Azov Corps Takes Defensive Position in Pokrovsk Sector

The 1st Corps of the Ukrainian National Guard ‘Azov’ has taken up a designated defensive line in the Pokrovsk sector.

The press service of the 1st Corps of the Ukrainian National Guard ‘Azov’ reported on this.

They noted that it had taken place several days before.

“The situation remains difficult and dynamic. The enemy, attempting to advance in this direction, is suffering significant losses in manpower and equipment,” the Azov Corps reported.

It was noted that the Corps’ units had then planned and undertaken measures to block the Russian occupying forces in the designated area.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported in its operational update on August 12 that Ukrainian defenders had repelled 48 enemy assaults in the Pokrovsk sector.

These assaults took place in the areas of the settlements of Poltavka, Popiv Yar, Maiak, Dorozhne, Nykanorivka, Kucheriiv Yar, Nove Shakhove, Volodymyrivka, Novoekonomichne, Sukhetske, Rodynske, Promin, Udachne, Lysivka, Zvirove, Orikhove, and Dachne.

Earlier, it became known that over the course of five days, Russian forces had broken through and advanced approximately 15 kilometers into Ukrainian defenses along a narrow section of the front line.

The breakthrough was also confirmed by the official map of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.