Russians prevented from advancing due to heavy losses on Pokrovsk Axis

On the Pokrovsk Axis, heavy losses of the troops of the aggressor country, russia, make it difficult to reach the cities.

Mykola Koval, lieutenant colonel and press officer of the Chervona Kalyna brigade, said this on the air of the Kyiv24 TV channel.

"First of all, they want to reach the road. It can be done not only through Pokrovsk. It can also be done through Myrnohrad. The enemy is trying to go forward, but, due to heavy losses, it cannot do it either because we are working 24 hours a day and every day as much as possible. We are trying to carry out work so that neither infantry nor equipment could pass," Koval noted.

He reported that three enemy groups storming Ukrainian positions were destroyed by his brigade last day. These groups comprised about 40 occupiers.

"It happens every day. We see and know in advance when they start moving. But as soon as we destroy one group, another group comes after it," Koval noted.

As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, Ukrainians are being urged to evacuate three cities in the east due to the russian offensive. Where to turn for help.

On August 17, the russian occupiers struck an unfinished nine-story building in Myrnohrad, Donetsk Region.

On August 17, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that the russians are most actively attacking the Pokrovsk Axis.

On August 16, the head of the Pokrovsk District Military Administration, Volodymyr Zamotayev, said that the invaders had come almost close to Pokrovsk.