It is reported that the occupiers began active operations in the morning, trying to take advantage of unfavorable weather conditions.
For the assault, the Russians used armored, automobile and motorized vehicles.
Columns of invaders tried to break through from the southern direction to the northern part of Pokrovsk.
“At the same time, units in the defense zone of the 7th Corps of the BR DShV, expecting assault actions by the enemy, began to repulse the attack in an organized manner. The 68th separate ranger brigade named after Oleksa Dovbush burned the first “box” of the Russians. After that, other units, including artillery, began to inflict defeat on the enemy’s equipment and personnel,” the Ukrainian military said.
Work to destroy Russian equipment and personnel continues, the 7th Corps added.
According to preliminary information, units of the 76th Airborne Assault Pskov Division are involved in the Russian assault.
“Logistics remain difficult. To strengthen our supply capabilities, the operation to expand logistics corridors to Mirnograd continues,” the statement said.
Context
On October 26, the Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Federation, Valery Gerasimov, reported to the illegitimate Russian President Vladimir Putin about the alleged encirclement of Ukrainian troops near Kupyansk, Kharkov region, and Pokrovsk. Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Alexander Syrsky, and later the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky denied this information.
On December 2, Putin, according to the Kremlin, allegedly visited one of the command posts of the joint group of Russian troops, where he reported on the alleged capture of Pokrovsk And Volchansk, Kharkov region, as well as about the “start of the operation” to occupy Gulyai-Polye, Zaporozhye region.
On the same day, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine stated that “the bravura statements of the leadership of the aggressor country about the “capture” of these settlements by the Russian army do not correspond to reality.”
On December 5, Syrsky reported that more than 710 thousand Russian occupiers were deployed along the front line (more than 1250 km). At the same time, he emphasized that The Ukrainian Armed Forces still control the northern part of Pokrovsk Donetsk region and will continue to fight to regain control over the rest of the city.
On December 8, the 7th Corps of the Airborne Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported that the defense forces had moved to more advantageous positions in the Mirnograd area to “level the front line.”
