ISW believes that Putin decided to postpone the capture of the city
RF troops are gradually advancing near Pokrovsk, Donetsk region. However, it is currently unknown whether the occupiers intend to capture the city or whether they plan to advance to the administrative borders of Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk regions.
This is stated in the report of the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW).
Analysts note that it is quite possible that the Russian president-dictator Vladimir Putin has set the military the task of territorial conquests, and not the capture of important population centers.
“Putin increasingly characterizes Russian offensives in terms of square kilometers instead of emphasizing the capture of specific population centers, as he has done in the past. Putin may have instructed the Russian military command to delay the capture of Pokrovsk in favor of further advances through open…
