Syrski said that in the future it is planned to increase the number of Ukrainian troops in the city. At the same time, he emphasized that Pokrovsk and neighboring Myrnohrad are not surrounded by Russian troops, but logistics there are difficult.
Syrski also confirmed the withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from the villages of Sukhy Yar, Lysivka and Novopavlivka southeast of Pokrovsk. “Continuing to keep them there was unjustified,” the Interfax-Ukraine agency quoted the main commander of the Ukrainian army as saying.
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According to Syrski, the Russians are increasing the number of their forces in the Pokrov direction, currently they number over 155,000. – This direction accounts for 40-50 percent. all KABs (guided aerial bombs – PAP) that Russia uses on the front, said the Ukrainian general.
Syrski emphasized that the scale of Russian lies far exceeds the actual pace of advance of Russian troops. — The enemy is using disinformation and its false maps in a hybrid war against Ukraine, influencing both foreign public opinion and our society and our army, he added.
Currently, the most intense fighting is taking place in the Pokrov sector.
