Ukraine conducts profitable counterattacks on Pokrovsk entrance, Estonian Intelligence says

Estonian Defence Forces Intelligence Centre has reported profitable Ukrainian counterattacks on the Pokrovsk entrance, whereas Russian troops have made some progress in Russia's Kursk Oblast, the place Ukrainian forces are conducting an operation.

Supply: Estonian public broadcaster ERR, citing Ants Kiviselg, Head of Estonian Defence Forces Intelligence Centre, as reported by European Pravda

Particulars: Kiviselg famous that Russian troops nonetheless maintain the initiative, with the variety of every day assaults remaining in step with final week, averaging 109 assaults per day.

Quote: "Nevertheless, the Russian Federation has not managed to occupy as a lot of the Ukrainian territory as in December and January. The tempo of advance has slowed down. However, [Russian forces] are, sadly, nonetheless making positive factors at a tactical degree," he stated.

Commenting on the scenario in Kursk Oblast, Kiviselg famous that North Korean troops are once more actively concerned in hostilities.

"Though Ukraine is conducting lively defensive and offensive operations in Kursk Oblast and nonetheless holds 350-380 sq km, the Russian Federation has managed to recapture some territories, roughly 20-40 sq km, over the previous week," he added.

Kiviselg additionally highlighted that Russian troops have turn out to be extra lively in Ukraine's Sumy Oblast, probably aiming to weaken the Ukrainian forces in Kursk Oblast.

He defined that Russia has intensified its efforts to advance in the direction of the city of Chasiv Yar in Donetsk Oblast, trying to interrupt via Ukrainian defence traces.

"Some tactical success has been achieved [by Russian forces], although basically, Ukrainian defensive traces are holding," Kiviselg stated.

As well as, Ukrainian troops carried out profitable counterattacks close to town of Pokrovsk, stabilising the entrance line and liberating a number of villages within the space.

Background:

• Earlier, UK Defence Intelligence reported that Russian forces in Ukraine have suffered 90,000 casualties killed and wounded because the starting of 2025.
• UK intelligence additionally assessed the state of the Russian Armed Forces as of the third yr of the full-scale struggle in opposition to Ukraine, detailing Moscow's losses.

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