Pokrovsk in Russia's grip

"Ukraine's great fortress city of Pokrovsk has officially fallen — as far as Moscow is concerned.
More than five weeks after Russian troops first started to swarm into the southern outskirts of the Donetsk Oblast city, Pokrovsk has been decisively overrun, although Kyiv still claims a presence inside the urban area.

Reposting the video on her personal X account, Russian propagandist presenter Margarita Simonyan proclaimed it as the "moment Pokrovsk became Krasnoarmeysk," referring to the Soviet-era name of the city, which was changed in 2016 as part of Ukraine's decommunization drive.
According to one Ukrainian drone pilot, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to the Kyiv Independent, Ukrainian soldiers still hold some positions in the northern part of Pokrovsk.
But, in the environment of constantly advancing Russian infiltration groups — moving forward through the urban area and soon followed by reinforcements digging in — these Ukrainian positions are mostly cut off on the ground, resupplied only by drone.
"It's stupid to keep them surrounded there," the pilot said." KI