“Since the beginning of the day on December 11, 108 combat clashes have been recorded at the front, most of which took place in Donetsk region and Zaporizhzhia. The Defense Forces of Ukraine successfully repelled dozens of attacks, in particular in the Pokrovsk, Kostyantynivka, and Orikhov districts”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
“Russian artillery shelling affected areas of populated areas, including Mykolaivka, Girsk, Kovpinka, Yasna Polyana, Iron Bridge of Chernihiv region; Shalygine, Ryzhivka, Sydorivka, Bila Bereza, Bobylivka, Zarutske, Budky of the Sumy region. The settlements of Spirne, Chervona Hirka and Reutyntsi of the Sumy region were hit by airstrikes,” said the summary as of 4:00 p.m.
Most of the fighting was recorded in three directions in Donetsk region and one in Zaporozhye.
“The defense forces stopped 16 enemy attacks in the Konstantinov direction. The invader tried to advance in the areas of Shcherbynivka, Pleshchiivka, Oleksandro-Shultine, Ivanopillia, Kostyantynivka, Yablunivka, Rusyn Yar and towards Sofiivka.
In the Pokrovsky direction, Russian troops tried 33 times to advance on the positions of our troops in the areas of the settlements of Shakhove, Rodynske, Mirnograd, Pokrovsk, Kotlyna, Udachne, Molodetske, and in the direction of Novopavlivka. Our defenders have already repelled 31 attacks, the fighting continues.
In the Oleksandrivskyi direction, Ukrainian defenders repelled 18 enemy attacks near the settlements of Zeleny Gay, Sosnivka, Verbove, Privillia, Vyshnevo, Rybne and Privilne. Another battle continues.
In the Orihiv direction, the Defense Forces repelled 16 enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Mala Tokmachka, Stepove, Stepnohirsk and in the direction of Primorskyi and Novoandriivka,” the message states.
Fighting also continued in the North-Slobozhansk and Kursk, South-Slobozhansk, Lymansk, Slavyansk and Gulyaipil 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.