The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are moving west Donbass and preparing a tactical ring for Pokrovsk - analyst

To spread: as of mid -July 2025, the situation in the Pokrovsk region of Donetsk region is rapidly exacerbated. The Russian command continues to implement the strategy of the environment of key settlements of Donbass and tries to take Pokrovsk into a tactical environment. The greatest threat to Ukrainian defense is the attempts of Russian troops to establish control of the roads of the city. This was reported by the French Osint analyst Clement Molin.

It is about the settlements of luck on the southeastern flank of the Pokrovsky direction and Rhoinsky, located 10 km north of Pokrovsk. According to the analyst, the loss of at least one of them will lead to the blockade of Pokrovsk with access to a single transport artery E50 - through Grishin. Thus there is a gradual shift in the axis of the Russian army to the west.

According to the geodes, from June 11 to July 11, systematic fire work on Ukrainian rear and logistics objects in the agglomeration of Mirnograd - Pokrovsk - Konstantinovka. These cities, according to open sources, are identified by the Kremlin as targets # 1 and # 2 for the current year.

According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces, only in the last day on the front there were 160 fighting clashes, with the Pokrovsky direction the Ukrainian forces stopped 51 assault and offensive action of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Nevertheless, Russian troops were able to move in a number of settlements.

According to the Deepstate cartographic data, from 13 to 16 July on the Pokrovsky Front the forces of the Russians had little success on the northern flank near the settlement of Razino. The direction of impact of the enemy indicates an attempt to enter the Rodinsky and Red estuary and take under fire control the logistical way of defense forces.

On the southern flank of Russian troops, in two places, they are attacked near the village, trying to take control of another road T0406, which leads to Pokrovsk. At the same time, Russian troops do not perform 50% of the tasks set at the end of May by the military leadership of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Alexander Kovalenko, a military expert and observer of the Information Resistance group, in the next review of the situation at the front reported.