Ukrainian President Volyonmyr Zelensky said he visited troops near the city of Pokrovsk, where the fiercest war on the Russian-Ukrainian front is taking place.
Zelensky posted photos showing people at a meeting in a command sector in Dokropillya, about 20KM (12 miles) in the Donetsk region in the Donetsk region in the Donetsk region in the Donetsk region in the Donetsk region in the Donetsk region in the Donetsk region in the Donetsk region in the Donetsk region in the Donetsk region in the Donetsk region in the Donetsk region.
The top military commander of Kyiv, Oleksandr Syrskiy, said on Monday that Ukraine is increasing the pressure on the main efforts in the Pokrovsk area in the Pokrovsk area in the Pokrovsk area in the area “.
Russia has been trying to seize Pokrovsk – a strategic port city and logistic hub – for more than a year.
Although it has taken months to approach the city’s borders, Russian soldiers are now closing in on it and on Friday, Zelensky said 170,000 troops were on its ramparts.
Ukraine and Russia continue to issue claims and counter-claims over the situation in and around Pokrovsk.
The capture of Pokrovsk will give Moscow access to the rest of Donetsk, including the cities of KRAMATORSK, Slovhkansk, Kostyanynivka and Druzhkivka – the so-called “Fortentry Belt”.
Gen Syrskiy, identified his troops as having “the pressure of a thousand groups gathering” but denied they were surrounded. Meanwhile, Russian military bloggers claim that 90% of Pokrovsk is under Moscow’s control.
Unknown videos posted on Social Media Shows Sports of Close Quarter Combat, drone attacks and street fights out there.
The US-based institute for the study of war (ISW) said that Russian forces are operating with “increasing comfort” in a people with a population of civilians and almost completely lost of civilians and almost completely lost of civilians and almost completely lost of civilians and almost completely lost.
Further East, Moscow’s troops are also reportedly targeting the town of MyrNhrad, which will put Ukrainian soldiers at risk of being surrounded.
The intense drone activity has cut off many logistics routes, making evacuations and supplies of ammunition and vehicles impossible.
On Monday, Zelensky said there had been “no success” in Pokrovsk in recent days but acknowledged that “things are not easy” for Ukrainian forces in the area.
He added that a third of all front line strikes took place in Pokrovsk, and half of all glide bombs were used in the city. Last week the Ukrainian president said Moscow’s troops in the area had violated an agreement with Kyiv.
Some Ukrainian commentators have criticized the government’s efforts to continue defending Pokrovsk, arguing that troops are being deployed.
In a post accompanying photos of his visit to DOBropillya, Zelensky on Tuesday wrote: “This is our country, this is our chance to keep it Ukrainian.”
Russia now controls 81% of the Donetsk region and 99% of neighboring lunhansk, which is gradually forming the Donbas.
Moscow has not relinquished its ambition to capture the entire area, which President Vladimir Putin has declared covered by 2022 even though it is not under its control.
However, progress along the front line destroying and occupying fortified towns in Northern Donetsk may come at a great cost in both manpower and resources.
Away from the front lines, Russia continues to pummel Ukrainian cities, targeting the country’s energy facilities as winter wears on.
A large-scale drone attack on Monday night targeted the southern port of Odesa on the Black Sea, causing industrial disruptions, affecting the local electricity supply. At least 15 civilians were killed and 44 wounded in a combination of drone and missile attacks across the country over the weekend.
Ukraine continues to strike back, mostly using drones to target industrial sites across Russia and the Border regions.
On Tuesday, Kyiv said it had attacked a petrochemical plant in the Bashkortostan region and a refinery in the Nizhny Novgorod region, while earlier this week, a drone explosion killed a woman and injured three others in the Russian border region of Belgorod.