Units of the Tsenter grouping of troops liberated the settlement of Memryk,
Over the past six days [Russia] has not advanced a single metre in the Pokrovsk direction. So our strategy is working,
The enemy has carried out 23 assaults on Ukrainian positions. Fighting continues in six locations,
They are trying to strengthen their flanks in this way” along the main axis of attack toward Pokrovsk
Our troops are taking measures to maintain designated positions,
This limited redeployment indicates that Russia hasn't been able to isolate even its most priority offensive operation from the theater-wide impacts of the Kursk incursion,
Ukraine's ability to slow Russian advances, and even stop Russian advances in some areas of Donetsk Oblast and Ukraine, directly undermines this effort and generates counterfactual evidence that Ukraine—when properly resourced—can halt Russian offensives and that Russian victory is not inevitable despite Russia's resource advantages."
Recent reported Ukrainian tactical advances in Niu-York support Ukraine's effort to defend against Russian offensive operations near Toretsk—another key frontline city that the Russians seek to seize. Ukrainian forces' recapture of tactical territory in Niu-York help alleviate pressure from Toretsk's southern flank and complicate Russian efforts to envelop the city."
Russian advances in the Pokrovsk direction are critical to the Kremlin's long-term informational efforts to convince the Russian public—and the international community—that Russia's large-scale personnel losses and ineffective attritional style of warfare are effective and justified,
It reduced the threat of an enemy offensive. We prevented them from acting. We moved the fighting to the enemy's territory so that [the enemy] could feel what we feel every day."