Source: France 24 [French state media]
“Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday said he visited troops near the embattled city of Pokrovsk, as Kyiv scrambles to defend the logistics hub that Russia has tried to capture for months. … Hundreds of Russian soldiers have infiltrated the logistics hub, Kyiv said earlier this week. Others are closing in on its outskirts in a pincer-shaped movement, according to battlefield maps published by the Institute for the Study of War. The Russian army on Tuesday said it was ‘tightening the encirclement around the enemy’ in Pokrovsk and claimed to have captured a few dozen buildings in the town” (11/04/25)