Russian forces aim to take key Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk at all costs
655As Russian forces continue their push into eastern Ukraine, one city in particular is in Moscow's sights.
During the Second World War, Pokrovsk was occupied first by the Italians, then in 1941 by the German Army with many of its residents transferred to labour camps in Austria before the town was eventually liberated by Soviet forces in September 1943 – 5,000 of its residents were killed.
Now, it's once again facing a possible occupation, this time by Russian invaders, part of Vladimir Putin's so-called 'Special Operation'.
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