Russian Attempts To Stretch Ukraine South Of Pokrovsk Thwarted In Dnipropetrovsk

Kremlin forces attempting to weaken Ukraine's defense of Pokrovsk have tried to attack Ukrainian defenses in Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporiizhzhia, but have been thwarted by Ukrainian counterattacks. 

The Russians do not have enough troops or equipment to offer much of a threat in other sectors, so Ukraine is taking advantage of that opportunistically. JL

Espreso Global reports:

Ukrainian forces are successfully counterattacking in the Oleksandrivka area. The Russian army is trying to push into the Dnipropetrovsk region but can't advance or hold ground. "The Oleksandrivka area is where the Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, and Zaporizhzhia regions meet. Russia's goal is to shift the fighting into the Dnipropetrovsk region. They sometimes manage to get into towns but (don't have the strength) to stay long."

Ukrainian forces are successfully counterattacking in parts of the Oleksandrivka area. The Russian army is trying to push into the Dnipropetrovsk region but can't advance or hold ground

Denys Bobkov, senior officer of the communications department of the 37th Separate Marine Brigade, stated this on Espreso TV.

"The Oleksandrivka area is where the Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, and Zaporizhzhia regions meet. Our brigade controls towns and surrounding areas where the Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk regions connect, and in some parts of Donetsk itself. Russia's main goal is to shift the fighting into the Dnipropetrovsk region. This is very important to them because it could impact both Ukrainians and Russians psychologically," Bobkov noted.

Denys Bobkov, a senior officer from the 37th Separate Marine Brigade's communications department, mentioned that sometimes Russian forces do manage to get into towns in the Dnipropetrovsk region that are close to Donetsk.

"But these invaders don't stay long," he stressed. "We have everything we need to stop them, destroying their infantry groups that try to get into Dnipropetrovsk settlements. We're doing everything we possibly can, and even more. We've had successful counter-attacks in some parts of the front."