Pokrovsk

Ukrainian Defense Forces units continue defensive operations on challenging frontline sections, including in Pokrovsk, Vovchansk, and Kupyansk — areas Russia has claimed to have captured, Ukraine’s General Staff reported.

Russian commanders ordered invading troops to use civilians as human shields during an assault on the Donetsk Oblast city of Pokrovsk, intercepted radio communications show, Ukraine's Security Service and Donetsk regional prosecutors reported.