The crucial supply and transport hub in Pokrovsk serves as a lifeline for delivering supplies and reinforcements to the eastern front, and capturing it would bring Moscow closer to taking full control of the Donetsk region
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that Russian forces have made significant advances in the strategic hub of Pokrovsk, the city that Moscow has been trying to capture for over two years.
While Russia “has not been able to achieve its planned results yet”, Russian soldiers have outnumbered Ukraine’s 8-1, a number that Kyiv cannot match, the president added.
The crucial supply and transport hub in Pokrovsk serves as a lifeline for delivering supplies and reinforcements to the eastern front, and capturing it would bring Moscow closer to taking full control of the Donetsk region.
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‘Difficult situation’
Zelenskyy has described the situation in Pokrovsk as being “difficult”, adding that the town is witnessing widespread fierce fighting after “sabotage groups” entered the region.
The president said that satellite imagery shows that over 200 Russian soldiers are currently inside Pokrovsk. An apparent capture of the city would put towns of the heavily fortified “fortress belt” – Kramatorsk, Slovyansk, Kostyantynivka and