“The most battle was in the Pokrovsky direction in Donetsk region that remains one of the hottest areas of the front”, – WRITE: www.radiosvoboda.org
“In the Pokrovsky direction, our defenders stopped 65 offensive actions of the aggressor in the areas of settlements of Poltavka, Mirolyubivka, Mirne, Elizabeth, Ray, Lisivka, Novisergivka, Lucky, Kotlyne, Novomykolaivka, Gorikhov, Kotlyarivka, Bogdanivka, and Andriya.
In addition, according to the command, in the Kursk direction the units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled 31 attacks of Russian troops, in the Novopavlovsky direction – 25 attacks, 22 – in the Lyman direction.
The fighting also took place in Kharkiv, Kupyansk, Siversky, Kramatorsk, Toretsky, Gulyaypil, Orikhiv, Dnieper directions.
“Yesterday, the enemy struck the positions of Ukrainian units and settlements of three missile strokes with the use of four missiles, as well as 92 air strikes, including 168 controlled bombs. In addition, he made 6035 shelling, 89 of them-from the jet systems of volley fire, and attracted 3066 drones-Kamikadze to defeat, ”the message reads.
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.