Pokrovsk is now at the epicentre of Ukraine’s fight against Vladimir Putin’s invasion , with a third of all frontline clashes happening in the city .

Fighting has been ongoing there for more than a year , but a Ukrainian soldier told The i Paper that the situation was now “critical” and that it was only a “matter of time” before Russians took Pokrovsk.

“Morale is very low but everyone is holding on and repelling the enemy,” said the man, who The i Paper is keeping anonymous for security reasons. New Feature

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The soldier shared video footage he’d taken, including the burned body of a Ukrainian soldier with only a military-issue boot left to identify it as human. On either side of the muddy tracks, which passed through a Ukraini

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