Hello, this is Chris York from a cloudy fall day in Kyiv on day 1,350 of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Today's top story so far: Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR) on Nov. 4 released footage of what is said was an ongoing special operation in the embattled city of Pokrovsk,

Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky met troops near the town of Pokrovsk in Donetsk, where the frontline battle between Kyiv and Moscow has intensified in recent days.President Zelensky on Tuesday shared photos showing him meeting personnel at a command post of the 1st Corps in the Dobropillya sector,

Oleksandr Syrskyi says special forces have been deployed but denies Russian reports Ukrainian troops are surrounded in Pokrovsk.

Pokrovsk is the latest in a string of grueling urban battles between Ukraine and Russia since the start of the war and bears hallmarks of the bloody fighting for Bakhmut and Avdiivka earlier. Moscow now occupies both cities, which were effectively reduced to rubble.

Comes as Ukrainian army chief says troops battling 'multi-thousand' enemy forces in key frontline town of Pokrovsk

Today, Ukrainian military officials briefed President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the situation at the front, with a focus on the Pokrovsk direction. "There are results in destroying the enemy. I want to specially commend the units of the 79th Separate Air Assault Brigade,

Ukrainian special forces have launched a counter-offensive in Pokrovsk, using US-made Black Hawk helicopters. The goal of the operation was to reopen supply lines in the besieged city, which has held out for more than a year against a Russian offensive but now appears on the brink of capture.

Ukraine's President Zelenskyy reported approximately 170,000 Russian troops are in Donetsk, intensifying efforts to capture Pokrovsk, though he denied the city is fully surrounded. Meanwhile, Ukraine continues long-range strikes on Russian oil infrastructure,