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Russian forces cut the T-0504 Pokrovsk-Kostyantynivka highway east of Pokrovsk and the T-0406 Pokrovsk-Mezhova highway southwest of Pokrovsk as part of efforts to envelop Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad.

Kurakhove, Donetsk Oblast
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Institute for the Study of War Kyiv Independent Kyiv Post UNIAN Censor.NET

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Russian forces recently cut the T-0504 Pokrovsk-Kostyantynivka highway east of Pokrovsk and the T-0406 Pokrovsk-Mezhova highway southwest of Pokrovsk as part of their efforts to envelop Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: uncertain

The Ukrainian military recently claimed it continues to hold positions at the Kurakhove Thermal Power Plant

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

Russian troops advanced near eight settlements in the Donetsk region between Saturday and Sunday.

UNIAN → Source tone: certain

Russia controls more than 18% of Ukrainian territory including Crimea and parts of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts captured before 2022

UNIAN → Source tone: certain

In December, Russian forces occupied about 400 square kilometers of new territory

Censor.NET → Source tone: speculation

An owl attacked and shot down a Russian drone in the Donetsk region.

Censor.NET → Source tone: uncertain

The video is described as showing the first successful attack by an owl from Ukrainian biolabs.

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:15:38.980Z

Source story: russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-january-13-2025