“The most intense battles continue in the Pokrovsky direction – 59 combat clashes took place hereβ, β write: www.radiosvoboda.org
According to the headquarters, the enemy carried out 62 airstrikes on the positions of Ukrainian units and settlements, dropping 145 guided bombs. In addition, it carried out 3,674 attacks, 53 of them from rocket salvo systems, and engaged 3,470 kamikaze drones for destruction.
The most intense fighting continues in the Pokrovsk direction – here 59 combat clashes took place in the areas of Volodymyrivka, Nikanorivka, Rodynske, Chervyn Liman, Novoeknomichne, Pokrovsk, Lysivka, Udachne, Molodetske, Novosergiivka, Filia, Dachne and in the direction of Novopavlivka.
In the Kostyantynivsk direction, the enemy carried out 23 attacks in the areas of seven settlements, and in the Oleksandrivsk direction, the Defense Forces stopped 19 attempts by the Air Force to break through the defense lines in the areas of the settlements of Zeleny Gay, Privilne, Sosnivka, Sichne Rybve, Stepove, Krasnohirske.
Russian troops continue their attacks in the South-Slobozhansk, Kupyansk, Lymansk, Slavyansk, Kramatorsk, Gulyaipilsk and Orihiv directions. And there was one skirmish each in the North-Slobozhansk, Kursk, and Dnipro directions.
The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi said on November 19 that the Defense Forces continue to carry out tasks in the area of ββthe Pokrovsko-Myrnograd agglomeration. In the Pokrovsky direction, according to him, “high activity of the enemy remains, which is helped by clear interaction and coordination of actions of our units.”
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.