“In the Pokrovsky direction of the Russian troops stopped 26 assault actions of the Russian army”, – WRITE: www.radiosvoboda.org
“In the Pokrovsky direction, from the beginning of this day, the enemy tried to move forward in areas of settlements of Sukha Balka, Elizabeth, Lisivka, Kotline, Lucky, Kotlyarivka, Bogdanivka and Andreevka. Our defenders stopped 26 enemy assault actions, two combatants continue, ”the post reads.
According to the headquarters, in the Lyman direction, Russian troops attacked the positions of defense forces 20 times near the settlements Nadiya, Nove, Katerynivka, Grekivka, Zelena Valley, Thornske, Bigorovka and Grigorivka.
“There have been 17 fights since the beginning of the day, two of which are still ongoing. In addition, the enemy caused 48 aviation strikes, dropping 76 managed bombs, and made 379 artillery shelling, ”the military says.
Also, the Russian army was coming on Kupyansk, Siversky, Kramatorsk, Toretsky, Novopavlovsky, Orikhiv and Dnieper directions.
In the Kharkiv direction, the army of the Russian Federation was not carried out.
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 March 26, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said that Russian leader Vladimir Putin was “trying to win time and prepares for a spring offensive.” According to him, “Putin prepares a new offensive, in particular in Sumy and Kharkiv region.”
On April 9, in an interview with Lb.ua, the commander -in -chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrsky stated that the new offensive of Russian troops in Sumy region and Kharkiv “actually began”.