Pokrovsk is an important strategic hub. Its occupation would allow Russia to advance towards Dnipropetrovsk region, – Butusov

The occupation of Pokrovsk in Donetsk region by Russian invaders will deprive Ukraine of an important strategic hub.

This was stated by Yuriy Butusov, editor-in-chief of Censor.NET, on Radio NV.

If Pokrovsk is occupied, the Russians will use this success to begin to roll back the front in Donbas to the north and south.

“They are now putting serious pressure on Vuhledar. This is the only bastion, a city that is located on very convenient heights. Our defense has been built on it since 2022. The enemy will turn back and go to the South. They need Vuhledar, Kurakhove, Selydove. They will wind down the front and capture Donbas. After that, there will be only one large, communicative, strategic hub in Donbas – the Kramatorsk-Slavic agglomeration. The enemy will then focus its offensive efforts in that direction.

By controlling Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad, it will be much easier for them to do so. Because we will no longer have such a hub. Unfortunately, there are no such defense nodes, heights, convenient geographical and topographical heights, positions for defense up to the border of Dnipropetrovs’k region. The enemy will certainly move towards Dnipropetrovs’k region. It is very close to Pokrovsk,” he explained.

Bohdan Rusinko