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Russia and Ukraine say their forces are locked in fierce fighting in the ruins of Pokrovsk
RWS ^ | November 5, 2025 | Andrew Osborn and Guy Faulconbridge

Posted on 11/05/2025 2:22:21 PM PST by Navy Patriot

Russia said on Wednesday that its forces were advancing north inside Pokrovsk in a drive to take full control of the Ukrainian city, but the Ukrainian army said its units were battling hard to try to stop the Russians from gaining new ground.

Ukraine has acknowledged that its troops face a difficult position in the strategic eastern city, once an important transport and logistics hub for the Ukrainian army...

Russia sees the city as the gateway to its capture of the remaining 10%, or 5,000 square km (1,930 square miles) of Ukraine's eastern industrial Donbas region...

The Russian defence ministry said two assault groups were destroying Ukrainian troops that were surrounded in several districts of the city and continuing an offensive pushing north through it. Russian forces were clearing Ukrainian troops from settlements on Pokrovsk's southeastern flank and had repelled Ukrainian attempts to break out of encirclement.

The Ukrainian military denied that its troops were surrounded in Pokrovsk. It said they were trying to stop Russian soldiers from digging in while seeking to secure and protect logistics routes in the wider area.

"Measures are being taken to block the enemy, which is attempting to infiltrate and accumulate in the city of Pokrovsk," the Ukrainian General Staff said in a statement.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday the area around Pokrovsk remained under severe pressure but that up to 300 Russian servicemen still in the city had made no gains in the past day and there were just 60 in another city, Kupiansk.

Ukrainian units were trapped in "cauldrons" in both locations, it said, and their position was deteriorating rapidly while Russian forces advanced, "leaving no chance for Ukrainian servicemen to save themselves other than by voluntary surrender".

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: proxywar; ukraine; welfarewar
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To: tennmountainman

While many Ukrainians, particularly in the east, speak Russian as a native language, virtually all identify themselves as Ukrainian.

“People are losing their lives right now. Ukrainians are fighting against this regime from Russia and it’s really devastating,” she said. “Today I think everybody is Ukrainian.”

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/putin-orders-military-operations-ukraine-demands-kyiv-forces-surrender-2022-02-24/


21 posted on 11/05/2025 3:19:20 PM PST by TexasGator (IThe 750 hp Florida Gnat)
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To: delta7

Povrovsk done, Kupiansk next, developing encirclement. Loads of Ukie POWs in Pokrovsk....of course, the crooked western MSM will never report that.

” to the last Ukrainian” truer every day.


22 posted on 11/05/2025 3:20:05 PM PST by delta7
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To: Navy Patriot

In before Ukraine stans declare Pokrovsk is not strategically important.


23 posted on 11/05/2025 3:37:23 PM PST by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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To: delta7

Twice this past week you have been labeled a scammer and had your threads pulled by the mods.


24 posted on 11/05/2025 3:51:48 PM PST by TexasGator (IThe 750 hp Florida Gnat)
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To: janetjanet998

“Even the Zeepers favorite YouTuber , draft dodger Denys Davydov, has to report the bad news”

Update from Ukraine | This is the Most Stupid Ruzzian Move in This War. Record Losses. Ukraine Wins

https://youtu.be/FVve1w5xQzQ?si=AY-5Cwbu2jpRy35h


25 posted on 11/05/2025 3:57:46 PM PST by TexasGator (-1e 750 hp Florida Gnat)
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To: Navy Patriot

Pork Roast is almost well done!
no pink in the middle.
when do they evacuate?
i’ll pivk 6 weeks or a couple of weeks befor Christmas
xmas 2026 to capture all donetsk i’d guess.
other guesses?


26 posted on 11/05/2025 4:02:49 PM PST by CarolinaReaganFan
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To: CarolinaReaganFan

“no pink in the middle.”

Overcooked


27 posted on 11/05/2025 4:20:39 PM PST by TexasGator (-1e 750 hp Florida Gnat)
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To: Tom Tetroxide; Navy Patriot

“It’s a Bakhmut redux!”

