Ukraine’s vital eastern town Pokrovsk in Russian sights | BBC News
Ukraine’s surprise incursion into Russia’s Kursk region last month helped to boost national morale, but the Kremlin has retaliated with serious of missile attacks.
On Sunday, Russia claimed to have taken control of a village just 10km from a key transportation hub Pokrovsk, in eastern Ukraine.
The front line is less than 8km (4.9 miles) from Pokrovsk, prompting thousands of residents to flee.
If the city falls, Russian forces will cut off one of the main supply routes in the region. For Ukraine, this would mean the loss of almost the entire Donetsk region.
BBC’s Abdujalil Abdurasulov who has been filming Ukrainian soldiers in the area sent this report.
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BBC has been pressured to give some correct news about Russia -Ukraine war, just the same way CNN managed to do same days ago. Are they trying to be out of step with western news?
Hahaha the west now is like a blind cow walking towards the trees 🎄🎄 .
От России не убежать.
Notice how the Ukrainian army will collapse completely after 2 or 3 months after this , because the gates to the west will open
What happened to all their game changers. Stop wasting western tax payers money. Surrender and accept defeat
Due to shortage of shell, roaring has become weaker and weaker,this is battlefield, isn't it?
Why don't you sit on the meeting with Putin?
Read Analects for ethics, simpletons.
We, the US, wasted so much of their time, so many of their lives… by not helping more generously & sooner.
War is not as easy as this BBC propagated story
Ah, a city that has already voted to leave Ukraine a re-join Russia is about to be taken over by Russia.
Trump will save the world
Russia keeps on threatening Britain with nukes most Brits are not aware of that fact.
Yhyh same old old same. Bombing, surronded, "human wave", road of life,"stratergic" withdraw. Getting old
Ukraine war remains me the Iraq invasion by US under false justification, Russia at least has a point in not wanting the encroachment by NATO (US) on its borders.Few people comment or know about the origin or cause of Russia invasion, which is the continued encirclement of Russia by NATO (US) on ex USSR republics. How people expect for Russia not to defend its border from the continuous encroaching of US? What would US do in a hypothetical situation in which Russia or China start building bases on its borders? Remember the Cuban missile crisis?
Never corse Putin corse the USA is the USA and UK that is destroying Ukraine
Is this the turning point NATO is losing the war in Ukraine?
Washing machines and shovels are coming very quickly
really? I'd just say the innocent people on both sides of the line want this sick money-laundering operation to End.
Hey BBC, are the Russians using meat wave tactics? You cows.
Ty
A bunch of comedians and clowns, unfortunately they are no paying anything
All because of America ,British politics .
I cant believe the BBC took time off felating nazis to report some news
Unfortunately Ukrainian are fooled to test Russia with 6 piece of himars and 6 f16.
Ukrainian Dictator Zelenski is the Richest and Most Corrupted Person in the World He has received Billions from the West (USA. UN, EU. England's Queen Elizabeth's Generous Private Donations 2 X, King Charles generous donations and many Western Church charities none of which is going to help his soldiers nor his people only for his own pocket).. Zelenski owns over 30 off shore companies where he directs all free money he is getting from the Naive West.
US said no ammunition left , Nato said no ammunition left, ukrop said only for 2 month ammunition left. How Ukranians will win war against russia?? Alone north korea sent more ammunition to Russia than whole Europe
Blame Zelensky for the failure
Zelensky and its NATO allies thought it was a comedy. Now they have realised that it is a tragedy. By the way, no one who associate with the USA comes out of of it clean anyway.
Ask your comedian Zelenski, who is responsible for dozens of Ukrainian who have been dying and for your displacement
The old Soviet name of Pokrovsk was Krasnoarmisk meaning "of the Red Army" !! Just saying 😜
Before 2022, Russia's natural resources worth were 75T USD. Ukraine had 26T, today, Russia is 82T, and Ukraine is 14T.
Im actually shocked there are so many pro Russian comments. Guess they want Ukraine to fall
BBC did a 180. What happened to Russia is losing?
Pokroksk will fall ,but will remain in Zelensky s heart.
Can you tell this man to stop listening to US and UK and use common sense and peace. Why is determined to escalate when he was elected president to bring peace after US overthrew a democratic president and supported the Nazis just to motivate hostilities between two groups.
British forces have captured a vital outpost in Belgium and victory is closer than ever (news report 1915).
The cause and foundation of the problem is italy and France Paris,Rome,Napolitano,Napoli,America, Rome,Taranto,Torino,Sardegna (*,,
GOD bless Russia,Glory to Russia in jesus mighty name Amen)(,,
why didnt BBC go to the frontline with Russian troops, much less chance of being targeted,
Lies and prop won't save them' They turned a war game to a game of death.
Lies and prop won't save them' They turned a war game to a game of death.
Russians attacking in small groups? What happened to the meat wave attacks?
English translated Russia রাসিয়াকে সব ছায়তে অস্ত্র বোমা বেসি দিতাছে চায়না যদি চায়নার সাতে ভারত এর যুদ্ধে শুরু হয়ে যায় তখন চায়না রাসিয়াকে যুদ্ধের অস্ত্র বোমা বিস্পরন সাহায্য করবে না তখন রাসিয়া শক্তি হারিয়ে যাবে আর ইউক্রেনে স্বাধীন রাষ্ট্র পেয়ে যাবে আর তায়ওয়ান কে নিয়ে America NATO চিন্তা করতে হবে না
Dick Cheney can't wait to get back into the game
Uraa uraa Russians congratulations
It's so confusing. We are against Nazi's, but support them in Ukraine? Putin isn't even at war, this is just special military operations. You got a taste of what war looks like when he retaliated the other day from that silly invasion. He can flatten the whole of Ukraine today if he wanted, so lets not pretend anything is going on here other than what is going on here.
Oooooh it's the BBC…
Stupid US/UK and EU leaders learned that trying to be "a little bit at war" is like trying to be "a little bit pregnant". Stupid Americans should have known better as Vietnam was only 50 years ago, but I guess UK never really had a "managed political war" to realize how foolish it was to proceed. Biden just sit down with Putin in Oct. 2021, figure out what you can and cannot live with, come to some agreement. No, instead you try to just take it all by force; now look what you have, far less than what you could have kept by diplomacy. Stupid NATO leaders….."
The old lady obviously wasn't one of the 14,000 killed in the Donbass by the Ukrainians between 2014 and 2022.
looks like Pentagon script still didn't reach europe.otherwise provotsk is already useless
Rather Nato got a scapegoat
😂😂😂😂 joker BBC, British begger company 😂😂😂. Again with agenda 😂😂😂 long live russia 😅