Russians are trying to break through to Pokrovsk from flanks despite significant losses, 261 occupiers were killed in last day alone - OSGT "Khortytsia"

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Situation in the Pokrovsk direction on December 25

Russian troops are still trying to get to Pokrovsk, trying to break through the left and right flanks.

According to Censor.NET, citing Ukrinform, the spokesman of the Khortytsia operational and strategic group of troops, Viktor Trehubov, said this on television.

He emphasized that in the Pokrovsk direction, Ukrainian defenders stopped 60 assault and offensive actions of the aggressor over the past day alone.

"The enemy has a strong manpower advantage in this direction. Three Russian combined arms armies are concentrated against us - the 2nd, 41st and 51st of the enemy's central military district. The fighting here is very fierce, as the Russian occupiers are throwing all available forces forward, trying to break through the defense of our troops," Trehubov said.

At the same time, he said, although the occupiers avoided a frontal assault on the city and tried to break through from the flanks, they still suffered significant losses.

"Ukrainian soldiers are showing extraordinary resilience and inflicting significant losses on the enemy. Over the last day alone, our defenders killed 261 occupiers, 133 of them irretrievably. A communication vehicle was also destroyed. The invaders keep trying to break through to the town of Pokrovsk, but there are no battles or enemy sabotage reconnaissance groups in the town or its surroundings. The enemy is simply trying to advance as far as possible to the outskirts of Pokrovsk and break through the left and right flanks of the Defense Forces in order to besiege the city itself. Fighting in the city itself is a very unpleasant thing, so the enemy is trying to impose fighting on the outskirts to force Ukrainian forces to withdraw and avoid a frontal assault," explained Trehubov.

Author: Ольга Кошарна