12 Aug 2025, 14:53
Additional Forces Allocated to Eliminate Saboteurs in the Pokrovsk Direction
- Additional forces have been allocated to combat saboteurs in the Pokrovsk direction.
- The enemy has attempted to carry out 35 operations against Ukrainian units.
- In combat engagements, 64 occupiers and 21 BMPs have been eliminated.
This is reported by Ukrinform, Interfax Ukraine.
The commander of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Oleksandr Syrskyi, issued an order regarding the allocation of additional forces and resources for the detection and elimination of enemy sabotage groups in the Pokrovsk direction.
Andrii Kovaliv, spokesperson for the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, reported this.
According to him, the enemy has attempted to carry out 35 operations against Ukrainian units. Three combat engagements are still ongoing.
The highest activity of the enemy is observed near the populated points of Poltavka, Popiv Yar, Maiak, Dorozhne, Nikonorivka, Kucheryiv Yar, Novy Shakhiv, Novokyivka, Sukhetske, Rodynske, Promin, Udachne, Lysivka, Zvirivka, Orikhove, and Dachne.
Kovaliv noted that the enemy, utilizing its numerical advantage and suffering significant losses, is trying to penetrate small groups through the first line of Ukrainian defenses.
According to previous assessments, in this sector, Ukrainian forces have eliminated 64 occupiers and captured 38, destroyed one vehicle, 21 BMPs, an anti-tank link, and one motorcycle, as well as disabled one artillery system and two motorcycles.
Tags: Ukraine