The German general predicts the Russian occupation of Pokrovsk this year
Ukraine will lose Pokrovsk, because Russia has the military initiative on all fronts, the military believes.
Ukrainian troops will have to withdraw from Pokrovska already at the end of this year — at the beginning of the next.
This was stated by the head of the special staff for Ukraine at the German Ministry of Defense, Major General Christian Freuding, writes Nachgefragt.
During the analysis of the events at the front, Freuding noted that a “particularly critical situation” had developed in the Pokrovsk region.
The general emphasized that Pokrovsk is of great importance for further hostilities, as it is an important transport hub. However, he believes that the Defense Forces of Ukraine will have to leave the city in order not to be destroyed.
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