“Since the beginning of the day on December 16, 167 battles have been recorded on the front, the greatest activity is observed in Donetsk region, where Ukrainian forces are restraining a large-scale offensive of Russian troops in several directions, in particular near Pokrovsk and Mirnograd”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
“Today, the communities of Mykolaivka settlements of Chernihiv region suffered from the fire of enemy artillery and mortars; Privillya, Rogizne, Sumy Region,” the summary stated as of 4:00 p.m.
The most active were three directions in the Donetsk region and one each in Zaporizhzhia and Kharkiv.
“In the direction of Kupyansk, the enemy tried 22 times to dislodge our units from their occupied positions in the direction of Kupyansk, Petropavlivka, Kucherivka, Pischany, Novoplatonivka, Golubivka, ten skirmishes are currently still ongoing.
In the Lymansky direction, the invading army carried out 22 attacks on the positions of Ukrainians in the Torsky district and towards the settlements of Stepove, Korovyn Yar, Zarichne, Drobysheve, and Novoselivka. 13 clashes are currently ongoing.
In the Pokrovsky direction, since the beginning of the day, the Russian occupiers have made 52 attempts to dislodge our soldiers from their occupied positions in the areas of Kotlyne, Udachne settlements and towards Rivne, Myrnograd, Rodinsky, Hryshyn, Zvirovo, Serhiivka, Novopavlivka, and Filia. Defense forces are holding back the onslaught and have already repulsed 41 attacks.
Ukrainian defenders repelled 19 assaults by enemy troops in the Oleksandrivskyi direction. The enemy is trying to advance in the areas of the settlements of Zeleny Gai, Sichneve, Krasnohirske, Zlagoda and in the direction of Ivanivka, Iskra, Aleksandrograd, Verbovoy, Privilny, one battle is ongoing.
On the Gulyaipol direction, 25 clashes took place in the area of the settlement of Solodke and in the direction of Varvarivka, Gulyaipol. Three skirmishes are currently ongoing,” the Ukrainian military informs.
Fighting also continued in the North-Slobozhansk and Kursk, South-Slobozhansk, Slavyansk, Kramatorsk, Kostiantynivsk and Orihiv 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 almost 13 square meters in the north of the city. kilometers, and Myrnograd is not surrounded.
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.