⚔️ Counterattack

Ukrainian forces conducted deliberate clearing operations by small skilled infantry groups to retake neighborhoods in Pokrovsk, containing Russian infiltrators who had entered the city.

Pokrovsk, Donetsk
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Stefan Korshak (Substack) Kyiv Independent Institute for the Study of War

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Ukrainian forces conducted deliberate clearing operations by small skilled infantry groups to retake neighborhoods in Pokrovsk, containing Russian infiltrators who had entered the city.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Russia has not taken control of Pokrovsk or achieved operational encirclement of Ukrainian forces

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Pokrovsk remains Russia's primary offensive focus with highest number of daily assaults

Ukrainian forces established a foothold in Rodynske and cleared Russian positions on western outskirts of Pokrovsk

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Extracted: 2026-02-16T21:56:26.174Z

Source story: day-1359a-2025-11-17