“Since the beginning of the day on November 18, 79 combat clashes have been recorded at the front, more than a third of which occurred in the Pokrovsky direction in the Donetsk region. The Ukrainian military repelled 25 enemy attacks, but fighting continues in five locations, reports the General Staff of the Armed Forces”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
“In the Pokrovsky direction, the Russian invaders made 30 attempts to dislodge our defenders from their occupied positions in the areas of Shakhove, Nove Shakhove, Chervyn Liman, Mirnograd, Pokrovsk, Rivne, Kotline, Udachne, Molodetske, Filia, Dachne settlements. The defense forces are holding back the onslaught and have already repelled 25 enemy attacks. Battles continue in five locations,” the summary reads as of 4:00 p.m.
Battles also continued in the North-Slobozhansk and Kursk, South-Slobozhansk, Kupyansk, Lymansk, Slovyansk, Kramatorsk, Kostiantynovsky, Oleksandrivsk, Gulyaipilsk, Orihiv and Prydniprovsk directions.
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As noted on November 14 by the Radio Liberty Donbas.Realii project, Pokrovsk, an important hub of Ukrainian defense in Donetsk region, was on the verge of capture after Russian army troops managed to break through to the city.
Meanwhile, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi, who visited the Pokrovsky area, said that there is currently no question of the control of Russian troops over Pokrovsk or the operational encirclement of the Defense Forces of Ukraine group there.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi said in an interview for Bloomberg that “any decision to withdraw troops from the city is a matter for military commanders on the ground.”