Ukrainian special forces have launched a counter-offensive in Pokrovsk, using US-made Black Hawk helicopters. The goal of the operation was to reopen supply lines in the besieged city, which has held out for more than a year against a Russian offensive but now appears on the brink of capture.

EADaily, November 3rd, 2025. Kiev has already actually written off the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine blocked in Kupyansk and Krasnoarmeysk (Pokrovsk). There are no more personnel left among the doomed from among the special forces and national battalions.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has received reports from military commanders on the situation at the front, noting that Ukrainian forces have achieved results in destroying Russian troops in the Pokrovsk sector.

I want to repeat what Commander-in-Chief [Oleksandr Syrskyi] said — and his words are accurate: there is no complete encirclement in either Myrnohrad or Pokrovsk,” Sonic said on air. He confirmed that fighting continues in both cities and that Russian forces “are entering in fairly large groups.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that the situation in Pokrovsk, where Russian forces are on the offensive, is difficult, with 170,000 Russian troops concentrated in the area. Undoubtedly,

There are still pockets of Ukrainian resistance, and in the north there are "several Russian soldiers." This was stated in the social network X by the military analyst of the German newspaper Bild Julian Repke.

Both Ukrainian and Russian forces have made recent tactical gains in the Pokrovsk area, the analysts highlighted. Geolocated videos published on Nov. 1 showed that Russian forces recently advanced into the southeastern part of Pokrovsk.

Russia has launched 'final assault' on Ukraine’s strategic town of Pokrovsk, a crucial gateway to Donetsk. Moscow claims Ukrainian troops are surrendering, as the battle intensifies and Russian forces move closer to their long-stated goal - full control of the Donetsk region.