“Pokrovsky direction in Donetsk remains one of the hottest areas of the front”, – WRITE: www.radiosvoboda.org
“In the Pokrovsky direction, from the beginning of this day, the enemy has attacked 51 times in the areas of settlements of Popi Yar, Poltava, Mirne, Malynivka, Mirolyubivka, Razine, Lisivka, Shevchenko, Zarove, Lucky, Muravka, Oleksiyivka, Green Kutka, Nadakhivka, and in the directions of Pokrovka. Our defenders restrain the onslaught of the enemy, six combatants have not subsided so far, ”the message reads.
In addition, according to command, in the Novopavlovsky direction the Ukrainian forces reflected 26 attacks of invaders. The fighting was also recorded in the North Slobozhansky, Kursk, South Slobozhansky, Kupyansk, Lymansky, Siversky, Kramatorsk, Toretsky, Gulyaypil and Dnieper directions.
“Russian invaders have struck two rocket and 52 aircraft strikes, using six rockets and dropping 77 controlled bombs. In addition, 1113 drones-Kamikadze were attracted to the defeat and 4126 shelling of the positions of our troops and settlements were carried out, ”the consolidation said.
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.
The American Institute for the Study of the War in its report, published on the night of July 8, suggested that Russian troops were changing the priorities of the offensive in the Pokrovsky direction after several weeks of unsuccessful attempts to move to Konstantinovka. According to ISW, the command of the Russian Federation will try to force Ukrainian troops to retreat from Pokrovsk and Mirnohrad under the threat of environment before reorganizing in the Konstantinovsky direction.
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.