Conducted 66 attacks: Russian troops advanced to Pokrovsk - isw (maps)
About it writes "Institute of War Study" in the summary of August 28. Russian bloggers argue about the capture of the memory. Additional geolocation footage, published on August 28, show that Russian troops advanced southeast of Krasny Yar (southeast of Pokrovsk) along Artem Street (Vyshneva), which goes from Red Yar to Grodivka. Russian sources claimed the promotion of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation to the river Zhuravka in the central part of Grodivka.
It was reported that they have already reached the southern outskirts of Mirnograd through Krasny Yar and Mykolaivka. The militarys also continued to claim that Russian troops were moving in the area of Novogrodivka (southeast of Pokrovsk).
The Ukrainian military observer Konstantin Mashovets noted that the units of the 27th Motorized Rifle Division of the Central Military District, with the support of the 114th Motorized Rifle Brigade, are moving along the railway in the east of Novogrodivka.
Russian and some Ukrainian sources reported that the Russian troops have reached the eastern outskirts of Selidovo (southeast of Pokrovsk) and moved to the city after the retreat of Ukrainian troops from some positions in the east of Selidovoy.
ISW has not yet found visual confirmations of the presence of Russian troops in Selidovo, but Mashovets reported on August 28 that the units of the 90th Tank Division with the support of units of the 27th Motorized Rifle Division were able The Russian Federation about Russian promotion in Selidovo through Mikhailivka.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces reported the high frequency of Russian attacks to the northeast, east and southeast of Pokrovsk on August 27 and 28 and noted that more than half of Russian land attacks in the Pokrovsky direction on August 28 were concentrated in the area of Selidovo and Novogrodivka. Russian Defense Minister Andriy Belousov congratulated the Russian 589th and 433th Motorized Rifle Regiments (27th Motorized Rifle Division) with recent successes southeast of Pokrovsk.
It is reported that recently the units of the Russian battalion "White Wolves" captured Komyshivka (about 20 km southeast of Pokrovsk). "In the Pokrovsky direction, our defenders reflected 66 attacks. More than half of them are in the areas of Grodivka and Novogrodivka," the General Staff publication reads. Recall that the Armed Forces slowed the offensive in the Kursk region, analysts named the reason.