Russian forces are poised to finally capture Pokrovsk, a symbolically important victory with a heavy cost

Russian forces appear to be on the brink of finally seizing the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, a symbolic victory that President Vladimir Putin has been pursuing for 21 months at an increasingly ...

Ukraine's 21-month Pokrovsk resistance crumbles, Russia poised to capture city

As the war in Ukraine continues to escalate, Russian forces are on the brink of seizing the Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, which ...

Fears Pokrovsk will fall ‘within weeks’ as Ukraine sends in its elite units

Experts suggest that Russian troops, having exploited gaps in Ukrainian defences to enter Pokrovsk last month, are now ...

As Pokrovsk is set to fall, Ukraine must choose to fight or save troops

Pokrovsk has been a bastion of resistance, and Russia taking it would be a propaganda win, but experts say it is time to ...

Russia says house-to-house advance continues in Pokrovsk, tiny village captured

Russia said on Saturday that its forces continued to advance in grinding battles around the key towns of Pokrovsk and ...

Front-line combat video captures special ops Black Hawk raid into Pokrovsk, Ukraine's fiercest fight

The footage shows how Ukraine is scrambling to defend the embattled city from brutal Russian assaults.
The Economist

Ukraine’s valiant defence of Pokrovsk is nearing its end

Twenty-one months after it began, Vladimir Putin’s assault on the small Donbas city of Pokrovsk (pre-war population 60,000) ...
Ukrinform

Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad: logistics for Ukrainian forces complicated, but AFU prevent enemy from gaining foothold in surrounding areas

Russian invaders are trying to infiltrate the northern outskirts of Pokrovsk, but without success. Assault groups of the ...