Russian troops are making a concerted push in eastern Ukraine and have gained a foothold in the strategic hub of Pokrovsk, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says. Moscow's soldiers outnumber Kyiv's 8-1 in the area and Ukraine cannot match that, Zelensky added while insisting Russia had not yet "achieved the planned result".

It’s really bad and for now there are no prospects for improvement,” the expert said. Open the Youtube video He recalled that Ukrainian defenders have held the city for more than 13 months — even though,

Zelensky's battlefield update came as Moscow was again targeted as part of a broader Ukrainian drone attack for the third night in a row. Ukraine also targeted the Budyonnovsk industrial zone in Russia's Stavropol region, the region's governor Vladimir Vladimirov said on Wednesday morning.

"Imagine how many Russian forces are there. But at the same time, they have not achieved the planned result," Zelensky told reporters on Oct. 27.

There have been 168 combat engagements on the front today, with Russian forces conducting 57 attempts to break through Ukrainian Defense Forces’ lines in the Pokrovsk sector, suffering significant losses.

EADaily, . The head of the Kiev regime, Vladimir Zelensky, following the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, admitted that the Russian army is in Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmeysk). He stated this in an evening video message.

A total of 218 combat clashes have occurred on the battlefield over the past day, with 79 of them on the Pokrovsk front. Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of 08:00 on 28 October Details: On the North Slobozhanshchyna front and in Russia's Kursk Oblast,

In August last year, Russia appeared to be on the verge of capturing the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk. Moscow’s troops advanced to around eight miles from the city limits, and inhabitants hurriedly evacuated.

EADaily, . The situation in the Pokrovsky direction is more than critical. This is reported by the newspaper Ukrainska Pravda with reference to the servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.