Russian troops now less than 8 miles from key Ukrainian logistics hub of Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast

Russian troops are now less than eight miles from the key Ukrainian logistics hub of Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast .

Its capture would set off a myriad of problems for Ukraine , ranging from severed supply lines to potentially allowing Russia to advance across an even greater swath of the eastern portion of the country.

Its fall could be “a serious operational catastrophe,” noted one well-known Ukrainian military observer.

Some Russian and Ukrainian sources say Moscow ’s forces are advancing with little resistance.

Novohrodovka , a small town a little more than eight miles from Pokrovsk , “was taken by 30 Russians almost without a fight,” the Russian Operation Z Telegram channel claimed.

A video shows a Ukrainian drone attacking a Russian flag on a high ground near Selidovo .

Donetsk Gov. Vadym Filashkin : 38,000 people and 1,900 children must evacuate to safer regions of Ukraine .

Despite efforts to draw Russian forces away with the Kursk incursion, Russian leadership is hesitant to redeploy significant forces from Pokrovsk .

Despite all the problems, the fall of the city may be looming, but might not be immediate.