Ukrainian forces have managed to regain management over 16 sq km of land within the northern a part of the town of Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast.
Supply: Oleksandr Syrskyi, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Particulars: Attending the thirty second assembly of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group (the Ramstein format), Syrskyi mentioned the difficult scenario on the battlefield. He reported that regardless of important losses, Russian forces haven’t deserted offensive actions, though they haven’t achieved any substantial operational successes.
He recalled that the Ukrainian army has managed to push the Russians again from Kupiansk and to deliver nearly 90% of the town's territory again below management.
Quote: "I centered individually on the scenario on the Pokrovsk entrance. Right here, the aggressor has been trying to seize the town of Pokrovsk for greater than 17 months. Nonetheless, Ukrainian models are holding the road and seizing the initiative. On account of counteroffensive actions, they’ve regained management over 16 sq km within the northern a part of the town. They’ve additionally taken again 56 sq km of territory close to the settlements of Hryshyne, Kotlyne and Udachne, to the west of Pokrovsk."
Background: On 16 December, the seventh Corps of the Air Assault Forces reported that, as regards Donetsk Oblast, Russian forces are exhibiting the best exercise on the western outskirts of Pokrovsk and that also they are rising stress on the south-eastern districts of the city of Myrnohrad.
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