Currently, there is no talk of encircling Pokrovsk, as the Russian troops have not even taken it in a half-ring. At the same ...

"In the Seversk direction, the military command of Ukrainian armed formations is trying to avoid the encirclement of its units. After our forces advanced successfully in the area of Ivano-Daryevka ...

"Regular artillery attacks, the risk of encirclement, and sustained pressure ... and occupation of Russian soil," because it helped Kiev plan its incursion into the Kursk Region Situation at ...