Pokrovsk (Russian name Krasnoarmeysk) is about to fall, leaving the remaining Ukrainians in Mirnograd hopelessly locked in a ‘cauldron’.Key Donetsk city of Pokrovsk is about to turn back to being called by its Russian name Krasnoarmeysk.After a 21-month battle, Russian forces have spread rapidly through Pokrovsk, a Donetsk region bastion where Ukrainian soldiers have begun to surrender.Almost two battalions of the Ukrainian Army surrendered near Pokrovsk in a month!About 700 Ukrainian soldiers surrendered near the Pokrovsk – this is a record since the beginning of 2025, according to some media.Fewer and fewer units are trying to resist: columns with… pic.twitter.com/dLR0l8CECu— Lord Bebo (@MyLordBebo) November 6, 2025In many ways, Pokrovsk is the ‘new Bakhmut’ – the city that the world’s media focuses on, an important Volodymyr Zelensky’s PR city.And we know that it’s about to be lost because sources in the MSM are already stating that ‘Pokrovsk has no strategic value’ – as it has been the case with every major Russian conquest in this war.Russian forces have entered the settlement of Rovnoye between Pokrovsk and Mirnograd this means the “cauldron” around the Kiev forces group in this direction has closed.A few days earlier, after repelling enemy attacks, Russian troops changed their offensive tactics, moving… pic.twitter.com/aRJW8GMfF6— MD (@distant_earth83) November 6, 2025Russia says its forces are tightening their encirclement of Ukrainian troops in Pokrovsk, a transport hub, while Ukraine says its forces are holding on. Why is Russia fighting so hard to capture Pokrovsk? https://t.co/JBfUUSOG4x pic.twitter.com/tdbyAja9gU— Reuters (@Reuters) November 4, 2025AlJazeera reported:“Geolocated footage placed Russian troops in central, northern and northeastern Pokrovsk, said the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), a Washington-based think tank.Russia sees control of Pokrovsk and neighboring Mirnograd as essential to capturing the remaining unoccupied parts of the Donetsk region.”A desperate attempt to land Ukrainian special forces, using an American Black Hawk helicopter near encircled Pokrovsk, ended in complete catastropheThe landing force was detected, tracked, and completely destroyed by UAVs operated by Russias “Center” groupMore wasted lives. pic.twitter.com/gJ7zdPkHdJ— Chay Bowes (@BowesChay) November 1, 2025“Ukraine sees the defense of the city as a means of eroding Russian manpower and buying time for the ‘fortress belt’ of Kostyantynivka, Druzhkivka, Kramatorsk, and Sloviansk, the largest remaining and most heavily defended cities of Donetsk.”It’s important to remember that Russia demands the totality of Donetsk region as a primary condition for any peace negotiations.“Russia seems to have outmaneuvered Ukraine by striking its drone operators before they had time to deploy, and cutting off resupply routes at critical points. […] By neutralizing Ukraine’s drone operators and using fiber optic drones immune to jamming, Russia reportedly acquired a numerical drone advantage in the city’s vicinity.”#Gravitas | High tension at Ukraine’s newest frontline, Russia delivers a ruthless demand for surrender as Ukrainian troops battle for survival in Pokrovsk and Kupiansk. @MollyGambhir has more. pic.twitter.com/0pNnV2wh5X— WION (@WIONews) November 6, 2025 Animation of the battle for Pokrovsk. Period from May 1 to October 25, 2025, in 1 minute pic.twitter.com/mVj6FuAREJ— Zlatti71 (@Zlatti_71) October 27, 2025 POKROVSK City has been liberated! The decade-old Ukrainian stronghold has fallen.Christ is King! pic.twitter.com/gIBKJqHsFO— World War Now (@WorldWarNow_) November 3, 2025Read more:POKROVSK CAULDRON: Russian Forces Tighten the Noose Around Donetsk Stronghold — 10,000 Ukrainian Troops Face Complete Encirclement (VIDEOS)/*! This file is auto-generated */!function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i