US EditionPokrovsk Could Be Most Significant Russian Capture in About Two Years
- On Nov. 5, the 425th Separate Assault Regiment cleared the Pokrovsk City Council building, raising the Ukrainian flag, and released a video showing the operation and its aftermath.
- As a major road and rail hub, Pokrovsk City Council building sits in the southern city part within the 'grey zone,' while 80% of Pokrovsk, Donetsk Oblast remains occupied amid 170,000 Russian troops.
- Using the element of surprise, fighters from two Ukrainian assault groups cleared the city council building despite a transport hit by an ambush and a vehicle struck by a drone, while one slightly injured soldier completed the mission and raised the flag.
- The General Staff of Ukraine said Ukrainian Defense Forces have been reinforced, units are not surrounded, and measures block enemy infiltration in the Pokrovsk‑Myrnohrad agglomeration.
- Its full capture could enable further Russian advances deeper into Donetsk Oblast, while HUR released footage showing a special operation by the Timur Special Unit in Pokrovsk.
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Pokrovsk could be most significant Russian capture in about two years
Russia's defence ministry said on November 6 that its forces had advanced in the battered Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk and were fighting house-to-house battles in a bid to eject Ukrainian forces from the city. Russia has been threatening Pokrovsk for more than a year, seeing it as the "gateway" to the Donetsk region. Kyiv has acknowledged that the situation in Pokrovsk has become difficult in recent days but denies its troops are surrounded.
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