Pokrovsk: Escalating Conflict Near Critical Ukrainian Town | DW News

Russia has fired a wave of drones and missiles at cities across Ukraine as part of efforts to destroy the country's power grid.

At least six people were killed including two boys aged 11 and 14 in strikes on the Dnipropetrovsk and Odesa regions. Ukraine is also under pressure from a Russian assault in the key eastern city of Pokrovsk.

Ukraine has deployed special forces to the embattled city to try to push back a Russian assault involving thousands of troops. Russia has been trying to take the city for more than a year.

Moscow has made the front-line city a primary objective due to its position at the center of major roads and railways. Russia is pushing to capture as much of the eastern Donbas region as it can before agreeing to any peace deal.

As Moscow says it's closing in on the city - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy denied that his troops are surrounded.

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