“More than a third of the fighting is recorded in the Pokrovsky and Novopavlovsky directions in Donetsk region”, – WRITE: www.radiosvoboda.org
“The enemy struck three rocket and 75 aircraft blows, used 10 rockets and dropped 92 cabins, made 1264 blows with drones-Kamikadze and 3620 shelling of our troops positions,”-said as of 22:00.
More than a third of the fighting is recorded in the Pokrovsky and Novopavlovsky directions in Donetsk region.
“In the Pokrovsky direction, the enemy made 36 storms. The greatest activity is observed in the areas of settlements of Poltavka, Mirolyubivka, Mirne, Elizabeth, Lisivka, Kotline, Lucky, Novosergiivka, Nutkhovo, Kotlyarivka, Bogdanivka and Konstantinopil. Five combatants are ongoing.
In the Novopavlovsky direction, the enemy tried to break through the settlements by rich, Konstantinopil, Odradne, Komar, Vesele, Novosilka, Free Field and Burlatske 30 times. The fighting continues in five locations, ”the message is stated.
The fighting also lasted in Kharkiv, Kupyansk, Lyman, Siversky, Kramatorsk, Toretsky, Gulyaypil, Orikhiv, Dnieper.
“In the Kursk direction since the beginning of the Defense Forces, 21 enemy attacks have been reflected, and eight combatants continue to continue,” the General Staff added.
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.
On May 22, Radio Liberty Donbass reported that Russia in Donbass intensified the offensive in several directions, seeking to surround Konstantinovka – an important railway knot and a stronghold of Ukrainian defense. Russian troops are pressed by the time ravine, Toretsk and Pokrovskaya, trying to expand the front and destabilize Ukrainian defense with flank maneuvers.
Konstantinovka is the extreme southern point of the fortified line of fortresses that control the defense forces in the Donbass. In the case of its capture, the army of the Russian Federation will probably try to move further to Druzhkivka, Kramatorsk (the largest free city in Donetsk now) and Slavyansk. It is a key railway and car unit on the free Donbass, which is actively using the Armed Forces to defense the surrounding settlements.