“As during the previous months, the main efforts of the Russian forces are concentrated in the Pokrovsky direction in Donetsk region”, – WRITE: www.radiosvoboda.org
“The enemy struck 47 aircraft shocks, dropped 70 cab. In addition, he used 1174 Dronov-Kamikadze, carried out 4237 shelling of settlements and positions of our troops, ”-reads in the evening.
Like during the previous months, the main efforts of the Russian Federation are concentrated in the Pokrovsky direction in Donetsk region.
“In the Pokrovsky direction, the enemy made 36 attacks. The invaders tried to go forward near the settlements of Popi Yar, Mirolyubivka, Comfort, Lisivka, Mirnograd, Zarov, Lucky, Oleksiyivka, Novoukrainka, Lighthouse, New Economic, Kottle, Dachane and in the direction of Pankivka, Vladimirovka, Sukhetsky. Four combat clashes are still ongoing, ”the message is stated.
The fighting also lasted in the North Slobozhansky and Kursk, South Slobozhansky, Kupyansk, Lymansky, Siversky, Kramatorsk, Toretsky, Novopavlovsky and Dnieper directions.
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.
The project of Radio Liberty Donbass.Realia in May reported that Russia in the Donbass intensified the offensive in several directions, seeking to surround Konstantinovka – an important railway knot and a stronghold of Ukrainian defense.
According to the American Institute for War Study (ISW), geolocation videos published on July 21 show that Russian troops have recently advanced in the Eastern Zarov and captured the rest of the sandy (both south of Pokrovsk).
The ISW report states that on July 20 and 21, Russian troops attacked near Pokrovsk himself; to the northeast of the city near Mayak, Volodymyrivka, Novotoretsky and New Economic; to the east – near Mirnograd; to the southeast – near Lisivka; to the south – near Zarov and Novoukrainka; But to the southwest – near the luck.