44 Russian assaults – General Staff were recorded in the Pokrovsky direction in the day

On the front during the last day, 141 fighting was recorded, the most Russian storms were in the Pokrovsky direction, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported in the morning summary on May 23.

“In the Pokrovsky direction, our defenders stopped 44 assault actions of the aggressor in the areas of settlements Nova Poltavka, Elizabeth, Lisivka, Malynivka, Zaroveka, Kotlyarivka, Dacheskoye, Lucky, Trinity, Andriyivka, as well as in the directions of the settlements, and Pershevka in the message.

21 The Ukrainian forces were repelled in the Kursk direction, 14 in Novopavlovsky, 12 – in the Lyman direction, they say in the General Staff.

According to command, the fighting also lasted in Kharkiv, Kupyansk, Siversky, Kramatorsk, Toretsky, Gulyaypil, Orikhiv directions.

“Yesterday, the enemy struck two rocket launchers and 56 aircraft strikes, used four missiles and dropped 130 managed aviation bombs. In addition, he made 5879 shellings, including 164-from the jet systems of volley fire, and attracted about three thousand drones-Kamikadze to defeat, ”the consolidation said.

Radio Liberty’s project. Realities reports that Russia in the Donbass has 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.

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.