Ukrainian special forces have launched a counter-offensive in Pokrovsk, using US-made Black Hawk helicopters. The goal of the operation was to reopen supply lines in the besieged city, which has held out for more than a year against a Russian offensive but now appears on the brink of capture.

While the defending army continues a heated resistance in Pokrovsk, Russia’s drones keep disrupting vital supply lines.

Ukraine has reportedly sent its elite special-operations forces to Pokrovsk in a desperate attempt to stop Russia's invasion.

EADaily, November 3rd, 2025. Up to 60 Russian servicemen remain in Kupyansk, Kharkiv region, and in Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmeysk) — up to three hundred. This was stated to journalists today by the head of the Kiev regime,

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has received reports from military commanders on the situation at the front, noting that Ukrainian forces have achieved results in destroying Russian troops in the Pokrovsk sector.

The epicenter of fighting this winter will remain the Donetsk region, which the Russians, according to the latest "deadline," aim to fully capture by the end of February. Currently, the greatest threat hangs over Pokrovsk,

EADaily, November 3rd, 2025. Kiev has already actually written off the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine blocked in Kupyansk and Krasnoarmeysk (Pokrovsk). There are no more personnel left among the doomed from among the special forces and national battalions.

Both Ukrainian and Russian forces have made recent tactical gains in the Pokrovsk area, the analysts highlighted. Geolocated videos published on Nov. 1 showed that Russian forces recently advanced into the southeastern part of Pokrovsk.