Russian Army Is Few Kilometers Away From Locking Up Pokrovsk, Securing Yanchur Line (Videos)

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On October 30, the Russian military reached the northern outskirts of the city of Pokrovsk in Donetsk and captured another settlement along the Yanchur River in Zaporozhye.

The Tsentr [Center] Group of Forces reached the northern outskirts of Pokrovsk in several areas after breaking through Ukrainian defenses in the center of the city. One of these areas is between the streets of Provulok Yakuba Kolasa and Vulytsya Zavods’ka, close to the cemetery along the road leading to Dobropillia further to the north.

At the same time, the Tsentr Group of Forces advanced to the south of Rodynske, along Dobropillia road, approaching Pokrovsk.

Russian troops in northern Pokrovsk and south of Rodynske are reported to be just over one kilometer away from each other.

The road leading to Dobropillia is under direct fire control. Once it is blocked by the Tsentr Group of Forces, Kiev forces in Pokrovsk, Myrnohrad and all nearby areas will be under full siege.

Despite this, Ukraine is not pulling its troops out of the pocket. In fact, more reinforcements were thrown in there earlier this week.

Ukrainian troops are also being forced to fight what seems to be a suicidal battle in Myrnohrad, with orders to withdraw. The Tsentr Group of Forces is reported to be advancing in the eastern part of the settlement, as well as near mines number five and six.

Earlier this week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy vowed to hold onto Pokrovsk while admitting that “fierce fighting” was taking place there and that “logistics are difficult”. The pro-Kiev DeepState war blogger painted an even darker image of the situation in the city in more recent remarks.

“The situation in Pokrovsk is on the verge of critical and continues to deteriorate to the point that it may be too late to fix,” Reuters quoted DeepState as saying.

To the west of Pokrovsk, the Vostok [East] Group of Forces continue to advance along the Yanchur River between Dnepropetrovsk and Zaporozhye.

According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the group secured Krasnohirske in Zaporozhye. The settlement was captured by the 60th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Battalion.

As a result of the battle in Krasnohirske, five square kilometers along the eastern bank of the Yanchur was captured by the Vostok Group of Forces. Kiev forces lost a platoon of personnel and at least 13 military vehicles while attempting to hold onto the settlement.

Now, fierce fighting is taking place in Rybne, located across the river from Krasnohirske, as well as in Uspenivka a little to the south.

The collapse of Ukrainian defenses will soon allow the Russian military to mount a direct attack on Huliapole, a key stronghold of Kiev forces. This collapse was a direct result of Ukraine’s decision to prioritize the defense of Pokrovsk over all other directions, even when the situation of the city became desperately bad a few weeks earlier.

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