Russian troops are 7 kilometres from Pokrovsk – City Military Administration

Serhii Dobriak, Head of Pokrovsk City Military Administration, has said that the Russian army is seven kilometres from the outskirts of the city on one side, and 80% of the city's critical infrastructure has been damaged. Despite this, 13,000 people remain in Pokrovsk, including 94 children.

Source: Serhii Dobriak on the air of the national joint 24/7 newscast 

Quote from Serhii Dobriak: "There were two attacks yesterday alone. That's six guided aerial bombs. At 10:30, they attacked the city centre, and, unfortunately, we have four people who were injured - two of them from the first attack. At 23:00, there were also [attack with] three guided aerial bombs, and there were also people who were wounded. This is civilian infrastructure, as always, critical infrastructure; it's almost destroyed. It is almost 80% damaged or destroyed. The enemy is leaving us without electricity, water and gas. They are ‘preparing’ us for winter."

Details: Dobriak said that the Russian troops left more than ten settlements of the hromada without electricity. [A hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories – ed.]

Despite this, Dobriak said, 13,050 people remain in Pokrovsk, including 94 children.

Quote from Serhii Dobriak: "I am grateful to all our citizens who listened to me and evacuated. A month and a half ago, there were 48,000 people and almost 5,900 children in the city. So we see the dynamics, but the evacuation continues."

Background: 

• The Pokrovsk front is currently one of the hottest on the entire frontline. Dozens of combat clashes take place there every day.
• About 26,000 people, including 1,076 children, remained in the frontline town of Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast as of 4 September, which is being attacked by Russian forces.

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