Russian forces say they cleared Ukrainian troops from 6,585 buildings in Pokrovsk last week amid intense fighting for control of the Donbas city.
MOSCOW: Russian forces have cleared Ukrainian troops from 6,585 buildings in the Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk in the last week amid fierce fighting, the Russian Defence Ministry said on Friday.
Moscow has been trying to take full control of Pokrovsk, which Russians call by its Soviet-era name of Krasnoarmeysk, since mid-2024 as part of its push to take the whole of the wider Donbas industrial region.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Moscow’s forces had surrounded Pokrovsk and controlled 70% of it, but Kyiv said Ukraine was pushing back hard and that fighting was raging in the city centre.
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The Russian Defence Ministry said on Friday in a statement that it had repelled 54 Ukrainian attempts to break out of encirclement in Pokrovsk in the past week.
Reuters could not independently confirm the battlefield report. – Reuters
