Russia's First Mechanized Assault On Pokrovsk In 3 Months Decimated By Ukraine

In their first attempted motorized assault on the Pokrovsk sector since early December 2025, Russian forces again tried to storm Ukrainian defenses in a coordinated attack aimed at two separate but nearby strongpoints. 

The outcome was the same as when the Kremlin troops last tried, three months earlier: all of the Russian troops and vehicles were eliminated by the Ukrainians. JL

Valentyna Romanenko reports in Ukraine Pravda:

Ukraine's 7th Rapid Response Corps repelled a Russian motorised assault targeting Hryshyne on the Pokrovsk front. It was the first such attempt in the past three months. In the latest attack, the Russians used 13 motorcycles. Ukraine's 155th Mechanised Brigade and 25th Assault Regiment, coordinating with nearby units, destroyed nine motorcycles before they reached the settlement. The other four were wiped out inside Hryshyne. Near Myrnohrad using two MT-LB amphibious armored vehicles, a coordinated Russian attack also failed, with both vehicles destroyed and their crews eliminated. Before this week, the most recent unsuccessful motorised attack occurred in early December 2025, when Russian forces tried to storm the settlement using ATVs. 

Ukraine's defence forces have repelled a Russian motorised assault targeting the settlement of Hryshyne on the Pokrovsk front, the first in the past three months.

Source: 7th Rapid Response Corps of the Ukrainian Air Assault Forces on social media

Details: The Corps reported that the most recent unsuccessful motorised attack occurred in early December 2025, when Russian forces tried to storm the settlement using ATVs.

In the latest attack on Hryshyne, the Russians used 13 motorcycles. Ukrainian troops from the 155th Separate Mechanised Brigade and the Skelia unit, Ukraine's 25th Separate Assault Regiment, coordinating with nearby units, destroyed nine motorcycles before they reached the settlement, while the other four were wiped out inside Hryshyne. 

In total, confirmed Russian personnel losses amount to 17, according to the Corps.

Meanwhile, Russian forces attempted a coordinated breakthrough near Myrnohrad using two MT-LB multi-purpose amphibious armoured vehicles.

The attack failed, with both vehicles destroyed and their crews eliminated, the 7th Rapid Response Corps reported