Offensive on Pokrovsk: the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation lost almost 200 pieces of equipment - Forbes

The 11 months of fighting on this section of the front cost the Russian army a huge price. Experts predict that by mid -September the enemy will reach the city of Pokrovsk. During the offensive of the Russians on the city of Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region forces of defense damaged or destroyed almost 200 units of Russian equipment. Forbes writes about it.

Thus, after the capture of Avdiivka in February of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continued the offensive in Donetsk region and began to move in the direction of Pokrovsk. Subsequently, they broke through the first line of Ukrainian reserve positions in the Ocheretyni area and the line of defense of Ukrainian positions in the Ivanivka area.

Today, the Russian group of troops is only 9 km from Pokrovsk, which is located on important Ukrainian lines of supplying the entire Eastern Front. The 11 months of fighting on this section of the front cost the Russian army a huge price. Onrew perpetua analyst on September 1 counted more than 180 damaged, destroyed and abandoned Russian machines and heavy weapons, which was a kind of record for the loss of equipment for the Russian Federation.

Ukraine's losses were much smaller: less than three dozen. "It can be assumed that by mid -September the enemy will reach the city, but will not be able to capture it," - predicted at the Ukrainian Center for Defense Strategies.

"The battle for Pokrovsk can be the culmination of the Russian offensive this year, after which the front line will stabilize," Osint-analysts quoted as the publication writes, these optimistic forecasts are based on one risky assumption that the Russians cannot immediately compensate for their losses.