Posts published by “Beatrix Montgomery”

(POKROVSK, UKRAINE) – In December 2025, Russia claimed that it had captured the city of Pokrovsk, a statement made just before a scheduled diplomatic meeting in Moscow involving envoys from the Kremlin and U.S. President Donald Trump. The timing of this announcement appeared politically convenient. On the ground, however, the reality was starkly different. Despite deploying overwhelming numbers, Russian forces are struggling inside Pokrovsk, a city now described as a brutal “kill zone.” Ukrainian defenders, using the city’s three-dimensional urban…