Ukrainian forces are holding their positions in Pokrovsk as the fiercest fighting is raging in the northern part of the eastern Ukrainian city, Kyiv said.

The Ukrainian authorities have further denied reports that Russian troops managed to encircle the embattled city in the eastern region of Donetsk.

Ukraine's General Staff spokesperson, Major Andrii Kovale, told Ukrainian media outlets that access to Pokrovsk remains open and that troops, including wounded soldiers, are being rotated in and out.

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The Ukrainian military said in a statement on Monday that “Ukrainian units are confidently holding their positions and destroying the occupiers on the approaches to the town.”

“Logistics to the town are complicated, but are being carr

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