Russia has released footage it says proves its forces now control Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmiysk), a key logistics hub in Donetsk, after commanders briefed Vladimir Putin that the city had been captured and would be used as a springboard for further advances across the Donbas. The claimed fall of Pokrovsk coincides with intense talks over Donald Trump’s draft peace plan—most recently between Ukraine’s Rustem Umerov and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio—as Kyiv and key European leaders push to strip out clauses they see as locking in Russian territorial gains, even while Moscow signals the US framework could form the basis of a future deal.
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