Changed the target: the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation try to surround Pokrovsk from a new direction - isw (maps)

To spread: the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue their offensive on Pokrovsk, but have come to resistance to the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Myrnohrad district. After that, the enemy began to look for weaker plots and changed the direction of major blows designed for the city and weakening of the Ukrainian units.

The platoon of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, loading into armored vehicles, unsuccessfully attacked the settlement east of Pokrovsk, noted analysts of the Institute of War Study, having studied a video from social networks. The enemy moved on the road to Nikolaevka and was blown on the mines and fell under the blows of drones. The fighting took place on July 6-7 and, according to ISW, the Russians had some progress.

At the same time, they noted that the direction of attacks has changed a little and there is an attempt to bypass Pokrovsk from the north, not to press from the east. The analytical report states that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation had previously actively attacked the new economic-a settlement on the T-0504 highway on the way to Mirnograd Easier Pokrovsk. However, due to the resistance of the Armed Forces there were no success.

Another unsuccessful direction of the offensive of the Russians - from Tokmak to Konstantinovka: also victories are not noticeable, because the advance is stopped. Then the Russian command began to look for a new direction, hoping to find a weak place in the defense of Pokrovsk, analysts explained. The new purpose of the Russian offensive is the city of Dobropillya, said ISW. Therefore, the pressure on the settlement of Rodinskoe should be expected.

According to the Institute, the Russians hope that under the threat of the environment from the north of the Armed Forces themselves will depart from Pokrovsk and Mirnograd. "Russian troops are likely to try to use these achievements to promote Rodinsky and make Ukrainian troops retreat under the threat of the environment before they retest on the Konstantinovsky direction," the report reads.

On the DeepState project, we see that the distance between the "ticks" that approach Pokrovsk from the west and east - about 20 km. To Dobropillya, which became the new goal of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation - about the same. The report of the General Staff of the Armed Forces does not directly confirm the new direction of strikes of the Russian Federation for bypassing Pokrovsk and Mirnograd.

In the report published in the morning of July 8, the Ukrainian command reported the number of attacks near Pokrovsk - 46 pcs. In addition, the list of 13 points in which the assault attempts took place, among others mention the new economic of the ISW analytics. It should be noted that on July 4, the Ukrainian military with the call sign "Mushni" confirmed the threat of Pokrovsk's environment, which Russian units occur. He explained that the Armed Forces lacked infantry to hold positions.