Russia Targets Pokrovsk With Air Strikes, Ukraine Says Civilian Infrastructure Hit

"Russian air strikes hit Ukrainian civilian sites, Ukrainian officials said on November 3, killing several people and seriously damaging residential buildings while Moscow said it carried out massive attacks as its troops continue to make advances in the key city of Pokrovsk. On Pokrovsk's eastern and southern perimeters, Russian forces have slowly crept forward in recent weeks, seizing roads, slowly strangling supply lines, and pressuring Ukrainian defenses."

"Russia's Defense Ministry said it attacked military and industrial sites overnight early on November 3, targeting a Ukrainian military airfield, a military equipment repair base, and military-industrial facilities as well as gas infrastructure facilities that supported them. The claims could not be independently verified, while Ukraine's 7th Rapid Response Corps said operations to clear the city of Russian troops continued, with forces heading off an attempt to cut a supply route from Rodynske to the north."

"Meanwhile, the governor of the Ukrainian Donetsk region, Vadym Filashkin, said three people were killed overnight, while local authorities in the northeastern Sumy region said one person died in a separate strike. Oleksandr Prokudin, who governs the Kherson region, said the Russian military attacked several towns and settlements in the region overnight as well. "Because of the Russian aggression, one person died and eight others were injured," Prokudin said."

Russian air strikes on November 3 struck Ukrainian civilian sites, killing several people and seriously damaging residential buildings. Moscow reported massive attacks while Russian troops advanced around the key city of Pokrovsk. Russian forces have crept forward on Pokrovsk's eastern and southern perimeters, seizing roads, strangling supply lines and pressuring Ukrainian defenses, and have cemented a foothold inside the ruined city. Russia's Defense Ministry reported strikes on a military airfield, an equipment repair base, military-industrial facilities and supporting gas infrastructure. Ukrainian forces continued clearing operations and repelled an attempt to cut a supply route from Rodynske. Regional officials reported multiple deaths and injuries across Donetsk, Sumy, Kherson and Dnipropetrovsk regions.

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