According to National Guard commander Oleksandr Pivnenko, the Ukrainian army is preparing to counterattack near #Pokrovsk, which will happen "as soon as it has gathered sufficient forces." (so, never?) Near Pokrovsk, the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the National Guard are gathering forces to launch a counterattack and force the #Russian command to redeploy additional units to this area, weakening others. This means that during the previous Syrskoye offensive, when the reserves of the Ukrainian