“About a third of the fighting took place in the Pokrovsky direction in Donetsk region”, – WRITE: www.radiosvoboda.org
“The enemy struck four missile and 64 aviation strikes on the positions of Ukrainian units and settlements, using 31 rocket and throwing 112 managed aviation bombs. In addition, he made 5706 shellings, 117 of them-from the jet systems of the volley fire, and attracted 3857 drones-Kamikadze to defeat … Over the past day, aviation, missile troops and artillery of the defense forces struck seven areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment.
About a third of the battles took place in the Pokrovsky direction in Donetsk region.
“In the Pokrovsky direction, our defenders stopped 50 assaults of the aggressor in the areas of settlements of Popi ravine, new economic, peaceful, Lisivka, good luck, Novosergiyivka, Michael, Nutkhove, Shevchenko, Ant, Dachne, Mirnograd, Olekivka, Olekivka Construction.
The fighting also lasted in the North Slobozhansky and Kursk, South Slobozhansky, Kupyansk, Lymansky, Siversky, Kramatorsk, Toretsky, Novopavlovsky, Gulyaypil, Orikhiv and Dnieper directions.
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.
The project of Radio Liberty Donbass.Realia in May reported that Russia in the Donbass intensified the offensive in several directions, seeking to surround Konstantinovka – an important railway knot and a stronghold of Ukrainian defense.