The day before, on June 15, the U.S.-based Institute for the Study of War (ISW) also reported the enemy advance near the southeast and further into southern Sokil during a mechanized battle, based on geolocation data of the recently posted footage. The Russian troops are also continuing their advance northwest of Avdiivka near the villages of Novooleksandrivka, Kalynove, Novopokrovske, and Yevhenivka. Read also: Ukraine adopts flexible defense strategy amid ammo wait The Pokrovsk front in Donetsk Oblast remains the epicenter of the most intense combat, the Ukrainian General Staff reported on t…