Pokrovsk
Military
November 27, 2025
Pokrovsk: The City Russia Can’t Capture and Ukraine Can’t Lose
In short, Pokrovsk is the stopper in the bottle. Pull it and most of Donetsk oblast drains away in months. Leave it in place and the front can hold into 2026 or longer. Bakhmut was about pride. Avdiivka was about momentum. Pokrovsk is about survival.