Intensified Russian Attacks Target Strategic Pokrovsk in Eastern Ukraine

Russian forces launched 53 attacks on enemy positions in the Pokrovsk front in eastern Ukraine as they aim to capture the strategic town, Ukraine's military reported. In other parts of eastern Ukraine, Russian forces attacked positions near Niu-York, a settlement Russia claimed to have seized earlier.

Russian forces mounted 53 attacks on enemy positions on the Pokrovsk front in eastern Ukraine on Thursday as Moscow pressed to take a strategic town, Ukraine's military said.

The Ukrainian military's general staff said in a statement that taking the town of Pokrovsk, which Russian forces have been steadily approaching, remained the main focus of Russian efforts in Ukraine.

Elsewhere in eastern Ukraine, Russian forces attacked Ukrainian positions near the settlement of Niu-York. Russia earlier said it had seized the settlement, but Kyiv has not confirmed this. (Writing by Christian Lowe Editing by Chris Reese)

(With inputs from agencies.)