General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: Russian troops attacked 42 times in the Pokrovsky direction, fighting is still ongoing in five locations

Since the beginning of this day, there have been 164 combat clashes at the front, reports the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

According to the headquarters, the most battles took place in the Pokrovsky direction – here since the beginning of this day, the enemy attacked 42 times in the areas of the settlements of Shakhove, Ivanivka, Chervyn Liman, Myrnograd, Hryshyne, Pokrovsk, Kotlyna, Udachne, Molodetske, Dachne, Filia and in the direction of Novopodgorodny and Novopavlivka. Ukrainian defenders are holding back the onslaught of the enemy, fighting is still going on in five locations.

Intense fighting also continued in the direction of Kostyantynivka – 18 skirmishes near Kostyantynivka, Aleksandro-Shultyny, Shcherbynivka, Pleshchiivka, Ivanopil, Rusyny Yar and towards Sofiivka. Two clashes are still ongoing.

Russian forces carried out 13 attacks each in the Lyman, Oleksandriv, and Gulyaipil areas.

Russian troops continue their attacks in the North-Slobozhansk and Kursk, South-Slobozhansk, Kupyansk, Slovyansk, Kramatorsk and Dnieper directions.

No clashes were recorded in the Orichivsk direction.

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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.