Russian attack destroys yellow-and-blue monument at entrance to Pokrovsk – photo
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Thu, 02 Jan 2025 15:15:34 +0200
The Russian army targeted Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast with guided bombs, destroying the yellowandblue city entrance monument bearing the towns name, on 2 January.
Source Pokrovsk City Military Administration Pavlo Vyshebaba, a serviceman of the 68th Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook Quote Pokrovsk woke up to yet another enemy attack this morning.
Russian forces targeted the city with guided bombs, causing damage to local infrastructure.
Among the destruction was the city entrance monument the explosion shattered the structure and sent one of its letters flying onto the road.
The city entrance monument before destruction, September 2024.
Photo Bohdan Kutiepov Details Ukrainian serviceman and signalman Pavlo Vyshebaba shared that he spotted the destroyed monument while heading to a mission.
The letter P from the word Pokrovsk had been thrown onto the road by the blast.
Vyshebaba decided to take the letter, placing it in his cars boot, believing such symbols should be preserved as artefacts in a future museum dedicated to the RussoUkrainian war.
Quote from Vyshebaba Wreckages of history like this, in my opinion, belong to the Ukrainian nation and should never be put up for auction.
The price paid to keep the city on the map, represented by these yellowandblue letters, is far too great.
Background On 8 December, analysts at the Institute for the Study of War suggested that the Kremlin is likely to pursue its attempts to capture the city of Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast, despite significant human and material losses.
Due to Russias invasion and the escalation of the situation in the city of Pokrovsk, Donetsk Oblast, natural gas supplies to the population were cut off.
On 2 January, Major Viktor Trehubov, spokesman for the Khortytsia Operational Strategic Group, said that Russian forces are not making a frontal assault on the city of Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast, but are trying to bypass and encircle the city.
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