Ukraine's Pokrovsk Counterattack Is Racking Up Ground Gains, Russian Casualties

Ukrainian forces counterattacking in the Pokrovsk, Dobropillia sector are continuing to retake more territory from the Russians and are inflicting increasingly serious casualties on the deployed Russian units. 

The implication is that Russia no longer has the capability to stop concentrated assaults on its more vulnerable units and positions. JL

Espreso Global reports:

Ukrainian forces have broken through Russia's Dobropillia salient and are inflicting 'heavy casualties' on Russian forces. During the ongoing counteroffensive in the Pokrovsk district, 177.8 square kilometers have been liberated and 198.9 square kilometers cleared of saboteurs.” Russian losses on the Dobropillia front as of the morning of October 1 amount to about 3,320 personnel, including 1,864 irrecoverable. They have also lost 971 units of weapons and military equipment, including: 14 tanks, 38 armored combat vehicles, 202 artillery systems, 5 MLRS, 453 vehicles, 61 motorcycles and ATVs,  and 197 UAVs.

Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi visited the Dobropillia sector, saying Ukraine’s Defense Forces cut through the Russian so-called “Dobropillia salient”

The Commander-in-Chief reported this on Facebook.

“I made another trip to the troops in the Dobropillia sector, where our counteroffensive is ongoing. Together with the commanders of the Armed Forces and National Guard units, we analyzed the progress of assigned tasks. I specified objectives based on the current situation and stressed the importance of preserving the lives of our soldiers,” Syrskyi said in the statement.

Syrskyi said Ukrainian forces have broken through Russia’s so-called “Dobropillia salient” and are working to inflict heavy losses on Russian troops.

According to Syrskyi, control was restored over another 2.2 square kilometers of territory in the past day. He added that strike-and-search operations were conducted in a 3 square kilometer area of Pokrovsk district in Donetsk region, where assault units advanced between 100 and 1,400 meters in some directions.

“In the course of fighting here, 52 occupiers were eliminated, and the enemy’s total losses for the day amounted to 80 personnel. Overall, during the counteroffensive in the Pokrovsk district, 177.8 square kilometers have been liberated and 198.9 square kilometers cleared of saboteurs,” Syrskyi added.

 

According to him, total Russian losses on the Dobropillia front as of the morning of October 1 amount to about 3,320 personnel, including 1,864 irrecoverable.

“The invaders have lost 971 units of weapons and military equipment, including: 14 tanks, 38 armored combat vehicles, 202 artillery systems, 5 MLRS, 453 vehicles, 61 motorcycles and ATVs, 1 specialized vehicle, and 197 UAVs,” the Commander-in-Chief added.

During his trip, Syrskyi also held a working meeting with the head of the Donetsk Regional Military Administration, where they discussed issues related to conducting combat operations, defending the region’s settlements, and anti-drone equipment for road infrastructure.

• At the end of September, Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi stated that in less than two months, Ukrainian forces hit 85 important targets on Russian territory, 33 of which were military objectives.