“According to the headquarters, the enemy attacked 54 times in the Pokrovsky direction”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
According to the headquarters, the enemy attacked 54 times near Vozdvizhenka, Myrolyubivka, Promeny, Lysivka, Novy Trud, Dachensky, Shevchenko, Vovkovo and Novovasylivka, of which seven battles are still ongoing.
There were also intense battles in the Kurakhiv and Vremiv directions. In the first, the enemy made 34 attempts to break through Ukrainian defenses near the settlements of Petropavlivka, Shevchenko and in the area of Kurakhovo. In the Vremiv direction, the Russian forces attacked Ukrainian units 33 times near Uspenivka, Yantarny, Konstantinopolsky, Konstantinopol, Rozlyv, Rozdolny, Novy Komar, Novosilka, Velikiy Novosilka, and Storozhevy.
The operation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kursk region is ongoing – so far, the Defense Forces have repelled 28 offensive actions of the invaders, the fighting continues.
In the Lymansky direction, Russian invaders attacked the positions of the Defense Forces 25 times near Druzhelyubivka, Zeleny Gay, Novoyehorivka, Makiivka, Terniv, Torsky, and in the direction of Hryhorivka. Four clashes are still ongoing.
Russian troops also continue to attack in the Kharkiv, Kupyan, Siver, Kramatorsk, Toretsk, Dnieper directions.
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In recent months, the reports of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine constantly mention the Pokrovsky and Kurakhiv directions as the places of the most active attacks by Russian forces. These destinations are located in the west of Donetsk region near its border with Dnipropetrovsk region.
According to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), their priority remains unclear from the actions of the Russian military on the front line, as Russian President Vladimir Putin could have tasked the Russian army with securing territorial assets, rather than capturing large population centers.
ISW analysts, based on the study of geolocation data as of December 24, write that the Russian military is at a distance of about 10 kilometers from the border of Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk regions.