Russia has deployed 170,000 troops for push in Donetsk region: Zelenskyy

Russian President Vladimir Putin has recently claimed that Russian forces are making significant advances on the battlefield, though their progress has been slow and costly in troops and armour

Russia has deployed around 170,000 troops in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, where they are trying to capture the stronghold of Pokrovsk in a major push for a battlefield victory, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday.

“The situation in Pokrovsk is difficult,” Zelenskyy said, while also rejecting recent Russian claims that the devastated city is surrounded after more than a year of fighting. He acknowledged that some Russian units had infiltrated the city but insisted that Ukrainian defenders are weeding them out. Read More

“There are Russians in Pokrovsk,” Zelenskyy told a med