Ukrainian forces have blown up the road from Selydove to Pokrovsk, the city where Kyiv and Moscow troops clash in the fiercest battles of Donetsk Oblast. This route is located to the northwest of Pokrovsk, Ukraine's 7th Rapid Response Corps reports.
Selydove has been occupied by Russian forces since 2024. Before the war, 20,000 people lived there. Since the arrival of the occupiers, most buildings have been reduced to ruins, and residents have been living without access to heating, electricity, or food.
Light vehicles burn on the road to Pokrovsk
“As a result of an airstrike, the road connecting Selydove and Pokrovsk has been destroyed. In this way, the Russians lost the ability to use this route to infiltrate Pokrovsk with light equipment,” the Ukrainian military reveals.
Earlier, Ukrainian forces had already struck this route. The Russians used it to conduct assaults with light vehicles. On 11 November, the Defense Forces destroyed five motorcycles and five cars in Pokrovsk and on the approaches to the city. For the Russians, the assault ended with “partial success.”
In other areas, Ukrainian troops are creating additional engineering barriers. At the same time, the command of the Russian forces is sending suicide squads to clear these obstacles.
Russia wants to reach other cities in the region through the towns near Pokrovsk
The Russians are also trying to occupy the Pokrovsk twin city of Myrnohrad. The fall of the settlement would leave Pokrovsk without a shield, opening the way for further Russian advances toward Kostiantynivka, Druzhkivka, Kramatorsk, and Sloviansk, and ultimately for the capture of the entire Donetsk Oblast. Russia has been attempting to seize the region for 11 years.
On 14 November, Ukrainian forces removed the freshly installed Russian flag on the top of the ruined Myrnohrad mine and neutralized the troops planting it there.
Selydove has been occupied by Russian forces since 2024. Before the war, 20,000 people lived there. Since the arrival of the occupiers, most buildings have been reduced to ruins, and residents have been living without access to heating, electricity, or food.
