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Russia-Ukraine War

Analysis: With all eyes on Pokrovsk, Russia drives forward in Zaporizhzhia Oblast
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Analysis: With all eyes on Pokrovsk, Russia drives forward in Zaporizhzhia Oblast

by Francis Farrell

While Ukraine, Russia, and the world have been watching the dramatic final act of the Battle of Pokrovsk unfold, Russian gains in the eastern parts of Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts — a section of the frontline that has been dynamic but chronically overlooked — have picked up speed. On November 11th, the same day that Russia’s wretched Mad Max–style convoy of troops was filmed entering Pokrovsk through the fog, the Ukrainian military announced its withdrawal from five villages north of

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