Ukrainian authorities have ordered the evacuation of a key city in the Donbas region as Russian forces continue to make gains in the east of the country, despite Ukraine’s ongoing offensive into Russia’s Kursk region.
Officials said families with children living in Pokrovsk and surrounding villages would be forced to leave.
The head of the city’s military government, Serhii Dobriak, said residents had at most two weeks to flee the Russian advance.
The strategically important city is one of Ukraine’s main defensive strongholds and a key logistical hub for Kyiv’s troops on the eastern front.
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