Nothing but rubble, ash and blood on dirt.

But it’ll be Russian dirt.


28 posted on 11/05/2025 4:22:36 PM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: mac_truck

“In before Ukraine stans declare Pokrovsk is not strategically important.”


Overall Casualties in the Offensive Area: Analysts and leaked documents suggest the Russian forces of the “Center Grouping of Forces” attacking the Pokrovsk area have suffered around 104,000 casualties (killed, wounded, and missing) between January and September 2025, with at least 47,000 confirmed as dead. Some sources suggest the total number of casualties could be well over 100,000.

https://www.google.com/search?q=howcmany+russians+died+Pokrovsk&oq=howcmany+russians+died+Pokrovsk


29 posted on 11/05/2025 4:26:40 PM PST by TexasGator (-1e 750 hp Florida Gnat)
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To: TexasGator

Why don’t you go be a fag on reddit?


30 posted on 11/05/2025 5:12:23 PM PST by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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To: mac_truck

“Why don’t you go be a fag on reddit?”

Grow up.


31 posted on 11/05/2025 5:18:13 PM PST by TexasGator (750 hp Florida Gnat)
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To: mac_truck

“Why don’t you go be a fag on reddit?”

Seriously, anyone that posts such trash has a real problem inside.

Not only does it demean you, it also demeaning this site.


32 posted on 11/05/2025 5:56:04 PM PST by TexasGator (1750 hp Florida Gnat)
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To: mac_truck

To: TexasGator
Do you have to be an ass every day?
84 posted on 9/26/2015, 6:24:20 PM by Jim Robinson

https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/3341298/posts?page=84#84


33 posted on 11/05/2025 7:52:28 PM PST by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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To: TexasGator; mac_truck
TexasGator: Not only does it demean you, it also demeaning this site.

From the POS troll who posts Wikipedia garbage on Free Republic.

In order to attack conservative icons.

34 posted on 11/05/2025 7:54:45 PM PST by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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To: CarolinaReaganFan
Other guesses?

I'd guess the War will Drone on, and by the New Year, the Ukrainians in Pokrovsk won't answer their phones.

The Brit Tabloid press will move on to soliciting clicks with sensationalized headlines about the next effectively surrounded pocket of sacrificial Ukrainians.

And the Russians will again offer to return the bodies of several thousand Ukrainian soldiers.

35 posted on 11/06/2025 6:00:54 AM PST by Navy Patriot (President Trump Decisively Won, Celebrate Recivilization!)
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To: Navy Patriot; delta7
"Only Grokipedia references are read."

ROTFLMAO!

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Grokipedia is an AI-generated online encyclopedia powered by the Grok AI model, which gathers information from a variety of sources including real-time web scraping, news APIs, academic repositories, and the social media platform X. Critically, it leans heavily on Wikipedia content, with some articles being nearly identical to their Wikipedia counterparts, a practice which is acknowledged on some entries.

https://www.google.com/search?q=where+does+grokipedia+get+its+data

36 posted on 11/06/2025 7:29:09 AM PST by TexasGator (750 hp Florida Gnat)
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To: TexasGator
The Googles, they say so.

A truism for decades: The Googles, they are Evil!

37 posted on 11/06/2025 7:49:40 AM PST by Navy Patriot (President Trump Decisively Won, Celebrate Recivilization!)
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To: TexasGator

Twice this past week you have been labeled a scammer and had your threads pulled by the mods.
————
Well , I haven’t ever been suspended from FR like you have. Admin is free to pull Armstrong’s articles that I post, they do own the site.


38 posted on 11/06/2025 1:25:45 PM PST by delta7
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To: Tom Tetroxide

“It’s a Bakhmut redux!”

Sounds like it.


39 posted on 11/06/2025 1:33:09 PM PST by McGruff
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To: delta7

“Admin is free to pull Armstrong’s articles that I post, they do own the site.”

And both times called you a scammer.

The truth is out. Your reputation here and everywhere on the internet is in the toilet.


40 posted on 11/06/2025 2:06:00 PM PST by TexasGator (750 hp Florida Gnat)
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