Avoid tactical environment: the Armed Forces retreated from some positions near Pokrovsk - isw

According to American analysts, the enemy intended to do everything to surround Ukrainian defenders on one of the segments of the battlefield in the Donbass. The forces of defense in this connection, in order to preserve the life of the personnel, abandoned positions. Russian invaders do not stop attempting to pressure Ukrainian defenders in the Donbass, in particular in the Pokrovsky direction. From some sections of the Armed Forces Field were forced to retreat, not to get into the environment.

This is stated in the report of the American Institute of War Study of August 22. According to analysts, the enemy's actions were resulted in the departure of defense forces from some positions to the southeast of the Pokrovsk Donetsk region. This was necessary to do so that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation did not reach the obvious goal in the form of a tactical environment of Ukrainians in this part of the front.

Geolocation on Thursday, American analysts continue, indicate that the occupiers have recently taken control of the settlement of Ptich and advanced from it back to the south. Also, according to ISW, this fact may be a confirmation that the rest of the east coast of the Karlovsky reservoir in the area was occupied.

"The recent Russian storms south and southwest of the T-0511 (Ocheretine-Grodivka) leveled the performance of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation to the east and southeast of Pokrovsk, and did not create the conditions for the tactical environment of the Ukrainian forces.

The Russian forces probably sought to advance From the Karlovsky reservoir from Yusnobrodivka and Karlovka to surround the Armed Forces to the east of the Grodivka-Novogrodivka-Selidov, but could not achieve such successes, "-the message reads. The General Staff of the Armed Forces did not comment on the words of the American Institute for the Study of War and only told about the difficult situation in the Pokrovsky direction, where the Russians demonstrate their major efforts.

During the day of the Armed Forces, 53 times attacked the positions of defense forces and most of the combat clashes occurred in the area of ​​settlements Mikhailivka, Novogrodivka and Mykolaivka. "According to preliminary estimates, today the invaders in this direction have lost 122 soldiers killed and 201 - wounded. Three cars and artystem were destroyed. Also, Ukrainian defenders have caused significant damage to five more artillery systems, two cars and three battle vehicles.