“Since the beginning of the day on November 24, 150 combat clashes have been recorded on the front, the largest of them — in the Pokrovsky direction, where the Russian forces have carried out 47 attacks and are trying to break through the defense of Ukrainian forces in key settlements of Donetsk region”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
“The enemy carried out 29 air strikes, dropped 62 guided air bombs. In addition, it used 2,683 kamikaze drones and carried out 3,150 attacks on populated areas and positions of our troops,” the summary reads as of 10:00 p.m.
Almost a third of the battles were recorded in the Pokrovsky direction in the Donetsk region.
“In the Pokrovsky direction, the enemy made 47 attacks. The occupiers tried to advance near the settlements of Shakhove, Nove Shakhove, Rodynske, Chervyn Lyman, Myrnograd, Pokrovsk, Kotlyne, Novosergiivka, Novoeconomichne, Molodetske, Filia, Dachne. Three clashes are still going on,” the message stated.
Battles also continued in the North-Slobozhansk and Kursk, South-Slobozhansk, Kupyansk, Lymansk, Slovyansk, Kostiantynovsk, Oleksandrivsk, Gulyaipil, Orichiv and Prydniprovsk directions.
The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi said on November 19 that the Defense Forces continue to carry out tasks in the area of the Pokrovsko-Myrnograd agglomeration. In the Pokrovsky direction, according to him, “high activity of the enemy remains, which is helped by clear interaction and coordination of actions of our units.”
As noted on November 14 by the Radio Liberty Donbas.Realii project, Pokrovsk, an important hub of Ukrainian defense in Donetsk region, was on the verge of capture after Russian army troops managed to break through to the city.