In Pokrovsk, the Russian Armed Forces penetrated in the center and behind the railway: there is a failure of the integrity of the defense, — a fighter (map)
In the western region of Pokrovsk there are small "gray" areas where fighting is still going on, but the "combat integrity" has been lost in this area, wrote a soldier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with the call sign "Muchnoi" on the Telegram channel. The military published a map showing Russian positions close to the railroad tracks in the west and a few blocks away from the tracks in the center.
In addition, the enemy penetrated into the center and "cut off" the eastern district of a private building called "Sobachavka". The post of "Muchny" appeared in the evening of October 19. The fighter described the battles in Pokrovsk and explained the situation for the Ukrainian defense line. Western districts of Pokrovsk. The military warned that fighting is still going on in "a patchwork of the gray zone", but the Russians are building up forces hiding in shelters.
According to his estimates, in the west, the enemy is beginning to "shrink the space for our units. " Central regions. According to "Muchny", "tough battles" are taking place, "the sector is burning, the lines are being pushed back. " The post states that the Ukrainian commanders have a problem with the withdrawal routes, as the positions of the Russians are constantly changing. Probably, "tactical rotation" or "partial evacuation" of units of the Armed Forces is possible. Eastern regions.
In this section, the Ukrainian military met with the Russian DRG on the other side of the railway track. "Muchnoi" wrote that there is a "surrounding risk" in the units of the Armed Forces. "Parts may end up in a cauldron with limited maneuver routes and increased casualties. Command must act to prevent this from happening!!" - emphasized the fighter. The situation in the Sobachovka area is described separately.
It turned out that the Russians penetrate in groups of 10 people, hide and pounce on the soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine who are evacuating or leaving. At the same time, the anti-aircraft guns are hitting and the defense forces cannot accumulate resources and recover. "The city is not lost yet, but control over it is shaky!" - concluded "Muchnoi". On the map published by "Muchni", we see a "red" strip in the west, which reached the railway.
In the center is the breakthrough zone, which is 2-3 blocks from the track. The situation described by the fighter is not marked on the map of the DeepState project. According to analysts, there is a "gray" zone that has reached the southern outskirts, and the railway, which cuts the city in half, is far from the line of contact between the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and the Armed Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
The Ukrainian command has not yet informed about the threat of the battle in Pokrovsk and about the possible need to withdraw Ukrainian units to new positions. The report of the General Staff for October 20 indicated that the Russians conducted 58 assaults in the Pokrovsky direction towards 17 settlements. It should be noted that on October 19, The Economist published an article about the situation along the front line from Pokrovsk and Dobropill to Kostyantynivka and Druzhkivka.
According to the soldiers interviewed by the journalists, the Russian Armed Forces did not succeed during the summer offensive in Donbas. However, there are small advances, but at the same time, during the breakthrough to Dobropill, the Russians could lose up to 10,000 people.