Ukraine: Kiev military denies Russian capture of Pokrovsk

Rome, 2 December (LaPresse) – The eastern military command of the Kiev armed forces has denied that Pokrovsk has been taken by the Russian army. ‘Search and assault operations are underway, along with the elimination of the enemy in city buildings,’ reads a social media post that mentions ‘attempts by the occupiers’ to raise the Russian flag in some areas of the city to ‘create propaganda images of control over the territory.’