Russia-Ukraine War
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Putin’s vital prize slips further from grasp
The battle for a shattered Ukrainian city has become the new focal point for the years-long war, which is approaching a horrifying new milestone.
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Ukraine faces potential fall of Pokrovsk to Russia after 18-month battle of attrition
The small eastern city has been a focus of Moscow's grinding Donbas offensive.
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Why Ukraine is struggling to hold on to the ruined city of Pokrovsk
Russian and Ukrainian troops are locked in a desperate fight in the ruins of Pokrovsk, a road and railway hub at the heart of the Donets River coal basin. The near-emptied city has been the target of a grinding Russian offensive for more than a year – and one that has exposed the struggle Kyiv faces in manning a front line stretching some 1,250 kilometres.