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Ukrainian Forces: the enemy has intensified assaults with armored vehicles in the Pokrovsk and Novopavlovsk directions
[LB] The enemy controls the southern part and the city center of Toretsk.by Ivanna Kapustianska Russian troops have intensified assaults in the Pokrovsky and Novopavlivskyi directions, trying to break through to the administrative borders of the Dnipropetrovsk region. At the same time, Ukrainian defenders are inflicting significant losses on the Russian army, including at least seven tanks destroyed in a day.  This was stated on the air by the spokesman for the Khortytsia municipal district administration, Viktor Tregubov, writes "Suspilne". According to the spokesman, active fighting continues in the Pokrovsky and Novopavlovsk directions, "so here, let's say, it is simply impossible to talk about anyone's control," the speaker said. At the same time, losses are being observed among the Russian troops in the Pokrovsky direction. "If there were 700 there before, then there are already about 800 per day, if we take the previous day. Seven tanks were knocked out again, it has been a long time since then, they use heavy equipment, in principle, to a limited extent. Therefore, in principle, it is clear that there are already sufficient forces gathered there and have already been thrown, let's say, into active "meat grinders", into active attempts at assault actions along, in principle, the entire line of demarcation," says Tregubov. The hottest section of the front remains the western part of the Pokrovsky direction and the Novopavlivsky direction, where Russian troops are trying to advance to the administrative borders of the Dnipropetrovsk and Donetsk regions. The second section is the eastern part of the Pokrovsky direction, where the Russian army is trying to break through towards Kostyantynivka. "We can't call it the Kostyantynivka direction simply so as not to scare people, because Kostyantynivka is very far away. But they are trying very hard to break through the Pokrovsk-Kostyantynivka highway, and some of the main assaults are concentrated there, and so there are large assaults, in which, in principle, heavy equipment is involved." In the Toretsk direction, the enemy controls a significant part of the city of Toretsk — the southern part and the center, but the city has not been captured and cannot advance further to follow the highway to Kostyantynivka. "Chasiv Yar is, in principle, identical to Toretsk. Indeed, it is very similar. The Russians really wanted to come, the Russians made every effort, it seemed until the last moment that they might succeed. But, let's say, in the last kilometers the Russians ran out of steam, and they ran out of steam there a long time ago, and got stuck, and they haven't been able to advance there for a long time. Therefore, both Toretsk and Chasiv Yar are actually ruins of cities on which the Russians have not been able to advance for months." According to the General Staff, over the past day, the most clashes occurred in the Pokrovske and Lymanske directions. Posted by: badanov 2025-06-23 |
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