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Russia’s months-long attack in the direction of Pokrovsk has led to Moscow capturing more than 300 square miles of territory since seizing the city of Avdiivka in February.
Pokrovsk also has central importance for the Ukrainian steel industry. Pischane is the largest plant for coking coal production in Ukraine. The site provided half of Metinvest's coal volume, used to produce steel at the company's plants. Loss of the Pokrovsk coal mine would thus be a major blow to Ukraine's steel production industry.
Ukraine has accused Russia of “targeting rescue workers” by aiming a second missile at the rubble in Pokrovsk 40 minutes after the first strike - in a deadly tactic known as a “double tap”.
Around 53,000 people still live in Pokrovsk, officials said, and some of them decided to get o ... The nearby town of Toretsk, whose capture would open the door for a Russian advance on the key ...
The Second Intifada broke out in September 2000, leading to the closure of the airport the following month. [9] Israel alternated between reopening and shutting down the airport over the next several months before finally prohibiting all commercial air traffic on 13 February 2001; from then on, only Arafat's private aircraft were allowed to use the airfield.
On 7 August 2023, at around 7:15 p.m., [1] during the Russo-Ukrainian War, the Russian Armed Forces used Iskander short-range ballistic missiles [1] to strike the Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, Donetsk Oblast, twice. [4]
Its capture would compromise Ukraine’s defensive abilities and supply routes and would bring Russia closer to its stated aim of capturing the entire Donetsk region. One of Kyiv’s attempts to ease the pressure on its eastern front was the unexpected Aug. 6 incursion into Russia’s Kursk region, which among other goals aimed to unnerve the ...
Russian forces are closing in on the strategically important city of Pokrovsk in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, prompting some residents to evacuate for fear it will fall in the coming weeks.