Pokrovsk in Donetsk region is under the control of Ukraine, and the Defense Forces are pushing the Russians back a little. This was announced by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a Zoom briefing on March 19, reports UNN correspondent.
They almost reached Pokrovsk, but today we managed with Pokrovsk and it is under our control, and now we are pushing them (the Russians - ed.) back a little
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On March 9, the spokesman of the "Khortytsia" Operational and Strategic Group Viktor Tregubov reported that the occupiers near Pokrovsk had fire control over the Pokrovsk-Kostyantynivka highway, but after a counterattack by Ukrainian forces, the fire control became less clear. The situation there is not what the Russians would like to create, and they have not achieved this goal.
