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What we know now about the 'encirclement' of Ukraine's Pokrovsk
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What we know now about the 'encirclement' of Ukraine's Pokrovsk

by Francis Farrell

Russian soldiers have advanced further into the city of Pokrovsk, threatening not only to take the city, but to complete a larger encirclement of the surrounding area, as independent analysts and commanders report a serious deterioration of the Ukrainian position in the area. The defense of the major city in Donetsk Oblast, which has held out for over a year of heavy fighting as one of the main hotspots of the front line, looks to have begun falling apart as Russian soldiers in their hundreds h

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