“Most of the Russian attacks were in the Pokrovsky direction”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
“In the Pokrovsky direction, since the beginning of the day, the occupiers have tried to advance on the positions of Ukrainian units 37 times. The enemy attacked in the areas of Shakhove, Rodynske, Chervyn Liman, Myrnograd, Pokrovsk, Kotlyna, Udachne, Molodetske, Dachne and in the direction of Novopavlivka. In some locations, the fighting has not subsided until now,” the command noted.
According to the report, Russian attacks were also in the North-Slobozhansk and Kursk, South-Slobozhansk, Kupyansk, Lymansk, Slavyansk, Kostiantynovsky, Oleksandrivsk, Gulyaipilsk, Orichivsk directions.
On December 9, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi said that the defense of Pokrovsk in Donetsk region 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.
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