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On the #Pokrovsk front, #Russia 🇷🇺 can't keep up the pressure anymore and was forced to downscale its offensive efforts.
#Ukraine 🇺🇦 is exploiting this by counter-attacking in many places along this sector, while fortifications are being strongly reinforced with a novelty: the great use of barbed wire.

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Dachne - Andriivka
This is the most difficult part of the whole Pokrovsk front for the Ukrainians.

Russian forces pressure Kostyantynopil constantly, but are always repelled. Without changes.

Zelenivka, south of Ulakly, reportedly changed hands twice today. In the morning, the Russians captured the village, but a Ukrainian counterattack was able to clear part of the village in the afternoon. The destruction of 2 Russian tanks and 3 MTLBs is reported. Russian forces are also attacking east of Zelenivka on the opposite bank of the Sukhyi Yali river; extremely harsh fighting is still ongoing.

In Dachne, the Ukrainians still control the south-westernmost corner of the town. Nonetheless, the Russians started accumulating infantry in the center for further assaults on the remaining Ukrainian positions in the village and around it. Fighting continues.

The most difficult situation is Andriivka, which some sources give as practically captured. Here the Russians consolidated and secured last week's gains and continue wedging themselves in the town. At the moment, they're trying to fully secure positions on the western buildings of the town. The northern part is still controlled by Ukraine, but north of that, the Russians entered a trench system located on the dominant hill overlooking Andriivka itself, which endangers every Ukrainian position south of it.

The Ukrainians will have to retreat in the very near future from Dachne and nearby positions to Ulakly to avoid encirclement, as Kostyantynopil is already being attacked from both sides. After, the Ukrainians will fall back to the line Kostyantynopil - Rozlyv, before falling back again to the more solid Oleksiivka - Bahatyr - Komar line, where they're expected to hold out for some time.

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Sribne - Nadezhdynka (Nadiivka)
The Russians are clearing the last buildings in the northern part of Sribne and are constantly attacking Zaporizhzhia. After capturing the central part of the town, they moved fighting to the western part, where it is still ongoing.

Russian forces are trying to recapture lost ground after a localized Ukrainian counter-attack in the forests south of Nadezhdynka, while also trying to capture a treeline that approaches Preobrazhenka from the north, threatening Ukrainian positions in Zaporizhzhia.

In picture #2, the next suitable lines of defense.

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Uspenivka - Udachne
After weeks of extremely harsh fighting, Uspenivka now currently acts as a gray zone, even though it is possible to define a frontline (picture 3): the Russians were recorded north-west of Uspenivka and in the basements of the south-westernmost buildings. They are also trying to clear Tsentralnaya Street and enter Gagarina Street, but 3 Ukrainian-controlled strongholds block their way. In the video below you can see just how ruined the town is after such fighting.

After a Ukrainian counterattack in Udachne's Mine "Pokrovs'ke VPS-1", the Russians were able to recapture it and gain a foothold in the easternmost residential buildings, where they were hit by Ukrainian drones. The Russians constantly try to break in the town center but are always repulsed and forced to fall back. Udachne is extremely important, because it's the last big town before the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, and it also acts as a logistical hub. After is the railway, which the Russians can use as what I call "an infantry highway", which would be extremely inconvenient for the Ukrainians at the Dnipro border.

Again, in picture #3 you can see the most solid Ukrainian fallback lines in the region. These are mostly concentrated behind the pond and in the treelines and fields covered by barbed wire, especially south of Uspenivka and south-west of Udachne. North of the latter is a big industrial zone, which also works as a very solid defense node.

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Kotlyne - Pishchane
This is one of the most interesting regions.
Here, the Ukrainian Skala battalion and other units were involved in a series of successful counter-attacks. The southern hamlet of Kotlyne was almost completely recaptured, and reports of Ukrainian advancements north of Kotlyne are present, claiming the Russians retreated to the mine north-east of the town. Pishchane was also likely completely liberated, according to DS and various Russian and Ukrainian reports, while the Russians are also slowly retreating in mine N°3 just east of Pishchane. In general, the Russian spearhead was blunted here, and Russia is discouraged from further attacks because of threat of encirclement and deterioration of logistics. Fierce fighting is still ongoing, updates are to come in the next few days.

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Dachenske - Lysivka
Here too the Ukrainians successfully counter-attacked and secured the town's eastern part. Here less information was revealed, and no geolocations proving this advancement has been released as of now. In Lysivka too the Ukrainians claim advancements, but there too no geolocations to prove these claims are present for now. More updates to come.

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Vozdvyzhenka - Myrnohrad
A bit like Andriivka, the edges of the Pokrovsk sector are the hottest. The Russians were able to secure positions on the Pokrovsk - Kostyantynivka highway exchange crossing the blown-up bridge and continue trying to advance further north of it. The Ukrainians were able to conduct a successful counter-attack in Vodyane Druhe too and briefly recaptured the meat processing plant "Ukrainian Bacon", before the Russians started fighting for it again today. Here, opportunities to stop the Russians are present, as clearly visible from the picture below. Unfortunately, though, Ukraine has a serious lack of manpower here, and the situation is still looking quite bad for the defendors.

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