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Ukraine claims to retake village near Pokrovsk

February 17, 2025 admin

Ukraine on Sunday (February 16, 2025) said it retook a mining village near the embattled strategic city of Pokrovsk, which Russia has tried to capture for months, after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his forces had made gains. “A number of counter-attacks by Ukrainian forces have had some success,” a spokesman for troops in the area,…

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In Ukraine’s Pokrovsk, some quietly waiting for Russian troops

September 25, 2024 admin

Walking through the deserted streets of Pokrovsk as Russian troops inch closer and closer every day, Galyna said she was not worried about the prospect of occupation. She was making her way home as artillery echoed in the distance, before the beginning of the 3 p.m. to 11 a.m. curfew that authorities in the eastern…

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