Why the fall of Pokrovsk would matter to Ukraine and Russia
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Volodymyr Zelensky Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky visited troops not far from Pokrovsk this week
Ukraine could be facing its biggest loss for months, if the key eastern city of Pokrovsk falls to Russian forces. The battle for this strategic point on a big road and rail artery in the Donetsk region has been going on for well over a year. If Russia's Vladimir Putin were able to claim victory there, three years and 10 months into his full-scale war, he would be a step closer to his goal of controlling Ukraine's entire industrial east - the Donbas, made up of the neighbouring regions of Donetsk a
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