Russia is concentrating its essential offensive efforts on the Pokrovsk sector in Donetsk Oblast however is "stalling" and failing to advance, Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi mentioned on March 31.

Pokrovsk, located about 70 kilometers northwest of Donetsk, stays one of the vital hotly contested areas of the entrance. Syrskyi beforehand claimed that 7,000 Russian troopers have been killed close to the city in January alone.

In February, the scenario close to Pokrovsk considerably stabilized, with the Ukrainian army saying that Russian troops have been "slowed down" close to the town.

The commander-in-chief mentioned Ukraine's essential duties are holding defensive strains and stabilizing threats, which have been partially achieved, significantly within the Pokrovsk path.

"On the similar time, our troops use lively protection ways wherever attainable. In some areas of the entrance line, they’re advancing, bettering the tactical scenario, restoring dozens of positions, and restraining important enemy forces," Syrskyi posted on Fb.

President Volodymyr Zelensky beforehand warned of renewed Russian offensives throughout the entrance, together with in Kharkiv, Sumy, and Zaporizhzhia oblasts.

In March, Russia made main advances in its Kursk Oblast, a territory that Ukrainian forces took in August that Zelensky's administration had hoped to make use of as leverage in negotiations.

Capturing extra Ukrainian territory would doubtless encourage Russian President Vladimir Putin to hunt even harsher situations in a possible peace deal that the U.S. seeks to mediate.

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