The Russian invaders near Pokrovsk are looking to bypass heavy urban battles in Donetsk region, — Financial Time.

“They understand that they will lose a lot of strength trying to take Pokrovsk, so they decided to follow a different strategy and enter from the south, bypass it. They will try to cut off all supplies to Pokrovsk so that our troops leave there,” GUR representative Andriy Chernyak told the FT.