“The command says that during the day of November 1 in the Pokrovsky direction, the Russian army carried out 49 assault and offensive operations”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
“Ukrainian soldiers repelled five assaults by the occupiers in the North-Slobozhansk and Kursk directions. In addition, the enemy carried out three airstrikes, dropped nine guided air bombs, and also carried out 134 attacks on the positions of our troops and populated areas, including eight from rocket salvo fire systems,” the General Staff said.
It is also known that in the Yuzhno-Slobozhansk direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled seven attacks in the areas of Vovchansk, Kamianka, and in the direction of Kolodyazny and Dvorichansky. Two more combat clashes are ongoing.
“On the Kupyansk direction, the enemy tried three times to dislodge our units from their positions near Pishchany. Two combat clashes are ongoing. In the direction of Lyman, the enemy carried out five attacks, trying to advance in the areas of the settlements of Koroviya Yar, Zarichne, Stavka and in the direction of Lyman,” the summary of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine states.
The command says that during the day of November 1, in the Pokrovsky direction, the Russian army carried out 49 assault and offensive actions in the areas of the settlements of Shakhove, Myrnograd, Chervyn Liman, Rodynske, Novoeconomichne, Dorozhne, Nikanorivka, Udachne, Mykolaivka, Kozatske, Lysivka, Sukhy Yar, Zvirove, Kotlyna, Molodetske, Filia, Dachne, and in the direction of the settlements of Pokrovsk and Grishine.
“According to preliminary estimates, Ukrainian soldiers neutralized 84 occupiers in this direction, 33 of them irreversibly. Four unmanned aerial vehicles, one unit of automobile and two units of special equipment were destroyed. In addition, six enemy vehicles were damaged,” the message reads.
Last week, on October 26, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine confirmed the penetration of Russian troops into Pokrovsk.
The Russian army has advanced within the borders of Pokrovsk – this was reported by the DeepState project in the morning of October 29. On the map of the hostilities, a “red zone” has grown in the south of the city, and a “gray” zone, indicating the presence of the enemy, has reached its northern outskirts.
Pokrovsk – a city with a population of about 7,000 people (more than 60,000 before the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation) – is an important road and railway junction and was under threat of encirclement by Russian troops for most of the year.