“However, these actions were not successful; the enemy is being eliminated in urban areas. The defense forces hold certain lines in the northern part of Pokrovsk and control positions south of the railway, which are important for further de-occupation,” the message said.
Due to the impossibility of pushing through the defenses of Pokrovsk, the Russians are trying to bypass the city, the Ukrainian military added.
In particular, the invaders in small groups tried to reach Grishino in the north-west of Pokrovsk.
“All enemy groups were destroyed. Defense forces are cutting off the enemy’s logistics routes on the approaches to Pokrovsk. Additional engineering barriers are being built up on other routes,” the message says.
In addition, the Ukrainian military neutralizes the Russians when they try to penetrate into Mirnograd in small assault groups.
“Additional logistics routes to Pokrovsk and Mirnograd are being organized for our units to ensure uninterrupted provision of everything necessary,” the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported.
They said that the enemy continues to concentrate the main efforts in the Pokrovsk direction, but “he is also suffering the greatest losses and is already forced to use the operational reserve.”
Context
On October 22, the Russian publication “Verstka” wrote that the command of the Russian army had already promised illegitimate Russian President Vladimir Putin seized Kupyansk, Kharkov region and Pokrovsk, therefore, in order to improve the positions of the occupying forces, Moscow is delaying the peace negotiation process.
On October 26, Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Federation Valery Gerasimov reported to Putin about allegedly surrounded by Ukrainian troops near Kupyansk and Pokrovsk. President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky, head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Igor Klimenko, and later the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Alexander Syrsky denied the information Russians.
On November 11, Syrsky reported to Zelensky about large-scale assaults on the Russian Federation on the territory of Pokrovsk and in the Zaporozhye region.
On November 15, Zelensky said that Russia failed another deadline set by Putin for the capture of Pokrovsk and Kupyansk.
On November 16, The Telegraph wrote that while the main forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces hold Pokrovsk, Russian troops are advancing in the southeast, creating a threat of encirclement of Orekhov and Gulyai-Polye, Zaporozhye region.
November 20 Gerasimov reported to Putin about the alleged seizure of Kupyansk, as well as Yampol, Donetsk region, occupation of 80% of the territory of Volchansk, Kharkov region, and 75% of Pokrovsk. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine denied this.
According to Zelensky, there are more than 150 thousand Russian occupiers in the Pokrovsk direction.
