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The occupiers have advanced towards Pokrovsk and are trying to cut Ukrainian land lines of communication: ISW assessed the situation

Russian troops advanced towards Pokrovsk amid offensive operations in the area on January 12. The occupiers are trying to bypass the city through small settlements to the south of it and cut off the Ukrainian Armed Forces' lines of communication.

At the same time, propagandists from the Russian Federation are already claiming the capture of some villages, but military analysts do not confirm this. The situation in the Pokrovsky direction is described in a report by the Institute for the Study of War.