Ukraine's top commander Oleksandr Syrskyi said on Thursday he spent several days on the eastern Pokrovsk front and described fighting there as “exceptionally tough”.
Russia has been pressing hard towards the strategic hub of Pokrovsk in recent months, steadily inching forward.
The scale of assaults did not drop after Ukraine launched a surprise incursion into Russia's west Kursk region on August 6. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the situation near Pokrovsk was “extremely difficult” and Kyiv would further strengthen its positions.
“Fights are exceptionally tough. The enemy throws into battle everything that can move and advance, trying to break through our defenses,” commander Syrskyi said on Facebook.
He said the most intense clashes were taking place in the area of Krasnyi Yar, some 10 km from the city of Pokrovsk.
The eastern outskirts of Hrodivka village, less than 9 km from the strategic route connecting the city to Kostiantynivka, were also seeing intensified assaults, Syrskyi added.
Ukraine's General Staff put the number of clashes in the Pokrovsk front at 23 since the start of the day.
Zelenskyy said on Telegram on Thursday he was briefed by his top military on the situation during a meeting that also discussed “concrete defensive actions”.
He added that Ukrainian domestically produced long-range weapons were discussed in a separate meeting, as well as the Kursk incursion.
"Operational tasks are being implemented," he added.
Assault on Orikhiv
According to Ukrainian state news agency Ukrinform, the Russians renewed their assault on the Zaporizhzhia region in southeast Ukraine.
“We may say that the Russians renewed their assaults on Zaporizhzhia in the Orikhiv sector,” a spokesperson for the Tavria Operational Grouping of Troops said.
He added that the Russians are again deploying small infantry groups on the left bank of the Dnipro River in Kherson and at the Robotyne front in Zaporizhzhia, attempting to push north, but without success.
As reported by Ukrinform, from February 24, 2022, to August 29, 2024, the enemy’s total combat losses reached approximately 612,390, with an increase of 1,200 in the latest count.
