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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.
The Kremlin is likely to push forth with its attempts to capture Pokrovsk despite significant human and material losses, the ISW has assessed. Russian president Vladimir Putin has made no secret ...
Ukrainian officials have said Kremlin troops are just 3 km (2 miles) from Pokrovsk, whose capture could severely compromise Ukrainian supply lines on much o Residents of Ukraine's besieged ...
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 ...
The Russian Defense Ministry claimed that its forces had hit a command post of Ukrainian army, though they referred to Pokrovsk by its defunct Soviet name, "Krasnoarmeysk". Ukrainian government rejected this claim and pointed out that the attack was reckless and aimed against civilian areas.
On 18 July 2024, Russian forces began an offensive with the goal of capturing the strategically important city of Pokrovsk. [1] [2] [3] Pokrovsk serves as an important supply route and as a transportation hub for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Russian forces are just 1.5 km (1 mile) outside the Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk after Russian units pushed up from the south, and some advance groups of special forces have even entered the road ...
In July 2024, Russia renewed efforts to reach and capture Pokrovsk in a new offensive. [14] On 15 August, Serhii Dobriak, the head of the Pokrovsk City Military Administration, reported that Russian forces were only 10 km from the city, [15] [16] [17] and urged all citizens, especially the elderly and families with young children, to evacuate.