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With the end of the nine-month Kursk campaign, the focus of Russia’s military operations has shifted back to the Donbass front, specifically, the strategically vital Pokrovsk direction. The cities of Pokrovsk (formerly Krasnoarmeysk) and neighboring Myrnograd serve as critical logistical hubs for Ukrainian forces defending the northern reaches of the Donetsk People’s Republic. These urban centers, with the former combined population of over 100,000, anchor supply routes running from Dnipropetrovsk region to Ukrainian strongholds in Kostiantynivka, Druzhkivka, Kramatorsk, and Sloviansk. For Russia, capturing Pokrovsk is not just a tactical objective but a necessary step to sever Kyiv’s grip on the region.
Rather than launching a direct assault, Russian forces have adopted a strategy of gradual encirclement, mirroring their successful approaches in Ugledar, Avdeevka, and Krasnohorovka. Over the past months, troops from Russia’s Center group of forces have systematically eroded Ukrainian supply lines, isolating defensive positions before moving in.
As of early May, reports from military reporters suggest an important breakthrough: Russian assault units have entered the city of Pokrovsk, probing Ukrainian defenses on its southern outskirts. Initial advances indicate that Russian forward detachments have gained footholds in the southern neighborhoods of Parkovyi and Lazurnyi, marking the first confirmed penetration into the city’s urban zone. This is the first sign of the upcoming major assault.
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Simultaneously, west of Pokrovsk, Russian units are pushing from the recently secured Tarasovka toward Berezivka, Novoolenivka, and Nova Poltavka. These are settlements along the critical highway linking Pokrovsk to Kostiantynivka. If these flanking maneuvers succeed, Ukrainian forces risk being cut off from their primary supply artery.
While Ukrainian sources deny Russian breakthroughs in the entire Pokrovsk direction, the broader picture suggests an inexorable advance. Moscow’s forces appear determined to avoid a protracted urban battle, instead opting to strangle Pokrovsk’s defenses before delivering a decisive blow.
The fall of Pokrovsk would deal a severe blow to Ukraine’s defensive posture in Donetsk, potentially triggering a domino effect along the entire northern flank. With supply routes cut off, Ukrainian garrisons in Kostiantynivka and Kramatorsk could find themselves dangerously exposed. For Russia, success here would mark another milestone in its campaign to fully secure the Donbass, proving once again that patience and precision can outmatch even the most determined resistance.
no retreat no surrender—bring it you filthy orc bastads!!!
heheheh
are you on the front lines or just running your mouth hoping that a man will step up and defend you?
they are sending kids to the frontlines now🥶🤫🙈
what happened to the women? are they all in poland now doing, well… who knows what?
the ukrainians should have used that approach before they forfeited 25% of their land-mass in pursuit of their ethnic-cleansing program.
the orcs are stepping into the kill zone…heheheee
yes, but whose kill zone? i think we all know whose.
are you talking about gay shlomos idf cowards in gaza and south lebanon?
heheheh
i could be wrong but it seems that ukraine has already retreated from 20% of its former territory.
lol
hows the shlomo cowards “offensive” going on in little tiny gaza, against a few poorly armed fighters since 1,5 years.
heh?
heheheh
ok, challenge accepted, little murkhan-jew faggot. what do you want us to do with your corpse?
another ‘watching paint dry’ offensive by the oligarchs who run the show.
you know the same ones who own all the news outlets that are always demanding minsk 3 so they can steal more russian natural resources. mansions on the mediterranean aren’t free and neither are yachts.
ukrainians prefer watching grass grow so they can hide themselves more effectively from the russian juggernaut.
bravo for russia, shame on the deep state & their neoconwarmongerers who have lost every war since north korea because they are too cheap.
ex-cia chief ralph goff: we gave ukraine enough weapons to bleed not to win. poor “servicemen” cannon fodder working for the deep state. i guess dontrùmp is right when he says they not that smart
mean while , media talking heads do the peace talk hasbara dance to the last ukrainian
another humiliation for #1 americunt vanya
in north amerikunt dystopia we are mean bitter feminized envious incompetent
i yuri my doughter is a whore. i like. niggas makes many kids and sexual explosions inside her eruptions and i got many many money mulatos gives alots.
the russians will take pokrovsk in the near future and once that is done other places will fall like dominos and the 20 pct already under russian control will quickly become 30 to 40 pct of ukraine. time for russia to take out or assassinate the little jew zelensky in a manner that ukraine have assassinated russian generals. although it would be preferable to see the little jew do a jig at an end of a rope!
dùng bom napalm ở những vùng không có dân, nó vừa diệt địch vừa phá hủy vũ khí,đạn dược, thực phẩm và nước uống của địch. ngoài ra nó phá hủy tinh thần của địch rất nhanh
every village captured is supposed to “collapse the front”. in over three years of flailing about this has yet to happen.
it’s death from a thousand cuts, no ifs, ands or buts
where’s the real attriction war? don’t forget the ceremony of nazi standards threw at the mausoleum of lenin. nep = we don’t care if the cat is black or white…
that’s ancient avdeevka’s front, no?
two road open… need a long noose around this neck :)