Key Ukrainian city Pokrovsk holds on as Russian siege tightens : …
Jan 2, 2025 · POKROVSK, Ukraine — In the final hours of 2024, the embattled Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk suddenly went dark. Its electric grid, long battered by Russian drones and artillery, failed on Monday...
Ukraine loses ground near strategic hub of Pokrovsk | Reuters
Dec 11, 2024 · Russian troops destroyed or captured several Ukrainian positions near the eastern city of Pokrovsk, Kyiv's military said on Wednesday, as Moscow bears down on the strategic logistics hub that is...
Ukraine war: Russian invaders close in on Pokrovsk - BBC
During its latest attack, Russia hit a substation in Pokrovsk, leaving half the city without power. The strikes also disrupted water supplies. The city is quickly becoming deserted.
Ukraine war: Troops fear encirclement in Pokrovsk as Russians …
Russian troops are now advancing towards Kurakhove, a city 35km (21 miles) south of Pokrovsk. Ukrainian forces in that area confirm the fighting in their sectors has intensified lately.
Russian forces edge closer to a key eastern ... - Associated Press News
Dec 13, 2024 · KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Fighting around the key eastern Ukraine city of Pokrovsk is “extremely intense” after a monthslong Russian push, Ukraine’s top military commander said, with analysts estimating Russian forces are now within just a few kilometers (miles) of the city.
Ukrainian soldiers and shopkeepers hold on as Russia's siege of ...
Jan 2, 2025 · A man walks down a war-ravaged street in Pokrovsk, an industrial city in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk region, on Dec. 19, 2024. Behind him is the hotel Druzhba, which was destroyed by a Russian missile last summer. Pokrovsk was once home to 60,000 people. Now it's largely abandoned, with Russian troops active within a mile of the outskirts.
Russian forces less than 2 miles from key Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk
Dec 11, 2024 · Russian forces are now just three kilometers (1.9 miles) from the outskirts of the key eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk after making advances Wednesday, according to Ukrainian mapping service...
Civilians flee Pokrovsk as Russia’s army ... - Associated Press News
Aug 20, 2024 · Civilians with small children in their arms and lugging heavy suitcases are fleeing Ukraine’s eastern city of Pokrovsk, where the Russian army is bearing down fast despite a lightning Ukrainian incursion into Russia’s Kursk region.
Pokrovsk News | Latest News - NewsNow
Latest news on Pokrovsk, a city and the administrative center of Pokrovsk Raion in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. Pokrovsk was hit by two Russian missile strikes on Monday, 7 August, 2023, killing five people and injuring 31 more, according to Ukrainian officials.
Deadly shelling in Ukraine's Pokrovsk as Russia gains ground
Sep 15, 2024 · Russian shelling killed one person in the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk on Sunday, local authorities said, as Moscow's troops inched closer to the key logistics hub.