Ukraine holds ground: Russian advance stalls at Pokrovsk
- Over the last six days the enemy hasn't advanced a single metre in the Pokrovsk direction - announced Oleksandr Syrski, the Chief Commander of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in an interview with CNN. He added that before the Ukrainian offensive, the Russians had planned an attack from the Kursk region.
In his first television interview, Chief Commander Oleksandr Syrski said that Ukrainian troops managed to halt the Russian advance on Pokrovsk.
Russian advance halted: "Not a single metre"
Syrski termed the operation in the Kursk region a "success." According to him, Moscow transferred tens of thousands of soldiers to Kursk, including some of their best airborne units.
Syrski admitted that Ukraine is under immense pressure in the Pokrovsk region. The city of Pokrovsk, strategic for Ukrainians, has been the epicenter of the war in eastern Ukraine for several weeks now.
- Over the last six days the enemy hasn't advanced a single meter in the Pokrovsk direction. In other words, our strategy is working - he stated.
In August, the Ukrainian army entered the Kursk region in Russia, surprising even American officials. Syrski added that the Russians planned to attack Ukraine from the Kursk region. Kiev's attack prevented this.
610,000 Russian casualties
The average daily number of Russian casualties - killed and wounded - in the war in Ukraine rose to 1,187 in August, the British Ministry of Defense reported on Thursday, citing data from the Ukrainian General Staff. The Ministry added that since the beginning of the war, the number of Russian casualties has reached 610,000.
The latest intelligence update assessed that the increase in casualties is almost certainly related to the Ukrainian operation in the Russian Kursk region and ongoing Russian pressure in the Pokrovsk direction. It was added that Russia still relies on manpower to mitigate shortages in training and equipment.
"Although the intelligence agency foresees Russian pressure on the whole frontline over the next month, the capability constraints of the Russian Armed Forces will likely continue to reduce Russia’s ability to exploit any tactical successes into wider operational gains. Analysts at the intelligence agency consider that Russia’s casualty rate will likely continue to average above 1,000 a day throughout September 2024 as Russia continues operations on a wide front from Kursk in the north to Robotyne in the south," informs Euromaidan Press.
