Ukraine-Russia war latest: Putin’s forces gain foothold in strategic town as drones target Moscow
Russian soldiers have gained a foothold in the strategic eastern Ukrainian town of Pokrovsk, Volodymyr Zelensky says.
The Ukrainian president said Russia had devoted vast numbers of troops to capturing the town, which is a key part of Kyiv’s defensive lines in Donetsk, but that it had so far failed to do so.
He said Vladimir Putin’s forces outnumbered Ukrainians there by eight to one. “Imagine how many Russian forces are there. But at the same time, they have not achieved the planned result,” he said.
Russia controls about 75 per cent of the Donetsk region. About 6,600 sq km (2,548 square miles) is still under Ukraine’s control.
Zelensky’s battlefield update came as Moscow was again targeted as part of a broader Ukrainian drone attack for the third night in a row.
Ukraine also targeted the Budyonnovsk industrial zone in Russia’s Stavropol region, the region’s governor Vladimir Vladimirov said on Wednesday morning.
