“In the Pokrovsky direction, Ukrainian defenders stopped 47 enemy assault actions”, – WRITE: www.radiosvoboda.org
According to the headquarters, most of the Russian attacks were in the Pokrovsky direction, where Ukrainian defenders stopped 47 assault actions by the enemy, and four more were ongoing. From the beginning of this day, the enemy attacked in the areas of settlements of Popi Yar, Vladimir, Razine, Peaceful, New Economic, Miroubivka, Shevchenko, Zarov, Lucky, Walnut, in the directions of Pokrovsk, Military, Biliary and Oleksiyivka.
In the Liman direction, Russian invaders attacked the positions of defense forces 23 times in the areas of nine settlements. Six ammunition has not subsided so far.
The enemy continues to attack the North Slobozhansky, South Slobozhansky, Kursk, Kupyansk, Siversky, Kramatorsk, Toretsky, Novopavlovsky, 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.
The American Institute for the Study of the War in its report, published on the night of July 8, suggested that Russian troops were changing the priorities of the offensive in the Pokrovsky direction after several weeks of unsuccessful attempts to move to Konstantinovka. According to ISW, the command of the Russian Federation will try to force Ukrainian troops to retreat from Pokrovsk and Mirnohrad under the threat of environment before reorganizing in the Konstantinovsky direction.