Ukrainian forces halted Russian advances on multiple settlements in the Pokrovsk-Myrnohrad area in eastern Ukraine and repelled a series of attacks over the past week, according to Commander-in-Chief General Oleksandr Syrskyi on Facebook. Syrskyi described the Pokrovsk direction as the most intensely contested point on the entire active front and traveled to the sector for another working visit. He met with brigade commanders, assessed defense priorities, and personally decorated front-line troops.
Ukraine blocks Russian advances on multiple settlements
Ukrainian forces blocked Russian attempts to seize several settlements simultaneously in the Pokrovsk-Myrnohrad area in recent days. Syrskyi reported the Pokrovsk direction is "the hottest on the entire 1,200 km length of the active front." Ukrainian forces in the direction repelled 291 Russian attacks over the past week alone, according to his data.
Near Hryshyne, the 32nd and 155th separate mechanized brigades destroyed Russian occupiers, the commander says. Near Myrnohrad, the 79th separate airborne assault Tavriia brigade and the 14th operational brigade "Chervona Kalyna" worked against the enemy.
"Geolocated footage published on April 1 indicates that Ukrainian forces advanced in northwestern Hryshyne (northwest of Pokrovsk)," the ISW noted in its latest assessment.
Ukraine has been clearing Hryshyne's center in recent weeks. Russia uses occupied Pokrovsk as a staging ground for further pushes northwest toward the settlement.
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Syrskyi held a meeting at the headquarters of the 1st National Guard Corps "Azov". He received reports from commanders on the situation across all brigade responsibility zones.
"The high activity of Russian-occupation forces demands constant concentration of efforts, non-standard decisions, and quality interaction of units," Syrskyi said. The main focus for the near term: equipment and weapons "that will help Ukrainian warriors work against the enemy even more effectively."
Syrskyi personally awarded Commander-in-Chief decorations to servicemembers of the 1st National Guard Corps. During a separate engagement with the unmanned systems force grouping, he awarded the Cross of Merit to the drone forces commander, Major Robert Brovdi. Other drone force fighters who distinguished themselves in combat also received decorations.
