“As of 4:00 p.m. on December 10, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine recorded 127 combat clashes on the front, in particular, the largest – in the Pokrovsky direction, where Russian troops carried out 35 attacks. Active fighting continues in other areas in the Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia regions”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
“Today, the communities of the Senkivka and Hrinivka settlements of the Chernihiv region suffered from the fire of enemy artillery and mortars; Ryzhivka, Bezsalivka, Rogizne, Volfyne of the Sumy region,” says the summary as of 4:00 p.m.
According to this report, Russian attacks intensified not only in Pokrovsky (there were 35 attempts by Russian forces to advance there), but also in other directions in the Donetsk and Zaporizhia regions – Lymanskyi (22 attacks), Kostiantynivskyi (17), Oleksandrivskyi (14) and Gulyaipilskyi (14).
Battles also continued in the South-Slobozhansk, Kupyansk, Slovyansk, Orihiv and Prydniprovsk directions.
On December 9, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Oleksandr Syrskyi, said that the defense of Pokrovsk continues, Ukrainian troops control part of the city, and Myrnograd is not surrounded.
On December 1, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced on its resources the alleged capture of Pokrovsk. Donbas Realiy (a Radio Liberty project) has collected statements and data refuting the occupation of the city.