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

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

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

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

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

Russian forces do not control Pokrovsk and have not surrounded Ukrainian units in the Pokrovsk direction