“Pokrovsky direction in Donetsk remains one of the hottest areas of the front”, – WRITE: www.radiosvoboda.org
It is reported that the most fighting was in the Pokrovsky direction, where the invaders made 37 attempts to capture Ukrainian military from the positions in the areas of settlements of Popi Yar, Poltavka, Mirne, Malynivka, Mirolyubivka, Razine, Lisivka, Shevchenko, Zhevivka, Lucky, Olekivka.
“Defense forces restrain the pressure and have already reflected 28 attacks, specified in the General Staff. 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.
In addition, they say in command, combat clashes were recorded in the North Slobozhansky, Kursk, South Slobozhansky, Kupyansk, Lymansky, Siversky, Kramatorsk, Toretsky, Novopavlovsky directions.
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.