US EditionUkraine facing fierce fighting around eastern city of Pokrovsk, Zelenskiy says
POKROVSKOYE, UKRAINE, JUL 26 – Russian forces have captured multiple villages near Pokrovsk as fighting intensifies around the strategic logistics hub, with fewer than 1,500 residents remaining, officials said.
- On Thursday, Russia's Defence Ministry announced capturing two villages, Zvirove west and Novoekonomichne east of Pokrovsk in eastern Ukraine.
- This event follows months of Russian attempts to close in on Pokrovsk, a logistics hub where Ukrainian forces concentrate their defense.
- The Ukrainian General Staff reported these villages remain contested, with Russian troops trying to penetrate defenses while Ukrainian officials have not acknowledged losing control.
- Oleksandr Syrskyi stated that Russia is bearing heavy losses due to its attempt at a summer offensive and identified the area around Pokrovsk as the central focus of the conflict.
- This fighting highlights Pokrovsk's strategic importance on the 1,000-km front and suggests sustained intense conflict with ongoing efforts to control surrounding areas.
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The region of Pokrovsk, in Donetsk Oblast, is still mainly targeted by Russians. Ukrainians announce that they have repelled 51 assaults from different localities. Ukraine also claims to have shot down 200 Russian drones and missiles during the night.
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Ukraine facing fierce fighting around eastern city of Pokrovsk, Zelensky says
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Ukraine facing fierce fighting around eastern city of Pokrovsk, Zelenskiy says
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday that Ukrainian forces were facing fierce fighting around the city of Pokrovsk in the east, a logistics hub near which Russia has been announcing the capture of villages on an almost daily basis.
Ukrainian defenders face fierce fighting in eastern city of Pokrovsk, Zelenskyy says
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday that Ukrainian forces are facing fierce fighting around the city of Pokrovsk in the east. Russia has been announcing the purported capture of villages near the town that acts as a logistics hub on an almost daily basis.
Russian troops are trying to press on the front line. The aggressor wants to try to cut off Ukrainian groups in three strategically important cities of Ukraine: Pokrovsk, Kostiantynivtsi and Kupyansk.
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