#Pokrovsk
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![I Took Pokrovsk for Granted—Now the Ukrainian City Behind "Carol of the Bells" Is Fighting for Its Life]( "I Took Pokrovsk for Granted—Now the Ukrainian City Behind \"Carol of the Bells\" Is Fighting for Its Life")
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![Jessica_daly]( "Photo of Jess Daly")
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- Opinion
Pokrovsk, a city of friendship and song, gave the world its Christmas tune—a carol sung a century ago for Ukraine’s independence. One hundred years later, as Russian forces move to erase the city, Ukraine is still fighting for that same freedom.![Ukraine Builds Backup Logistics Network to Sustain Pokrovsk-Myrnohrad Defense]( "Ukraine Builds Backup Logistics Network to Sustain Pokrovsk-Myrnohrad Defense")
![Ukrainian Assault Troops Raise Flag in Central Pokrovsk, Refuting Russian Claims of Capture]( "Ukrainian Assault Troops Raise Flag in Central Pokrovsk, Refuting Russian Claims of Capture")
![Illustrative image. Russian soldiers at Red Square in Moscow, Russia, on April 29, 2025. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Illustrative image. Russian soldiers at Red Square in Moscow, Russia, on April 29, 2025. (Source: Getty Images)")
![Ukrainian T-72 from the 14th “Chervona Kalyna” Brigade of the Azov Corps. (Source: National Guard of Ukraine)]( "Ukrainian T-72 from the 14th “Chervona Kalyna” Brigade of the Azov Corps. (Source: National Guard of Ukraine)")
![Destroyed building in Dobropillia's city center. Photo by Joshua Olley/UNITED24 Media]( "Destroyed building in Dobropillia's city center. Photo by Joshua Olley/UNITED24 Media")
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- War in Ukraine
While Ukraine’s elite corps and regiments managed to contain a major Russian breakthrough near Dobropillia this fall, the battle further south in Pokrovsk has turned into brutal, close-quarters urban combat. Russia’s push grinds forward, but not without cost.
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