Pokrovsk, Russia and Ukraine

Russia's Advances on Pokrovsk Upend Ukraine's Steel Industry
Reuters reported on Monday, citing two industry sources, that the country's only coking coal mine supplying Ukraine's steel manufacturing was shut down as advancing Russian forces close in on the site. Metinvest, which owns the Pokrovsk plant, said in a ...
VOA Russian: Russian army trying to encircle Ukraine's Pokrovsk
The Russian army is strengthening its positions in villages around the key eastern Ukrainian town of Pokrovsk in an attempt to encircle it and lay siege to a vital transport hub linking embattled Donbas with the rest of Ukraine.
Explainer-Why does Russia want to capture strategic Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk?
MOSCOW/KYIV (Reuters) -Russian forces are closing in on the strategically important eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk after capturing a string of villages to its south, and Ukraine has halted production at its only coking coal mine nearby due to the advance.
Russian forces destroy some Ukrainian positions on Pokrovsk front in Donbas
Russian troops conducted active offensive operations near Yelyzavetivka, Promin, Petropavlivka, Zelene, Zvirove, Kotlyne, Novooleksandrivka, Uspenivka, Nadiyivka, Kurakhove, Dachne, and Yasenove. Additionally,
Exclusive: Ukraine halts production at Pokrovsk coal mine as Russia closes in, sources say
Ukraine has stopped production at its coking coal mine in Pokrovsk, which feeds the country's steel industry, because of the proximity of advancing Russian forces, two industry sources told Reuters on Monday.
Ukraine's Pokrovsk Mine Halts Operations: What We Know
Ukraine's mining giant Metinvest announced Tuesday the closure of a major coal mine outside Pokrovsk, key to Kyiv's war effort as Russian troops approach the eastern hub.

Ukraine, coal mine and Russian offensive

Mon., Jan. 13. Russia’s War On Ukraine

Russian missile attack forces Ukraine to shut down power grid
The barrage came a day after the Russian Defense Ministry vowed a response to what it said was an attack on Russian soil ...
Russia says its forces capture two settlements in eastern Ukraine
Russian troops pressing their slow advance through eastern Ukraine took control of two settlements in Donetsk region, ...
Ukraine Ambushes Russian Troops in Fatal Sniper Attack
Ukrainian fighters "eliminated" a group of Russian troops in an ambush, Kyiv's GUR military intelligence agency said.
Pokrovsk Mine Halts Work As Russia Advances In Ukraine
A major coal mine around the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk halted operations and evacuated staff, the operator said on Tuesday, with advancing Russian troops just a few kilometres from its ...
Ukraine-Russia war latest: Power outages across Ukraine as Putin strikes energy grid
Poland has scrambled fighter jets after an overnight Russian missile and drone attack on Ukraine. Russia launched a new ...
Ukraine Map Shows Russian Push to Encircle Heavily Fortified Linchpin Town
Pokrovsk has been dubbed a "fortress" city, key for Ukraine's logistics and a long-time stronghold for Kyiv in the east.
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Russian troops cut key supply routes near Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad
Russian troops severed the T-0504 Pokrovsk-Kostiantynivka road to the east of Pokrovsk and the T-0406 Pokrovsk-Mezhova road ...
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Ukraine war latest: Russia claims to occupy 2 more villages in Ukraine's east; Kyiv doesn't confirm
Russia claims to occupy 2 more villages in Ukraine's east; Kyiv hasn't confirmed Ukraine's special forces claim to repel ...