Russian troops accelerated their attack on Pokrovsk after the ZSU invasion of the Kursk region . The enemy's enemy had already approached the place, 10-15 km away from where the fighting was going on. The local government calls on civilians to evacuate immediately.
What is going on in Pokrovska and why the Russians want to take the place – in the materials of RBC-Ukraine below.
Evacuation from Pokrovska has recently been put into effect (with 20 sickles for homelands with children there is a Primus). About 59 thousand residents will be deprived of the place.
In the medical terms of the occupiers, the residents of Pokrovsk have a week or two to evacuate, the head of the Pokrovsk municipal administration has released illustrations Sergiy Dobryak. In other words, civilians need to wait until they can still work in a calm mode.
“We called and called on our meshkans, so that it could be done in the normal way – without buying up on the road, on the highway, as was the case in 2022,” Dobryak explained.
In the words of the National Guard riverman Ruslan Muzichuk, great The threat to local residents now includes air strikes, the dropping of ceramic bombs and air defense forces, and the threat of artillery shelling is threatening the nearby front lines.
The trapped situation in Pokrovsky is directly related to the Ukrainian operation in the Kursk region. Although the fragments of the enemy and the destruction were transferred through the breach of their border to the occupied territories of Ukraine, they did not hit the Pokrovska area. Moreover, as The Economist writes, Russia itself is trying to save a strong grip on Ukrainian positions.
Russian opposition news “Agency” cheered that over the past decade Russians have never been buried in Ukraine and the maximum area from the end of the grass. Most of it is in the Pokrovska area.
It is noteworthy that the analytical project DeepState wrote about the occupation of N. Mykolayivka, Bazhane, Orlivka, Lisychne, Ivanivka and Sviridonivka villages. However, there is no official confirmation from the General Staff.
Why do the Russians want to take Pokrovsky
Military expert, senior riverman of the ZSU General Staff Vladislav Seleznyov, in a commentary for RBC-Ukraine, named the incredible reason why Russia is trying to seize this place at any cost.
“It’s not clear why the Russian General Staff is so eager to go there. Perhaps, they have especially faith. In my opinion, the food lies in the fact that Pokrovsk is the most important place on the territory of Donetsk region,” – respects Seleznyov.
He guessed that the Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, from the beginning of the so-called “SVO”, predicted that he would be able to occupy the entire territory of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions. And since the left part of the Luhansk region is already under control of the Russian Federation, then the Donetsk region is at the gates of the Kepsk. Spіvrozmovnik explains why.
“The great city of the Slovyansko-Kramatorsk agglomeration is burning, like in some distant markets, not accessible to Putin's army. And from Pokrovsk, as the goal is in the western part of the Donetsk region, – this is a more realistic option for occupation according to the thoughts of the Russian General Staff,” – perhaps Seleznyov.
Meanwhile, the expert has doubts about extracting resources from the enemy in order to recuperate this place.
“Resident of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Moscow Region Kirilo Budanov recently said that the Russian offensive will be over in a month or two. Two years have already passed. Why should Putin’s army surrender to the Ukrainian army in a month?” – destroys the respect of the Seleznys.
As I explain, Mirnograd and Pokrovsk are all forgotten towns and there are already a lot of industrial areas there. Obviously, there are forces there that fortification engineers have been able to fight in their time. Therefore, the enemy simply physically may not have the resources to implement this mission, otherwise he will be able to earn money.
The Russian Federation can threaten the Dnipropetrovsk region
The expert emphasizes that the enemy has no viable opportunity to recapture the Slovyansk-Kramatorsk agglomeration, which is the largest in that part of the Donetsk region that is under control Ukrainian army will try to implement this plan butt in the Pokrovska area with the exit to the administrative border between the Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk regions.
“This can create, in a melody, a precedent. Having said that, the axis of Russia has taken upon itself the task of occupying every part of the Donetsk region, and is now beginning to threaten Dnipropetrovsk. from Podgorodnogo, Mezhovoy or directly to Pavlograd? – aim the rifle butt.
In such a scenario, mentally looming under the control of a couple of tens of square kilometers of the territory of the Dnipropetrovsk region, Moscow can vote, which is now so-called “territory of the Russian Federation”, as it was approximately from the Zaporizhzhya and Kherson regions, the expert explains .
Photo: Russians may threaten the Dnipropetrovsk region times buried Pokrovska (deepstatemap.live)
“Therefore, in my opinion, the command for the Russians to obtain territory at any price is determined, among other things, by these factors. However, what is in the minds of General Gerasimov and Putin is definitely not clear. p>
Guess what, recently RBC-Ukraine visited the positions of one of the brigades that are holding the defense on Pokrovsky directly. Read the report for more details about what seem to be fighters about the hottest battles in the hottest Donetsk region.
During the preparation of the material, they were victorious: the head of the Pokrovskaya MVA Serhiy Dobryak, sp. Ikera NSU Ruslan Muzichuk , publications DeepState, The Economist, “Agency” etc.
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