ISW: Pokrovsk, Myrnohrad will likely fall – but Russia will pay in time and blood (MAPS)
Geolocated footage shows Ukrainian units still operating along Donetska Railway despite Russian armored assaults.
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Ukrainian forces crush Russian mechanized assault near Pokrovsk under cover of bad weather (VIDEO, MAP)
Russian troops attempted a morning advance on 10 December, using armored vehicles and poor weather as cover — but were stopped cold.
“Impossible to stop them, they’re everywhere”: Ukraine holds Pokrovsk against 170,000 Russians, but Myrnohrad evacuation routes collapse (VIDEO)
Russia launches 50 assaults on Pokrovsk with elite units, armor, motorcycles.
Ukraine’s drones finally beat the fog—11 Russian tanks burn near Myrnohrad
Ground robots, AI, and signals intel restore Ukraine's winter edge
Putin claims Russia seized Pokrovsk — ISW finds no sign of that (MAP)
The think tank's latest assessment says there is no evidence confirming the complete Russian seizure of Pokrovsk.
Frontline report: Ukrainian marines ambush Russian infiltrators in ruins of Myrnohrad — capture them alive
Fog and shattered buildings helped turn Russia’s high-stakes push into a quiet surrender on the town’s front line.
No sign that Russia can quickly overrun remaining Donetsk territory, ISW reiterates
Russian troops have captured just two-thirds of Pokrovsk after nearly four months of combat, despite massive manpower investment.
Ukrainian troops nearly cut off as Russian armor consolidates in Pokrovsk
Believe it or not, the destruction of a Russian BMP fighting vehicle in central Pokrovsk is bad news for Ukraine.
Russia doesn’t need to storm Myrnohrad—just wait for a sunny day
Fog, counterattacks and a battle for a nearby village are all that's keeping open the sole road into Myrnohrad for Ukrainian troops.
ISW: Ukraine’s limited presence and counterattacks hinder Russia’s bid to take Pokrovsk
Ukrainian patrols were seen operating along key streets and highways in Pokrovsk, despite weeks of intensified Russian assaults.
Ukrainian raiders stalk Russians in Pokrovsk—but hundreds of tanks are coming
Small raids can delay Russia's armor. They can't stop it.
ISW: Russia tries to close Pokrovsk pocket — Ukraine still fighting inside city center (MAPS)
Moscow eyes a propaganda victory, but its sluggish pace shows how hard any further advances into Donetsk Oblast will be.
ISW: Ukraine’s interdiction cripples Russian vehicle use and troop massing in Pokrovsk (MAP)
The 15–20 km “kill zone” in Pokrovsk poses a major threat to movement, complicating logistics. ISW, however, expects Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad to fall.
Peering through fog, Ukrainian jets and drones blast Russian troops in Pokrovsk
Ukraine's best manned and unmanned aircraft can see through bad weather. But they're too few to stop the Russians.
No clear goal in Pokrovsk — ISW says Russia trying to encircle and storm towns simultaneously
Ukrainian defenders now face glide bombs, southward incursions, and northwest flanking attempts — all at once.
ISW: Russia can’t seal the east — so it tries to fix Ukrainian troops in Pokrovsk from the west (MAP)
Russian troops are clearing roads and exploiting fog to push vehicle-borne assaults deeper into the town.
Frontline report: Russian convoy parades through fog toward Pokrovsk — and gets wiped out in minutes
Ukrainian drones turned a supposed show of dominance into a fiery rout, torching dozens of vehicles as the fog cleared.
Russia’s Pokrovsk twin city strategy: Can’t capture it, so plant flag on ruined mine, die, let Ukraine remove it (VIDEO)
Russian soldiers planted flag thinking cameras would follow, but Ukrainian bullets arrived first.
Pokrovsk is falling. Huliaipole is threatened. Azov Corps can only save one front
Russian troops outnumber Ukrainian troops five to one in some key sectors. That forces Ukrainian commanders to make very hard decisions.
Ukrainian troops are not surrounded —Pokrovsk remains contested, not captured, top general Syrskyi says
He says stabilizing the Pokrovsk–Myrnohrad frontline depends on coordinated work across all Ukrainian command structures and units.