Slow but steady Russian advances have nearly closed a pincer around three Ukrainian brigades. Is Ukraine’s urban defense strategy obsolete? BY DAVID AXE 31/10/2025 A Ukrainian soldier. Ukrainian General Staff photo. Ukrainian troops are dangerously close to being surrounded in the 30-square-kilometer pocket stretching from Pokrovsk east to Myrnohrad. The open end of the pocket, … Continue reading Ukrainian troops nearly cut off as Pokrovsk defense strategy fails