“Pokrovsky direction in Donetsk remains one of the hottest areas of the front”, – WRITE: www.radiosvoboda.org
“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 Popi Yar, Poltava, Novotoretske, Mirnotokrad, Novo -Economic, Mirny, Mirovolyubivka, Mykolaivka, Promin, Lisivka, Kotlivka, Laudya, Lysovka, Lysovka, Kotlivka, Kotlivka, Kotlivka. points of Novopodgorodne, Pokrovsk, Razine, Rodinsky. There are still four combatants, ”the message reads.
In the Novopavlovsky direction, the Russian military attacked 23 times, in the estuary direction – 20 times. In addition, according to command, combat clashes took place in the North Slobozhansky, Kursk, South Slobozhansky, Kupyansk, Siversky, Kramatorsk, Toretsky, Orikhiv, Dnieper.
“Russian invaders have struck fifteen rockets and 48 aviation strikes by applying 65 managed aviation bombs. In addition, the Russians attracted 1161 Dron-Kamikadze to defeat and made 3562 shelling of positions of our troops and settlements, ”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.