The skies above the heavily contested Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk are so saturated with drones that it’s often too risky for military convoys to roll through the embattled streets as they would be a very visible and valuable target. But as thick fog blanketed the area earlier this week, a video emerged on social media showing what appears to be a small group of Russian soldiers moving through Pokrovsk on motorcycles and in at least one car with missing doors. The roughly 30-second clip shared by Russian military bloggers gave a brief glimpse into strategic battleground Pokrovsk, a bleak landscape eerily reminiscent of a dystopian film like Mad Max. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the bad weather was aiding Russia as it tries to infiltrate a city that it has been pushing toward for more than a year.Front-line maps show that the city appears to be on the brink of falling, with some western military experts predicting that Russia is likely to eventually seize Pokrovsk and the nearby city of Myrnohrad. “Things have changed because there are many more Russians than there was before,” said a Ukrainian drone operator who is only being identified by his callsign, Goose, in line with the country’s military protocol. “[The Russians] are operating in small teams, but the last few days they use some vehicles and motorcycles.”..Source: cbc.ca/news
