There is a threat of the environment: the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation can cut the trails on Pavlograd and Dobropillya, - analyst

To spread: through the offensive of the Russian Federation on the Eastern Front, there was a difficult situation in the Pokrovsky direction. The Russians occur on a 50-kilometer segment and threaten to cut two logistics roads that are important for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. There is no instantaneous breakthroughs of the enemy, but the Ukrainian command may be ordered for retreat.

The units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation approach the route that goes from Pokrovsk to Novopavlivka, and to the road leading to the north, to Dobropillya. The situation is difficult. New threats have emerged in the area of Pokrovsko-Mirnograd agglomeration close to critical. The invaders simultaneously move to the trails on Pavlograd and Dobropillya. Fighting also continue on the outskirts of the new economic, 12 kilometers before Pokrovsk.

This information is reported by the Khortytsia and Miroshnychenkov telegram telegrams. On the Deepstate map, you can see the gradual advance of the enemy, but without serious instant breakthroughs. In the published messages, the main cause of the crisis is called the transfer of disparate battalions to the front line and the lack of clear coordination in recent months. In the case of the invaders enter the trails on Pavlograd and Dobropillya, it may be a partial environment of the defense units.

It is possible that in the near future it will be decided to remove parts of defense forces in order to preserve personnel. The report of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, published at 4 pm on July 18, states that the largest number of storms of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation took place in the Pokrovsky direction - 28. The Russians tried to attack 12 settlements located in the semicircle around Pokrovsk.