“The enemy used armored, automobile and motorcycle equipment and tried to break through columns from the southern direction to the northern part of the city”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
According to the DSHV, the forces of the Russian Federation began active operations in the morning, trying to take advantage of the unfavorable weather conditions. The enemy used armored, automobile and motorcycle equipment and in columns tried to break through from the southern direction to the northern part of the city.
“Units in the defense lane of the 7th corps of the ShR DShV, waiting for the enemy’s assault actions, began to repulse the attack in an organized manner. The 68th separate hunting brigade named after Oleksa Dovbush burned the first “box” of the Russians. After that, other units, including artillery, began to inflict damage on the equipment and personnel of the enemy,” the message, published in a telegram, reads.
According to preliminary information of the DSHV, units of the 76th Assault Assault Pskov Division were involved in the assault.
The Defense Ministry notes that the defense operation of the Pokrovsk agglomeration continues, but logistics remain complicated.
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The day before, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi said that the defense of Pokrovsk continues, Ukrainian troops control almost 13 square meters in the north of the city. kilometers, and Myrnograd is not surrounded.
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.