Russia’s defence ministry said on November 6 that its forces had advanced in the battered Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk and were fighting house-to-house battles in a bid to eject Ukrainian forces from the city. Russia has been threatening Pokrovsk for more than a year, seeing it as the “gateway” to the Donetsk region. Kyiv has acknowledged that the situation in Pokrovsk has become difficult in recent days but denies its troops are surrounded.
Pokrovsk could be most significant Russian capture in about two years
