BREAKING – Russia has achieved a breakthrough northeast of Pokrovsk. Together with the recent fall of Toretsk and Chasiv Yar, Russian forces, if able to expand this bridgehead, could not only put Ukrainian defenders inside Pokrovsk in serious trouble but also tighten the gap towards Kostyantynivka. This breakthrough comes at the worst possible moment for Ukraine, as later this week a meeting between Putin and Trump is scheduled, in which Ukrainian territorial concessions to Russia are reportedly set to be a central point of the negotiations. In short it looks pretty bad for Ukraine. It is highly likely that the Russian high command, in light of the upcoming meeting between Putin and Trump, has tightened the reins and deliberately pushed for this breakthrough with the specific goal of using it as leverage on the political stage. The losses may have been correspondingly high, but it is still too early for visual confirmation based on geolocated videos.
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BREAKING – Russia has achieved a breakthrough northeast of Pokrovsk. Together with the recent fall of Toretsk and Chasiv Yar, Russian forces, if able to expand this bridgehead, could not only put Ukrainian defenders inside Pokrovsk in serious trouble but also tighten the gap towards Kostyantynivka. This breakthrough comes at the worst possible moment for Ukraine, as later this week a meeting between Putin and Trump is scheduled, in which Ukrainian territorial concessions to Russia are reportedly set to be a central point of the negotiations. In short it looks pretty bad for Ukraine. It is highly likely that the Russian high command, in light of the upcoming meeting between Putin and Trump, has tightened the reins and deliberately pushed for this breakthrough with the specific goal of using it as leverage on the political stage. The losses may have been correspondingly high, but it is still too early for visual confirmation based on geolocated videos.
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