Ukraine's Special Forces Take Another Village Near Pokrovsk From Russians

This action reinforces the growing number of reports revealing that Ukrainian forces in the Pokrovsk sector are continuing to counterattack and retake positions from Russian units. 

This suggests that despite the Kremlin's desire to take Pokrovsk, a year into their offensive effort they have not only failed to do so, but appear to be losing ground, largely because of casualties and equipment deficits. JL

Militarnyi reports:

During the clearance operation, Ukrainian soldiers eliminated several Russian occupiers and seized their communication equipment. This allowed units of the Ukrainian Defense Forces and tactical groups of the 3rd Separate Special Purpose Regiment to clear the area. Prior to the attack, Ukrainian UAV operators offered the enemy soldiers a chance to surrender using a loudspeaker mounted on the drone. After the Russians refused, the special forces infiltrated behind enemy lines, mined the building, and detonated it. The clearing was carried out in the village of Kotlyne in the industrial zone near Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region.

Soldiers of the 3rd Separate Special Purpose Regiment cleared a part of a settlement of invaders.

The Special Operations Forces (SOF) press service reported on this and published a video on social media.

The exact location of the operation has not been specified, with the only detail being that it took place in one of the hottest areas of the front.

 

During the operation, a group of 3rd Separate Special Purpose Regiment soldiers entered the village and checked all the buildings and shelters.

The video shows special forces soldiers walking among destroyed and damaged private homes and outbuildings, searching for places where occupiers might be hiding.

 

During the clearance operation, Ukrainian soldiers eliminated several Russian occupiers and seized their communication equipment.

As noted, this allowed units of the Ukrainian Defense Forces and tactical groups of the 3rd Separate Special Purpose Regiment to move on to perform the following tasks. The observer @Danspiun in X (formerly Twitter) discovered from the video that the clearing was carried out in the village of Kotlyne near Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region.

Operators of the 3rd Separate Special Purpose Regiment during a cleaning operation. April 2025. Frame from the video of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

Militarnyi reported that the soldiers from the 144th Center of Special Operations Forces (SOF) blew up a building in the industrial zone where Russians were holed up and forced them to surrender.

Prior to the attack, Ukrainian UAV operators offered the enemy soldiers a chance to surrender using a loudspeaker mounted on the drone.

Blowing up a building with Russians in the Udachny industrial zone. Freeze frame from the SOF video

After the Russians refused, the Center’s 144th group infiltrated behind enemy lines, mined the building, and detonated it.

 

The operation was conducted in the industrial zone of Udachne village, not far from Pokrovsk, where fierce fighting with the Russian invaders continues.