“According to the headquarters, the most attacks were in the Pokrovsky direction – here Russian units tried to break through Ukrainian defenses 46 times”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
According to the headquarters, the most attacks were in the Pokrovsky direction – here Russian units tried 46 times to break through Ukrainian defenses in the areas of the settlements of Shakhove, Zatyshok, Novye Shakhove, Dorozhne, Vilne, Chervyn Liman, Rodynske, Myrnograd, Zvirove, Udachne, Hryshyne, Molodetske, Muravka, and Filia. In two locations, the fighting does not stop until now.
In the Kostyantynivsk direction, the Russian troops attacked the positions of the Defense Forces 18 times, in the Gulyaipilsk direction, Ukrainian defenders repelled 15 Russian attacks, in Oleksandrivsk – 13 attacks.
The enemy is also continuing its attacks in the North-Slobozhansk and Kursk, South-Slobozhansk, Kupyansk, Lymansk, Slovyansk, Kramatorsk, Orihiv and Dnieper directions.
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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 the 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.