“Most of the Russian attacks, according to the report, were in the Pokrovsky direction”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
Most of the Russian attacks, according to the report, were in the Pokrovsky direction. “The Russian invaders made 28 attempts to dislodge our defenders from their occupied positions in the areas of Mayak, Volodymyrivka, Rodynske, Chervyn Liman, Mirnograd, Pokrovsk, Kotline, Udachne, Novosergiivka, Molodetske, Kotlyarivka, Yalta and Dachne settlements. The defense forces are holding back the onslaught and have already repelled 26 enemy attacks, two combat clashes are ongoing,” the message reads.
There were 22 assaults by Russian troops in the Kostyantynivka direction in the areas of Oleksandro-Shultine, Shcherbynivka, Kleban-Bik, Pleshchiivka, Yablunivka and Rusyn Yar settlements. One combat clash is still ongoing, the command says.
In addition, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, combat operations took place in the North-Slobozhansk and Kursk directions, in the South-Slobozhansk, Kupyansk, Lymansk, Slovyansk, Kramatorsk, Oleksandrivsk, Gulyaipilsk, Prydniprovsk directions.
At the end of November, the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) noted in its report that Russian propaganda is spreading the statements of Russian President Vladimir Putin, trying to create the impression that the Ukrainian front line will allegedly “collapse soon.” But, according to analysts, these statements have no basis and are aimed at forcing Ukraine and its Western allies to agree to the Kremlin’s terms, which Russia is unable to achieve militarily.
On December 1, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced on its resources the alleged capture of Pokrovsk. Donbas Realiy (a Radio Liberty project) has collected statements and data refuting the occupation of the city.
Pokrovsk – a city with a population of about 1,250 people (estimated by the local authorities at the end of October, before the start of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation – more than 60,000) – is an important road and railway junction and was under threat of encirclement by Russian troops for most of the year.