Pokrovsk offensive

Pokrovsk offensive
Part of the eastern Ukraine campaign of the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Myrnohrad after Russian shelling on 17 August 2024
Date 18 July 2024 – present (1 month, 4 weeks and 1 day) Location Pokrovsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine Status Ongoing
Belligerents
Russia	Ukraine
Commanders and leaders
Andrey Mordvichev	Oleksandr Syrskyi
Units involved
Order of battle	Order of battle
Strength
~40,000 soldiers (as of 2 August)	~12,000 soldiers (as of 2 August)

The Pokrovsk offensive is an ongoing military operation in the Russian invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Armed Forces with the primary goal of capturing the strategic city of Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast. Fighting increased with the Russian advance into and subsequent capture of Prohres on 18 and 19 July 2024, a turning point for the Russian offensive northwest of Avdiivka following the latter's capture in February 2024, and has taken place in numerous settlements east of Pokrovsk in Pokrovsk Raion.