The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense launched a"complex landing operation" in Pokrovskaya. This is reported by"Public" with reference to sources in the Defense Forces.

It is claimed that special forces and GUR aviation were involved in the operation.

"Military intelligence stormtroopers entered areas of the city that the Russian command considered controlled," the publication says.

The journalists' source claims that these areas are strategically important for Ukrainian logistics.

The situation in Pokrovsk

As UNIAN wrote, Ukrainian military complain about the critical situation in Pokrovsk. In particular, a high-ranking officer of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from this direction told Hromadske on condition of anonymity that the Russians supposedly already control about 60% of the city and are actively penetrating into neighboring Rodynske and Myrnograd. According to him, up to 1,500 Ukrainian fighters could be surrounded if they are not urgently withdrawn. An unnamed UAV operator who left the city claims that the defenders in Pokrovske are de facto already surrounded, because the Russians have scattered throughout the city.

Meanwhile, The Economist journalist Oliver Carroll reported on social media that Ukraine reportedly launched a counteroffensive near Pokrovsk He notably published a video of a helicopter landing at an unspecified location.