Pokrovsk offensive
The Pokrovsk offensive was a military operation in the Russo-Ukrainian war by the Russian Armed Forces with the primary goal of capturing the strategic cities of Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad in western Donetsk Oblast. Fighting increased with the Russian advance into and subsequent capture of Prohres on 18 and 19 July 2024, a turning point for the Russian offensive northwest of Avdiivka following the latter's capture in February 2024, and had taken place in numerous settlements east and south of Pokrovsk in Pokrovsk Raion.