Ukrainian drones control all approaches to Pokrovsk – troops
Pokrovsk is being defended by a substantial number of forces and assets, including units of the Unmanned Systems Forces and drone brigades and regiments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. At the same time, all approaches to the city are under the control of Ukrainian drones.
The Operation Task Force "East" reported this on Facebook, according to Ukrinform.
Ukrainian units continue to control the northern part of Pokrovsk. In the central part of the city, defenders are blocking Russian advances and conducting search-and-assault operations as well as eliminating invaders in urban areas.
“All approaches to the city are under the control of Ukrainian drones. A significant number of forces and resources, unmanned forces units, and drone brigades and regiments are also concentrated around the city, where they are conducting defensive operations,” the military noted.
In Myrnohrad, Ukrainian units are holding defensive lines and eliminating the enemy on the city’s outskirts. To deter the invaders, the city’s defense has been reinforced with additional forces and assets.
Logistics remain complicated. Measures are being taken to enhance supply capabilities by expanding logistical corridors to Myrnohrad.
In the Pokrovsk sector, Ukrainian fighters stopped 43 assault actions by the Russian army in the areas of Pankivka, Chervonyi Lyman, Rodynske, Myrnohrad, Novoekonomichne, Pokrovsk, Kotlyne, Udachne, Molodetske, Novoserhiivka, and toward Filiia.
Yesterday, Ukrainian soldiers neutralized 130 invaders, including 70 irrecoverable losses. Eleven units of automotive equipment and four UAV control antennas were destroyed. Additionally, a tank, three units of automotive equipment, four UAV control points, and 14 personnel shelters were hit.
Overall, within the area controlled by the Operation Task Force "East", Russian troops continued to sustain the heaviest losses, with a total of 473 invaders reported to be dead over the past day.
A total of 1,150 UAVs of various types and 89 units of other weapons and equipment were also destroyed, including two tanks, as well as 33 Russian unmanned aerial vehicle system crews.
As Ukrinform previously reported, Russian invaders continue attempts to cross the Siverskyi Donets River and carry out raids from Siversk toward Dronivka.
Photo: Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, illustrative