“Since the beginning of the day on November 13, 117 combat clashes have been recorded at the front, reports the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The fiercest fighting continues in the Pokrovsky direction in the Donetsk region”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
“In the Pokrovsky direction, Russian troops tried 31 times to advance on the positions of our troops in the areas of the settlements of Suhetske, Bilytske, Razine, Rodynske, Dorozhne, Chervyn Liman, Pokrovsk, Myrnograd, Lysivka, Zvirove, Kotline, Udachne, Molodetske, Dachne, Filia. Our defenders have already repelled 28 attacks,” said the day’s summary.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces also informs about the situation in Zaporizhzhia.
“On the Gulyaipil direction, the enemy attacked the positions of the Defense Forces three times in the areas of Yablukovo, Solodke, and Biloghirya settlements. The settlement of Ternuvate was hit by guided bombs. In the Orihiv direction, the aggressor carried out nine attacks in the areas of Mala Tokmachka, Stepovoy, Shcherbaki, Maly Shcherbaki, Primorsky, Stepnohirsk and Plavni. In addition, the enemy carried out an airstrike on the area of the settlement of Novodanilivka,” the message states.
Battles continued in the North-Slobozhansk and Kursk, South-Slobozhansk, Kupyansk, Lymansk, Slovyansk, Kostiantynovsky and Oleksandrivsk directions.
On November 12, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Oleksandr Syrskyi stated that the Pokrovsky direction remains the main one in the context of the Russian offensive. The largest number of daily Russian assaults and the concentration of a significant part of the Russian group operating on the territory of Ukraine are recorded there. In particular, the Russian army is trying to take advantage of difficult weather conditions.
“Our main tasks remain the gradual control of certain areas, the support and protection of existing logistical routes, as well as the organization of additional ones – in order to provide our defenders with everything necessary in time and the uninterrupted evacuation of the wounded. On the slopes and directly in the city buildings, there is a constant struggle with small assault infantry groups of the enemy, less often – the destruction of light enemy equipment,” he said.
In recent days, Russian troops intensified their efforts to enter Pokrovsk in Donetsk region using light vehicles through the southern outskirts, the press service of the 7th Rapid Response Corps of the Airborne Assault Troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported on November 11.
Meanwhile, as reported by the Defense Forces of the South, the Ukrainian military withdrew from their positions near the settlements of Novouspenivske, Nove, Okhotnyche, Uspenivka, Novomykolaivka in the Zaporizhzhia region.