The General Staff of the Armed Forces: Since the beginning of the day, there were 98 fights on the front, the Russian troops intensified attacks in the Novopavlovsky direction

Since the beginning of the day, 98 combat clashes took place on the front, the General Staff reports in the evening.

As before, the most active remains the Pokrovsky direction – here the aggressor performed 33 assault and offensive actions in the areas of settlements Tarasivka, Novotoretske, Miroubivka, Promin, Leontovich, Kottelne, Lucky, Nadiivka, Uspenivka.

According to the headquarters, the enemy increased the intensity of attacks in the Novopavlovsky direction, where Ukrainian defenders repelled 17 attacks in areas of settlements Konstantinopil, Rozdolne, Shevchenko and Burlatske. Last day was 11.

Also, 18 combat clashes took place today in the Kursk direction.
The Russian forces continue their attacks in Kharkiv, Kupyansk, Lyman, Siversky, Kramatorsk, Toretsky, Gulyaypil and Orikhiv directions. In these areas of the front there were from one to nine attacks.

In the Dnieper direction from the beginning of the day, the enemy did not carry out.

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 recorded there.

On February 26, the operational-strategic group of Khortytsa troops reported that the Ukrainian military in the Pokrovsky direction was taken under control of the settlement of Kotline.

On February 25, the DeepState project reported that the defense forces were again able to swell the Russian army near Pokrovsk – in the Uspenivka southwest of the city. This is the sixth successful counter -attack of the Armed Forces in recent weeks throughout the Russian bridgehead, which is threatening Pokrovsk, writes Radio Liberty’s project Donbass.