"The Russian Ministry of Defence said encircled Ukrainian troops in the cities of Pokrovsk and Kupiansk should surrender as they have no chance to save themselves otherwise. Russia said its forces were advancing north inside Pokrovsk in a drive to take full control of the Ukrainian city, but the Ukrainian army said its units were battling hard to try to stop the Russians from gaining new ground."
"Ukraine has acknowledged its troops face a difficult situation in the strategic eastern city, once an important transport and logistics hub for the Ukrainian army, which Russia has been trying to capture for more than a year. Russia sees Pokrovsk city as the gateway to its capture of the remaining 10 percent, or 5,000 square-kilometres(1,930 square miles), of Ukraine's eastern industrial Donbas region, one of its key aims in the almost four-year-old war."
"A Ukrainian drone attack caused minor damage to oil pumping stations in two districts of Russia's Yaroslavl region, Mikhail Yevrayev, the regional governor, said. Ukraine has resumed gas imports from a pipeline that runs across the Balkan peninsula to Greece, to keep its heating and electric systems running through the winter after widespread damage from intensified Russian attacks on Kyiv's energy infrastructure."
Encircled Ukrainian troops in Pokrovsk and Kupiansk face calls to surrender and have limited options to save themselves. Russian forces are advancing north inside Pokrovsk in a push to take full control while Ukrainian units are fiercely contesting to prevent further territorial gains. Pokrovsk is strategically important as a transport and logistics hub and is viewed as the gateway to the remaining 5,000 square kilometres of the Donbas region that Russia seeks. A Ukrainian drone struck oil pumping stations in Yaroslavl. Ukraine has resumed Transbalkan gas imports to sustain heating and power through winter amid damaged domestic energy infrastructure.
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