The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: in the Pokrovsky direction, Russian forces tried to push Ukrainian troops 37 times

Since the beginning of the day, there have been 161 combat clashes, most of the Russian attacks were in the Pokrovsky direction, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported in the evening summary.

On this part of the front, the enemy made 37 attempts to suppress Ukrainian units. The greatest activity is observed in the areas of Pokrovsk, Nikanorivka, Kotlyna, Udachne, Novomykolaivka, Filia and in the direction of Dorozhne, Bilytske, Myrnograd, Novopavlivka, Suhetske, Rivne, Grishina, Leontovychi. Four more clashes are currently ongoing.

The Russian Federation troops increased their activity in the Lyman direction – they stormed the positions of Ukrainian defenders 24 times. There were 11 attacks the previous day

According to the headquarters, intense fighting by Russian troops continues in the Konstantinov region, where Russian forces stormed 20 times, in the Oleksandriv region (18 times) and in the Gulyaipil region, where Ukrainian soldiers repelled 16 Russian attacks.

The enemy continues its attacks in the North-Slobozhansk and Kursk, Kupyansk, Slavyansk, Kramatorsk, Orihiv and Dnieper directions.

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.