“The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports that on October 16, the Russian military carried out 61 attacks on the positions of the Defense Forces of Ukraine. The greatest activity of the Russian Federation forces was recorded in the Pokrovsky and Oleksandrivsky directions”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
“The border areas of our country were affected by Russian artillery shelling, in particular the settlements of Bleshnya, Karpovychi, Klyusy, Huta-Studenetska of the Chernihiv region; Nova Huta, Zarychne, Sumy region,” the summary says as of 4:00 p.m.
More than half of the battles were recorded in the Pokrovsky and neighboring Oleksandrivsky areas.
“In the Pokrovsky direction, since the beginning of the day, the occupiers have carried out 18 attacks on the positions of our defenders in the areas of the settlements of Shakhove, Dorozhnye, Chervyn Lyman, Novoeconomichne, Rodynske, Pokrovsk, Zvirove, Kotlyne, Filia and in the direction of Bilytskyi and Balagan. Restraining the enemy onslaught, the Ukrainian defenders have already repelled 13 attacks.
In the Oleksandrivsk direction, the invaders tried 13 times to advance on the positions of the Ukrainian troops near the settlements of Zeleny Gay, Novokhatske, Sichneve, Sosnivka, Verbove, Novomykolaivka, and Novogrihorivka. “Five combat clashes continue until now,” the message reads.
Battles also continued in the North-Slobozhansk and Kursk, South-Slobozhansk, Kupyansk, Lymansk, Kostiantynivsk, Orihiv and Dnieper directions.
On October 14, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Oleksandr Syrskyi, reported that in the Pokrovsky district of Donetsk region, Ukrainian forces advanced up to 1.6 kilometers in some directions.
According to the observations of British intelligence, given in September, Pokrovsk, as a logistics center in Donetsk region, remains the main point of Russian offensive operations. It restrains Russia’s further advance in the Donetsk region and in the direction of Kramatorsk and Sloviansk.
On October 1, Oleksandr Syrskyi announced that the Ukrainian military had cut off the so-called “Dobropil’s advance” of Russian troops.