“On November 6, 169 combat clashes took place at the front, a large part of which occurred in the Pokrovsky direction in the Donetsk region. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports on the active defensive actions of the Ukrainian military, which stopped 58 enemy assault attempts in this direction”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
“Yesterday, the enemy launched one missile and 62 air strikes, used six missiles, and dropped 144 guided air bombs. In addition, it carried out 4,916 attacks, including 134 from rocket salvo systems, and engaged 5,525 kamikaze drones for destruction… Over the past day, aviation, missile forces and artillery of the Defense Forces hit one artillery piece and three areas of concentration of enemy personnel,” the morning summary says.
More than a third of the battles took place in the Pokrovsky direction in the Donetsk region.
“In the Pokrovsky direction, our defenders stopped 58 assault actions of the aggressor in the areas of the settlements of Chervyn Lyman, Fedorivka, Shakhove, Myrnograd, Nikanorivka, Rodynske, Dorozhne, Novopavlivka, Novoeconomichne, Lysivka, Pokrovsk, Kotlyne, Udachne, Molodetske, Filia,” the message states.
Fighting also continued in the North-Slobozhansk and Kursk, South-Slobozhansk, Kupyansk, Lymansk, Slavyansk, Kramatorsk, Kostiantynovsky, Oleksandrivsk, Gulyaipil and Prydniprovsk directions.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine declared on November 5 that the defense of the Pokrovsko-Myrnograd agglomeration continues, and “there is no encirclement of our units and units.”
Before that, the American Institute for the Study of War stated in its report that Russian troops continue to advance in the Pokrovsky direction and operate “with increasing comfort” inside the city itself. At the same time, Ukrainian troops continue defensive efforts and counterattacks in the Pokrovsky direction, and also liberated a significant part of the territory, where the Russian troops penetrated, in the Dobropilsky direction.
The Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Oleksandr Syrskyi said on November 3 that the Ukrainian military is increasing the pressure on the Dobropil ledge. According to him, this forces the Russian army to scatter its forces and makes it impossible to concentrate the main efforts in the Pokrovsk region.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyi reported that the Pokrovsky direction accounts for about a third of all combat operations on the front, as well as 50% of all uses of guided aerial bombs by Russian troops.
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.