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While there were about 30,000 locals left in Pokrovsk immediately after the Russian invasion, now more than 60,000 people are living here, and before the big war there were 86,000. Central Square ...

POKROVSK, Ukraine — In the final hours of 2024, the embattled Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk suddenly went dark. Its electric grid, long battered by Russian drones and artillery, failed on Monday ...

A man walks down a war-ravaged street in Pokrovsk, an industrial city in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk region, on Dec. 19, 2024. Behind him is the hotel Druzhba, which was destroyed by a Russian ...

Pokrovsk, which had a pre-war population of around 60,000 people, is at the intersection of several railways and roads, making it a major player in Ukrainian logistics.

The urgency of the evacuation of civilians from Pokrovsk has underscored the high-stakes gamble Ukraine is making by taking the war into Russia with its ongoing Kursk assault, which started Aug. 6.

POKROVSK, Ukraine — With Russian forces just 5 miles away, civilians in the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk are expecting a heavy fight to come and scrambling to flee while there’s still time.

POKROVSK, Ukraine — In the final hours of 2024, the embattled Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk suddenly went dark. Its electric grid, long battered by Russian drones and artillery, failed on Monday for what ...

Ukrainian forces are fighting to hold on to the key city of Pokrovsk, in one of the fiercest battles in eastern Ukraine, but commanders admit the Russians have more troops and firepower.

Ukrainian forces are fighting to hold on to the key city of Pokrovsk, in one of the fiercest battles in eastern Ukraine, but commanders admit the Russians have more troops and firepower.