Ukraine faces potential fall of Pokrovsk to Russia
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Pokrovsk has been a bastion of resistance, and Russia taking it would be a propaganda win, but experts say it is time to withdraw and save lives for future battles.
The Kremlin is focusing its fire on Pokrovsk, a gateway to the Donetsk region, which Russia’s president, Vladimir V. Putin, has long coveted.
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Ukraine’s defense of Pokrovsk on a knife-edge as high command resists calls to withdraw
Ukrainian forces continue to stubbornly defend the pocket around Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad, despite relentless Russian assaults in and around the two cities leading to an ever-increasing threat of encirclement.
According to Ukraine's 7th Rapid Response Corps, Russia has at least 11,000 troops in the vicinity of Pokrovsk, with thousands more in surrounding areas. Ukraine is heavily outnumbered, but officials do not disclose details of Ukrainian troop levels.
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Front-line combat video captures special ops Black Hawk raid into Pokrovsk, Ukraine's fiercest fight
The footage shows how Ukraine is scrambling to defend the embattled city from brutal Russian assaults.
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Fact Check: Sora Videos Of Ukrainian Soldiers Surrendering In Pokrovsk Do NOT Show Real-Life Events
Did viral videos document that Ukrainian soldiers started to surrender en masse in Pokrovsk, as of? No, that's not true: The clips showed a watermark of a generative AI tool. As of this writing, Ukraine denied
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.
In late October, Ukraine carried out a drone attack on the Belgorod Reservoir dam in southwestern Russia. The strike marked a major turning point in the war, forcing people to leave their homes and seriously affecting Russian military activities.
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