“According to the headquarters, in the Pokrovsky direction, since the beginning of the day, the Russian occupiers have made 60 attempts to dislodge Ukrainian soldiers from their occupied positions”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
In the direction of Kostyantynivka, the enemy tried 19 times to penetrate the defense of the Armed Forces near the settlements of Oleksandro-Shultine, Shcherbynivka, Pleshchiivka, Rusyn Yar and towards Sofiivka and Illinivka. Battles are currently underway in seven locations.
In the Oleksandrivsk direction, Ukrainian defenders stopped 14 assault actions of the Russian troops, which were trying to advance in the areas of the settlements of Yalta, Ivanivka, Zeleny Gay, Oleksandrograd, Novoselivka, Sichneve, Orestopol, Stepove, and Verbove. At present, five clashes are ongoing.
Russian troops also continue their attacks in the North-Slobozhansk and Kursk, South-Slobozhansk, Kupyansk, Lymansk, Slavyansk, Kramatorsk, Gulyaipilsk and Orihiv directions.
The enemy did not conduct offensive operations in the Dnieper direction.
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Earlier this week, the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces Andriy Hnatov said that the Pokrovsky direction is one of the hottest on the front today. “The enemy is not giving up its attempts to seize Pokrovsk and create conditions for the encirclement of the Pokrovsk-Myrnograd agglomeration,” he said, adding that Russian forces have had this intention for more than a year.
On November 7, the 7th Rapid Response Corps of the Airborne Assault Troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that Russian troops had reduced their activity in Pokrovsk and were waiting for reinforcements with the main forces.
According to the Armed Forces, the defense in Pokrovsk continues, “the logistics of Ukrainian units is complicated, but it is provided in the necessary amount.”
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.