US EditionRussian video shows soldiers walking freely through ruins of Ukraine's Pokrovsk
The footage shows Russian troops patrolling undeterred in southern Pokrovsk, a strategic target for control to advance towards key Ukrainian cities, amid a year-long encirclement effort.
- On Thursday, Russia's defence ministry released video showing soldiers moving freely through south Pokrovsk, with Reuters verifying Russian troops walking unchallenged, including one pushing a stretcher.
- Russia has for more than a year pursued a pincer movement around Pokrovsk, which Moscow says would provide a platform to push north toward Kramatorsk and Sloviansk, dubbed "the gateway to Donetsk" by Russian media.
- Buildings in the footage show shattered windows and half-demolished facades, with windows and doors hanging shattered from blackened buildings and battered pedestrian crossing signs amid charred apartment blocks.
- Russian maps now depict Pokrovsk under Russian control with Ukrainian troops encircled in neighbouring Myrnohrad, and the footage does not show the soldiers coming under any attack.
- Bomb damage has torn branches of silver birch trees amid ruined streets, while Ukrainian maps mark Pokrovsk as a grey zone and the United States estimates 1.2 million men killed or injured.
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Russian video shows soldiers walking freely through ruins of Ukraine’s Pokrovsk
Russia’s defense ministry released a video on Thursday showing its soldiers moving freely through the southern part of the Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, patrolling deserted streets lined with charred apartment blocks.
The fight for Pokrovsk is apparently close to the end. Pictures of Moscow show Russian troops in the south of the contested city. According to military expert Reisner, Pokrovsk fell already days ago.
Russian video shows soldiers walking freely through ruins of Ukraine's Pokrovsk
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia's defence ministry released video on Thursday showing its soldiers moving freely through the southern part of the Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, patrolling deserted streets lined
Russian video shows soldiers walking freely through ruins of Ukraine's Pokrovsk
MOSCOW - Russia's defence ministry released video on Thursday showing its soldiers moving freely through the southern part of the Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, patrolling deserted streets lined with charred apartment blocks. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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