Pokrovsk Archives

December 2, 2025 3:54 PM

Explainer-What is the significance of Russia’s claimed capture of the Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk?

President Vladimir Putin has hailed what his commanders told him was the full Russian capture of the city of Pokrovsk in eastern Ukraine as an important victory after a prolonged campaign, saying it would help Moscow fulfil its wider war aims. There...

December 2, 2025 3:37 PM

Putin hails Russian capture of all of eastern Ukraine’s Pokrovsk

President Vladimir Putin hailed what his commanders told him was the full Russian capture of the city of Pokrovsk in eastern Ukraine as an important victory after a prolonged campaign, saying it would help Moscow fulfil its wider war aims. Russia, w...

November 28, 2025 9:13 AM

Putin says Russian army has surrounded Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk

Russian forces have surrounded the embattled Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk and control 70% of it, President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday, but Kyiv's top general said Ukraine was pushing back hard and that fighting was raging in the city centre. Mosc...

November 3, 2025 10:28 PM

Russia says its forces advance in ruins of Pokrovsk, Ukraine says defenders hold on

Russia said on Monday that its troops had advanced in the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, a transport and logistics hub that they have been trying to capture for over a year, but Ukraine said its forces were holding on. The Russian Defence Minis...

September 9, 2024 10:36 AM

Russia takes Ukrainian town in advance on Pokrovsk

Russia said on Sunday its forces had taken full control of a town in eastern Ukraine as Moscow's forces advance on the strategically important city of Pokrovsk and seek to pierce the Ukrainian defensive front lines. Russian forces, which control abo...