Day: January 2, 2025

No urban battles take place in Pokrovsk, the Donetsk region. Russian troops are attempting to circumvent the city, RBC-Ukraine reports, citing the spokesperson of the Khortytsia Operational and Strategic Group of Troops, Viktor Trehubov.
 

“There are no urban battles in the city. The Russians have not reached the outskirts of the city. Still, they are trying to encircle it through neighboring settlements and villages, penetrating with various groups, accumulating (forces – ed.), and continuing to strike in such a way as to bypass the city. There is also active use of UAVs, and everything the Russians currently have is concentrated around Pokrovsk,” Trehubov said.

Regarding the potential semi-encirclement of Pokrovsk from the south, the spokesperson noted that the city is fortified, so the Russians are not risking direct frontal assaults. At the same time, the enemy is engaged in urban battles on other fronts, particularly in Chasiv Yar and Kurakhove.

According to Trehubov, the Russian army is trying to bypass Pokrovsk and disrupt the infrastructure chains of Ukraine’s Defense Forces.

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Frontline situation

Pokrovsk is a city in the Donetsk region that has recently become a frontline area. Russian forces attempt to break through Ukraine’s defense lines in the Pokrovsk direction. This section is one of the most challenging areas of the front.

The neighboring Kurakhove, Kramatorsk, and Vremivka directions remain active as well.

As the Khortytsia Operational and Strategic Group of Troops previously reported, Russia had deployed 150,000 soldiers on the Pokrovsk, Kurakhove, and Vremivka fronts. In particular, around 70,000 Russian military are concentrated near Pokrovsk.