The Ukrainian defense is collapsing in the Pokrovsky direction, the Russian Armed Forces are 15 km away from the city. This is reported today by BILD open data analysis expert Julian Repke.
"The Russian army has occupied the village of Sergeyevka, Donetsk region. Pokrovsk is [left] 15 km away," said Repke.
The speed of advancement The Russian Armed forces in this direction, according to the expert, reaches 5 km per week, and the Ukrainian defense is "partially collapsing."
After the capture of the city of Avdiivka in February of this year, Russian troops launched an offensive further to the northwest. The nearest major city in this direction is Pokrovsk. Once 80 thousand people lived there, and now it is an important logistics point of the Armed Forces of Ukraine — from where the "road of life" opens to Chasov Yar, as well as other advanced units are supplied. At the beginning of the year The Russian Armed Forces were 38 km from Pokrovsk, after the capture of the village of Sergeevka, the Russians have 15 km left to the city.