“Most of the collisions occurred in the Pokrovsky and Kurakhiv directions”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
“Thirty-four attacks – this number over the past day were repelled by our defenders in the Pokrovsky direction. The enemy tried to advance near the settlements of Myrolyubivka, Pustinka, Promin, Krutyy Yar, Krasnyi Yar, Lyskivka, Yuryivka, Zhovte, Petrivka, Dachenske, Novooleksiivka, Hryhorivka, and Pushkine. Defense forces continue to restrain the enemy in the Kurakhiv direction. In the areas of the settlements of Berestka, Zorya, Sontsivka, Maksimilianivka, Katerynivka, Elizavetivka and Antonivka, the occupiers tried to break through the Ukrainian defense lines 29 times,” the message says.
In addition, battles continued in the Kharkiv, Kupyan, Lyman, Toretsk, Vremiv, Dnieper directions.
“According to the detailed information, yesterday the enemy launched one missile strike against the positions of Ukrainian units and populated areas using one missile, as well as 83 airstrikes and dropped 138 guided air bombs. In addition, it carried out more than 4,000 attacks, 92 of them from rocket salvo fire systems, and used 1,380 kamikaze drones for strikes,” the message reads.
The American Institute for the Study of War stated in its report on November 17 that the Russian army will probably focus in the winter of 2024-2025 on capturing front-line Ukrainian cities and on urban battles.
According to the project of Radio Liberty Donbas.Realii, the main battle of the winter will obviously be the battle for Pokrovsk, to which the Russian army is approaching from the south and southeast.