In a bid to capture the key hub of Pokrovsk, Russia deployed around 150,000 troops, according to the head of Ukraine’s armed forces. Some Telegram users reported that Russian forces entered Pokrovsk along a road enveloped in fog, in scenes reminiscent of the 1979 action film "Mad Max". Ukraine said that while some Russian soldiers had managed to enter the town, it denied that Pokrovsk had been encircled, adding that logistic routes were “complicated” but still viable. Dubbed “the gateway to Done