US EditionUkraine Says Its Troops Still Holding Out in Pokrovsk as Russia Claims Pincer Is Closing
Ukrainian troops hold key city despite Russian infiltration and missile attacks; October saw a 46% rise in Russian missile launches, analysts say.
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Ukraine says army holding out in Pokrovsk amid intensifying Russian offensive
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. Russia has been trying to capture Pokrovsk, dubbed "the gateway to Donetsk", since mid-2024 in its campaign to control the entirety of Donetsk, a Ukrainian province it claims to have annexed.
Ukraine says its troops still holding out in Pokrovsk as Russia claims pincer is closing
KYIV: Ukraine’s top military commander said on Saturday (Nov 1) that its forces were still holding out in Pokrovsk, despite Russian claims that troops were encircling the eastern city in a long-awaited
The commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is being ousted: Syrsky reported that he was holding Pokrovsk and Mirnograd: EADaily
EADaily, November 1st, 2025. The Ukrainian Armed Forces continue a complex operation to oust Russian forces from Krasnoarmeysk (Pokrovsk). This was stated in social networks by commander-in-chief Alexander Syrsky.
Ukrainian military commander General Oleksandr Sírski acknowledged that his troops are facing "hard conditions" in the defence of the city of Pokrovsk.
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