Several weeks ago, Russian forces launched a new summer offensive in Donbas, breaking through Ukrainian defenses north of the Pokrovsk–Kostiantynivka highway. The city now faces the threat of complete encirclement: supply lines to Ukrainian forces operating around Kramatorsk and Sloviansk could soon be severed. Pokrovsk comes under daily artillery and drone fire, yet around two thousand residents remain. The courtyards have become a surreal landscape, where flower beds sit beside fresh graves. These photographs show what Pokrovsk looks like today.
A street in Pokrovsk.
Residents of Pokrovsk.
Not a single house on the outskirts of Pokrovsk remains intact.
The special unit "White Angel" arrives in the city to evacuate those who have chosen to leave Pokrovsk.
Разрушенный Покровск.
In Pokrovsk, Russian forces are actively using drones operated via fiber-optic cables.
A view of a Pokrovsk neighborhood from a high-rise window.
On May 26, the Main Directorate of the National Police in Donetsk region reported that 70 people had been evacuated from Pokrovsk over the past week.
Look—This Is What War Looks Like
Kupyansk Braces for a Possible Offensive
The City Lies in Ruins as Residents Are Urged to Evacuate
Underground Field Hospital in Eastern Ukraine Saving Hundreds of Lives
Photos by Jerome Starkey
Ukrainian Volunteers Recover the Remains of Russian Soldiers to Exchange for the Bodies of Fallen Ukrainian Troops
Footage of the Search Operation in Donetsk Region
