Zelenskyy: Situation on Pokrovsk front is better, but I don't want to make any early comments

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stated that the situation on the Pokrovsk front has improved in recent days, though he refused to comment in detail until it stabilises.

Source: Zelenskyy in an interview with journalists from Ukraine’s national joint 24/7 newscast in Italy

Quote: "'Firstly, the situation there is not easy. I am grateful to our soldiers.

The situation has been better for 3-4 days prior to my arrival here [in Italy]. We were discussing all these details three times a day with [Ukrainian Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr] Syrskyi.

I don't want to make any early comments. If you can, please be patient. When everything is completely stabilised there, God willing, then we will talk about it."

Background:

• On 5 September, Oleksandr Syrskyi, Commander-in-Chief of Ukraine's Armed Forces, reported that Ukrainian troops had managed to stop the Russians on the Pokrovsk front, the hottest area of the war zone, adding that "the enemy has not advanced a single metre on the Pokrovsk front over the past six days".
• Forbes said the Ukrainian military had four or five brigades in reserve, which are now operating on the Pokrovsk front and conducting small counterattacks to slow and push back the Russians.

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