The Mayor of Pokrovsk, Dobryak, has released a video urging all civilians to evacuate the city, as Russian forces are now barely 10 kilometers away.

Dear residents of the community, we see that today the enemy has almost come to our city of Pokrovsk. Only a few more, a little more than 10 kilometers from the outskirts of the city of Pokrovsk. We see that for all the shelling that has been on our community and the city, the enemy cynically hits or critical infrastructure, or private buildings, or residential buildings. People are dying. So please, do not just leave, evacuate, especially families with children, especially the elderly.

The situation is only getting worse. It's not going to get better