Battle for Pokrovsk intensifies

Russia says its troops have advanced in the Ukrainian city of
Pokrovsk, a road and rail hub that they have been trying to capture
for over a year, but Ukraine says its forces are holding on

Nov 4, Pokrovsk
Russian forces pushing
into southern districts
of ruined city in attempt
to encircle Ukrainian
defenders

UKRAINE
DNIPROPETROVSK
REGION
DONETSK
REGION
ZAPORIZHYA
REGION
RUSSIAN
CONTROL
Avdiivka
Bakhmut
Dobropillya
Donetsk
Horlivka
Kostiantynivka
Kramatorsk
Kurakhove
Myrnohrad
Selydove
Toretsk
Velyka
Novosilka
Vuhledar
20km
12.5 miles

Russian control before Feb 24, 2022

Front line on Jun 1, 2025

Russian control and advances
to Nov 3, 2025

Claimed Ukrainian counteroffensives

RUSSIA
UKRAINE
Kyiv
300km
185 miles

Sources: Institute for the Study of War, Reuters
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