News in english (Actualités) : Russia deploys 170,000 troops for push in Ukraines Donetsk region (UK,31 Octobre 2025)

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00:00«Russia has deployed around 170,000 troops in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region,

00:08Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Friday.

00:12Russian forces are trying to capture the stronghold of Pokrovsk there,

00:16and a major push for battlefield victory.

00:20Zelenskyy acknowledged that some Russian units had infiltrated the city,

00:23but insisted that Ukrainian defenders are weeding them out.

00:30There are no people in Pokrovsk.

00:33There are Russians.

00:36Our people are destroying them.

00:39They are destroying them.

00:41We need to keep the stronghold of them.»

00:45Zelenskyy rejected recent Russian claims that the devastated city is surrounded

00:49after more than a year of fighting.

00:51Russian President Vladimir Putin has recently claimed that Russian forces

00:55are making significant advances on the battlefield,

00:58though their progress has been slow and costly in troops and weapons.