The Russian Federation forces began the brand new 12 months the identical method they completed the previous: advancing relentlessly within the area of Donetsk, the cradle of the conflict within the Ukraine.
After taking management of Kurakhovo on New Yr’s Eve, they’re now actively advancing within the path of Pokrovsk.
Ukrainian sources verify that Russia has captured Vozdvizhenka within the Pokrovsk, a mere 4 kilometers away from the Pokrovsk-Konstantinovka freeway used for logistics and provides.
The combating by no means stops, not even for New Yr’s Eve.
Watch: compilation of Russian drone strikes on Ukranian gear within the Pokrovsk entrance.
Compilation of Russian FPV drone strikes on Ukranian gear within the Pokrovsk entrance.
Most of it targets IFVs and tanks.
There may be 1 strike in opposition to troopers, which I often wouldn’t publish as a result of I don’t prefer it, nevertheless it’s sadly a part of the compilation. pic.twitter.com/CChRsudLWd
— Heyman_101 (@SU_57R) January 3, 2025
Because it has grow to be the rule, the Russians are encircling and isolating the town earlier than attacking it.
The hassle now’s to bypass it from the south and minimize off provide routes.
Reuters reported:
“The seize of the street and rail hub within the jap Donetsk area might create critical difficulties for the Ukrainian military on the jap entrance and in addition enable Russia to strengthen and advance its entrance line to the west.
‘The Pokrovsk path stays the most well liked and there the Russians attacked 34 instances (previously 24 hours) and tried to interrupt by way of our defenses south of Pokrovsk’, Viktor Trehubov, spokesman for Ukraine’s Khortytsia group of forces, informed Ukrainian nationwide tv.”
Watch: Russian flag hloisted in Novoelenovka, close to Pokrovsk.
❗Izado de la bandera rusa en la Novoelenovka liberada.
Dirección Pokrovsk. pic.twitter.com/sswqqUQmc2
— Fidias Roldan (@RoldanFidias) January 3, 2025
The town had a pre-war inhabitants of some 60,000 individuals, however solely round 11,000 of them stay within the metropolis.
“Trehubov mentioned Russian forces had been attempting to dam provide routes by sending small teams of troopers to settlements south of Pokrovsk.
‘They (Russians) don’t go straight into the town as a result of it means heavy city combating. So, they first attempt to bypass the town and interrupt the logistics chains’, Trehubov mentioned.”
Kiev’s forces had been utilizing drones and precision weapons to attempt to stop Russian attackers from reaching their targets.
Watch: Russian military liberates Vozdvizhenka close to Pokrovsk
❗The Russian military has liberated Vozdvizhenka close to Pokrovsk!
▪️Russian troops have fully cleared the world.
▪️The fifth brigade, which liberated the Kurakhovo industrial zone yesterday, has now liberated Vozdvizhenka in a brand new space.
▪️The footage exhibits ruins – these are… pic.twitter.com/KecQ3RT42J
— Russian SMO Matter (@RUSSIA_SMO) January 1, 2025
Watch: the way it feels to be in Pokrovsk beneath Russian hearth.
Intense scenes from inside Pokrovsk filmed by locals. pic.twitter.com/RZ5AJrUrXd
— AMK Mapping (@AMK_Mapping_) January 4, 2025
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