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Ukraine’s last fight for Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad
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Drones, bastards, and survival in meters, fog on Pokrovsk front
Mykola: “There are drones. There are bastards. You need to move fast so neither finds you.” Russia seized less than 1% of Ukraine’s land in 2025 — but on the Pokrovsk front, survival is measured in meters, fog, and seconds. 9X
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Mykola turns house into position, flees before KAB strike
Mykola turned a two-story house into a position. He avoided touching the exterior to stay invisible to drones. Shelves blocked windows against shrapnel. After firing on nearby Russians, drones spotted them. They fled. A KAB flattened the house minutes later. 8/
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Controlling emotions amid night assaults and guided bombs
Valentyn: “You have to control your emotions, because you could get killed.” Russian assaults often come at night or in fog. Urban ruins offer cover from drones — until KAB guided bombs collapse entire buildings. 7/
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Mykola: Survival first, then evacuation of wounded
Mykola: “You can only help the wounded at the end.” Survival comes first. Evacuation comes later. He carried the wounded to a pickup point and transmitted coordinates of the fallen — then kept moving. 5/
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Planning routes under fire: mine/strike disruptions
Webster: “Planning routes is the hardest task.” The deputy battalion commander of the 38th Marines says Russia mines or strikes paths as soon as they’re detected. Units prepare multiple routes. Fog or diversion elsewhere on the front creates brief windows. 6/
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Mykola: six missing friends, one killed, one wounded in drone pursuit
Mykola: “If one person panics, it could kill the entire group.” Six of his friends lost radio contact on Jan 1 while returning from position. They remain missing in action. On his last rotation, one comrade was killed, another wounded during drone pursuit. 4/
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Russian forces press Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad; Myrnohrad reportedly occupied
Pokrovsk and nearby Myrnohrad are key logistics hubs. Russian forces have pressed from north, east, and south since late 2025, trying to cut supply routes and force Ukraine’s withdrawal. DeepState now marks Myrnohrad as occupied. Kyiv hasn’t confirmed. 3/
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Walking through kill zone under drone surveillance and weather
The walk can take a day — or 2 weeks. Weather and Russian drones dictate the pace. Fog helps. Clear skies kill. The “kill zone” now stretches 30km. Vehicles can’t approach. Infantry walks through mined fields under constant aerial eyes. 2/
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Soldier covers 22 km under fire near Pokrovsk
"If you stop, you die" Mykola: "It wasn’t hard to walk — it was hard to realize you may not walk out alive. There were a lot of our dead on the way" A 22-year-old infantryman walks 22 km under drone surveillance to reach positions near Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, Kyiv Independent 1/