MOSCOW - Russian forces defeated a team of Ukrainian special forces which were rushed to the embattled eastern city of Pokrovsk in an attempt to prevent Russian forces from advancing further into the city, the Russian defence ministry said. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Russian overnight deadly missile and drone strikes on Ukraine continue as Kyiv says it has deployed special forces to defend Pokrovsk, a key city in the east.

MOSCOW - Russian forces defeated a team of Ukrainian special forces which were rushed to the embattled eastern city of Pokrovsk in an attempt to prevent Russian forces from advancing further into the city, the Russian defence ministry said. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Ukrainian forces hit an important fuel pipeline in the Moscow region that supplies the Russian army, Ukraine's military intelligence said Saturday, as Russia kept up a sustained campaign of massive drone and missile attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure. The operation was carried out late Friday, according to a statement on the Telegram messaging channel. The agency, which is known by its acronym HUR, described it as a “serious blow” to Russia’s military logistics.

Ukraine’s military intelligence said it hit an important fuel pipeline in the Moscow region that supplies the Russian army.

Russia has been trying to capture Pokrovsk since mid-2024. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Ukraine claims to have struck a critical fuel pipeline near Moscow, impacting Russian military logistics amid ongoing conflict.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian forces hit an important fuel pipeline in the Moscow region that supplies the Russian army, Ukraine’s military intelligence said Saturday, a claim that came amid a sustained Russian campaign of massive drone and missile attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure. The operation was carried out late Friday, according to a statement […]

Oleksandr Syrskyi says special forces have been deployed but denies Russian reports Ukrainian troops are surrounded in Pokrovsk.

Russia has deployed around 170,000 troops in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region where they are trying to capture the stronghold of Pokrovsk in a major push for a battlefield victory, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday. “The situation in Pokrovsk is difficult,” Zelenskyy said, while also rejecting recent Russian claims that…

Russian missile and drone strikes across Ukraine have killed at least five people and injured tens of others, including children, as Russian troops step up assaults around the country’s strategic eastern city of Pokrovsk.