As long as the Ukrainians control the Karakhove pocket, they can threaten the flanks of the Russian 90th Guards Tank Division as it marches on Pokrovsk. The Russian group, riding in at least five armored vehicles, was under drone surveillance the entire time as it rolled along a country road toward Kostyantynopolske. The vehicles managed to drop off their infantry before the Ukrainian bombardment began. Drones swooped down. Artillery burst among the vehicles.
