Ukrainian forces mounted a series of successful counterattacks in Pokrovsk, reversing the momentum in areas where Russian troops had aimed to push forward. Ukrainian special forces also carried out an operation to eliminate a Russian sabotage team in the city.
Ukrainian units struck along the western flank and in the city’s northern districts, retaking several strategically important positions that have become anchors for the broader defense and prevented Russian forces from pushing deeper into the urban sector, a Ukrainian service member with the call sign “Muchnoy” wrote on his Telegram channel.
“Our units broke through where the enemy hoped to press us! Counterattacks along the western flank and in the northern districts worked precisely; we managed to retake a number of key positions that kept the city from slipping further. These points became the supports holding the entire defensive arc; without them, the flank would have been broken long ago,” he wrote.
He said a key outcome was reopening part of the E50 highway, which had been under threat from the Russian side a day earlier. The road is again serving Ukrainian forces, ensuring the delivery of ammunition and reinforcements.
“This opens the possibility of striking more precisely and deeper inside the city, forcing the enemy to hunker down in concrete fortifications,” Muchnoy added.
He also said Ukrainian forces pushed Russian troops back from a “bottleneck” that had blocked the route to Myrnohrad. Regaining control of that axis is critical to supplying the city’s garrison, he said.
Ukrainian SOF say they destroyed a Russian sabotage group
Also on November 26, Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces said they eliminated a Russian sabotage-reconnaissance group in Pokrovsk. [t.me/ukr_sof/2...](https://t.me/ukr_sof/2269) According to Ukrainian special units, operators staged an ambush along the group’s route. Four Russian troops were killed in the coordinated operation.
The Russians attempted to take cover in a residential high-rise, where they tried to regroup. Ukrainian operators killed three of them on approach, the SOF said. A fourth tried to withdraw and opened fire on a Ukrainian reconnaissance drone but was detected and killed.
Earlier, analysts from DeepState reported that Russian units had advanced to within several meters of the railway station in central Pokrovsk. Russian forces moved along the streets under the cover of fog and rain, they said.
