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Russia closes in on vital logistics hub experts say is critical to Ukraine’s front lines
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1:03Now PlayingRussian forces are closing in on a critical logistical hub in eastern Ukraine that is key to sustaining Kyiv’s troops in their fight against the invaders, experts have warned — describing the city as the “last well-defended Ukrainian strong point” in its battle against Moscow’s brutal eastern offensive.
Russia is pouring its resources into advancing on Pokrovsk, a town of 60,000 that’s home to a logistics hub vital to Ukraine’s front lines – even if it means leaving their own territory largely open to Kyiv’s forces, who are fighting in Russia’s Kursk region.
Kyiv has already begun evacuating the sizeable town in southeastern Ukraine, which sits at the convergence of multiple highways and logistical lines that experts tell The Post are critical to keeping Ukrainian forces throughout the Donbas supplied with what they need.
“It sits at the juncture of a couple of key highways which serve as arterial lines, supply lines to ensure that ammunition, food, medicine and other key supplies actually make it to frontline forces,” Institute for the Study of War analyst George Barros told The Post on Thursday.
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