“Almost a quarter of fighting is recorded in the Pokrovsky direction in Donetsk region”, – WRITE: www.radiosvoboda.org
“The Russian invaders have inflicted one missile and 33 aviation strikes, using one rocket and 44 cab. In addition, the Russians attracted 1266 Kamikadze drones and 4511 shelling of positions of our troops and settlements, ”-said at 22:00.
Almost a quarter of 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 of Poltavka, Mirolyubivka, Malynivka, Elizabeth, Lisivka, Zarovka, Lucky, Lucky, Kotlin, Novosergiyivka, Novoleksandrivka, and Nokhovka, Novoukivka. Defense forces restrain the pressure of the enemy and reflect 46 enemy attacks, still last five combatants, ”the message said.
The fighting also lasted in Kharkiv, Kupyansk, Lymansky, Siversky, Kramatorsk, Toretsky, Novopavlovsky, Gulyaypil, Orikhiv, Dnieper directions.
“In the Kursk direction, Ukrainian defenders reflected 14 hostile attacks. Also, the enemy struck four aviation blows, dropping six managed bombs, made 162 artillery shelling on the positions of our troops and settlements, in particular four – from the rocket system of the volley fire, ”the Armed Forces General Staff 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.