“The General Staff of the Armed Forces reported that as of 16:00 on August 20, 71 fighting took place at the front. For the first time in a long time the Liman direction was ahead of Pokrovsky by the number of battles, evidenced”, – WRITE: www.radiosvoboda.org
For the first time in many months, the Liman direction was ahead of Pokrovsky by the number of battles, and the data is evidenced.
“In the Lyman direction today the invading army made 24 attacks on the positions of Ukrainians in the areas of settlements of Karpivka, Ridkoodub, well, Mirne, Torke and towards the settlements of Olgivka, Sandrivolove, Yampil, Dronovka, Grigorivka. Six fighting clashes are currently ongoing.
In the Pokrovsky direction, from the beginning of the day, Russian invaders made 20 attempts to squeeze our warriors from the positions in the areas of settlements Volodymyrivka, Nikanorivka, Fedorivka, New Economic, Miroubivka, Rodinskoye, Zarov, Kotline, Lucky, Walnut, Nutkhovo, Dachna. Defense forces restrain the pressure and have already repelled 16 attacks, ”the daytime is said.
The fighting also lasted in the North Slobozhansky and Kursk, South Slobozhansky, Kupyansk, Siversky, Kramatorsk, Toretsky, Novopavlovsky, Orikhiv and Dnieper directions.
On August 15, the Commander -in -Chief of the Armed Forces Oleksandr Syrsky, as a result of the meeting of the Supreme Commander -in -Chief, stated that the Ukrainian forces in the Pokrovsky and Dobropilsky directions “increase the pressure on the occupiers, counteract the attempts of the enemy to move forward.”
On August 14, the General Staff of the Armed Forces declared the breakthrough of groups of Russian military towards the city of Dobropillya in Donetsk region, which threatened to significantly worsen the defense of Ukrainian positions both in the Pokrovsk region and near Konstantinovka. The Armed Forces talk about stabilizing the situation in the Dobropil direction.
The promotion of Russian troops for almost a tens of kilometers in the direction of Dobropillya on August 11 marked on his map the analytical project of Deepstate. The spokesman of the operative-strategic group of the Dnipro troops, Lieutenant Colonel Victor Tregubov the next day stated that in Dobropil and Pokrovsky directions Russian troops use the tactics of “impregnation”, which creates a false impression of advancement. But, he said, “impregnation” does not mean that the enemy has taken this territory under control.