After months of attacks on Ukrainian positions around Pokrovsk, Russian soldiers have managed to penetrate the town in the Donetsk region, the DPA agency reported on Sunday, citing information published on Facebook by the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

According to them, several small groups of Russian soldiers infiltrated the city, bypassing Ukrainian defense lines. These are about 200 soldiers, who engaged in heavy fighting with Ukrainian troops. Both sides also deployed combat drones.

Intense drone battles

The fighting in Pokrovskoye is characterized by"high dynamics and intensity," the Ukrainian General Staff said. In addition, the Russian army is trying to break through Ukrainian defense lines using tanks and infantry fighting vehicles.

The General Staff denied the Russian side's claims that Ukrainian troops in Pokrovskoe were completely surrounded. On the contrary, it claims that large areas around it have been recaptured, stabilizing the situation in this sector and along the access roads to Pokrovskoe.

Over the past ten days, Ukrainian forces have recaptured the villages of Kucheriv Yar and Suchetke, north of Pokrovsk, the General Staff said. DPA noted that this information could not be independently verified, but according to the interactive map DeepState, which tracks the situation on the battlefield and whose creators have ties to the military, they are under Kiev's control.