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Ukrainian officials urge civilians to evacuate Pokrovsk as Russian troops close in
ABC News ^ | Aug 16, 2024 | The Associated Press

Posted on 08/16/2024 4:29:08 AM PDT by McGruff

Military authorities in the eastern Ukrainian town of Pokrovsk on Friday urged civilians to speed up their evacuation because the Russian army is quickly closing in on what has for months been one of Moscow’s key targets.

Authorities said in a Telegram post that Russian troops are “advancing at a fast pace. With every passing day there is less and less time to collect personal belongings and leave for safer regions.”

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had warned on Thursday that Pokrovsk and other nearby towns in the Donetsk region were “facing the most intense Russian assaults.”

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1 posted on 08/16/2024 4:29:08 AM PDT by McGruff
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To: McGruff

Where they gonna go? Russia’s 200 miles away.

It would be neat if going into Russia would spark a rebellion. Plenty of disgruntled folk b4 this war began.


2 posted on 08/16/2024 5:00:32 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: DIRTYSECRET

I thought we were invading Russia?

3 posted on 08/16/2024 5:11:25 AM PDT by McGruff (Are you better off than you were four years ago?)
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To: McGruff

Heavy fighting still going on?

So Ukraine isn’t finished yet then, huh?

(31st month of Vlady’s “simple 1-month conquest” starts in 8 days!)


4 posted on 08/16/2024 5:19:06 AM PDT by canuck_conservative (NATO - now celebrating 75 successful years of keeping the Russian monsters out!!)
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To: canuck_conservative

*I thought we were invading Russia?*

Damn it you’re right! Why didn’t I think of that?


5 posted on 08/16/2024 5:21:17 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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6 posted on 08/16/2024 5:42:56 AM PDT by Who is John Galt? ("...mit Pulver und Blei, Die Gedanken sind frei!")
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To: DIRTYSECRET

7 posted on 08/16/2024 5:55:47 AM PDT by Apparatchik (Русские свиньи, идите домой!)
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To: Apparatchik

Sorry don’t get it.


8 posted on 08/16/2024 6:04:35 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: McGruff

No rest until Dnipro, comrades!


9 posted on 08/16/2024 6:19:26 AM PDT by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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To: canuck_conservative

Communist Apple has already re-named Pokrovsk, Ukraine to Engels, Russia

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Pokrovsk&t=brave&iaxm=maps&source=places


10 posted on 08/16/2024 6:21:06 AM PDT by Justa (Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people....)
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