General Staff: since the beginning of the day, there have been 77 combat clashes, most of them in the Pokrovsky direction

Since the beginning of the day on December 6, 77 combat clashes took place at the front, according to the new operational summary of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

According to the Ukrainian command on Severno-Slobozhanskyi and Kursk directions, the forces of the Russian Federation carried out 72 attacks, in particular, two – from reactive salvo fire systems.

“On the Yuzhno-Slobozhansk direction The defense forces repelled five enemy attacks in the areas of Vovchansk, Synelnyky and towards Izbytsky and Kolodyazny. In the Kupyansk direction, the Russian invaders attacked six times in the Pischany and Kolisnikivka directions, one battle is ongoing,” the General Staff emphasized.

In addition, the Armed Forces reported that in the Lyman direction the Russian army carried out nine attacks in the vicinity of Grekivka, Tverdokhlibovo, Zarichny and in the directions of Novosergiivka, Novy Mir and Stavoki. Three combat clashes are ongoing.

“In the Slavic direction Defense forces repulsed six attacks. The invading units tried to advance near Yampol, Dronivka, Serebryanka, Siversk and Fedorivka, another battle is ongoing. In the direction of Kostyantynivka, the Russians carried out 14 assaults in the areas of Oleksandr-Shultyny, Shcherbynivka, Pleshchiivka, and in the direction of Stepanivka and Berestk. One combat clash is ongoing,” the General Staff reported.

Simultaneously in the Pokrovsky direction the army of the Russian Federation made 21 attempts to dislodge the Defense Forces from their occupied positions in the directions of Novy Shakhovy, Novopavlivka and in the areas of Krasnoy Liman, Rodinsky, Mirnograd, Kotlyny, Udachny, and Molodetsky. The defense forces are holding back the onslaught and have already repelled 20 enemy attacks, one battle is ongoing.

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.