The footage shows how Ukraine is scrambling to defend the embattled city from brutal Russian assaults.

DeepState, a Ukrainian group of military analysts, has reported that the Russians are continuing to build up their presence in the city of Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast and the situation remains critical.

Russian infantry are advancing inside the city, one of the last major urban centers in the Donetsk region still under Kyiv's control. Moscow's shift in tactics – focusing on destroying Ukrainian logistics – has paid off after six months.

Over the past five months, Russians have conducted targeted battlefield air interdiction operations aimed at reducing Ukraine's defensive and logistical capabilities near Pokrovsk. Russian advances in the Pokrovsk sector were largely enabled by attacks on Ukrainian drone launch capabilities,

Fierce urban combat continues in Pokrovsk, Donetsk, as Ukrainian military intelligence (HUR) released dramatic footage showing special forces and elite units repelling Russian advances in this critical logistics hub.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says he has visited troops near the town of Pokrovsk, where the fiercest front line battle between Russia and Ukraine is currently taking place. Zelensky posted photos showing him meeting personnel at a command post in the Dobropillya sector, some 20km (12 miles) north of Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region.

Ukrainian troops are taking measures to block Russians who are infiltrating, accumulating in Pokrovsk and attempting to entrench there, the message said. According to the General Staff, over the past day near Pokrovsk,

The Russian Defense Ministry said Wednesday that Ukrainian troops should surrender to save themselves in Pokrovsk, a transport and supply hub seen as a gateway to bigger nearby cities.