“Earlier this week, Ukraine sent special forces to conduct combat operations in the eastern part of the besieged city of Pokrovsk, just as Russia said it had surrounded Ukrainian troops in the area, Reuters reported, citing two Ukrainian military sources. Russia’s capture of Pokrovsk, an important road and rail hub, could open the way for Russia to advance further into the eastern part of Donetsk Oblast, which the Russian army aims to fully occupy. Russian troops have been advancing to Pokrovsk for over a year. Reuters, with reference to a source in the 7th rapid response corps of the Airborne Assault Forces, writes that a few days ago, GUR special forces landed in Pokrovsk on a Black Hawk helicopter as part of an operation that was complicated by the actions of Russian drones. The operation was led by the head of Ukrainian military intelligence, Kyrylo Budanov. In a video seen by Reuters, at least 10 servicemen descend from a helicopter into a field. The news agency notes that it could not confirm the location and date of the shooting. RFE/RL cannot independently confirm this information. The day before, President Volodymyr Zelenskyi said that the situation in Pokrovsk is difficult, 170,000 Russian troops are concentrated in this direction. At the same time, he denied the encirclement of Ukrainian troops in the city. Last week, on October 26, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine confirmed the penetration of Russian troops into Pokrovsk. The Russian army has advanced within the borders of Pokrovsk – this was reported by the DeepState project in the morning of October 29. On the map of the hostilities, a “red zone” has grown in the south of the city, and a “gray” zone, indicating the presence of the enemy, has reached its northern outskirts. Pokrovsk – a city with a population of about 7,000 people (more than 60,000 before the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation) – is an important road and railway junction and was under threat of encirclement by Russian troops for most of the year.”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
Reuters, with reference to a source in the 7th rapid response corps of the Airborne Assault Forces, writes that a few days ago, GUR special forces landed in Pokrovsk on a Black Hawk helicopter as part of an operation that was complicated by the actions of Russian drones. The operation was led by the head of Ukrainian military intelligence, Kyrylo Budanov.
In a video seen by Reuters, at least 10 servicemen descend from a helicopter into a field. The news agency notes that it could not confirm the location and date of the shooting.
The day before, President Volodymyr Zelenskyi said that the situation in Pokrovsk is difficult, 170,000 Russian troops are concentrated in this direction. At the same time, he denied the encirclement of Ukrainian troops in the city.
Last week, on October 26, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine confirmed the penetration of Russian troops into Pokrovsk.
The Russian army has advanced within the borders of Pokrovsk – this was reported by the DeepState project in the morning of October 29. On the map of the hostilities, a “red zone” has grown in the south of the city, and a “gray” zone, indicating the presence of the enemy, has reached its northern outskirts.
Pokrovsk – a city with a population of about 7,000 people (more than 60,000 before the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation) – is an important road and railway junction and was under threat of encirclement by Russian troops for most of the year.