{"id":54650,"date":"2025-12-01T16:37:22","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T21:37:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/russian-troops-conquer-pokrovsk-after-year-of-intense-combat\/01\/12\/2025\/"},"modified":"2025-12-01T16:37:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T21:37:22","slug":"russian-troops-conquer-pokrovsk-after-year-of-intense-combat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/russian-troops-conquer-pokrovsk-after-year-of-intense-combat\/01\/12\/2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian troops conquer Pokrovsk after year of intense combat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Russian military has captured the Ukrainian mining city of Pokrovsk in the eastern Donetsk region, which has been under assault for about a year, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Russian journalists on Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Peskov said that President Vladimir Putin has been informed. 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