Russian troops grind towards Pokrovsk, take second Ukrainian town in a week
Al Jazeera
Hrodivka’s fall is the latest Russian victory in eastern Ukraine, but Moscow’s military is haemorrhaging weapons and soldiers.
Russia has seized a second town in Ukraine’s eastern region of Donetsk within a week in a months-long offensive that shows no signs of abating with Ukraine’s general staff reporting more than 150 assaults a day across the front.
Russia’s Ministry of Defence said its troops captured Hrodivka, a town lying on its path to Pokrovsk, which Ukrainian generals say is a major target.
Russian forces entered Hrodivka in early September. Its capture came just five days after the fall of Vuhledar on the Donetsk-Zaporizhia border.
Russia’s air campaign has also been in full swing.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia dropped 800 glide bombs and sent almost 400 drones and 20 missiles into Ukraine last week.
