Occupants are trying to bypass Pokrovsk and attack the flanks: military spoke about the situation. Map

For more than a week, Russian occupation forces have been attempting to bypass the city of Pokrovsk and attack the flanks of Ukrainian troops. The situation in this area is tense but under control.

This was stated by Serhii Tsehotskyi, an officer of the 59th Separate Motorized Infantry Brigade named after Yakiv Handziuk, on the air of Espresso. According to him, the enemy is continuously conducting reconnaissance along the entire front line in search of weaknesses in the defense of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Thus, on September 15, the occupants made 10 attempts to storm the positions of the 59th Mechanized Brigade alone. They also carried out 160 drone drops and slightly more shelling of Ukrainian positions.

"So imagine this horror that is constantly on the battlefield," the officer emphasized.

He said that the Russian army is now aiming to destroy the city's infrastructure by destroying overpasses (the other day, war criminals destroyed the second bridge in Pokrovsk).

"The invader has always had this tactic of warfare – to destroy and then try to enter. For more than a week now, the Russians have been trying to bypass Pokrovsk and attack the flanks – the north and south, where they have concentrated their most powerful forces," added Tsehotskyi.

He added that the enemy is primarily trying to break through the Ukrainian defense with its infantry, using the same small infantry groups. The task of the defenders is to identify and destroy such groups, which they do every day.

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