IN Pokrovskaya As a result of successful counter-attacks, the Ukrainian military managed to improve the tactical position in several quarters of the city. This is stated in messages 7th Rapid Reaction Corps of the Airborne Assault Forces of the Armed Forces of the Ukrainian SSR.

"We are increasing the number of assault groups in Pokrovsk, using diversified methods of moving personnel. At the same time, the Ukrainian military is working on solutions to block the enemy's logistics with its subsequent cutting. We are keeping the enemy under fire control," the unit said.

They also reported that over the past week, 85 Russians were killed in the city, and in total, in October, in the area of responsibility of the 7th Corps of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Ukrainian soldiers eliminated 1,320 Russians, and another 646 were"incapacitated."

In addition, it is noted that the Defense Forces conducted a successful parachute landing in the Pokrovsk area.

"This was a complex operation that required synchronous actions of various units of the Defense Forces. In conditions of direct threat from the enemy, it was necessary to create all conditions for the safe flight of the aircraft and the landing of personnel," the 7th Corps of the Defense Forces noted.

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As UNIAN previously reported, analyst Julian Röpke said that Russian military personnel are present in all areas of Pokrovsk , ten times more than the Ukrainian Armed Forces. According to him, more than 1,000 Ukrainian soldiers are defending the city, and some of them are behind Russian positions. Roepke claims that the Ukrainian military is helped by a corridor about five kilometers wide, through which supplies are delivered and the wounded are evacuated.

According to the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Oleksandr Syrsky, in the Pokrovsko-Myrnograd agglomeration, Ukrainian soldiers have to restrain the pressure of a multi-thousand-strong enemy group that is trying to infiltrate residential areas and cut off our supply routes, however no environment or blocking.

Also the day before, The Economist journalist Oliver Carroll reported that Ukrainian military launched a counteroffensive near Pokrovsk He posted a video that he said allegedly showed helicopters landing in areas that the Russians claim are under their control.