Russia is expected to conquer a logistical city in Donetsk that has held out for more than a year-and-a-half, but Moscow is struggling to make any other advancements on the frontlines, according to the latest analysis of the conflict.
Russia is expected to conquer a tactically important city in Donetsk that has held out for more than a year-and-a-half — but Moscow is struggling to make any other advancements on the frontlines, according to the latest analysis of the conflict.
The border region is at the center of President Trump’s attempts to negotiate a peace deal — with Russian strongman Vladimir Putin demanding Ukraine give up the entire mineral and coal-rich oblast, despite failing to capture the entire thing during the war.
The Institute for the Study of War, a Washington-based think tank that has been monitoring the Ukraine war daily, concluded that Russian soldiers advanced a few hundred yards further into Pokrovsk, a key city inside the Donetsk region.
The city is expected to fall within the year following Moscow’s summertime push, but the duration and cost of the campaign to conquer Pokrovsk has been emblematic of Russia’s struggle to make meaningful gains in the fourth year of the war, said George Barros, the ISW’s Russia Team head.
