“The largest number of Russian attacks (73) were in the Pokrovsky direction, the General Staff reported”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
“In the Pokrovsk direction, our defenders stopped 73 attacks by the aggressor in the areas of the settlements of Volodymyrivka, Fedorivka, Nikanorivka, Chervyn Liman, Rodynske, Myrnograd, Promin, Lysivka, Pokrovsk, Zelene, Kotlyne, Udachne, Molodetske, Kotlyarivka, Horikhove and Filia,” the message reads.
In addition, combat operations continued in the North-Slobozhansk and Kursk directions, in the South-Slobozhansk, Kupyansk, Lymansk, Slavyansk, Kramatorsk, Kostiantynivsk, Oleksandrivsk, Gulyaipil, Orihiv, Prydniprovsk directions, the General Staff reported.
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“Yesterday, the enemy launched one missile and 54 air strikes against the positions of Ukrainian units and populated areas, used 41 missiles and dropped 126 guided bombs. In addition, 5,276 kamikaze drones were involved in the destruction and 4,697 attacks were carried out on the positions of our troops and population centers, of which more than a hundred were from rocket salvo fire systems,” the summary states.
The “East” military group reported on the evening of November 8 that search and strike operations are underway in Pokrovsk to identify and destroy Russian troops, they are “unsuccessfully trying to infiltrate the northern outskirts of the city.”
PHOTO GALLERY: Ruins, empty streets and constant drone attacks: how Kostyantynivka lives (photo report) On November 7, the 7th Rapid Response Corps of the Airborne Assault Troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that Russian troops had reduced their activity in Pokrovsk and were waiting for reinforcements with main forces.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine declared on November 5 that the defense of the Pokrovsko-Myrnograd agglomeration continues, and “there is no encirclement of our units and units.”
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.