovoy, Privilny, Vyshnevoy, Pavlivka, Krasnohirsky, and Rybny. Three clashes continue until now.
Russian troops are also continuing their attacks in the South Slobojan, Lyman, Slavyan, Gulyaipil, Orihiv, and Dnieper directions.
Since the beginning of the day, the enemy has not carried out offensive actions in the Kupyansk and Kramatorsk directions.
At the end of November, the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) noted in its report that Russian propaganda is spreading the statements of Russian President Vladimir Putin, trying to create the impression that the Ukrainian front line will allegedly “collapse soon.” But, according to analysts, these statements have no basis and are aimed at forcing Ukraine and its Western allies to agree to the Kremlin’s terms, which Russia is unable to achieve militarily.
On December 1, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced on its resources the alleged capture of Pokrovsk. Donbas Realiy (a Radio Liberty project) has collected statements and data refuting the occupation of the city.
Pokrovsk – a city with a population of about 1,250 people (estimated by the local authorities at the end of October, before the start of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation – more than 60,000) – is an important road and railway junction and was under threat of encirclement by Russian troops for most of the year.