Russian infantry is moving into the northern part of Pokrovsk, and Russian forces are taking away the bodies of their dead while dressed as civilians, according to analysts with DeepState. In Myrnohrad, the group says, the enemy is violating humanitarian law by massing personnel inside a church alongside local residents.
DeepState published its update on the fighting in Pokrovsk on its Telegram channel on February 9, saying the situation around the city continues to deteriorate.
The analysts noted that Russia is “funneling” its infantry into northern Pokrovsk, and that video they released shows Russian troops in civilian clothes removing the bodies of their dead.
Access into the city is heavily restricted. The enemy is actively conducting remote mining. Areas that are cleared are immediately re-mined, DeepState said.
They added that Russian forces are still trying to enter the village of Grishine, and in recent days drone operators have focused more on that settlement than on Pokrovsk.
According to the group, in recent days there were several attempts by the Defense Forces to move personnel using armored vehicles. “There’s no need to write who gave that order — everyone already knows,” they wrote. The vehicles were destroyed and personnel were wounded (“300”), DeepState said.
The analysts also said Russia has increased the use of guided aerial bombs against Ukrainian positions.
On the Myrnohrad axis, DeepState reports, Russia is amassing forces at farms to the north and inside a church together with civilians, in violation of humanitarian law.
Chaotic fighting continues in the northern part of the city involving remnants of a Defense Forces grouping located in Myrnohrad, with no plans for their withdrawal even though Pokrovsk is on the verge of falling into Russian hands, the analysts wrote.
They also said Russian forces are increasing pressure around the town of Rodinskoye. Small infantry raids to the west are probing deep into Ukrainian defenses and hunting for drone pilots. As of February 9, UAV operators risk direct contact with Russian assault troops, according to DeepState.
At the same time, Rodinske remains the last settlement offering a possible route out of Myrnohrad — a fact the enemy understands well, the analysts noted.
As of 8:00 a.m. on February 9, Ukraine’s General Staff reported that Ukrainian defenders on the Pokrovsk front had stopped 72 Russian assault actions near the settlements of Rodinskoye, Pokrovsk, Kotline, Udachne, Molodetskoye, Muravka, Myrnohrad, Filial, as well as toward Toretske, Kucherov Yar, Belitske, Shevchenko, Novoaleksandrovka, Sergeyevka, Novopodgorodnoye, Novopavlovka, Ivanovka, Grishino, and Novy Donbass.
On February 3, DeepState reported that Russians were driving captured vehicles through the streets of Pokrovsk while Ukrainian troops tried to hold the city’s northern outskirts.
On January 27, the 7th Rapid Reaction Corps of Ukraine’s Air Assault Forces said Russian troops near Pokrovsk were using “Molniya” mothership drones for triple strikes, as well as fiber‑optic‑guided UAVs.
On January 23, military observer Bohdan Myroshnykov said few Ukrainian fighters remained in Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad and that Russia controlled about 75–80% of the cities’ territory. Even so, the Defense Forces had managed to create a “kill zone right in the city,” he said.
