“More than a third of the fighting is recorded in the Pokrovsky direction in Donetsk region”, – WRITE: www.radiosvoboda.org
“Yesterday, the enemy struck the positions of Ukrainian units and settlements of one missile strike using 47 missiles, as well as 57 air strikes, including 119 managed aviation bombs. In addition, he made 5866 shelling, 117 of them-from the rocket systems of the volley fire, and attracted 3505 drones-Kamikadze to defeat … Yesterday aviation, missile troops and artillery of defense forces struck 13 areas The enemy, ” – says in the morning.
More than a third of the fighting is recorded in the Pokrovsky direction in Donetsk region.
“In the Pokrovsky direction our defenders stopped 77 attacks of the aggressor in the areas of settlements Kotlyarivka, Nova Poltavka, Elizabeth, Lisivka, Pokrovsk, Lucky, Novosergiyivka, Novoaleksandrivka, Nadivka, Nadiivka, Novoukravka, Andreevka, and in the direction Ant, Oleksiyivka », – the message stated.
The fighting also lasted in Kharkiv, Kupyansk, Lymansky, Siversky, Kramatorsk, Toretsky, Novopavlovsky, Gulyaypil, Orikhiv, Dnieper directions.
“In the Kursk direction of the last day, our soldiers repelled 39 enemy attacks. The enemy made 161 artillery shelling, four of them – from the jet systems of volley fire. He also struck seven aircraft blows, during which he dropped 15 managed aircraft, ”the General Staff added.
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.
On May 22, Radio Liberty Donbass reported that Russia in Donbass intensified the offensive in several directions, seeking to surround Konstantinovka – an important railway knot and a stronghold of Ukrainian defense. Russian troops are pressed by the time ravine, Toretsk and Pokrovskaya, trying to expand the front and destabilize Ukrainian defense with flank maneuvers.
Konstantinovka is the extreme southern point of the fortified line of fortresses that control the defense forces in the Donbass. In the case of its capture, the army of the Russian Federation will probably try to move further to Druzhkivka, Kramatorsk (the largest free city in Donetsk now) and Slavyansk. It is a key railway and car unit on the free Donbass, which is actively using the Armed Forces to defense the surrounding settlements.