“134 combat clashes were recorded at the front during the past 24 hours, reports the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the morning summary. According to detailed information, yesterday the Russian invaders carried out 42 airstrikes on the territory of Ukraine, dropping 136 guided air bombs. In addition, 4,855 kamikaze drones were engaged for destruction and 3,869 attacks were carried out on the positions of Ukrainian troops and population centers, including 118 from rocket salvo systems. Most of the fighting took place in the Pokrovsky direction. On this part of the front, Ukrainian defenders stopped 38 assault and offensive actions of the aggressor in the areas of the settlements of Shakhove, Rodynske, Chervyn Liman, Myrnograd, Pokrovsk, Kotlyna, Udachne, Molodetske, Dachne and in the direction of Novopavlivka. The enemy carried out 17 attacks in the Kostyantynivsky direction, and 15 in the Lymansky direction. Fighting also continues in the North-Slobozhansk and Kursk, South-Slobozhansk, Kupyansk, Slovyansk, Oleksandrivsk, Gulyaipil and Orichivsk directions. There were no offensive actions in the Kramatorsk and Prydniprovsk directions. Read also: Russia demands to hand over Donbas without a fight. What are the front lines responding to? 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.”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
According to detailed information, yesterday the Russian invaders carried out 42 airstrikes on the territory of Ukraine, dropping 136 guided air bombs. In addition, 4,855 kamikaze drones were engaged for destruction and 3,869 attacks were carried out on the positions of Ukrainian troops and population centers, including 118 from rocket salvo systems.
Most of the fighting took place in the Pokrovsky direction. On this part of the front, Ukrainian defenders stopped 38 assault and offensive actions of the aggressor in the areas of the settlements of Shakhove, Rodynske, Chervyn Liman, Myrnograd, Pokrovsk, Kotlyna, Udachne, Molodetske, Dachne and in the direction of Novopavlivka.
The enemy launched 17 attacks in the Kostyantynivskyi direction, and 15 in the Lymanskyi direction.
Fighting also continues in the North-Slobozhansk and Kursk, South-Slobozhansk, Kupyansk, Slovyansk, Oleksandrivsk, Gulyaipil and Orihiv directions.
There were no offensive actions in the Kramatorsk and Prydniprovsk directions.
Read also: Russia demands to hand over Donbas without a fight. What are the front lines responding to?
On December 17, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Oleksandr Syrskyi, said that the enemy had increased the group to the number of about 710,000 soldiers in order to conduct a strategic offensive operation.
According to him, Russian troops have been trying to capture Pokrovsk for more than 17 months, but Ukrainian units are holding the defense and intercepting the initiative.
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.