“The stabilization of the situation in the Pokrovsk-Myrnohrad operational area depends on the level of coordination and coherence among the military command bodies, units, and formations involved in combat missions. For this purpose, I made a trip to the Pokrovsk direction. Together with the commanders, we focused on the results of previously defined tasks and planned further actions”, - reported Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi on Telegram on the morning of November 13.
He noted that the Pokrovsk direction remains the main one in the context of the enemy’s offensive — the highest number of daily assault actions by the enemy is recorded here, and a significant part of its grouping operating on Ukrainian territory is concentrated in this area. The enemy, in particular, is trying to take advantage of the difficult weather conditions.
“Our main tasks remain the gradual taking under control of specific areas, the support and protection of existing logistics routes, as well as the organization of additional ones — to ensure the timely supply of our defenders with everything necessary and the uninterrupted evacuation of the wounded. On the approaches and directly within the urban area, constant fighting continues with small enemy assault infantry groups, and less frequently — the destruction of light enemy equipment”, - reported the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Syrskyi emphasizes that the servicemen of the Defense Forces of Ukraine are doing everything possible to make it impossible for the enemy to move and gain a foothold.
“The search and destruction of the enemy also continue in the adjacent Ocheretyne direction. Over the past seven days, as a result of search-and-strike actions, 7.4 km² of territory in the Pokrovsk district of the Donetsk oblast have been cleared of enemy sabotage and reconnaissance groups. There is no question of russian control over the city of Pokrovsk or the operational encirclement of the grouping of the Defense Forces of Ukraine”, - Syrskyi stated.