Overview
- Russian troops have entered many districts of Pokrovsk after months of assaults, with more than 1,000 Ukrainian soldiers still operating in the city according to local reporting.
- Mapping cited in the coverage indicates a roughly five-kilometre corridor remains for resupply and evacuations despite acute encirclement risk.
- Vladimir Putin claimed several thousand Ukrainian troops were trapped in Pokrovsk and nearby Myrnohrad, a statement challenged by Ukrainian sources and some Russian bloggers.
- Ukrainian media reported a helicopter insertion of a commando team to help clear routes, a claim Russia said it foiled and HUR sources in Kyiv denied.
- Commander Olexander Syrskyj ordered supply and evacuation lines secured as leaders and analysts warn of infantry shortages and note Russian gains are incremental and costly.