““It is the hottest today in the Kurakhiv direction, where there are currently 30 combat clashes””, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
“In the Pokrovsky direction, since the beginning of the day, the occupiers have already carried out 28 attacks on the positions of our defenders in the Myrolyubivka, Lysivka, Promeny, Dachensky, Chumatsky, and Novopustinka districts. The defense forces, restraining the enemy onslaught, repelled 24 enemy attacks. Four skirmishes continue… The hottest today is in the Kurakhivka direction, where 30 skirmishes are currently being counted, the invaders are most actively trying to advance in the areas of Sontsivka, Zori, Dalnyi, Kurakhovo, Elizavetivka and Hannivka. “Thirteen clashes are still ongoing,” the message reads.
In addition, according to the General Staff, fighting continued in the Kharkiv, Kupyan, Lyman, Toretsk, Vremiv, Orihiv, Dnieper directions.
“In Kurshchyna, our defenders repelled 17 attacks by invaders today, nine clashes are ongoing,” the command noted.
In their report released on November 24, analysts from the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) noted that the Russian military in Donbas has recently been advancing much faster than in the whole of 2023.
“The front line in the Donetsk region is becoming more and more volatile, as recently Russian troops have been advancing much faster than during the entire year of 2023,” experts point out.
According to their conclusions, the advance of Russian troops is to a large extent “the result of the identification and tactical use of vulnerable places on Ukrainian lines.”
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Oleksandr Syrsky, who visited the Pokrovsky and Kurakhiv areas in Donetsk region, on November 29 assured that the units of the Defense Forces in these areas will be additionally provided with reserves, ammunition, weapons and military equipment.