AFU repelled Russian attacks near Toretsk, General Staff reports
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AFU repelled Russian attacks near Toretsk, General Staff reports

General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
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According to the information of the AFU General Staff, the Russian occupying army has significantly increased its attempted attacks in the Toretsk region of Donetsk region. During the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian military engaged in battle with units of the Russian occupiers 160 times.

Points of attention

  • The Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled 160 enemy attacks in various directions, including in the Kharkiv, Donetsk, and Luhansk regions.
  • Russian occupiers failed during attempted attacks in the districts of Siversk, Kramatorsk, Pokrovsk and other settlements.
  • Analysts point to the successful containment of the Russian invaders and the lack of success in their attacks.
  • According to analysts, the Russian invaders advanced in certain areas, but the Armed Forces managed to repulse the attacks and hold their positions at the front.
  • Ukrainian troops continue to protect the country's territorial integrity despite intense attacks and repel enemy breakthrough attempts.

What is happening at the front

It is noted that in the Kharkiv region, the Russian occupiers carried out 15 attacks in the Vovchansk, Hlyboke and Lyptsi districts.

In the direction of Kupiansk, eight enemy attacks were recorded during the day in the areas of Synkivka in the Kharkiv Region and Stelmakhivka in the Luhansk Region.

In the Donetsk region, the enemy launched 32 unsuccessful attacks in the direction of Lyman, near Grekivka, Makiivka, Nevske, Terny, and on the territory of Serebryansk forestry.

In the direction of Siversk, the Ukrainian military repulsed three enemy attacks in Verkhnokamyanske and Vyimka.

In the direction of Kramatorsk, the Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled eight attempts by the Russian invaders to break through the defences in Klishchiivka, Kalynyvka, Ivanivske, and Chasiv Yar.

Thirty-seven enemy attack attempts were recorded during the day near Kalynove, Novooleksandrivka, Vozdvyzhenka, Yevgenivka, Progress, Yasnobrodivka, Umanske, and Karlivka in the direction of Pokrovsk.

In the direction of Kurakhove, the AFU continued to hold back the Russian occupiers' advance in the area of Krasnohorivka, Georgiivka, Paraskoviivka, and Kostiantynivka, where the enemy launched 16 unsuccessful attacks.

In the Toretsk direction, the aggressor became significantly more active — he carried out 25 attacks, in particular, in the areas of the settlements of Dilyivka, Toretsk, Sieverne and New York in Donetsk region, — the morning summary of the General Staff emphasises.

The enemy also attacked the Armed Forces positions in the Vodyane and Urozhaine districts.

What is known about the situation on the southern front

In the Zaporizhzhia region, nine battles near Robotyne and Shcherbaky were recorded during the day.

On the left bank of the Dnipro River in the Kherson region, the occupiers continue trying to knock out Defence Forces units from positions on bridgeheads. All three Russian attacks were unsuccessful.

What analysts say

According to the observers of the DeepState analytical portal, the occupying army of the Russian Federation allegedly succeeded in capturing the settlements of Sokil and Voskhod in the Donetsk region.

In addition, the Russians advanced in several areas in the Kharkiv and Donetsk regions.

The enemy occupied Sokil and Voskhod, and also advanced in Sotnytskyy Kozachok, Severny, near Druzhba, Yevgenivka, and Novopokrovske, analysts say.

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More than 7,000 residents remain in front-line Pokrovsk

Pokrovsk
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There are still 7,300 residents remaining in Pokrovsk. The pace of evacuation has slowed due to the worsening security situation.

Points of attention

  • Over 7,300 residents are still residing in Pokrovsk amidst the worsening security situation and active shelling by occupiers.
  • The pace of evacuation has slowed down significantly, with only 5 to 10 people leaving per day, following disruptions in gas and electricity supply in early December.
  • The occupiers have intensified activities in the Pokrovsk direction, posing challenges for the Ukrainian Armed Forces in dislodging them from the city.
  • The escalating conflict has led to deliberate shelling of civilian infrastructure and utility workers, highlighting the dire circumstances faced by the residents.
  • The battle for control of Pokrovsk remains intense, with Russia concentrating a significant number of troops in the area, making it one of the most challenging sections of the front.

Evacuation from Pokrovsk slowed down

This was reported by the head of the Pokrovskaya City Military Administration, Serhiy Dobryak.

The security situation here is deteriorating, because they have been constantly firing artillery in recent weeks, weather-based KABs, and FPV drones constantly — it's just torture.

He noted that 7,300 civilians currently live in Pokrovsk.

Now the evacuation has decreased a bit, after December 12, when the gas supply was cut off, and then the electricity supply, then almost 3,000 people left in a week. Today, if we take statistics, from 5 to 10 people leave per day.

According to him, Russian troops have been deliberately shelling municipal equipment for the past seven weeks.

They deliberately "hunted" those small 5-ton trucks that delivered food to stores, bread machines. Cynical. We understand that the operator of the FPV drone sees where he is flying and who he is hitting. By the way, our utility worker from the heating network also died from an FPV drone — he was driving to work. These cases are not isolated, these are terrible statistics about the hunting of FPV drones on our people. There is a small area, 15%, where they have not yet reached, but it is a matter of time.

He added that currently there are only a few shops left in the city, a few pharmacies, and several specialists from the territorial center are working to persuade the elderly to leave the community. Municipal workers are taking out the garbage, and a funeral service is also operating.

In some areas of the city, utility workers are preserving buildings where possible, but mostly they work in settlements where the security situation allows it. District heating workers independently built two boiler houses that heat hospitals.

Battles for Pokrovsk

For the past few months, the occupiers have been trying to break through the defenses in the Pokrovsky direction. This area is one of the most difficult sections of the front.

As previously reported by the "Khortytsia" military district, Russia has 150,000 soldiers in the Pokrovskoye, Kurakhivskoye, and Vremivskoye directions. In particular, in the Pokrovskoye area, the occupiers have concentrated about 70,000 soldiers.

According to Viktor Tregubov, spokesman for the Khortytsia Military District, the Russians are trying to weaken Ukrainian logistics in Pokrovsk, but it is currently unlikely that the Ukrainian Armed Forces will be able to dislodge them from the city. The enemy may try to force the Ukrainian troops to withdraw their forces from Pokrovsk, but this looks like a difficult task.

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