“Russian troops inflicted 56 aviation strikes and made 3554 artillery shelling, in particular in Lyman and Pokrovsky directions, where the highest intensity of attacks was recorded.”, – WRITE: www.radiosvoboda.org
“The enemy struck the positions of our troops and settlements 56 of aviation strikes, using 84 managed aircraft. 1647 shocks of Kamikadze drones were recorded, the enemy made 3554 artillery shelling, ”-said at 22:00.
About half of the fights were recorded in two directions in Donetsk region – Lymansky and Pokrovsky.
“20 times the enemy attacked in the Liman direction, trying to move in the areas of Novomikhailivka, a new peace, a green valley, wells, Tornsky, Serebryanka and in the directions of Yampol, Katyno, Dronovka and Sandrilovy. Nine combat clashes are still ongoing.
The enemy of Ukrainian defenders in the Pokrovsky direction is intensively attacked. Here, during the day, the aggressor performed 33 assaults and offensive actions. The activity of the Russian invaders is recorded in the areas of settlements of Volodymyrivka, New Economic, Mirolyubivka, Sukhetske, Lisivka, Lysovka, Goodbye, Military, Novoukrainka and in the directions of settlements of Mirnograd, Rodinskoye, Promin, Balagan, Novopavlivka, Red Lyman. One combat collision is ongoing, ”the message stated.
The fighting also lasted in the North Slobozhansky and Kursk, South Slobozhansky, Kupyansk, Siversky, Toretsky and Novopavlovsky directions.
On August 20, the Commander -in -Chief of the Armed Forces Oleksandr Syrsky stated that Russian troops increase pressure in the north of Donetsk region – in the Lyman direction, but, according to him, Pokrovsky, Dobropilsky and Novopavlovsky remain the hottest directions.
The promotion of Russian troops for almost a tens of kilometers in the direction of Dobropillya on August 11 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.
Subsequently, the Armed Forces reported the stabilization of the situation in the Dobropilsk direction.