Ukrainian military chief Oleksandr Syrskyi called the region around Pokrovsk the ‘hottest spot’ in the ongoing war.

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Russian forces will likely try to encircle the city of Pokrovsk and bypass Ukraine’s fortified defense line from the west in ...

KYIV, Ukraine — Military authorities in the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk on Friday urged civilians to speed up their evacuation because the Russian army is quickly closing in on what has ...

Russian shelling killed five people on Thursday in and near the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, the regional governor said, a key target under Russian attack for months. Vadym Filashkin, writing ...

POKROVSK, Ukraine (AP) — Civilians with small children in their arms and lugging heavy suitcases fled Monday from Ukraine's eastern city of Pokrovsk, where the Russian army was bearing down fast ...

Parts of the city of Pokrovsk will be blocked off due to defense preparations, Serhii Dobriak, head of the Pokrovsk military administration, told Suspilne on Oct. 30. The embattled front-line city ...

POKROVSK, Ukraine — The civilians gathered on their city’s train station platform by the hundreds — some young, some old, some disabled — all bringing only what they could carry, all ...

Pokrovsk used to be one of those places. "It's crazy," he says as we head for the city, "because this used to be the haven, the safest city in the region and the biggest hospital.

A heavy silence reigned in the dark corridors of the Pokrovsk maternity hospital. "It's getting harder and harder," warned the director, Ivan Tsyganok, as he entered his office on Sunday, August 18.

At the Pokrovsk market, surprisingly lively despite the presence of the Russian army a few kilometers from the city, vendors sold bread, fruit and canned goods to soldiers who, unlike civilians ...

Ukrainian local authorities on Monday issued a mandatory evacuation order for families with children from the eastern city of Pokrovsk, where 53,000 people still live. They say Russian forces are ...