The situation in Pokrovsk, Donetsk Region, remains stable, there are no soldiers of the aggressor country, the russian federation, in the city.
This was stated by the spokesman for the Khortytsia Operational and Strategic Troops Group (OSTG) of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Viktor Trehubov, on the air of the national telethon.
According to him, the russians are trying to grab the area south of Pokrovsk and advance southwest of the city in order to cut off logistical routes. In particular, there are constant battles in the settlements of Yelyzavetivka, Promin, Lysivka, Zelene, the occupiers want to make this area their base, the spokesman explained.
"The situation in Pokrovsk itself is not developing, it is stable - there is no enemy there. We have already had to counteract the information thrown into the network that he supposedly went there. This is simply not true," the military man explained.
He also stressed that the Ukrainian defense forces are focused on preventing the enemy from gaining a foothold around Pokrovsk.
"The russians are currently far from this goal, but they are trying very hard," Trehubov said.
As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, meanwhile, the American publication The New York Times, citing sources, stated that one of the ventilation shafts of the coal mine of the Ukrainian company Metinvest in the Pokrovsk area of the Donetsk Region was blown up to prevent the troops of the aggressor country of russia from using the underground tunnels.
The russian occupiers hit important industrial facilities in settlements in the Pokrovsk Axis with thermobaric munitions, which led to their destruction.
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