Details: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has marked the Day of Ukraine's Air Assault Forces on 8 November 2025 by stressing that their actions have been keeping the Pokrovsk front and Donetsk Oblast from Russian occupation.

Source: Interfax-Ukraine, a Ukrainian news agency, citing Zelenskyy at a ceremony awarding air assault forces

Quote: "Thanks to our Air Assault Forces, the Pokrovsk front holds, the Dobropillia operation holds, and our Donetsk Oblast, our Kharkiv Oblast and our southern oblasts hold. The heroic Kursk operation was also made possible by our paratroopers."

More details: Zelenskyy said that Ukraine's best results are unimaginable without the achievements of the air assault forces.

Background: Zelenskyy reported earlier that 314 Russian soldiers are present in Pokrovsk, Donetsk Oblast. Ukraine's Air Assault Forces say Russian troops have reduced their activity in the city as they await reinforcements.

Read more: How Pokrovsk is imperceptibly falling: five observations by Ukrainska Pravda

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