“The General Staff of the Armed Forces announces the exacerbation of hostilities at the front since the beginning of the day on October 8: 162 fighting collisions have been recorded, in particular in Pokrovsky and Alexander directions”, – WRITE: www.radiosvoboda.org
“The Russian invaders made 59 aviation blows, dropping 113 managed bombs. In addition, 1768 Kamikadze drones were attracted to the defeat and 3238 shelling of the positions of our troops and settlements were carried out, ”the evening was said.
Almost half of the fighting was recorded in the Pokrovsky direction in Donetsk region and Oleksandrivsky (in previous reports, it appeared as Novopavlovsky) at the junction of Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk regions.
“In the Pokrovsky direction, from the beginning of this day, the enemy has attacked 37 times in areas of settlements comfort, Nikanorivka, Red Lyman, Lisivka, Razine, New Economic, Miroubivka, Dachne, Muravka and in the direction of settlements of Mirnograd, Balagan, Pokrovsk, Branch. Our defenders restrain the pressure of the enemy, three fighting collisions are still ongoing.
In the Alexander direction, the Ukrainian defenders reflected 24 attacks of invaders in the areas of settlements of Andreevka-Klevtsove, Poddubne, Sosnovka, Branch, January, Komyshivakha, Vorone, Oleksiivka, Novomykolaivka, Novogrigorivka, Poltava, Town. Eight more combat clashes are ongoing, ”the message stated.
The fighting also lasted in the North Slobozhansky and Kursk, South -Slobozhansky, Kupyansk, Lymansky, Slavyansk, Kramatorsk, Konstantinovsky (formerly – Toretsky), Orikhiv and Dnieper directions.
On October 7, a spokesman for the south defense forces Vladislav Voloshin said that Russian troops increased the number of blows in the southern directions. According to him, the situation there “is quite difficult and has certain trends to exacerbation.”
According to the observations of British intelligence in September, Pokrovsk as a logistics center in Donetsk remains the main point of Russian offensive operations. It restrains Russia’s promotion further in the Donetsk region and in the direction of Kramatorsk and Slavyansk.
In Novopavlovsky (now Alexander) direction, as calculated on Deepstate, the Russian army had the largest territorial achievements in Ukraine in September – 53% of all. Despite the fact that this area of the front accounted for only 16% of the assault actions of the aggressor per month.
On October 1, the Commander -in -Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said that the Ukrainian military dissected the so -called “Dobropilsky speech” of Russian troops.