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POKROVSK CAULDRON: Russian Forces Tighten the Noose Around Donetsk Stronghold — 10,000 Ukrainian Troops Face Complete Encirclement (VIDEOS)

October 27, 2025

Aerial map of Pokrovsk highlighting different land uses and infrastructure with marked boundaries in various colors for urban and agricultural areas.

Aerial map of Pokrovsk highlighting different land uses and infrastructure with marked boundaries in various colors for urban and agricultural areas.
Pokrosk is starting to look like a lot like Bakhmut.

The cauldron is boiling.

After months of fighting, the Donetsk bastion of Pokrovsky has been encircled and put in a ‘Cauldron’, and the final Stages of the Battle for Krasnoarmeysk (Russian name) is ongoing.

And, unless the Ukrainian command acts fast, 10,000 Kiev troops are about to be completely encircled.

We have been reporting on the battle for Pokrovsk, as you can read (from July) Russians Conquer a Dozen Settlements in a Week – In Eastern Donetsk, Northern Kharkov and Southern Zaporozhie – Moscow Forces Encircle Key Ukrainian Stronghold Pokrovsk (VIDEOS);

and SIEGE OF POKROVSK: Russian Forces Encircle Key Stronghold, Reach Its Outskirts – City is a Key Logistics Hub and the Last Fortified Bastion Before the Dnieper River (VIDEOS).

The Russian Tsentr (Center) group is leading the final assault for the key Pokrovsk-Mirnograd agglomeration.

Ukrainian forces are rapidly approaching a critical situation, and their defense has s become scattered.

Clearing operations are underway south of the railway.

Importantly, Pokrovsk is cut off from supplies. The E-50 highway to Pavlograd is under dense fire control by the Russians.

Information in Telegram channels tellsabout the disorderly retreat of Kiev regime units from Pokrovsk amid the withdrawal from Rodinskoye.

Now, both General Gerasimov and President Vladimir Putin have weighed in on the battle of Pokrovsk.

A lot of people compare the situation in Krasnoarmeysk to the siege of Bakhmut, the bloodiest urban battle since WW2.

Fighting is now ongoing for control of the northern sector of the city.

Ukraine is pulling back troops behind the railway, occasionally launching counterattacks.

Read more from August:

BATTLE FOR POKROVSK: Key Stronghold Surrounded by 3 Sides – Defenses in the South of the City Are Crumbling – To the North, Mining Town Rodinsky Is Under Attack (VIDEOS)

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