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Ingenting av det där säger någonting då Ryssland inte har gjort några betydande framsteg på slagfältet på åratal, och trycket vid fronten har varit ständigt högt.
Situationen kommer att se precis likadan ut efter att ryssarna har tagit Pokrovsk som innan. De tvingas fortsätta till nästa lilla värdelösa stad till priset av extremt långsamt avancemang och extremt höga förluster.
Fortsätter ryssarna att ta städer på det här sättet så är Ukraians seger oundviklig.
Den lilla värdelösa staden Pokrovsk?
Ukraine had hoped that by seizing territory in Russia's Kursk region it would be able to divert Russian troops away from their eastern advance, but that has not happened. If anything the Russian offensive on Pokrovsk, and Toretsk further to the north east, has intensified.
"Pokrovsk is a very important hub, a centre of defence. If we lose Pokrovsk, the entire front line will crumble," military expert Mykhaylo Zhyrokhov warned.
Ukraine relies on the town's rail and road infrastructure to provide supplies and reinforcements to its troops on the eastern front line, as well as to evacuate the wounded.
Losing Pokrovsk to Russian forces would mean these vital military tasks would become far more complicated.
It would also increase the risk to other strategically important towns, such as Chasiv Yar, which sits atop commanding heights giving control over the wider area.
"If they cut our logistics, then Chasiv Yar will be doomed," says analyst Pavlo Narozhny. "It will be a matter of time before we'll have to pull out of it because we won't be able to supply our fighters there."
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c785z8917leo