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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Ashifa Kassam and agencies

Ukraine deploys special forces to Pokrovsk in effort to hold key city

Two soldiers walk along a deserted street with damaged buildings
Pokrovsk, home to around 60,000 people before the war, is now a largely deserted wasteland devastated by fighting. Photograph: Anatolii Stepanov/Reuters

Ukraine has deployed special forces to the embattled eastern city of Pokrovsk in an attempt to push back an intense Russian assault involving thousands of troops, Kyiv’s top commander has said.

The escalating battle in the strategically important city comes as an overnight wave of Russian drone and missile attacks on Ukraine killed six people, including two children, and cut power to tens of thousands, officials said on Sunday.

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