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Pokrovsk was dubbed a "fortress" settlement, key to Ukrainian lines in the east and connected to other cities forming the backbone of Ukraine's defense in the east. Russia kicked off a push to take Pokrovsk in the summer of 2024.
Ukraine's top military commander said on Saturday his troops were still holding out in the embattled eastern city of Pokrovsk, which Moscow said its forces were at last enclosing in a pincer movement after more than a year of fighting.
Moscow’s forces infiltrated Pokrovsk after months of attacks on the city, a strategic part of Ukraine’s eastern defenses.
DeepState, a Ukrainian group of military analysts, has reported that Ukraine's defence forces have pushed Russian troops back near the villages of Kucheriv Yar and Novyi Shakhove in the Pokrovsk district of Donetsk Oblast.
It was supposed to fall more than a year ago, but Pokrovsk is still holding on, even as street fighting has erupted inside the city after Russian troops infiltrated.
The New Voice of Ukraine on MSN
Zelenskyy says heavy fighting continues in Pokrovsk as Russia intensifies assaults
That’s where the Russians have gathered their primary strike group — and it’s a significant number of enemy troops,” Zelenskyy said in his video address on Oct. 26. “Of course, this makes the situation difficult in Pokrovsk and all nearby districts.
Hi, this is Yuliia Taradiuk reporting from Kyiv on day 1,342 of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Today's top story so far: Russia outnumbers Ukrainian troops eight-to-one in their offensive to capture the semi-surrounded city of Pokrovsk in eastern Donetsk Oblast,
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