“Almost half of the fighting is recorded in Pokrovsky and adjacent to Novopavlovsky directions in Donetsk region”, – WRITE: www.radiosvoboda.org
“The enemy struck the positions of Ukrainian units and settlements of three missile and 77 aviation strikes, using 18 rockets and dropping 111 managed bombs. In addition, he made 5539 shellings, of which 92-from the jet systems of the volley fire, and attracted 3822 drones-Kamikadze to defeat … Over the past day, aviation, missile troops and artillery of defense forces affected eight areas of concentration of personnel and equipment Construction.
Almost half of the fighting is recorded in the Pokrovsky and adjacent Novopavlovsky directions in Donetsk region.
“In the Pokrovsky direction, our defenders stopped 59 assault and offensive actions of the aggressor in areas of settlements of Popi Yar, Mirne, Razine, Mirolyubivka, Lisivka, Shevchenko, Zarov, Lucky, Novosergiyivka, Muravka, Nadyhovo and Oleksiyivka.
In the Novopavlovsky direction, the forces of defense reflected 30 attacks of the enemy near the settlements of Zaporizhzhia, Tolstoy, Poddubne, Mirne, Shevchenko, a free field and a green field, ”the message said.
The fighting also lasted in the North Slobozhansky and Kursk, South Slobozhansky, Kupyansk, Lyman, Siversky, Kramatorsk, Toretsky, Gulyaypil and Dnieper 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.
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.