“In the Pokrovsky direction, Ukrainian defenders stopped 55 assault and offensive actions of the aggressor”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
“The enemy launched two missile strikes against the positions of Ukrainian units and settlements, using 52 missiles and 57 air strikes, dropping 124 guided air bombs. In addition, it carried out 4,442 attacks, of which 218 were from rocket salvo fire systems, and engaged 3,885 kamikaze drones to destroy them,” the message reads.
The largest number of Russian attacks was in the Pokrovsky direction, where Ukrainian defenders stopped 55 assault and offensive actions of the aggressor in the areas of the settlements of Shakhove, Nove Shakhove, Pankivka, Nikanorivka, Chervyn Liman, Rodynske, Myrnograd, Novoeconomichne, Rivne, Pokrovsk, Kotlyna, Molodetske, Balagan, Udachne, Novopavlivka, Novomykolaivka, Filia, Dachne and in the direction of the settlement Grishina
In the Lyman direction, Russian troops attacked 17 times.
The enemy continues its attacks in the South-Slobozhansk, Kupyansk, Sloviansk, Kramatorsk, Oleksandrivsk, Gulyaipilsk, Orihiv directions.
There were no offensive actions of the aggressor in the Dnieper direction.
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.