The onslaught by Russian troops against the Ukrainian defense lines around Pokrovsk on the edge of the Donbass, which has been going on for weeks, has continued with full force. During the course of the day, a total of 23 Russian attacks were repelled in the section in the east of the country, the General Staff in Kiev said in its situation report. “The situation in the Pokrovsk sector remains tense,” it said.
Similarly heavy fighting was reported from nearby Kurakheve. There, the Russian army attempted to undermine the Ukrainian defenses 19 times. The information could not be independently verified. The Russian army has been trying to expand its positions around the Donbass for months.
Ukraine has been defending itself against a Russian war of aggression for more than two and a half years.
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