Last week Ukrainian units faced intense pressure at multiple flashpoints. Kyiv reported that between Monday night and Tuesday night, its forces engaged in some 170 tactical engagements—40 percent of which, according to some estimates, were in or around Pokrovsk.
Russian forces are pressuring the heavily fortified city from an increasing number of axes, conducting offensive maneuvers to encircle Ukrainian combat formations. An open-source intelligence assessment of the area shows that heavy fog is limiting Ukraine’s surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities, which are crucial for defensive operations.
Several hundred Russian troops have already used light vehicles to penetrate Ukraine’s lines of defense and breach the outskirts of the city. Available intelligence suggests that a drone warfare battalion from Ukraine’s 68th Jaeger Brigade has been using first-person-view (FPV) drones to locate and destroy Russian groupings, including small motorbike assault infantry teams.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that Russia is working to capture the city to signal to the West that supporting Ukraine is futile. Yet Russia’s fight for Pokrovsk has come at a steep cost. Moscow’s forces have borne an average of more than one thousand casualties per day this October and have seen 350,000 servicemen killed in action since January 2025. In all, Russia has suffered more than one million casualties since the start of the war.
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