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Reference News reported on August 16According to Reuters on August 15, Ukraine said on the 15th that more than a week after its army attacked targets in Russia, the military pressure on the eastern front in Ukraine showed no signs of abating, and said that the most intense fighting in weeks took place near Pokrovsk.

Military analysts reportedly said Ukraine's attack on Russian territory was partly intended to disperse Russian reserve forces as reinforcements.

Ukrainian military spokesman Likhović said Russia had transferred some troops from occupied southern Ukraine to other areas, but that this did not constitute a large-scale redeployment so far.

"No major changes in the size of the army have been detected, and the change in the number of personnel is not significant enough to affect the situation in the fighting," Lihovi said on state television.

An officer from the 59th Motorized Brigade reportedly said that the pressure from Russian troops in the Donetsk region has not eased. Russia has been intensively launching an offensive against the region for several months.

"Despite the Ukrainian advance into Russian territory, the enemy still ... kept most of its troops in this direction and tried to seize victory," the officer said.

He said Russian troops had deployed all available reserves in the eastern Donetsk region and were "exerting real pressure" on Ukraine there.

The Ukrainian General Staff reportedly said that 58 battles broke out in one day between the two sides' troops near the city of Pokrovsk, a logistics hub controlled by Kiev, the highest number of battles in a single day this month.

According to AFP on August 15, Russia said on the 15th that its troops had occupied Ivanivka, a frontline village only 15 kilometers away from Pokrovsk, a transportation hub in eastern Ukraine controlled by Kiev. (Compiled by Zhu Li)