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Russian forces are using drones in an attempt to interdict Ukrainian GLOCs within a 50-kilometer range of Pokrovsk, according to a Ukrainian artillery battalion commander operating in the Pokrovsk direction on December 5.

December 5, 2025 Pokrovsk, Donetsk Oblast

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Institute for the Study of War Kyiv Independent Censor.NET

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Entities

Russian forces (military_unit) Ukrainian units (military_unit) Ukraine's Air Assault Forces (military_unit) 10th Mountain Assault Brigade (military_unit) Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine (organization) Ukrainian Armed Forces (organization) Pokrovsk (location) Russian Armed Forces (organization) Molniya-2 kamikaze drone (weapon_system) Russian troops (military_unit) 24th Brigade (military_unit) Russia (organization) KAB-250 bomb (weapon_system) Molniya-2 UAV (weapon_system) Geran-2 UAV (weapon_system)

Source Reports

Institute for the Study of War →

Russian drones interdicting Ukrainian logistics within 50km of Pokrovsk

Kyiv Independent →

Ukrainian units are holding back Russian advances in central Pokrovsk while Russians flank the south

Censor.NET →

Video shows Russian troops launching a Molniya-2 kamikaze drone from an apartment in a high-rise building in the Donetsk sector, and the drone exploded almost immediately after exiting the room.

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Extracted: 2026-07-18T16:57:39.483Z

Source story: russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-december-5-2025