“There were also intense battles in the Liman direction – 21 Russian attack”, – WRITE: www.radiosvoboda.org
Most Russian attacks were in the Pokrovsky direction, where Ukrainian defenders stopped 74 assault actions of the aggressor in the areas of settlements of Poltavka, Novotoretsky, Novotoretsky, Novo -Economic, Mirovolyubivka, Promin, Lisivka, Novoukrainka, Zavorev, Lucky, Green Corner, Dachna and Oleksiyivka.
Russian troops also continue their attacks in the North Slobozhansky, South Slobozhansky, Kursk, Kupyansk, Siversky, Kramatorsk, Toretsky, Novopavlovsky, Dnieper directions. No combat clashes were recorded in the Orikhiv and Gulyaypil directions.
The Pokrovsky direction in the Donetsk region remains one of the hottest areas of the front. Over the last year, the largest number of combat clashes is mainly recorded there.
The project of Radio Liberty Donbass.Realia in May reported that Russia in the Donbass intensified the offensive in several directions, seeking to surround Konstantinovka – an important railway knot and a stronghold of Ukrainian defense.
According to the American Institute for War Study (ISW), geolocation videos published on July 21 show that Russian troops have recently advanced in the Eastern Zarov and captured the rest of the sandy (both south of Pokrovsk).
The ISW report states that on July 20 and 21, Russian troops attacked near Pokrovsk himself; to the northeast of the city near Mayak, Volodymyrivka, Novotoretsky and New Economic; to the east – near Mirnograd; to the southeast – near Lisivka; to the south – near Zarov and Novoukrainka; But to the southwest – near the luck.