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POKROVSK, UKRAINE – JUNE 19: Evacuation of civilians from the city by the forces of the National Police of Ukraine “White Angels” unit on June 19, 2025 Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, Ukraine. (Photo by Kostiantyn Liberov/Libkos/Getty Images) Getty Images Last summer, I was on the frontline near Pokrovsk and saw firsthand how quickly Russian forces were advancing. I joined volunteers evacuating civilians from frontline villages, only to watch on DeepState maps as those very places were captured by Russian troops days later. Ukraine had to pull back to more defensible positions. The news cycle grew darker each week. Pokrovsk – the city where composer Mykola Leontovych wrote “Shchedryk,” later known as Carol of the Bells – is now synonymous not with music, but with death and destruction. Yet, more than a year later, Pokrovsk still stands. That in itself is a major victory. The city has become a fortress, and Ukrainian defenders are doing everything possible to prevent it from falling. In early September, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky revealed that Vladimir Putin had told Donald Trump he intended to seize the Donbas within “two to three months, maximum four.” It’s a lofty goal for the Russians. As Wall Street Journal’s Yaroslav Trofimov observed, since Ukraine’s counteroffensive stalled in Nov. 2022, Russia has gained less than 1% of Ukrainian territory at the cost of hundreds of thousands of soldiers. Russia hopes that taking Pokrovsk will provide an opportunity to seize the rest of Donetsk Oblast. According to Ukrainian military officials, the Russians are now aiming for a “decisive breakthrough” in Pokrovsk, redeploying experienced marine units to the area. Russian Tactics In Pokrovsk In mid-August, Russian forces infiltrated Ukrainian defenses east and northeast of Dobropillia with small sabotage groups, advancing about 10 kilometers deep, but they failed to consolidate their gains. Ukraine’s 1st…

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