Russian troops grind towards Pokrovsk, take second Ukrainian town in a week
Al Jazeera
Hrodivka’s fall is the latest Russian victory in eastern Ukraine, but Moscow’s military is haemorrhaging weapons and soldiers.
Russia has seized a second town in Ukraine’s eastern region of Donetsk within a week in a months-long offensive that shows no signs of abating with Ukraine’s general staff reporting more than 150 assaults a day across the front.
Russia’s Ministry of Defence said its troops captured Hrodivka, a town lying on its path to Pokrovsk, which Ukrainian generals say is a major target.
Russian forces entered Hrodivka in early September. Its capture came just five days after the fall of Vuhledar on the Donetsk-Zaporizhia border.
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