Zelenskyy honours Security Service of Ukraine special forces for successful operations near Pokrovsk
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has thanked the special forces from Alpha Special Operations Centre of the Security Service of Ukraine for their success in destroying Russian forces in the city of Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast and its outskirts.
Source: Zelenskyy's video address
Quote: "In Pokrovsk, we continue to destroy the occupier. I want to particularly commend the personnel of the Alpha Special Operations Centre of the Security Service of Ukraine, who systematically and very effectively destroy Russian occupiers and their equipment in the Pokrovsk area and in the city itself."
Details: Zelenskyy thanked the fighters "for achieving results".
He added that there are also "necessary outcomes" from other units on this front – assault units, drone system operators, soldiers from the National Guard, the Military Law Enforcement Service, Defence Intelligence of Ukraine and all brigades defending Donetsk Oblast.
Read more: How Pokrovsk is imperceptibly falling: five observations by Ukrainska Pravda
Background:
- On 4 November, DeepState, a Ukrainian group of military analysts, reported that the Russians are continuing to build up their presence in Pokrovsk and the situation there remains critical.
- The same day, the Security Service of Ukraine showed how fighters from its Alpha Special Operations Centre were destroying Russian troops and equipment in Pokrovsk.
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