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August 2025

Pokrovsk on the Brink: Ukrainian Lines Shatter as Russians Enter The Streets

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Pokrovsk on the Brink: Ukrainian Lines Shatter as Russians Enter The Streets

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The thunder of Russian artillery echoes through the streets of Pokrovsk as the city teeters on the brink of collapse. Stormtroopers of the Russian Armed Forces, advancing with precision and overwhelming firepower, have infiltrated the urban center, shattering Ukrainian defenses and sending shockwaves through Kyiv’s crumbling frontlines. What was once another fortified Ukrainian fortress is now a battleground where Russian troops advancing in key districts, while desperate Ukrainian commanders scramble to plug the widening gaps in their disintegrating lines.

The breakthrough came swiftly. Elite assault units of the Russian Center Group of Forces pushed from two directions. They advanced through the northern districts, securing positions along Chaikovskogo Street before striking deeper into the city. At the same time, Russian forces are paving the way to the center from the southern outskirts. Clashes were reported in the area of the local railway station and the city administration building. Now, brutal street battles rage near Schmidt Street and the railway station, where Russian fighters methodically dismantle Ukrainian resistance block by block.

Pokrovsk on the Brink: Ukrainian Lines Shatter as Russians Enter The Streets

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Ukrainian media, in a rare moment of candor, confirmed fierce clashes on the city streets, admitting that Russian troops had breached the core of Pokrovsk’s defenses. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, in a desperate attempt to downplay the disaster, claimed that only “small groups” of Russian soldiers had entered the city and were allegedly “destroyed.” Yet his hollow reassurances crumble under the weight of reality: if Ukrainian forces truly held all their positions, Russian troops would not be fighting in the city center. British journalists embedded near Pokrovsk report that Ukrainian soldiers openly admit the city’s fall is inevitable.

 

 

 

While Russian stormtroopers carve their way through Pokrovsk’s streets, the broader strategic vise is closing. Supply routes into the city have been severed, with Russian forces cutting off key roads near Rodinskoye and isolating Ukrainian units. Nearly half of all Ukrainian military convoys attempting to reinforce the garrison are now destroyed before reaching their destination. The recent loss of Nikanorovka and Suvorovo has further destabilized Ukrainian positions, leaving their troops exposed and outflanked.

To the south, Russian forces press forward from Udachnoye, expanding their zone of control by 700 meters over the past day and tightening the grip on Pokrovsk’s lifelines. Meanwhile, in Kotlyno and Pervomayskoye, Russian reconnaissance and probing attacks test Ukrainian defenses, identifying weak points for the next decisive push. The fall of Novoukrainka has opened a southern corridor toward the city, while fierce fighting in Lysovka secures a staging ground for future assaults.

 

 

The situation in and around Pokrovsk grows increasingly dire. Ukrainian reserves, hastily thrown into the battle, are insufficient to stem the Russian tide. Reports indicate that Ukrainian troops, demoralized and outgunned, are losing cohesion. The scandal surrounding the 34th Ukrainian Coastal Defense Brigade, where soldiers openly accuse their inexperienced 27-year-old commander of incompetence,only deepens the sense of disarray.

Even more telling is Kyiv’s frantic reshuffling of Territorial Defense brigades into regular army units in this direction, a clear sign of exhaustion and dwindling manpower. The death of 20-year-old junior sergeant Angelina Martynyuk, a reconnaissance officer killed near Pokrovsk, underscores the Ukrainian army’s reckless deployment of untrained personnel, including young women, into near-suicidal operations against Russian positions.

 

 

Pokrovsk stands on the edge. With Russian forces infiltrating the city center, cutting supply lines, and encircling remaining Ukrainian troops, the fall of this key fortress is inevitable. The broader implications are undeniable, the loss of Pokrovsk will pave the way to Mirnograd (Dimitrov) and further unravel Ukraine’s defensive efforts across Donbass.

As Russian artillery pounds the last Ukrainian holdouts and stormtroopers push deeper into the urban maze, one thing is certain, Pokrovsk’s fate is sealed. The only remaining question is how many more Ukrainian soldiers will perish in a doomed defense before the inevitable surrender.

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dead mercs

bravo! mother russia cleaning out the natostan nazi filth. onward to brussels and berlin if these a$$holes don’t wise up and soon.

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BigFatMac

they are cleaning up themselves! hooray! baboschka also celebrating. hehehe 😂

Scaathor

rucking fetard

BigFatMac

is that your work title?

dead mercs

the kiev koke kike will soon “speak to the remianing rump ukrappers”

Regime Change for Murica!

more dead ukranazis. 🙏👏👏👏🙏

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PenetratorOfRussianAnus

the only thing “shatted” is poohtin’s diaper…heheheh

MacZ

retarded bozo the clown has a hard time producing more than a line of stupid comment.

imagine thinking you have any effect on anything with this kind of impotent crap while real men are actually fighting and dying.

retarded bozo the clown probably does not even understand how he is f*cking himself up. lol.

BigFatMac

put in vladolfs buttplug where it belongs

Tony Villos

the only thing “shatted” is yo’ momma’s diaper…heheheh

Scaathor

this is how ukrops and their nafo fluffers cope with their losses and russian victories. they fantacise about putin in a diaper… yep, that will win the war for them… lol

bert33

use more leaflet drops to communicate with remaining ukraine troos, war is over for you one way or another

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Clubofinfo

ukrainians losing 100 to 1000 troops to eliminate 1 russian soldier. no wonder the russians can just walk in to the most heavily defended city in ukraine. the only thing slowing them down is a mountain of dead western nazis they need to climb to get in

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Benedetto

più forte sono assassini di civili piegateli e tanti calci aspettiamo sumy è tanto che aspettiamo vittorie della sacra russia.

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the nattative

the pokrovsk suituation is far ahead of where i thought it would be . what is next ?

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BigFatMac

krimlin wall fall and normal people build democracy in nazi russia?

MacZ

that is pretty much the standard delusion for retarded bozo the clowns.

after western officials declaring that the russian economy will collapse and that russia will be weakened, the result is now that the russian economy is getting stronger all the time and the west is now afraid of russia.

such effing winning.

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Clubofinfo

30% of americans are willing to take up arms against their own government, compared to 0% in russia. lindsey graham’s forehead needs armored protection all the time, like trump’s face

BigFatMac

well in the us normal people may have guns. in russia only vladolfs nazis have weapons to terrorize normal citizens

rasputin

on online videos it is already clear afu is toast, mirnograd next💯

jorge

center group has done a wonderful job since avdeevka.

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Europa The Last Battle

since all amerikant submissive latent peniz licker–we upset cuz russia humiliates us

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Chico

que a mãe rússia destrua tudo que encontre pela frente.

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