Fall Pokrovskayaan important logistics center of the Ukrainian army, for which he was responsible General Lutsenkowould mean the greatest military defeat Kiev for months.
It is still in the city operating minewhich is the only domestic supplier of coal coking for the once gigantic steel industry on Ukraine.
War in Ukraine. The Russians are heading towards Pokrovsk
Pokrovsk has been an area for months the fiercest fights between Ukrainian and Russian troops.
In October and November, Russian troops advanced towards this city fastest since the first months of the war.
The Ukraińska Pravda portal also reported, citing a source in the army, that Lutsenko's position was taken by General Oleksandr Tarnavsky. In 2022, he commanded the counteroffensive of Ukrainian forces in the south of the country, during which Kherson was retaken.