“Since the beginning of November 30, 155 combat clashes have been recorded at the front, most of them in the Pokrovsky direction, where fierce battles are ongoing, and the Defense Forces are holding back the advance of the Russian troops”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
“The enemy carried out 48 airstrikes on the positions of our troops and populated areas, dropped 120 guided air bombs, carried out 3,448 shellings and 3,118 strikes by kamikaze drones. In the North-Slobozhansk and Kursk directions, the enemy carried out eight airstrikes, dropping 24 guided aerial bombs, and also carried out 136 attacks on the positions of our troops and populated areas, including six from rocket salvo fire systems,” says the summary as of 10:00 p.m.
More than a third of the battles were recorded in the Pokrovsky direction in the Donetsk region.
“During this day, in the Pokrovsky direction, the aggressor carried out 57 assault and offensive actions in the areas of Pokrovsk, Chervyn Liman, Myrnograd, Rodynske, Lysivka, Kotlyna, Udachne, Molodetske, Balagan, Filia and in the directions of Toretske, Nove Shakhove, Bilytske, Sergiyivka, Dorozhne, Rivne, Grishine, Novopavlivka. Currently, fighting is taking place in five locations,” the message states.
Fighting also continued in the South-Slobozhansk, Lymansk, Slavyansk, Kostiantynovsky, Oleksandrivsk, Gulyaipilsk and Prydniprovsk directions.
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The infiltration of the Russian military into Pokrovsk continues. DeepState records an increase in the “red zone” on its map, but the Defense Forces continue to hold the city and even regain control over some areas.
According to estimates by the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) based on geolocation data of objective control, 46% of the city is under the control of the Russian army.
On November 27, the Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Oleksandr Syrsky, announced the blocking of Russia’s attempts to storm Pokrovsk and Mirnograd with small infantry groups. According to him, for this purpose and to restore the lost positions, certain units of the Defense Forces are conducting “active actions”. According to Syrskyi, during the last week directly in Pokrovsk, “the search and destruction of the enemy” was carried out on the territory of about 11.5 square meters.