The Ukrainian commander admitted the difficult situation in the stronghold of Povorsk

Ukrainian Army Commander Oleksandr Syrsky announced on December 11 that he had visited the 38th Independent Marine Brigade, a unit participating in the Pokrovsk front in Donetsk province, one of the fiercest places of the war. Currently.

“We need to make non-standard decisions to strengthen our defense capabilities and respond to the enemy more effectively. The battles are extremely fierce,” Mr. Syrsky wrote on social networks.

Commander Syrsky said Ukraine is losing ground to Russia at the Pokrovsk front, especially in terms of manpower. “The Russian army is using all the forces they have to break through our lines,” he said.

He did not reveal what “non-standard” decisions will be made in the coming days, but said Ukraine’s current priority is to provide enough ammunition to the front line. This official also emphasized that he would resolve “current problems” by issuing “appropriate” orders, but did not specify.

“The Ukrainian army is showing incredible resilience and causing great damage to the enemy,” commander Syrsky affirmed.

Earlier the same day, Nazar Voloshyn, spokesman for Ukraine’s Khortytsia strategic and operational group, said the Russian army had occupied two Ukrainian positions on the Pokrovsk front and Kiev was making efforts to regain them.

According to the website of Deep State, an analytical group affiliated with the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, by December 11, Russian forces were only about three kilometers from the city of Pokrovsk.

The Russian Ministry of Defense has not commented on the information. In its notice updating the war situation on December 11, the agency said Russian forces had killed many Ukrainian soldiers and destroyed Ukrainian equipment in Donetsk province, but did not mention the Pokrovsk front.

Pokrovsk is an important logistics center and one of Ukraine’s main strongholds in the eastern province of Donetsk. If Russia controls Pokrovsk, it will weaken Ukraine’s defense lines and supply capacity in Donetsk, helping them get closer to their goal of controlling the entire province.

Observers and the Ukrainian military have warned of an increasingly difficult situation on the Pokrovsk front as Russian forces have stepped up their advance there. Commander Syrsky on November 29 ordered additional manpower and weapons to Pokrovsk to stop the enemy’s advance.

On November 15, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited this frontline city to encourage soldiers’ morale in difficult circumstances.