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News & Current Events Apr 11, 2026 at 1:18 PM

Russia wants to capture Pokrovsk, other key Donetsk Oblast towns by end of April, Zelensky says

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Russia wants to capture Pokrovsk, other key Donetsk Oblast towns by end of April, Zelensky says
The Kyiv Independent
Russia wants to capture Pokrovsk, other key Donetsk Oblast towns by end of April, Zelensky says
President Volodymyr Zelensky's assessment, which cites new Russian military maps he reviewed with his top military chiefs, comes after Russia reported capturing the key logistics hub city of Pokrovsk in December 2025.
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independent_strudel Apr 11, 2026 +19
Didn't they want that last year as well?
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DaemonPrimarchJ Apr 11, 2026 +21
Shows how great Ukrainians are holding off Russia for so long, it's seriously impressive (and depressing that they have to go through this)
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Lakedo Apr 11, 2026 +14
pretty sure pokrovsk has long been captured by them? I mean this was confirmed by deepstate
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Pariahb Apr 11, 2026 +8
Pokrovsk was captured in dec 2025, although fighting continues on it's outskirts. The article mention that ruzzia wants to capture "some" of the remaining settlements in by the end of April, so more than one, and the article/Zelensky count Pokrovsk there, despite being basically captured. >Russia wants to capture some of the last Ukrainian-held strongholds in eastern Donetsk Oblast, including Druzhkivka, Kostiantynivka, and Pokrovsk, by the end of April, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on April 8 at a closed-door briefing. Aside of Pokrovsk, it doesn't seem possible for ruzzia to capture a whole settlement by the end of April, let alone "some".
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no_choice99 Apr 11, 2026 -1
What about Kupyansk? According to deepstate it seems like somewhat Russians have taken its control but it's almost entirely surrounded by Ukrainian control. Isn't that city at risk to be fully overtaken by Russia?
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Pariahb Apr 13, 2026 +1
Ruzzia was invading Kupiansk a second time, but Ukraine liberated it again, with only minimal ruzzian isolated forces remaining in the area, and that have been the case for months: [https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-says-it-retakes-parts-kupiansk-encircling-russian-troops-2025-12-12/](https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-says-it-retakes-parts-kupiansk-encircling-russian-troops-2025-12-12/)
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_hancho Apr 12, 2026 +3
Captured in what sense? Entire city is in the Ukrainian kill zone.
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t_tram_slam Apr 11, 2026 +3
I bet that they want their war to not be a total unmitigated disaster too where they send wounded men to be blown up by drones or an army so corrupt that they torture their own men if they don't give their commanding officer their pay.
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Nathan-Stubblefield Apr 11, 2026 +1
People in hell want a tall iced tea with sugar and a lemon slice in 10 seconds. Similar likelihood.
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