Devastated streets, ruined houses, silence after the explosions - this is what Pokrovsk looks like today.
Russian attacks have reduced the city to rubble, destroying dozens of residential areas.
A city that holds on against all odds
After the latest attacks in Pokrovsk Residential buildings, schools and infrastructure facilities were destroyed.
Local residents are left without electricity, water and heat. Rescuers are working around the clock among the rubble, searching for people.
«This is how the occupiers take away our lives, homes and future,» say residents who survived the shelling.
Video of the aftermath
📹 A video posted by local volunteers shows destroyed neighbourhoods and burnt-out cars.
Pokrovsk has become a symbol of invincibility - a city that continues to live despite the enemy's attempts to wipe it off the map.
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