The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has reported on the situation near Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad in Donetsk Oblast. According to the military, defence operations continue, and there is no encirclement of Ukrainian units or formations.

Russia has been threatening Pokrovsk for more than a year. Instead of the full frontal assaults it used in earlier battles like the bloody campaign for the similarly sized city of Bakhmut, Russia's military is using a pincer movement to gradually encircle Pokrovsk and threaten Ukrainian supply lines.

The footage shows how Ukraine is scrambling to defend the embattled city from brutal Russian assaults.

Fighting for control of the strategic hub of Pokrovsk in eastern Ukraine is intensifying, with the Russian Defense Ministry claiming to have eliminated a group of Ukrainian special forces sent to help defend the area.