“Almost a third of the fighting is recorded in the Pokrovsky direction in Donetsk region”, – WRITE: www.radiosvoboda.org
“The Russian invaders have inflicted one missile and 46 aircraft blows, using one rocket and 55 cab. In addition, the Russians attracted 1074 Kamikadze drones and carried out 3603 shelling of positions of our troops and settlements, ”-says as of 22:00.
Almost a third of the fighting is recorded in the Pokrovsky direction in Donetsk region.
“From the beginning of this day in the Pokrovsky direction, the invading units have tried to break through our defense in the areas of settlements Malinivka, Grodivka, Lisivka, Novoukrainka, Lucky, Novosergiyivka, Kotlyarivka and Nutkhovo. Defense forces restrain the pressure of the enemy and reflect 34 hostile attacks, still three combatants continue, ”the message stated.
The fighting also lasted in Kharkiv, Kupyansk, Lyman, Siversky, Kramatorsk, Toretsky, Novopavlovsky directions.
“In the Kursk direction, Ukrainian defenders reflected 28 hostile attacks; Three combat clashes are ongoing. The enemy also struck 12 aviation blows, dropping 20 managed bombs, made 157 artillery shelling, ”the General Staff of the Armed Forces informs.
The Pokrovsky direction in the Donetsk region remains one of the hottest areas of the front. Over the last year, the largest number of combat clashes is mainly recorded there.
On May 22, Radio Liberty Donbass reported that Russia in Donbass intensified the offensive in several directions, seeking to surround Konstantinovka – an important railway knot and a stronghold of Ukrainian defense. Russian troops are pressed by the time ravine, Toretsk and Pokrovskaya, trying to expand the front and destabilize Ukrainian defense with flank maneuvers.
Konstantinovka is the extreme southern point of the fortified line of fortresses that control the defense forces in the Donbass. In the case of its capture, the army of the Russian Federation will probably try to move further to Druzhkivka, Kramatorsk (the largest free city in Donetsk now) and Slavyansk. It is a key railway and car unit on the free Donbass, which is actively using the Armed Forces to defense the surrounding settlements.