Russian troops have continued their storming attacks in eastern Ukraine, the Ukrainian General Staff reported in Monday’s evening briefing. The “focus of the day” was the area around Kurakhove on the edge of the Donbass region, the staff said. Throughout the day, there were 26 Russian attacks repelled by the Ukrainian defenders, it said. There was also heavy fighting around Pokrovsk, which has been contested for weeks, as Russian units made 24 attempts to break through the Ukrainian defence lines, though these too were repelled by Kiev’s forces, the report said, in details that could not be in…