Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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.
Ukrainian officials have said Kremlin troops are just 3 km (2 miles) from Pokrovsk, whose capture could severely compromise Ukrainian supply lines on much of the eastern front.
Russia's advances raise concerns that it could capture Pokrovsk, which serves as an important center for Ukrainian military logistics and operations in the Donbas, where the fighting in Ukraine ...
During a visit to Pokrovsk on Aug. 23, Reuters reporters saw that many buildings had their windows boarded up, including the Donetsk National Technical University, whose steps were covered with ...
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.
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]
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 ...
Pokrovsk is one of Ukraine’s main defensive strongholds and a key logistics hub in the Donetsk region. 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.