“Almost half of the fighting is recorded in two neighboring directions in Donetsk region – Pokrovsky and Novopavlovsky”, – WRITE: www.radiosvoboda.org
“The enemy struck on the positions of Ukrainian units and settlements 78 of the aviation strikes, dropped 124 controlled bombs. In addition, he made more than 5,200 shelling, 108 of them-from the rockets of the volley fire, and attracted 3135 drones-Kamikadze to defeat … Over the past day, aviation, missile troops and artillery of the defense forces struck 19 areas of concentration of personnel and equipment, four artillery.
Almost half of the fighting is recorded in two neighboring directions in Donetsk region – Pokrovsky and Novopavlovsky.
“In the Pokrovsky direction, our defenders stopped 66 assault and offensive actions of the aggressor in areas of settlements Mirolyubivka, Andriyivka, Lisivka, Malynivka, Mirne, Elizabeth, Ray, Lucky, Novosergiyivka, Nutkhove and in the directions of Oleksiyivka, Poltava.
In the Novopavlovsky direction of defense forces reflected 34 enemy attacks in the areas of Vesele, rich, Skudne, Dniproenergy, Fedorovka, Novosilka, Free Field, Novy Komar, Shevchenko and towards the settlements of Mirne, Zaporozhye, Komar, ”the message reads.
The fighting also lasted in Kharkiv, Kupyansk, Lyman, Siversky, Kramatorsk, Toretsky, Gulyaypil, Orikhiv, Dnieper.
“In the Kursk direction of the last day there were 27 combat clashes of varying intensity. In addition, the enemy caused 18 aviation strikes using 34 managed aviation bombs, as well as 225 artillery shelling of positions of our troops and settlements, in particular five – from the rocket launchers of the volley fire, ”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.