The Ukrainian armed forces are fiercely defending Pokrovsk from Russian attacks, as reported by Oleksandr Syrsky. The Ukrainian armed forces are taking every possible measure to prevent Pokrovsk from being captured by Russian troops.

The Russian army is strengthening its positions in villages around the key eastern Ukrainian town of Pokrovsk in an attempt to encircle it and lay siege to a vital transport hub linking embattled Donbas with the rest of Ukraine.

Serhii Dobriak, Head of the Pokrovsk Military Administration, has reported that Russian forces are intensifying their attacks on the city. The city lacks electricity, gas, and water. Source: Dobriak during Radio Svoboda broadcast Details: Russian troops are less than three kilometres from Pokrovsk,