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Russian offensive near Pokrovsk forced suspension of coal operations at a Metinvest mine in Pishchane village due to escalating shelling.

December 13, 2024 Pishchane, Donetsk Oblast

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Kyiv Post Ukrinform Institute for the Study of War UNIAN Kyiv Independent

Multiple high-reliability sources confirm the core facts of this event.

Entities

Russian Armed Forces (military_unit) Metinvest (organization) Russian military (organization) Pokrovsk (location) Donetsk Oblast (location) Pishchane (location) Pishchane mine (location) Russian forces (organization) Vuhledar (location) 4th Separate Unit of the Special Purpose Center (military_unit) Ukrainian National Guard (military_unit) Oleksandr Pivnenko (person) Ukrainian Defense Forces (organization) Russian army (organization) Khortytsia Group of Forces (military_unit) Ukrainian Armed Forces (organization) Ukrainian forces (military_unit) Shevchenkove (location) Novotrotske (location) Defense Forces of Ukraine (organization) Novotroitske (location) Operative-Strategic Grouping of Forces Khortitsya (organization) Nazar Voloshyn (person) Joint Forces Command Khortitsa (organization) DeepState (organization) Kurakhove (location) Sukhi Yaly River (location) Ukraine (organization) Russia (organization) Security Service of Ukraine (organization) Toretsk (location) Chasiv Yar (location)

Source Reports

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Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

The Russian military's offensive near Pokrovsk in Ukraine's Donetsk region has forced the suspension of coal operations at a critical mine run by Metinvest.

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

114 Russian infantry soldiers eliminated in Toretsk by Ukrainian National Guard fighters

Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: uncertain

Ukrainian forces counterattacked near multiple settlements south of Pokrovsk

UNIAN → Source tone: certain

There are counterattacks from our side, specifically in the zone around the fortified position near Shevchenkove.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

Russian troops have been repelling Russian attacks along the Sukhi Yaly River to the south of Kurakhove for a week. Russia sought to encircle the area from the north and south.

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