Russian troops invaded Pokrovsk? Mosfilm secured the Kremlin's biggest strategic victory of the year

"Ukraine loses the largest logistics center in Donbas and the last major fortification before the Dnieper, write a number of pro-Russian channels on the social network X and Telegram.

On the other hand, the Ukrainian monitoring project DeepState writes that the largest Russian and Soviet film company "Mosfilm" is "storming" Pokrovsk. The Telegram channel claims to have exposed a large-scale Kremlin information operation aimed at exaggerating the successes of Russian troops in this direction.

The influential OSINT project reported on "a new wave of Kremlin disinformation".

"Russian propaganda is trying to convince the audience that Pokrovsk has already been almost taken over by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. These claims have nothing to do with reality".

DeepState: Russian sabotage groups enter Pokrovsk, the Ukrainian Armed Forces were ambushed

According to the project, Z-channels began to massively distribute "scenic" videos shot with an action camera, supposedly from Pokrovsk. The footage shows a group of armed men calmly walking among almost intact private houses, pretending to "liberate" the residents of Donbas. However, analysts note, such videos are the result of professional staging. "Mosfilm began an assault on Pokrovsk", DeepState notes.

They write that some Russian sabotage and reconnaissance groups (DRG) managed to break through to the area of Troyanda and the park. There they were liquidated by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the city. "We cannot say that we have found and killed every single one of them, but most of them are already "200" (liquidated )", analysts report. Some Russian fighters, according to the OSINT group, were so desperate to hide that they changed into civilian clothes. But even that didn't save them, "the area is under strict Ukrainian control", which is why, DeepState claims, staged videos are appearing. "Walking around in broad daylight and giving speeches to locals – this would quickly end with the arrival of an FPV drone", analysts note. Rumors about the successes of the Russian Armed Forces in Pokrovsk are refuted by the Z-bloggers themselves. Anatoly Radov stated on social networks: "Ours are not in Pokrovsk itself, there are DRGs in places. Enough with the nonsense".