“In the Pokrovsky direction, Russian troops made 48 attempts to push Ukrainian units”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
Almost a third of the battles took place in the Pokrovsky direction – here the Russian troops made 48 attempts to suppress Ukrainian units. The greatest activity is observed in the areas of Shakhove, Rodynske, Myrnograd, Pokrovsk, Kotlyna, Udachne, Molodetske and towards Novopavlivka.
According to the headquarters, intensive fighting is also ongoing in the Oleksandrivskyi direction, where the enemy attacked 24 times near the settlements of Zeleny Gay, Sosnivka, Verbove, Privillia, Vyshnevo, Krasnohirske, Rybne and Privilne.
Russian forces stormed the positions of Ukrainian defenders 18 times in the Kostiantynivsk direction, and 16 times in the Orichivsk area.
The enemy also continues its attacks in the North-Slobozhansk and Kursk, South-Slobozhansk, Kupyansk, Lymansk, Slovyansk, Gulyaipil and Dnieper directions.
At the moment, no clashes have been recorded in the Kramatorsk direction.
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On December 9, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi said that the defense of Pokrovsk continues, Ukrainian troops control almost 13 square meters in the north of the city. kilometers, and Myrnograd is not surrounded.
Pokrovsk – a city with a population of about 1,250 people (estimated by the local authorities at the end of October, before the start of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation – more than 60,000) – is an important road and railway junction and was under threat of encirclement by Russian troops for most of the year.