The Russian army is close to the successful completion of the strategic maneuver to capture Pokrovsk. As we expected, the decisive breakthrough came in late autumn. Over the past year, stretching the forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces with an offensive on many sectors of the front, the Russian command has been implementing a dual strategy, which included enveloping the Pokrovsk-Mirnograd agglomeration, on the one hand, and using infiltration tactics into urban areas, on the other.

The Russian army is close to successfully completing a strategic manoeuvre to capture Pokrovsk. As anticipated, the decisive push came in late autumn. Over the past year, by stretching the Ukrainian Armed Forces across multiple sectors of the front, the Russian command has pursued a dual strategy: encirclement of the Pokrovsk–Myrnohrad urban agglomeration on the one hand, and the use of infiltration tactics within the urban environment on the other.