The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) have successfully stopped the advance of Russian troops on the approaches to Pokrovsk. The operational situation in this area has stabilized, a serviceman from the 68th Jaeger Brigade with the call sign "Gus" told KYIV24, reports Focus.
"The situation in the direction has stabilized. I can speak specifically about the area of responsibility of my brigade. I will say that we stopped the enemy on the approaches to Pokrovsk and did not allow him to advance. Some attacks by the enemy against individual positions have been going on for several months, but unsuccessfully", shared "Gus".
He specified that recently the Armed Forces of Ukraine have launched local counterattacks on the corresponding direction of the front. As a result of these actions, the enemy was pushed back from the strategically important Pokrovsk-Konstantinovka sector, which the Russian troops tried to seize.
Earlier, military expert Vladislav Seleznev said that Russia was preparing for a spring-summer offensive. According to him, Ukraine should not hope that Vladimir Putin would give up his ambitions to expand his influence in the region.
Meanwhile, journalists from Forbes revealed details about the chaotic withdrawal of Ukrainian defense forces from the Kursk region. According to their data, the retreat itself was disorganized, which allowed the Russian troops to seize part of Ukraine's western equipment.