“The Southern Defense Forces reported the withdrawal of defenders from positions near 5 settlements in Zaporozhye due to the intensification of enemy assaults, increased firepower and in order to preserve the lives of personnel.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: Defense Forces of the South
Literally: “In Zaporizhzhia, in particular in the Oleksandrivsk and Gulyaipilsk directions, intense battles have been going on for several days in a row. The enemy is using all types of available weapons to push the Armed Forces of Ukraine out of their held positions. Yes, over the past few days, up to a hundred combat clashes have been recorded here.”
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Details: The military was informed that due to the intensification of enemy assaults, numerous attempts at infiltration, increased massive firepower on our positions (more than 400 artillery shells with the use of about 2,000 rounds of ammunition every day) and the actual destruction of all shelters and fortifications, in order to preserve the lives of personnel, the Defense Forces had to withdraw from their positions near the settlements of Novouspenivske, Nove, Okhotnyche, Uspenivka, Novomykolaivka.
“The enemy is trying to introduce their entrenchment groups into these settlements, but the Ukrainian defenders are resisting their attempts to do so with all their might,” the message says.
Fierce battles are also ongoing for Yablukovo, Rivnopillia and Sweetka.
According to the Southern Defense Forces, Russian invaders from the east seek to capture Gulyaipole and cut off the logistical routes leading from Pokrovsky. “The fighting continues. Assault and other units are fighting fiercely for every centimeter of our land,” the military said.
What happened before: Before that Analytical project DeepState reported that the Russian army captured Katerynivka in the Donetsk region and Novomykolaivka in the Zaporizhia region, as well as advanced in several directions in the two regions.