“In the Pokrovsky direction, the enemy attacked the positions of the Ukrainian defenders 43 times. So far, the battles are going on in ten locations”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
According to the headquarters, the most Russian attacks were in the Pokrovsky direction, where the enemy attacked the positions of Ukrainian defenders 43 times in the areas of the settlements of Nove Shakhove, Dorozhne, Nikanorivka, Bilytske, Shakhove, Rodynske, Myrnograd, Novoeconomichne, Rivne, Pokrovsk, Zvirove, Kotline, Udachne, Molodetske, Novopidgorodne, Filia and in the direction of the settlement of Grishine. So far, the battles are going on in ten locations.
The General Staff adds that the Defense Forces are effectively carrying out counter-sabotage measures in the area of Pokrovsk, the enemy’s losses are being clarified.
The enemy continues to attack in the North-Slobozhansk and Kursk, South-Slobozhansk, Kupyansk, Slovyansk, Kramatorsk, Gulyaipil and Dnieper directions.
Since the beginning of the war, Russian troops have not carried out offensive actions in the Orichiv region.
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The infiltration of the Russian military into Pokrovsk continues. DeepState records an increase in the “red zone” on its map, but the Defense Forces continue to hold the city and even regain control over some areas.
According to estimates by the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) based on geolocation data of objective control, 46% of the city is under the control of the Russian army.
On November 27, the Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Oleksandr Syrsky, announced the blocking of Russia’s attempts to storm Pokrovsk and Mirnograd with small infantry groups. According to him, for this purpose and to restore the lost positions, certain units of the Defense Forces are conducting “active actions”. According to Syrskyi, during the last week directly in Pokrovsk, “the search and destruction of the enemy” was carried out on the territory of about 11.5 square meters.
Pokrovsk – a city with a population of about 1,250 people (estimated by the local authorities at the end of October, before the start of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation – more than 60,000) – is an important road and railway junction and was under threat of encirclement by Russian troops for most of the year.